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Changing

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about

Changing is about waking up in a psychological hole. I wrote it several months after graduating from college, as I realized I didn’t like the person I was becoming: more unmotivated, self-deprecating, negative, and scared of the future than I’d ever been. (I think this is a natural and common response to major transitions, but it was still challenging and lonely.) I was working on a canning line briefly, and the sound of the machinery was so loud I had to wear earplugs, and it sometimes felt like I could barely hear myself think. This song emerged when I started literally humming along with the machinery instead of trying to fight it, thinking of the room as an instrument. I started to be ok with feeling what was true for me in those moments instead of avoiding difficult emotions and putting up walls. Writing this song helped me realize that moving directly through that time of transition and unknowns was the only way out. --MB

lyrics

I’ll stay, stay with all that I have seen
Stay, stay
I’ll say, say only what I need to
‘Cause that’s just the easiest thing

I used to jumpstart at anything, yeah
Now I keep moving in the ways that I once knew
‘Til I can’t imagine
Anything other than the sounds within this room
No I can’t imagine anything
I can’t imagine anything

‘Cause nothing’s sacred anyway
All the plans I thought I made
Is it my mind or just the times that got this way
If it’s my mind then there’s no place to hide away
Away

I’ve gotta get to the other side, I know
I’ve been stuck in a waiting line of my design
Is it my mind, or just these times
That’ve been changing changing changing

They say to look out for anything now
‘Cause nothing’s as it seems
And it’s all gotta begin somewhere
The best part of anything is
When it’s breaking at the seams
And I’m seeing everything now
So clear

‘Cause it’s all sacred anyway
All the plans I’m gonna make
But it’s so hard to take that one step every day
If it’s my mind then there’s no place to hide away

Changing
Is it my mind
Changing

I’m gonna get to the other side, I know
I’ve been stuck in a waiting line of my design

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from Choosing Sides, released February 7, 2020

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LINE is a multi-genre, collaborative music project by artist Maddie Batzli. Maddie works as a solo artist and with bandmates Esther Chun, Austin Lynch, and Will Ault to create songs ranging from acoustic folk to indie rock to synth pop. LINE operates under the premise that music has no limit as a means to collective healing. ... more

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