At the age of five, Emileigh Rohn began taking piano lessons from her church organist, Mildred Benson, and eventually began singing solos in church. By the age of 13 she received a Casiotone keyboard and began experimenting with electronic music. In her final year of high school she joined an experimental/industrial performance art group called Inter Animi.
In the fall of 1997, while studying molecular biology in Detroit, Rohn joined Calvin P. Simmons in his project Dragon Tears Descending (DTD) as a keyboardist doing performances and supporting other bands. Rohn then left DTD and formed her own project Electrophoretic Transfer in 1998.
Chiasm began in 1998 when Rohn began to entirely produce her own music with her first demo CD named "Embryonic" completed in October. Her song "Bouncing Baby Clones" was featured on a Detroit Electronica compilation CD, D[elEcTROnIc]T, in the spring of 1999. By March 2001, Rohn released her debut album, Disorder on COP International.
Following Disorder, the track "Isolated" was released on the PC Game, "Vampire-The Masqurerade-Bloodlines" as well as used in an episode of the CBS series "Navy:NCIS" in 2003 coinciding with the release of the remix album with labelmate Threat Level 5 titled "Divided We Fall: The Remix Collection". The second full-length solo album, "Relapse" was released in 2005, also on COP.
Chiasm released a virtual single, "Prefrontal EP", exclusively on iTunes in 2006 through COP International. Her new full-length album, titled "REFORM", was released in September 2008! "REFORM" CDs are now available! Be sure to check out the new Facebook page, and keep in touch with her on Myspace where new remixes and random older tracks are also posted for streaming!
Emileigh is currently working on new material, an album called "11:11" and remixes/collaborations with other artists.
For more information, see her web site, www.chiasm.org
Isolated
Chiasm Lyrics
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The lyrics to Chiasm's song Isolated talk about being trapped in a space and feeling powerless to break free from the isolation and confinement that surround them. The singer of the song is unsure of what lies beyond the walls of the room they find themselves in, and they question whether it is even worth caring about. They are left staring at a light that ultimately blinds them and leaves them feeling hopeless and alone. As the song progresses, the singer laments the fact that they have no choice but to remain isolated, and they feel as though they are being pushed aside and segregated from the rest of the world. At one point, they even feel as though they may be forced to extract their own heart, such is the strength of their despair.
The song is a poignant reflection on the experience of feeling trapped and alone. The lyrics explore the hopelessness that can come with being isolated and the sense of powerlessness that can come from feeling as though there are no options for escape. The repetition of the phrase "struggling/left alone/apart/pushed aside/made segregated" further emphasizes the sense of despair that the singer feels, and highlights the cyclical nature of their situation.
Line by Line Meaning
here i stand in this room
I am physically present in this room where I am trapped.
caged and trapped inside
I feel trapped and constricted like a captive animal.
seems i'm damned to live a lie
I am stuck living a false or deceitful existence due to my current circumstances.
unaware of what's outside
I am oblivious to everything happening outside of my small world.
should i care
I am questioning whether I should have any concern for what is happening beyond my confinement.
for what's left me behind
I am pondering whether there is anything worthwhile that I left behind outside my cage.
and i stare at light that makes me blind
The light that I see outside is both blinding and mesmerizing.
internally there's nothing left for me to be
I feel empty and devoid of any purpose or direction.
i'm here alone and isolated
I am alone and cut off from the world.
have no choice but be isolated
I am compelled to be isolated and there is no other option for me.
struggling
I am facing challenges and difficulties.
left alone
I have been abandoned or left behind.
apart
I am separated from others and feel disconnected.
pushed aside
I have been dismissed or rejected by society.
made segregated
I have been forcibly separated from others and am not allowed to interact with them.
see i have no choice but be isolated
I perceive that isolation is my only viable option.
threatened
I feel in danger or at risk of harm.
forced to extract the heart
I am required to do something painful or difficult in order to survive.
the monsters make me hide
There are forces outside of myself that are threatening and cause me to retreat into my isolation.
perhaps i'll eat myself alive
I am so overwhelmed and desperate that I may resort to cannibalism in order to survive.
internally there's nothing left for me to be
I feel completely devoid of any sense of self or purpose.
i can't care for what's left me behind
I am incapable of taking interest or concern in the world beyond my cage.
i'm here alone and isolated
I am completely alone and ostracized from the rest of the world.
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