Leith Ross
Leith Ross is a singer-songwriter and performing artist born and raised in the outskirts of Ottawa, Ontario. Struck by a culmination of inspiration sourced from their celtic roots, and potentially the Highschool Musical series, Leith Ross became a vessel for their very own distinctive musical style. As a young person, songwriting quickly became Leith’s most dependable method of processing their identity and lived experiences. Like a metaphorical beating heart on a sleeve Read Full BioLeith Ross is a singer-songwriter and performing artist born and raised in the outskirts of Ottawa, Ontario. Struck by a culmination of inspiration sourced from their celtic roots, and potentially the Highschool Musical series, Leith Ross became a vessel for their very own distinctive musical style. As a young person, songwriting quickly became Leith’s most dependable method of processing their identity and lived experiences. Like a metaphorical beating heart on a sleeve, Ross’ music is raw, vulnerable and often received with a deep sense of catharsis.
Leith Ross’s debut EP Motherwell is an incredibly honest and intimate collection of songs. The music was inspired by their own coming of age story, and written in hopes of providing the soundtrack to a shaping moment for someone else. Motherwell was humbly recorded live off the floor in one afternoon with college mates, and released in October 2020 on Birthday Cake.
Songs from Ross’s debut EP have been played on CBC Radio 2 as well as editorial playlists on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music. The EP received critical acclaim from Exclaim!, Stylus Magazine, Red Guitar Music, and indie blog If It’s Too Loud.
“The phrase "wise beyond their years" implies that young people don't experience the world as deeply or intellectually as older people, but the wisdom that Ross applies to their music pierces on each song.” - Exclaim!
As they transition into the next phase of life, Leith Ross is using their new music to dive deeper into themes of identity, finding a sense of self, and growing into understanding one’s relationship with the world around them. With plans to share more with the world in the second half of 2021. Leith Ross will embark on their debut international tour in spring of 2022, supporting management and label mates The Bros. Landreth across the UK and Europe.
Leith Ross’s debut EP Motherwell is an incredibly honest and intimate collection of songs. The music was inspired by their own coming of age story, and written in hopes of providing the soundtrack to a shaping moment for someone else. Motherwell was humbly recorded live off the floor in one afternoon with college mates, and released in October 2020 on Birthday Cake.
Songs from Ross’s debut EP have been played on CBC Radio 2 as well as editorial playlists on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music. The EP received critical acclaim from Exclaim!, Stylus Magazine, Red Guitar Music, and indie blog If It’s Too Loud.
“The phrase "wise beyond their years" implies that young people don't experience the world as deeply or intellectually as older people, but the wisdom that Ross applies to their music pierces on each song.” - Exclaim!
As they transition into the next phase of life, Leith Ross is using their new music to dive deeper into themes of identity, finding a sense of self, and growing into understanding one’s relationship with the world around them. With plans to share more with the world in the second half of 2021. Leith Ross will embark on their debut international tour in spring of 2022, supporting management and label mates The Bros. Landreth across the UK and Europe.
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we'll never have sex
Leith Ross Lyrics
Depollute me, pretty baby
Suck the rot right out of my bloodstream
Oh, dilute me, gentle angel
Water down what I call being grateful
Oh, you kissed me just to kiss me
Not to take me home
It was simple, it was sweetness
It was good to know
You look perfect, you look different
I don't wonder about your indifference
If I said you could never touch me
You'd come over and say I looked lovely
Oh, you kissed me just to kiss me
Not to make me cry
It was simple, you are sweetness
Let's just sit a while
Depollute me, gentle angel
And I'll feel the sickness less and less
Come and kiss me, pretty baby
Like we'll never have sex
Lyrics © SC PUBLISHING DBA SECRETLY CANADIAN PUB.
Written by: Leith Ross
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Amber Thomas
I’m not particularly asexual, but have had a couple of experiences that messed up my relationship with sex.
Ever since I was a kid guys at my school would leer at me. One of my exes admitted that he only dated me because of my appearance. I wondered if anyone would ever love me without wanting something in exchange. Perhaps not all relationships are like this, I know many happy couples who do have sex, but because of what happened to me i feel like i’m always being used.
It made me depressed. A lot of people liked me not for my intelligence, my thoughts, or my achievements, but for something as unimportant and questionable as my flesh. Something I couldn’t control. Something that now, I hardly consider a true part of me. So I worked hard, I really did, I improved my knowledge, I spoke my true thoughts, I gained skills and more hoping that if I expressed who I was louder enough that they’d finally look at me, the real “me” instead.
My friends would constantly bother me about my relationship status, asking why I was still single. If my standards were simply too high. Wondering why I could “easily find someone with your looks” but chose not to do so. I have been single for more than two years.
It’s not that I want to be single, not exactly. I just feel so broken like this. Like if I told my friends I didn’t want sex, or any potential partners, then I’d be alone forever. People would think I’m weird. Broken. So I crack jokes about it, pretending like I view sex the way they do. I always feel an immense sense of regret after those conversations.
After a life of being sexualized, of having people score me up against the looks of other girls in school, having pictures being passed around behind my back.. I would do anything to have something like this. For someone to love me and to love them back, and to make memories. Sometimes I just want to rip my soul out of my body. Sometimes I wish we never had bodies at all.
That’s why I hold on to things like affection from family. They hug you simply because they love you. My dog being excited when I come home. How a mother cares for her child unconditionally. My friendships with other women.
I wonder if anyone will ever love me this way. And that’s the scary part, I will never know. Perhaps my fear works against me. But seeing other people feel this way gives me hope as well.
<3
As a asexual person this song really hits the spot. I used to be pressured to sext and be sexual with my body by people when I was 11-12, and that really left a bad scar on intercourses for me.
I always used to hope that when I get older it’ll all go away. That I’ll finally be okay with it and be “normal” and have a “regular” relationship. And turns out that may never happen, all thanks to those people who gave me a bad first impression of that sort of relationship.
As time passed though, and my thoughts never changed, I learned to live with the fact I may never indulge in those types of things. I feel like a lot of people just think or assume asexual people are happy that they don’t like that type of stuff, but in all truth I dislike the fact that I feel this way. That I’ll never understand having that sort of connection with a person.
But then you have the fear of people wanting those things, forcing you, I have literal nightmares of people taking advantage of me and let me tell you it’s not a lovely thing. Sex has always been scary to me, always been a fear of mine, and most people don’t understand that.
This song makes me feel loved, it makes me feel like someone else finally gets how I feel. That maybe someone, I’ll find someone who will except me for who I am and love me wide big open arms. I still wanna cuddle, I still want hugs, I still want touch, I still want to kiss you, I just don’t want to go farther than that. And it gives me hope hat I will find that person one day, and they’re just waiting for me.
Thank you for this song, it truly makes me feel seen. I makes me feel understood. It means the world to me. :) 💙💙
JCO
As someone who was sex trafficked as a teenager and only knew love through sex this breaks me in half. I met the love of my life six years ago and he still loves me entirely without physically using me.... it's so healing.
Lizza
I am so so sorry
Lucia Goosia
That is so beautiful I'm so glad you are healing❤️
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You are stronger than most people ♥️ I hope you're doing ok, now and forever, with the true love of yours
Dankita
pure🤗
Yesness Largness
He ☹️
sheregenerated13
As an asexual person in a very allonormative society, this song is a soothing balm. I think it might bring comfort to most anyone, but I wanted to thank you for this. It's so rare and beautiful to me as a sapphic ace 💜🤍🖤 some people want the romance without the sex 💜🤍🖤 it sounds like the person in the song has found someone who is truly ok with that.
dragonfly._.doodles
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
FeathersOfFancy
I’m an ace lesbian too and it’s hard to find the right people, but once you do it’s so nice I promise. Keep up hope hun. For now, invest in yourself <3
The_Irrelevant_Fox
@sheregenerated13 that's so cool! I'm glad you found safety <3