snail mail / ft. ling wan

my heartbeat shipped straight to your door #vocagatheringBETA ----- song, video, art, tuning: @11vein (me) https://x.com/11vein mix, harmonies: @JamiePaigeIRL https://x.com/pamiejaige vocal: ling wan | 翎婉 (synthesizer v) streaming services + bandcamp: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/11vein/snail-mail music files (svp/inst/etc): https://11vein.tumblr.com/snailmail ----- afterword: so... this one was a major surprise to me. i did not expect this to be my next song, like, at all!! a bit of whiplash from salt-wound routine in tone huh... i had been working on a handful of other songs but had gotten stuck on the lyrics. lately life has beaten me down in many ways, and i needed to try something different. i wanted to write a song about my experiences with being autistic and feeling like im "slower" or "behind" everyone else, but love had also been on the mind lately for some reason- so i guess i ended up making a love song about that! complete with lyrics in under 48 hours (i didn't sleep)?! anyway. realized i could possibly get this out for vocagathering, so i speedran art and a pv and managed to get this done and rendered literally an hour before submissions open HAHA. btw, if you don't know what vocagathering is, it is a posting festival for vocal synth songs! (inspired by vocacollection). check it out! other producers will be posting as well :] i helped out on @WitcheswithGlitches 's song as well for their submission https://vocagathering.com/ thank you jamie again for the mix and helping with harmonies!!! ----- lyrics: they always told me that my mind’s empty inside that lightbulb above my head has never shined too bright but it’s not my fault there’s no way to hit pause this deep blue globe is spinning way too fast to hold all my thoughts i never was the type to get it right first try nor i an early bird, my longing keeps me up at night and so i’ll write my heart’s invite, sealed tight wait for the sunrise, maybe this time i can see new sights no, i won’t hide in my shell alone i’m already too far from home i’ll do my best to follow through so my love reaches you so run if slower is better than none i’ll be the one to dive and take the plunge a snail’s pace won’t win marathons gold medals pale compared against your love do you ever think about the way the sky is blue? or remember sharing those old shoes that only you outgrew? i just took too long your headstart was too strong i hope this letter finds you well before i drown in a pond no, i won’t hide in my shell alone this mollusk is too far from home i’ll do my best to follow through so please correspond soon! so run if slower is better than none i’ll be the one to dive and take the plunge a snail’s pace won’t win marathons gold medals pale compared against your love my heartbeat shipped straight to your door don’t watch the clock, no worth in keeping score dear sally sold her shells by the shore for whom she adored am i not enough? not immortal, nor a slug maybe it’s obvious? maybe i’m best escargot [ ], i’ve had it rough but i can’t give up wipe the tears off pick your feet up and run if slower is better than none i’ll jump the hurdles, go and take a lunge a snail’s pace won’t win marathons gold medals pale compared against your love express delivered by the one who wrote this clipboard stands as your confessional a signature here so i’ll know on the dotted line below #オリジナル曲 #synthesizerv #vocaloid #翎婉 If you're here from CTC , hello! I create illustrations and make songs with vocal synths (think Hatsune Miku). This song uses the voicebank Ling Wan from Synthesizer V, an ethical AI vocal synthesizer program :]