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“You May Know” is a fantastic example of Fenix Falling’s musical style, and this profoundly unique and moving message to his real life partner (of which I must mention-the title of this track is astounding word play-merging the Japanese feminine name “Yumeno” into “You May Know” is genius and also quite beautiful).
From the beginning of “You May Know” you can see we have an artist with very well-developed, well crafted and quite intelligent songwriting skills-there is a haunting repetition of the words “Fall to Pieces” and an unsettling piano motif-both musical and lyrical devices recurring throughout this song-drifting in and out, which adds to the urgency and haunting themes within this piece and also leads into a sense of hope and a feeling that there is strength and comfort within this. Nick’s lyrical themes also show his devotion and an offering of hope to his “Dream Girl”(the literal translation of Yumeno…)- the lyrics are a standout “Take my hand, come with me-Please believe you could be my dream girl”…those consistent repetitions of the line “Fall To Pieces” and the repeat of the piano motif may add an urgency and a feeling things may crumble…YET-underpinning this you see an inner strength and resolve from the protagonist of this song as along with the “Fall to Pieces” line there is the lyric; “You may know-I’m not running…”
Melodically this one has quite an impact-there is a brilliantly executed vocal melody which follows that inner resolve especially when Nick lands on the line “I’m not running”…the melody in the vocal is strong just like the lyrics suggest an inner strength. The piano motif is quite captivating as well as being slightly unsettling. It’s a great balance. The guitar drifts in and out, punctuating the essential moments of the song. Solid strong rhythm section holding it together which adds weight to the fragility of a line like “Fall to Pieces” which is a wonderful example of how to use musical design effectively- Fenix Falling’s Dream Girl may “Fall To Pieces” but that supportive rhythm section suggests that Nick will be there to catch those pieces and put them all back together.
Indeed, what we have here is a well crafted piece of music and another example of the brilliance that is all around our indie community. Fenix Falling shows us what our indie community is capable of. And therein lies the beauty of this artist. As said at the beginning of this-Felix Falling shows so much support towards others in our global indie scene, this song is proof of both his musical talents and what Fenix Falling brings to our indie community.
