Anthony
Aquan-Assee
MUSIC
I SURVIVED
“I Survived” is my first song recorded in a professional music studio, and it discusses my Survival and Recovery from a horrific Traumatic Brain Injury.
Acoustic and electric guitar: Anthony Aquan-Assee
Vocals: Jen and Anthony Aquan-Assee
Distribution by DISTROKID
Recorded by Harjeet, a Sound Engineer at Made Human Studios
Cover art by Michael Aquan-Assee
Now available on major streaming platforms:
Song Lyrics
Verse 1:
TBI, you’re on my mind
I wanna leave you right behind
All I know and all I see,
Is different now, than it used to be.
Pre-Chorus:
Life may throw, but I’ll never know.
Where I am and where I’ll go.
What I know and where I’ll be.
I saw the light, it was quite the sight.
Never-ending, so clear and bright
Forgotten memories hiding from me.
Chorus:
But I survived, I’m alive
I’m Holding On, just trying to stay Strong
I survived, I’m alive
I’m Moving on, Just want to belong
Verse 2:
Lost and alone and losing hope
Thoughts and prayers just trying to cope.
The answers you find, are yours to keep.
Pre-Chorus 2:
Got to remember that I survived
My new life has arrived
Be here now, you and me.
Chorus:
But I survived, I’m alive
I’m Holding On, just trying to stay Strong
I survived, I’m alive
I’m Moving on, Just want to belong
Bridge:
You see me
ICU
What you do will come back to you.
Pre-Chorus 3:
Life may throw, but I’ll never know.
Where I am and where I’ll go.
What I know and where I’ll be.
Chorus:
But I survived, I’m alive
I’m Holding On, just trying to stay Strong
I survived, I’m alive
I’m Moving on, I’m GOING to belong
The Power of Music helped bring me out of a 2-week long coma.
Music has always been very important to me. I started playing the piano at a very young age and then switched to the guitar. After I sustained a Brain Injury it took me some time to return to playing the guitar as my memory had been destroyed as well as my fine motor skills. Music has strengthened my brain and it has played a big role in my recovery from a TBI.
Feel free to check out these videos with me playing the guitar for the school rock band, “The Harwood Hawkeyes”. The Harwood Hawkeyes were a school rock band at Harwood P.S. in Toronto. The band was composed of three former grade 8 students (the lead singer, the drummer and the bass guitarist) and two teachers including Anthony Aquan-Assee.