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Letting Go

by Meira Loom

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1.
GIVING YOU BACK YOUR LOVE - MEIRA LOOM (Giving you back your love I’m giving you back your love now I’m giving you back your love I’m giving it back) Baby, baby, baby, sweet babe, you’ve been holding on too long I’ve been thinking, thinking ‘bout us, so please don’t get me wrong Baby, baby, sweet-lovin’ babe, we should turn back from this thing I’ve been thinking, thinking ‘bout it, we cannot grasp and cling In that small cellar-room we exchanged our hearts I lay mine at your feet and I dropped my guard The aftershock is painful so I’m begging you: Gimme back my love! (Giving you back your love - no way! I’m giving you back your love now I’m giving you back your love - no way! I’m giving it back) Danger, danger, sweet danger babe, your coolness made me boil You were freedom, knowledge and lust – unlike those little boys Baby, baby, sweet danger babe, with those James Dean eyes We were shocking, rocking and rolling but always in disguise You caught me in your net like I was a wispy butterfly I was young and unconsumed and in search of stimuli We both crossed the line – but now I’m here to rewind And give you back your love (Giving you back your love - no way! I’m giving you back your love now I’m giving you back your love I’m giving it back – no way!) Baby, baby, breakable baby, I apologize I was mourning, mourning bout us but at last I compromised Baby, baby, baby, sweet babe, I ain’t the one who’s to blame I’d been trying, trying so long but still we lost the game Baby, baby, baby, sweet babe, I got something to confess You’ve been haunting, haunting me since you became my ex Baby, baby, baby, sweet babe, is it you or is it me? I’ve been running, running away but still I can’t get free It’s plain to see now that we are both turning grey I have been the culprit as much as the prey Now I close the line for all time and give you back your love (Giving you back your love Giving you back your love – no way! Giving you back your love I’m giving it back) I’m giving you back your love right now
2.
NICE TO MEET YOU AGAIN - MEIRA LOOM Sitting in the backyard by the water Tryin’ to keep the bugs away The chatter of the crickets stirs the darkness The prying eyes find out my hideaway And then just when I decide I need to pull back And climb the stairs back to my room You appear from the gloom Really nice to meet you again Really nice to meet you again Oh, I think it’s really nice to meet you again So nice to meet you again Together we sneak out of our hotel And roam the night against all odds They told us not to mingle with the sinners But tonight we’re kids and have no doubts And suddenly I see you with young eyes In this foreign land, we have found home We are back in my childhood zone Really nice to meet you again It’s really nice to meet you again Oh, I think it’s really nice to meet you again So nice to meet you again Dadadada… And suddenly I see you with young eyes In this foreign land, we have found home We are back in my childhood zone Really nice to meet you again It’s really nice to meet you again Oh, I think it’s really nice to meet you again So nice to meet you again Oh, I think it’s really nice to meet you again So nice to meet you again Oh, I think it’s really nice, it’s really nice to meet you So nice to meet you again Dadadada…
3.
Undertow 04:45
UNDERTOW - MEIRA LOOM Doorkeeper, will you take the bribe? I forgot the code, but I gotta get outside Found the perfect place to hide But now I’m lost So long under water, can’t recall my name Need to get back home and see what’s changed Every part’s replaced, am I still the same? Or have I crossed Over into the Undertow The water’s draggin’ at my clothes I’m caught up in the Undertow You won’t hear from me no more, no more Cold water gets in my eyes and my breath Is this how it feels, getting closer to death? I hear the calling of the depths And fall asleep Oh, Mama, don’t you cut the cord What I most need now is a restful port Will you deliver my sodden corpse? When I leap Over into the Undertow The water’s draggin’ at on my clothes I’m caught up in the Undertow You won’t hear from me no more I was strong and smart and fast But I wasn’t wise and I didn’t last Gimme a breath, give me a beat Gimme something human Something sweet Before you press delete And I grow Over into Undertow The water’s draggin’ at my clothes I’m caught up in the Undertow You won’t hear from me no more I’m caught up in the Undertow The water’s draggin’ at my clothes I’m caught up in the Undertow You won’t hear from me no more, no more
4.
Farewell 04:16
FAREWELL - MEIRA LOOM This is my favorite time of year When the colors grow dark and more intense When everything is sated from the abundant feast And a mellow fragrance fills the air This is my favorite time of year When delicate sunbeams drift silently thru the trees A silver needle-rain drizzles on fairy glades Set off by bustling bushy tails Standing barefoot on the moss-covered ground I feel the breath of Mother Earth This is where my heart feels at ease And my mind finally knows no doubt We’re about to say goodbye, to say goodbye Say goodbye to the warmth We’re about to say goodbye, to say goodbye Say goodbye to the glow We’re about to say goodbye, to say goodbye To the light We’re about to say goodbye and let go This is my favorite time of year When flocks of swallows wheel across the wind Murmurs of nostalgia stretch over naked fields Bidding the brave and the weak farewell Farewell, farewell, farewell We’re about to say goodbye We’re about to say goodbye We’re about to say goodbye We’re about to say goodbye We’re about to say goodbye, to say goodbye Say goodbye to the warmth We’re about to say goodbye, to say goodbye Say goodbye to the glow We’re about to say goodbye, to say goodbye To the light We’re about to say goodbye and let go
5.
THERE IS ENOUGH - MEIRA LOOM There is enough for everyone – including myself There is enough for everyone – including myself There is enough for everyone – including myself There is enough for everyone – including myself
6.
HOLDING HANDS - MEIRA LOOM We’ll sit in the park and it’ll be nice I swear I’ll behave - I will be wise I’ll be clear, be for real, and we will be friends And you won’t misunderstand when we hold hands Don’t know what it was that you got wrong Thought we were safe and had grown strong I could apologize and then you’d say “it’s fine” Never giving me a glimpse inside your mind Ooh, oh I see us dance along the wall I see us turn and turn and turn and never fall I hear us shout into the night Leaving gravity on our silly funfair ride Ooh, ooh, oh, oh We’ll sit in the park and it’ll be nice I swear I’ll behave - I will be wise I’ll be clear, be for real, and we will be friends And you won’t misunderstand when we hold hands Oh, oh, oh, oh
7.
Golden Night 03:58
GOLDEN NIGHT - MEIRA LOOM In fact, I came to say goodbye But there’s no need to gulp the wine He prepared all I could ask for: Himself, the drinks and the line The white snow on his chiseled thighs Brings me right down to my knees As the tide gets high, I simply follow This is where I am queen Living the Golden Night My dream of truth and peace And in this starry sky I’ll be released Living the Golden Night Inhaling all that’s real And when I close my eyes I’ll be complete When the tide goes out, he lies beside me The snow’s dissolved, but I’m still hungry I try to lift the corners of my mouth But, like my sins, they are too heavy So I raise my glass to get a refill And we shoot up high one more time Yes, I’ve been defeated in my personal war But losing feels so sublime Living the Golden Night My dream of truth and peace And in this starry sky I’ll be released Living the Golden Night Inhaling all that’s real And when I close my eyes… The sun comes up and we are empty I feel used and he seems petty In sick despair I now declare: Today is the start of breathing clean air I will run up a mountain and bathe in a fountain I will pay off my debts, and get myself checked I’ll deprive myself from all temptation And end the day in meditation Goodbye, my Golden Night My dream of truth and peace Goodbye, you starry sky… Goodbye, my Golden Night Inhaling all that’s real Now I won’t close my eyes Goodbye, my Golden Night My dream of truth and peace Goodbye, you starry sky Goodbye, my Golden Night Inhaling all that’s real But when I close my eyes… In fact, I came to say goodbye But now I just change my mind
8.
PERSONAL DRIVER - MEIRA LOOM I wish I knew what it is about you That makes me like tattoos I wish I were in control of my will When I come near your golden skin But, baby, you know Cause I know it shows I’m tryin’ to go slow But I just can’t My personal driver, drive me somewhere Somewhere I have never been My personal driver, please, will you obey My personal driver, we’re in a hurry Won’t you step on the gas My personal driver, please, take me away My words are too weak, they only try to disguise What I can see inside your eyes Eternity stops, all we got is here and now But I cannot feel the ground So, baby, let’s go Turn up the radio Off to the danger zone Empty the tank My personal driver, drive me somewhere Somewhere I have never been My personal driver, please, will you obey My personal driver, we’re in a hurry Won’t you step on the gas My personal driver, please, take me away Oh, take me away now, owowow Take me away, now Take me, take me, take me away Take me away Take me, take me away Oh, take me away I wish I knew what it is about you That makes me fall
9.
I Have Always Been I must change eternally to become who I have always been
10.
LINGERING SOUL It’s all been said, my dear Still I left something out I have no words for this You’ll have to read between the lines `Cause my eyes don’t know What they’re saying when they’re scared And my arms, they just won’t dare Speak the truth when they are bound It’s all been said, my dear Still I left something out Lingering Soul Where were you? Lingering Soul Where were you? Your voice grew so faint I thought I’d lost you (Vocal scat) Lingering Soul Where were you? Lingering Soul Where were you? Your voice grew so faint I thought I’d lost you It’s all been said, my dear Still I left something out I have no words for this You’ll have to read between the lines `Cause my eyes don’t know What they’re saying when they’re scared And my arms, they just won’t dare Speak the truth when they are bound It’s all been said, my dear Still I left something out
11.
LONG DISTANCE CALL You must be sleeping Get the rest you deserve I can imagine what you look like Yes, I’ve seen you sleeping before I can almost feel your breath on my skin It’s like all those miles weren’t in between You know you can breathe out and lie back You won’t lose me tonight And I jump – jump without fear Into this warm dream we will believe in I feel strong, I feel free On my way, not alone Reaching out for you thru the dark The fall’s serenading Its perfume fills the air And I’m dancing thru the bright night ‘Cause I know your heart is beating with me And when you wake up in the distance, I may feel dizzy There’s a tune hiding in the back of my mind I turn around, to grasp at the feeling Of holding you for a while And I jump – jump without fear Into this warm dream we will believe in I feel strong, I feel free On my way, not alone Reaching out for you thru the dark And I jump – jump without fear Into this warm dream we will believe in I feel strong, I feel free On my way, not alone Reaching out for you thru the dark

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released May 29, 2022

Mixed by Matthias Urech
Mastered by Oli Bösch
Photos by Masi Marti
Artwork by Emanuel Künzi

vocals, keys, perc - Meira Loom

all songs written, recorded & produced by Meira Loom, except Track 2 (co-written with Brandy Butler and Lars Cölln), Track 3 (co-written with Jeremy Mage, cello by Michael Müller), Track 7 (co-written with Lars Cölln, recorded, mixed, produced, guit & perc by Jonas Zahnd), and Track 11 (written by Marc Rossier, cello by Michael Müller, guit by Marc Rossier)

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Meira Loom Bern, Switzerland

Rising with the moon, Swiss-Chinese artist Meira Loom blossoms into the next cycle. The singer has already performed on stage with Bobby McFerrin and reached for the stars with her successful solo debut album Letting Go in the summer of 2020. In her endless pursuit of the universal wisdom of life, she is ready to spread her colorful wings and soar to new musical horizons with her band. ... more

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