FORAGER - Can Both Be True? [NPR Tiny Desk Contest Submission 2023]

FORAGER, live from home in Brooklyn, recorded for the NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2023

Shyamala Ramakrishna, lead vox
Jack Broza Lawrence, guitar
Colum Enrique, drums
Jamie Lawrence, keyboard
Evan Lawrence (13th Law), bass
Shirley Paxton Fofang, vocals
Srinidhi Ramakrishna, vocals

Mixed by Jack Broza
Filmed by FORAGER

'Can Both Be True?' is a song about the questions you ask and the people you turn to in that moment of nervousness and excitement at the start of a new relationship. We honored the song's theme by inviting TWO of the confidants name-checked in the lyrics to perform with us -- father (Jack's dad) on keyboard, and Shirley on backup vocals. Change can be hard, even if you want it!


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I’ve never known you better
I’ve never know you less can both be true

Can both be true?

I’ve forgotten how to be alone with myself
But I’m hoping that I won’t have to figure it out
Stick around

Can both be true?

Father said remember who you are
Shirley said change can be hard even if you want it
Shruthi said don't have to be on guard
I said I'm holding my cards
Don't know how to stop it

Father said remember who you are
Shirley said change can be hard even if you want it

I've never known you better
I've never known you less
Can both be true?

Carmen said “protect your heart”
and Oliver said “what on earth have you got to lose?”
Both are true