DEBUT ALBUM: SHADOWS ARE MADE OF LIGHT TOO

DEBUT ALBUM SHADOWS ARE MADE OF LIGHT TOO OUT 10 JUNE 2022

Available to stream & purchase now: https://linktr.ee/metro13records

SAMOLT is my genre-defying debut album portraying the broad spectrum of human existence; heartbreak, uncertainty, discrimination, and anxiety meet hopefulness, serenity and a sense of purpose and unity. The title comes from Pariah’s spoken word bit.

My music is an alt-pop soundtrack of anthropology, as I write from a personal perspective while reflecting on more global concerns, intuitions, and realities. Mental health, the concept of time, discrimination, redemption, loneliness, friendship, relinquishment, and sapiosexuality are some of the themes I negotiate in my songs and it’s this variety that results in my genre-agnostic music orientation.

Glow & Ignite is probably the happiest song written about how lonely it feels when struggling with anxiety; Pariah is about society progressing to the point that we can now point the finger to those who have been discriminating against people based on their race, gender, age, body and class; Never Giving Up On You is a hymn to friendship and our chosen families; Hey Girl is a comfort song addressed to women and non-binary people, a reminder of our solodarity and beauty; Hype-up is a song about seeking for any sort of excitement amidst global and personal turmoil; Maybe In Another Life is a song about dealing with the concept of time as part of a generation facing the worst post-war world crisis while striving to make their dreams come true; Rules is a ballad about recognising and accepting weakness as a natural part of life and in the process of learning and growing; Butterflies is inspired by the film ‘Call Me By Your Name’and it’s about falling in love with someone who stimulates you intellectually.

The message of my songs as a whole is all about embracing diversity, collective pain and trauma and turning them into empowerment. SAMOLT amplifies my motto, which is the encouragement to “dance with your shadow”, meaning embracing our dark side and using it as a driving force and inspiration. In this album, everyday stories of vulnerability are given agency through songs made for everyone – including myself – to dance our troubles away.

LYRICS

GLOW & IGNITE

HONEY AFTER ALL THIS TIME ALL I NEED IS A SIGN

USED TO BE HARDER TO BELIEVE THE SUN WILL SHINE

FUNNY HOW QUIETUDE IS WHAT I HAVE DESIGNED

GO LISTEN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN TO THE SAME OLD RHYME

THEY SAY

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU

NEVER HAD A THOUSAND DREAMS TO LIVE UP TO

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU, TO YOU

UNDERNEATH IT ALL I’M SURE WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT

TRY TO REMEMBER ALL THE DAYS WE FELT ALIVE

MAYBE FOR A CHANGE WE’LL BE CLOSE TO ONE OF A KIND

JUST FOR THOSE DAYS WE TRIED AND FAILED TO FEEL ALIVE

AND IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU

NEVER HAD A THOUSAND DREAMS TO LIVE UP TO

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU, TO YOU

I’M JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST

NOT TOO MUCH BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU RUN AWAY

OH I’M JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST

NOT TOO MUCH BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE ME WANNA STAY WITH YOU

GLOW

IGNITE

TRY TO

WHEN THEY SAY

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU

NEVER HAD A THOUSAND DREAMS TO LIVE UP TO

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU, TO YOU

I’M JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST

NOT TOO MUCH BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU RUN AWAY

OH I’M JUST A LITTLE BIT LOST

NOT TOO MUCH BUT ENOUGH TO MAKE ME WANNA STAY WITH YOU

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU

WHAT TO DO, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO YOU, TO YOU

PARIAH

FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW

NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU’RE ALONE, ALONE

NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU TO SHOW

NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU’RE ALONE, ALONE

HIDE AND SEEK THAT’S HOW YOU FLOW

SPIN AROUND AND LOOK AT YOUR EMPTY THRONE, ALONE

YOUR RECOLLECTIONS ARE ALL THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO TURN TO

I’M NOT THE SAME OLD PARIAH YOU JUST LOVE BEING USED TO

ONCE UPON A TIME STRONG

NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU’RE ALONE, ALONE

LIVE AND LEARN YOU’RE IN THE WRONG

NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO YOU’RE ALONE, ALONE

OH YOU ARE WHAT I’M NOT

YEAH YOU ARE WHAT I’M NOT

YOUR RECOLLECTIONS ARE ALL THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO TURN TO

I’M NOT THE SAME OLD PARIAH YOU JUST LOVE BEING USED TO

I’M STANDING HERE ALONE WITH EVERYONE ELSE

AS SOMEONE WHO FORGIVES BUT NEVER FORGETS

TIME HAS COME AND NOW WE TIMELESSLY BECOME

WHAT HAS BEEN A DREAM

I’M STANDING HERE ALONE AWAY FROM YOU

TO TELL YOU SHADOWS ARE MADE OF LIGHT TOO

WE BROKE THE SILENCE YOU MADE UP

THE PEDESTAL THAT YOU BUILD UP

AND WE DANCE AND WE DANCE AND WE DANCE AND WE DANCE NOW

YOUR RECOLLECTIONS ARE ALL THAT NOW YOU HAVE TO TURN TO

I’M NOT THE SAME OLD PARIAH YOU JUST LOVE BEING USED TO

NEVER GIVING UP ON YOU

WHERE DO I START FROM WHEN IT’S BEEN SO VERY LONG

TWENTY-SOMETHING EVERY MONTH I’M USED TO PLAYING ALONG

A FLIGHT TO THE UNKNOWN WHERE I’VE BEEN SO MANY TIMES

WHERE DO I START FROM WHEN OUR HIGH NOTES ARE NOTHING BUT GOODBYES