Better Than You Know Yourself

by Jared Borkowski

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This is a two topic song: 1. It's about the burden of freedom and the responsibility of personal choice. 2. It's also about questioning how well we actually know ourselves; wondering who we are from an outside perspective from which we can never see ourselves.

Sound elements include: acoustic guitar finger picking and strumming - 606 drum samples - synth bass - poppy melody and progression - vocal layers and harmonies - ambient background samples - creepy sounding chorus - guitar tuned down to C instead of E

lyrics

LYRICS:

i’ve heard it passing by
that to open up a world
you must close many more

and you wonder what’s your cause
shouldn’t you have one
by now? what do you live for?

these mansion wings you’re mentioning
I also find it interesting
that they’re hard to tell apart

just walk amongst the trees
and imagine what they see
they know who you are

better than you know yourself

they know who you are better than you know you who are

better than you know yourself

because eyes are facing forwards
minds are racing towards
anywhere but here

and I realized it as those eyes
were scared and facing mine, and mine to theirs
what don’t I see?

what don’t I see?
they must know me
better than I know myself

they know who you are better than you know you who are

better than you know yourself

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released January 29, 2016
composed, arranged, performed, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Jared Borkowski

cover art by Jared Borkowski

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Song Chamber Seattle, Washington

Song Chamber is a podcast by Jared Borkowski who documents chasing his dream of being an artist by producing original music, discussing creativity, and being weird.

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