the fault lines project

A collaboration between Dream Love Grow, Scary Bear Soundtrack and you.

What is the Fault Lines Project?

The Fault Lines Project is a collaborative works by Mailyne K. Briggs (at the time, Dream Love Grow) and Nunavut indie band Scary Bear Soundtrack and many people around the world.

The central piece is a music video for Scary Bear Soundtrack’s song “Fault Lines”, a song about sexual violence against women.

During this process, we wanted to raise awareness about this issue and get people’s involvement.

Why is this important?

We have worked with and talked to many women and transgender people who have experienced sexual abuse and violence throughout their lifetime. Many of them will never share their stories out of fear and because of this many will suffer in silence. This project is our voice to all of them, to remind them that there are people who care and let them know they are not alone.

Fault Lines was written by Gloria Guns, and recorded and performed by Gloria Guns and Christine Aye (Scary Bear Soundtrack). It was mixed by Ben Leggett.

The idea behind the song’s title is that every woman lives on a fault line. Every woman lives at risk of sexual violence. It is a fear that is in the back of every woman’s mind, and it is a reality that every woman must deal with. Fault Lines was written to capture this reality, but to also try to express hope for survivors.

Learn more about the song here.

the song

Lyrics:

showing off in your father’s car
chasing girls, you’re the local star you’re seventeen years old, and your future waits
you’re hanging around, you blast Rick Ross
unaware of the girls’ lives lost
you’re the hometown hero, and mom says you’d do no wrong

these days for you are games to be played
to be conquered and boasted and laid to waste
you were supposed to claim the victory and not the crime

when I woke up, I thought I was dead
they told me walk it off, with these broken legs
because boys will always do what you did to me
you’re hanging around, you laugh with the boys
unaware of the girls you destroyed
because you know that the heroes always win

these days for me are knives to the chest
forced to smile with each laboured breath
and every girl I know lives on a fault line

you left me for dead but i am not yet
i will learn to walk with broken legs

these days for me are incredible miracles
my future waits for me now to live for

and I won’t stay your jane doe anymore

you left me for dead but i am not yet
i will learn to walk with broken legs

How did people get involved?

They sent selfies!

These were the instructions:

Send us a selfie of yourself holding a sign that says “End Violence Against Women” in the style of the photo below.
You may take your selfie anywhere but your eyes should not be visible as there is a reason behind this, which we will explain as the video goes through production.
These selfies will be displayed on our Tumblr as well as in our music video.
If you provide us with your name, we’ll also include your name in our thank you credits for the music video.