B i o g r a p h y (by absoluteradio)
Anna Calvi grew up being exposed to a multitude of genres of music by her music-loving Italian father. After leaving school, she originally intended to study art, but instead opted for a degree in music. Calvi formed several bands including "Cheap Hotel", who released 1 download only single "New York" (which did not chart) before going on to meet multi-instrumentalist Mally Harpez and drummer Daniel Maiden-Wood, who now form her intimate band set-up. At an early gig, Calvi caught the attention of ex-Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones who urged Laurence Bell of Domino Records to sign her. Early support also came from renowned music legend Brian Eno, who heard about Calvi through a friend. He has since become her unofficial mentor describing her during a BBC6 Music interview as, "the biggest thing since Patti Smith." In the autumn of 2009, Calvi recorded a series of filmed 'Attic Sessions' that were uploaded onto Youtube including a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Joan of Arc', Elvis Presley's 'Surrender', TV on The Radio's 'Wolf Like Me' and David Bowie's 'Sound & Vision'. Calvi played guitar on the track "The Prizefighter and the Heiress" on Johnny Flynn's album 'Been Listening'. In October 2009, she also supported Flynn on tour. In 2010, Calvi supported Interpol on their UK tour and label-mates the Arctic Monkeys at the Royal Albert Hall. By personal request, Nick Cave also invited her to support Grinderman across Europe in October 2010. On 11 October 2010, Calvi released debut single 'Jezebel', a song originally written by Wayne Shanklin, but made famous by French chanteuse Edith Piaf. Both Jezebel and the b-side 'Moulinette' were recorded by Rob Ellis, and released on Limited Edition 7" and digital download. Live versions of both the 'Jezebel' and 'Moulinette' recorded at The Luminaire venue in London was used as promo for the single. Her self-titled debut album was released in the UK and Europe through Domino Records to critical acclaim on 17 January 2011. It entered the official UK charts at number 40. The album achieved success across Europe, charting at 17 in France, 33 in Austria, 40 in Switzerland, 55 in Sweden and 70 in Germany. NME gave the album 9 out of 10 stating, "this self-titled collection of 10 songs is perhaps the first great record of 2011." Co-produced by long-term PJ Harvey collaborator Rob Ellis and Pritpal Soor, Calvi has said that the album was a culmination of 3 years of work in a basement in Fulham, London. NME described it as "sumptuous, seductive and a bit scary, this velvety debut will stalk your dreams." The Observer described it as a "gutsy and sonorous start" and The Fly magazine called it an "arresting, sparse and darkly captivating listen." The Evening Standard said "the raw talent is undeniable: 2011 is Calvi's for the taking" while the Independent on Sunday claimed that for "serious lovers of music, Calvi is one to watch." The album was Rough Trade's album of the month in January, described as an "astonishingly confident, expressive and powerful record."
Anna Calvi - 2011-01-17 - Rider To The Sea (Instrumental) No More Words Desire Suzanne And I First We Kiss The Devil Blackout I'll Be Your Man Morning Light Love Won't Be Leaving
A Kiss To Your Twin Ain’t No Grave All The Tired Horses Baby It's You Blackstar Burning Down Endless World Fire Four On Six / Broken English Foxy Lady Ghost Rider Gina I'm The Man That Will Find You It Jezebel Jezebel (French Version) Lady Grinning Soul Lazarus Moulinette Naughty Girl Papi Pacify Red Right Hand Sorrow Sound And Vision Strange Weather Surrender The Crying Game The Heart of You The Way Young Lovers Do There Ain't No Grave Tommy's Plan Wolf Like Me You're no God
Anna Calvi
No More Words Hold me down and hold me close tonight Feel you warm, I feel you by my side Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Hold me down and give me all your power Hold me close in every single hour Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Hold me down and give me all your power Hold me close in every single hour Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love Oh, my love My prayer My prayer Desire I wanna go to the sun Hold my life like I've never done But it's just the devil in me The devil that's calling as I come undone The sky is getting dark tonight Darker than the fear that's gonna pull us apart That beating is the sound of love The sound of love is beating like a fevered heart And it's the fire, the fire, the fire It's heavenly, heavenly Desire, desire Desire, desire I wanna lay in the dust The dust is gonna fall here when I lie God knows it's just the devil in me The devil that's taking my hand to the fire I never wanna leave you now Leave you like the sun is gonna disappear But it's just believing now Believing in my heart is what I've come to fear And it's the fire, the fire, the fire It's heavenly, heavenly Desire, desire Desire, desire I've got desire, desire I've got desire, desire And only the lonely Only the lonely fall Only the lonely Only the lonely fall Fall I wanna go to the fire But God knows it's the sound of It's the sound of love It's the beat of my heart that you finally beating And it's coming, coming, coming for you And it's just the devil in me It's just a door to the devil gathered in disguise Taking me by the hand And leading me, leading me off to the fire And it's the fire, the fire, the fire It's heavenly, heavenly Desire, desire Desire, desire You don't have to be lost Desire, desire You don't have to be lost Desire, desire You don't have to be lost Desire, desire
Suzanne And I Suzanne and I Never will we be apart Suzanne and I Never will we be apart But we hold, hold, hold it down Oh we hold, hold, hold it down 'Cause the night calls me When the wind leads behind the world When the wind leads behind the world But we hold, hold it down Oh we hold, hold, hold it down 'Cause the night calls for Suzanne and I Suzanne and I Suzanne and I Suzanne and I We will rise We hold, hold, hold it down But we hold, hold, hold it down But we hold, hold, hold it down 'Cause I never, ever, ever, ever be alone Suzanne and I Suzanne and I Suzanne and I Suzanne and I We will rise
First We Kiss My heart beats against the wardrobe 'Cause I hear the closing door Beats against the window Tell me how long Tell me how long Feel it come from nowhere Taking over me Feel it come from nowhere Tell me why Tell me why First we'll kiss Then you will lock the door, my dear A perfect kiss Just to remind what's between us Tonight is here Feel it come from nowhere Taking over me Feel it come from nowhere Tell me why Tell me why First we'll kiss Then you will lock the door, my dear A perfect kiss Just to remind what's between us Tonight, what's between us tonight Tonight Beats against the wardrobe As I hear the closing door Our face against the window Our lips touch no more And suddenly from up here Everything is clear The love we had between us tonight Is here The Devil Wait for God Fall for me Fall for me And lay me down Fall for me Fall The devil The devil will come Wait for love Fall for me And wait forever Now The devil The devil will come The devil, the devil The devil The devil will come
Blackout Quench like flame 'cause the very last light is gone I feel something coming as I'm running down the hall Voices, darkness is coming for my soul Should I fear you or should I just let go Oh blackout I've got to know where you're from What are you trying to tell me, I don't know Oh blackout Now this moment has come Here in the dark I could be anyone I try and stand still but I feel you by my side But even this moment is running out of time Oh blackout I've got to know where you're from What are you trying to tell me, I don't know Oh blackout Now this moment has come Here in the dark I could be anyone Oh blackout Now this moment has come What are you trying to tell me, I don't know Oh blackout I won't fear where you're from 'Cause here in the dark I could be anyone Don't leave Don't leave me
I'll Be Your Man The birds can't lie with my collar in my teeth No one knows you like no one knows me Wait for a day, you will never, never know the way How it feels I'll be your man I'll be your man I'll be your man I'll be your man Walking hand in hand by the side of the road Heaven knows what we could have been But somehow we wait and a little bit falls away Do you feel I'll be your man I'll be your man I'll be your man I'll be your man In the day, I can be your lover In the night, these words are true And we wait, wait forever For night, I can find Why don't you wait Won't you tell me what it is Do you feel I'll be your man I'll be your man I'll be your man I'll be your man
Morning Light Morning light Morning light Morning light Morning light All my life But you never be in love But you never be in love But you never be in love But you never be in love I stand in the day for my feeling to rise All my life But you never be in love But you never be in love No lies in wait Now thy day lies in wait Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Morning light Morning light Morning light All my life But you never be in love But you never be in love Farewell rise in the morning goodbye Morning light Morning light Morning light All my life But you never be in love But you never be in love But you never be in love But you never be in love Farewell rise in the morning goodbye Love Won't Be Leaving I hope this letter finds you well Been in the desert for so long Sometimes I see faces Coming out of the dark But love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way No, love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way I draw my name in the sand In the hope it'll find you 'Cause love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way My desire is so strong My desire is so strong Sometimes I see faces When I'm so alone I draw my name in the sand In the hope it'll find you I draw my name in the sand In the hope it'll find you Because love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way No, love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way I draw my name in the sand In the hope it'll find you Oh I draw my name in the sand In the hope it'll find you Because love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way No, love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way Love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way Love won't be leaving It won't be gone until I find a way
One Breath
Suddenly
Crawling out the need to protect me I comb the earth to find me a stronger hand I stand on the edge Of sadness That I can't face It tastes like I'm leaving Suddenly I'll leave it all behind Tell you heart to jump to another The darkness grows I know a never ending night I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I stand on the edge Of sadness That I can't face It tastes like I'm leaving Suddenly I'll leave it all behind Ashes to ash It leaves me with nothing I'm falling away Well if you want her The touch on the spell Her eyes are so wild We stand on the edge It tastes like I'm leaving Suddenly I'll leave it all behind Eliza The lonely won't hold me for good Peaceful as dreaming she stood To see her, to be her, to change As if like a kiss we're the same So hold me up, hold me up If only I could be you Eliza, Eliza Eliza, Eliza My sister, my pistol below If you could know all that I know I'm falling, no warning, no way Tomorrow, tomorrow's too late I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake So hold me up, hold me up I know that I could be you Eliza, Eliza Eliza, Eliza So dressless and godless I wait To leave this soul behind Untangle the jangle of bells They ring my fear through the night I know, I know, I know Eliza, Eliza Eliza, Eliza
Piece By Piece I remember your silver ring On the black and white keys falling And the colour and the shape of your hand As you point at the paintings you don't hang I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece Into the dark, piece by piece Into the air, piece by piece All sun and moon I waited here For you to rise And disappear now Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece Into the air, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece Love you can stay The scent on my collar The colour will fade And all that is worthless The chase and decay It leaves me with worthless love I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece I will forget, piece by piece
Cry You know why I lie Is it so cruel to see you cry Cry Hell and heaven quakes Where you, where you hide It makes you cry Cry I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake All the sounds combine All the notes will align When you cry Cry Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Oh I'll wait Show me where it hurts Deeper, deeper in You sing so high When you cry Cry Sweet is the song It's the sound that I hold When I see in your eyes That it's wrong But if you love me won't you cry Cry, cry Cry, cry Sing To Me Out of the dust, out of your voice Stopping the cars as you run past We are in love We are in love with you Sing to us Beautiful one Gold on your skin, colder than night The last of the one, the one we divide Lying so still, lying so still here I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Sing to me, beautiful one Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Fill me up, oh fill me whole I'll tear my throat just to hear yours So sing out loud And still Sing to me, beautiful one
Tristan And I can feel it now The touch is turning me Oh it's closer, closer Closer calling me Now if you're going to do it, do it now God help you Tristan When we rise, we rise so high God help us Tristan You're the one with the armour harm and let it go Oh I dare you, I dare you now to trust in me Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Now if you're going to do it, do it now God help you Tristan As we rise and rise so high Sunlight, Tristan On a wave that takes me out God help it Tristan On a wind I'm calling out God help us Tristan
One Breath I got one One breath to give I got one One second to live Before I say What I've got to say Before I breathe It's gonna change everything I got one One second to live Before I say What I've got to say Before I sing And I lay out these words You're gonna have to reach in the dark hours It's gonna change everything Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Heels on the highway Heels on the heart It's gonna change everything Playing on the player Feels so hard It's gonna change everything I got one One breath to give I got one One breath to give Before I say it Before I say it Before I say it Oh heels on the highway Heels on the heart It's gonna change everything Playing on the night Here's to the dark It's gonna change everything Heels on the highway Fingers on the dirt It's gonna change everything
Love Of My Life I cut my lip on a jewel-piece eye Gonna lick and lick it dry Spit up blood for another sweet bite I'll hold you down and I'll hold you tight Only here, on the sleeve of my heart It's the hand that makes his mark See the nerves around my neck Spilling out on my chest saying Got to be the love of my life Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better I'm haunted by a horny desire Put a shadow on an inch of your thigh Heaven's such a lie I hold you down and I hold you too tight And I soak my hands in milk So the weight of it hit like silk I am bloody, I'm bloody and dry 'Cause your heart won't sing to me Got to be the love of my life Got to be the love of my life Got to be the love of my life Through the passages and through the streets You whisper to me with a breath of heat Let's be strangers in the night The rest was silence, there was no reply The rest was silence, there was no reply The rest was silence You got to be the love of my life
Carry Me Over Is my body that I trust Deeper than my voice Deep to the sound of my heart I can hear you moving on Like the tracks of a train Where there's no way back to the start Oh the worry That you carry me over Oh the dead lie But you carry me over Oh we're moving on and on Like a pendulum in swing Where there's no way back to the start Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Oh the worry That you carry me over Oh the dead lie But you carry me over Over the worry You follow deeper down Over the worry I follow down To feel you I followed you down, down, down
Bleed Into Me Oh with a wild in love I can feel you rising up Bleed into me Bleed into me I can feel your tide in me You've got the kind of love I need Bleed into me Bleed into me Bleed into me Bleed into me I can feel you rise in me I can feel move in me Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Bleed into me Bleed into me Bleed into me Bleed into me Go deeper deeper deeper Go deeper deeper deeper Go deeper deeper deeper Go deeper deeper, oh Bleed into me Bleed into me Into me
The Bridge The bridge is swaying And I'll hold on and on Holding on today, now Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better The bridge is swaying And I'll hold on and on Fly, fly, flesh away Fall, falling, falling, falling away
Hunter
As A Man If I was a man in all but my body Oh would I now understand you completely If I was a man in all but my body If I was walking and talking as a man Oh, it is dark and then you will meet me Something has changed now I feel it discreetly Oh, now I feel Now I feel you completely When you're not walking And talking As a man When you're not walking And talking As a man Hold on Oh, closer Oh, closer To one breath When you're not walking And talking As a man When you're not walking And talking As a man When you're not walking And talking As a man Hunter I dressed myself in leather With flowers in my hair The red light off the window Nothing can compare One more taste One more time One more time I open the door wide I wanted to survive Nothing lasts Nothing lasts The bodies and the rhythm And flowers in my hair The red light on the leather Nothing will compare And now I want to play Now I want to play Now I want to play Now I want to play One more taste One more time One more time I open the door wide I wanted to survive Nothing lasts Nothing lasts
Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy Don't beat the girl Out of my boy Don't beat the girl Out of my boy Stare in the light Pale green eyes Don't beat the girl Out of my boy You're so fine With your heavy diamond eyes You're so fine Keep me steady as we rise Don't beat the girl Out of my boy Don't beat the girl Out of my boy Stare in the light Pale green eyes Don't beat the girl Out of my boy You're so fine In our wanderlust we ride So wild Like the darkest waves at night So fine There's no words, just you and I So wild Like the darkest waves at night I shout out Let us be us Don't beat the girl Out of my boy Don't beat the girl Out of my boy Don't beat the girl Out of my boy
Indies Or Paradise God Crawl down, down on my knees Crawling through the trees, like an animal I taste taste taste of the dirt Taste the dirt of us God I feel the rain rain rain on my back Crawling through the trees, like an animal I go I want us in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise I get lost in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise Somebody I'm looking up if you're looking down Somebody I'm crawling up if you're crawling down Somebody I'm looking up if you're looking down I want us in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise I get lost in the air, I lose my mind I want us in the air in paradise Rain, rain, rain on my back Crawling through the trees like an animal I taste, taste, taste of the dirt Taste the dirt of us God I feel the sweat, sweat, sweat of my back Crawling through the trees like an animal I fall Your beauty will protect me Your beauty will come save me Your beauty will come save me I want us in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise I get lost in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise I want us in the air in paradise I want
Swimming Pool The swimming pool The swimming pool Shadows of light Shadows divide on the earth Come down to the swimming pool Waves of desire Waves of desire on the earth Come down to the swimming pool I can be the one If you can be the one If you can be the one one Then I can be the one I can be the one If you can be the one If you can be the one one Then I can be the one Shadows of light Shadows divide on the earth Come down to the swimming pool Down we will dive Down to the night of the earth Come down to the swimming pool Shadows of light Down we will dive The swimming pool The swimming pool Alpha The lights are on, the TV is on My body is still on The lights are on, the TV is on My body is still on Electrified Statuette against the high rise I wanna know if I can feel alive I wanna know 'Cause I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm an a-a-alpha I divide and conquer The lights are on, the radio is on My body is still on The lights are on, the radio is on My body is still on Electrified I wanna know if I can satisfy I wanna know if I can pacify I wanna know 'Cause I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm a... Just see my try I wanna know, are you satisfied I wanna know, do I satisfy Statuette against the high rise Silhouette of mature life I wanna know, can I feel alive I wanna know 'Cause I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm an a-a-alpha I'm an a-alpha I'm an a-a-alpha I divide and conquer I'm an alpha I'm an alpha Chain She asked me, "Are you lonely?" And she took me to the back seat And she told me, she told me "Don't breathe" I'll be the boy You be the girl I'll be the girl You be the boy I'll be the girl (Wonderful feeling) I'll be the boy You be the girl I'll be the girl You be the boy I'll be the boy (Wonderful feeling) Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me I'll be the boy You be the girl Until I see a broken mirror In the sun I'll be the boy You be the girl I'll be the girl You be the boy I'll be the girl (Come up to feel it) And in the golden light The sun begins to set On her red lips and her words (Come up to feel it) Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me Ch-ch-chain me She asked me, "Do you feel free?" And she told me, she told me "Don't breathe" I'll be the girl You be the girl I'll be the boy You be the boy I'll be the girl (Wonderful feeling) And in the golden light The sun begins to set On her red lips and her words (Wonderful feeling) Wish I got one more wish before I die So please don't you stop me No don't you stop me I got one more wish before I die So please don't you stop me No don't you stop me Like a mirror staring out to sea My mind is free so please don't you stop me No don't you stop me I got one more wish before I die So please don't you stop me No don't you stop me Cherie your eyes Cherie your eyes The streets go by Cherie your eyes I got one more wish before I die I got one more wish before I die Cherie your eyes Cherie your eyes The streets go by Cherie your eyes Cherie your eyes Cherie your eyes Away There is no shadow of mine There is a rage in the sky Is this the moment sublime You know I ask no more of it all You know I ask no more of it all There is no time for a lie There is no time to decide Into the sky entire You know I ask no more of it all You know I ask no more of it all You know I ask no more of it You know I ask, just take it all And I will blow it away Away, away, away, away, away Eden I tell a lie I'm a needle in the heart You're a shadow in the dark In a woodchip house In the garden we hide With our shoes untied The storm rising up Our hair's tangled up My words are tangled up The home we're thinking of We'll fall soon enough We'll fall through the ground I tell a lie On your bed so small With your heroes on the wall In the fading light Through the window I see All your poplar trees The storm rising up Our hair tangled up My words are tangled up The home we're thinking of We'll fall soon enough We'll fall through the ground Eden night Eden night
Non Albums Tracks A Kiss To Your Twin (Eliza EP) Wake up, wake up It won't be long Silence, silence The dreams are gone Oh your sorrow, no more sorrow And I don't know why you sleep uneasy There'll be no fear in this bed No more sorrow, no more sorrow Pulling you out with fear Sleep now, sleep now The dreams are gone Peace now, peace now It won't be long Oh my passion, oh my passion I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake And I don't know why you sleep unsoundly There will be safety in this bed Oh your sorrow, no more sorrow Pulling you out of bed Pulling you out with fear I couldn't see this unholy year I open the curtains in the wind Free your sorrow, free your sorrow Pulling you out with fear And out in the dark the lake will sink down A kiss to your twin and both are gone No more sorrow, no more sorrow Leading you out with fear
Ain’t No Grave (Tommy EP) There ain’t no grave can hold my body down There ain’t no grave can hold my body down When I hear that trumpet sound I’m gonna rise right out of the ground Ain’t no grave can hold my body down Well, look way down the river, what do you think I see? I see a band of angels, they’re coming after me There ain’t no grave can hold my body down There ain’t no grave can hold my body down The light falls through the air The light falls through the air The light falls through the air The light falls through the air I see a band of angels and they’re coming after me Well, look down yonder Gabriel, put your feet on and see Well, meet me Jesus, meet me Meet me in the middle of the air Meet me in the middle of the air Meet me Jesus, meet me Meet me Jesus, meet me The light falls through the air The love falls through the air The light falls through the air Light falls through the air
All The Tired Horses (Tommy EP) All the tired horses in the sun How am I gonna get any riding done All the tired horses in the sun How am I gonna get any riding done All the tired horses in the sun How am I gonna get any riding done All the tired horses in the sun How am I gonna get any riding done How am I gonna get any riding done All the tired horses in the sun How am I gonna get any riding done Oh (All the tired horses) Oh (All the tired horses) How am I gonna get any riding done
Baby It's You (The Beatles Cover - Suzanne & I Single) It's not the way you smile that touched my heart It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart Oh, many, many nights go by I sit alone at home and I cry over you What can I do I can't help myself 'Cause baby, it's you Baby, it's you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake You should hear what they say about you "Cheat" "cheat" They say, they say you never ever be true Oh it doesn't matter what they say I know I'm gonna love you any old way What can I do, when it's true I don't want nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody 'Cause baby, it's you Baby, it's you Many, many nights go by I sit alone at home and I cry over you What can I do I don't want nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody 'Cause baby, it's you Baby, it's you Don't leave me all alone Come on home
Blackstar (David Bowie / Live - Anna Calvi With Soap & Skin) In the villa of Ormen, in the villa of Ormen Stands a solitary candle In the centre of it all, in the centre of it all Your eyes On the day of execution, on the day of execution Only women kneel and smile At the centre of it all, at the centre of it all Your eyes, your eyes On the day of execution, on the day of execution Only women kneel and smile At the centre of it all, at the centre of it all Your eyes, your eyes Something happened on the day he died Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar) How many times does an angel fall How many people lie instead of talking tall He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud into the crowd (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar, I'm not a gangstar) I can't answer why (I'm a blackstar) Just go with me (I'm not a filmstar) I'm gonna take you home (I'm a blackstar) Take your passport and shoes (I'm not a popstar) And your sedatives, boo (I'm a blackstar) You're a flash in the pan (I'm not a marvel star) I'm the Great I Am I'm a blackstar, way up, on money, I've got game I see right, so wide, so open-hearted pain I want eagles in my daydreams, diamonds in my eyes (I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar) Something happened on the day he died Spirit rose a metre then stepped aside Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried (I'm a blackstar, I'm a star's star, I'm a blackstar) I can't answer why (I'm not a gangstar) But I can tell you how (I'm not a flam star) We were born upside-down (I'm a star's star) Born the wrong way 'round (I’m not a white star) I'm a blackstar, I'm not a gangstar I'm a blackstar, I'm a blackstar I'm not a pornstar, I'm not a wandering star I'm a blackstar, I’m a blackstar In the villa of Ormen stands a solitary candle At the centre of it all, your eyes On the day of execution, only women kneel and smile At the centre of it all, your eyes, your eyes
Burning Down (Tommy EP) I'm falling over In the night of a burning heart This wonderful silence And I want to sever it over and over 'Cause I'm burning down I'm burning down I'm burning down, I'm so ablaze I'm burning down When it's late A wonderful, wonderful late I'm flying so effortlessly And over and over my wait is desire it seems to sew more light I feel like I wanted to know that I've been here before I feel so Explain what it means Cause I'm burning down It's not easy to be alone It's not easy to be alone So I cry and cry I'm burning down I'm burning down Dreams that I have done Things that I've given life to It's not easier to face everything that I have faced And so I shed this turning light with all my lives I feel that slowly I'll be saved I'm slowly terrified about what I might find But I want destiny and everything I've fought for 'Cause I'm burning down
Burning Down
Endless World (One Breath 7" bonus track)
Through my hand These roots are growing wild Relentlessly, they force me to abide On and on and on and on Oh, endless world Oh, endless world I gather leaves But can I stop them falling Through my hands as ashes to the ground Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better On and on and on and on Oh, endless world Oh, endless world I see so soon I'm sewn to the earth, alone Oh, endless world Oh, endless world Sea's turning So high And for miles And I feel alive And my endless desire Holds over me Only I fall Oh, endless world Oh, endless world Oh, endless world Oh, endless world
Fire (Bruce Springsteen Cover / Live at Oui FM French Radio) I'm driving in my car, I turn on the radio I'm pulling you close, you just say no You say you don't like it, but I know you're a liar `Cause when we kiss, oh fire Late at night I'm taking you home I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone You say you don't love me, but you can't hide your desire `Cause when we kiss, oh fire Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better You had a hold on me, right from the start A grip so strong I couldn't tear it apart My nerves all jumping acting like a fool Your kisses all warm but your heart stays cool Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah Baby you can bet their love they didn't deny Your words say quit but your words they lie `Cause when we kiss, oh fire Oh fire, oh fire, oh baby fire, oh fire, fire
Four On Six / Broken English (Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra / Feat. Anna Calvi) Could have come through anytime Cold lonely, puritan What are you fighting for It's not my security It's just an old war Not even a cold war Don't say it in Russian Don't say it in German Say it in broken English Lose your father, your husband Your mother, your children What are you dying for It's not my reality It's just an old war Not even a cold war Don't say it in Russian Don't say it in German Say it in broken English What are you fighting for What are you fighting for What are you fighting for What are you fighting for
Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix Cover / Live 2014) You know you're a cute little heartbreaker Foxy You know you're a cute little heartbreaker Foxy I wanna take you home I won't do you no harm, no You've got to be all mine, all mine Foxy lady I see you on down on the scene Foxy I see you wanna, wanna get up and scream Foxy I'm tired of wasting all my precious time You've got to be all mine, all mine You've got to be all mine, all mine Foxy lady I'm comin' to get you Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better You've got to be all mine You've got to be all mine You've got to be all mine You've got to be all mine You've got to be all mine All mine, all mine All mine, all mine All mine
Ghost Rider (R.E.M. / Strange Weather EP) Ghost rider, motorcycle hero Baby, baby, baby, baby he's looking so cute Sneaking round, round, round in a blue jumpsuit Ghost rider, motorcycle hero Baby, baby, baby, baby he's blazing away Like the stars, stars, stars in the universe Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Ghost rider, motorcycle hero Baby, baby, baby, baby he's screaming the truth America, America is killing its youth Like the stars,stars,stars in the universe Baby,baby,baby,baby he's screaming the truth Baby, baby, baby, baby he's screaming away America, America is killing its youth America, America is killing its youth Ghost rider, go Ghost rider, go
Gina (Peaky Blinders OST) Yeah, I will take it all Yeah, I'm gonna take it all
I'm The Man That Will Find You (Connan Mockasin / Strange Weather EP) Hey, I never get it all right all, get it all right all Be my medal, now I will wear you all night, wear you all night long Gee admit it, I've been waiting long for you, you know Be my baby, 'cause I can wait it long time I'm the man that will find you Hold me back until another day I'm the man that will find you Hold me back until another day I'm the man that will find you Hey, I never get it all right, all Be my baby, I've been waiting long for you, you know Gee I never, never gonna hide those legs, forever (?) Be my baby, 'cause I can wait it long time I'm the man that will find you Hold me back until another day I'm the man that will find you Hold me back until another day I'm the man that will find you Hold me back until another day I'm the man that will find you Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Listen to your heart When feels right from the start Acting kind of strange, your rose just fall apart Listen to your head When you're dragging everywhere I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you I'm the man that will find you
It (Christine and the Queens / Live For Burberry EP) With it I become the death Dickinson feared With it I'm the red amiral on his ship I raise Wet infans for my coronation I'll rule Over all my dead impersonations Now I've got it I'm a man now Yes I've got it I'm a man now I won't let you steal it I bought it for myself I'm a man now I hit The Bird-dogs who are pulling my hair Because Their teeth should ravage a golden beard I've lost Some eyeless friends whose blood runs cold My new people On silent heels pretends to be old 'Cause I won I'm a man now 'Cause I've got it I'm a man now And I won't let you steal it I bought it for myself I'm a man now Oh Lord She wants to be a man, a man She lies She wants to be born again, again But she'll lose She draws her own crotch by herself But she'll lose Because it's a fake It's a fake Help and participate instead of copy and paste I've got it I'm a man now 'Cause I've got it I'm a man now And there's nothing you can do to make me change my mind I'm a man now
Jezebel If ever a devil was born Without a pair of horns It was you Jezebel, it was you If ever an angel fell Jezebel, it was you Jezebel, it was you If ever a pair of eyes Promised me paradise Deceiving me, grieving me Leaving me blue Jezebel C'était toi If ever a devil's plan Was made to torment man It was you Jezebel, it was you Could be better had I never known A lover such as you Forsaking dreams and all For the siren call of your arms Like a demon, love possessed me You upset me constantly What evil star is mine That my fate's design should be Jezebel Jezebel If ever a pair of eyes Promised me paradise Deceiving, believing, believing you Jezebel C'était toi If ever a devil's plan Was made to torment man It was you Night and day, every way Jezebel, Jezebel, Jezebel
Jezebel (French Version / Edith Piaf) Jezebel Jezebel Ce démon qui brûlait mon coeur Cet ange qui séchait mes pleurs C'était toi Jezebel, c'était toi Ces larmes transpercées de joie Jezebel, c'était toi Jezebel, c'était toi Mais l'amour s'est anéanti Tout s'est écroulé sur ma vie Écrasant, piétinant, emportant mon coeur I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Jezebel Mais pour toi Je ferais le tour de la terre J'irais jusqu'au fond des enfers Où es-tu Jezebel, où es-tu Les souvenirs que l'on croit fanés Sont des êtres vivants Avec des yeux de morts vibrants encore de passé Mais mon coeur est crevé d'obsession Il bat en répétant Tout au fond de moi-même Ce mot que j'aime Ton nom Jezebel Jezebel Mais l'amour s'est anéanti Tout s'est écroulé sur ma vie Écrasant, piétinant, emportant mon coeur Jezebel Mais pour toi Je ferais le tour de la terre J'irais jusqu'au fond des enfers En criant sans répit Jour et nuit Jezebel Jezebel Jezebel
Lady Grinning Soul (David Bowie / Strange Weather EP) She'll come, she'll go She'll lay belief on you Skin sweet with musky oil The lady from another grinning soul Cologne she'll wear Silver and Americard She'll drive a beetle car And beat you down at cool Canasta And when the clothes are strewn Don't be afraid of the room Touch the fullness of her breast Feel the love of her caress She will be your living end Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better She'll come, she'll go She'll lay belief on you But she won't stake her life on you How can life become her point of view And when the clothes are strewn Don't be afraid of the room Touch the fullness of her breast Feel the love of her caress She will be your living end She will be your living end She will be your living end She will be your living end She will be your living end
Lazarus (David Bowie / Live) Look up here, I'm in heaven I've got scars that can't be seen I've got drama, can't be stolen Everybody knows me now Look up here, man, I'm in danger I've got nothing left to lose I'm so high, it makes my brain whirl Dropped my cell phone down below Ain't that just like me By the time I got to New York I was living like a king There I used up all my money I was looking for your ass This way or no way You know I'll be free Just like that bluebird Now, ain't that just like me Oh, I'll be free Just like that bluebird Oh, I'll be free Ain't that just like me
Moulinette
Even in the dark There's a light above in the sky And even when it fades On all of my breath and wait At last There will be sound above At last There will be glow far and wide For the things of the past Oh flesh will fill the thousand miles with wide Dance with me, oh dance with all the noise that fills the sky Blue and gold and fire and gold will never be uptight Here a thousand days and thousand nights will pass us by I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake And even for the night I will wait for this my love To lie as the snow falls like destiny At last There will be sound above At last There will be glow far and wide For the things of the past Oh flesh will fill the thousand miles with wide Dance with me, oh dance with all the noise that fills the sky Blue and gold and fire and gold will never be uptight Here a thousand days and thousand nights will pass us by Blue and gold and fire and gold Will never be in time Dance with me, oh dance with me Then lay me down to die Oh I'll be down a thousand miles
*** Thanx a lot to Isa for this one ***
Naughty Girl (Beyonce Cover) I love to love you baby I love to love you baby I'm sexy Wanna hear you say my name, boy If you can reach me You can feel my burning flame Baby the minute I feel your energy Your vibe's just taken over me Start feeling so crazy babe Lately, I feel the funk coming over me I don't know what's gotten into me The rhythm's got me feeling so crazy, babe Tonight I'll be your naughty girl I'm calling all my girls We're gonna turn this party out I know you want my body Tonight I'll be your naughty girl I'm callin all my girls I see you look me up and down And I came to the party You're so sexy, tonight I am all yours boy The way your body moves across the floor I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Baby the minute I feel your energy The vibe's just taken over me Start feeling so crazy, babe Lately, I feel the funk coming over me I don't know what's gotten into me The rhythm's got me feeling so crazy, babe Tonight I'll be your naughty girl I'm calling all my girls We're gonna turn this party out I know you want my body Tonight I'll be your naughty girl I'm calling all my girls I see you look me up and down And I came to the party I love to love you baby I love to love you baby I love to love you baby I love to love you Tonight I'll be your naughty girl I'm calling all my girls We're gonna turn this party out I know you want my body Tonight I'll be your naughty girl I'm calling all my girls I see you look me up and down And I came to the party
Papi Pacify (FKA Twigs / Strange Weather EP) Oh, pacify Oh, pacify Clarify our love Pacify, pacify Pacify, pacify Pacify our love Oh, show Tell me I'm the only one Yeah, yeah, like I didn't know Oh show Tell me you're the one I can call Even if you choke Mmh, papi pacify Pacify our love, our love Mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh, won't you clarify Clarify our love, our love, love Mmh, papi pacify Pacify our love, our love, love Mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh, won't you clarify Clarify our love Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Oh, show Tell me I'm the only one Oh, show Like I didn't know Oh show Tell me you're the one I can call Even if you choke Mmh, papi pacify Pacify our love, our love Mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh, won't you clarify Clarify our love Oh, papi pacify Pacify our love, our love, love Mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh, won't you clarify Clarify our love Mmh, papi pacify Pacify our love, our love Mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh, won't you clarify Clarify our love Oh, papi pacify Pacify our love Mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh, won't you clarify Clarify our love
Red Right Hand (Tommy EP) Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fire, in the humming wire Hey, man, you know you're never coming back He’s a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he’s a guru They're whispering his name through a disappearing land But hidden in his coat is a red right hand You don't have no money, he'll get you some You don't have no car, he'll gеt you one You don't have no self-rеspect, you feel like an insect Well, don't you worry, buddy, ’cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the Bowery and the slum A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his red right hand You see him in your nightmares, you see him in your dreams He’ll appear out of nowhere, but he ain't what he seems You’ll feel in your head, on the TV screen Hey, buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off He's a ghost, he's a god, he’s a man, he's a guru You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand
Sorrow (Live BBC Proms - Anna Calvi & John Cale) With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue The only thing I ever got from you Was sorrow, sorrow You're acting funny, try to spend my money You out there playing your high class games Of sorrow, sorrow You never do what you know you ought to Something tells me you're the devil's daughter Sorrow, sorrow I tried to find her cause I can't resist her I never knew just how much I missed her Sorrow, sorrow With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue The only thing I ever got from you Was sorrow, sorrow With your long blond hair, I couldn't sleep last night With your long blond hair
Sound And Vision (David Bowie cover / Live at the Attic) Blue, blue, electric blue That's the colour of my room Where I will live Blue, blue Pale blinds drawn all day Nothing to do, nothing to say Blue, blue I will sit right down Waiting for the gift of sound and vision And I will sing Waiting for the gift of sound and vision Drifting into my solitude, over my head Don't you wonder sometimes About sound and vision Blue, blue, electric blue That's the colour of my room Where I will live Blue, blue Pale blinds drawn all day Nothing to do, nothing to say Blue, blue I will sit right down Waiting for the gift of sound and vision And I will sing Waiting for the gift of sound and vision I will sit right down Waiting for the gift of sound and vision Drifting into my solitude, over my head
Strange Weather (Keren Ann / Strange Weather EP) She'll take you back Don't make believe You wanna think it through I've loved before I'll love again I know that yours was true Wake up slowly There are blue skies Cutting white lines In black matter I see them shining Through your drunken eyes Carving silver In strange weather She'll meet a man We'll make a home And travel to the deep Of further lines With hidden dreams The broken hearted keep Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Wake up slowly There are blue skies Cutting white lines In black matter I see them shining Through your drunken eyes Carving silver In strange weather She'll take you back Don't make believe You wanna think it through I've loved before I'll love again I know that yours was true Wake up slowly There are blue skies Cutting white lines In black matter I see them shining Through your drunken eyes They only want me In strange weather In a small room On a naked floor With the blinded heart Of black matter I could hear you Through the front door Carving silver In strange weather She'll take you back Don't make believe You wanna think it through I've loved before I'll love again I know that yours was true
Surrender (Elvis Presley Cover) When we kiss my heart's on fire Burning with a strange desire And I know, each time I kiss you That your heart's on fire too So, my darling, please surrender All your love so warm and tender Let me hold you in my arms, dear While the moon shines bright above Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better All the stars will tell the story Of our love and all its glory Let us take this night of magic And make it a night of love So won't you please surrender to me Your lips, your arms, your heart, dear Be mine forever Be mine tonight
The Crying Game (Boy George Cover / Live 2014) I know all there is to know about the crying game I've had my share of the crying game First there are kisses, then there are sighs And then before you know where you are You're saying goodbye One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game And if he knows maybe he'll explain Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Why there are heartaches, why there are tears And just before you know where you are You're saying goodbye First there are kisses, then there are sighs And then before you know where you are You're saying goodbye Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game Don't want no more of the crying game
The Heart of You (Insurgent OST) There is a darkness A heaviness that is concealed Inside these boundaries Inside a plain of frozen fields There are no weapons No sharpened blows to be sustained No, only malice And the tapping of the rain But there's a dream I keep In a world so dark and deep The one true paradox I'm terrified to meet But there's a dream I keep I go in when I sleep There's nothing they can do No one will keep me from the heart of you You are illicit You are the shield against the fire Of all that's hollow Of all the bodies on the pyre I am unshaken I am the one who will appear As a long rising sound That trembles in your ear But there's a dream I keep I go in when I sleep The one true paradox I'm terrified to meet But there's a dream I keep I go in when I sleep There's nothing I can do Nothing can keep me from the heart of you Oh, till we hear the sound Till we see the white horses Oh, it's gonna break me down It's gonna break me down Till we tear up the ground I am unshaken I am the one who will appear As a long rising sound That trembles in your ear But there's a dream I keep In a world so dark and deep The one true paradox I'm terrified to meet But there's a dream I keep I go in when I sleep There's nothing I can do Nothing can keep me from the heart of you
The Way Young Lovers Do (Van Morrison / Live 2014) We strolled through fields all wet with rain And back along the lane again There in the night time Love, that's the right time And I feel the way that young lovers do I kissed you on the lips once more We said goodbye at your front door There in the night time Love, that's the right time And I feel the way that young lovers do And we sat on our own star And dreamed of the way that I was for you And that you were for me And we sat on our own star And dreamed of the way that I was for you And that you were for me Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better And then we long to dance the night away Turned to each other, saying 'I love you, baby I love you' And I feel the way that young lovers do Lovers do, lovers do And we sat on our own star And dreamed of the way that I was for you And that you were for me And we sat on our own star And dreamed of the way that I was for you And that you were for me Oh baby And then we long to dance the night away And turned to each other, saying 'I love you, baby I love you' And I feel the way that young lovers Young lovers do
There Ain't No Grave (Peaky Blinders OST) We disappear in a sea of sound We disappear in a sea of abound of angels There ain't no grave to hold my body down To hold my body down, there ain't no grave Rising side by side And all that's crashing down And all that's crashing down
Tommy's Plan (Peaky Blinders OST) Look down on the river What do you think I see? A sea of abandoned angels They're comin' after me Maybe Jesus made me They're comin' after me
Wolf Like Me (Tv on the radio Cover / Live at the Attic) Say say my playmate Won't you lay hands on me Mirror my malady Transfer my tragedy Got a curse I cannot lift Shines when the sunset shifts When the moon is round and full Bust that box gotta gut that fish We could jet in a stolen car But I bet we wouldn't get too far Before the transformation takes And bloodlust tanks and crave gets slaked My mind has changed My body's frame but god I like it My hearts aflame My heart's strained but god I like it My mind has changed My body's frame but god I like it My hearts aflame My heart's strained but god I like it Charge me your day rate I'll turn you out in kind When the moon is round and full Gonna teach you tricks that'll blow your mongrel mind Baby doll I recognize You're a hideous thing inside If ever there were a lucky kind it's You you you My mind has changed My body's frame but god I like it My hearts aflame My heart's strained but god I like it My mind has changed My body's frame but god I like it My hearts aflame My heart's strained but god I like it My body's frame, my mind has changed But god I like it My hearts aflame My heart's strained but god I like it Dream me oh dreamer Down to the floor Open my hands and let them weave onto yours Feel me, completer Down to my core Open my heart and let it bleed onto yours Feeding on fever Down all fours Show you what all that howl is for
You're Not God (Peaky Blinders OST) Burn Out of my mind I burn Burn Out of my mind I burn