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Desde Lejos

by Ley Line

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Desde Lejos is a poetic samba describing the metaphoric river of how our good intentions and prayers make their way. The lyrics describe the way our thoughts, as though they ride a current of hope that creates healing. Passing through the obstacles and whirlpools, as rivers channeling the power of prayer.

So many incredible musicians have created this recording. Emilie wrote this song many years ago inspired by a long distance love. The lyrics transformed on a trip throughout Mexico in 2018 with musician, wordsmith and artist, Pedro Morales. The song evolved over the years through playing it on stage until studio time came in Spring of 2021.

This recording is particularly special because it features so many artists in the Austin community. The song was recorded at Church House Studios with engineer David Boyle and producer, David Garza. There was a surprise visit from local jazz legend Ephraim Owens. Ephraim had stopped by with his trumpet and played one improvised take that transported everyone to a vintage Brazilian jazz bar and that landscape set a mood for what was to come. A year after the initial recordings, friend and incredible guitar player, Javier Jara, recorded an additional layer of classical guitar. This song is unique in the collaborative and intuitive journey it took to its completion. Emilie was rewriting lyrics moments before recording. Claudio Ramirez contributed to the final version of the backing vocals as the four of us circled around a condenser mic playing random hand percussion without clarity on how it would fit into the final song.

lyrics

Desde lejos
los rezos en la seda de los ojos
envolviendome, resolviendome
Respiro y miro, al centro de mi cielo
La solución no hay, yo prefiero
La ilusión
Una ilusión de razón
A veces el “porque” hay que dejar volar

No sé para dónde van,
ni de dónde vienen
Las ganas de sanar el mundo
Está la esperanza en la corriente
Somos ríos
Pasarán represas,
Se harán remolinos
Hay que confiar como el agua en la orilla

Desde lejos
Sentada en el cielo, viendo los remolinos
Elevándose, serenandome
Desde lejos, deshaciendo la separación
Las fronteras se hacen en una ilusión

From afar
The prayers in the silk of your eyes
Wrapping me, resolving me
I breathe and look to the center of my sky
There is no solution, I prefer
The illusion
An illusion of reason
Sometimes the “because” has to be let free

I don’t know where they go
Nor where they come from
The desire to heal the world
The hope is in current
We are rivers
They will pass dams,
Be made into whirlpools
Trust like the water does in the banks

From afar
Sitting in the sky, watching the whirlpools
Rising, calming me
From afar, undoing the separation
The borders become an illusion

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released June 9, 2023
Engineered by David Boyle at Church House Studios in Austin Texas in 2021
Producer: David Garza
Producer/Mixed and Mastered: Claudio Ramirez
Guitar: Javier Jara
Trumpet: Ephraim Owens
Vox: Emilie Basez
Vox/Percussion/Keys: Lydia Froncek
Vox: Kate Robberson
Vox/Bass: Madeleine Froncek

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Ley Line is a multilingual folk and soul band from Austin, Texas, influenced by music from North and South America.

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