Slean recorded her first EP Universe (1997) at the age of nineteen. Since then she has completed a series of albums including: Blue Parade (1998), Night Bugs (2002), and Day One (2004), The Baroness (2008) and the double album Land & Sea (2011).
Night Bugs was her first major label album, co-produced by Slean and Hawksley Workman, and released by WEA in Canada and Atlantic Records in the United States. It was heavily inspired by cabaret music.
In September 2004, Slean released her fourth album, Day One. Here Slean's piano takes a less important spot for the first time in her career. The focus is more on beats, rhythms and guitar, which shines through in the album's first single "Lucky Me". The up-tempo title track "Day One", and "Mary", a song about Slean's grandmother, were released as the second and third singles.
In October 2006, Slean released a mostly-live album, Orphan Music, which consists of songs recorded live at Toronto's Harbourfront Theatre and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Other new tracks featuring Slean and the piano were recorded at DNA Recording Facility in Toronto and Kensaltown Studios in the UK.
Also in 2006, she contributed two tracks ("Us and Them" and "Comfortably Numb") to Pink Floyd Redux, a modern 12-track tribute to Pink Floyd.
Her sixth album The Baroness was released March 2008. An EP with outtakes from the album, entitled The Baroness Redecorates, was released in December of the same year.
Another set of B-sides was released in December 2010. For Beauty Lives, fans could vote for their favourite previously unrecorded track. The ten top songs were recorded especially for the collection.
Slean released the double album Land & Sea in September 2011. It is a concept album, where the songs on Land represent grounded topics and are generally more poppy, while the songs on Sea are more ethereal in subject matter and feature classical arrangements.
Slean released Metaphysics in 2017.
For photos and additional information check out Sarah Slean's official website, www.SarahSlean.com.
Weight
Sarah Slean Lyrics
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What did you give to me
A nothing-trail of silences that warp in the rain
You said I don't really know the reason
It's just not the same
What a vacant breath and when,
When you say my name
When everything revolves around you you you you
Soon the shoulder falls
All forgotten handshakes
Names like falling leaves
Apathy will spread like wildfire
Take you away from me
I'm leaning out the window
Gonna catch the August rain
I'm gonna fill your mouth up
Make you live again
And do you know the weight I'm under
When everything revolves around you you you you
Soon the shoulder falls.
The song “Weight” by Sarah Slean captures the feelings of emotional insecurities and co-dependency in a relationship. In the first stanza, Sarah talks about the unending trail of silences between herself and the other individual. She questions what she gave to him and what he gave to her. She then explains that when he says her name, it feels like a vacant breath. This line continues to showcase how the relationship lost its spark, and the person begins to feel like a shell of themselves. The chorus then describes the emotional burden Sarah feels when she revolves everything around the other person, and it feels like the weight of the world is on her shoulder.
The second verse of the song represents the finality of the relationship and how the apathy of the other person can impact one’s own emotional well-being. The handshake and falling leaves metaphor represent the fading of the relationship, and the apathy spreading like wildfire represents how this can make one feel isolated and alone. Sarah’s leaning out the window to catch the August rain represents her willingness to let go and move on. She then sings about the determination to help the other person live again but only if the other person is willing to work with her. The chorus then repeats again, emphasizing how the weight of everything can become cumbersome and debilitating.
Line by Line Meaning
What did I give to you
I'm questioning what I've given to you in this relationship
What did you give to me
I'm also questioning what you've given to me in this relationship
A nothing-trail of silences that warp in the rain
Our communication has been lacking and deteriorating
You said I don't really know the reason
You don't have an explanation for why things have changed between us
It's just not the same
You acknowledge that things have changed, even if you don't know why
What a vacant breath and when, When you say my name
Your words don't hold the same weight or meaning as they used to, especially when you say my name
And do you know the weight I'm under
I'm carrying a lot of emotional burden in this relationship
When everything revolves around you you you you
I feel like everything in our relationship revolves around you
Soon the shoulder falls
It's becoming too heavy for me to carry
All forgotten handshakes
Our once friendly greeting has been forgotten
Names like falling leaves
The people and things we used to hold dear are slipping away like leaves falling from a tree
Apathy will spread like wildfire
Lack of care or concern will quickly and uncontrollably overtake us
Take you away from me
This apathy and lack of growth will only cause you to become more distant from me
I'm leaning out the window
I'm trying to gain perspective and seek something more
Gonna catch the August rain
I'm trying to capture and experience something new and refreshing
I'm gonna fill your mouth up, Make you live again
I'm making a promise to help you find passion and vibrancy in life again
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Anthony Parkinson
If it is possible to have a favourite recording then this is it. The production is fabulous
Anthony Parkinson
my favourite song play loud