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
Unity
Chiasm Lyrics
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You want the world to hate you
And now you've found your prize
You know I can't escape you
Together we are drifting
Together we will fall
Together we're resisting
Protect my greatest fears
That somehow I'll become you
It's taken all these years
To get my distance from you
We found there's no disguise
There had to be a takedown
And after all these lies
It all creates a breakdown
I sit within the nature
Dirt between my toes
The forest is my shelter
The lake ahead still flows
Unite become erase
Ignite survive renew replace
Revise the thoughts inside you
Create I know you tried to
Decide review restart
Resist your fears
Rebuild your heart
Prevent the ties that bind you
And come back from your breakdown
Specks of light and darkness
Bodies to be held
People to be trusted
Anchors left to weld
The song "Unity" by Chiasm is about the struggle with toxic relationships and the process of breaking free from them. The first verse talks about how the singer has been affected by someone else's desire to be hated by the world. They feel trapped and unable to escape the hold this person has on them. The second verse describes the realization that there is no hiding from the truth about this person, and that it's time for them to face the consequences of their actions. However, the singer is also struggling with the fear that they might become like this person, and it's taken them years to distance themselves.
The chorus of the song talks about the power of unity in overcoming these struggles. The singer realizes that they cannot do this alone, and that together with others who have faced similar situations, they can resist and call out for change. The bridge of the song is a call to action, urging the listener to revise their thoughts and create a better future for themselves. The final verse is a beautiful image of finding solace in nature, with the singer realizing that there are still people and things worth holding onto, despite the pain of letting go of toxic relationships.
Overall, "Unity" is a powerful, introspective song that speaks to the complexity of human relationships and the struggles we all face in breaking free from toxic patterns.
Line by Line Meaning
Remember your demise
Don't forget the consequences of your actions
You want the world to hate you
You push people away intentionally
And now you've found your prize
You've achieved what you wanted, but at a cost
You know I can't escape you
You're impossible to avoid
Together we are drifting
We're losing our way together
Together we will fall
If we don't change, we'll fail together
Together we're resisting
We're fighting against our problems together
Together hear our call
We need to work together to make a change
Protect my greatest fears
Don't let me become what I fear
That somehow I'll become you
I'm scared of becoming like you
It's taken all these years
It's been a long process
To get my distance from you
To create space between us
We found there's no disguise
There's no hiding from the truth
There had to be a takedown
We had to be taken down to learn our lesson
And after all these lies
Despite the deception
It all creates a breakdown
It leads to a breaking point
I sit within the nature
I find peace in the outdoors
Dirt between my toes
I feel connected to the earth
The forest is my shelter
Nature is my safe space
The lake ahead still flows
Life goes on, even in difficult times
Unite become erase
Come together and eliminate what's holding us back
Ignite survive renew replace
Light a fire to spark change and replace what's not working
Revise the thoughts inside you
Re-evaluate your mindset
Create I know you tried to
Use your creativity, even if it doesn't come easy
Decide review restart
Make a choice, reflect on it, and start again
Resist your fears
Don't let fear control you
Rebuild your heart
Work on emotional healing and growth
Prevent the ties that bind you
Avoid attachments that are holding you back
And come back from your breakdown
Recover from your struggles and be stronger for it
Specks of light and darkness
Life is full of both good and bad
Bodies to be held
People to connect with
People to be trusted
Those who we can rely on
Anchors left to weld
Things to hold onto to keep us grounded
Contributed by Kylie N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.