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Lunic is New York singer-songwriter, electronic musician, & multi-instrumentalist Kaitee Page. A classically trained violist/violinist, Lunic fuses contemporary & classical instrumentation with electronic composition.
Lunic has shared the stage with artists such as Moby, Lights, Public Image Ltd., Youngblood Hawke, Mindless Self Indulgence, Company of Thieves, Dredg, Meiko, San Cisco, & Bell X1. Her performance is, "a psychedelic display of lyric poetry in the form of an understated, powerful show." -TriState Indie. In 2012 Lunic was the winner of the PlanetRox competition and was chosen as the US headliner for the Envol et Macadam Festival in Quebec City, Canada. In 2013 Lunic was the Grand Prize Winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Electronic Category for her song, "War." In 2014 she was a semi-finalist in the rock category of the International Songwriting Competition for her song, "Magic Love-Hate Thing."
Page, born in upstate NY, attended university in Nashville, TN and moved to Los Angeles in 2003. Her experience as a performer began as an electric violinist and keyboard player in various LA-based pop/rock bands, most notably the Australian rock band Porcelain (Universal Records). Page began writing songs in early 2005 after seeing the British alt. rock band Muse perform live at Coachella Music Festival. In 2007 she relocated to London, and spent the next 7 years touring, traveling the world, writing new music, & studying Spanish, French, & German. Much of the inspiration for her writing is derived from her travels. To date she has visited 25 countries.
Her first release, in 2006, was a collection of piano-based alternative songs called The Uglylights (demos), written & recorded in California, followed quickly by the EP Splinter, recorded in London in just 3 days. They were followed up in 2009 by Lunic's first fan-funded album Lovethief, written & recorded in upstate NY. In 2012, she released Future Sex Drama, a full-length written & recorded in Germany & New York City, originally described as “sultry, ethereal synthpop” by Lunic herself. She has also released a plethora of digital singles on iTunes over the years: Beautiful, Dichotomy, Oh No Yoko!, Magic Love-Hate Thing, Far Away (Radio Edit), The Dark House (Elliot Tribal Remix).
On Future Sex Drama, Lunic begins taking her first steps as a producer, bringing together the experimentation behind her early work and a cutting edge pop aesthetic. A blend of dark ethereal synthpop and electronic rock similar to Metric, The xx, Lights or Ladytron, Future Sex Drama is, "Glossy enough for the dance floor but retaining that sinister edge." -CMJ. Each album tackles a different set of influences and styles. This approach has allowed the project to remain flexible and evolving.
2005
Yellow Rose
Lunic Lyrics
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choked on another I told you so, rage within me burning
petals heavy as led, outside in i'm stained
regurgitating faith, yellow coursing through my veins
there's no cure for deception
what's done is done, another re-run
there's no cure for deception
familiar taste encompassing all I once knew
he loves me he loves me not, robbed of all I held true
inner strength escapes me, deflated disaster I am
remnants of who I once was slowly seep through my skin
there's no cure for deception
what's done is done, you better run
there's no cure for deception
so un-fun, you are now no one
yes yellow rose I swallowed but you can't blame me
for on the art of being deceived i've had years of training
blind gluttony immobilized, punishment I don't deserve
yellow breath rank bellows, tiny woman-vision blurred
yellow rose I swallowed, pit of my stomach churning
choked on another I told you so, rage within me burning
In Lunic's "Yellow Rose," the singer is grappling with the aftermath of being deceived. The "yellow rose" serves as a metaphor for the lies that the singer has internalized, causing her stomach to churn and her rage to burn. The singer describes the weight of the deception as heavy petals, staining her insides. She feels like she is regurgitating her faith, unable to reconcile what she once believed with the truth.
The singer acknowledges that there is no cure for deception, as what's done is done and cannot be undone. The deception has robbed her of all that she held true, leaving her deflated and lost. She feels like she has lost her inner strength and identity, and the remnants of who she once was are slowly being drained from her. The repetition of "there's no cure for deception" emphasizes the singer's sense of hopelessness and resignation.
The singer also touches upon the possibility that she may have been complicit in her own deception, having had "years of training" in the art of being deceived. However, she asserts that the blame cannot solely be placed on her, as the punishent she feels is undeserved. The final lines of the song once again bring up the yellow rose, suggesting that the deception will linger with the singer long after the experience is over.
Line by Line Meaning
yellow rose I swallowed, pit of my stomach churning
I'm consumed by a sense of unease and discomfort, caused by swallowing something bitter and unpleasant, like a yellow rose, which has made my stomach nauseous and unsettled.
choked on another I told you so, rage within me burning
I'm frustrated and angry because I've heard people say 'I told you so' so many times that I feel like I'm suffocating. It's made me so angry that I feel like I'm on fire.
petals heavy as led, outside in i'm stained
The weight of everything that I'm dealing with feels unbearable and it's weighing me down like heavy lead. It's starting to show on the outside because I feel like I'm stained, like the color of the yellow rose has seeped out of me and onto everything else.
regurgitating faith, yellow coursing through my veins
I'm questioning my beliefs and having doubts about things that I used to hold true. The yellow rose, which represents deception, is now flowing through my veins and affecting everything that I do.
there's no cure for deception
Deception is something that cannot be cured or undone. Once you've been deceived, there's no going back.
what's done is done, another re-run
The damage has been done and there's no changing the past. It's just like watching a re-run of a TV show that you've already seen, because you know how it's going to end.
I am gone, you have won
Deception has caused me to lose myself and who I once was. You, the deceiver, have won and I am left defeated.
familiar taste encompassing all I once knew
The taste of the yellow rose, which represents deception, is all too familiar to me. It's now encompassing everything that I once knew and trusted.
he loves me he loves me not, robbed of all I held true
I'm questioning whether someone loves me or not, which has caused me to doubt everything that I once held true.
inner strength escapes me, deflated disaster I am
I feel like all of my inner strength has escaped me and I'm now a deflated version of myself. I feel like a disaster because deception has stripped away everything that I once had going for me.
remnants of who I once was slowly seep through my skin
The little that's left of who I once was is now slowly seeping through my skin, like a memory that's fading away.
so un-fun, you are now no one
Deception is not enjoyable, and it's something that can make you feel like nothing. You, the deceiver, are no one because you're not worthy of my time or trust.
yes yellow rose I swallowed but you can't blame me
I may have swallowed the yellow rose, which represents deception, but it's not my fault that I fell for it. I've had years of training in the art of being deceived and it's not something that I can easily avoid.
blind gluttony immobilized, punishment I don't deserve
Blindly consuming something without questioning it, like a glutton, has left me immobilized and stuck. It's a punishment that I don't deserve because I'm not at fault for being deceived.
yellow breath rank bellows, tiny woman-vision blurred
The deception, represented by the yellow rose, has made my breath smell bad and has caused me to cough and choke. It's like a bellows that emits a rank odor. My vision has also become blurry like that of a tiny woman.
Contributed by Grayson O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.