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Blow Away Your Sad Balloon

from Viva Chi Vede by The Soft Hills

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“Blow Away Your Sad Balloon” interweaves various ideas and emotions. The lyrics express feelings of frustration related to how society has become brainwashed by lies and propaganda, succumbing to groupthink. The song also expresses grief and sadness stemming from the death of my friend. The contemplation of death and ending one’s life is conveyed in the lyrics. It’s also about overcoming sadness and depression and finding one’s bliss. While rehearsing the song as a band, the bass player and drummer came up with a nice groove, and the arrangement came together fairly quickly. During the recording sessions, we layered synthesizer with samples and electric guitar to create spacey textures.

lyrics

you never listen, don’t have a clue
your sad opinion was programmed on the tube
all these people following the lies
they’re trying to tell me that everything’s just fine

I was thinking about my friend
and how he started all over again
torn apart, I tried to pick up
all the pieces of your heart

blow away, blow away your sad balloon
time to wake, waking up to something new
making something new

fell off the deep end, no one seemed to care
and as the alls caved in you just stopped and stared
now he’s sinking, crying all alone
just couldn’t make it, you wouldn’t pick up the phone

I was thinking about the end
and dying to start all over again
change of scene, no more heartache
we’re throwing out new seeds to the wind.

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from Viva Chi Vede, released July 22, 2022

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The Soft Hills Los Angeles, California

LA-based project The Soft Hills create a visceral take on soft-psych indie rock, calling to mind the hypnotic melancholy of the Red House Painters as well as contemporaries like Grizzly Bear or Radiohead.

Songwriter Garrett Hobba started the project in Seattle in 2007. The band, which involves a rotating door of friends and musicians, has toured several times through the US and Europe.
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