Camila Meza
"Persist" and "Corales de Mi Mente"
"Persist"
"Persist" came as an improvisation after months of not being able to write at all during the beginning of the pandemic. The words and music came out almost as you hear them. I didn't know what I was talking about until I started reading and realized I was maybe channeling some of the questionings that have come up during this time, which I think has made a lot of people look for the meaningful things in life and weed out the unnecessary habits. Also it made me think a lot of how isolation can affect people, specially in this technological era where we get most of our information from our phones, and how all these pieces of reality create such an impact on each of us. Finally there's this very repetitive mantra at the end which I think symbolizes the idea of a "monotonous" existence, but finding meaning in being in the moment, how staying in one place can also bring some sort of clarity and calm.
"Corales de Mi Mente"
"Remecer"
Vengo a remecer
Todo lo que no había podido
Darte en un abrazo y drenar
El miedo y la incerteza
Ví, cómo reencontrar
En un sueño todo lo vivido
De lejos sentí un llanto y te oí
Te había conocido
Revelaré los mantos que no nos dejan ver
Descubriré mis ojos y te abrazaré
Sin importar que el tiempo y la distancia
Nos hace tan extraños
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I come here to shake
All that I haven’t been able to
Give you in an embrace
And drain all the fear and uncertainty
I saw how to rediscover
In a dream all what’s lived
From afar I heard a cry
I heard you, I had already met you
I’ll reveal the veils that keep us from seeing
I’ll uncover my eyes and embrace you
No matter that time and distance
Makes us such strangers