‘Still Here’ was inspired by the year 1819, and borrows elements from Indie music. The song explores the struggles of finding identity and healing from a time that was bittersweet. Marian includes soundscapes from this era by including ship creaks, ropes, and waves to symbolise longing and departure...
[Verse 1]
Help me understand
Why you look so different
Is it just the way I see you now?
Tell me how I’ve changed
Now that you’re away
Cause I’m trying to reclaim
I’ve been spending time
Redefining who I’ve become
And I’m still finding
[Pre Chorus 1]
If time could heal all wounds
I’d still be healing few
Then it matters what we’ve been through
It matters how we moved
And if I could say the truth
In everything I do
And in everywhere I see you
I’m trying not to
[Chorus 1]
You’re still here
I still feel it
You’re still here
I still see it
[Verse 2]
Tell me what you think
I know I might be different
From how you remember it
The sky being my witness
I’ve been waiting for the tides to change
Cause I’ve been carrying this weight
[Pre Chorus 2]
If time could make us grow (Grow)
With everything I know (I know)
I’d still dive into the waters
See what I can recover
If rivers changed their flows (Rivers change)
I’ll watch where this one goes
Even if it takes much longer
I wanna know
[Chorus 2]
So I’m still here (Still here)
I’m still breathing (Still breathing)
I’m still here (Still here)
I’m still learning (Still learning)
[Bridge]
Picking up the pieces
I’ve been finding what’s been missing
Who I was and who I am
Does not define what lies ahead
For a while I watched myself
Slip through my own fingertips
After all this time I know now
[Chorus 3]
I’m still here (Help me understand)
I’m still breathing (Why you look so different)
I’m still here (Tell me how I’ve changed)
I still feel it (Now that you’re away)
[Chorus 4]
I’m still here (Still here)
I’m still breathing (Still breathing)
I’m still here (Still here)
I still feel it
Still Here was written by Evan Low & Charlie Lim & Marian Carmel.
Still Here was produced by Jason Gelchen & Evan Low & Charlie Lim & Rishanda Singgih.
Marian Carmel released Still Here on Wed Jan 08 2020.