Originals

Song A Week

Lyrics: written by Paula Varela & Los Sketches (@lossketches)
Music: written by Paula Varela & Los Sketches. Performed by Los Sketches.
Vocals: Paula Varela & Los Sketches. 
Every process that turned my crappy demo into a real song and I’ll be forever thankful for it: Los Sketches.
The one who have absolutely no idea about how to properly make a credits list: Paula Varela.
Artwork: Cecilia Balvidares.
If I didn't make myself clear enough: follow @lossketches

This is probably the happiest I’ve ever been with a song. I can’t believe I wrote this alone in my room and someone made THIS. I can’t thank Stevie enough, he made me feel like a superstar for once in my life (the kind of superstar that writes songs sitting her bed, records it on the phone and STILL can make a great song out of it). Working on this song was the most exciting thing I’ve done since I started writing songs: it’s amazing how I wrote about something that caused me so much pain over these past few months and then, like a magic trick, Stevie turned it into the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard. I loved every minute of this experience, and I loved being able to share this with one of the most amazing people I’ve met this year. Take a good listen guys because I’m sure you’ll be hearing us together again very soon 😊
Stevie, you’ve made a girl from the other side of your world SO HAPPY. Thank you <3

Lyrics:

Maybe it’s true
maybe I should’ve seen what I had in you.
I guess I knew
that you would be better off without me next to you.

So maybe it’s good 
that you’ve changed and I no longer recognize you.
I still see you…
in my dreams you’re dressed as a nightmare and I run from you.

You gave me a kiss with those open eyes
and I wanted to trust but your love turned to dust.
Don’t give me a reason why,
don’t make me waste my time.
Just give me a decent goodbye.
Now you’re someone new…
and I no longer recognize you.

I see it too,
nothing will fit in my heart, now it’s shaped like you
in shades of blue.
Your footprints are littering the blueprints of my room.

Don’t say it’s for good
‘cause I’ve seen it all before I saw you.
It’s a cheap excuse,
my heart knows the pain of falling for you.

We kissed down the street, too late at night
and we knew from the start we would fall apart.
There’s no reason why
but we just wasted our time
without a decent goodbye.
Now you’re someone new…
and I no longer recognize you.


My heart now is shaped like you
in shades of blue.
My heart now is shaped like you...

So maybe it’s good
that you’ve changed and I no longer recognize you.

Shaped Like You (feat. Los Sketches)

Once again, thanks to my dear friends:
Josema for the title of this song.
Cecilia for the artwork <3

Lyrics:
I'm wearing your coat like a fortress
in the night
cause I know there's a goodbye hidden
in plain sight.
I wrote this story way too fast
upon a kiss that wasn't meant to last.
But now you're smiling and I'm the one
who bites the dust.

So, what if I told you I could change your mind?
What if I told you I saved the best for last?
All these moments are intertwined
but can we take it? what if I said I know how to face it?

It's a dangerous feeling coming down the rabbit hole,
caught up in the utopia of feeling nothing at all.

You're calling me a cab, you said you had a great time
though your body aches for the weight of a lie.
I won't be mad, what doesn't kill me it sure can try
one last time.
I'm walking down the hallway, all the lights are out
and I can hear your indecision crying out loud.
So now I'm smiling and you're about to bite the dust.

What if I told you I could change your mind?
What if I told you I saved the best for last?
All these moments are intertwined,
can you take it? You should know there's no way to erase it.

It's a dangerous feeling coming down the rabbit hole,
caught up in the utopia of feeling nothing at all.

I wrote this story way too fast
upon a kiss that wasn't meant to last.
But now it's gone and we're about to bite the dust.

The Utopia of Feeling

Thanks @j-t_r for letting me use his unused song ideas again! I used a couple of them for this one <3
(there was a big storm outside at the moment of recording, so you might hear some thunder over there)
Artwork by Cecilia Balvidares.

Lyrics:

Welcome to the only place I’ll let you get away with it.
I kissed you right and I fell straight to the rabbit hole, I hold my breath.
Tell me something I’d regret, do everything to make me quit.
But you’d do nothing, and it’s ok cause darling, I would do the same.

But that was then and this is now,
our drugs are useless now…
We were fools, we were blind,
distance is pointless now.

So if I fell once
nothing can keep me from falling twice.
So if I fell once
nothing can keep me from falling twice now…

Your eyes welcome me like I’m standing at heaven’s gates.
You bite your lip and I’m taken back in time, like it’s yesterday.
Tell me anything, help me remember the rules of this game.
But you say nothing and it’s ok, cause darling I remember your name

But that was then and this is now,
our drugs are useless now…
We were fools, we were blind,
distance is pointless now.

So if I fell once
nothing can keep me from falling twice.
So if I fell once
nothing can keep me from falling twice now.

(Straight to the rabbit hole, I hold my breath)
(Taken back in time, like it’s yesterday)

So if I fell once
nothing can keep me from falling twice.
So if I fell once
nothing can keep me from falling twice now

Sydney

Artwork by @ nyctophiliacmb
My dog felt like joining in SEVERAL TIMES during the recording. Enjoy :)

Lyrics:

Wild sea, it's been killing me
to stand by your side and not telling you to be free.
White noise, it gets through your voice
and tells me to let go. And you gotta know
loving you is all I've ever known.

And I go from one drink to another
hoping you would stop me but you don't even bother.
So I'm walking back home with the sea to my left and the sun on my face,
feeling so alive and so dead.

And I'll remember you
when every scar in my heart starts to ache.
And I'll remember you
when every kiss I give turns into a mistake.
I'll remember you
cause every word I write is signed with your name.
And I'll remember you
cause every inch of my skin will try to forget.

Wild sea, it's been coming at me.
I cried so many tears now the tide is made of me.
Your voice, it gets through the noise,
wish I could shut it out but you gotta know
I'm about to leave and this time is for sure.

And I go from one drink to another
hoping you would stop me but you don't even bother.
So I'm walking back home with the sea to my left and the sun on my face,
feeling so alive and so dead.

And I'll remember you
when every scar in my heart starts to ache.
And I'll remember you
when every kiss I give turns into a mistake.
I'll remember you
cause every word I write is signed with your name.
And I'll remember you
cause every inch of my skin will try to forget.

And I go from one drink to another
just because we can't go back to each other.
So I'm walking back home and it's in my blood, this is the end.
Feeling so alive and so dead...

And I'll remember you
when every scar in my heart starts to ache.
And I'll remember you
when every kiss I give turns into a mistake.
I'll remember you
cause every word I write is signed with your name.
And I'll remember you
cause every inch of my skin will try to forget.

(awkward laugh because she just couldn't shut up)

Wild Sea

Artwork: @ nyctophiliacmb

Lyrics:

Sitting in your car, thinking we got lost
and I'm afraid of your phone
cause it keeps ringing all the time
and I know that's your cue to be gone.
And I laugh because all these streetlights 
are new for you.
Well, I thank them for driving me to you.

But don't ask me what love looks like, 
I don't know anymore.
Should I feel like bursting at the seams or
tossed to the floor?
Cause God knows, looking at your eyes
makes me feel both.
But don't ask me what love looks like,
I'll know it when you're gone.

Sitting in the backseat of your car,
maybe we took it too far.
But you got in my head, like a song
you're stuck on my brain.
And I know I want your body again
but what else can I do?
I thought I was in control,
but I must've given it back to you.

So don't ask me what love looks like, 
I don't know anymore.
Should I feel like bursting at the seams or
tossed to the floor?
Cause God knows, looking at your eyes
makes me feel both.
But don't ask me what love looks like,
I'll know it when you're gone.

(I'll know it when you're gone)

Try to fall asleep, counting 1 2 3
until we disappear
into the smoke of your cigarette in a dream
just to keep you near.
And this is madness, I get up and I scream
because I can't win.
I've been fighting against myself 
since I let you in.

So don't ask me what love looks like, 
I don't know anymore.
Should I feel like bursting at the seams or
tossed to the floor?
Cause God knows, looking at your eyes
makes me feel both.
But don't ask me what love looks like,
I'll know it when you're gone.

Don't Ask Me

At the time of writing this song, Argentina has been on quarantine (or mandatory preventive social isolation) for 180 days. This song represent almost every thought I had through it, since the beginning when we celebrated birthdays through videocalls with our family and friends and we said "this will be a cool memory to tell our kids" until the most recent ones where rich people are leaving the country because they can afford it and because it feels like it's all going down here, and media covers it like it's the most important thing in the world and most of us just DON'T CARE anymore.
Until a few weeks ago, I hadn't even taken the train this year. The first time I took it, there were officers everywhere making sure you were actually allowed to take it. 
It's not the easiest time for everyone. Our country is split between the ones who support this isolation, and the ones who doesn't. Many political, economical and ideological reasons are in discussion, often forgetting that we're here because there's a virus out there, and some places can't even handle it anymore. It's scary, because you can feel the riot in the air which is the last thing we'd need right now.

Milligrams is the song I've been wanting to write for a long time. An honest song about what it's like to face your feelings in times of uncertainty. Sometimes you just wish you could numb all of them, like when you take a pill for the headache or something. A lot of feelings are several years old, but you know what they say, quarantine is a great time for introspection. I keep remembering my life before this and thinking "will I ever get even a small piece of that back?" Hopefully, I will. In the meantime... take care.

Lyrics:

They got the money, so they can runaway.
I don't get what they think I'd even care.
My planet Earth has been reduced to these walls,
haven't seen the city since long ago.
And we spent our birthdays through videocalls,
it felt cool for a memory to tell your child,
until I took the train feeling exiled
craving the freedom of a hunter running wild.

And it's a weird time, yes, they say it all the time,
like it would make a mend for the trouble in our minds.
And drop bombs on this already lost battlefield,
with the excuse to keep our eyes peeled.
Now I move by inertia almost all the time,
measuring my comfort in milligrams.
A little bit of this, a little bit of that
and our happy smile turns dark mad.

My moral has a double side,
don't look at me like this, yours is just like that.
And I've been screaming at you silently for so many years,
I thought my vocal cords would disappear.
So go ahead and tell me I just need a job,
like it would surgically remove these intruder thoughts.
Cause maybe I've wasted seven years of my life,
but I'm terrified of giving them up.

I believe they're all liars, including me
and that's why I'll never know what I need.
I think they're onto something against us tonight,
but we're hypnotized by this permanent blue light.
And I'm scared of every citizen,
cause when they raise our flag, I know what it represents.
I'm a red button away from calmness...
(Cover my mouth with blissful ignorance)

Now I move by inertia almost all the time,
measuring my comfort in milligrams.
A little bit of this, a littl bit of that,
and our bright smile turns dark mad.

Now I move by inertia almost all the time.

Milligrams

26. the girl with bad karma.
My first EP "the demos" is out now! https://open.spotify.com/album/5HW6gAvQ3LcAqM16ynT1yx?si=EwKDGTw6TQmxxmFxjCrqcQ

(This Silence Is So) Loud:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dZMZ9pWzo1bmAosxO5WWa?si=mCZc_-GhSJaC8VkQ8jeURA

Like a Kid: https://open.spotify.com/track/3P9DWi9yh66lLQKUoOZgD8?si=HqxH3FICRZuGbyGu6_ijUw

Shaped Like You feat @lossketches :
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ypE55qUIeLFh1ZYX7AbE9?si=TGMWJpTrQmWOF_ppLXF_lQ

Currently writing a song every week on www.songaweek.org