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If Your Heart Were A City

from Chapter Two - a collection of 3 songs by Fridolijn

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I'm excited to bring you: If Your Heart Were A City

'If your heart were a city' is a song about longing to understand the ways of a heart. The way you get to know a city after being there long enough to see beyond the tourist highlights.
If Your Heart Were A City is the first song of Chapter 2. Where the music of Chapter 1 shared a sense of dreaminess, lightness and a come-what-may-type of feel, the songs of Chapter Two are connected in a different way. A darker sense of longing, anxiety and desire creeps in. 

This track is the result of a late night journey with sideways and unexpected turns. Lieuwe and I went on a trip while creating the production for this track. We recorded streetsounds outside the studio during the day (starring: our balconypigeon named Gert, a few angry Amsterdam cyclists and the neighbourhood ice cream van). As the day turned into night, police sirens, synths and trams were joining in. By 2 am we were deep into club synths and subby beats. At 4 in the morning, after an 18 hour session the song was exactly where it needed to be. 

I made 5 paintings, inspired by the song. They are handmade with watercolour, and have parts of the lyrics written on them. They are for sale on my bandcamp page.

lyrics

If your heart were a city
stretched out far and wide
that's where I would want to live
do you have a home for me inside?

I would roam your streets for days
in my mind I would draw a map
of every corner, every street
'till I'd be able to find my way

At night I'd stroll the alleys
the ones hidden in the back behind
under flickering neon lights
I'd find out where your secrets reside

I would roam your streets for days
in my mind I would draw a map
of every fountain, every square
'till i'd be able to find my way

the river long and winding
splits up the city in the middle like a scar
it's hard to tell how deep it is
the water has seen it all

I would roam your streets for days
in my mind I would draw a map
of every church every tree
'till I'd be able to find my way

credits

from Chapter Two - a collection of 3 songs, track released October 23, 2020
Music by Fridolijn van Poll, Danny Fisher & David Austin
Lyrics by Fridolijn van Poll
Sounddesign, production, beats: Fridolijn van Poll & Lieuwe Roonder
Recorded by Lieuwe Roonder
Mix: Marcel Tegelaar (Skiggy Rapz)
Mastering: Barry Gardner

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Fridolijn Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam based singer and songwriter Fridolijn aims to find pockets of intimacy and connection in a fast and disconnected world. Her music comes in soft layers of swirling synthesizers, acoustic folk guitars, ambient electronics and distant drums, wrapping around you like a blanket.
She brings a dreamy style uniquely her own.
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