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Heart Overboard

from The Ladder by Kiva

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Dreamy ballad about (spoiler alert) mutiny/ murder on the high C's. A little singer joke there. Actually, I sing mostly in my lower register here...You can almost feel the waves washing over you as you lie on the shore with sea gulls (vultures?) circling ominously overhead.

lyrics

It's not so simple
But it's simple for me
If you risk emotion
Can't be risk free

I tried to tell you
But you could not see
You had a future
But not with me

Was it Mother Nature
Who caused this stormy sea
Heart overboard

It couldn't be avoided
I was at the helm
The circumstances
Did overwhelm

Was it accidental
Or did you choose to go
Or did you get some help from me
No one will ever know

Perhaps someday they'll find you
When you wash up on the shore
As for me I will return
To the life I knew before

Was it Mother Nature
Who caused this stormy sea
Heart overboard
It was Mother Nature
They'll never suspect me
Heart overboard

credits

from The Ladder, released May 24, 1998
Written by Kiva Simova
Piano, keyboards, vocals: Kiva Simova
Guitar loop: John Gzowski
Cello: Anne Bourne
Ocean drum: Jim Casson
Keyboard, violin sample: Gary Taylor

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Kiva Simova Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian Kiva Simova is a pioneer of overtone singing (2 pitches from 1 voice) blending it with jazzy pop, experimental, world, accompanying herself on keys, tours globally solo, teaches overtone singing online & public workshops, improvises live and on recordings with well known artists incl. Tanya Tagaq, Jennifer Berezan. Has 3 solo CDs. Was tour member of Crash Test Dummies '94 world tour ... more

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