From the recording Louder
LOUDER is an 80ies inspired new wave track about equality, expectations and the pressure women carry every day.
And for Leni Ark it comes wrapped in a captivating visual artistic world, caught somewhere between object, artwork and human being.
It's an empowering call to women everywhere to use their voices, step out of the mould, break free from expectations and take up space.
Lyrics
LOUDER – LENI ARK
We spent centuries teaching women to raise their voice
Because women with a silenced voice become the systems biggest problem
Every dream we bury
Every word we swallow
Returns as a storm
And the world fears loud women
Because loud women change it
Equality is not radical
Silence is
And you can ignore a whisper
But what if we got louder
Somewhere in the world another woman is giving up a dream
Because someone told her
This is not how mothers live
This is not what mothers do
Work, care, sleep, repeat
Work, care, sleep, repeat
But what do we teach our daughters if surrender is the plan?
That the world belongs to someone else and courage is for men?
Let’s teach them that our life doesn’t end when motherhood begins
That it begins again
But louder
Our daughters are watching
They watch us stand when the world says “be smaller”
They watch us dream when the world says “don’t”
Thay watch us build
They watch us rise
With babies on our hips and revolutions in our throats
Equality is not radical
Silence is
So let’s get louder
Be responsible
Adjust
Give up your dreams
Adept
Fit the system
Work more
Sleep less
Smile politely
Be a good lover
Be silent
Be reasonable
Walk faster at night
Don’t look
Don’t answer
Don’t provoke
Be patient
Be realistic
Be feminine
Be flexible
Be careful
LET’S GET LOUDER