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Safety House

by The Emerald Ruby

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Weeks, They Feel Like Years...

During the lockdowns of 2020 whilst our various levels of government were ping-ponging between gross mismanagement and brilliant social change I predicted that anything which may improve everyone's life in the long term would be scrapped as soon as they grew tired of keeping everyone alive and well.

We still haven’t learned yet…

I’m pretty devastated this song is still relevant. Everything went back to the way it was, and then some. We have a rental crisis, inflation is through the roof, jobs don’t pay living wages, the lockdown continues for those who are immunocompromised and disabled. It didn’t need to go back, but it did anyway and we’re all suffering because of it.

The “new normal” we found. It looks a little too much like the old normal. Normal isn’t the best. Safety House is the first single from the Emerald Ruby’s “Patchwork”, a collection of 4 musical expressions: Homesickness, Unrequited Love, Political unrest and the realities of living with a disability.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE www.youtube.com/watch?v=byFBwT8wJb0

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Weeks,
They feel like years.
I'm locked inside
We're all locked inside
our houses
Keep us safe
Or mostly safe
No where is safe
No one is safe

I don't want to go back
to the way it was (oooooo)
The planet was dying
and life was a slog (oooooo)

We,
We all forget
Our history
repeats itself again and we forget
once we feel safe
or mostly safe
no one is safe

We still haven't learned yet
past mistakes so fresh (oooooo)
The planets still dying
Normal isn't the best (oooooo)

Normal isn't the best x3

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released March 4, 2023
Audio:
Jen Hankin (The Emerald Ruby) - Flute, Ukulele, Vocals
Joe Gould - Vocals
Miranda Arrighi - Violin
Peter Hollo - Cello

Engineer: Rohan Parry

Visuals:
Brayden Porter Media - Photo, Video
Benjamin Frazer McKenzie - MUA
Jen Hankin - Set Design, costume, editing

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The Emerald Ruby Sydney, Australia

The Emerald Ruby weaves a delicate musical tapestry from an on-stage forest of flutes and ukuleles. Voice like a siren, intricate melodies sprout from her classical training, gently manicured by her love of Folk music and Jazz.

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