Powerful Women

by Clea Anaïs

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“Powerful Women” is a song about resilience.
The lyrics remind us that strong voices have preceded us, that we can draw upon; and that although outcomes are not always visibly or immediately positive, it is still worth showing up for who and what you believe in.

The song “Powerful Women” was born from a conversation about assault with my niece and sister. The subject came up because of the social and political climate we are moving through in the modern world, which despite denoting progress through increased transparency, also brings to light injustice suffered by victims. It is both tragic, and optimistic, to witness young, engaged, empathetic youth confronted with our world’s realities. Although these conversations can trigger my experiences, I do feel positive about the marked distance between social discourse that exists today, compared to the stigma which created silence for me while growing up.

lyrics

We come from a line of powerful women

History says a lifetime is short
but it can be well spent
She knows it's a ride
It stops where it stops, ya
the sights are the sights

Still sometimes it breaks her heart
Still sometimes it fills her eyes in the dark of the night
Silence has a price
but still there's a cost to using her voice

So if the fuel of that fire ignites
As you stand in it's flames
know I see you
It's the brave who remain in that light
If the battle lasts long
Know I feel you

We come from a line of powerful women

History says a lifetime is short
but it can be well spent
When I think of time
I have to believe
that justice presides

So if the fuel of that fire ignites
As you stand in it's flames
know I see you
It's the brave who remain in that light
If the battle lasts long
Know I feel you

If the fuel of that fire ignites
As you stand in it's flames
know I see you
It's the brave who remain in that light
If the battle lasts long
Know I feel you

We come from a line of powerful women

credits

released March 30, 2021
Clea Anaïs - Vocals, Guitar, Mellotron
Will MacLellan - Bass, Falsetto
Jarret Mayo - Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Tiple, Charango
Kevin Sullivan - Saxophone

Recorded by Will MacLellan at Sound City, L.A. California
Additional Recording by Clea Anaïs at the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts
Mixed by Nyles Spencer at The Bathouse, Ontario

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Clea Anaïs

Clea Anaïs’ compositions center on her multifaceted artistic sensibility, and an emotional intelligence as sharp as a shard of bright-coloured crystal. Clea creates art that moves in interesting ways, and through this there are moments when she is vulnerable, and those moments move you because they are some special combo of being listenable, evoking thought/memory, and feeling new.

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