Hearing Loss

from Hearing Loss by Ryann Barnes

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"Hearing Loss" is the closest thing to my diary entries on the EP. I’ve kept a diary since fourth grade, writing about friend and self image insecurities that most people have. There was a point when I decided having hearing loss in certain conversations could help me avoid emotional triggers.

For the bridge, I was inspired by Alice in Wonderland, who goes down a rabbit hole, eats cookies on a table, grows bigger so she can't fit through a door and starts crying. She eventually eats another cookie and shrinks, floating in her own tears. This is the way my insecurities feel for me - like I'm floating in tears. If I could block out the sound of the noise, things would be so much easier.

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Hell is a teenage girl
Passing notes is petty tension
Cuts on my fingers sting like a lemon
I let the shower run to fog the mirror
By the time an hours done people have gotten meaner

There’s a hill with a house where everybody goes
My innocent mouth cuz I don’t smoke

Hearing loss
Over the noise from the parking lot
But I hear a lot from heartbeats and paranoia
No one wants to talk about the weather anymore
Everybody talks about how thin he is how she’s a whore
Now I’m tall
And the last time I heard a good thing
Was when I didn’t hear anything at all

Comparison isn’t even the worst
Its the way I’m quiet when I hear from hers
Cuz certain words they’ve borrowed
Are hard to swallow

Cuz If I thought about that anything long enough
I’d be insecure and stuff

Hearing loss
Over the noise from the parking lot
But I hear a lot from heartbeats and paranoia
No one wants to talk about there favorite color anymore
Everybody talks about that rumor from the month before
Now I’m tall
And the last time I heard a good thing
Was when I didn’t hear anything at all

I don’t wanna find
Myself in a pool of tears I cried
When I was five feet high
So noise is only white

Hearing loss over the noise from the parking lot
But I hear a lot from heartbeats and paranoia
Everybody notices when u cut your hair
Nobody asks about you
Unless they want to share with them
Now I’m tall
And the last time I heard a good thing
Was when I didn’t hear anything at all

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from Hearing Loss, track released October 28, 2022
Written and performed by Ryann Barnes
Co-produced by Paige Stark and Taylor Locke

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Ryann Barnes Atherton, California

Ryann is from the NorCal, but now resides in LA. Just 18, she crafts emotionally charged lyrics, with a depth of maturity that surpasses her years. Barnes' songs defy categorization. Her inventive use of expansive soundscapes and a fusion of electronic and acoustic instruments brings new life into the pop music genre, offering a unique, distinctive & refreshing perspective. ... more

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