Contrary

by Echoic feat. Tuuli Mustasydän

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"Contrary" is about nostalgia and looking for/finding/losing yourself in the past/present/future. It was co-written and performed together with my friend Tuuli Mustasydän as a part of the Coöccur crowdfunding campaign.

It is now available for download here, and you can also choose to pay a symbolic 1 € fee (or more), with all proceeds going towards the Ikimetsä project of the Finnish Natural Heritage foundation. 1 € protects 2 square metres of ancient forest, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and helping Earth breathe under these stressful times.

lyrics

Longingly
I look back, I feel
As though somebody
Is calling me to return

Unexpectedly
I am drawn down deep
Where I used to be
And from where I rose

I fall asleep
My roots scattered next to me
My dreams shattered over me

But contrary
To how it may seem
This night is clear as day
Now I can see the whole way

Restlessly
I trace back my way
Looking for the day
I found the end to my beginning

Urgently
I’m in a rush to see
What was to be
And what I couldn’t have seen

I fall beneath
My feet slipping under me
My whole world comes down tumbling

But contrary
To how it may seem
This end is a new beginning
Now I can find my own way

So I go ahead and roam
For what’s a home
But a hole in your soul
Somewhere I’ll feel whole

I fall asleep
My roots scattered next to me
My dreams shattered over me

But contrary
To how it may seem
This night is clear as day

credits

released May 7, 2020
Written and performed by Echoic and Tuuli Mustasydän
Bass by Simo Loikkanen
Drums by Axel Gustavson
Produced and mixed by Ilmari Apajalahti
Mastered at Virtalähde Mastering
Artwork by Echoic

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Echoic Helsinki, Finland

Echoic is craft rock by Finnish musician Otto Nuoranne.

discography

Contrary

May 2020
Coöccur

Dec 2018
Springbook

Apr 2013

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