Song Club #36: Hidden Worlds

Exploring music as a bridge between the visible and invisible

While writing this week’s Song Club, I did a YouTube search for ‘hidden worlds’. It turned up videos about the Bluegill, arctic ice sheets, an underground civilization known as Agartha, a 2000 year old bible, and The Sims.

This is what I love about the notion of hidden worlds: They’re everywhere and can contain just about anything.

And, as such, they’re an entry point to endless inspiration and interest. 

When I tried to find songs that were obviously about hidden worlds I figured I probably wouldn’t find any. (I didn’t.)

I did, however, realize that every song one writes has its own hidden world: there is always the song itself and the entire life underneath it. 

So this week, think of hidden worlds as a sort of leaping of point for some really curious and exploratory songwriting. 

Big love and keep going, 

Lucy 

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SONG PROVOCATIONS

Write a song about a having a secret, other life

What does it feel like to live in two worlds, balancing between the person you show to others and the one hidden deep within? How does this secret life affect your relationships, your sense of identity, or your emotional state?