The Order

by Mear

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This song is about my early experiences living with a chronic illness and grieving the loss of my health. In 2014, I lost the ability to do a lot of things I had previously taken for granted. At the time I wrote this I couldn’t read for more than a few minutes at a time and a short walk around the block could leave me bedridden the next day. This song was an attempt to voice some of the pain and the loneliness of that; of not understanding what was happening to me. Thanks for listening! Love Fran

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When you come, and take the order
Break my body, cling to me
Wrestle with a sleep disorder
That’s a possibility

Nothing’s right, nothing’s wrong
Oh, I’m just drifting out to sea
Couldn’t write, couldn’t walk
But the steps rolled on in front of me

If I stay within this border
Maybe I won’t fall into the sea
And If I count my steps in perfect order
Will I mitigate the misery?

Nothing’s right, nothing’s wrong
Oh, I’m just drifting out to sea
Just sit back ‘til I’m gone
Oh, I’m just drifting out to sea

Nothing’s and right and nothing’s wrong
When nothing’s right and nothing’s wrong
Nothing’s and right and nothing’s wrong
When nothing’s right and nothing’s wrong

Oh, I see. You only did this to test me.
You only did this to test me.
You only did this to test…
I see. You only did this to test me.
You only did this to test me.
You only did this to test…

credits

released January 18, 2022
Song produced, Recorded and Mixed by Greg Harrison at Monarch Studios and Mastered by Reuben Ghose at Mojito Mastering

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Mear Toronto, Ontario

Mear is a collaboration between musicians Frances Miller and Gregory Harrison. Together their music combines pop melodies with an experimental underpinning. Over the past two years they have written and recorded Mear’s first full-length album with funding from FACTOR and The Canada Council for the Arts. ... more

discography

That Song

Apr 2023
Soft Chains

Apr 2022
Second Sight

Mar 2022
The Order

Jan 2022
A Day of Light

Dec 2020
Soft Chains

Oct 2020
Perfect Mess

Jul 2020
Flood EP

Aug 2016

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