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What It Becomes

by Emma McKenna

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1.
What It Becomes What is good, if good feels worse What is good, if good always hurts One step closer and you’re cursed One step closer and I become unsure What it becomes and then What it becomes What is right, if right feels tangled up What is right, if alright feels never quite long enough One time is all it takes and then its closer to the edge again One time is all it takes to get me closer to the door again One time is all it takes to get me back to the walls again What it becomes and then What it becomes One time is all it takes to get me down onto the ground One time is all it takes to get my feet back around One time is all it would take One time is all it would take What it becomes and then What it becomes Tell me if I find it How will I know Tell me if I get there How to stay gone Tell me if I find it How will I know Tell me if I get there How I can stay gone
2.
Oh it happened so fast A finger dropped onto a map Oh it happened so fast The single drop that filled the bath Oh I'd give it back Year after year all the choices we had I'd give it back The sense that since hasn't come back White light that ties me to you Across this body and the continents too I shouldn't have tried to imagine you While I still feel you, while I still feel you Do you remember The way my thighs trembled The way I wouldn't look away The way I held your gaze The way I asked you to stay Do you remember The way my mouth tasted The way I held your face Oh all I have since bitten All I have since seen I would give it all back If to forgive meant to forget that I would give it all back If to forgive meant to forget that But for the first time in my life I can see the sky I lay in my bed at night And let the moon beat down on me I let the moon beat down on me And I would give it all back If to forgive meant to forget that I would give it all back If to forgive meant to forget that But for the first time in my life I can see the sky I lay in my bed at night And let the moon beat down on me I let the moon beat down on me
3.
The Flood 03:31
If I could just swim through the flood If I could just call out your name If I could just see you once more If I could just see you again I can't even say what it was I can't even say what it became I can't even see where you are I can't even see what you became Remember when you were the one Who held me when I felt scared Remember when we soared up above The tops of the palm trees and then If I could just swim through the flood If I could just call out your name If I could just see you once more Drown in the games that we played To see you once more Face to face To see you once more Face to face I would have crawled up on anything I would have laid down in anything I would have jumped off of anything I would have choked up on anything Everything that I needed Everything that I conceded I would have climbed up on anything I would have laid down in anything I would have given up on anything I would have choked up on anything If I could just swim through the flood If I could just call out your name
4.
The Way 02:55
You'll go your way Will the path be clearer When and if you come Close to what you fear Mirror in the sun You know the way Nothing lasts forever That is what you thought When and if you come back I will be gone I'll go my way I have been in pastures Green beyond my knees Nothing to hold onto My arms out in the breeze I know my way Wanted to be Mother of your child The daughter here is me Cradled in new light So watch me now Ride out So watch me now Ride out
5.
Better 03:27
If you feel that way There's nothing wrong with it If you feel that way There's nothing wrong with this Since you went away The feelings had a shift Since you went away There has been a shift If you feel that way There's nothing wrong with it If you feel that way There's nothing I can do Oh to make you feel that way Make you feel better Oh to make you feel that way Make you feel better Since you went away There's nothing I can't do Since you went away There's nothing I won't do Oh I am feeling better better better I am feeling better better better If you feel that way There's nothing I can do If you feel that way There's nothing I can do I never wanted to change you It was you, always changing on me Well now I am feeling better, better, better Now I am feeling better, better, better
6.
There's nothing left to make you want me Look for something in that California sunset A piece of us you must have seen past To let you walk away again Every chance I get I'll let this love out Every time I start to think You're still mine Look for reasons In the strength of the lines Look for something In that California sunset Every time I think you'll come back running Look up and let the darkness remind me There's nothing here to make you want me After all, I did just what you asked Every chance I get I'll let this love out Every time I start to think You're still mine Look for reasons In the thrill of the lines Look for something In that California sunset What about it wasn't enough It took some faith to build it up What about it wasn't enough I'll find a way to give you up I'll find a way to give you up Every chance I get I'll let this love out Every time I start to think You're still mine Look for reasons In the strength of the lines Look for something In that California sunset Look for something in that California sunset

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What It Becomes was recorded in January, 2013, in a home studio in Toronto, Ontario.

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released March 31, 2013

Emma McKenna: lyrics, vocals, and electric guitar
Alice Wilder: recording, mixing, producing; midi on "What It Becomes"and "Give It All Back"

Photo by Sorrell Scrutton

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Emma McKenna Toronto, Ontario

Singer and songwriter active in Toronto, Ontario, between 2007-2013.

Member of Galaxy from 2003-2007, in Toronto, Ontario.

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