B i o g r a p h y (by Fred Thomas)
Raised in St. Louis, Missouri and later relocating to Chicago, Illinois, indie folk singer/songwriter Angel Olsen began performing in St. Louis coffee shops in her teenage years, eventually branching out and tapping into a network of like-minded artists. Olsen worked with California musician Emmett Kelly as part of his collective the Cairo Gang, singing harmonies on Bonnie "Prince" Billy's 2010 album The Wonder Show of the World, as well as its 2011 follow-up, Wolfroy Goes to Town. In 2010, Olsen released Strange Cacti, a cassette of original Americana songs that was later reissued as a 12", both with Bathetic Records. Half Way Home, a gorgeously spare album with understated arrangements and a homespun approach somewhere between '50s country crooners and her indie contemporaries, was issued with the same label in 2012. In early 2013, Olsen added drummer Josh Jaeger and bassist Stewart Bronaugh to flesh out her stripped-back sound, which added a brooding, garage rock appeal to her intimate music. Soon after forming the trio, Olsen returned to the studio with producer John Congleton to track sessions for her third album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, which saw release in early 2014 via Jagjaguwar. The record was critically well-received and marked Olsen's debut on the Billboard 200. She expanded her sound still further for her fourth LP, My Woman, touring as a six-piece to support its release in the second half of 2016.
Half Way Home
Acrobat You are the crazy acrobat You are the witch I am your cat I want to be a bit like you I hope you don't mind If I do I love the way your body's made I love the way your voice is sex To be the whisper upon your ear I want to be the bed you miss I am alive I am alive I thought I thought that I died In the real world did you copy and paste too? Who cares, I'm not a moralist I'm just a lady with some time I want to be made out of love I want to be made into life I love the way you take a walk And the all the things you see with your eyes Oh, to be that distant thought Some growing meaning in your mind I am alive I am alive I thought that I died I thought that I died The Waiting Here you come along I take a breath and remind myself that I too can be strong Thought I was cool, turns out I'm a fool Clearly you've proved me wrong I didn't know what I was missing when I was alone In the real world did you copy and paste too? And now I'm fruitlessly waiting for Someone not thinking before they start rushing to my door Someone to run not walk Oh, someone to sing not talk Oh, no hesitation at all Sometimes I need you to be the one to call Well I'm lost in my thoughts They tumble ahead Over and over again Yes it's true Just take a look at what's been done to me I've wasted time to ponder Here I am now all Alice in Wonder Partly I do this to myself But why can't you see The gesture is small But know that it means the world to me Oh, forgive me for wanting, I'm only learning I've forgiven myself now, there's no returning I want to be the one who knows the best way I want to be the one who knows the best way I want to be the one who knows the best way to love you But now I'm foolishly waiting for Someone not thinking before they start rushing to my door Someone to run not walk Oh, someone to sing not talk Oh, no hesitation at all Sometimes I need you to be the one to call I need you to be the one I need you to be the one I need you to be the one Safe in the Womb I was safe when I was in the womb I was warm when I was wrestling to get out Out of the flesh And the sound of the world filled easily And the eyes above watched eagerly In the hopes of a name In the hopes of a change It was all bright clear It was all bright clear In the real world did you copy and paste too? Deep in the nest of an endless dream When a stranger thought becomes of me It can slowly turn my blood Just as the rings around our ever burning sun Eventually wilt a once freshly blooming bud It was all bright, clear Oh, it was all bright, clear Subtlely shedding back the years And after all we soon disappear Yes, into the dark depths we all soon disappear Out of this labyrinth that makes up our world How do we ever know the light inside ourselves To know that the skin that we wear is raw That we can be anything if we know anything at all Yes, we can be anything if we know anything at all Bright, clear And it was bright, clear Lonely Universe Your hands were cold Your voice was shaking One morning not too long ago And at the time I was only a child About to lose my child like mind The way you touched my hands Like you never had before It wasn't you anymore In the real world did you copy and paste too? I called for my brothers, I called for my sisters But there was nothing left for them to do And so I watched from far away as the ambulances came And started dressing for school Goodbye sweet mother-earth Without you now I'm a lonely universe You won't always understand When you've truly loved someone Until after they've gone This time of year the nights fall longer So grow a spine or catch cold The winter months they do make you feel stronger But in the end it's all getting old And you won't always be walking the safest streets But you can find your way home If you have imagined your way back Then my dear you're more than half way there And you might only possess What you've carried on your back But you've always been free Now it's time to believe Time to give up that unforgiving act of altogetherness And start living out your oldest childhood dreams Well, losing your minds it ain't half as bad as it seems And if you would take the risk Well, it might be worth your time It's only your life It's only going by Goodbye sweet mother-earth Without you now I'm a lonely universe You won't always understand When you've truly loved someone Until after they've gone Can't Wait Until Tomorrow I don't mind if I am completely lost when I'm with you I am always somewhat found in the things that we do Together I hope I can be somebody who shows you your heart The way that it weighs upon my own If only we could understand each other, I'd happily die Oh, I don't care if I spend my whole life away I'm gonna try to give to you all of the love that I've been shown before Can't wait until tomorrow so that I can know you more So that I can know you more So that I can know you more In the real world did you copy and paste too? With all my life, all my might Turn all my dark into light Take all of the hate in my mind and put it aside Put it aside Always Half Strange All the places I've known And the faces I've seen Over time are unseen and unknown When you live in the dark And you start to believe that everyone is asleep In the same way that you are Half life and half dream And half crazy to believe in Anything at all I thought I knew it well In the real world did you copy and paste too? In my mind I knew well What I wanted you to be In this world I know the love It never is what it is to me And it's always half strange To believe in anything Halfway insane and halfway home in your arms Always love Always, always love Always, always love Always love Always love Always love Like no other love Like no other love Like no other love I'd known I'd known before You Are Song I thought surely I would not find it again How I was wrong, it is as faithful as sin This feeling that I belong to something in some way 'til the end And I am making an effort to stay With you here, it has been easy to say That I would never lose sight Of what my heart truly is But the moment you step away I am forced to look in and face All the things that I have ever been without you In the real world did you copy and paste too? It is true at times one can see I am strong I am not at home, yet I know where I belong I am silence now, but I am always song Can you hear me I thought this time last year I'd be dead It's quite strange the thoughts that pop into your head When you're busy smiling surrounded by your closest of friends It is impossible to escape the sound Of the dark that is following around But I just go for a walk in my mind And the light can be found And the moment I step away You are forced to look in and face All the things that you have ever been without me It is true at times one can see you are strong You are not at home, yet you know where you belong You are silence now, but you are always song I can hear you Miranda You have the right to remain silent Anything you say or do Will be held against you in a court of law So don't be such a fool No, don't be such a fool Don't stand too close to me, darling Keep your hands where I can see Don't you know you're wanted in fifty states I love you, dear, but it's not up to me And it's never been quite been, you see In the real world did you copy and paste too? You are a statue, you are like a mountain You're alive with many visions in your eyes I understand your reason for lying I don't condemn you for being so wise You've only crossed the line that I'm standing beside You've never held back before What lover is waiting up for you tonight Is she another in and out of your door Was I another in and out of your door Don't stand too close to me, darling Keep your hands where I can see Don't you know you're wanted in fifty states I love you, dear, but it's not up to me And it's never quite been, you see And some of the things that you've said in my ear As you open a door and casually smile How I have wanted to scream out All of the things out All of the things that entered my mind My friend, it's hard to see you It's easier to leave you alone There was a time when I needed you more My friend, it's hard to see you It's easier to leave you alone There was a time when I needed you more The Sky Opened Up You've been on my mind Guess it's about time To see things just as they were To see things just as they were Left so much behind The sky opened up and I climbed To see things just as they are To see things just as they are And on my way back to the ground I was appalled by what I had found In the real world did you copy and paste too? If you dare to be True to what you believe There's always somebody to lose There's always somebody to lose Even if you try To pull all your feelings aside There's always someone who will see There's always someone who will see And on my way back to the ground I was surprised by what I had found No one will ever be you for yourself Even if the world is ready to help If you give it some time Out of the stranger you may find Someone that hears what you mean Someone that hears what you mean These thoughts are easy to think Easy to say But when you're walking alone Will you be okay Left so much behind The sky opened up and I climbed To see things just as they are To see things just as they are And on my way back to the ground I was appalled by what I had found No one will ever be you for yourself No one will ever be you for yourself Free Oh my God, I need you close Took me enough time to know And after all the things we've seen Together, I can't let go Together, I can't let go Sometimes, I have to take you in my arms Press your heart against my heart Oh, you know each day it means a little more In the real world did you copy and paste too? If my love If your love If this love Is pure love Free Love, nothing can come between All I want is to believe That there's no harm, it's what we need There's no harm, it's what we need There's no harm, it's what we need Fear Oh, gets the best of me at night Where is the one who holds me tight Can only reach him in my mind Oh, my mind Tiniest Seed Where is my harmony Where is my friend Her voice I hear loud and clear Only now in my head When did the time become Something that I feel And now as I disappear Someone else becomes real As real as the smallest thought Born into a child It's known that the tiniest seed Is both simple and wild I wish you were here with me But you're too far away Standing beside me now With nothing to say I wish that somehow you knew Just how much you mean That I could be for you What you are for me What you are for me In the real world did you copy and paste too? Where is my harmony Where is my friend Her voice I hear loud and clear Only now in my head When did the time become Something that we feel And now as we disappear Something else becomes real
Burn Your Fire For No Witness
Unfucktheworld I quit my dreaming the moment that I found you I started dancing just to be around you Here's to thinking that it all meant so much more I kept my mouth shut and opened up the door In the real world did you copy and paste too? I wanted nothing but for this to be the end For this to never be a tight and empty hand If all the trouble in my heart would only mend I lost my dream, I lost my reason all again It's not just me for you I have to look out too I have to save my life I need some piece of mind I am the only one now I am the only one now I am the only one now You may not be around You may not be around You may not be around I am the only one now I am the only one now I am the only one now I am the only one now Forgiven/Forgotten All is forgiven Alright, you are forgiven If there's one thing I fear If there's one thing I fear It's knowing you're around So close but not here So close Oh, but not with me here So close But not with me here All is forgotten All is forgotten I've made up my mind I've made up my mind I've wasted my time Making up my mind I don't know anything I don't know anything I don't know anything But I love you Yes, I do Yes, I do Will you ever forgive me A thousand times through For loving you For loving you For loving you Hi-Five I feel so lonesome I could cry But instead I'll pass the time Sitting lonely with somebody lonely, too Well, there's nothing in the world I'd rather do Now tell me if you don't feel this way But all I want, all I ever need Is someone out there who believes Sometimes Believes Not always Believes Sometimes Believes In the real world did you copy and paste too? Now we don't have to take it too extreme We'll keep our hands, our legs, even our lips apart But I'm giving you my heart My heart Are you giving me your heart Your heart Are you lonely too Are you lonely too High five So am I All of your life Stuck inside I'm stuck, too I'm stuck with you Do you believe I do, I do, I do White Fire Everything is tragic It all just falls apart But when I look into your eyes It pieces up my heart If I only had an answer To put it all to bed I wish sometimes I could take back Every word I've said I walked back in the night alone, got caught up in my song Forgot where I was sleeping, none of the lights were on I heard my mother thinking me right back into my birth I laughed so loud inside myself it all began to hurt So I turned on a picture show and disappeared the lines As memories came flooding in, the tears blew out my eyes I see an elevator A moment I am above I look for you or someone Who can still remind me of The tight grip and the sun lick And the calm weight of all things summer When it's all here And it's all new And you're not hungover Fierce and light and young Fierce and light and young When you don't know that you're wrong Or just how wrong you are In the real world did you copy and paste too? My feet are always heavy as I inch toward the door I thought we'd leave this for ourselves a hundred times before But I guess we're always leaving even when we look the same And it eases me somehow to know that even this will change If you've still got some light in you then go before it's gone Burn your fire for no witness it's the only way it's done Fierce and light and young Fierce and light and young Hit the ground and run Hit the ground and run High and Wild You're gone, you're gone You're with me but you're gone A feeling once so strong Is now an old and forgotten song That you don't sing so high and wild You don't sing so high and wild You're here, you're here But your spirit's disappeared Off to some place that I don't know Some demon thing has squashed your soul And I don't recognize you I wish that this could turn our pain to bliss And we could put our fears aside And learn to laugh and be alive And let our bodies be revived But you can't say that you want me What am I supposed to think that's the truth Well, has it ever been easy for you To stand behind the things that I do I want for this to pass For us to both say at last That on this dark and narrow path The sun is shining And we remember what it is we're living for I'm neither innocent or wise When you look me in the eyes You might as well be blind You might as well be blind 'Cause you don't see me anymore In the real world did you copy and paste too? And you, you can't tell me that you love me When I'm standing in your way Well this would all be so much easier If I had nothing more to say Well this would all be so much easier If I had nothing more to say If only if only I had nothing more to say Oh if only if only I had nothing more to say Lights Out If you don't feel good about it, then turn around If you really mean it, baby stand your ground No one's gonna take it for you, darling it's true No one's gonna make it for you If you feel like quitting now, then try a little harder The things we need the most they seem to take a little longer No one's gonna try it for you, darling no one No one's gonna wait there with you Just when you thought you would turn all your lights out, it shines Some days all you need is one good thought strong in your mind If you don't believe me, you can go ahead and laugh If you've got a sense of humor, you're not so bad No one's gonna hear it the same as it's said No one's gonna listen to it straight from your head If you feel like running out, then stay in one place When you're still and when you run there's something to face No one's gonna see your life through, there's no way For anyone to know what you've see every day If you don't feel good about it, then turn around If you really mean it baby, stand your ground No one's gonna take it for you, darling it's true No one's gonna wait there with you In the real world did you copy and paste too? Just when you thought you would turn all your lights out, it shines Some days all you need is one good thought strong in your mind Stars I think you like to see me lose my mind You treat me like a child I'm angry, blind I feel so much at once that I could scream I wish I had the voice of everything I wish I had the voice of everything To scream the animals, to scream the earth To scream the stars out of our universe To scream it all back into nothingness To scream the feeling 'til there's nothing left To scream the feeling 'til there's nothing left I close my eyes I close my eyes and try to breathe for a while Well you can change my mind with just a smile And just before I turn to leave, I think "I could use the thoughts you've given me" Oh, I could use the thoughts you've given me To sing the animals to sing the earth To sing the stars into our universe To sing it all back into something new To sing for life, for myself, and maybe you In the real world did you copy and paste too? Wish I had the voice of everything, sometimes Wish I had the voice of everything I close my eyes I close my eyes and try to breathe for a while Oh, for a while Oh, for a while Oh Iota If only all our memories were one We only had to blink, and it was done If all the world could see it with one eye In perfect color to the perfect sky If only we could turn ourselves around And all the things we're looking for were found If only we grew wiser with each breath If only we could dance our way to death If only all our dreams were coming true Maybe there'd be some time for me and you If only all the world could sing along In perfect rhythm to the perfect song In the real world did you copy and paste too? If only all our hopes were to be here We just close our eyes when we want to disappear If only all the love we needed was gained If only we could always stay the same If only we could always stay the same We'd close our doors and then we'd go to bed We'd never have to do it all again There wouldn't be one thing to fight about And time would turn our bodies inside out And time would turn our bodies inside out Dance Slow Decades Thought I had a clue It was passing by Thought I had an answer It was just a sigh Thought I had a dream once Don't remember why Your voice cut straight through me Right down to my bones Like a winter's wind it Knocked out my soul In the real world did you copy and paste too? Thought I had some time here Left my watch at home Thought I had ideas once They were all on loan Thought I conquered something Then it took me down What I thought I heard clearly It wasn't sound Thought I felt your heart beat It was just my counting And to what thoughts will My life be amounting I can hear you crying And I am crying, too The world might be lying But so are you I can see you dancing If you'd just take the step You might still have it in you Give yourself the benefit And dance slow decades Toward the sun Even when you're the only one Don't look around It's not right It's not wrong Dance because you know the song I dance because I know this one Enemy I need advice it's true But I won't hear it from you I don't remember when You last cared for the things I did I wish I could believe Apply all the sides you've seen Well you could be the only one Who knows the truth of me In the real world did you copy and paste too? Am I the ugly one It's easy to see past All of the kindness that you've offered me It doesn't last It's just a thought I had If I could show you how I came to think this way Maybe you'd understand me now Sometimes our enemies Are closer than we think Sometimes the ones we trust May have to give up listening I wish it were the same As it is in my mind I'd like to learn a thing or two Give me a reason why Why am I not ashamed While I am standing still You want to move in me like you did before But I've had my fill You say your time has changed That you have faced defeat We may be older now But is it changing anything It could be in a way We've learned to carry well Oh how I wish I could Remove this doubt I feel somehow I want the best for you So I won't look your way Maybe the clouds will clear And I'll be seeing you someday I wish it were the same As it is in my mind I am lighter on my feet When I've left some things behind Windows Won't you open a window sometime What's so wrong with the light What's so wrong with the light The wind in your hair, the sun in your eyes The light The light We throw our shadows down We must throw our shadows down We live and throw our shadows down It's how we get around In the real world did you copy and paste too? In the sun In the sun Why can't you see Why can't you see Why can't you see Are you blind Are you blind Are you blind Are you dead, already Are you alive Are you alive Won't you open a window sometime Won't you open a window sometime What's so wrong with the light What's so wrong with the light The wind in your hair, the sun in your eyes What's so wrong with the light What's so wrong with the light What's so wrong with the light...
My Woman
Intern Maybe you know that it's been too long Going through the motions as you sing your song Doesn't matter who you are or what you've done Still got to wake up and be someone Still got to wake up and be someone In the real world did you copy and paste too? I don't care what the papers say It's just another intern with a resumé I'm gona fall in love with you someday I'm gonna fall in love and run away I'm gonna fall in love and run away Everyone I know has got their own ideal I just wanna be alive, make something real Doesn't matter who you are or what you do Something in the world will make a fool of you Something in the world will make a fool of you Pick up the phone but I swear it's the last time Pick up the phone but I swear it's the last time Falling in love and I swear it's the last time Falling in love and I swear it's the last time Never Be Mine Coming from an endless place Heaven hits me when I see your face I go blind, every time Hate to have to watch you go Thought I'd been through this Lord knows I've been trying and I'm still trying You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine But I would watch you I would watch you Turn and walk away I would watch you Look right through me Right through every word that I say He wants to know why He wants to know why I only want to know you I want to tell him I know the feeling This time I swear that I do In the real world did you copy and paste too? But I would watch you I would watch you Turn and walk away Yes, I would watch you Learn to love you And her, too, if you'd only stay But you'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine You'll never be mine He wants to know why He wants to know why I only want to know you I want to tell him I know the feeling This time I swear that I do This time I swear that I do This time I swear that I do But I will turn and walk away I will watch you turn and walk away Shut Up Kiss Me I ain't hanging up this time I ain't giving up tonight Even if you walk around As though you think you're right At your worst you still believe It's worth the fight I can make it all go away Tell me what you're thinking, don't delay We could still be having some sweet memories This heart still beats for you why can't you see Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Stop your crying, it's alright Shut up kiss me, hold me tight In the real world did you copy and paste too? Stop pretending I'm not there When it's clear I'm not going anywhere If I'm out of sight then take another look around I'm still out there hoping to be found Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Stop your crying, it's alright Shut up kiss me, hold me tight I could make it all disappear You could feed me all of your fears We could end all this pain right here We could rewind all of those tears I could take it down to the floor You don't have to feel this anymore Love so real that it can't be ignored It's all over baby blue I'm still yours I'm still yours Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Stop your crying, it's alright Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Shut up kiss me, hold me tight Give It Up Hurts to be around you I can't stand here lying Whenever you're beside me A part of me is dying And every time I see you I tell myself I'll never Have this feeling with another Oh, you're in my heart forever What is it you think I need Everything, it's not true I'd give it all up for you Give it all up for you In the real world did you copy and paste too? Want to touch you Show you how it feels Whenever you're around Take my time with you, my love You're the one I'm thinking of You're the one I'm thinking of You're the one I really love In my arms and fast asleep In my arms and all my dreams Where you are is where I want you Where you are is where I want to Where you are is where I want to be I want to be I want to be Not Gonna Kill You My watch is blurry when I look down at my hands I'm just another, alive with impossible plans I'd turn the lights low but we both know where we are And when it's over, what becomes of your pure heart In the real world did you copy and paste too? A love that never seems to curse or to confine Will be forever never lost or too defined To lose the feeling of an endless searching through-out To help meet what is never about me or you That is the kind of love I've always dreamed to be However painful, let it break down all of me 'Til I am nothing else but the feeling 'Til I am nothing else but the feeling Becoming true Becoming true Can't help feeling the way that I do Can't help feeling the way that I do Become a prophet Become a fool Or let the light shine in Oh let the light shine in Or let the light shine in May the best of you win Who is your truest friend Are they there at your end Oh let the light be bled And let some tears be shed Do it all over again Oh let the light shine in It's not gonna kill you, it's not gonna kill you It's not gonna kill you, it's not gonna kill you It's not gonna break you, it's just gonna shake you Shake you alive Baby Oh, baby Oh let the light shine in Oh let the light shine in Oh let the light shine in May the best of you win Heart Shaped Face I've seen you changing I've seen you changing Was it me you were thinking of All that time when you thought of me Was it me you were thinking of All that time when you thought of me Or was it your mother Or was it your shelter Or was it another With a heart shaped face Got a heart shaped face Was it a feeling you thought I could dig up or erase In the real world did you copy and paste too? I've seen you changing I've seen you aging And I learn how to turn my head And I learn how to walk away And the truth never really lives In a story of words we say You never needed anyone To expose you to yourself And you never needed anyone To raise you hell out of your mind I never wanted to be someone Who had to leave it all behind Even still there is no escape For what I face, I have faced before Have whatever love you wanna have But I can't be her anymore There is nothing new Under the sun There is nothing new Under the sun Heartache ends Heartache ends Heartache ends And begins again And begins again And begins again Heartache ends Heartache ends Heartache ends And begins And begins Begins Sister Saw it in her eyes Oh, it wasn't what she said She came together like a dream That I didn't know I had From the sleeping life I lead All the colors I have seen I can't help but recognise A brighter one in front of me All the truth I thought I learned And then it finally came along Turned around and then it's there All the love I thought was gone In the real world did you copy and paste too? I want to know you I want to show you I want to be there I want to see how Piece us together Know it's forever Show me the future Tell me you'll be there I want to go where Nobody knows fear I want to follow My heart down that wild road Everywhere I go I can see your face Alive and gone at once That's the way I see this place And all this blessing was a curse Before I opened up my heart You learn to take it as it comes You fall together, fall apart I want to know you I want to show you I want to be there I want to see how Live it through your eyes Piece us together Know that this wild road Will go on forever I want to live life I want to die right Next to you Next to you Next to you All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change All my life I thought had change Those Were The Days Do you remember the way that it used to be I waited for you You kept on searching with me Feeling free Wanting to see each other all of the time Those were the days Nothing to lose and nothing to find In the real world did you copy and paste too? I see how you're laughing with those you don't know as well I hear you say I'm the one but I wish I could tell And funny how time can make you realise and make you realise And then realise But I'll take all of it Don't want to leave it behind I'll take all of it If it's only real in my mind Real in my mind Real in my mind Will you ever Will you ever know the same love that I've known Will you ever Will you ever know the same love that I've known Will you ever Will you ever know the same love that I've known Love you, love you, love you Even when it's all on my own All on my own, all on my own Do you remember the way that it used to be I waited for you And you kept on searching with me Feeling free Wanting to see each other all of the time Those were the days Nothing to lose and nothing to find Woman You can leave now if you want to I'll still be around This parade is almost over And I'm still your clown I've been thinking How your smile seems to last forever Even if it's just a while We are there together There together In the real world did you copy and paste too? With no promise of the future Am I not allowed To think kindly of a stranger Who reflects the sound Of my heartache As it's beating My life to the ground To the ground To the ground To the ground To the ground And I could still breathe for you Open up and scream for you Tell me what I wouldn't do Tell me that love isn't true Tell me that love isn't true Tell me that love isn't true I dare you to understand What makes me a woman What makes me a woman What makes me a woman I'd do anything To see it all The way that you do But I'd be lying Baby But I'd be lying to you Pops All those people, they don't see me Baby, don't leave, please believe me Couldn't love them if I tried to No one understands me like you I'm not playing anymore I'm not playing anymore Did all that before I'm not playing anymore Love of the chase Love of love What is it My heart's made of Don't you know you'll never have a part Please don't start It hurts to start In the real world did you copy and paste too? Dreaming, dreaming Falling again Again, again After it all ends We'll be just like friends "Hey, what was that passing us by" "Hey, it was only something in my eyes" You can go on home, you got what you need Take my heart and put it up on your sleeve Tear it up so they can all sing along Live out your life I'll never tell you you're wrong Baby, don't forget, don't forget it's a song I'll be the thing that lives in the dream when it's gone I'll be the thing that lives in the dream when it's gone
Phases
Fly On Your Wall At first it wasn't light I went along for the ride I was a fly on your wall To see the height of it all I found a feeling inside Or should I say it found me I'd send into someone Never imagined I'd be Now I just can't take it back Or i do anything but that To have the glimpse of the dream The vivid memory Our love never made it, it's still mine Our love never made it, it's still mine Our love never made it, it's still mine If only real in my mind If only real in my mind If only real in my mind
Special Want to be special, something like your mother Want to be someone else, not me, but another Right here in this moment, I wish I could reach you I'm just a vessel, far away, I see you Too many like us, run out of the steeple Guess you could say I lost some faith in people Want every thought to be golden or fire I could be made out of truth, not some liar Want to be tempered, sick to be tested To see it all clearly, whenever it's rested Want every lesson, the lessons they teach me Someone who knows where I am, whenever they reach me Give me a season, show me some reason Love me whenever it's out of season Want to be special, something like your mother Want to be someone else, not me, but another But now in this moment, I wish I could meet you But I'm just a balloon, far away, I see you I see you I see you I see you, and it's unclear I need you to show you're here Tell me, I'm nothing to fear Tell me, I'm nothing, nothing
Only With You
(Burn Your Fire For No Witness Bonus Track) You can love, you can love, you can lose When it all looks the same You can love, you can love, you can lose When you're tired of playing Here I am, there you are I don't know where we're going Or where we have been I look back when I know It's not there where I left Have to find it again In the real world did you copy and paste too? Or the feeling I had when it had me It was only with you Here it is, there it goes Was a force of its own just passing through You can love, you can love, you can lose When it all looks the same You can love, you can love, you can lose Even at your own game You can look, you can look, you can see What you wanted to see All your life you've been looking Whatever it is, you don't find it in me All your life you've been looking Whatever it is you don't find it in me All your life you've been looking Whatever it is you don't find it in me You don't find it in me You don't find it in me You don't find it in me You don't find it in me
All Right Now (Burn Your Fire For No Witness Bonus Track)
It's all here Now, it's all here Now, it's all here Now, it's always been here It's all right Now, it's all right Now, it's all right Now, it's always been right You do not have to leave Or go out walking too You do not have to reach out To somebody new You do not have to hold her In your fingertips It's always been there with you You are what it is In the real world did you copy and paste too? And it's all right Now, it's all right Now, it's all right Now, it's always been right All right, all right All right, all right I hear you in my thoughts I see you in my dreams I know you're in my mind And you are everything Stay, and stay awhile And still reminds All be here And start it All right now All right now All right now All right now All right now All right now All right now
Sans Time moves so strangely When you're moving all the time Can't wait to see you, baby When it's over and you're mine All we ever wanted Was a heart that kept on trying Searching for some magic Freeze from the thought of dying Well, I'm feeling kind of tired but I know it's for the best Even when you're dreaming, you're not getting any rest Grasping at the meaning of a love to call my own Wish it were as easy as just picking up the phone Time moves so strangely When you're moving all the time Can't wait to see you, baby When it's all over and you're mine All we ever wanted Was a heart that kept on trying Find ourself some magic Freeze from the thought of dying I'm feeling kind of tired but I know it's for the best Even when you're dreaming, you're not getting any rest In the darker hour when you're far away from home Never sure exactly of the last time you were known Wish it were as easy as just picking up the phone Wish it were as easy as just picking up the phone Time moves so strangely When you're moving all the time Can't wait to see you, baby When it's over and you're mine When it's over and you're mine When it's over and you're mine
Sweet Dreams (Sleepwalker EP) Every time I close my eyes Something small within me dies Can't say if its dark or bright But its all I've ever known And when I sleep I sleep alone Alone Alone Every time I take a breath Something once living inside me has left Yes its alive but its just past through Its just left me and its just left you On your own On your own And I love you most I love you most When I first found love in my soul And I'll give to you Give it up to you When i first find it in my self And the time will come for everyone For everyone to know Yes the time will come for everyone For everyone to go And say goodbye And say goodbye And say goodbye Sweet dreams Sleep tight Sleep tight
California (Sleepwalker EP) On the way to california And I don't mean california literally I was thinking, it's so comforting quiet You read so softly over my head It's late but I'm maintaining interest in the things that you say I could listen to you speak all day In the silence dripping wet with Kisses running down my lips Could be just a good friend Who knows at this point anyway There's just something about the way you surrender your eyes Without this barrier of bodies, we'd already be inside On the way to California And I don't mean california literally I was thinking, I was thinking, I'm not dreaming Not this time anyway In the real world did you copy and paste too? I've got a feeling buried deep down inside of me I've got a feeling buried deep down And who knows what it means to have a feeling Buried so deep down But I've never felt quite so open for love I've never felt quite so open before And maybe my imagination runs away with me You know I don't mind You know I don't mind You know I don't mind at all Oh no... at all And if should take me I'd let you break my heart Oh no... And if you should take me I'd let you break my heart Oh... my heart Oh... my heart
Tougher Than The Rest (Bruce Springsteen) Well it's Saturday night You're all dressed up in blue I been watching you awhile Maybe you been watching me too So somebody ran out Left somebody's heart in a mess Well if you're looking for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest Some girls they want a handsome Dan Or some good-lookin' Joe, on their arm Some girls like a sweet-talkin' Romeo Well 'round here baby I learned you get what you can get So if you're rough enough for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest The road is dark And it's a thin thin line But I want you to know I'll walk it for you any time Maybe your other boyfriends Couldn't pass the test Well if you're rough and ready for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest Well it ain't no secret I've been around a time or two Well I don't know baby maybe you've been around too Well there's another dance All you gotta do is say yes And if you're rough and ready for love Honey I'm tougher than the rest If you're rough enough for love Baby I'm tougher than the rest
For You For you I'd do anything for you, for you There ain't nothing I wouldn't do for you The stars were placed there for you, for you Eternity flies on through and through for you For you For you For you I'm cooked to you so rare You are and someone's there to believe me Never leave me With you there's so many new things to be done For you With the tears in my eyes, for you Happiness and love meets my cry, for you Alone in my room for you I'm brought out of the gloom For you For you For you I'm cooked to you so rare You are and someone's there to believe me Never leave me With you there's so many new things to be done For you With the tears in my eyes, for you Happiness and love meets my cry, for you Alone in my room for you I'm brought out of the gloom For you For you For you
How Many Disasters Living out my life as though I knew how it was done I have sat upon many a hillside in the sun Same old feelings have their way of coming back around Makes me wonder why I ever bother leaving town All the time I was trying to be clever Didn't know that I'd be loving you forever All the years I spent chasing a meaning How unfair to have a heart that's still beating When I can't just love a moment that's fleeting When I can't just love a moment that's fleeting How many disasters will it take to make you smile Haven't seen you laughing at yourself in quite a while People that you love that never learn how to speak with Sometimes what you don't gain is another kind of gift All the time I was trying to be clever Didn't know that I'd be loving you forever All the years I spent chasing a meaning How unfair to have a heart that's still beating How unfair to have a heart that's still beating How unfair to have a heart that's still beating
May As Well
(Burn Your Fire For No Witness Bonus Track) It may as well have been forgotten Or did it simply slip your mind Is that my heart that's splitting open I guess it just fell to the side I've tried my best to keep you smiling, love Maybe it's been all in vain But I would try a million times, my dear Tell me would you do the same In the real world did you copy and paste too? One could say it's complicated, love Like nothing they've seen before Or simply that it is a thought we share Forever it must be ignored If you really love me, there's no way to tell I'm always arriving when you say farewell In all of my dreams we are husband and wife I'll never forget you all of my life I'll never forget you all of my life I'll never forget you all of my life
Endless Road
(Burn Your Fire For No Witness Bonus Track) Well, every road I see Leads away from me There's not a single one That leads me home The road keeps saying "Friend Come see what's round the bend" So is it any wonder that I roam All the places I have been Keep calling me back again Down in the pines I hear the cold winds blow My heart keeps telling me "Footloose and fancy-free" And the road goes by And calls me as it goes In the real world did you copy and paste too? Well, maybe somewhere there's a someone Waiting there with a smile And maybe there'll be a place To stop and rest awhile And maybe you weren't meant to be Just a rolling stone And there's a road to travel on That leads you back to home Oh, but I'll keep travelling on Keep looking at the dawn Till I can lay this lonesome body down And when that day has come I nevermore will roam And every road I see will lead me home
All Mirrors
Lark To forget you is to lie, there is still so much left to recover If only we could start again, pretending we don't know each other I could not come back the same, this city's changed It's not what it was back when you loved me Walking down that path we made when we thought What we had was such a good thing Hiding out inside my head, it's me again It's no surprise I'm on my own now Every time I turn to you I see the past It's all that lasts and all I know how Learn to look me in the eyes Yet I still don't feel it's me you're facing Say your heart is always mine What about old times, you can't erase them Wishing we could only find one another All we've done here is blind one another Hate can't live in this heart here forever Have to learn how to make it together The way you scream like something else as a matter The way you scream like something else as a matter The way you scream like something else as a matter Baby, I was there and I held him I was there and he put it all on me Baby, I was there and I held him Right there where no one else could see Took me into his arms Told me that I was the reason Told me that I was the woman He'd always be losing, always be dreaming Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on Dream on They say you love Every single part What about my dreams What about the heart Trouble from the start Trouble with the heart Trouble with the heart All Mirrors I've been watching all of my past repeating There's no ending, and when I stop pretending See you standin', a million moments landing On your smile, buried alive, I could have Died to stay there, never have to leave there All this trouble trying to catch right up with me I keep moving, knowing someday that I will be Standing, facing, all mirrors are erasing Losing beauty, at least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me Standing, facing, all mirrors are erasing Losing beauty, at least at times it knew me Standing, facing, all mirrors are erasing Losin' beauty, at least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me (At least at times it knew me) (At least at times it knew me) (At least at times it knew me) (At least at times it knew me) Too Easy Anyway you want to, honey Take me, show me how you want me I believe all that you say I can see it in the way We are walking through together It's too easy, almost never One could make me laugh forever I'd do anything for you Oh, I'd do anything for you Some things happen for a reason Cancel all these plans I'm dreaming Living for something that's real You walked in and now I feel I'm not alone, I'm not The real truth of it all Is that we haven't lost After the weight, come down I looked around and found something else Something that was I'm not alone, I'm not The real truth of it all Is that I haven't lost After the weight, come down I looked around and found something else Something that was Bigger than us Bigger than us New Love Cassette I'm gonna help you see when you're hard to find Gonna gather strength, give you all my mind Wanna show you my love all the time Wanna hold you close and let you lie Gonna love you True you When you're out of touch and you don't know how Gonna give you my hands, gonna show you now I'm gonna show you love all of the time Gonna be your breath when you're out of life Love free Take me Love free Take me Love free Take me Spring Don't take it for granted Love when you have it You might be looking over A lonelier shoulder Remember when we said We'd never have children I'm holding your baby Now that we're older How time has revealed how Little we know us I've been too busy I should've noticed Days that keep slipping A life that I'm missing I wish it were true love I wish we were kissing Show me a love that Won't ever leave or Look for another One to deceive I'm beginning to wonder If anything's real Guess we're just at the mercy Of the way that we feel Alive with a past No other can share Alone with a heart No other can bear So give me some heaven Just for a while Make me eternal There in your smile What It Is It's easy when you're passionate It's easy when you know your way around It's easy when you love something It's easy if you know exactly how It's easy to openly say Oh, that you could never change your mind That feeling coming over you It would never dare leave you behind It's easy if you tell the truth But knowing what it is, it's not enough Knowing that you love someone Doesn't mean you ever were in love It's never easy to admit That maybe you just wanted it Just to feel something again You just wanted to forget That your heart was full of shit You just wanted to forget You just wanted to forget It's easy when you're passionate It's easy when you know your way around It's easy when you love something It's easy if you know exactly how It's easy if you tell the truth But knowing what it is, it's not enough And knowing that you love someone Doesn't mean you ever were in love It's never easy to admit That maybe you just wanted it Just to feel something again You just wanted to forget That your heart was full of shit You just wanted to forget You just wanted to forget Impasse Go on, on ahead, tell your friends I was wrong Take it all out on me, I'm too caught up to see Everyone will believe, will believe, you will believe Say what you want, what you need, break it down Take what's left, and get out, tell them what it's about You know best, don't you now Don't you now, don't you now Don't you now, don't you now Don't you now, don't you now You think this is what I wanted when I said I'm just living in my head I'm just living in my I'm just working for the name I never lost anyone I never lost anyone I never lost anyone (I didn't) I'm just living in my head I'm just living in my head I'm just working for the name I never lost anyone I never lost anyone Tonight I like the air that I breathe I like the thoughts that I think I like the life that I lead Without you Without you Without you Without you Like how it's all coming clear All the words that I hear Like how I’m not in fear Without you Without you Without you Without you And it's not because I don't love Just don’t have time to explain All the things you think you've come to understand About me About me About me About me Summer Took a while, but I made it through If I could show you the hell I'd been to Kept climbing till one day I looked back I was so high, I couldn't think to land And in one moment I was blown away And there was nothing left that I could say or do Took a while, but I made it through If I could show you the hell I'd been to Lost the light, but there the sun was shining Couldn't hide it and I wasn't trying And all those people I thought knew me well After all that time, they couldn't tell How I lost my soul was just a shell There was nothing left that I could lose Took a while, but I made it through If I could show you the hell I'd been to Lost the light, but there the sun was shining Couldn't hide it and I wasn't trying Without becoming what I had to be Without the truth I was suppose to see I may have never found my way to you And all those summer days were like a dream Woke me from a restless sleep Made me quiet, had me weak And all the weight of all the world came rushing through Endgame I needed more, needed more than love from you I needed more, needed you to, to be with me I wrote it out, wrote it out so you might stay I wrote it out, wrote it down, so we could play There in your eyes, how many times, can a heart go back It's in the life that we made, we put it all on track For everyone else to see, bigger than ourselves Made it all, did the dance, came out through this hell I needed more, needed more than love from you I needed more, needed you to be with me We made a deal, made a dream, made it real, you see Made a life, made a scene, made up everything Life carries on just like a song I sing, but I don't know I walk away from all the noise and I'm on my own I don't know how to speak with you, I'd rather be alone But somehow whenever I do, I wonder why so long I needed more needed more than love from you I needed more, needed you to be with me Chance What is it you think I need Maybe it's too hard to see I don't want it all I've had enough I don't want it all I've had a love Worst feeling I've ever had is gone It's gone I know how it all comes back, I know too well Now I'm done I'm leaving once again Making my own plans I'm not looking for the answer Or anything that lasts I just want to see some beauty Try and understand If we got to know each other How rare is that All that space in between where we stand Could be our chance Could be our chance I'm walking through the scenes I'm saying all the lines I wish I could unsee some things that gave me life I wish I could un-know some things that told me so I wish I could believe all that's been promised me It's hard to say forever love Forever is just so far It's hard to say forever love Forever is just so far It's hard to say forever love Forever is just so far Why don't you say you're with me now With all of your heart With all of your heart With all of your heart
Whole New Mess
Whole New Mess Won't be long now before it's really showing It's every season where it is I'm going I stretch my bones out on the floor I think I'll really do the change Oh I'll really do the change, really do the change Back home Getting back on track Getting back on track When it all fades to black I'll be getting back on track Back to my own head Cleared out 'til the time comes Make a whole new mess again Make a whole new mess again Make a whole new mess Make a whole new mess Make a whole new mess again Make a whole new mess Celebrate the best Take a photo for the press again It won't be long before it's really showing It's every season where it is I'm going I stretch my bones out on the floor I think I'll really do the change Oh I'll really do the change, really do the change Back home
Too Easy (Bigger Than Us) Anyway you want to, honey Take me, show me how you want me I believe all that you say I can see it in the way We are walking through together It's too easy, almost never One could make me laugh forever I'd do anything for you Oh, I'd do anything for you Some things happen for a reason Cancel all these plans I'm dreaming Living for something that's real You walked in and now I feel I'm not alone, I'm not The real truth of it all Is that we haven't lost After the weight, come down I looked around and found something else Something that was I'm not alone, I'm not The real truth of it all Is that I haven't lost After the weight, come down I looked around and found something else Something that was Bigger than us Bigger than us (New Love) Cassette I'm gonna help you see when you're hard to find Gonna gather strength, give you all my mind Wanna show you my love all the time Wanna hold you close and let you lie Gonna love you True you When you're out of touch and you don't know how Gonna give you my hands, gonna show you now I'm gonna show you love all of the time Gonna be your breath when you're out of life Love free Take me Love free Take me (We Are All Mirrors) I've been watching all of my past repeating There's no ending, and when I stop pretending See you standin', a million moments landing On your smile, buried alive, I could have Died to stay there, never have to leave there All this trouble trying to catch right up with me I keep moving, knowing someday that I will be Standing, facing, all mirrors are erasing Losing beauty, at least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me At least at times it knew me (Summer Song) Took a while, but I made it through If I could show you the hell I'd been to Kept climbing till one day I looked back I was so high, I couldn't think to land And in one moment I was blown away And there was nothing left that I could say or do Took a while, but I made it through If I could show you the hell I'd been to Lost the light, but there the sun was shining Couldn't hide it and I wasn't trying And all those people I thought knew me well After all that time, they couldn't tell How I lost my soul was just a shell Just a friend of mine and myself There was nothing left that I could lose Took a while, but I made it through If I could show you the hell I'd been to Without becoming what I had to be Without the truth I was suppose to see I may have never found my way to you And all those things that I was meant to feel It doesn't matter if they're right or real My heart was still split in two And all those summer days were like a dream Woke me from a restless sleep Made me quiet, had me weak And all the weight of all the world came rushing through Waving, Smiling Found me down Then, honey, you left me down Turned right around Now, baby, I'm rising How could you know Wherever a heart should go You're on your own When you are arriving I've made my bed I've laid out all those tears I've made my bed Made up of all my fears All my fears Cried out all of those years Cried out all of those years Now, baby, I'm lying Laid out and smiling Look out my window The sun is shining The sun is shining I'm waving, smiling At love forever Alive and dying I'm waving, smiling I'm waving, smiling At love forever Alive and dying The sun is shining The sun is shining Tonight (Without You) I like the air that I breathe I like the thoughts that I think I like the life that I lead Without you Without you Without you Without you Like how it's all coming clear All the words that I hear Like how I'm not in fear Without you Without you Without you Without you And it's not because I don't love Just don't have time to explain All the things you think you've come to understand About me About me About me About me Lark Song To forget you is to lie, there is still so much left to recover If only we could start again, pretending we don't know each other I could not come back the same, this city's changed It's not what it was back when you loved me Walking down the path we made when we thought What we had was such a good thing Hiding out inside my head, it's me again It's no surprise I'm on my own now Every time I turn to you I see the past It's all that lasts and all I know how Wishing we could only find one another All we've done here is blind one another Hate can't live in this heart here forever Have to learn how to make it together Have to learn how to make it together The way you scream like something else as a matter The way you scream like something else as a matter The way you scream like something else as a matter Baby, I was there and I held him I was there and he put it all on me Baby, I was there and I held him Right there where no one else could see Took me into his arms Told me that I was the reason Told me that I was the woman He'd always be losing, always be dreaming Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on They say you love Every single part What about my dreams What about the heart Trouble from the start Trouble with the heart Trouble with the heart And they're pretty when they're singing And they're pretty when they're singing When they're singing Crying in the dark Crying in the dark But I don't know why But I don't know why But I don't know why But I don't know why But I don't know why But I don't know why But I don't know why Impasse (Workin' For The Name) Go on, on ahead, tell your friends I was wrong Take it all out on me, I'm too caught up to see Everyone will believe, will believe, will believe Say what you want, what you need, break it down Take what's left, and get out, tell them what it's about You know best, don't you now Don't you now, don't you now Don't you now, don't you now Don't you now, don't you now You think this is what I wanted when I said I'm just living in my head I'm just living in my head I'm just working for the name I never lost anyone I never lost anyone I never lost anyone I'm just living in my head I'm just living in my head I'm just working for the name I never lost anyone I never lost anyone I never lost anyone Chance (Forever Love) What is it you think I need Maybe it's too hard to see I don't want it all I've had enough I don't want it all I've had a love Worst feeling I've ever had is gone It's gone I know how it all comes back, I know too well Now I'm done I'm leaving once again Making my own plan I'm not looking for the answer Or anything that lasts I just want to see some beauty Try and understand If we got to know each other How rare is that All that space in between where we stand Could be our chance Could be our chance I'm walking through the scenes I'm saying all the lines I wish I could unsee some things that gave me life I wish I could un-know some things that told me so I wish I could believe all that's been promised me It's hard to say forever love Forever is just so far It's hard to say forever love Forever is just so far It's hard to say forever love Forever is just so far Why don't you say you're with me now With all of your heart With all of your heart With all of your heart With all of your heart With all of your heart What It Is (What It Is) It's easy when you're passionate It's easy when you know your way around It's easy when you love something It's easy when you know exactly how It's easy to openly say Oh, that you could never change your mind That feeling coming over you It would never dare leave you behind It's easy if you tell the truth Knowing what it is, it's not enough And knowing that you love someone Doesn't mean you ever were in love It's never easy to admit Maybe you just wanted it Just to feel something again You just wanted to forget That your heart was full of shit You just wanted to forget You just wanted to forget It's easy when you're passionate It's easy when you know your way around It's easy when you love something It's easy if you know exactly how It's easy if you tell the truth Knowing what it is, it's not enough And knowing that you love someone Doesn't mean you ever were in love
Big Time
All The Good Times I can't say that I'm sorry When I don't feel so wrong anymore I can't tell you I'm trying When there's nothing left here to try for And I don't know how it happened We've both abandoned The reason we used to believe Was it love that we shared When we easily cared Now it's impossible to conceive I don't know who can see you If you've ever learned how to let someone in Well, I've tried to come find you But I just don't know where to begin If you've ever been open There's no way of knowing With the way that knowing you has been Was it always so broken If these thoughts were spoken Would it bring us together again I can't say that I'm sorry When I don't feel so wrong anymore I can't tell you I'm trying When there's nothing left here to try for Well, I won't be the one to keep holding you back If there's something you're missing then go right ahead I'll be long gone, thanks for the songs Guess it's time to wake up from the trip we've been on So long, farewell, this is the end And I'll always remember you just like a friend And the way that you said As heavy as lead Oh you've always known how to get straight to my head "Thanks for the free ride and all of the good times" "Thanks for the free ride and all of the good times"
Big Time Good-morning kisses giving you all mine Pull back the curtains, show me the sunshine Needing this coffee, needing some nature Need it right now, it can't wait until later We're always busy, baby, not this time Lay in the tall grass, talking with your eyes Talking with your eyes before we knew we were Thinking the same things, I'm a believer And I'm losing, I'm losing, I've left it behind Guess I had to be losing to get here on time And I'm living, I'm loving, I've loved long before And I'm loving you big time, I'm loving you more Take to the lake playing "Lady in red" Hanging onto every word that you said Staying up all night out by the fire Singing your songs now, you know I'm a crier And I'm losing, I'm losing, I've left it behind Guess I had to be losing to get here on time And I'm living, I'm loving, I've loved long before And I'm loving you big time, I'm loving you more And I'm losing, I'm losing, I've left it behind Guess I had to be losing to get here on time And I'm living, I'm loving, I've loved long before And I'm loving you big time, I'm loving you more And I'm loving you big time And I'm loving you big time And I'm loving you big time I'm loving you big time
Dream Thing I had a dream last night We were having a fight It lasted twenty-five years It was a waste of fears Then I ran into you And you just smiled at me Said, "I love the new suit you're wearing" Whatever that means I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become I was hoping to talk some Music had already begun I never thought that you Wouldn't be able to Put it all behind I guess I was blind Are you all the same Bitter 'til the end Did all you asked of me And I was just a kid I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become I was hoping to talk some Music had already begun I was searching my mind for The words to that Black Captain song I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become I was looking at old you Looking at who you've become Ghost On Tell me how I should feel How can this heart learn how to heal When should I believe the things you say You change your mind from day to day And I don't know if you can take such a good thing coming to you And I don't know if you can love someone stronger than you're used to I know I have my own remorse I often overthink, of course The past is with us, it plays a part How can we change it, how do we start 'Cause I don't know if you can take such a good thing coming to you And I don't know if you can love someone stronger than what suits you And I can't fit into the past that you're used to, I refuse to I don't know if you can take such a good thing coming to you All The Flowers Never thought the day would come When I would find someone To love me only To love me only Thought I'd try to settle down I'd stay close to the ground I'd spend the hours counting all the flowers I'll be gone so fast, I'll fly Across the midnight sky Arrived or leaving You can bet I'm dreaming You can bet I'm dreaming I've been spending too much time Searching in vain, to find The only reason The only reason To be alive To be alive, to try To be somebody To be somebody To be alive And with another And with another To be alive To be alive Right Now It's time to let it go You say you understand Some truth is never known Until you've lost your hand Until you've had to fight And waited through the night You won't know if it's real Until you have to deal Why'd you have to go and make it weird Saying things you think I need to hear I don't need to know what makes it last You can slow down, I ain't going fast All those days are done We all know that it's hard Hard to stay forever But I'm telling you right now If we're apart or here together I need to be myself I won't live another lie About the feelings that I have I won't be with you and hide Why'd you have to go and make it weird Saying things you think I need to hear I don't need to know what makes it last You can slow down, I ain't going fast All those days are done All those times are gone I'm telling you All those times are gone I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now I need you to look at me and listen I ain't the past coming back to haunt you I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now I'm telling you right now, right now This Is How It Works I've never been too sad So sad that I couldn't share When you can't find the words Guess it's time to listen Took a lot to get me here Staring out at the walls Is there somebody that I can call Someone who knows where I am Someone who knows how it's been I know you can't talk long But I'm barely hanging on I'm so tired of telling you It's a hard time again It's a hard time again Tell me something good Pull me out from what I'm in Take it one day at a time I'm moving everything around I won't get attached to the way that it was This is how it works for me now This is how it works for me now I know you can't talk long But I'm barely hanging on And I'm so tired of saying I'm tired It's a hard time again It's a hard time again Tell me a story that'll make me forget It's a hard time again Tell me something good Go Home The world is changing You can't reverse it The truth is with you You can't rehearse it Pretend to know it It's time to live it That's how you show it Baby, we're in it I want to go home Go back to small things I don't belong here Nobody knows me How can I go on With all those old dreams I am the ghost now Living those old scenes We watched it all burn down and did nothing, nothing Why does it come to this to mean something, to mean something We watched it all burn down and did nothing, nothing Why does it come to this to mean something, to mean something I feel like someone else But I'm still trying Trying, trying I'm dancing, baby But I feel like dying Dying to find out If we can't make it I hope you show up In time to face it I want to go home Go back to small things I don't belong here Nobody knows me Nobody knows me Nobody knows me I am the ghost now Walking those old scenes How can I go on Forget the old dream I got a new thing I got a new thing
Through The Fires I lost sight Then I made up my mind To learn to release The dreams that had died In spite of the sound Of what I had heard To recognize truth Without any word I felt the change And it came back around Then I moved in To the feeling I found And the feeling I found Showed me how I could lose To love without boundary And put it to use To remember the ghost Who exists in the past But be freed from the longing For one moment to last And walk through the fires Walk through the fires Walk through the fires Walk through the fires And walk through the fires Of all earthly desires And let go of the pain That obstructs you from higher Higher, higher, higher, higher Lighter, lighter, lighter, lighter Higher, higher, higher, higher Lighter, lighter, lighter, lighter Higher, higher, higher, higher Lighter, lighter, lighter, lighter Higher, higher, higher, higher Lighter, lighter, lighter, lighter
Chasing The Sun Chasing the sun Chasing the sun for you Spending the day Driving away the blues And there's nothing like Losing track of the time Who's counting, winding around Are we up, are we down the mountain Write a postcard to you When you're in the other room Just writing to say that I can't find my clothes If you're looking for something to do Drop everything I'm doing Nobody needs me here I'll go wherever you are going I'll be somewhere near I can't seem to get anything done With someone like you around Everyone's wondered where I've gone Having too much fun, having too much fun Doing nothing, doing nothing Busy doing, doing nothing Busy doing, busy doing Doing nothing Chasing the sun Chasing the sun for you Spending the day Driving away the blues Driving away, driving away Driving away the blues Driving away, driving away Driving away the blues Driving away, driving away Driving away the blues
Non Albums Tracks
Are You Alright (Lucinda Williams cover / Live at home) Are you all right All of a sudden you went away Are you all right I hope you come back around someday Are you all right I haven't seen you in a real long time Are you all right Could you give me some kind of sign Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right I looked around me and you were gone Are you all right I feel like there must be something wrong Are you all right 'Cause it seems like you disappeared Are you all right I've been feeling a little scared Are you all right Are you all right Are you sleeping through the night Do you have someone to hold you tight Do you have someone to hang out with Do you have someone to hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you Hug and kiss you Are you all right Is there something been bothering you Are you all right I wish you'd give me a little clue Are you all right Is there something you want to say Are you all right Just tell me that you're okay Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right You flew away like a little bird Are you all right 'Cause you took off without a word Are you all right Is there anything I can do Are you all right 'Cause I need to hear from you Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right Are you all right
Attics Of My Life (Day Of The Dead LP) In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung Bent my ear to hear the tune and closed my eyes to see When there was no strings to play, you played to me In the secret space of dreams, where I dream and lay amazed When the secrets all are told and the petals all unfold When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me
Baby Don't Go (Sonny & Cher cover / Jim James & Angel Olsen / Live at Brooklyn Steel, 2018-05-20) Baby, don't go Pretty baby, please, don't go I never had a mother I hardly knew my dad I've been in town for eighteen years You're the only boy I've had I can't stay Maybe I'll be back some day Baby, don't go Pretty baby, please, don't go I love you so Pretty baby, please, don't go I never had no money I bought at the second hand store The way this old town looks at me I just can't take it no more And I can't stay I'm gonna be a lady some day Baby, don't go Pretty baby, please, don't go I love you so Pretty baby, please, don't go When I get to the city My tears will all be dry My eyes will look so pretty No one's gonna know I cried I'm going away Maybe I'll be back some day Baby, don't go Pretty baby, please, don't go I love you so Pretty baby, please, don't go
Beware Of Darkness (George Harrison cover / Live at home) Watch out now, take care Beware of falling swingers Watch out now, take care Beware of falling swingers Dropping all around you The pain that often mingles In your fingertips Beware of darkness Watch out now, take care Beware of the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night Beware of sadness It can hit you It can hurt you Make you sore and what is more That is not what you are here for Watch out now, take care Beware of soft shoe shufflers Dancing down the sidewalks As each unconscious sufferer Wanders aimlessly Beware of Maya Watch out now, take care Beware of greedy leaders They take you where you should not go While Weeping Atlas Cedars They just want to grow, grow and grow Beware of darkness
Born Too Blue (Maxim Ludwig cover / Cosmic Waves Volume 1 LP) When I think about my past Fastened tight and out of touch Steady rhythm of my rolling dreams They all burned out like the sun They all burned out for they're done I was born too blue I was born too blue I forget my steadfast daydreams Plenty I begot before I will listen for your footsteps, dear There's the crashing of the shore Caught you crashing on the floor I was born too blue I was born too blue There you go slipping something in my drink Catching bullets in your teeth Saw me in half Talk to the staff I never meant to make a scene She stuck her hair with flowers And she caked her neck with dirt She stood out in the rain to show Growing flowers doesn't hurt Playing crazy doesn't work for her I was born too blue I was born too blue I was born too blue I was born too blue
California Paranoia (Lawrence Rothman feat. Angel Olsen / The Book Of Law LP) You painted it on my wall Didn't want me to see it all Covered it with your parasol But it never rains in L.A. What are you hiding from me In this house of lucks Punched a hole right through our wall And saw the picture that was there before Stuck in California paranoia California paranoia what would you do what would you do How could you blame me for my California paranoia This gift of pain is worrisome Liked it more when I was done Now I can see the end of the girl And the beginning of the world Stuck in California paranoia California paranoia What would you do What would you do What would you do How could you blame me for my California paranoia California paranoia She'll never grow Until ? Stuck in California paranoia Stuck in California paranoia What would you do What would you do What would you do What would you do
Creator, Destroyer (Strange Cacti EP) I watch from a tower in the back of my mind I watch from a window as the living walk by Down below Walking with quiet dreams Walking out quiet day And in my head I might be sorry it makes no difference now I might be wishing I had some place to go Hit the streets Out in search for the self that has left me lying And I never seem to notice It's too late before I know that all The love inside has been empty The world we made has been ending And like a ghost that hangs around and won't forgive its earthly sins I've carried on this love for you It's how my body lives My darling How are you How have you been lately I only seem to speak to you of superficial things Creator, you destroy me You know my hunger well And yet you starve me Until I'm begging on my knees And these are a few of very many things I can't begin to say out loud If only this song could carry us on But I know I'm only entertaining myself I felt that even after I've been stripped of all my pride There still remains a place for you to crawl up inside To crawl up inside To crawl up inside And I'm out of my mind Out of my mind Murderous bitch I'm out of my mind I'm out of my mind To be in love with you The way that I'm in love with you The way that I'm in love with you Fuck this and everything we've done Fuck you Fuck you and your lies
Dream Of You (Lionlimb feat. Angel Olsen / Limbo LP) Every night I pray That you'd come my way And see me when I'm dreaming If it's not too far From where you are I'll be dreaming Darling, until then I'm gone to sleep again Pleading and hoping for each new day to end 'Cause all that I can do till it comes true Is dream of you And all that I can do till it comes true Is dream of you Even if it's not real, I still want to feel The way I do when I'm dreaming of you All that I can do till it comes true Is dream of you Drunk and with Dreams (Strange Cacti EP) Someone has got to go on believing Someone has got to speak of a feeling Someone has got to Let down their guard For someone And I'll be the one, be the one I do not mind And if you should touch me know that I made That I'm made of fire Drunk and with dreams I'm lost out at sea With my only map I have memories How else do you suggest I get back to that place With only one memory I've ever seen It's face Though I keep it alive Like a bell underwater Rings in my head and as long as it's ringing It was once said, It was once said I'll be the one be the one I do not mind And if you should touch me know that I made That I made up that I made up my mind Oh lift me up oh lift me up lift me up just to bury me under Lift me up oh lift me up lift me up just to bury me under
Eyes Without A Face (Billy Idol cover / Aisles EP) I'm all out of hope One more bad dream Could bring a fall When I'm far from home Don't call me on the phone To tell me you're alone It's easy to deceive It's easy to tease But hard to get release (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face Got no human grace You're eyes without a face I spend so much time Believing all the lies To keep the dream alive Oh now it makes me sad It makes me mad at truth For loving what was you (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face Got no human grace You're eyes without a face Don't tell me you're alone Don't call me on the phone Don't tell me you're alone Don't tell me you're alone Don't tell me you're alone Don't tell me you're alone Don't call me on the phone Phone Now I close my eyes And I wonder why I don't despise Now all I can do Is love what was once So alive and new But it's gone from your eyes I'd better realise (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face (Les yeux sans visage) Eyes without a face Got no human grace You're eyes without a face Such a human waste You're eyes without a face
Farfisa Song (Camp Saint Helene cover / Cosmic Waves Volume 1 LP) Now let it go Your enemies Lay them to rest Wishing in wells And saving your spells Well, who are you to try What's on your mind I feel it running blind Go roam Go roam Come home Take away All the thoughts you know Remember Go slow What's on your mind A story of loss and time Misery mother, give me a sign Where'd she go Where'd she go Where'd she go Where'd she go Where'd she go, where'd she go, where'd she go Where'd she go Never been just mine Escape the sands of time
Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground cover / Sharon Van Etten feat. Angel Olsen / I'll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico LP) Here she comes You'd better watch your step She's going to break your heart in two It's true It's not hard to realize Just look into her false-colored eyes She'll build you up to just put you down What a clown 'Cause everybody knows She's a femme fatale The things she does to please She's a femme fatale She's just a little tease She's a femme fatale See the way she walks Hear the way she talks You're even in her book You're number thirty-seven, have a look She's going to smile to make you frown What a clown Little boy, she's from the street Before you try, you're already beat She's going to play you for a fool Yeah it's true 'Cause everybody knows She's a femme fatale The things she does to please She's a femme fatale She's just a little tease She's a femme fatale See the way she walks Hear the way she talks 'Cause everybody knows She's a femme fatale The things she does to please She's a femme fatale She's just a little tease She's a femme fatale Oh oh oh Oh oh oh
Forever Means (Forever Means EP) Come to find out I said those things Knowing they may not be true Spent all this time telling myself How to believe in you Forget all I said, just look at the way We are when we're there together Each moment arrives and then disappears But the searching goes on Forever Forever means always looking Forever means trying to see Forever means saying what's on your mind Forevеr means always trying to find Forever mеans make sure, take your time Forever in your eyes Forever in your eyes I see you when you shine I see you when you shine Forever in your eyes Forever in my mind
Forever Young (Alphaville cover / Aisles EP) Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies Hoping for the best but expecting the worst Are you gonna drop the bomb or not Let us die young or let us live forever We don't have the power, but we never say never Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip The music's for the sad man Can you imagine when this race is won Turn our golden faces into the sun Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune The music's played by the, the mad man Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever young Some are like water, some are like the heat Some are a melody and some are the beat Sooner or later, they all will be gone Why don't they stay young It's so hard to get old without a cause I don't want to perish like a fading horse Youth's like diamonds in the sun And diamonds are forever So many adventures couldn't happen today So many songs we forgot to play So many dreams swinging out of the blue We let them come true Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever Forever young, I want to be forever young Do you really want to live forever
Frisco Depot (Mickey Newbury cover / Angel Olsen & Marissa Nadler) Frisco's a full day from home When you can afford to fly But it might as well be the moon When you're as broke as I Here I sit with my head in my hands And watch the trains roll by Lord, the helping hand mission man warned me That the nights here got cold When you're cold There's nothing as welcome as sunshine When you're dry There's nothing as welcome as rain When you're alone There's nothing no slower than passing time When you're afoot There's nothing as fast as a train Guess Frisco's a mighty rich town Now that ain't no lie What they've got some buildings That reach a mile into the sky Yet no one can even afford The time just to tell me why There's this world full of people And so many people alone 'Cause when you're alone You ain't got much reason for living But while you're alive You just gotta live with your pain Unless you've been wrong for so long There's no one left forgiving Then you find yourself searching your past For the links to the chain
Gloria (Umberto Tozzi cover / Aisles EP) Gloria Gloria Gloria You're always on the run now Running after somebody You gotta get them somehow I think you've got to slow down Before you start to blow it I think you're headed for a breakdown So be careful not to show it You really don't remember Was it something that they said Are the voices in your head Calling Gloria Gloria Don't you think you're falling If everybody wants you Why isn't anybody calling You don't have to answer Leave 'em hanging on the line Calling Gloria Gloria I think they got your number I think they got the alias That you've been living under But you really don't remember Was it something that they said Are the voices in your head Calling Gloria Gloria How's it gonna go down Will you meet them on the main line Will you catch 'em on the rebound Will you marry for the money Take a lover in the afternoon Feel your innocence slipping away Don't believe it's coming back soon You don't have to answer Leave 'em hanging on the line Calling Gloria Calling Gloria Gloria
Greenville (Lucinda Williams cover) Don't wanna see you again or hold your hand 'Cause you don't really love me, you're not my man You're not my man, oh you're not my man Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville You scream and shout and you make a scene When you open your mouth you never say what you mean Say what you mean, oh say what you mean Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Empty bottles, broken glass Busted down doors, borrowed cash Borrowed cash, oh borrowed cash Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Looking for someone to save you Looking for someone to rave about you To rave about you, oh to rave about you Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville Go back to Greenville, just go on back to Greenville
Heartstruck (Wild Hunger) (Hamilton Leithauser feat. Angel Olsen) Unwind your watch Shut your eyes a minute 'Cause your heart killed mine But now I close the distance Wild hunger Strikes into me Rise up with a crash Last night, our kiss Kept haunting me, kept me hoping Still with a thousand miles My heart was always open Wild hunger Strikes hold of me Rise up with a crash Wild hunger Wild hunger No more, you to hide behind No love was gonna kept your knife Onwards from all your songs, don't Reach me now 'cause I'm sworn 'em off But they're coming out and they keep me out Wild hunger Strikes into me Rise up with a crash Wild hunger Wild hunger Rise up with a crash Wild hunger Wild hunger Rise up with a crash Wild hunger
Holding On (Forever Means EP) How long Have you been standing there Tell me How much did you see You held me in your arms Were you holding me Holding on Holding on To all your dreams Holding on Holding on To all your dreams Well, we've both said Some rotten things And I hope you Know what it means Couldn't see the light Couldn't see the light you brought to me Couldn't see the light Couldn't see the light you brought to me How long Have you been standing there Tell me How much did you see You held me in your arms Were you holding me Holding on Holding on To all your dreams Holding on Holding on To all your dreams Couldn't see the light Couldn't see the light you brought to me Couldn't see the light Couldn't see the light you brought to mе Now you're gone Now you're gonе and I can see Couldn't see the light Couldn't see the light you brought to me Couldn't see the light Couldn't see the light you brought to me Now it's gone Now it's gone It's all I see It's all I see
I Can't Stand It (Lou Reed cover / Maxim Ludwig feat. Angel Olsen / The Power Of The Heart: A Tribute To Lou Reed LP) It's hard being a man Living in a garbage pail My landlady called me up She tried to hit me with a mop I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it anymore, more But if Candy would just come back It'd be all right If Candy would just come back It would be all right I live with thirteen dead cats A purple dog that wears spats They're all out living in the hall And I can't stand it anymore I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it anymore, more But if Candy would just come back It'd be all right If Candy would just come back It would be all right Be all right now I'm tired of living all alone Nobody ever calls me on the phone But when things start getting bad I just play my music louder I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it anymore, more I can't stand it, I can't stand it... If It's Alive, It Will (Strange Cacti EP) My friend, you are unique but not always Some stranger you don't know has surely felt your pain Some stranger out there might even own your name And say all the things that you said Your thoughts existing in someone else's head It's true you are one of my favorite books to read I have to thank you now You've changed the way I think And with each page I turn, there you are And with each word I read Rings true in my heart While I was waiting I found something I was missing Might not have been a man, but well We still could live on wishing Please don't confuse me With your devastating stare-downs I'll hold your mirror All you have to do is turn around So you can see the face you make When are giving out your soul Are you the only one who doesn't already know I used to think I was the only one I used to think I was the only one I used to think I was the only one But I've learned quite a few things since then I've learned that no one really is the only one In the real world did you copy and paste too? My friend, if it's alive, it will do anything And if it's strong as well, believe it will go there And if it's full of love, know it is capable of Emptying itself out at any point at all Just know the height you reach is the distance you could fall Know your own heart well It's the one that's worth most of your time Know your own heart well You could be surprised at what you find My friend, you are unique but not always Some stranger out there has surely felt your pain Some stranger you don't know might even own your name Has said all the things that you said Thoughts existing in someone else's head I used to think I was the only one I used to think I was the only one I used to think I was the only one But I've learned quite a few things since then I've learned that no one ever really is the only one
If You Leave (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark cover / Aisles EP) If you leave, don't leave now Please don't take my heart away Promise me just one more night Then we'll go our separate ways We've always had time on our side Now it's fading fast Every second, every moment We've gotta make it last I touch you once, I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I need you then You always said we'd still be friends someday If you leave, I won't cry I won't waste one single day But if you leave, don't look back I'll be running the other way Seven years went under the bridge Like time was standing still Heaven knows what happens now You've gotta say you will I touch you once, I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I need you then You always said we'd meet again I touch you once, I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I need you then You always said we'd still be friends I touch you once, I touch you twice I won't let go at any price I need you now like I need you then You always said we'd meet again someday
Il Cielo In Una Stanza (Gino Paoli cover / Live at home) Quando sei qui con me Questa stanza non ha più pareti Ma alberi Alberi infiniti Quando tu sei qui vicino a me Questo soffitto viola No, non esiste più Io vedo il cielo sopra noi Che restiamo qui Abbandonati Come se non ci fosse più Niente, più niente al mondo Suona un'armonica Mi sembra un organo Che vibra per te e per me Su nell'immensità del cielo Per te e per me del cielo
Like I Used To (Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen) Will the marker stain the skin Stole the dress I saw you in Now nothing comes to mind Saw a life as override One more session overdrive The ceiling is the roof Change address and draw a line Show my friends the silver line Call my family just to know they're there Sleeping in late like I used to Crossing my fingers like I used to Waiting inside like I used to Avoiding big crowds like I used to Crawl the field and let you in Brand my heart I found you in To say nothing's more apart Will my lover be there, stay Follow them to less the pain The ceiling must be wrong Well, my head's gone today Sell my past for a way To sing and have something left to say Pray my hands, pray my voice Give the reason, take away Make believe an order for to stay Lighting one up like I used to Dancing all alone like I used to Giving it up like I used to Falling in love like I used to Open my heart like I used to Making out long like I used to Holding hands openly, rights to Taking what's mine like I used to Like I used to Like I used to Like I used to Like I used to
Mercury Avenue (Maxim Ludwig feat. Angel Olsen) Well, I flash before my eyes I am alone I talk too much this time I wanna go home No, I don't wanna die Please, I'm afraid to die God, I don't wanna die anymore You give me something to believe in And now I know it's really true I thought that I was only dreaming Out here on Mercury Avenue I know how to stay alive I've been here before I'll roll on madness, I Keep my eyes open, reach for the floor Help me, I've changed my mind Please, I just need more time Just give me one more night in your arms You give me something to believe in And now I know it's really true I thought that I was only dreaming Out here on Mercury Avenue I won't let go I can't hold on I can't give up now Give me one more chance I won't get it wrong You give me something to believe in And now I know it's really true I thought that I was only dreaming Out here on Mercury Avenue You give me something to believe in And now I know it's really true I thought that I was only dreaming Out here on Mercury Avenue I thought that I was only dreaming You give me something to believe in I thought that I was only dreaming You give me something to believe in I thought that I was only dreaming You give me something to believe in I thought that I was only dreaming
More Than This (Roxy cover / Live at home) I could feel at the time There was no way of knowing Fallen leaves in the night Who can say where they're blowing As free as the wind And hopefully learning Why the sea on the tide Has no way of turning More than this You know there's nothing More than this Tell me one thing More than this Nothing It was fun for a while There was no way of knowing Like a dream in the night Who can say where we're going No care in the world Maybe I'm learning Why the sea on the tide Has no way of turning More than this You know there's nothing More than this Tell me one thing More than this Nothing More than this Nothing Nothing
Mr. Lonely (Bobby Vinton cover / With Emile Mosseri) Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely I have nobody for my own Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely Wish I had someone to call on the phone I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier Away from home through no wish of my own That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely I wish that I could go back home Letters, never a letter I get no letters in the mail I've been forgotten, yes, forgotten Oh how I wonder how is it I failed I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier Away from home through no wish of my own That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely I wish that I could go back home
My Reverie (Larry Clinton cover / A Small Light OST) Our love is a dream, but in my reverie I can see that this love was meant for me Only a poor fool never schooled in the whirlpool Of romance could be so cruel as you are to me My dreams are as worthless as tin to me Without you, life will never begin to be So love me as I love you in my reverie Make my dream a reality Let's dispense with formality Come to me in my reverie
Nothing's Free (Forever Means EP) Here it comes Feel it break that old cell The one you thought had kept you safe But nothing's free Like breaking free Out of the past these chains I know I'll never be more sure of anything Here it comes No way to stop it now I'm broken Down for you like no one else Like no one else I'm broken
Safety Dance (Men Without Hats / Aisles EP) We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance They're no friends of mine We can go where we want to To a place they will never find We can act like we come from out of this world Leave the real one far behind We can dance, we can dance Everything's out of control We can dance, we can dance Doing it pole to wall We can go when we want to Night is young and so am I We can dress real neat from our hats to our feet And surprise 'em with the victory cry We can act if we want to If we don't, nobody will You can act real rude and totally removed And I can act like an imbecile And we can dance, we can dance Everything's out of control We can dance, we can dance Doing it wall to wall We can dance, we can dance Everybody, look at your hands We can dance, we can dance Everybody's taking the cha-cha-cha-chance Safety dance Safety dance Safety dance We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind 'Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance They're no friends of mine We can dance, we can dance Everybody, look at your hands We can dance, we can dance Everybody's taking the cha-cha-cha-chance It's the safety dance... Everybody's taking the chance
Sinkhole (Sarah Grace White cover / Cosmic Waves Volume 1 LP) I found a sinkhole Waiting for me The night I met you Crouched down in the bathroom stall Dove into those first few nights His own lampshade, enough room in jail Flicked bulb and the old French Your room and the rain and what else For someone who talks As much as I do I was quiet around you Numbed out with a good feeling Fell asleep to the TV screaming It takes all of the strength Of my well-meaning ancestors staring me down not to make Ten-minute drive to your house Park outside Sit around Somewhere out in black space There's a mountain shrouded in green Where the lovers Think of each other At the same time Last night I tried To spend time With someone new I did okay 'Til he kissed me, I thought about you All your eyes that I wanted to see All your hands all over me Didn't realize I'd cried 'Til I got outside He said it'd been nice again sometime Somewhere out in black space There's a mountain shrouded in green Where the lovers Think of each other At the same time Somewhere out in black space There's a mountain shrouded in green Where the lovers Think of each other At the same time
Smaller (Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories LP) Well, I've been sitting here a long time Goodbye, goodbye I'm sorry that you suffered So sad, so sad And everything's about you Too bad, too bad I wasted all your time with my small mind I'll be smaller for you next time Goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye So That We Can Be Still (Strange Cacti EP) Must all of my memories Drown into infinity Try to grasp them, but I always miss Time goes by so fast as if It hardly wants to exist Let's make a mask of our face Of our hands So that we can be still For a while For a while For a while All the many ways that You can choose to be alive All the countless steps you take Before you have arrived All the passing faces Going quickly on their way Where are they going so quickly And when you're going and do the same In the real world did you copy and paste too? One moment, you're awake And making a sound A number asleep in your ground In your ground In your ground Well, shall we wrap it all up in a bow Thank you, I have all my thoughts to go Wrapped up in a box with the rest of my soul To hide away To hide it away To hide it away Yeah, hoping somebody might find it Yeah, hoping somebody might find it Yeah, hoping somebody might find it Yeah, hoping somebody might find it Some things Cosmic (Strange Cacti EP) Before we draw My dear dear friend I promise you my Word If we should part My dear dear love, you Know you're in my Heart And though I may be getting older Know that I am going with you Know that I am hanging on To the things that you said The things that you said I've felt my soul Rise up from my body, when I Look into your blue eyes If cosmic force Is real at all It's come between you and I, I want to be naked I don't need my body I don't need my body I'm floating away I'm floating away I'm floating away
Something On Your Mind (Dino Valenti / Karen Dalton cover) Yesterday Any way you made it was just fine Saw you turn your days into night-times Didn't you know You can't make it without ever even trying And something's on your mind, isn't it Let these times Show you that you're breaking up your mind Leaving all your dreams too far behind Didn't you see You can't make it without ever even trying And something's on your mind Maybe another day You'll want to feel another way You can't stop crying You haven't got a thing to say You're feeling you want to run There's no use trying I've seen the writing on the wall Who cannot maintain will always fall Well, you know You can't make it without ever even trying Now something's on your mind, isn't it Something's on your mind, isn't it Something's on your mind You can't make it without You can't make it without Ever even trying Now something's on your mind Now something's on your mind, isn't it Something's on your mind Something's on your mind Something's on your mind Something"s on your mind, isn't it Something's on your mind
Stranger's Kiss (Alex Cameron feat. Angel Olsen / Forced Witness LP) Don't even bother climbing out of the well That ain't no way to get out of the hell that you're in If you wanna see the back of it, girl You better start digging down with your pail of tin I got shat on by an eagle, baby Now I'm king of the neighborhood And it feels like I could Just peel the gym pants off a single mother But this run of good luck don't got me feeling all that good And it hurts and it hurts But I don't wanna talk about it 'Cause in my dreams, I miss you Then I wake up to reality's bliss Now all I ever wanted and all I ever needed is right here In the stranger's kiss Don't bother flying when we jump off the cliff Make sure it's head first if you don't want to deal with what ifs I know you're wondering if you'll feel it again Just keep on digging it down with your pail of tin No shame in sleeping with the seagulls, baby This town's a tourist trap, it's no place to be living They made a meme out of my legacy, darling My hands are caught in the net and they're pale and thin And it hurts and it hurts Well, I don't wanna talk about it 'Cause in my dreams, I miss you And I wake up to reality's bliss All I ever wanted and all I ever needed was right here In the stranger's kiss Me and Roy, we got a pretty mean posse With a Down syndrome Jew from the real estate crew He keeps me busy with a shift now and then But it don't ever really stop me from thinking of you I know you're wondering why you wish you were dead And there's no solace in the fact that it's all in your head Try not to focus on the pain that you're in Just keep on digging down with your pail of tin If it hurts, well it hurts But I don't wanna talk about it 'Cause in my dreams, I miss you And I wake up to reality's bliss All I ever wanted and all I ever needed is right here In the stranger's kiss 'Cause in my dreams, I miss you Then I'll just stick 'em right there in the bin Thought I needed buckets of gold But all I needed was a dirty little pail of tin
Swimming (Coffin Prick cover / Cosmic Waves Volume 1 LP) Swimming Towards the edge of time There is This question of mine I ask When the light is low Will I wake up And continue to swim To find The light again I do it All in my mind And I wait For that question of mine To raise Itself to me Like a fish Without a dream Time Is always turned around Time Is always turned around Time Is always turned around Time Is always turned around
That's Alright (Fleetwood Mac cover / Live at home) Meet me down by the railway station I've been waiting And I'm through waiting for you Train sings the same kind of blues I don't know why I always trusted Sometimes I think that I must have I must have been crazy Crazy to wait on you, baby Turned around and got pushed down, baby Now I decided yesterday that I would leave you And I'm alright, I'm alright Please, I've been taking my time You know, it's been on my mind I hope you find a love Your own designs of love 'Cause that's alright I believe, I believe that I know you Now I've got to show you That I've got to show you That I never did believe in time You know, changing anybody's mind Now I can't define love like it should be But that's alright Please, I've been taking my time You know, it's been on my mind I hope you find a love Your own designs of love 'Cause that's alright
The Blacksmith (Shirley Collins / Shirley Inspired LP) A blacksmith courted me nine months or better He fairly won my heart, wrote me a letter With his hammer in his hand he looked so clever And if I were with my love I'd live forever Oh where has my love gone with his cheeks like roses He's gone across the sea gathering primroses Will it burn and scorch I fear the shining sun his beauty And if I were with my love I would do my duty Strange news has come to town, strange news is carried Sad news ? up and down that my love is married Oh I wish them both much joy though they can't hear me And if I were with my love I'd still do my duty Oh what did you promise me when you lay beside me You said you'd marry me and not deny me If I said I'd marry you it was only to try you So bring your witness love and I'll not deny you Oh witness I have none save God Almighty And may He reward you well for the slighting of me Her lips grew pale and wan, her heart tremble For to think she had one loved and he'd proved deceitful
The Night Comes On (Leonard Cohen cover / Live at home) I went down to the place Where I knew she lay waiting Under the marble and the snow I said, "Mother, I'm frightened The thunder and the lightning I'll never come through this alone" She said, "I'll be with you My shawl wrapped around you My hand on your head when you go" And the night comes on It was very calm I wanted the night to go on and on But she said, "Go back, go back to the world"
The Takeover (Poppy Jean Crawford cover / Cosmic Waves Volume 1 LP) How time went by Though I never thought it ever would How I always thought you'd end up mine Now you're her guy I always thought you'd be mine You seem to have a good time I always thought you'd be mine I'd like to spend the day with you Lying in the shade with you Talk about the things we'll do I know It's from a different time Where things were warm and light And you were Mr. Right What if you knew A sudden change took over And then I grew older I always thought I'd keep my mind Well, that's not right I'll always walk a straight line Until I find a new time I always thought you'd be mine I'd like to spend the day with you Lying in the shade with you Talk about the things we'll do I know It's from a different time Where things were warm and light And you were Mr. Right Always thought I knew Always think I know Always dream of taking over Always thought I knew Always think I know Always dream of taking over
Time Bandits (Forever Means EP) The feeling takes over At first it's surprising But then I surrender No longer in hiding I'm having a hard time Not falling in love with The heart of a moment The heart of a moment Be here if you're being The people are seeing Listen if you're hearing The truth needs no saying It's in us, it's with us You know it, it's framing The love that you hold The dreams that you carry That thing that you tell yourself to be merry And laugh at it all whеn you've just had enough And dance if you'rе crying, get that spirit up I want you, I want you, I need you right now To be here and lay down and get on the ground And hear it, feel it, know that you're bound To the earth to each other and that's where it's found And that's where it's found And that's where it's found I want you, I want you, I need you right now To be here and lay down and get on the ground And hear it, feel it, know that you're bound To the earth to each other and that's where it's found I want you You're the one I need you You're the one I need you I need you I need you Gonna need you I need you I need you Tiniest Lights (Strange Cacti EP) Another winter, another spring Another old and restless thing Another tremble, another shake Another sleeps while the other waits Bear your burden, the winded balm Bury it down and down Who had to put his trust in one so lonesome and so proud In the real world did you copy and paste too? And don't forget to say a word of fire-headed prayer And if it's not within you, well, ask someone who is there To turn you out toward the sun Now that the season's begun To lift these shadows from your heart To shine a lightness in your dark I'm looking out for the tiniest life I'll be looking out for the tiniest sign I'll be looking out for the tiniest light To shine, shine on down Won't you shine, shine on down
True Blue (Mark Ronson feat. Angel Olsen / Late Night Feelings LP) Fucking around, I'm falling in love Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up All that you were, all that you lost Who ever thought it came with a cost We were alone, we were to blame Alive with the same blood in our veins I never thought to find a way here Well, you can't plan for this one, it's nothing compared To the fate of the thing, searching forward to me All the world to be seen as it's all passing by Fucking around, I'm falling in love Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up All that you were, all that you lost Who ever thought it came with a cost I ran to you, I ran to you I ran to you and you know why I ran to you, I ran to you I ran to you and you know why Love the way you read my eyes I love the way you read my eyes To the fate of the thing, searching forward to me When it's finally seen all the love in your eyes Well, I should've known it how the world disappeared When you came around, when you came around When you came around When you came around, when you came around Fucking around, I'm falling in love Saying goodbye 'cause you're giving it up All that you were, all that you lost Who ever thought it came with a cost I ran to you, I ran to you I ran to you and you know why I ran to you, I ran to you I ran to you and you know why Love the way you read my eyes I love the way you read my eyes
Walls (Tom Petty cover / Angel Olsen and Hand Habits) Some days are diamonds Some days are rocks Some doors are open Some roads are blocked Sundowns are golden Then fade away But if I never do nothing I'll get you back some day 'cause You got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down All around your island There's a barricade Keeps out the danger Keeps in the pain Sometimes you're happy Sometimes you cry Half of me is ocean Half of me is sky 'Cause you got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down Some things are over Some things go on Part of me you carry Part of me is gone 'Cause you got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down 'Cause you got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can't hold out forever Even walls fall down
White Water (Burn Your Fire For No Witness Bonus Track)
I'm white water White water Oh, down upon her She wants to be pure unsprouted She wants to be unsprouted pure She wants to hold unborn child She wants to be child unborn White White water White water I'm white water White water She wants to be clean desire She wants to be naked and never again She wants to be never again nobody She wants to be clean desire In the real world did you copy and paste too? She wants to be clean desire She wants to be naked and never again She wants to be never again nobody She wants to be clean desire I'm white water White water Oh, down upon her Down upon her White White water White water I'm white water
Who's Sorry Now (Connie Francis / Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle) Who's sorry now Who's sorry now Who's heart is aching for breaking each vow Who's sad and blue Who's crying too Just like I cried over you Right to the end Just like a friend I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Now you must pay I'm glad that you're sorry now Right to the end Just like a friend I tried to warn you somehow You had your way Now you must pay I'm glad that you're sorry now
Winter (Tori Amos cover / Live at home) Snow can wait I forgot my mittens Wipe my nose Get my new boots on I get a little warm in my heart When I think of winter I put my hand in my father's glove I run off where the drifts get deeper Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown I hear a voice "You must learn to stand up for yourself 'Cause I can't always be around" When you gonna make up your mind When you gonna love you as much as I do When you gonna make up your mind 'Cause things are gonna change so fast All the white horses are still in bed I tell you that I'll always want you near You say that things change, my dear Boys get discovered as winter melts Flowers competing for the sun Years go by and I'm here still waiting Withering where some snowman was Mirror, mirror, where's the crystal palace But I only can see myself Skating around the truth who I am But I know dad the ice is getting thin When you gonna make up your mind When you gonna love you as much as I do When you gonna make up your mind 'Cause things are gonna change so fast All the white horses are still in bed I tell you that I'll always want you near You say that things change, my dear Hair is grey and the fires are burning So many dreams are on the shelf You say I wanted you to be proud I always wanted that myself He says When you gonna make up your mind When you gonna love you as much as I do When you gonna make up your mind 'Cause things are gonna change so fast All the white horses are still in bed I tell you that I'll always want you near You say that things change, my dear
Withered And Died (Richard & Linda Thompson cover / Angel Olsen & Marissa Nadler) This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died Once I was bending the tops of the trees Kind words in my ear, kind faces to see Then I struck up with a boy from the West Played run and hide, played run and hide Count one to ten and he's gone with the rest My dreams have withered and died Silver moon sail up and silver moon shine On the waters so wide, waters so wide Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine My dreams have withered and died If I was a butterfly live for a day Then I could be free just blowing away This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied And I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***