Name: Rise
Duration: P00H03M05S
Description: It was during a cold winter night when the sky was the clearest that I had the draft of this song in my mind. I can't help but think about the purpose of life, its meaning, and most of all, the drive to live. "This life, we chose, to rise, like fire, to guide our way, through the dark." This is my current conclusion to what living is all about. - Kaila

Rise

from State of Consciousness by Locus

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It was during a cold winter night when the sky was the clearest that I had the draft of this song in my mind. I can't help but think about the purpose of life, its meaning, and most of all, the drive to live. "This life, we chose, to rise, like fire, to guide our way, through the dark." This is my current conclusion to what living is all about. - Kaila

lyrics

I came to lay me down/In silence I shall sleep to dream of you and me and the freedom that we breathe/Through our wandering days and all the nights awake to the sounds of stars that slowly drift away/This life we chose to rise like fire to guide our way through the dark/We're travellers in time/We're writers of our dreams/There's so much more to life if only we believe/We're gatherers of flames/We're riders in the wind/There's so much more to life/As long as we believe/So come and put me up to the test of life/Race against the time/It’s an upward climb/So just hold on tight and swing with all your might/Now’s the time to shine and leave the past behind/We're travellers in time/Agile in our stride/There's so much more to life/So don't give up the fight/We're carriers of light/We're riders in the wind/One day we'll be free/So just trust in me

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from State of Consciousness, released August 25, 2014
(Written by Kaila So/Jason Chu)
Kaila So: Lead vocals
Jason Chu: All instruments and programming, vocal arrangement
Kelvin Watson: Additional programming

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Locus Vancouver, British Columbia

Locus is a Vancouver-based pop band, comprising of vocalist Kaila So, classically-trained twins Jason and Kelvin Chu, and multi-instrumentalist Eric Chan. Since forming in late 2006, the quartet have written and produced five independently-released studio records. ... more

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Jul 27

The Loft MCR

Manchester, UK

discography

State of Consciousness

Aug 2014
Locus

Nov 2010
Shine

Nov 2009
Silent Echo

Feb 2008

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