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Phantom World

by Yama Uba

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"Built upon a sparse, echoic rhythmic structure and the presence of a pitch dark synth, it’s nonetheless a driving track, pulsing with a constantly unfolding thrum that draws you ever closer to the edge of your seat. It’s also, no surprise for those familiar at all with Ötzi, goth-catchy to an almost obsessive degree. Yet the song’s power at its essence is in the lyrics. As put by the singer themselves, who deals almost daily with fibromyalgia, '"Phantom World" is about chronic pain and disability, and the treatment of disabled people in society,' adding 'I often spend hours in bed just waiting for the pain to subside. In those hours, I get taken away from life into a world of unexplained phantom pains.' Hence the title, hence the bruising honesty."
- Dave Cantrell, Stereo Embers

lyrics

I wanted, I wanted too much
I moved mountains I created
I pushed through, and even then I knew
I wanted, I wanted too much

Today I'll pay in pain
In hours of wanting to see you again
And even in the state of
Arrested limbs

These bones that weigh me down
These bones that weigh me down
These bones that weigh me down
They are my home

Phantom pains are calling
From a phantom world
They say, "We've missed you darling,
You knew we would"
I say, "Oh yes, my best friend
I knew I'd see you again"
Phantom pains bring me back
To a phantom world

I want to dance but I can't but I can't
I'd love to cry, but I'm cold and the tears
Don't fall from my eye
I want to run but I can't move
I'm made of sinew and nerve
And these bones that weigh me down
They are my home

Phantom pains are calling
From a phantom world
They say "We've missed you darling,
You knew we would"
I say "Oh yes, my best friend
I knew I'd see you again"
Phantom pains bring me back
To a phantom world

These bones that weigh me down
These bones that weigh me down
These bones that weigh me down
They are my home

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh and the witches groan
These old disfigured crones
Limping in wretched pain
That we can't hide

Oh and the witches burn
We burn on piles of wood
Our bodies become smoke
And join the sky

So we rise
And we conquer
We slay the king of kings
Oh and the valley sings
Oh and the valley sings
The valley cries for more

Oh and the valley cries
The valley cries for more

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released March 20, 2021
Written, recorded, mixed by Yama Uba
Mastered by Graveyard†Death†Cvlt (Nortia)

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Yama Uba Oakland, California

"Layering guitars and saxes over synths and drum machines, this Oakland duo's darkwave is as melodically potent as it is texturally rich." – Bandcamp.

Yama Uba is a post-punk/synth pop project from Akiko Sampson and Winter Zora.
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