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Mercy Song

by VIVIAN WANG

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This song was written for a theatre production by Koh Wan Ching and Andrew Sutherland. 'a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be' is the title. In the play, a scene unfolds where Mazu the Sea Goddess, an Otter and a Baby Turtle dance an ode to the demise of Earth. I wanted to create the feeling of strength against inevitable decline, contrasting something wistful and fragile with what feels like a deep knowing and longing. As Andrew the playwright so beautifully wrote in the Prologue, "Everything between us matters. Even waiting around for the world to end matters."

It's a short song and I'm happy to have done it. Enjoy.

lyrics

I want to taste the fishes boiling
Want to see the beaches drown
I want to feel the seashells breaking
Want to hear the palms come down

Show me mercy
Ocean, ocean

All is ocean
Mercy, mercy

Pastural green will be made water
Water is just shallow sky
Mountains buckle under torture
Big blue whales should learn to fly

Show me mercy
Ocean, ocean

All is ocean
Mercy, mercy

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released January 20, 2021
Lyrics by Andrew Sutherland
Composed, performed and recorded by Vivian Wang
Mixed and mastered by Lasse Marhaug

Cover Photo by Rachel Lim Hue Li

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VIVIAN WANG

Southeast Asian composer-sound artist Vivian is known mainly for her repertoire in ARCN TEMPL (Utech) and experimental rock group The Observatory. Vivian has collaborated with artists Tarek Atoui, Lasse Marhaug, Jenny Hval, U5 and Balinese composer Dewa Alit. She explores intermediate spaces, developing transdisciplinary works across a range of sonic intersections in art, culture and space. ... more

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