Clearwater

by Shaylee

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The song is about a friend of mine who grew up in Clearwater, Florida, and all the weird culty shit they were put through as a kid before they escaped to Portland to be the fiercely non-binary tattoo artist they were always destined to be. They told me their life story on the one date we ever went on, and it stuck in my head long after until this song came to me. It’s about survival, acceptance, and platonic love, anyone who knows them would know this song is about them. That made me real happy, I hope it makes you happy too.

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Clearwater, everything comes at a cost
And they saw ya, thought you were getting lost
But you found yourself in a shotgun
Found yourself in New Mexico where they sent ya
And you nearly died

Thank god you survived
(Ooh, ahh)
Thank god you survived
(Ooh)
I'm glad you're alive

Clearwater could never hold you down
You ran off at 18 as soon as you had the chance
Your father collected vintage guitars
He never gave you what you needed at all
Your body is covered in pencil marks
You're an artist, a canvas, you've got it all

Thank god you survived
(Ooh)
I'm glad you're alive
Thank god you survived
(Ooh)
I wanna hear more

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

credits

released September 1, 2022
All lyrics, melodies, harmonies, and instruments written and performed by Elle Archer

Mastered by Amy Dragon at Telegraph Mastering

Cover photo by Edgar Gallegos

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Shaylee Portland, Oregon

Power Pop / Post-Rock from the PNW

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