New favourite song! "symptom of life" by WILLOW, co-written by Willow Smith, Chris Greatti, Asher Bank and Brad Oberhofer, from WILLOW's recently released studio album, "empathogen". Her Tiny Desk Concert is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

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Brad Oberhofer's gorgeous piano part centres on a 7/4 hook, shifting through chords: Am7(b13), Fmaj9, G9(add13), Dm9(add13), played in clusters. While a 7/4 time signature might seem complicated at first, think like Brad: "Odd meter should come from a natural feel." His interview with David Bennett Piano provides some great insight to the song.

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PIANO TUTORIAL timestamps:
0:00 Start
0:04 VERSION 1: Piano & Vocal (added as a “3rd" piano hand, in red, for rhythmic and melodic reference*)
0:08 Intro (7/4)
0:20 Verse 1 (7/4)
0:36 Refrain (7/4)
0:47 Verse 2 (7/4)
1:02 Refrain (7/4)
1:16 Chorus (4/4)
1:52 Hook (7/4)
1:57 Bridge (7/4)
2:17 Refrain (7/4)
2:39 Chorus (4/4)
3:17 VERSION 2: Piano (stripped back to piano part only)
3:20 Intro (7/4)
3:33 Verse 1 (7/4)
3:49 Refrain (7/4)
3:59 Verse 2 (7/4)
4:14 Refrain (7/4)
4:28 Chorus (4/4)
5:04 Hook (7/4)
5:09 Bridge (7/4)
5:29 Refrain (7/4)
5:52 Chorus (4/4)

*The vocal in Version 1 is intended mainly for rhythmic and melodic reference (I love it, so think it's worth hearing along with the piano part), and is played in the video two octaves higher than sounded. Fun to play both parts if you can get someone else to play with you!

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LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
Pushing and peeling myself out of my disguise
Looking at you, now I am wondering who am I
If I could try to take you back, I couldn't define

[Refrain]
Feeling absence of time
Knowing all is decided
There's nothing here left to find
The story's all in my mind

[Verse 2]
Pushing and peeling the layers that cover my mind
Looking into the shadow, now I notice the light
Magic is real, when you see it inside, you decide

[Refrain]
It's like a snake shedding skin
Creating life to begin
And all you know has vanished again
Transcending virtue and sin

[Chorus]
Feast my eyes on lower things
While beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why?
Feast our eyes on lower things
When suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why?

Feast my eyes on lower things
While beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why?
Feast our eyes on lower things
When suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why?
Yeah, gotta decide how we're gonna feel it
I (desperately) am trying to find out

[Bridge]
Gotta know that life is fragile
Gotta know, but gotta go
I stood in awe inside a temple
Of a God I didn't know, wanna go
Find the one who understands
Why we wait for pain to change us
To let me know what life is fragile

[Refrain]
It's like a turtle in sand
Making way to the ocean
Almost meeting the end
Because the birds are in motion, oh

[Chorus]
Feast my eyes on lower things
While beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why?
Feast our eyes on lower things
When suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why?

Feast my eyes on lower things
While beauty is a symptom of life
Gotta decide if I'm gonna see it, why?
Feast our eyes on lower things
When suffering is craving the light
Gotta decide how we're gonna heal it, why?
Yeah, gotta decide how we're gonna feel it
I (desperately) am trying to find out


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