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​​Empathy
music and lyrics by Bridget Viviani
Bridget once had a fellow songwriter inquire how she 
writes music as a drummer, given that he constructs songs via his guitar, and he didn't imagine drums could lend themselves in the like. They can. Though admittedly, 
that isn't necessarily how Bridget tends to write... But it 
was how "Empathy" was born, and it's the only song on 
Off & On to develop as such. (Though others did ensue from doodling on an instrument, like "Slow Burn" on bass.)

Another songwriter told her he writes lyrics via sounds emerging from the melody. Bridget didn't initially grasp 
what he meant, because again, that's not how she tends 
to write. But it is how she wrote Empathy. Or rather, 
how "Empathy" wrote itself (with consonants and vowels materializing from the music and manifesting into words).

Instrumentation: voice, alto sax, baritone sax, flute, 
tenor uke, bass uke, drum set, tambourine


Miscellaneous Art Rock Trivia for "Empathy":
The uke's eighth note chords shift from just down strums, to only up strums, to entwined up-and-down to signify putting oneself in another's shoes.
sound recording personnel:
Bridget Viviani – vocals, ukuleles, drums, percussion, recording, mixing
Matthew Thornicroft – woodwinds
Spencer Hawk – mixing, mastering
It’s time to realize
That we 
Don’t gotta fight
When 
No two are exactly alike
 — 

Cause we can 
Empathize;
We’ve all been inflamed,
Whether or not we’re the same.

And it might stupefy,
But we
Don’t gotta hate
When
In some way we can still relate
 — 

Cause we can
Empathize;
We’re all thumped by pain,
Whether or not we're the same.

Unknowns can terrify,
But we
Can gain insight
When we 
Flood the dark we’re in with light
 — 

​Cause we can
Empathize;
We’ve all been afraid,
Whether or not we’re the same.
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photos by Matthew Thornicroft & Bridget Viviani

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