Hello, Hive Open Mic community!!!

It's a great privilege to join you this week to present my rendition. It's fun listening to musicians in the community and how passionate they are to do what they love to do best. Here I am this week with the theme titled "OTAKU". At first, I didn't want to participate because I wasn't understanding the theme nor do I know which song to relate to it. I decided to visit some entries and this is one way for me to get an idea of what to do or write about. I also checked Google for the meaning and I got to know that a person who is obsessed with interests like anime, video games, computers etc is called Otaku. Since I am not a lover or fan of anime just like the few I visited describing their love for it since the 90s.

I decided to go for this particular song that has always been sitting on my list of songs for a while, waiting for the right time to present it. The song is titled "Helplessly" by Tatiana Manaois. I believe this also goes in line with the theme since we are still talking about being obsessed or fond of something even though anime is the major touch of this. I enjoyed singing and sharing my performance in the community as it also helps me improve every time I do something like this. Music is my friend and I enjoy listening to it.

The artist is a lady I often listen to her songs because of how interesting and inspiring they are. She has this way of making the lyrics resonate with life's experiences and giving us a dose of inspiration to keep going and be ourselves. This particular song describes a one-sided relationship. The song talks about the protagonist being distracted and can't seem to do anything without their partner. He or she is struggling to focus on other things even when it is obvious the partner is not helping in the relationship. We have relationships like that where one of them is the one trying to make it work while the other person is not showing any sign of being serious or committed to it. The protagonist feels lost and helplessly falls in love. This kind of thing is a bad one because things wouldn't be smooth between them. When you are in a relationship where you are the one doing everything without your partner's help and support, such a relationship would not last. It's better to give yourself a space than being hurt by them.

I did the cover of the song without an instrument which was intentional as I want to do with my voice alone and I guess it turned out to be good. Well, you are my judge here and I would appreciate your time listening while giving me feedback.

Lyrics of "Helplessly"

"It's not that easy with you here
But I know I want you to stay
See, this could be us in a few years
But just tell me you like to play"
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