Taken from my book ‘The Orange Hue’,  (https://nalinitranquim.com/shop) ‘New Scars Heal’ paints the scene of my move to London at 18 years of age, to pursue my musical dream of becoming a world renowned pianist. Only to hear (four months after arriving in the country), the words from her doctor “You’re pregnant”. 

In that moment, it felt as though my dream had come crashing. My whole life was preparing me for a career on the world stage and now it was over before it had even begun.

'New Scars Heal' takes you on a musical journey to remind you that curveballs and detours are a part of life. It’s how we deal with them that matters. 

I never gave up on my dream. You must never give up on yours.

New Scars Heal

A song that has been fifteen years in the making.

What started off as just the bridge (‘I’m falling in love with You’), stayed right there during my move from London to Western Australia. A time when I was broken and weary from life. I share about this season in my book “The Orange Hue”.

It took my move to Melbourne and navigating a very difficult couple of years between 2017 and 2019, during which time I spiralled into anxiety, depression and severe PTSD, before I found myself sitting at my piano and finally finishing the song.

I wanted to write a song that portrays an unending kind of love. One that sticks with you no matter what. What I didn't realise, was that I had to experience that kind of love before being able to write about it.

It is honestly only by the grace of God that I am even here today to share this song in its entirety. I hope it touches your heart. Nx

Your Love Single

Your Love

I’m an Anglo-Indian, raised in Africa where my whole childhood was gearing me towards fulfilling my dream of becoming a world renowned pianist. By the tender age of 18, I was ready. I boarded a plane to London only to discover 4 months later, I was pregnant with my boyfriend’s baby. At the time, it felt as though my dream was over. Now I realise that God had much more in store. There is a far greater depth to sounds and lyrics woven from testimony. It’s an anthem, a declaration to ‘coming out the other side, smelling of smoke but not burned’.

NaliniTranquim

Popular tracks