This is my body
feel: intimate singer-songwriter folk with nordic glow; teen memory to self-acceptance, choruses punchier. meter: 4/4 - 106 bpm. key: g major (mixolydian color). instruments: acoustic guitar (fingerpicked verses, full strum choruses), felt-piano ostinato, guita lead (answers, countermelodies, 8-bar solo), tagelharpa soft drone, upright bass pizz in choruses, brush kit; handclaps in choruses. voices: classical female soprano lead (light highlands lilt - lightly rolled r (ɾ) - open a=ah). language: english. arrangement: guitar+piano intro -> v1 -> pre -> chorus -> v2 -> pre -> chorus -> guita solo 8 bars -> hush bridge -> final double chorus (key lift +1) -> guitar+piano outro. production: verses dry-intimate; choruses wider, guitar up; piano forward; short plate. chorus design: ch1 standard lift (solo -> 2-part lines 3-4; claps bars 3–6; guitar strum lift; guitar doubles last bar). ch2 anthem push(2-part full; kick+floor tom on 1 and 3; 1-beat drop -> voice pickup). final ch 3-part +key
This is my body
feel: intimate singer-songwriter folk with nordic glow; teen memory to self-acceptance, choruses punchier. meter: 4/4 - 106 bpm. key: g major (mixolydian color). instruments: acoustic guitar (fingerpicked verses, full strum choruses), felt-piano ostinato, guita lead (answers, countermelodies, 8-bar solo), tagelharpa soft drone, upright bass pizz in choruses, brush kit; handclaps in choruses. voices: classical female soprano lead (light highlands lilt - lightly rolled r (ɾ) - open a=ah). language: english. arrangement: guitar+piano intro -> v1 -> pre -> chorus -> v2 -> pre -> chorus -> guita solo 8 bars -> hush bridge -> final double chorus (key lift +1) -> guitar+piano outro. production: verses dry-intimate; choruses wider, guitar up; piano forward; short plate. chorus design: ch1 standard lift (solo -> 2-part lines 3-4; claps bars 3–6; guitar strum lift; guitar doubles last bar). ch2 anthem push(2-part full; kick+floor tom on 1 and 3; 1-beat drop -> voice pickup). final ch 3-part +key
Lyrics
I wrote this for my 15-year-old self and for any girl whose mirror talks too loud. Feeds lie - angles and edits aren’t life. Your body is not a trend. Keep your curves, your breath, your laugh. Text a friend, eat with someone, step into the sun. If you need help, asking is brave and 100% valid. You are worth the space you stand on. I’m singing with you ... every step. Thanks for listening and sharing this with someone who needs it. 💜 Tarja
Lyrics:
fifteen after choir, scrolling in my room.
saved a folder called goals, chased a tiny bloom.
the mirror got louder, lunch felt like a test.
i wanted to be perfect and forgot to rest.
i pulled a hoodie tight and hid my face.
mom knocked once and left me space.
this is my body, not a trend.
i want my breath back, count me in.
i keep my curves, my pace, my time;
i am not a filter, i am alive.
say it with me: this is my body.
feeds were a movie with angles and edits.
girls looked like paper; i tried to get it.
a friend said, hey, you’re not a file.
come sit, eat with me, stay awhile.
we talked to someone, named the fear.
tears on the table, but we were here.
this is my body, not a trend.
i choose my yes, i learn to bend.
i eat with friends, i walk in sun;
i am worth the space i stand upon.
this is my body. we have won.
i tossed the goal folder, kept a song.
bought a dress that fits me now, not wrong.
looked in the mirror and let it be-
hey, that’s me. i like what i see.
this is my body, not a trend.
i keep my breath from end to end.
i keep my curves, my laugh, my line.
this is my body - this life is mine.
i am enough. i’m doing fine.