Doves on the Wing

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Doves on the Wing is about the roller coaster of emotions I went through after losing my Grandma during the summer of 2020. I felt heightened joy around people I love, and deep lows and emptiness whenever I was alone. I'm so grateful for those who were there for me through this time, and I also share this song as an expression of gratitude.

2020 was a year of collective loss for so many of us, so this song is for everyone who has been grieving. We are more resilient than we know.

I can't be sure of this but it feels more and more that letting myself feel collective grief as personal and my personal grief as part of the collective is the route to healing on many levels.

Hope you enjoy this track, and thank you for listening :)

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Mix notes: The swings of emotion I describe in the lyrics are represented in the instrumentation by panned, multi-layer background vocals and the lilting, raw guitar part. Our goal with the mix was to make the listener feel like they're sinking into a hammock in the middle of summer: safe, yet weightless.

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lyrics

Lyrics:

Oh, aching it comes and goes and comes and goes, I know

Oh maker, be still my soul, it spins and moans and glows

Sun setting, I close my eyes and lose my mind
Each evening I need your light, I step outside

If I make my mind go without it,
I disintegrate from within
Oh it’s the strangest half life, I forgot what it’s like
All this pageantry of giving in

Oh, like doves on the wing
Keep coming up for air
Oh like doves on the wing
Keep riding on a prayer
I just need to feel you there
I just need

Slow mornings, I wake and rise, I free the time, it flies

Oh mourning, to my surprise, my eyes are nearly dry

Unfolding my acrobatic force of habit
Not knowing still brings a panic, then you land
And I’m in this high for a moment
As the tenderness starts again
Oh it’s the strangest half life, I believe I’m alright
With my emptiness filled to the brim

Oh, like doves on the wing
Keep coming up for air
Oh like doves on the wing
Keep riding on a prayer
I just need to feel you there
I just need to feel you there

Oh, aching it comes and goes and comes and goes I know

Oh maker, be still my soul, it spins and moans and grows

credits

released April 16, 2021
Songwriting & performance: Maddie McCray Batzli
Recording & mixing: Dustin Sisson (Blast House Studios)
Mastering: Landon Arkens (Blast House Studios)
Album photo: Oliver Batzli
Album art design: Maddie Batzli

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LINE Madison, Wisconsin

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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