Voices In My Mind

Zuala, Molly, Obann, Kord, Beau. Thoughts that compete, memories that linger. Loss is a land we must visit in our turn, but given enough time, there is hope to reside elsewhere.

The Cantata is proud to present a collaboration between songwriter Meany Vizzini and producer/guitarist Spencer Smith featuring the vocal talents of Megami. Perhaps a spiritual successor to our song, I Wear The Mask, this song dives deep into Yasha's psyche and explores her remorse, her rage, and her redemption.

Lyrics:

[YASHA]

Your voice

I hear it through the wind and in the rain

It echoes in my bones and in my shame

In my shame, you speak

Familiar, but can never be the same

I hear your spectre calling out my name

Oh, my name

And the voice is in my mind

In a place that’s hard to fight / In a places that's hard to find

And it seems to me

There’s a shackle constricted in my soul

In my soul I cannot go

Your voice

It echoes every hope I ever yearned

It beckons to believe a better world

Oh, the world you speak

It flowers every color that you wear

A flower crushed and emptied in my care

In my care

And your voice is in my mind

In a place that’s hard to fight / In a places that's hard to find

But it seems to me

There’s a shackle constricted in my soul

In my soul I cannot go

Your voice

It worms it’s way into my ev’ry thought

Reminds me what I am when I am not

You speak

And, terrified, I fail to stop my hand

I watch her light escape at your command

And the voice is in my mind / The voices in my mind

In a place that’s hard to fight

And it seems to me

There’s a shackle constricted in my soul

In my soul I cannot go

When everyone you trust enough

To open up, is gone

When everyone you open up to

Needs you to move on

It’s suffocating

When every day’s a risk

To unforget the ones you lost

When every joy is tempered

By inevitable cost

It’s heartbreaking

It’s soul-taking

Your voice

It thunders through the wind and in the rain

It beckons me to fight to start again

Start again, you speak

I struggle to be worthy of your call

But still I am too weak to stop my fall

Oh, my fall

And the voice is in my mind

In a place that’s hard to fight / In a places that's hard to find

But it seems to me

There’s a shackle constricted in my soul

In my soul-

Your voice

It fights the ghosts to prove I’m not a slave

I find that I am home, and I am safe

I am safe, you speak

And in this newfound strength I find a goal

It stirs within my bones and in my soul

In my soul

The voice is in my mind / The voices in my mind

In a place that’s hard to fight / In a places that's hard to find

But it seems to me

There’s a shackle that’s slipping in my soul

In my soul

Yes, the voice is in my mind / The voices in my mind

In a place that’s hard to fight / In a places that's hard to find

And it seems to me

There’s a shackle that’s breaking in my soul

In my soul I have to go

I have to go

I have to go

I have to go

I have to go

Lyrics, melody, and harmonies by Meany Vizzini

Vocals by Megami

Instruments, harmonies and production by Spencer Smith

Production and harmonies by Will Crosswait

Artwork by Lucy Alexander

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