Proof of Life

from Scorpion Moon by Sora

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Inspired by “The Velveteen Rabbit” – Margery Williams
For years I had in my mind the idea of writing a song about a stuffy. Originally I meant to write about a lost toy and even had a video in my mind. When it came to writing the song, I kept coming back to the notion of “realness” from the Velveteen Rabbit. People often look to others to be the doorway of validation for their lives. What it is that truly makes us real, the titles and traits others bestow upon us or the ones we claim for ourselves?

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I thought your love would make me real
Give me a heart, not just this space
Waiting for filler and messy parts
Waiting for more

Could I be real without you?
You were the door
The passageway to tomorrow

Lots of strange ways to be made
Some were so sharp, clockworks and ire
Me, I was soft, velveteen
Plush doesn’t break

Maybe I’m real without you
There’s still a door
A passageway to tomorrow
These wounding tears falling for you
Proof of a life, the moment I knew
You weren’t my savior though I loved you true
Gifts sometimes hurt
And I was real
Oh I was real
I am real without you

I was the door
The passageway to my tomorrow

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from Scorpion Moon, released January 13, 2013

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Sora Calgary, Alberta

Sora is a World/Celtic singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Her engaging stories straddle the realms of mythic and modern. Her transcendent voice will carry you on journeys of time and place.

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Ghostlines

May 2021
Scorpion Moon

Jan 2013
Heartwood

May 2009

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