Stunning songwriting and vocals elevate the classic pop ballad and empowering anthem Shattered Still Standing – an evocative journey through piercingly honest, raw and engaging lyrics of loss, trauma, and the immense strength required to push through.
Inspired by the novel Shattered Vows, Evelyn Reed delivers a timeless piano-ballad of poetic and impassioned lyrics and vocals, rising up slowly through a mellow drumline, for an uplifting pop feel that’s beautifully compelling.
Stylistically familiar and simple in theory, the build up of Shattered Still Standing is that of renowned mainstream pop – organic and approachable, welcoming, and with just the right level of growing emotion and power from the vocal performance. Underneath this, however, the lyrics really strike an original and unforgettable chord, and this proves increasingly true as the song rolls along; and all the more so with each revisit.
The lyrics evolve through this story in unison with the changing energy of the music – moments of quiet calm and uncertainty later overcome by the song’s essential sense of possibility and this resounding resolve of Still Standing.
It’s a relatable and inspiring journey, and the arrangement and performance more than meet the needs of that, lifting the audience up in the process, as we reach this closing sentiment of being able to love again, of being transformed but stronger in light of those past difficulties.
‘A journey through betrayal and healing’ is precisely what we can experience with this song, and it suits the listener’s needs, thanks to the deeply personal but still poetically vague lyrics that can naturally be made your own.
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