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Fade Away (Acoustic)

by Dyan Valdés

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I recorded this version of “Fade Away” as the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which took away our rights as women to make decisions about our own bodies. The original version is about finding hope when it seems impossible, so I went to my piano to reach into the song to find that hope. The vocals are vulnerable - you can hear my anger, frustration, and sadness - I stripped away the layers of production to reveal a raw nerve. It is a prayer for change, and a plea to never give up the fight.

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Cover up my eyes
So that I can’t look outside
And I wonder what is there to see

I’m wandering the floors
And I’m trying all the doors
Wonder if I’ll ever find the key

I wanna wake up to a different day
When all these ceilings and these walls just f-f-f-f-f-fade away

Fade away

I keep on growing taller
And these rooms are feeling smaller
Lungs are aching for a chance to breathe

I wanna feel the air
As it’s running through my hair
Skin is hungering to taste the breeze

Hoping, waiting for that day
When I can feel what it is to be free

There’s no sign of an end to this night
Still I know that I got to believe

I wanna wake up to a different day
When all these ceilings and these walls just f-f-f-f-f-fade away

Fade away

I wanna wake up to a different day
When all these ceilings and these walls just fade away

I wanna wake up to a different day
I wanna wake up to a different day
When can I wake up to a different day?
I’m still believing in a different day
When all these ceilings and these walls just -

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released October 28, 2022
Written and performed by Dyan Valdés
Copyright 2022, R.I.P. Ben Lee Records

Published by Buck Moon Music, ASCAP

Produced and recorded by Dyan Valdés at Pomegranate Studios, Berlin
Mixed and mastered by Julia Borelli

Photography by Petra Valdimarsdóttir
Artwork by Gabriella Seemann
Outfit by Katja Schmidt
Hair by Steffi Schmidt

Supported by Initiative Musik gGmbH with project funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.

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Dyan Valdés Berlin, Germany

Dyan Valdés is a Cuban-American musician living in Berlin. She is a founding member of indie rock band The Blood Arm and synth punk trio Mexican Radio and plays keyboards in German legends Die Sterne. Stand is her debut solo album. Dyan played all instruments on the album, which she wrote at her Berlin home under lockdown. She made the album with women at every level of the project. ... more

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