RED KITE - NickK x Ren Faye x Tobi Nonsense

The Noisy Brain was created to help encourage people with mental and emotional health issues to write and openly share their experiences. We celebrate and embrace these ‘Noisy Brain's’ encouraging them into musical collaborations with an aim to create beautiful pieces of music and art. This simple but important process has the potential to provide a somewhat therapeutic creative outlet. Ultimately, we hope to create a more forgiving world, one lyric, and one song at a time. RED KITE (Originally Titled - ‘The Journey’ written by NickK) Lyrics - NickK Download The Noisy Brain community app: https://linktr.ee/thenoisybrain Music Production Tobi Nonsense https://www.instagram.com/tobi_nonsense/ Vocal performance: Ren Faye https://www.instagram.com/renfaye_music/ & Tobi Nonsense https://www.instagram.com/tobi_nonsense/ BACKSTORY: Another metaphor for the struggle that is depression. I thought of a walk I went on, in north Wales, where I was headed up a mountain/hill and suddenly the weather took a turn for the worse. I was ill prepared (not coat, jeans) and every step seemed to take an eternity and/or result in pain. This, to me, is what depression is like. - NickK LYRICS: I wander over hills and vales, The red kite cries, The sky grows pale. I stride with purpose; Even pace, Through narrow paths, past harsh rock face. I side-step stones And broken slate, But stumble In my confused state. Up ahead A stile to climb; I’ll take it In my own sweet time. The other side The path grows thin, Spiky heather Scratches my shins. Thick brambles swarm The thinning track; Soldier on Or now turn back? I lumber forwards, Painfully; Ignoring crude thorns Piercing me. The brambles part, For grass and fern, Weighing down My every turn. I struggle onwards, Now knee-deep; Meet beady eyes Of hardy sheep. The drizzle starts, With biting winds, A lonely mist Comes sweeping in. The red kite cries, But I can’t see, The sweeping mist Envelops me. This is my journey, My reason to be; I hate this bloody analogy. © The Noisy Brain 2021