"Undone" is the first single from 'FIELDNOTES PT III' and is inspired by a book I read last year called ‘I May Be Wrong’ by Bjørn Natthiko Lindeblad- a Swedish business executive who swapped his career out to become a Buddhist monk in Thailand for 17 years. It's such a beautifully written book & it stuck with me for so long afterwards that I decided to write a song about it 💁🏾♀️
It's about letting go of control, ditching the facade that so many of us find ourselves latching on to, the question of what would happen if we simply left it all behind & started again.. it's possible! when I read that book it opened up so many possibilities & helped me to remember that I can start again whenever I choose! This song marks a new beginning for me, & simultaneously the closure of FIELDNOTES in a way, as I wrap up this chapter x
lyrics
I’ve been thinking I lost my touch
Then read about a forest monk
Trained for 17 years
Rid many of his fears
Seems the key is giving up
In the sense of losing control
Forget what you think that you know
Don't believe your every thought
Be prepared to start
Questioning your own role
If you’re ready to,
We can leave it all behind
If you’re ready to,
We can leave it all behind
I’ve been feeling I'm on the brink
Believing everything I think
If I'm not creating
Does it mean I'm wasting
My God given gift?
I think,
And maybe that’s the problem
Got to be a better option
Cleo said “God’s love is free”
And it’s not dependent on me
Or what I will become
Maybe the whole point is becoming undone
Undone
If you’re ready to,
We can leave it all behind
If you’re ready to,
We can leave it all behind
If you’re ready to,
We can leave it all behind
If you’re ready to,
We can leave it all behind
credits
from FIELDNOTES PT III,
released November 15, 2023
Written + Performed: Ego Ella May
Produced by: LVTHER
Strings: Isabella Baker
Mix + Master: Turkish Dcypha
A special, special talent.
The music and melody Cleo Sol is so healing to me.
Her music is inviting, and her spirit is receiving.
a musical maven in complete control. brother imhotep
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Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell