Leona from al andar by Holly Holden
This song started out as a poem, which I wrote in the jungles of San Luis Potosí in Mexico, on a trip to visit the surrealist sculpture gardens of Edward James - las pozas. It was 2021 and I was in Mexico to collect my possessions, having decided during the pandemic to return to the UK and to train to be a teacher. The song is inspired by a poem by the great Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni, called ‘así’ in which she lists all the different, contrasting versions of herself and how difficult it is to remember other ways of being and feeling, when you are deep in one state. I was afraid that in my year of teacher-training I would lose touch with the creative, brave, adventurous, Leo part of myself - leona. This song is an attempt to stay connected with that part of myself, not to forget or lose touch with it, during that period of hard work and study.
Tracklist
| 8. | Leona | 3:18 |
Lyrics
No me olvides leona
Hermana soy parte de ti
Tu mi voladora inquieta
Libélula colibrí
Si somos las mismas leona
Del río montaña y mar
Las que nos tiramos al agua
Las que cantamos al andar
Al andar…
Año tras año anduve
Buscando por donde me fui
Hasta que aprendí que te tuve
Desde siempre adentro de mí
Y juntas partimos leona
Queriéndonos al andar
Y así poquito a poquito
Perdimos el miedo de amar
De amar…
No me olvides leona
Hermana soy parte de ti
Tu mi voladora inquieta
Libélula colibrí
Que no me olvides leona
Yo no soy nada sin ti
Tu mi voladora inquieta
Libélula colibrí
Que no me olvides mi leona que yo soy parte de ti
Mi voladora inquieta libélula colibrí
Que me olvides mi leona que yo soy parte de ti
Mi voladora inquieta libélula colibrí
Credits
Holly Holden - Voice, BVs, Cuatro, Claps.
Greg Sanders - Electric Guitar, Steel-string Guitar, Nylon-strong Guitar, Tres, Bass, Claps.
Will Fry - Percussion (Cajón, Congas, Quijada, Campana, Shekere, Seeds, Claps, Maracas, Mug, Cymbal)
All songs recorded 2022 - 2024 at Ball In A Studios, London.
All songs written by Holly Holden.
All songs produced, arranged and mixed by Greg Sanders
All songs mastered by Luis Bonilla, High Grade Mastering
License
All rights reserved.
Holly Holden is a singer, songwriter and bassist from London with a tropical soul. A long-term love affair with Latin America and many years spent music-making in the region have shaped her unique sunny, Spanglish soul-pop sound.