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single - i know i will

by maeve & quinn

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"I Know I Will” is the fourth single from maeve & quinn’s upcoming LP Another Door (out September 8). The song speaks to the tenuous liminal space between leaving a romantic relationship and shoring oneself up to move forward. The song begins with a reflective, spare electric guitar line that accompanies the narrator as she seeks to find her emotional footing. Instrumentation builds as the lyrics become more self-assured, resounding especially in the choruses where the twin sisters’ blood harmonies shine — “I’m not sorry that I’m on my own / the sky is clear”, embracing the freshness and freedom of returning to one’s own company.

The push and pull remains though, between what we hold onto and what we let go of as hindsight informs our experience of a relationship — "My memory has a memory / that brings me back to you / my memory has a memory / and I don't know what's true". The song ultimately arrives at a place of readiness to heal. Grounded in piano and electric guitar motifs, the outro is an expansive instrumental landscape, an arc toward being at peace with oneself, with or without a significant other.

lyrics

-- LYRICS --

i know you will never care for me /
but i still care for you /
i know i will walk this path alone /
but outside the sky is clear //

i’m not sorry that i’m on my own — /
the sky is clear…/
but my memory has a memory
that brings me back to you; /
and my memory has a memory /
and i don’t know what’s true //

i know you will never share the lead /
and i’ve never not been true…/
i know i will turn away from you /
but only if you don’t want me to //

i’m not sorry that i’m on my own — /
the sky is clear…/
but my memory has a memory
that brings me back to you; /
and my memory has a memory /
and i don’t know what’s true //

on the outside /
i know i will //

credits

released August 25, 2023
-- CREDITS --

Maris O’Tierney: lyrics, vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Bryce O’Tierney: lyrics, vocals, piano
Nick Broste: bass
Quin Kirchner: percussion

Engineered and mixed by Nick Broste
Mastered by Justin Perkins

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maeve & quinn Anchorage, Alaska

maeve & quinn is the duo of Alaskan twin sisters Maris and Bryce O'Tierney, currently based in Chicago. Classically trained, maeve & quinn fuse folk, pop, rock. Improvisation & Irish trad are also influences. Their relationship as twins shapes their music, as does strong storytelling from the pioneering women in their family. Their music evokes the atmosphere of where they grew up, in Alaska. ... more

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