From My Living Room Series: Anon

Happy Friday Anomalies!

As promised, here's a song called Anon that I wrote grad school for a class called Words 4 Music. It is based on a poem by Emily Dickinson. In the poem, Emily asks the reader if they're a nobody like her and that they could be nobodies together. I believe it's very much about hiding from the spotlight, maintaining anonymity and feeling alone together.

In this day and age, as an artist, it's quite impossible to maintain anonymity and still get your art out into the world. You can't be nobody and somebody at the same time. Can you?

The Anomaly

Anon

Everybody thinks they're somebody

Even though I'm somebody, I'd rather be a nobody

Do you hear me screaming out? No

Do you hear me shouting out? No

Do you know my name? Do you?

I just want to remain anon

Do you know who I am? Do you?

You'll never understand

Everybody needs somebody

Even though I'm nobody, I still need somebody

Do you hear me screaming out? No

Do you hear me shouting out? No

Do you know my name? Do you?

I just want to remain anon

Do you know who I am? Do you?

You'll never understand

Anon

Do you know my name? Do you?

I just want to remain anon

You think you know who I am, you don't

And you'll never understand