"Paper Prayers" is a gentle acoustic pop track about the vulnerability of hope. It captures the feeling of sending your deepest wishes out into the universe, unsure if anyone is listening, but doing it anyway.

(Verse 1)
I’ve got a notebook full of scribbles under my bed
Things I couldn't say, so I wrote them down instead
Ink stains on my fingers, tears on the page
Trying to break out of this silent cage
I fold them up into tiny little planes
And fly them out the window into the rain

(Chorus)
These are my paper prayers
Caught on the wind, going nowhere
But maybe they’ll land in the palm of a hand
That can finally understand
I’m sending them up, I’m letting them go
To the sky above from the world below
Just paper prayers, fragile and thin
But that’s how the healing begins

(Verse 2)
I wrote one for forgiveness, I wrote one for the past
I wrote one for the moments that went by too fast
"Dear God, if you're reading, I’m sorry for the mess"
Is usually how I start every single address
It’s cheaper than therapy, safer than speech
Putting the secrets just out of my reach

(Chorus)
These are my paper prayers
Caught on the wind, going nowhere
But maybe they’ll land in the palm of a hand
That can finally understand
I’m sending them up, I’m letting them go
To the sky above from the world below
Just paper prayers, fragile and thin
But that’s how the healing begins

(Bridge)
Maybe the rain will wash the words away
And turn them into something new today
Maybe the ink will bleed into the ground
And grow a flower where no hope was found

(Chorus)
These are my paper prayers
Caught on the wind, going nowhere
But maybe they’ll land in the palm of a hand
That can finally understand
I’m sending them up, I’m letting them go
To the sky above from the world below
Just paper prayers, fragile and thin
But that’s how the healing begins

(Outro)
Fly away, fly away
Paper prayers on a rainy day
Fly away...
(Fade out with acoustic guitar picking)

Paper Prayers

CICLO DA BORRACHA — Noite de Manaus

LIBERDADE: O Apelo à Liberdade de Fernando Pessoa | Quando o Fado Quebra as Suas Correntes

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​Com „Liberdade“, Art LIS BOA apresenta uma explosão sonora de esperança e rutura. Esta canção é uma homenagem carinhosa a Fernando Pessoa e é baseada num dos seus poemas profundos que capta a essência da liberdade.
​O tema contrasta conscientemente com o fatalismo tradicional do Fado: É o apelo triunfante da alma pela Libertação, após o longo sofrimento do Lamento. A composição profundamente emocional aborda a superação das correntes e a saudade pelo horizonte, mesmo que o destino (Destino) pareça proibi-lo.
​Testemunhe como a voz masculina rouca e soulful (Soul Timbre) usa a estrutura do Fado para finalmente se libertar, transformando a força lírica de Pessoa num manifesto musical. A Guitarra Portuguesa torna-se aqui um símbolo de partida, não de dor. Um must-have para fãs que procuram Fado Novo, World Music e a força catártica da grande poesia.


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LIBERDADE: Fernando Pessoas Ruf nach Freiheit | Wenn der Fado seine Ketten sprengt

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​Mit „Liberdade“ präsentiert Art LIS BOA eine klangliche Explosion der Hoffnung und des Bruchs. Dieser Song ist eine liebevolle Hommage an Fernando Pessoa und basiert auf einem seiner tiefgründigen Gedichte, das die Essenz der Freiheit einfängt.
​Der Track steht bewusst im Kontrast zum traditionellen Fado-Fatalismus: Er ist der triumphale Ruf der Seele nach Libertação, nach dem langen Leiden des Lamentos. Die tief emotionale Komposition thematisiert das Überwinden von Ketten und die Sehnsucht nach dem Horizont, selbst wenn das Schicksal (Destino) es zu verbieten scheint.
​Erlebe, wie die raue, soulvolle Männerstimme (Soul Timbre) die Fado-Struktur nutzt, um die lyrische Kraft Pessoas in ein musikalisches Manifest zu verwandeln. Die Guitarra Portuguesa wird hier zum Symbol des Aufbruchs, nicht des Schmerzes. Ein Muss für Fans, die Fado Novo, World Music und die kathartische Kraft der großen Dichtung suchen.



Genre Fado Novo, World Music, Soul
Mood Triumph, Hope, Breakthrough, Philosophical
Themen Fernando Pessoa, Liberdade (Freiheit), Destino, Dichtung
Instrumentation prominente Guitarra Portuguesa, Male Vocal, Soul Timbre

Décoder

Matéo Langlois

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