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I can’t do much of anything when I’m feeling down, let alone write a song about it, but one day in 2019 when I was trudging my way back, I made an attempt to leave a breadcrumb trail for my future self. 

"The Only Way Out Is Through" is my attempt to trap the "shapeless forces" that "pull at me", making them solid by assigning words to them, reducing their power and size to something I might feasibly be able to overcome. The aspirational sentiment that “resistance is crucial, forgiveness is beautiful” is one I find very hard to enact in the moment, but something I can at least continue to strive for. 

Ironically, this song is being released during my lowest fortnight of the last 12 months, so the safety line of lyrics I knotted inside the music is a helpful reminder of brighter days. 

The choice to release music in a universally dark time isn’t one I take lightly. “The Only Way Out Is Through” is the most resonant and useful piece of music I have to offer right now, a rescue raft for whoever needs one. 

That’s what this song is for me.

LYRICS 

Gotta get out of this 
Making a meal of distress 
Fatalistic to the bone 
Thunderclouds in every home 
Gotta get out of this 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through 

Gotta get out of this 
Drowning in yesterday's tears 
Intimate conspiracies 
Shapeless forces pull at me 
Gotta get out of this 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart 
I never meant to wish on a falling star 
But I won't let it go 

Denial take me away 
Pretend like I'm not the queen of stretching the days 
In all the wrong ways - til they break 
Denial take me away 
I crave your sweet mistakes but 
Resistance is crucial 
Forgiveness is beautiful 

The only way out is through 
Not gonna lose my heart - I never meant to 
The only way out is through

CREDITS
released September 8, 2020 
Written, produced, performed and engineered by Laura Kidd. Mixed by Dan Austin. Drums by Max Saidi.

The Only Way Out Is Through

hello!  i'm Kat but you can call me Miaow, like my cat does....  i'm a singer/songwriter/musician/music-lover from Scotland and have been all my life.  this is my first solo project.  my debut album, Year Zero, which is out on all digital platforms.

DOWNLOAD / BUY my music here:

https://miaowmcdonald.bandcamp.com/

you can also find me on iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Applemusic, Googleplay, etc etc etc.

Miaow McDonald: words, vocals, guitar, bass, piano, Theremin, synths and is responsible for some other sonic perversions and samples.

Additional players named on individual tracks.

Production: Robert Davidson (Aged Choir Boy)

Thank you for tuning in!  

Love,
Miaow x

Genre bender. Singer/Songwriter/Multi Instrumentalist Email: stickthinspine2@aol.com

On the road of music creation & love
Coming from Universe.
Shine from within out
Music & Writing expression is my meditation.

You've finally found us! We are Chimps of The Future!

We've got no promotional budget, we're doing this for fun, more people join us everyday, click follow and learn to sing along.

The songs on our album are arranged in a very particular order. It's an old rock tradition called "The Concept Album".

We also have a bit of work from our sister band K:KITCHEN RADIO.

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Sad songs to make you feel better.
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