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Cryptic is a special song to me. As an artist, as a woman, as a HUMAN I think we all experience feeling misunderstood. We feel pressure to do things a certain way or by a certain age or in a certain order. The lyrics came to me when I was taking voice lessons. I had to work really hard to get the control and sound I wanted in my singing before I felt ready to share my art with the world. At times it felt so aimless and hopeless. I was in my mid-twenties at the time, and I remember I was feeling REALLY behind some of the other artists I would see on social media who seemed to be farther along in their artistic journeys. Not a good feeling :(

Throughout all the self doubt, the questioning my path and purpose of learning to express myself; I never fully lost sight of my desire to keep moving and keep creating and to continue to allow my path to unfold. And that's what the heart of this song is. I am cryptic in my method, meaning others may not understand my journey, but that's OKAY, because * I * understand MY journey. And no matter how distant I feel from myself, my craft, my goals, my purpose I have a deep trust that I will ALWAYS find my way back. And I will NOT leave you (meaning myself but also music) behind, because the drive to express and create will always bubble back up and beg to be released.

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It's lifelike in the darkness, Manic shapes I can't make out
As if to not exist in light of day
I've painted empty pages, when I choke on inspiration
It only flows when I'm awake and I'm alone

Baby I'll be brave, and step away from what I love
It keeps me coming back
'cause there's no other way
There's no other way

I'm Cryptic in my method
On Darker skies I re return my message
From my Mouth From back inside my Mind
I grin and bear and grind and no I won't leave you behind
I won't Leave you behind

And no I'm not afraid, It's just my pathways have been blocked
A barrier to all I can attain
I I swallow words and verses feeling aimless in my searches but my lips will know when they meet open air

And no I'm not the one to walk away when things get hard
But then again my words they wash away
I get so lost impatient oh It brings me back to basics oh so many times
a Cycle of my own

I'm Cryptic in my method
On Darker skies I re return my message
From my Mouth From back inside my Mind
I grin and bear and grind and no I won't leave you behind
I won't Leave you behind

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from Forest Green, released March 31, 2023

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Michelle Thibodeaux Portland, Oregon

Michelle Thibodeaux's music is like a misty stroll on a meandering path amidst evergreens. Critical, yet self aware. Sad yet forward thinking. Inspired by nature, heart ache and aimlessly overthinking she invites her listeners to pay extra attention to the voice inside their minds. For better. For worse. Either way a channel to a more picturesque representation of the rawness of being human. ... more

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