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soft like steel

by LVRA

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1.
welcome 03:42
Welcome to my world bitch How’d you like it? Born into the fighting Hope that you’re surviving Better keep your skin thick And your legs quick If you can't handle violence You’re not gonna like this And that’s just your perception Your interpretation And that’s just your perception You use it as a weapon So what if I like to escape to the place I know Out of my body into the unknown I can’t define it Don’t even try yeah, Welcome to freedom bitch I hope you like it How you gonna let yourself get preyed upon? When you’re close to the edge will you remain as calm We’re barely, surviving Yet think that we’re thriving Dont care if, you like it You need me, you need this Baby girl is gonna eat you up Chew you, use you, hope you like it rough Such a hard guy man, looking so tough Saw it called it, instantly a bluff, I know You’re watching I know They’re talking I know This is nothing new But welcome to The fucking truth So what if I like to escape to the place I know Out of my body into the unknown I can’t define it Don’t even try yeah, Welcome to freedom bitch I hope you like it So what if I like to escape to the place I know Out of my body into the unknown I can’t define it Don’t even try yeah, Welcome to freedom bitch I hope you like it
2.
Do you really know what the fuck Is going on these days? Seems like everybody hell-bent on Living life the same I mean, yeah do what you like, no wrong or right Piss your days away Guess if I’m a hypocrite You must be the shit not the one to blame Body so cold Body like steel, Copied like clones Body so cold Body like steel, Nobody Is home Body so cold Body like steel, and Flesh like stone Body so cold Body with flesh, but Missing a soul Oh I got a nice side too, Do you wanna see? Oh look at bright side, ooh, Don’t it look so green? Will I ever stop, start, Pause and repeat, Power my body parts Just like a machine Body so cold Body like steel, Copied like clones Body so cold Body like steel, Nobody Is home Body so cold Body like steel, ad Flesh like stone Body so cold Body with flesh, but Missing a soul Body so cold Body like steel, Flesh like stone Body so cold Body with flesh, but Missing a soul Hot and cold with a hard-wired brain Turnin over engines not my job to maintain Who’s the ice bitch with the flamethrower now This body so cold don’t get shocked when you drown Hot and cold with a hard-wired brain Hot, hot and cold with a hard-wired Hot and cold with a hard-wired brain I'm too hot and cold with a hard-wired brain Bullet train coming in for the kill I’m off the rails you know the deal Don't give two fucks with how you feel Yeah heating up cos I’m a steal Hot and cold with a hard-wired brain Hot, hot and cold with a hard-wired, hard-wired Hot and cold with a hard-wired brain I’m too hot and cold with a, hot and cold with a With a, hot I’m too hot and cold with a, hot and cold with a With a, hot I’m too hot and cold with a, hot and cold with a
3.
god is dead 03:21
Tell me what you believe in Give me all the reasons I’m so zombified and terrified of How we’re living It’s funny You do it for the money But if I was that hungry That’s not the shit that I’d be eating You made a good living You got a nice kitchen You don’t wash your dirty dishes you Got someone cleaning It’s funny You do it for the money But if I was that hungry I’d call your problem an addiction I’m that Itch On your back You cant scratch Get attached To skin To your fat Its a trap Let it wrap Round your limbs Round your chest Through your head Dripping sweat No more rules No regrets No repent God is dead I don't have faith in anything I’m not afraid to say it But I’m still scared of the unknown and how I can’t explain it What you believe and What you do What you perceive and What you choose And if I play then I might lose But I won’t pray Anytime soon And I’ll never know what it is That burns inside me And I’ll never know how you make It look so easy Do you want to see the powers that are vested in me Call me anything you like but just don’t call me crazy I’m that Itch On your back You cant scratch Get attached To skin To your fat Its a trap Let it wrap Round your limbs Round your chest Through your head Dripping sweat No more rules No regrets No repent God is dead Tell me what Tell me what, what you believe in, You, you, you believe in x4
4.
anxiety 03:41
I like my music loud So they don’t notice me Drifting in and out Shifting frequency This skin I wear is heavy The pressure it gets to me I see nothing but eyes Close them to feel alright I don’t know where to put my feet Until I see those bright lights Yeah I don’t know what I want Least I know what I don’t like So let me bathe inside the comfort of my mind I can see me in the crowd yeah, yeah, yeah Tryna call my name out loud yeah yeah yeah Can you see me? Can you see me? Do you like to feel, ANXIETY? Anxi-, Anxi-, eh Anxi-, Anxi-, eh Anxi-, Anxi-, eh Do you like to feel, Anxiety? Funnily enough It's kind of tough To say you’re not okay girl, When the music stops It's so abrupt Feel my heart jump away, I Like to hide in waves Wrap around me like a drape Tell me why I feel so great Why I can’t have this every day I can see me in the crowd yeah, yeah, yeah Tryna call my name out loud yeah yeah yeah Can you see me? Can you see me? Do you like to feel, ANXIETY? Anxi-, Anxi-, eh Anxi-, Anxi-, eh Anxi-, Anxi-, eh Do you like to feel, Anxiety? Do I seem too cold? Was it a mistake What I’d have to do What I’d have to say Can you let me go I want to erase Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done Everything I’ve done I want to erase, Everything I’ve done
5.
Take a disaster Make it a sculpture That’s how we living I’m on that good shit Get in the mood shit You wanna feel it Bodies twisting Eyes are rolling Heavy breathing I’ll admit that I’m addicted to the feeling I give up Flat chest but it’s tits up, take this piss Drink up Teeth in my neck, get me pressed, call it venom, venom Yeh yeh Eyes on gleam and the night so neon Yeh Teeth in my neck, get me pressed, call it venom venom Classy, nasty, trashy Wanna feel poison flowing through me This no class A, class B, All your cash can’t buy my energy We don’t talk too much Cutting through crowds like a weapon I wanna feel your teeth on my neck Get me pressed, call it venom venom Drink till I’m faded Mixing the faces Cup full of sin how they lace it Yeh Dip in the danger Lipsing a stranger Flirt w a bitch I’m mistaken Out for the night got me Geeking Smoke filling sight coloured light till I’m leaning Tainting the ride w your feelings Wasting your time fuck if I was ever leading you on The feeling was wrong Switching degrees getting freeze For a vegan your beefing a lot Boys not hot All grown up but you’re out here pissed in your pot like Tail up teeth out Lens all green Hands up neck down Make me scream We don’t talk too much Cutting through crowds like a weapon I wanna feel your teeth on my neck Get me pressed, call it venom venom It’s so cold out here Yeah it’s so cold out here It’s so cold out here It’s so cold
6.
I wanna make the primes match I wanna make the corners connect To exist in perfect symmetry Things we cannot see I wanna paint the sky black Reaching inside the glove and pulling it back In perfect symmetry A new reality I think I like the world better this way Can you feel it? x16 It's soft like steel It's warm like ice On your skin I swear It’ll feel real nice, nice Grew up thinking I could do whatever I wanted Now I’m 22 and already exhausted What’s this shit you're selling me cus I don’t want it You might see a creature but I see a self-portrait Take off all my clothes (hey) Just an animal (hey) I am just a clone Guess I’ll never know Bunch of pretty bones Shaped like metal cones Let them overgrow Till it overflows It's soft like steel It's warm like ice On your skin I swear It’ll feel real nice, nice Can you feel it? x16 I feel fucking beautiful when I’m armed with a knife I don’t want to be a pretty puppet I’m so done with being nice
7.
rising 04:39
Is this a cage that I’m swimming in? I could almost touch you I could almost feel it I could almost touch you Is it the love that I’m giving in? I could almost touch you Is it the birth that I’m fully due I could almost touch you There’s a journey I must make There’s a price I have to pay, to see the True extent of my mistakes Crystal ball tell me my fate, I want the Hard way, Heartbreak Anything that makes my Heart race Arms shake Turn my brain to paper Time you got put in your place I’m rising out of the wave Watching you floating away Swimming in the bliss tonight I’m rising Look at me I’m flying Look at me I’m glowing Bet you fucking noticed Warm face Wet thighs Crawling out the land slide Big waves High tide See ‘em fall and watch me rise All I have are memories Of the girl I used to be, and I am Growing higher than the trees Overthrow the dynasty, to find the Hard way Heartbreak Anything that makes my Heart race Arms shake Turn my brain to paper Time you got put in your place I’m rising out of the wave Watching you floating away Swimming in the bliss tonight I’m rising Look at me I’m flying Look at me I’m glowing Bet you fucking noticed Warm face Wet thighs Crawling out the landslide Big waves High tide See ‘em fall and watch me rise I could almost touch you I could almost touch you I could almost feel it I could almost touch you

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'soft like steel’ is documenting a personal process; one of understanding, cleansing, re-learning and ultimate re-birth into a version of myself with renewed perceptions, ideas, and an openness to the new. LVRA represents an idealised version of myself - one that I feel like I can almost touch, but in reality is difficult to achieve. It follows my journey in understanding how my morality, principles and opinions have been shaped by the world and people around me - sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the worse. This on-going conversation with myself is a conversation that I hope other people have with themselves too; stepping through the mystical doors of perception, coming into a this unknown universe with me, is choosing the hard way - it is choosing to destroy the comforts of what is familiar, to seek new experiences that allow for greater empathy and understanding of the world and others. Only then do I believe the world can be a more accepting place for all kinds of individuality and differences, and I hope people find safety and acceptance in the music.

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released March 22, 2023

All tracks written, produced and performed by LVRA
All tracks mixed by Brendan Cox
All tracks mastered by Tim Turan
Track 2 'clones' featuring girl_irl
Track 5 'venom' co-written by and performed with Spent, co-produced and co-written by TAAHLIAH
Track 7 'rising' with additional production by Karl Ziegler
EP Photography by Jeff Hahn

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LVRA Edinburgh, UK

Born in Edinburgh to Chinese parents, LVRA is the burgeoning project of 23-year-old alt-pop singer and producer Rachel Lu.

LVRA's music combines elements of pop and experimental electronic music to make heavy, dark hyperpop for people to dance to in sweaty basement clubs.
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