Name: Square
Duration: P00H03M18S
Description: Slightly different from Amanda's previous releases, this song has lyrics that make little narrative sense – to the point where she has almost forgotten what she wrote it about. One thing she's sure about is that the chorus hints at imperfection, normalizing mistakes that are only human.

Square

by Amanda Ong

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Slightly different from Amanda's previous releases, this song has lyrics that make little narrative sense – to the point where she has almost forgotten what she wrote it about. One thing she's sure about is that the chorus hints at imperfection, normalizing mistakes that are only human.

lyrics

The sun is up, bright and blinding to my tired eyes
The daylight’s no excuse for the cold winter
Beneath the layers I’m clothed in
Behind the masks, I’m feeling
Cold, and I’m shivering

The weather’s unforgiving but nothing’s really new
It’s been this way for most of my time here
The walls keep coming closer to me
They hug me so tightly
So I feel warmly suffocated

The triangles that form a square are just
Fragments of a thing trying to keep itself together
If we could just see it for what it is
Life could be so much better
So can I be real with you?

Before someone tells me that I have to be a square again
How 'bout you take a second look at the pieces within;
The shapes, the lines, and the angles that make up a shattered quadrilateral

I can hardly remember what it feels like to be comfy
In a weather that drowns my frowns and blows my mind (in a good way)
The prickling, icy, fierce, unfeeling season’s never-ending
Perpetually tormenting my being

The triangles that form a square are just
Fragments of a thing trying to keep itself together
If we could just see it for what it is
Life could be so much better
So can I be real with you?

Before someone tells me that I have to be a square again
How 'bout you take a second look at the pieces within;
The shapes, the lines, and the angles that make up a shattered quadrilateral

One day the sun will shine and it won’t be cold
And I will be free to swelter in the heat
I’ll be tossing layers and the glue welding my walls shut will finally melt
It will be warm outside and I’ll no longer be shivering in daylight

credits

released September 10, 2021
Producer: Jeremy Chua
Keyboard Sessionist: Jonan Wong
Mix engineer: Jeremy Chua
Master engineer: Raihan Rosli
Cover art illustrator: Amanda Ong

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Amanda Ong Singapore

Born and bred in Singapore, Amanda Ong is an indie-folk singer-songwriter who seeks to soothe listeners struggling with mental health issues through her music. Also a proponent of the Singapore arts community, Amanda ensures that the work she produces still keeps in touch with her Singaporean roots. ... more