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One Shard at a Time

by Wohosheni

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1.
Ravens 07:03
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When you walk down Face your lies Hold on Face your lies Feed the ravens On your shoulder Clinging to Your shoulder They're here Long lost memories They're here A smell of loneliness A stranger walking away You start to sing to yourself you start to sing To yourself Take care Of your shadows They say take care Of your shadows The sting of rejection Love walking away Close your mouth Face your fears The burning of shame Your love running away You start to sing to yourself you start to sing To yourself You didn't expect to fall down there again You can forget and you can hide away Didn't expect to fall down there again You can forget or raise your head Only you can overcome it (You didn't expect to fall down there again) Chase the ravens out of your head (you can forget and you can hide away) Only you can overcome it (You didn't expect to fall down there again) Chase the ravens out of your head (you can forget or raise your head)
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Tiny Pieces 05:10
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No sound's coming from your pillow Tiny pieces of nothing I wait for the dance I wait for the dance To start all over again Tell my Tell me why Tiny, tiny pieces Why is it over? Your grace is falling away And your book has turned to dust Why? You got away And the book of tiny pieces of dull Stays with me A silent softness grows in my spine Fading beauty and forgotten smiles I feel them flowing through my body, scratching my veins Tiny pieces of love melting away I close my eyes and here there are, Reasons to fail written inside I hear the sound of the quiet Shivering as I stand by And I look back Into your eyes And I can read Blank poetry Dancing away You chant the rhymes You chant the rhymes Of truth and lies Of truth and lies
3.
Come to Me 05:53
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I assumed you would come back From this nightmare But I was wrong, I was wrong You could not stay awake Under the radar, you're slipping away No one to discharge, you're going astray You're going astray I thought, I thought you'd recover Escape the tangles of your fate I would have been there for you I would have been there for you all the way Under a dark star, I see you falling I can't get to you and I'm left calling Calling you, calling you I'm left calling you Come to me I will never let you down I will stay by when you hurt I will hold your hand when you retreat And will let you pour all your tears As I watch you break into million pieces Yet I know you'll run away I know you'll run away
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Ending Tonight 07:45
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What is the perfect way to stop caring? Have you even noticed tonight The flowers in the garden They are burning What is the perfect way to stop caring About the world, about me? And the birds are falling Never touching the ground Whatever brings you tonight This is too little Whatever brings you tonight This is too little, too late Do not come near me I will shout fire at you Burning, I'm burning And the world is screaming Purple clouds and smoky eyes I stand up outside Lightning flashes looking sharp on my eyelids Should I close up my mind To what I see, to what I feel? The river down the house is steaming Black rocks are flying Never touching the sky Do not come near me I will shout fire at you Falling, I'm falling And my world is dying You fade away into the void Fade away into the void
5.
Up the Hill 02:30
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And December came without a hurry I decided to hit the road All on my own, I soon walked past the borders Into a land of hoarfrost Here Right here I feel And though you all say That I should not have come here I'm happy I did, it's quiet here. I climbed up a hill Where the rocks meet with the winds I can see down the valley And everything There Right there I release them I release them The anger baked this past year Grudges filling my lungs The ire lingering in the wake of my ghosts The angst lingering in the wake of my faults I release them
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Old Fashioned 06:57
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I might follow you down Maybe I'll be done before you Maybe I'll weep for you You keep dragging me Down with your misery I am weary of this The same story over Brings me a hangover You still speak of her My heart's getting sour This is not what it was meant to be You and me, a perfect mix of flavors and minds One day I realized how troubled this all was How sweet your fingers were How bitter my soul felt tasting them I will put some ice on my pain Just a dash of acrimony When you still come to talk to me I'll chew orange peels until there's Nothing left for me to squeeze Nothing left for me to feel I'll crush that heart You keep watching me And you're still looking for a nod from me You keep watching me And you're still hurting me again, again I will put some ice on my rage A dash of animosity for when you're crawling back to me I'll crush that heart of mine Just to stop thinking of you You keep hurting me But you won't break me No more
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Turn Knives Into Red Feathers 04:50
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Once upon a time, A little girl in her room Played with knives at night To re-open her wound Everyday, she pretends She is fine, she is fine A crimson bird breaks through the windowpane And the girl jumps to catch it while it flies In this rare moment of playfulness she forgets, she forgets about the night The bird sings to her "Little girl, I'll show you how to fly I'll show you how to fly And turn knives into red feathers Turn knives into red feathers" A soft breeze lifts her fringe The dark slowly fills the room She grows tired of the chase She feels the weight of the gloom She sits straight on her bed And waits for the bird to die Slowly she realizes Her time is running out And she can't wait any longer She can't bear it any longer So she takes the knives in her steady hands And she starts raising them and aiming at the bird The bird dodges every shot And it shows her how to fly It shows her how to fly And turn knives into red feathers Turn knives into read feathers A crimson bird breaks through the wind A crimson girl breaks through the wind
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You Have a Way 03:53
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I thought it's finally over All said, all done, all debriefed Don't need to deal with you again Everything is in order It has a way Of creeping back Into my skull It's not done yet It's not back luck More like me Not over it I don't need to know about you Current life, current love Need to send you away For the summer holidays You have a way Of creeping back Into my skull I'm not done yet You are bad luck And I'm not Over you I should walk away It draws me back to you Got all your flaws Tattooed in my mind I have a way Of creeping back Into that place You're a bad spell That I've kept Summoning Go away Break my binds Tattooed in my mind
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Shadows Running 06:31
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I walk in a street Paved with stones of old feelings One step for sorrow One step for joy Follow the wind erasing the past And there I stop And I sit there Under a tree Dark silhouettes start wandering Start wandering nearby Lights flickering down the street Distant sounds of cries I am shivering In the cold air descending Leaves move and rustle Above my head Dark silhouettes are wandering Are wandering nearby A light flickers and then dies Distant sounds of cries At the end of the street, the fog rises And leaves of memories fall Shadows running in the fens (make me laugh, make me cry, make me smile) At the end of the street, the fog rises And leaves of memories fall Shadows running in the fens (make me laugh, make me cry, make me smile) Shadows running

about

Delivering an emotional dark rock/metal experience with post rock influences, "One Shard at a Time" is the debut album of the French one-woman band Wohosheni.

"One Shard at a Time" is a collection of broken pieces : “It’s an album about being rejected and feeling broken, yet deciding to bend down to gather each and every shard of your shattered self, dust them off and put them back together to be able to move on”, Wohosheni explains.

Exploring themes of self-destruction, isolation, obsession and remembrance, "One Shard at a Time" is about grieving the past and accepting to let it go.

Composed, recorded and mixed as a self-produced album, the making of "One Shard at a Time" has been a process of metamorphosis itself: “It’s like I composed with raw feelings, then tried to catch their inner truth and intensity through recording and finally carved the final shape of everything through mixing. It’s been a journey to trust in the first impulses that I had when I initially wrote the songs.”

Expanding the use of her musical gear to excavate her own visual world, Wohosheni replaces air vibration with water diffusion to bring music into visual shapes. Picking guitar strings on paper, hitting ink with drums sticks, she explored cymbal inner vibrations for "One Shard at a Time" visuals.

Wohosheni released two self-directed video clips for the singles “Ravens” and “Old Fashioned”.

Tracklist:
1. "Ravens" is the shard of Shame.
2." Tiny Pieces" is the shard of Lies.
3."Come to Me" is the shard of Despair.
4. "Ending Tonight" is the shard of Closure.
5. "Up the Hill" is the shard of Expiation.
6. "Old Fashioned" is the shard of Grief.
7. "Turn Knives Into Red Feathers" is the shard of Metamorphosis.
8. "You Have a Way" is the shard of Obsession.
9." Shadows Running" is the shard of Melancholia.

credits

released April 12, 2024

All instruments, vocals and lyrics: Wohosheni
Recorded at home between March and July 2023.
Drums recorded at Le Plan, Ris-Orangis in March 2023, sound engineering by Laurent Guigonnet.
Production and mixing: Wohosheni
Mastering: Mike Indovina

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One-woman band playing dark rock/metal with post-rock vibes.

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