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Solastalgia

by Siljan

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1.
Tiredness 01:50
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Just wait another time Don’t wait another year Don’t wait until there will be no one to help you getting out of here Will I reclaim the right To drown into your tears When everyone is messing around When everything is out of reach Just call your friends and talk When no ones gives a damn Don’t wait until there will be no one To help you getting out of here I’ll wait another time I’ll wait another year But I’m not so sure I can be there to help us getting out of this So tired to be sad for our kind This net of certainties has begun to crack and crumble So tired to feel bad for our kind Don’t have the certitude that we’re gonna last forever So tired to be jaded and harsh It’s hard not to be overtaken by guilt and pressure So tired to be searching a way Don’t let the selfishness become the last thing that will defines us
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Solastalgia 04:50
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3.
Capitalocene 05:14
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I feel so sorry in the end about the way we’re taking There is a little chance to stop the slaughter before it’s too late It’s not unfair, it’s not a game and now the time is running But we must share a simple thought about this global situation Can’t say they didn’t warn you all about this global warming It’s been some forty fucking years of warning from the science community It wasn’t a hoax, it wasn’t a joke but no one here is guilty If there is a story to be told when all is blurred and falling Just try to sleep at night And try to let it go When everyone’s talking and talking and talking for nothing I’m tired of this useless talks but I don’t think it’s your fault But there is a bunch of solutions in front of you Lost in a spiral of guilt and destruction I feel so sorry, sorry for you And now I wish you’d find another breath of life Lost in a radical struggle to save it all I feel so sorry, sorry for you And now I hope you’d find another breath of life
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Incertitude 04:35
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I’m lost in my thoughts and there’s no way to stop them It feels like a rumble inside I feel so strange with no reason I don’t like to feel that numb and I’m not there at all All my emotions are drown in a silence that drives all the passions away Kind of stuck in a wave of distortion It’s frozen inside and I’m so far away I just walk through the night But the answer is lost inside of me I just walk through a past that I rehash it’s getting me nowhere But I’m still running I tended to wallow in sadness for so long A shell for a human of glass All these things are now flowing through me And I’m learning so hard to let them pass away Showing no fear to be cool and pristine Kind of stuck in a confidence lack All these things are now starting to fade And I’m learning so hard to let them pass away I’ve found a reason to stop overthinking It runs in my mind but it doesn’t bother me now I’ve found a reason to stop overthinking It runs in my mind but it doesn’t bother me I just walk through the night But the answer is lost inside of me I just walk through a past that I rehash it’s getting me nowhere I’m still here I just walk for the same old reason that keeps me sane for a while Just find a reason to stop overthinking It runs in my mind but it doesn’t bother me now Is there a reason to stop overthinking It runs in my mind but it doesn’t bother me now I’ve found a reason to stop overthinking It runs in my mind but it doesn’t bother me now There is no reason to stop overthinking It runs in my mind but it doesn’t bother me now
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Teatime on Io 05:14
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I can see the stars into your eyes I can see your spacecraft on the field Take your helmet off your head and smile Falling on your knees Hope you’ve brought enough food for the travel Hope you’ve taken all that you would need A ride across the solar system was all you’ve ever dreamed I don’t want to hold you back and say don’t forget me Staying on my own until the day you’d come to me Searching on and on while sailing on the solar winds Flying to Jupiter’s moon and coming back for teatime with me Is there a limit to our human greed Is there a thing we don’t want to possess The boundaries of our universe are not I’m glad we’re stuck down here Is our life on earth not satisfying Is there a need to spoil another world If there a pride for us to trash the space I’m glad we’re stuck in here I don’t want to hold you back and say don’t forget me Staying on my own until the day you’d come to me Searching on and on while sailing on the solar winds Flying to Jupiter’s moon and coming back to teatime with me I don’t want to hold you back and say don’t forget me Staying on my own until the day you’d come to me Searching on and on while sailing on the solar winds Staying on your own above a world I’ll never see I don’t want to hold you back and say don’t forget me Flying to Jupiter’s moon and coming back to teatime with me
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Hummingbirds 04:10
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My heart is so sad My eyes are so dry Hope is not an option but I just do my best I can’t be the one to save you From your toxic thoughts I can’t be the one who saves This world that falls apart So we try and try again I solitude I wrap myself Slowly coming back to change I can’t be the one to save this world And be the same again Your mind is so bright Your eyes are so wide You try to be wise, you try to do your best You can be the one who says This world is worth the try You can’t be the one Who save this world that falls apart So we try and try again In solitude I wrap myself Slowly coming back to life I can’t be the one to save this world And be the same again Silence is so loud Moonlight is too thin I miss the rainfalls but I must let it go I can be the one who says This world is better with you I can be the one to hold your hand Just for the needed time So we try and and try again In solitude I wrap myself Slowly coming back to life I can’t be the one to save this world And be the same again
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Letters for Later 06:25
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Help me Help me be a wise man and hold my hand for a while Save me Save me from this black hole inside my chest This is my fight I can do the talking I can stay for a while I can let the lights on I could stay by your side I can read you stories We would pick on your books I can hunt the monsters crawling under your bed We can make a hut and we can make it wide So you can sleep inside and have a restful night So bring up all your blanks I’ve made up room for them I’ll stay behind the door Waiting until you sleep But let me stay up late at night I need to write a letter To say how much I’m proud of you and glad to be your father Slow the sand of time and let me greet the aging smile smile I’m wearing We have time to spend and love to give and hugs to share I’ve lost a lot of my fears Since you were born I try to be a better man But I don’t have much time left before you become a man And I don’t have so much time before you think I’m a fool I promise to do my best I promise to be patient I promise to deal with my angers and try to love me too But let me stay up late at night I need to write a letter To say how much I’m proud of you and glad to be your father Slow the sand of time and let me greet the aging smile smile I’m wearing We have time to spend and love to give and hugs to share
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Owls Orchestra 07:07
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How can I find a way to ease the pain Can I overcome my fears Can I let them go away How can I find a way to act again When the sorrow comes When there’s no way out of here How can I carry on without distress Can I understand my doubts Can I find a way to be myself How can I realize I’m not that sad When the time has come To accept myself Many years have come and passed The way I look into your eyes is not the same The has come to see what’s going on About that human being I used to know That’s what I thought Forty years have come by now The way I look into the past is not the same The time has come to say a little words And for the human beings that change my life I raise my glass and this is your night The way that you looked at me all that time The way that you carry me all this time The moments we had are so precious now While we sing we are one How can I change the world for another one Can I override my dread Can I feel free to act How can I realize I’m not that weak To be part again of this common path Many years have come and passed The way I look into your eyes is not the same The time has come to see what’s going on About that human being I used to know That’s what I thought (forty?) Many years have come by now The way I look into the past is not the same The time has come to say a little words And for the human beings that change my life I raise my glass and this is your night The way that you looked at me all that time The way that you carry me all this time The moments we had are so precious now While we sing we are one

about

Solastalgia is Siljan's third album, written and composed between 2020 and 2023. The writing process is nourished by reflections around the concept of Solastalgia, a term invented and conceptualized by the Australian environmental philosopher, Glen Albrecht. We distinguish between solastalgia, linked to mourning for what is already lost, and eco-anxiety, linked to what may happen or be lost. This concept makes the link between human health and environmental health, in times of climate change.

This album is the result of a journey, and of the observation of our emotions: fear, sadness and anger, passing through anesthesia, to give way to a gentle lucidity, marked by a certain distancing. Then comes determination and the desire to find courage and meaning in everyday actions. 
During the writing process, we wanted to address different topics related to solastalgia: eco-anxiety, criticism of capitalism, transhumanism, psychology and therapy, space conquest and headlong rush, parenthood and transmission, civic engagement, and importance of the arts in the search for meaning.

Finally, this record ends with a thank you to all the people with whom we were able to share moments of music and singing, and who nourished us through our lives as musicians. The final song, Owls Orchestra, is dedicated to them.

credits

released January 22, 2024

Drums: Jules PELLETIER
Bass: Elodie Jacquens
Guitars, keyboards, programming and vocals: Guillaume ARNAUD
Texts, music and arrangements: Guillaume ARNAUD

Drums recorded at Medusa Prod studio in July 2023
Bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards and programming recorded at
Blackwhale Studio, in Ongles, between July and October 2023.
1st Guitar Solo on Capitalocene: Alexandre Lezy
Sound recording, editing, mixing and mastering: Guillaume ARNAUD - Blackwhale Studio

Cover illustration, logo and layout: Sarah TALTAVULL

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