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This song is dedicated to my niece, Aria.

"When life gets tough, you will always be enough."

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Aria

Intro (spoken)
Can you say, I am beautiful? - “I’m beautiful”
I can do hard things. - “I do hard things.”
I am kind. - “I’m kind.”
I am strong. “And strong.”
And brave. “And brave.”
I love myself, “I love myself.”
I love my mummy, “I love my mummy.”
I love my daddy, “I love my daddy.”
And I love auntie Em. “and I love Auntie Em.”
Okay, good job.

Verse 1
Your mind is a story book
Ready for adventure everywhere you look
I call you up so we can go out and play
Or talk about all you learned today

Chorus
Aria, Aria
When life gets hard,
We will never be far apart

Verse 2
Waited for you for such a long time
For so long you were on our minds
You came into the world just like a flash of light
You were the sun on a dark December night

Chorus
Aria, Aria
When life gets tough
You will always be enough

Verse 3
Will you go sailing on the open sea?
Or fly around the world like a bumble bee?
Will you grow tall just like an apple tree?
The one in your garden that started from a tiny seed

Chorus
Aria, Aria
When life gets tough
You will always be enough

Bridge
There may be times when you feel small
Or get a feeling you don’t like at all
Remember that this will always get better
The sun will come out after the stormy weather

Aria.

credits

from Light Up the Dawn, released April 8, 2022
Written, arranged and produced by Emily Best

Emily Best (rhodes, vocals)
Rob Thomson (bass)
Max Marceau-Ley (drums)
Gavin Youngash (electric guitar)
Robin Layne (marimba)
Alison Gorman (trumpet)
Ellen Marple (trombone)
Dominic Conway (saxophone)

Recorded at Raincity Recorders Oct 2020-Jan 2021
Engineered by Jesse Gander
Mixed and Co-Produced by Jesse Gander
Mastered by Jamie Sitar of Outtatown Sound

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Emily Best Vancouver, British Columbia

A singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Vancouver B.C., Emily Best’s distinctive melodies and orchestral leanings paint a backdrop that intermingles the driving energy of jazz and rock with the familiar nostalgia of 1960's southern country-soul. Her songwriting delves unassumingly through jazz, pop, folk and rock with earnest lyricism that ponders the human condition. ... more

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