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 Track : Your Turn
Artist : Aikya Balan
Genre : Glitch Hop, Electronica
Label : Tric Jam, Studio 60 Records
Written by : Aikya Balan
Produced by : FancyN
Length : 4:21
Your Turn is a song by American recording artist Aikya Balan from her long-awaited debut studio album, You Don't Have To Change, Baby Pacify[/b] and as a single for Consequences: The Original Soundtrack. The song was released digitally on December 26th, 2015 as the album's final single before the release. It was also released on 12-inch vinyl the day before, along with all 5 of her other singles. Your Turn premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on December 28th, 2015. Upon its premiere, Aikya Balan referred to the track as "one of the best songs I think I've written."
In Your Turn, the music slows and calms, sounding almost like a lullaby, soothing the listener as Aikya Balan softly coos out words that taunts a confused "player" as they watch people battle it out on the gameboard of love. She takes on the role of that voice inside the player's head, trying to accustom him to the presence of these "barbarians" who've broke his heart and then turn around to break each other's. But this isn't just a song about love, or criticizing it. Like a cheetah carefully and slowly approaching its prey, Aikya sets up the track to reverse the audience’s expectations and completely change the theme of the song. “Everyone can't have a turn, but aren't I so lucky it's mine?,” she sings as the bass drops on Your Turn. Suddenly, the song becomes about being different in a society taught to hate their differences. She spends the next 3 minutes, convincing and encouraging this player that the only way to beat these "barbarians" at their own game is to just love yourself.
"Everyone is guilty/No one knows what they've done wrong/But if enough fingers point, the world plays along" She sings, stepping up the pace and breaking down exactly why hating yourself because you don't find within the guidelines of a society is stupid, mostly because those who criticize you can also see that they don't fit the criteria either. No one even knows why that criteria exists or why they should tend to it but since the people around them do it, they strive to fit in. "Only grow thoughts in your brain/You wouldn't mind putting in a vase/Is that what you really want on display?" Anniken Dahl-Smith pops up towards the end of the song and poses as one of the "barbarians" saying in her everyday posh British (although she's Norwegian) accent, trying to encourage the player to confine themselves to what they think others will appreciate. "But if it's your turn, show them all how to play" eggs on Aikya, telling the player that since it's their turn, they should set the example and just be themselves.
Aikya Balan
Anniken Dahl-Smith
Everyone's had their fun
Left themselves completely numb
'Cause all they do is give into wrong
It's normal
Everyone's played their part
Toyed with hearts
'Cause loving is hard--even just themselves
It's perfectly normal
Everyone's kicked you down
Shut you out, pushed you 'round
It's just initiation... this time
There are no lessons learned
You forget it all as you yearn
Everyone can't have a turn, but aren't I so lucky it's mine?
Love, lust, hate
You'll swear they're all the same
Love, lust, hate
No ordinary pain
Everyone is guilty
No one knows what they've done wrong
But if enough fingers point, the world plays along
Everyone's a sinner
The one's who convict just don't realize
You know too well it's a mistake to generalize
You're a different kind of gay
Feel the words of Marvin Gaye
Who could hold it all back this long?
And everyone hates you for it
'Cause they can never feel the same
But if it's your turn, show them all how to play
Love, lust, hate
You'll swear they're all the same
Love, lust, hate
No ordinary pain
Where's the love if you can't even find it for yourself?
What's the point if your expressions only gets shelved?
If these feelings felt deserve their own chastity belt
Tell me where we've gone all wrong
Only grow thoughts in your brain
You wouldn't mind putting in a vase
Is that what you really want on display?
We've been victims of a teaching that contradicts us
They've been victims of a way of thinking that prevents questioning
Are we in the wrong cause the world's young and ignorant?
I just want for you to love you
Only grow thoughts in your brain
You wouldn't mind putting in a vase
Fuck being ashamed
Staying true is the only way
Love, lust, hate
They swear it's all the same
But just maybe, they shouldn't beEdited by user 01 January 2016 02:56:25(UTC)
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