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B i o g r a p h y
(by Official Label)
There
is a myth that great artists operate in seclusion. Hogwash. One need look no
further than to the ten songs of Antony and the Johnsons' new album, I Am A Bird
Now, to realize this is an utter fallacy. To be sure, with his androgynous
features, the singularly named Antony is an original. Have you ever heard a
voice like this, imbued with the transcendental emotion of the blues, yet
deployed with an unadorned simplicity reminiscent of medieval music practice,
and graced with a top note of childlike wonder? Or songs that blur distinctions
of gender and identity, yet which still summon up such powerful feelings:
longing, love, lust, loss? No. Because Antony is one-of-a-kind. But he is
certainly not alone.
I Am A Bird Now, the second full-length from this extraordinary New York artist
and his cohorts, features contributions from both Antony's peers (Rufus
Wainwright, Devendra Banhardt) and heroes (Lou Reed, Boy George). Their
involvement reflects both their admiration for Antony, and his unique place in
the contemporary arts community. "Everyone's presence on the record shows them
at their most unique, making a special contribution that is specific to them,"
says Antony. He arranged each one with painstaking precision, like a director
creating an extended tableau on stage.
"Bringing other people in makes me feel less lonely," adds Antony. "I was making
the album intuitively, the way I felt it wanted to be made. A lot of these
people helped inspire this record."
As a youngster in California, Antony was smitten by the beguiling image of Boy
George on Culture Club's 1982 debut album Kissing To Be Clever. "George was
really the first reflection I saw of myself in the world," he explains. "I saw
him and thought, 'Okay, that's what we do when we're like this: We become
singers.'" Twenty two years later, Antony found himself sitting at a piano,
recording the haunting "You Are My Sister" with his icon. "When he was in the
studio, I just felt this big, long circle connecting in my spirit."
Another one of Antony's champions, Lou Reed, introduces the soulful "Fistful of
Love," an intoxication concoction that mixes Muscle Shoals soul with an almost
heroic sense of masochism. In 2003, Reed asked Antony to reinterpret "Perfect
Day" for his album The Raven. Subsequently, the former Velvet Underground front
man invited Antony to perform as part of the small ensemble on his American and
European tours; he even gave Antony a solo turn on the VU classic "Candy Says,"
an homage to another one of Antony's inspirations, Warhol superstar Candy
Darling.
Fitting, then, that the image adorning the cover of I Am A Bird Now is Peter
Hujar's striking 1974 photograph "Candy Darling On Her Deathbed." In Hujar's
black and white images of underground figures like Darling and Divine, Antony
found another early touchstone. "There's no sense of voyeurism in his
portraits," explains the singer. "They show an inside perspective. And that's
something I'm interested in: being empathic, not voyeuristic."
When Antony moved to New York in 1990, he came in search of a community where he
could feel like an insider. He instigated the avant garde cabaret ensemble
Blacklips, renown for their regular performances at the Pyramid Club, in New
York's then vibrant East Village. Initially, he modeled himself on Isabella
Rossellini in Blue Velvet, and the bald drag queen pictured on the sleeve of
Soft Cell's 1982 single "Torch." "I got that record when I was 11 years old, and
thought, 'That's going to be me one day.' And I have pictures of me at the
Pyramid, with a shaved head, in a slip, and holding a cigarette, singing love
songs."
Since that arrival, Antony has gradually come into his own, winning accolades
for his performances everywhere from Joe's Pub and Germany's Biennale Bonn, to a
turn in Steve Buscemi's independent film Animal Factory. Yet I Am A Bird Now is
a great leap forward from Antony and the Johnsons eponymous 2000 debut album
(reissued last year by Secretly Canadian) and the 2001 single "I Fell In Love
With A Dead Boy." "In a weird way, this album is much more personal," he admits.
As he shed many of his archetypal influences, Antony dared to reveal even more
of himself to the listener. "I Am A Bird Now feels more intimate. In making it,
I tried to bring everything 'how it was recorded, how it was performed
'extremely close, so it felt seductive, like it was right in your ear."
Some musicians hide behind personas, or the words of others, or fine-tuned video
imagery. Antony, as otherworldly as he may look and sound, is not afraid of
letting audiences see his true self, however vulnerable. "Opening myself up to
the work, and to the world, is my passion," he concludes. "That is the great
risk, and the great boon, of doing this: There is that rare experience the
performer gets to enjoy, which, in a way, is like having your spirit witnessed
by people. And, sometimes, appreciated. Perhaps people will see it and relate,
or identify themselves in it." And thus the community that has nurtured Antony,
up to and through the creation of I Am A Bird Now (and beyond), continues to
flourish and grow. |
Antony and the Johnsons
Twilight
Twilight
I fall in the Harbor
Twilight
I fall in the hills
But here in the city
That never sleeps
I can fall
Through one's fingers
When the swan
Flies to heaven
Soaring through
The utmost fear
There's a feeling
That lingers in the afterwards
Will you ever return
Will you ever return
Will you ever return
Twilight
Twilight
Twilight
Twilight
I sit at all tables
With my candles
And angels besides
And I shall wait forever
As the day turns to night
Swallowed in the shadows that glow
Swallowed in the shadows that glow
Swallowed in the shadows that glow
When I sought out a light
And I knew darkness swallowed
I beseech, come to me
All alone, come to me
Twilight
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
Cripple and the Starfish
Mr. Muscle forcing bursting
Stingy thingy into little me, me, me
But just "ripple" said the cripple
As my jaw dropped to the ground
Smile smile
It's true I always wanted love to be
Hurtful
And it's true I always wanted love to be
Filled with pain
And bruises
Yes, so Cripple-Pig was happy
Screamed " I just completely love you!
And there's no rhyme or reason
I'm changing like the seasons
Watch! I'll even cut off my finger
It will grow back like a Starfish!
It will grow back like a Starfish!
It will grow back like a Starfish!"
Mr. Muscle, gazing boredly
And he checking time did punch me
And I sighed and bleeded like a windfall
Happy bleedy, happy bruisy
I am very happy
So please hit me
I am very very happy
So please hurt me
I am very happy
So please hit me
I am very very happy
So come on hurt me
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
I'll grow back like a Starfish
Like a Starfish...
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
Hitler in my Heart
As I search for a piece of kindness
And I find Hitler in my heart
And he is whispering
"As sure as love will spring
From the Well of Blood in Vain, oh Jew!
The Well of Blood in Vain!"
And I fell into a deeper precipice
With mouths of rapists
Jaws dropped down
Jaws dropped down
Jaws dropped
Don't punish me
For wanting your love inside of me
Don't punish me
For wanting your love inside of me
And I find Hitler in my heart
From the corpses flowers grow
And I find Hitler in my heart
From the corpses flowers grow
And I find Hitler in my heart
From the corpses flowers grow
Flowers grow
From the corpses flowers grow
Flowers grow
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
The Atrocities
God visits all lost souls
To survey the damage
We noticed a bonfire
Burning in his eyes
He whispered
"It's the atrocities of your story
Of your story"
God visits all lost souls
To survey the damage
And holding his bleeding heart
A tear comes to his eye
He whispered
It's the atrocities of History
Of History
Of...
The he falls to the floor
For there's many more tears on the sunrise
And now we must eat those tears
Now we must eat our fill
Of the Atrocities
The Atrocities
The Atrocities
The Atrocities
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
River of Sorrow
There is a black river
It passes by my window
And late at night
All dolled up like Christ
I walk the water
Between the piers
Singing
Oh
River of sorrow
River of time, river
River of sorrow
Don't swallow this time
For we all know the baby has expired
Long ago she was pulled from the mire
And no precious liar or well-wisher
Can return the love that was stolen
Oh
River of sorrow
River of time, river
River of sorrow
Don't swallow this time
Can you see the light
At the end of the dark passageway
Take me wit you towards this light
Into the darkness passing over the faces in the river
Hear me!
I'm whispering in your ear
Oh
River of sorrow
Oh, river of time
River of sorrow
Don't swallow this time
Oh
River of sorrow
Oh, river of time
River of sorrow
Don't swallow this time
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
Rapture
Rapture...
Eyes are falling
Lips are falling
Hair is falling to the ground
Slowly, softly
Falling, falling
Down in silence to the ground
All the world is falling, falling
All the blue
From me and you
Teardrops falling to the ground
Teardrops
I'm talkin' 'bout your teardrops
For instance
Oh my mama
She's been falling
Falling down for quite some time
And oh my papa
He's been falling
Falling down for quite some time
Oh my friends
I've watched them falling
Falling softly to the ground
Like the leaves
The Leaves are falling
Down in silence to the ground
Is this the rapture
Is this the rapture
Why don't you tell me
Is this the rapture
Is this the rapture
Our father who art in heaven
For the kingdom, the power, the glory, yours
Now and forever
Deeper than Love
My heart is broken
Here in the cup of my hands
From between cracked fingers
Old blood spills
I had to move on, baby
For when I tasted my own tears
They were too sweet
And I knew that I had come to close
And I have tried to shine in the darkness
Entertaining vanities in vain
Fall deeper
Fall deeper
My heart is broken
Here in the cup of my hands
From between cracked fingers
Old blood spills
I had to move on, baby
For when I tasted my own tears
They were too sweet
And I knew that I had come to close
And I have tried to shine in the darkness
Entertaining vanities in vain
But now won't you come with me
As I open my eyes
And hold on
Hold on
And let go
Let go
Let the virus live a life
Hold on
And hold on
And let go
Let go
And fall deeper
Even than love
Even than love
Hold on
And fall deeper
Even than love
Even than love
Even than love...
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
Divine
Good-Bye, baby
Baby, good-bye
Divine, oh Divine
Falling like a picture of time
Oh he was the Mother of America
He was my self-determined guru
Myself, I hold your big fat heart in my hands
And I hold your burning heart in my hands
A supernova
A flame on fire
Shining in the darkness
Did someone mention a rapture
Well I turn to think of you
Who walked the way with so much pain
Who holds the mirror up to fools
And I'll murder the ingrates
Who stand in our way!
And I'll swallow shit, laughing
On my bed of hay!
And I hold your burning heart in my hands
And I hold your burning heart in my hands
A supernova
A flame on fire
Shining in the darkness
Divine
Divine
A supernova
A flame on fire
Shining in the darkness
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
Blue Angel
Blue angel
It's the memory of your warmth
That keeps me alive
When I'm burning
And my world's closing in
Oh I'm on fire
Oh I'm on fire
I hold on to a wheel of burning fear
Oh I'm on fire
Oh I'm on fire
And then the sky is falling in
And I see your eyes
Hiding in the shadows
Hiding in the flames
Oh I'm on fire
Oh I'm on fire
I'm on fire...
It's the memory of your warmth
That keeps me alive
When I'm burning
And my world's closing in
Oh I'm on fire
Oh I'm on fire
I'm on fire
When I feel like I am dying
And soon I shall expire
I'm on fire
Oh I'm on fire
I'm on fire
Why is that
That I feel like I'm on fire
Blue angel
*** Thanx a lot to
Cynthia for this one ***
I'm a bird now
Hope There's Someone
Hope there's someone
Who'll take care of me
When I die, will I go
Hope there's someone
Who'll set my heart free
Nice to hold when I'm tired
There's a ghost on the horizon
When I go to bed
How can I fall asleep at night
How will I rest my head
Oh I'm scared of the middle place
Between light and nowhere
I don't want to be the one
Left in there, left in there
There's a man on the horizon
Wish that I'd go to bed
If I fall to his feet tonight
Will allow rest my head
So here's hoping I will not drown
Or paralyze in light
And godsend I don't want to go
To the seal's watershed
Hope there's someone
Who'll take care of me
When I die, Will I go
Hope there's someone
Who'll set my heart free
Nice to hold when I'm tired
My Lady Story
My lady story
My lady story
My lady story
Is one of annihilation
My lady story
Is one of breast amputation
My lady story
My lady story
I'm a hole in love
I'm a bride on fire
I am twisted
Into a starve of wire
My lady story
My lady story
Lie in road for you
And I've been your slave
My womb's an ocean full of
Grief and rage
My lady story
My lady story
My lady story
My lady story
And still you're coaxing me
To come on out and live
Well I'm a crippled dog
I've got nothing to give
My lady story
My lady story
My lady story
My lady story
I'm so broken babe
But I want to see
Some shining eye
Some of my beauty
My lostest beauty
My lostest beauty
For Today I Am A Boy
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl
But for today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
One day I'll grow up, I'll feel the power in me
One day I'll grow up, of this I'm sure
One day I'll grow up, I know a womb within me
One day I'll grow up, feel it full and pure
But for today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy
* The official title for the song
seems to be"buoy" not boy...
*** Thanx a lot to
Billy who corrected a
mistake ***
Man is the Baby
Yearning for more than a blue day
I enter your new life for me
Burning for the true day
I welcome your new life for me
Forgive me, Let live me
Set my spirit free
Losing, it comes in a cold wave
Of guilt and shame all over me
Child has arrived in the darkness
The hollow triumph of a tree
Forgive me, Let live me
Kiss my falling knee
Forgive me, Let live me
Bless my destiny
Forgive me, Let live me
Set my spirit free
Weakness sown, Overgrown
Man is the baby
You Are My Sister
You are my sister, we were born
So innocent, so full of need
There were times we were friends but times I was so cruel
Each night I'd ask for you to watch me as I sleep
I was so afraid of the night
You seemed to move through the places that I feared
You lived inside my world so softly
Protected only by the kindness of your nature
You are my sister
And I love you
May all of your dreams come true
We felt so differently then
So similar over the years
The way we laugh the way we experience pain
So many memories
But there's nothing left to gain from remembering
Faces and worlds that no one else will ever know
You are my sister
And I love you
May all of your dreams come true
I want this for you
They're gonna come true (gonna come true)
What Can I Do
( Featuring Rufus Wainwright )
What can I do
When the bird's got to die
What can I do
When she's too weak to fly
What can I do
When she's calling my name
She's crying
Mama, Help me to live
What can I do
Fistful of Love
( Featuring Lou Reed )
I was lying in my bed last night staring
At a ceiling full of stars
When it suddenly hit me
I just have to let you know how I feel
We live together in a photograph of time
I look into your eyes
And the seas open up to me
I tell you I love you
And I always will
And I know you can't tell me
I know you can't tell me
So I'm left to pick up
The hints, the little symbols of your devotion
So I'm left to pick up
The hints, the little symbols of your devotion
And I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love
And I feel your burning eyes burning holes
Straight through my heart
It's out of love
It's out of love
I accept and I collect upon my body
The memories of your devotion
I accept and I collect upon by body
The memories of your devotion
And I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love
And I feel your burning eyes burning holes
Straight through my heart
It's out of love, ooh hoo
It's out of love
Give me a little bit serious love
Give me a little full love
Be full of love
Fists, fists, fists full of love...
*** Thanx a lot to
Greg
who updated this one ***
Spiralling
( Featuring Devendra Banhart )
Well and I can and I die
I can, I die
Well and I'm freezing
I'm freezing
Well it's a sly curse
A sly curse
Well and I'm spiralling
I'm spiralling
In my broken hearted game
I've got all my fives
I've got all my ones to choose from
My cave, waiting for you
Waiting for you
I'm ravage like a dog and beat
I'm gone, gone
In Carthusian Red I get cut along
I am, I'm undone
I am undone
Where go, where now
Can't stand
If I can, can die
I'm freezing
Sly curse
I'm spiralling
In my cruel life God poisoned
I was born, born
Not a girl and not a jewel
I am, I am some son
I am some bum
Where go, where now
Can't stand
If I can, can die
I'm freezing
Sly curse
I'm spiralling
Spiralling [x4]
Held Red Rook [x6]
* Carthusian Red is a monastery of
the particularly austere Carthusian monastic order.
Red Rook is a reference, I think, to the old Parker Brothers card game, Rook;
most decks featured a picture of a bird on the front, and different sets of
decks were colored, some red.
'I've got all my fives' because it makes since in context of the Rook: a five is
the lowest scoring card in the game.
*** Thanx a lot to
Austin for this one ***
Free at last
( North american Slaves Spiritual Chant
Gospel )
Julia Yasuda :
Way down yonder in the graveyard walk
I thank God I'm free at last
Me and my Jesus going to meet and talk
I thank God I'm free at last
On my knees when the light pass'd by
I thank God I'm free at last
Tho't my soul would rise and fly
I thank God I'm free at last
Some of these mornings, bright and fair
I thank God I'm free at last
Goin' meet my Jesus
In the middle of the air
I thank God I'm free at last
Ladies and gentlemen
Antony & The Johnsons
*** Thanx a lot to
Ollie for this one ***
Bird Gehrl
I am a bird girl now
I've got my heart
Here in my hands now
I've been searching
For my wings some time
I'm gonna be born
Into soon the sky
'Cause I'm a bird girl
And the bird girls go to heaven
I'm a bird girl
And the bird girls can fly
Bird girls can fly
The Crying Light
*** Thanx a lot to
www.antonyandthejohnsons.net for these lyrics ***
Her eyes are underneath the ground
Her eyes are underneath the ground
I have heard the crying sound
No one can stop you now
No one can stop you now
Her eyes are basking in the sun
No one knows why she did the things she's done
Ocean, swallow me now
Ocean, swallow me now
In the garden, with my mother
I stole a flower
With my mother, in her power
I stole a flower
I saw six eyes glistening in my womb
I felt you calling me in the gloom
Rest assured your love is pure
Rest assured your love is pure
In the garden, with my mother
I stole a flower
With my mother, in her power
I chose a flower
Epilepsy is dancing
Epilepsy is dancing
She's the Christ now departing
And I'm finding my rhythm
As I twist in the snow
All the metal burned in me
Down the brain of my river
That fire was searching
For a waterway home
I cry 'glitter is love!'
My eyes pinned inside
With green jewels
Hanging like Christmas stars
From a golden vein
As I came to a screaming
Hold me while I'm dreaming
For my fingers are curling
And I cannot breathe
Then I cried in the kitchen
How I'd seen your ghost witching
As a soldering blue line
Between my eyes
I cry 'glitter is love!'
My eyes
Pinned inside
Sea green jewels
Hanging like Christmas stars
From a golden vein
Cut me in quadrants
Leave me in the corner
Oh now it's passing
Oh now I'm dancing
One dove
One dove
You're the one I've been waiting for
Through the dark fall
The nightmares the lonely nights
I was born
A curling fox in a hole
Hiding from danger
Scared to be alone
One dove
To bring me some peace
In starlight you came from the other side
To offer me mercy
One dove
I'm the one you've been waiting for
From your skin I am born again
I wasn't born yesterday
You were old and hurt
I was longing to be free
I see things you were too tired
That you were too scared to see
One dove
To bring me some peace
In starlight you came from the other side
To offer me mercy
Kiss my name
Kiss my name
Mama in the afterglow
When the grass is green with grow
And my tears have turned to snow
I'm only a child
Born upon a grave
Dancing through the stations
Calling out my name
Oh mama kiss my name
I am trying to be sane
I'm trying to kiss my friends
And when broken, make amends
Kiss my name, the curtains white
The turtle doves embroider light
As I lie, murdered in ground
The rain compacting sodden sound
Of songs I sang the years before
When it was time to rain
Upon the coal that I became
The crying light
Let I
Shy cry
Under the light
Let I
Cry sight
A child at night
I can
Have courage
To receive your love
I can
Step steps
Follow my blind
Inside
My self
The secret grows
My own
Shelter
Agony goes
I was born to adore you
As a baby in the blind
I was born to represent you
To carry your head into the sun
To carve you face into the back of the sun
Another World
I need another place
Will there be peace
I need another world
This one's nearly gone
Still have too many dreams
Never seen the light
I need another world
A place where I can go
I'm gonna miss the sea
I'm gonna miss the snow
I'm gonna miss the bees
I'll miss the things that grow
I'm gonna miss the trees
I'm gonna miss the sun
I'll miss the animals
Gonna miss you all
I need another place
Will there be peace
I need another world
This ones nearly gone
I'm gonna miss the birds
Singing all their songs
I'm gonna miss the wind
Been kissing me so long
Another world
Another world
Another world
Daylight and the sun
Now I cry for daylight
Daylight and the sun
Now I cry for daylight
Daylight everyone
Daylight in my heart
Daylight in the trees
Daylight kissing everything
She can see
There was no light
Only the white night
First born when the sun
Screamed her eyes open
Daylight in the fields
Daylight mountains
Fire kisses the floor
Of the lakes and makes shadows
Now I cry for daylight
Daylight and the sun
Now I cry for daylight
Daylight everyone
Daylight in my heart
Daylight in the trees
Daylight kissing everything
She can see
Daylight in my heart
Daylight in the trees
Daylight kissing everything
She can see
Oh your dream
Here on the water
Warm the sand
The seagulls calling
Kissed by kindness
Kissed by kindness
Kissed by kindness
Kissed by kindness
Oh your dream
Here on the water
Warm the sand
The seagulls calling
Kissed by kindness
Kissed by kindness
Kissed by kindness
Kissed by kindness
You gave me this
Your fire becomes a kiss
You gave me this
Your fire becomes a kiss...
Aeon
Oh aeon
My baby boy
Oh aeon will take care of me
All the stars, your eyes
Raining just for me
Oh aeon will set me free
Oh aeon
My baby boy
Oh aeon will repair me
Oh his heart enjoyed
Restores eyes alloyed
Carry me through the olden void
Oh aeon
His arms are warm
Oh aeon was never born
Aeon's eyes forlorn
He contains the storm
He's the pasture of my dawn
Oh aeon
My baby boy
Oh aeon will take care of me
Hold my father
For it is myself
Without him I wouldn't exist
Oh aeon
Love my father
For my father is myself
Hold that man
In your tender clutch
Hold that man I love so much
Dust and water
Oh I love the coal
I love the way you're waiting
I love your kind patience
I told you this day would come
Did you think I'd leave you here
Forever
How long can dust wait
Ask the moon
But ask him soon
Everglade
When I'm floating in the water
And your eyes are lilies all around
When I'm lying sweetly in my bed
The sun plays crystal with my eyes
Then I stop
My body stops crying for home
My limbs stop weeping for home
When I'm peeping in a parlour of trees
And the leaves are winking all around
'I'm home,'my heart sobs in my veins
But brains they play the softest games
Fingers kiss the string
Mouth taste the blade
Of everglade
Swanlights
Everything is new
Every everything
Everything is new
Every everything
Everything is new
Every everything
Everything is new
I cried everything
Everything is new
I cried everything
Everything is new
Every everything
Everything is new
The Great White Ocean
Swim with me my mama when I die
In the ocean of death I will cry
If I am not with my family
You could be my friend eternally
Swim with me my Sister when I die
In the great white ocean we must try
Try to find a way that we can see
See each others faces in the sea
Swim with me my Brother when I die
I don't ever want to say good-bye
If you do go first or if it's me
Oh my darling brother, swim with me
Swim to me my Father when I die
Please remember Father, we must try
Try not to forget our family
Oh my darling Father, rescue me
Ghost
Ghost! Ghost!
Leap from my heart
And find your way
Chase the river
Chase the sunlight
Do not stay
Open yawns the sky before
Dance toward a light so gay
Do not waste a thought behind you
Don't pity this useless clay
Snake! Snake!
Shed your skin
And go away
Leave behind your shadow's memory
Leave me, this is your day
I'm in Love
I've been touched, I've been touched
And it's too much, it's too much
I'm in the ocean, in the sea
The red choral caressing me
You need only say the word
I'll kiss you like a hummingbird
I've been touched, I've been touched
And it's too much, it's too much
I'm feeling something
I've been walking for a long time
I never did commit no crime
And all my dreams, they all came true
The day I lay my head on you
The day that you cracked open and died
Ten black boys flew free from inside
And you need only say the word
Gonna kiss you like a hummingbird
I don't know where I'm going so
I'm gonna lay down in the snow
And I feel touched, I feel touched
Ten black boys flew free from inside
And it's too much, it's too much
I'm in the ocean, in the sea
The red choral caressing me
It's only you
Swanlights
Oh I'm living
It's a golden thing
It means everything
I'm gifted
By your grace
It's the Swanlights
In the water
On that shining face
Oh it's such a mystery to me
Oh it's such a mystery to me
What I have seen
Faces in my dreams
Oh the Swanlights
The Swanlights
When I close my eyes
And dream Swans come
When in love I lean
On the Swanlight song
Oh it's such a mystery to me
Oh it's such a mystery to me
I'm dancing with their necks
Dancing neck to neck
The Spirit Was Gone
The spirit was gone from her body
Forever had always been inside
That shell had always been intertwined
And now were disintwined
It's hard to understand
The spirit was gone from her body
Forever had always been inside
That shell had always been intertwined
And now were disintwined
It's hard to understand, oh
The spirit was gone
The spirit was gone
The spirit was gone
The spirit was gone
The spirit was gone
The spirit was gone
The spirit was gone
And now were disintwined
It's hard to understand
Thank You For Your Love
Oh thank you for your love
Thank you for your love
When all was falling in the seizure of pain
Oh thank you for your love
Oh thank you for your love
Oh thank you for your love
When I was lost in the dark darkness
Oh thank you for your love
I want to thank you, oh
I want to thank you, oh
I want to thank you, oh
I want to thank you, oh
Thank you, thank you
Oh thank you for your love
Oh thank you for your love
When my mind was broken into a thousand pieces
Oh thank you for your love
I want to thank you, oh
I want to thank you, oh
I want to thank you, oh
I want to thank you, oh
Thank you, thank you
I thank you
Flétta
skafa með skrúfu
ég kem Þegar hann
ég fletti rólega bakvið lendarnar hvernig
ég skafa öldurnar eins og sund fram á við
leyfðu mér að fletta ofan af mér
allt sem mig langar í er ad mýkjast öll að innan endalaust
loksins finn ég árangur dettur af Þessi farangur
hrynur af lag eftir lag og ég storma upp
út
Salt Silver Oxygen
The flying horse carries me across the sky
Triumvirate swallows make our breath
Can we grow a sun
A water run
The Great White Water?
Every slum an ox inside it
Sweet crevice for miniature flies?
Dancing with her casket
Christ becomes wife
The easy dust is dancing, too
It splits the waterside in two
Elect the Salt Mother
For She's a Selective Christ
Punch her ghost!
For shore she'll sigh
And watch the window gifts rise
Christina's Farm
I got kissed by a turtle dove
Upon a cold Paris manger
I was waking up to my love
First moment dawning danger
Everything was new
Every sock and shoe
My face and your face
Tenderly renewed
Tenderly renewed
I awoke to find a whiteness inside
Everything did shine, slyly, from each body
Halos from within, diamonds the year in
As we crossed to where the virgin mary
Moves over the fields
Here and there, she kneels
Sighing sweet relief upon the prairie
Everything was new
Every sock and shoe
My face and your face tenderly renewed
As the rich winds blow
Kiss each flamingo
Tussle reckless trains
Of the wild white horses
And at night the owl
Streaks the field and howls
She seizes a kitten
Stops wind aghast to hear them shudder
Everything was new
Every sock and shoe
My face and your face tenderly renewed
Tenderly renew
Tenderly renew
Tenderly renew
Tenderly renew
Everything was new
Every sock and shoe
My face and your face tenderly renewed
Tenderly renew
Tenderly renew
Tenderly renew
Tenderly renew...
Hopelessness
Drone Bomb Me
Drone bomb me
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
Blow me from the side of the mountain
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
Lay my purple on the grass
I have a glint in my eye
I think I wanna die
I wanna die
I wanna be
The apple of your eye
So drone bomb me
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
Blow me from the side of the mountain
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
Lay my purple on the grass
Lay my purple on the grass
Let me be the first
I'm not so innocent
Let me be the one
The one that you choose from above
After all, I'm partly to blame
So drone bomb me
I'm partly to blame
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
(I'm partly to blame)
copy paste are so lame
Blow me from the mountains
And into the sea
(Blow me from the mountains and into the sea)
I'm not so innocent
Blow my head off
Explode my crystal guts
My blood
Choose me
My blood, my blood
Choose me
Choose me tonight
Choose me
Let me be the one
The one that you choose tonight
Choose me
Tonight, tonight
4 degrees
It's only four degrees, it's only four degrees
It's only four degrees, it's only four degrees
It's only four degrees, it's only four degrees
It's only four degrees, it's only four degrees
I wanna see this world, I wanna see it boil
I wanna see this world, I wanna see it boil
It's only four degrees, it's only four degrees
It's only four degrees, it's only four degrees
I wanna hear the dogs crying for water
I wanna see the fish go belly-up in the sea
And all those lemurs and all those tiny creatures
I wanna see them burn, it's only four degrees
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And all those rhinos and all those big mammals
I wanna see them lying, crying in the fields
(I want to see them burn)
I wanna see them burn, it's only four degrees
I wanna see them burn, it's only four degrees
I wanna see them burn, it's only four degrees
copy paste are so lame
I wanna burn them, I wanna burn them
I wanna burn them, I wanna burn them
I wanna burn the sky, I wanna burn the breeze
I wanna see the animals die in the trees
Oh let's go, let's go it's only four degrees
Oh let's go, let's go it's only four degrees
Oh let's go, let's go it's only four degrees
Oh let's go, let's go it's only four degrees
I wanna burn them, I wanna burn them
I wanna burn them
Watch me
Daddy, daddy
Daddy, daddy
Watch me in my hotel room
Watch my outline as I move from city to city
Watch me watching pornography
Watch me talking to my friends and my family
I know you love me, daddy
'Cause you're always watching me
I know you love me
'Cause you're always watching me
Protecting me from evil
Protecting me from terrorism
Protecting me from child molesters
Protecting me from evil
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Watch me, watch me, watch me
Watch me, watch me, watch me
Watch me in my hotel room
Watch my iris as I move from city to city
Watch me watching pornography
Watch my medical history
Daddy, daddy
Daddy, daddy
I know you love me
'Cause you're always watching me
I know you love me
'Cause you're always watching me
'Case I'm involved in evil
'Case I'm involvedin terrorism
'Case I'm involvedin child molesters
'Case I'm involved in evil
Daddy, daddy
Execution
Execution, execution
Execution
It's an american dream
Have no mercy on me
Please don't have mercy
Don't let them prove I was wrong
When we know so bad what's right
Don't let them dig up my grave
Sometimes a feeling is reason enough
It's an american dream
Execution, execution
Like the Chinese and the Saudis
The North Koreans and the Nigerians
Like the Chinese (execution) and the Saudis
The North Koreans (execution) and the Nigerians
It's an american dream
It's an american dream
It's an american dream
It's an american dream
It's an american dream
Execution
It's an american dream
It's an american dream...
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If Europe takes it away
Inject me with something else
Something else
Inject me with something else
Fill me up with something else
(Fill me up with something else)
And if they try to take our love away
Please don't have mercy
And if they try to take our love away
Like the Chinese and the Saudis
The North Koreans and the Nigerians
I don't
love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
It's been a while and I am sure
You left me for another girl
You left me in a broken world
You left me lying in the street
You left me without body heat
I curled into rust
My body turned into dust
I couldn't get out of the hole
I was so lonely, all alone
When the phone rang, I wasn't there
When my parents called, I just sat and stared
I went to sleep
Hoped that my life I could cheat
Take me off the face of this lonely world
Let me turn and turn in your love
In your love, in your love
It's been a while
And I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
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You walked away from me
Out of the blue and you were free
I was such a fool
I gave more to keep things cool
But if you showed up at my door
This is what I'd implore
I don't love you
I don't love you anymore
You left me, left me in a cage
My only defense was rage
I don't love you anymore
I don't love you anymore
If you showed up, if you showed up at my door
If you showed up, if you showed up at my door
If you showed up, if you showed up at my door
If you showed up, if you showed up at my door
Obama
When you were elected
The world cried for joy
We thought we had empowered
The truth telling envoy
Now the news is you are spying
Executing without trial
Betraying virtues
Scarring closed the sky
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Punishing the whistle blowers
Those who tell the truth
Do you recognize the yellow
Staring back, back at you
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
Obama
All the hope drained from your face
Like children we believed
All the hope drained from your face
Obama
Obama
Violent Men
Where you once poured from me
There you aborted me
Where you once poured from me
There you aborted me
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Never again
Give birth to violent men
We will never, never again
Give birth to violent men
Never again
Give birth to violent men
We will never, never again
Give birth to violent men
Never again
Give birth to violent men
We will never, never again
Give birth to violent men
Never again
Give birth to violent men
We will never, never again
Give birth to violent men
Why
did you separate me from the earth
Why did you separate me from the earth
Oh my God
Why did you separate me from the earth
My father
You drew lines miles high
In steel or nuclear
The forests of Borneo
White water in your mouth
I don't want your future
I'll never return
I'll be born into the past
I'm never never coming home
Why did you separate me, me from the earth
What did you stand to gain
Why did you separate me from the earth
The rotten bodies threaded gold
The pitch of hair and sticky meat
The sea life cut with plastic
A white cross gilded gold
A case of white doves
Laying in the boiling snow
A sharp knife of concrete
The blue line of tuna's throat
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I don't want your future
I'm never, never coming home
I don't want your future
I'll be born before you're born
Why did you separate me, me from the earth
What did you have to gain
Why did you separate me from the earth
What did you have to gain
Why did you separate me from the earth
From the earth, from the earth, from the earth
What did you have to gain
Crisis
Crisis
If I killed your father
With a drone bomb
How would you feel
Crisis
If I killed your mother
With a drone bomb
How would you feel
Father
If I killed your children
With a drone bomb
How would you feel
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Crisis
If I tortured you brother
In Guantanamo
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry
Now you're
Cutting heads off
Innocent people
On TV
Daughter
If I filled up your mass graves
And attacked your countries
Under false premise
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Hopelessness
How did I become
The mother of this son
The face and mind
And hands of virulence
I, who curled in cave and moss
I, who gathered wood for fire
And tenderly embraced
How did I become a virus
Hopelessness
I feel the hopelessness
Hopelessness
I feel the hopelessness
I don't care about me
I feel the animals and the trees
They got nowhere
They got nowhere to go
I don't care much about you
I don't give a sit what happens to you
Now we blew it all away
We blew it all away
Hopelessness
I feel the hopelessness
Hopelessness, hopelessness
Hopelessness, hopelessness
How did I become a virus
Hopelessness
How did I become a virus
Hopelessness
How did I become a virus
Hopelessness
How did I become a virus
Hopelessness
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I've been taking more than I deserve
Leaving nothing in reserve
Digging till the bank runs dry
I've been living a lie
How did I become a virus
How did I become a virus
How did I become a virus
How did I become a virus
How did I become a virus
Hopelessness
Hopeless
Marrow
In the, in the countryside
Under the streams
Suck the, suck the marrow out
Of her bones
Inject, inject, inject me
With chemotherapies
Suck the, suck the money out
Of her face
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We are, we are all Americans now
Africa, Iceland, Europe and Brazil
China, Thailand, India and Great Britain
Australia, Borneo and Nigeria
We are, we are all Americans now
Suck the, suck the oil out
Of her face
Burn her, burn her burn her hair
Boil her skin
We are, we are all Americans now
Paradise
In My Dreams
In my dreams, you don't love me
In my dreams, you come hurt me
In my dreams, you don't want
Don't want, don't want the best for me
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt (In my dreams)
In my dreams, you don't love me
In my dreams, you come hurt me
In my dreams
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt (In my dreams)
In my dreams
Paradise
Paradise
World without end
Hopelessness
Sinks into the earth
Crying life
Kaleidoscope
Hopelessness
The shifting beauty
My mother's love
Her gentle touch
My father's hand
Rests on my throat
Hopelessness
Myself, I'm here, not here
As a point
Of consciousness
As a point
Paradise
World without end
Hopelessness
Sinks into the earth
My crying life, my crying life
Kaleidoscope (Without escape)
Hopelessness
Sinks into the earth
Staring at myself
I feel giant and trapped
Seemingly
Without escape
I'm stuffed inside
My eternity
I'm here, not here
As a point of consciousness
Paradise
World without end
Hopelessness
Sinks into the earth
My crying life, my crying life
Kaleidoscope, kaleidoscope (Dream against me)
Hopelessness
Hopeless, hopeless, hopeless (Dream against me)
Here, myself, here, here
Paradise
World without end
Hopelessness
Myself, I'm here, not here
As a point of consciousness
Jesus Will Kill You
Why you hurt me
Why you make me so sick
Why you take and take?
Even change the laws
You deregulate
Seek to destroy our homes
You're a mean old man
You're a mean old man
What's your legacy
What's your legacy
Burning fields in Iraq
Burning fields in Nigeria
Burning oceans
Burning populations
Our burning lungs
Our burning lungs
Our burning lungs
Burning people
Burning hope
Burning planet
All for your wealth
Your wealth is predicated
Upon the poverty of others
Others must be poor
If you're to be rich
What is your dream
And when will it end
You're a mean old man
You're a mean old man
What do you want
What do you want
What do you hope for
For Jesus to kill you
For Jesus will kill you
For Jesus will kill you
Jesus will kill you
Jesus will kill you
Jesus will kill you
Your soft seat
Your soft face
Your protected babies
But Jesus will kill you
Jesus will kill you
Jesus will kill you
Jesus will kill you
You Are My Enemy
I never felt a part of this world
I reject the way that we live
I gave birth to my own enemy
I gave birth to my own enemy
I am grateful for all that I have
Oh, Mama has been so good to me
Like a thread through a needle's eye
I am ready to cast from this world
You poured from my body
On a river of blood
You poured out and into the light
I gave birth to my own enemy
You are my enemy
You are my enemy
You are my enemy
You are my enemy
You are, you are my enemy
You are, you are my enemy
You are, you are my enemy, my enemy
Ricochet
And if this keeps going
Gonna curse you, my God
I'm gonna hate you, my God
For making me this way
Making me like this
Point of consciousness, my God
When I die and gone
I find I carry on
I'm gonna hate you, my God
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
And if this keeps going
I'm gonna curse you, my God
I'm gonna hate you, my God
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
Because I'm afraid
I'm gonna hate you, my God
I'm gonna curse you
Curse you, my God
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
I don't wanna ricochet
And if this keeps going
I don't wanna ricochet
I'm gonna curse you, my God
I don't wanna ricochet
I'm gonna hate you
I don't wanna ricochet
Ricochet, ricochet
Ricochet
I'm gonna hate you
Ricochet
I'm gonna hate you
I'm gonna hate you
Ricochet
I'm gonna hate you
But I don't want to, I don't want to
I'm gonna hate you
Ricochet
I'm gonna hate you
I don't want to, I don't want
I'm gonna hate you, my God
And if this keeps going
I'm gonna curse you, my God
I'm gonna hate you, my God
But I don't want to
I'm gonna curse you
I'm gonna curse you, my God
She Doesn't
Mourn Her Loss
She doesn't mourn her loss
She just loses
She doesn't mourn her changes
She just changes
She fed me all those years
And now she's dry as her tears
And I'm asking
"Who will remember
Who will remember
Who will remember her
If not her children"
She doesn't mourn her loss
She just loses
She doesn't mourn her changes
She just changes
She fed me all those years
And now she's dry as her tears
And I'm asking
"Who will remember
Who will remember
Who will remember her
If not her children"
Nola Ngalangka Taylor :
We are wondering "What is happening to the world"
Everything is change, changing each day
You woke up in the morning and wondered
“Is it going to get better or getting worse"
Everybody is wondering, young and old
Everything is going upside down
How are we gonna stop
And work on it, and work together
And make the world a better place to live
For all of us
I Never Stopped
Loving You
(Bonus Track)
The world's face
Like a ghost, haunts the seasons
I wait in the forever for you
I wait
Like a sealion
Supported and gently kissed by the water
And the hair, fine
Roots that entwine me
Put their faith to the ocean floor
Aching, always reaching
Life of devotion
Moving ever closer to the light
How I grow this way
Towards a single dream
To be kissed by the Sun
How I grow this way
For a single dream
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never (Hair, fine, entwine me)
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never (I'm aching, always reaching)
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never (Hair, fine, entwine me)
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
And I never, and I never
And I never stopped loving you
MY BACK
WAS A BRIDGE FOR YOU TO CROSS
It Must Change
It must change
It must change
It must change
It must change
The way you talk to me
It must change
The things you do to me
The way you leave me
The seeds you give to me
It must change
It must change
The death inside you
That you pass into me
The truth is that I always
Thought you were beautiful
In your own way
You know how they always said
That light was the opposite of darkness
It's just fire in darkness
That's why this is so sad
That's why this is so sad
I'm creating life
That's why this is so sad
That's why this is so sad
So those opposites, they don't exist
So sad
It's just an idea that someone told you
So sad
And that's why this is so sad
It must change
Must change
It must changе
It must change
That city in your head
Collapsing walls and lеad
It must change
The fire is cleaning
The oil from the stones
Your god is failing you
Things must change
Giving you hell
The truth is that our love
Will ricochet through eternity
We're not getting out of here
That's why this is so sad
No one's getting out of here
That's why this is so sad
This is our world
That's why this is so sad
That's why this is so sad
It's so sad
So sad
It's just going to be alone in a place for us
So sad
(This was the place)
So sad
So sad
Go Ahead
You are determined to take me down
I won't stop you
I won't stop you
Go ahead and burn it down
Go ahead, kill your friends
You are an addict
Go ahead, hate yourself
I can't stop you
I can't stop you
Sliver Of Ice
Now that I'm almost gone
The sliver of ice on my tongue
In the day's night
It tastes so good, it felt so right
For the first time in my life
The cold ice on my tongue
Makes its way towards oblivion
How sweet the vista, the portal view
On my way to black and blue
On my way to black and blue
How sweet the vista, the portal view
I couldn't belive it 'til tonight
This whole place made of light
I made myself a home
Don't know what's wrong
Don't know what's right
I belong here as animals might
And the taste of water on my tongue
It was cool, it was good
I never knew it before
And I love you so much more
I love you so much more
I never knew it before
I love you so much more
I love you so much more
I never knew it before
I love you so much more
I love you so much more
I never knew it before
I love you so much more
I love you so much more
I never knew it before
And the taste of water on my tongue
On my way towards oblivion
The taste of water on my tongue
On my way towards oblivion
Can't
I miss you, my darling
I miss you, friend
You are dead and oh so far away
While I am here, stranded among the living
Like so many rotten teeth
I don't like this place
Can't be long without seeing your face
Want you now, here, beside me
I don't like it
Can't endure it
I don't want it
Come back home, my darling
Come back home, friend
Sorry for the things that I've done
I can't stop this, darling, it keeps being real
I don't want you to be dead
I can't stand around with these rotten teeth
Can't stand around
Talking shit with these, all these rotten teeth
Can't stand around
Talking shit with all these rotten teeth
I don't like this place
Can't be long without seeing your face
Want you here, now, beside me
Can't endure this misery
I don't like, I don't like this place
Can't be long without seeing your face
Want you here, now, beside me
I don't care, I just don't care how
Can't undo it
Can't reverse it
I can't stop it
I just can't
I can't, I can't, I can't
I can't, I can't, I can't
I can't, I can't, I can't
I can't do it
I won't do it
I won't do it
I won't accept it
I can't accept it
I won't accept it
I can't stop it
Can't undo it
Can't reverse it
I won't have it
I can't stop it
Can't undo it
Can't reverse it
I won't have it
You're gone
You're gone
You're gone
Won't, won't, won't, won't
I won't have it
I won't have it
I don't want you to be dead
I don't want you to be dead
I don't want you to be dead
I don't want you to be dead
I won't have it
I won't have it
Can't reverse it
I won't have it
Can't undo it
Can't reverse it
I won't have it
I won't have it
Scapegoat
You're so kill-able
Just so kill-able
It's not personal
It's just the way you were born
And in this society
A scapegoat is all I can be
You're so kill-able
I can say just what I want
I can use you like a toilet
I can punch you
Take all of my hate
Into your body
I can punch you
Take all of my hate
Into your body
Put here for me to loathe
Like an apple hanging on a tree
All I have to do is take it
All I have to do is want it
You're so kill-able
Disappear-able
This one we need not protect
This one's a freebie for our guns
Take this one to a place
You'd better have your way
Take all of my hate
Into your body
Take all of my hate
Into your flesh and body
It doesn't matter who you are
Or where you come from
It doesn't matter what you've got to give
Or why you want to live
You're my scapegoat
It's not personal
It's not personal
You're my scapegoat
It's not personal
It's
My Fault
I didn't do it
I didn't do it
But I know that I did something wrong
I didn't ask it
I didn't plan it
But I feel the ache in my heels when I walk
It's my fault
It's my fault
It's my fault
The way I broke the Earth
It's my fault
It's my fault
It's my fault
The way I broke the Earth
I ache here
I take here
My mouth to the stone
Feed me, I grieve
I invite you
I spite you
My mouth to the stone
Feed me, I groan
It's my fault
It's my fault
It's my fault
The way I broke the Earth
It's my fault
It's my fault
It's my fault
The way I broke the Earth
Water dies
I love lies
Rest
Rest like the soul of a diamond
Rest like a woman in a field of wheat
Rest and she'll come home to you
She'll come home to you
Rest like the soft light of Mercury
Rest like your hunger is the victory
It's a longing laughing day
It's a longing laughing day
I wait for you to come home
Playing deep within your eyes
Sleeping deep, it feels so real
Feels so real
Now all my life I wait for you
I wait for you to come on home
For to go to sleep
Sleep inside your eyes
Like a fire of tenderness
Like the West waits for the North
Like my guilt waits for reprieve
Like my guilt waits for reprieve
Rest like a stone waits for the sun
Waiting at the bottom of the ocean
Like a jewel waits for the sand
Like a jewel waits for the sand
Music for the children
We can't teach you how to crawl
Demon dancing's all I know
Demon dancing's all I know
Demon dancing's all I know
Rest your soul
Rest your soul
Rest your soul
Rest your soul
Rest like the enemy of all that breathes
Rest like the enemy of all that sees
In the poison ocean blue
She'll come home to you
She'll come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
(Rest your soul)
She'll come home
(Rest your soul)
She'll come home
(Rest your soul)
Rest your soul
She'll come, come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
She'll come home
There Wasn't
Enough
There wasn't enough
There wasn't enough for you
Move forward in, into grey
I'm not enough
I'm not enough for you
I'm not enough
Hungry hearts for hungry hands
Grab the Earth
Take Her life
Chain Her life
Can you stand
Within, as in
You stand alone
As I stand alone
Can you love me so
There wasn't enough for you
There wasn't enough for you
Move forward into grey
I'm not enough for you
I'm not enough
Hungry hearts, hungry hands
Turn the Earth
Take Her life
Can you stand within
Within each stance
As I stand alone
Will you love me so
An offering like this
Won't fill your soul
There wasn't enough for you
There wasn't enough
Move forward into grey
I'm not enough for you
I'm not enough
Move forward into grey
There wasn't enough for you
There wasn't enough
Move forward into grey
Move forward into grey
There wasn't enough
There wasn't enough for you
Move forward into grey
Why Am I Alive Now
Why am I alive now
I don't want to be witness
Seeing all of this duress
Aching of our world
Why am I alive now
Why am I alive
I don't want to feel this
Aching color of our world
Why am I alive now
Watching all this going down
All the animals around
Watching Nature swoon and sigh
Watching all the water dry
Watch the sky fall to the Earth
Birds and insects looking for
For a place to hide
Why am I alive
To watch this duress
Why am I seeing this stress
Hide me from my disease
Why am I alive now
Seems there's nothing left hold
Except keep trying to accept
Hour after lonely hour
Collecting my mind
How did I arrive here
I don't know much of anything
(I don't know)
Except that you will take my life
I don't know why
I don't know why
I don't want to see your face
Meeting me when it's too late
Many people falling
Many people sighing
Once everything was a part of me
How did I come to be
Now everything's gone to the floor
And all I ever want is more
Feel the trees begin to leave
Smoke swallow each mountain side
A rail of tears leads to the sea
No more footsteps in the sand
All our memories are sinking
Into un-living
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
Why am I alive here
I don't know much of anything
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know why I'm alive now
I don't know why I'm alive now
I don't know why I'm alive now
I don't know
I don't know why I'm alive now
You Be Free
I danced by violent times
It was hard to live, live
It was my
It was my time, time to give, give, give
Done my work
My back was broke
My back was a bridge for you to cross
Then I wished in the aftermath
That the Earth would take my life
Like She took the lives of my mother
And my sisters
You, you be free
You be free for me
For me
You
Be free for me
Non albums tracks
Afraid
( Nico Cover / Live )
Cease to know or to tell
Or to feel or to be your own
Cease to know or to tell
Or to feel or to be your own
Have someone else's will as your own
Have someone else's will as your own
You are beautiful and you are alone
You are beautiful and you are alone
Often the ardorless and plain
Reward your grace
Often the ardorless and plain
Reward your grace
Confuse your hunger capture the fake
Confuse your hunger capture the fake
Banish the faceless reward your grace
Banish the faceless reward your grace
Cease to know or to tell
Or to feel or to be your own
Cease to know or to tell
Or to feel or to be your own
All is loneliness
( Moondog / Live)
All is loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness
Oh Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness
Oh Loneliness here for me
Loneliness here for me
Loneliness...
Aloft
(Laurie Anderson feat. Anohni / Amelia LP)
Waves of air
Feel the wind blow
Waves of water
Water far below
Feel the wind blow
Waves of air
Waves of air
Lift me up
Lift me up
Lift me up
As Tears Go By
( Live cover / m. jagger/k. richards )
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Smiling faces I can see
But it's not for me
I sit and watch
As tears go by
My riches can't buy everything
I want to hear the children sing
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground
I sit and watch
As tears go by
It is the evening of the day
I sit and watch the children play
Doin'things I used to do
They think are new
I sit and watch
As tears go by
Beautiful Boyz
( Cocorosie - Noah's Ark LP )
Antony :
Those, those beautiful boys
Those, those beautiful boys
Cocorosie :
Born illegitimately
To a whore, most likely
He became an orphan
Oh what a lovely orphan he was
Sent to the reformatory
Ten years old, was his first glory
Got caught stealing from a nun
Now his love story had begun
Thirty years he spent wandering
A devil's child with dove wings
He went to prison
In every country he set foot in
Oh how he loved prison
How awfully lovely was prison
Antony :
All those beautiful boys
Pimps and queens and criminal queers
All those beautiful boys
Tattoos of ships and tattoos of tears
Cocorosie :
His greatest love was executed
The pure romance was undisputed
Angelic hoodlums and holy ones
Angelic hoodlums and holy ones
Antony :
All those beautiful boys
Pimps and queens and criminal queers
All those beautiful boys
Tattoos of ships and tattoos of tears
All those beautiful boys
Pimps and queens and criminal queers
All those beautiful boys
Tattoos of ships and tattoos of tears
All those beautiful boys
Beautiful boys...
All those beautiful boys
Beautiful boys...
Those beautiful boys...
*** Thanx a lot to
Joanne for this one ***
Be my husband
( Nina Simone / Live )
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
If you want me to I'll cook and sew
If you want me to I'll cook and sew
If you want me to I'll cook and sew
Outside you there is no place to go
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
Please don't treat me so doggone mean
You're the meanest man I ever seen
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Stick to the promise man, that you made me
Stick to the promise man, that you made me
Stick to the promise man, that you made me
That you'll stay away from Rosalie
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Oh daddy now now love me good
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Be my husband and I'll be your wife
Black Peter
(Grateful Dead cover / Anohni & yMusic / Day Of The
Dead LP)
All of my friends came to see me last night
I was laying in my bed crying
She said, "The tragedy of your life
Is that you don't enjoy living"
Just then the wind
Came calling at my door
I was swept into shadow
Don't know how to extricate me
From the only world that I know
Fever rolls up to one hundred and five
Rolls on up then roll back down again
One more day I might find myself
Grateful to be alive
See how everything leads up to this day
It's just like any other day that's ever been
Sun coming up and then sun's going down
Shine through my window
And my friends, they come around
Come around, come around
People, they know
And people, they care
I don't know how to live
Take a look at poor Peter
He's lying in pain
Let's try to set her free
Her free, her free
Blind
( Hercules & love affair LP )
As a child I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
And we would get closer
Get closer
As a child I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
That we could get closer
Leaving this darkness behind
Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
When I found myself alone
Find myself alone
Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
But when I find myself alone
I feel like I am blind
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Like I am blind
I wish the stars could shine now
For they are closer, they are near
But they will not present my present
They will not present my present
I wish the light could shine now
For it is closer, it is near
But it will not present my present
And it makes my past and future painfully clear
To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
I must examine my breath
And look inside
To see you now
To hear you now
I can look outside myself
I must examine my breath
And look inside
Because I feel blind
Because I feel blind
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
Like I am blind
The movie will
And feel it
Oh I feel it
Oh feel it...
Breaking
(Anohni & The Johnsons)
I dream a white
Doe in the hills
I dream a willow
Blowing still
I watch as it's
Swept away
I take and take
A little
More and then I see
That forest fall
And my garden
Was swept away
That love, it was
Swept away
It's really something to be
Breaking
This time, my friends
It's different, this time
It never happened before
It's really something to be
Breaking
It's really something to be
Breaking
It's really something to be
Breaking
I dream a white
Doe in the hills
I feel a willow
Blowing still
I watch as it's
Swept away
Candy says
( Live / Lou Reed Cover )
Candy says
I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires
In this world
Candy says
I'd like to know completely
What others so discretely
Talk about
I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me
Candy says
I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste
Of what will be
Candy says
I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions
In my mind
I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
Over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch them pass me by
Maybe when I'm older
What do you think I'd see
If I could walk away from me
Child Of God
I know a man who curses his brother
I know a man who lives for no other
Always chasing after money
Thinks a poor man is funny
It's hard, it's hard to believe he's a child of God
I know a woman who steals from her mother
That same woman she gets drunk from one day to another
Kicks her kids out in the street
There's another man under their father's sheets
I find it hard, I find it hard, I find it hard
It's hard to believe she's a child of God
I know some people who go to church on sunday
These same people, they wear a sheet on monday
Talk about justice being free
They're watching lynchings so easily
I find it hard, I find it hard, I find it hard
It's hard to believe these are children of God
I find it hard to believe right now
These people call themselves children of God
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
Crackagen
( Another World EP )
Poor me
Little rivers from my hands
Pool at the bottom of the stairs
My face
Oh the cities in my eyes
Doves in the sky
Oh the crackagen
The rain water came from father's eyes
He was made of stone
Glorious
Now watch as the curtain came down
And wet the hungry rabbits
Flooding the land
My heart
Oh the twist of cruel cotton
To bring me free
Dry eyes
By the sun the waters rise
Dirt will crack again
Dirt will crack again
Crossing The Equator
(Laurie Anderson feat. Anohni / Amelia LP)
Streets of air
Air streets
Crossing the equator
Horizon tilts
Horizon tilts
Crossing the equator
Sea is black
Then it's blue
Horizon tilts
Horizon tilts, horizon tilts
You can't see the line
That cuts the world in two
Crossing the equator
Crossing the equator
Upside down
Sea is black
I'm flying fast
Horizon tilts
Can't see the line
That cuts the world in half
Dropping down
Through the shining white valleys of clouds
Dropping down
Dropping down
Dropping down
Sky red
Then gold
Then black again
Sky red
Then gold
Then black again
Del suo veloce volo
( With Franco Battiato from the album Fleurs 2 )
E chiss'dove sarai amico
Ripensandoti ti rivedo in me
La visione che avevi dell'amore
La tua ironia, e chiss'dove sarai
Spesso da ragazzi passavamo insieme
Sere inutili e fu in un giorno di
Festa per gioco lo so, io lo so
Lessi nella tua mano, vidi sulla mano
La tua fine...
E cos'oggi, dalla mia memoria,
Scelgo il meglio della vita
E del suo veloce volo
Che finisce come, sempre accade,
Troppo presto
Qualcosa un po'di te
Mi 'rimasto dentro
Indimenticabile per gioco
Lo so io lo so
Lessi nella tua mano,
Vidi sulla mano
La tua fine...
Dirt will crack again
( Live )
For me
Little rivers from my hands
Pool at the bottom of the stairs
My face
Oh, the cities in my eyes
Doves in the sky
Oh, the crack again
The rainwater
Came from father's eyes
He was made of stone
Glorious
Watch as the curtain came down
And wet the hungry rabbits
Flooding the land
My heart
Oh, the twist of cruel cold turn
To wring me free
Dry eyes by the subtle waters' rise
Dirt will crack again
Dirt will crack again
*** Thanx a lot to
Ed for this one ***
Dream About Who You Are
( Live, Rathaus Jazzfest, Wien. 8th July 2005 )
Dream about who you are
Dream about who you want to be
Hold on to who you are
Hold on to who you want to be
Shake it up for you are
Shake it up for who you want to be
*** Thanx a lot to
Salvatore
for this one ***
Easy
( Hercules & love affair LP )
We all share the light
It is so freely ours
I pray my friend
Sun comes down easy
Sun comes down easy
I am not a fisherman
But I do know the sea
I say to him
Waves come down easy
Waves come down easy
Waves come down easy
Waves come down easy
The clouds that hang above
They nourish, they feed
I pray my friend
Rain comes down easy
Rain comes down easy
There is a rhythm
She plays her drums her songs
This night will come
This day will end
We must go easy
We must go easy
We must go easy
We must go easy
Walk, walk slowly
Don't run
There is nowhere to get to
Walk, walk slowly
No ???
Stay with your family
Walk, walk slowly
Don't run
There is nowhere to get to
Walk, walk slowly
No ???
Stay with your family
Walk, walk slowly
Don't run
There is nowhere to get to
Walk, walk slowly
No ???
Stay with your family
Walk, walk slowly
Don't run
There is nowhere to get to
Walk, walk slowly
No ???
Stay with your family
This day she gives us
It is a gift
Honor your family
This day she gives us
It is a gift
Honor your family
This day she gives us
It is a gift
Honor your family
Find the rhythm of your love
I live my life on the line between darkness
And borderlined angels hold me and whisper my self loathing
Great force of everlast rumbles like churning mountains
Behind the gores of mother's eye
Behind the gores of mother's eye
Behind the gores of mother's eye
Now my ocean's, my inner lake's, lost in too much water
Close my eyes to see I'm blinded by the salt more
And i'm unable, lost my body, whispers from my past
Cobra opens up a storm looks the two-bit in the eye
What mother, what mother, what mother am I?
Kiss of a child in a bonfire
Kiss of a maggot in a sea of pigs
Kiss of a child with a maggot in his voice
My love unvailed your kindness, hold me, forever rest
Find the rhythm of your love for me
Find the rhythm of your love for me
Find the rhythm of your love
Find the rhythm of your love for me
Find the rhythm of your love for me
Find the rhythm of your love for me
Find the rhythm of your love for me
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
Fistful of Love
( The Lake EP )
I was lying in my bed last night
Staring at a ceiling full of stars
When it suddenly hit me
I just have to let you know how I feel
We live together in a photograph of time
I look into your eyes
And the seas open up to me
I tell you I love you
And I always will
And I know that you can't tell me
And I know that you can't tell me
So I'm left to pick up
The hints, the little symbols of your devotion
So I'm left to pick up
The hints, the little symbols of your devotion
I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love
I feel your burning eyes burning holes
Straight through my heart
It's out of love
It's out of love
I accept and I collect upon my body
The memories of your devotion
I accept and I collect upon my body
The memories of your devotion
I feel your fists
And I know it's out of love
And I feel the whip
And I know it's out of love
I feel your burning eyes burning holes
Straight through my heart
It's out of love
It's out of love...
Forest of love
( You are my sister EP )
I'm a girl
Five years old
God don't take my boy
Give him back
My brother
Murderer or beauty
Don't send him to the slaughter house
Don't send him into water snakes
He needs from the forest
The forest of love
I will live
He can live
Maybe we can be there
Forest is good
Home inside
Safest, warmest bed
Birds drinking
From the stream
Hardened smell of grow
Trees all alive
And will cry
Washed by songs entirely
Don't send him to the ocean cold
Don't send him to the water afraid
He needs from the forest
The forest of love
I'm in the forest of love
I'm in there, the forest of love
Oh the here and now
Oh my brother
Forgiveness
( Elisa feat. Antony )
I'm lost and scared to live this life
I thought I'd always be strong
This rage this dark side I don't want to feel
Lays there, lays there, lays there
There on the bottom inside
Looking lost like a child
But I know that you're mine
We only need
Forgiveness
Our key to the world
Forgiveness
I'm frightened to deserve
Forgiveness
All that we need
It's forgiveness
I am not sure I know
It was the love untaught
Trapped in your mind
So empty with me
A silent stone that struck my heart
While I looked for a sign, a sign
You felt the pain
You felt the fear
But you chose not to see
Made it your destiny
Is it time for
Forgiveness
For we have paid
Forgiveness
Is our key to the world
Forgiveness
For the love untaught
It's forgiveness
I'll be waiting for
Oh only you
Forgiveness
For we have paid
Forgiveness
Is our key to the world
Forgiveness
For the love untaught
Forgiveness I'll be waiting for
Frankenstein
( Hope there's someone EP / Live )
I am falling into a
chasm
I'm falling with you in my arms
No wait, these are your arms
Your arms of love that I'm falling into
Is this a vision of love?
When I was a young boy
Mama said, "You better watch out for the fall."
But now that I'm a grown woman
And I know, I know, I know
I can see the cold
I can see the cold to the place where he is born
Come on baby, let's fall, fall into the chasm
With me, fall into love
Cos I know that the vision, it will never shatter
For as long as i hold onto you in these cold arms
There's something in these eyes too close for comfort
But now that I'm a grown woman
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know the call to the place where it's born
You can see these arms are big and strong now baby
Well I'll prove to you these arms can hold you tight
It's cold, leave baby, it's cold, it's time
This is a vision of love and i'm freezing
I'm falling into cold, come on let's go
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
|
I am falling into a chasm
I am falling with you in my arms
No wait, these are your arms
Your arms of love
That I'm falling into
Is this a vision of love
When I was a young boy
Mama said, 'You better watch out for the fall.'
But now that I'm a grown woman and I know
I know, I know I can see the cold
I can see the cold to the place where he is born
Come on baby, let's fall
Fall into a chasm
With me, fall into love
And I hope that the vision will never shatter
For as long as I hold on to you
These cold arms
There's something in these eyes too close for comfort
Now that I'm a grown woman
And I know, I know, I know
I know the call to the place where he is born
You can see these arms
They are big and strong now baby
Well I'll prove to you these arms
Hold you tight, it's cold, leave baby
Let's go, it's time
This is a vision of love
And I'm freezing and I'm falling in the cold
Let's go, oh my, my, let's go
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
|
Going To A
Town
(Rufus Wainwright feat. Anohni / Folkocracy LP)
But I don't know where I'm going
Searching for that place
It's not inside me
I wonder where I'll go
Don't we always linger
'Cause we know this ain't had no good
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm going to a place that has already been disgraced
I'm gonna see some folks who have already been let down
I'm so tired of America
I'm gonna make it up for all of The Sunday Times
I'm gonna make it up for all of the nursery rhymes
They never really seem to want to tell the truth
I'm so tired of you, America
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I've got a life to lead, America
I've got a life to lead
Tell me
Do you really think you go to hell for having loved
Tell me
Enough of thinking everything that you've done is good
I really need to know
After soaking the body of Jesus Christ in blood
I'm so tired of America
I really need to know
I may just never see you again or might as well
You took advantage of a world that loved you well
I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down
I'm so tired of you, America
I'm making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I've got a life to lead, America
I'm making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I've got a life to lead, America
Making my own way home
Ain't gonna be alone
I've got a life to lead, America
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
( John Lennon cover )
So this is xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry xmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
A very merry xmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
And so this is xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very merry xmas
And a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now
Happy xmas
*** Thanx a lot to
Sonia for this one ***
Hole in My Soul
( Compilation "Not Alone" )
Mama
Mama
Mama
Mama
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
Father
Father
Father
Father
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
Sister
Sister
Sister
Sister
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
There's a hole in my soul
Baby
Baby
Hope Mountain
( Another World EP )
Hope Mountain
Is the place where
The girl first dawned her face
For the crowd
That was gathered
Outside her dark white cave
And then scores of
Soaring eagles
Lift her to the breaking day
We are
waiting
And we're watching
The waters as they sigh
Hope Mountain
Is the place where
The people come to cry
She was born
Like a diamond
Out of the mountainside
She treasures our
Brokenness
And will raise us from the tide |
We laid there
Gently resting
On the golden green
In the falls
Of the foxes
The hungry and relieved
It's time to
Take a wild flight
And let things start again
It's time
To produce what's right
And start to make amends |
Look
Look in the water
Look who it is
It's just Jesus
This time she's a girl
This time she's a girl
How god moved at twilight
( Michael Cashmore "The Snow Abides" feat. Antony )
And God in whose wings
I hoped simple flowers
Oil spread upon the face
Of a wooden moon
The loss
Unreal, empty
The seat the seal
White sheets unbloodied
Proof of touchless dawn
Picked at sunlight
Snow, longing, love and stones
And slip as your dark eyes
Eclipsed me all
You smiled, the pool is empty
Pale form of joy
Without you there's no morning dawn
No arise, no rose lies
Beyond the smudged sky of your eyes
But lilies hide
Like snow fading oceans
Sealife dazzling with tiny lights
As the river is the sea
And is no more
Whilst clouds drift by
While flowers die
God I heard them say is love
I dreamed your eyes reflect my blood
I Defy
( Joan As Police Woman ft. Antony on Real
Life LP, 2006 )
I defy I love your way
How could it be different
I defy I love your way
(well) how could it be different
Now I'm kissing the real you
Now I'm kissing the real you
Will I get through my dark day
Can you hear me
Can you hear me
Ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh
How could it be different
I see the stars around your face
They never seem to hurt at all
The stars around your face
They never seem to hurt at all
Now I'm missing the real you
Now I'm missing the real you
Well, I got through my dark day
Did you fear me
Did you fear for me
Ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh
How could it be different
I don't want to see my baby fall
It's the dawn I feel becoming ever after
This is my matter, dear
I defy I love your way
How could it be different
I defy, I love your way
How could it be different
Well I got to know you today
And I adore you
I adore you
Oh now I'm loving you
Oh now I'm loving you
How could it be different
Oh now I'm loving you
Oh now I'm loving you
How could it be different
Idumea
( With Current 93 )
And am I born to die?
And lay this body down?
And as my trembling spirits fly
Into a world unknown
A Land of deeper shade
Unpierced by human thought
The dreary region of the dead
Where all things are forgot
Soon as from earth I go
What shall become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my fortune be
Waked by the trumpet`s sound
I from my grave shall rise
And see the judge with glory crowned
And see the flaming skies
I fell in love with a dead boy
I find you with red tears in your eyes
I ask you what is your name
You offer no reply
Should I call a doctor
Before I fear you might be dead
But I just lay down beside you
And held your hand
I fell in love with you
Now you're my one, only one
'Cause all my life I've been so blue
But in that moment you fulfilled me
Now I'll tell all my friends
I fell in love with a dead boy
Now I'll tell my family
I wish you could have met him
Now I write letters to Australia
Now I throw bottles out to sea
I whisper the secret in the ground
No one's gonna take you away from me
I fell in love with a dead boy
Oh, such a beautiful boy
I fell in love with a dead boy
Oh, such a beautiful boy
Oh, such a beautiful boy
I'm asking
Are you a boy or a girl
Are you a boy or are you a girl
Are you a boy or are you a girl
Are you a boy
Are you a girl
Are you a boy
Are you a girl
Are you a boy
Are you a girl
*** Thanx a lot to
Dexter &
Myah for this one ***
If It Be Your Will
( Leonard Cohen Tribute )
If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your willIf it be your will
That a voice be true
From the broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing
If it be your will
If there is a choice
Let the rivers fill
Let the hills rejoice
Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well
And draw us near
And bind us tight
All your children here
In their rags of light
In our rags of light
All dressed to kill
And end this night
If it be your will
And end this night
If it be your will
If it be your will
If it be your will
If it be your will...
Imagine
(John Lennon cover / Thank Your For Your Love EP)
I imagine there's no Heaven
It was easy when I tried
No hell below me
Above me only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
I imagine there's no countries
It wasn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join me
And the world will live as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Now I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
India And On Down To Australia
(Laurie Anderson feat. Anohni / Amelia LP)
June seventeenth
Karachi
Black eagles at five hundred feet
Hills roll like carpets down to the water's edge
Southerly winds, a mist, a sudden sandstorm
A sudden sandstorm
Asudden sandstorm
Far below are factories and jute mills
Glaring in the sun
June eighteenth
Gray skies
Gray skies
We land at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta
Streets are wide
White bulls are walking everywhere
Passed the many mouths of the Ganges
And the Brahmaputra rivers
Of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers
The hazy contours of the mountains
Waters of Port Darwin, a vivid green
Boats below are fishing for pearls
Fishing for pearls
Bought a knife
Shipped the parachutes home today
Shouldn't need them anymore
No, shouldn't need them
Not over the open ocean
Where there's no place to land
No place to land
No place to land
Is It
Cold In The Water
(Sophie cover / Moses Sumney feat. Anohni / Transa
LP)
In the water
I'm freezing
I'm burning
I've left my home
Soft ache, me
Earth shaking
I feel alone
Is it cold in the water
Is it cold in the water
I'm falling
(I'm falling)
Depths endless
Worlds turn to smoke
(Worlds turn to smoke)
One hundred years flicker
I kiss the snow
Is it cold in the water
Is it cold in the water
(Is it cold)
Is it cold in the water
(I'm swimming, I'm breathing, evaporating)
Is it cold in the water
(I'm liquid, I'm floating into the blue)
In the water
Is it cold in the water...
I See
Something Shining
(Laurie Anderson feat. Anohni / Amelia LP)
I see something shining
I see something shining
In the distance
Shining
In the distance
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
(Bob Dylan cover / Anohni)
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out all the saints are coming through
It's all over now, Baby Blue
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense
Take what you've gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
This sky, too, is folding under you
It's all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your reindeer armies now are going home
The lover who just walk out of your door
Has taken all her blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you
Forget the dead you've buried, they will not follow you
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew, go start anew
It's all over now, Baby Blue
It's all over now, Baby Blue
I Was Young When I Left Home
( Bob Dylan Cover / With Bryce Dessner on "Dark Was
The Night" LP )
I was young when i left home
And I been out a-ramblin' round
And I never wrote a letter to my home
To my home, Lord
Lord, to my home
And I never wrote a letter to my home
It was just the other day
I was bringing home my pay
When I met an old friend I used to know
Said, "Your mother is dead and gone
And your sisters all gone wrong
And your daddy needs you home right away"
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny on my name
But I can't go home this way
This way, lord
Lord, this way
And I can't go home this way
If you miss the train I'm on
Count the days I'm gone
You will hear that whistle blow hundred miles
Hundred miles, honey baby, Lord, Lord, Lord
And you'll hear that whistle blow hundred miles
And I'm playin' on a track, ma'd come an' woop me back
On them trusses down by Ol' Jim McKay's
When I pay the debt I own to the commissary store
I will pawn my watch and chain and go home
Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord
I will pawn my watch and chain and go home
Used to tell my ma sometimes
When I see them riding blind
Gonna make me a home out in the wind
In the wind, Lord
Lord, in the wind
Make me a home out in the wind
I don't like it in the wind
I go back home again
But I can't go home this way
This way, Lord
Lord, this way
And I can go home this way
I was young when I left home
And I been out rambling round
And I never wrote a letter to my home
To my home, Lord, Lord, Lord
And I never wrote a letter to my home
I Will Survive
(Gloria Gaynor cover / Anohni)
Well, at first I was afraid, I was petrified
I didn't think that I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew stronger and I learned how to get along
And then you're back from outer space
And I just walked in to find you here, that look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have asked you for the key
If I'd have known for just one minute, you'd be back to bother me
Go on now, go, walk out the door
Don't turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I, I will survive
For as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
And I've got all my love to give
And I'll survive
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart
I had to pick up all the pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry but now I hold my head up high
You see me somebody new
I'm not that foolish little soul that's still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in
Just expect me to be free
Baby, I'm saving all my love for someone who's loving me
Just one star
( Hope there's someone EP )
I am just one star caught in a shine
My friends, my mama loves me, but it's not enough
I wanted to be more, more than i could bare
I am just one star born of grace and soon to die
But if i can just learn how to love then i could live
My honey, my little baby, my honey
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
Knockin' on heaven's
door
( Bob Dylan Cover / I'm not there OST )
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, much too dark to see
I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama, wipe the blood from my face
I'm sick and tired of the war
Don't know if it's night or if it's the sun rising high
Scared of knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Landslide
(Fleetwood Mac cover)
I took my love, I took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy
paste is a sin
Oh mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older, too
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older, too
And I'm getting older, too
Oh take my love, take it down
Love Letters
( Ketty Lester Cover / Behold The Lamb Of God Demos
/ 1995 )
Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write
I memorize every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And, darling, then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart
Love Will Come To Be
( Behold The Lamb Of God Demos / 1995 )
When I had nothing left to give is when I started giving
When I had no one left to love is when I started loving
When I had nothing left to feel is when I started feeling
For the first time
For the first time
Listen, listen, listen to me
Love will come to be
Ask the stars in heaven
Lowlands Low
( Traditional / Bryan Ferry Feat. Antony )
Our packet is the island lass
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
There's a laddie howlin' at the main topmast
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
The old man he's from Barbados
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
He's got the name of Hammer Toes
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
He gives is us bread as hard as brass
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Our junk's as salt as a bailer's arse
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
The monkey's raised in a soldier's clothes
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Now, where he got 'em from, no one knows
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
We'll haul 'em high and let 'em dry
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
We'll trice 'em up into the sky
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
It's up aloft that yard must go
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Up aloft from down below
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Lowlands, me boys, and up she goes
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Get changed, me boys, for your shore-going clothes
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Low lands lowlands lowlands low
Manta Ray
(Racing Extinction OST)
In the trees
Between the leaves
All the growing
That we did
All the loving
And separating
All the turning
To face each other
I divide
In the sky
In the the seams
Between the beams
All the loving
And separating
All the turning
To face each other
copy paste is for losers
Without biodiversity
I'm nothing
It's like I never
Existed
Without my home
With no reflection
I cease to exist
And my children
Are dying now
Inside me
All I love
All I know
All I've known
I am dying now
Inside me
My children
My juvenile
( Björk Featuring Antony )
Down the corridor
I send warmth, I send warmth
Down the staircase
I send warmth, I send warmth
Thank you for again
To get to be able
To send warmth, to send warmth
Perhaps I set you too free, too fast, too young
But the intentions were pure
But the intentions were pure
My juvenile
My juvenile
My juvenile
I truly say
You are my biggest love
I clumsily tried to
Free you from me
One last embrace
To tie a sacred ribbon
This is an offer to better the last let-go
This is an offer to better the last let-go
This is an offer to better the last let-go
The intentions were pure
My juvenile (my juvenile)
My juvenile (my juvenile)
My juvenile (my juvenile)
My juvenile
My Lord, My Love
(Thank You For Your Love EP)
The crippled cry, gone astray
In the park or on the lawn
My lord, my love
Take care of those you're dreaming of
My sister put it right
My mind, lock me down at night
My lord, my love
Take care of the ones you say you love
When we were children in the hay
We felt your eyes were upon us
My lord, my love
Help me to remember
My sister put it right
My mind, lock me down at night
My lord, my love
Take care of the ones you say you love
My fear is to put it right
My mind, don't lock me down at night
My lord, my love
Take care of the ones you say you love
Mysteries of Love
( Lyrics by David Lynch, Music by Angelo Badalamenti
/ Live )
Sometimes
A wind blows
And you and I
Float
In love
And kiss forever
In a darkness
And the mysteries of love
Come clear
And dance
In light
In you
In me
And show
That we
Are Love
Sometimes
A wind blows
And you and I
Float
In love
And kiss forever
In a darkness
And the mysteries of love
Come clear
And dance
In light
In you
In me
And show
That we
Are Love
Old Whore's
Diet
( Duet with Rufus Wainwright )
An old whore's diet
Gets me going in the morning
Ain't nothing like it
Gets me going in the morning
To say I love you
Gets me going where I want to
Oh, gets me going
Oh, gets me going in the morning
An old whore's diet
Gets me going in the morning
Ain't nothing like it
Gets me going in the morning
To say I love you
Gets me going where I want to
Oh, gets me going
Oh, gets me going in the morning
Hell, either here or Hell will do
Either here or Hell will employ you
Suicidal assistance
An old whore's diet
One More Try
( My Robot Friend ft. Antony - Dial Zero, 2006 )
I wanna make another start but you never try
I let you get inside my heart but you just pass me by
I scream and fight just to let you know
And every night I dream I'll go
But all I ever seem to do is break down and cry
If you wanna give it one more try
I will always answer when you call
I'll never learn to say goodbye
At all, at all, at all
Every single thing you promise is another lie
But I don't ever want to know so I don't ask you why
You look the part but you let me down
And from the start you just messed around
But something inside my heart won't let it die
If you wanna give it one more try
I will always answer when you call
I'll never learn to say goodbye
At all, at all, at all
If you wanna give it one more try
I will always answer when you call
I'll never learn to say goodbye
At all, at all, at all
*** Thanx a lot to
Billy
& O for this one ***
Paddy's Gone
My wrists hurt
My heart's empty
Paddy's gone
For a long time
Loved that man
Scared without him
Paddy's gone
For a long time
My wrists hurt
My heart's empty
Paddy's gone
For a long time
Loved that man
Scared without him
Paddy's gone
For a long time
My wrists hurt
My heart's empty
Paddy's gone
For a long time
Loved that man
Scared without him
Paddy's gone
*** Thanx a lot to
Tim
& Renata
for this one ***
Perfect day
( Lou Reed Cover )
Just a perfect day
Drink sangria in the park
Then later, when it gets dark
We go home
Just a perfect day,
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later, a movie, too
And then home
Oh it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
Problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
It's such fun
Just a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
Someone good
Oh it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
Poorest Ear
( You are my sister EP )
Lain all dry
My saddest day
Hung till Poole, when worn, ran away
It came cold, feels so good
Treats my soldier for I should
And I cry, they laugh
My soldier's dead
Took all people poor instead
And I cry, they laugh
My soldier's dead
Took off, be born a boy instead
Poorest, poorest ear
Alone for so many years
Slightest chance of falling grace
But so long till you'll be found
Poorest, poorest ear
Pressing On
(Bob Dylan cover / Thank Your For Your Love EP)
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Many try to stop me
Shake me up in my mind
Say, "Prove to me that He is Lord
Show me a sign"
What kind of sign they need
When it all comes from within
When what's lost has been found
What's to come has already been
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Shake the dust off of your feet
Don't look back
Nothing can hold you down
Nothing that you lack
Temptation's not an easy thing
Adam given the devil reign
Because he sinned, I got no choice
It run in my vein
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Well, I'm pressing on
Yes, I'm pressing on
I'm pressing on, I'm pressing on, I'm pressing on
Well, I'm pressing on
Until the higher calling of my Lord
Radio
(Laurie Anderson feat. Anohni / Amelia LP)
Zero-seven-four-zero
Electra calling Itasca
We must be on you, but cannot see you
Itasca to Electra
Cannot hear you
Repeat on six-two-one-zero
Electra to Itasca
Gas is low
We are flying at an altitude of one thousand feet
Do not hear you
Itasca to Electra
We cannot hear you
Do not hear you
Cannot see you
Do not hear you
Electra to Itasca
Cannot see you
We must be near you, but cannot see you
Do not hear you
Broadcast on correct frequency six-two-one-zero
Cannot see you
Itasca to Electra
Cannot see you
Repeat
Cannot, not, not
Electra to Itasca
We are running a line north and south
Cannot see you
Cannot hear you
Cannot hear you
Cannot hear you
Cannot see you
See you
Cannot hear you
Raise Me Up
( Hercules & love affair LP )
My secret love
Keeps me awake at night
My secret love of the man
My secret fight
They took you down
Then took your face down
Then fucked you over and around
You kissed the ground
Oh raise me up
I forgot to dance your name
Oh raise me up
I'll never dance again
You're the one
I waited for your return
I slept with rocks
I slept with stones
Stone was my home
Energy
Life danced right out of me
When my father busted you free
He also killed me
Oh raise me up
To dance upon your head
Oh raise me up
To dance in the holes of your head
Oh raise me up
To dance in the cavities of your eyes
Oh raise me up
To dance in the cavities of your eyes
Oh raise me up
To dance in the cavities of your eyes
You belong, yes you belong
You belong, yes you belong
You belong, yes you belong...
Shake that devil
( Another World EP )
That dog had his way with me
Shake that dog out of the tree
That dog had his way with me
Shake that dog out of the tree
Shake that dog right out of me
That dog, that dog
That dog had his way with me
Shake that dog out of the tree
Shake that dog right out of me
That dog, that dog
That bird came at me with a knife
Told me she wanted my life
Shake that bird out of the tree
So that everyone can see
Shake that bird right of me
That bird, that bird
Shake that bird out of the tree
So that everyone can see
Shake that bird right out of me
That bird, that bird
That pig took everything I had
That pig made me feel so bad
Shake that pig out of the bush
Now let's give that pig a push
Shake that pig right out of me
That pig, that pig
Shake that pig out of the bush
Now let's give that pig a push
Shake that pig right out of me
That pig, that pig
Shake that devil
That dog had his way with me
That dog, that dog
Shake that dog out of the tree
That dog, that dog
Shake that dog, shake that dog
That dog had his way with me
Shake that dog out of the tree
That dog had his way with me
That dog, that dog
That bird came at me with a knife
That bird, that bird
Told me she wanted my life
That bird, that bird
Shake that bird, shake that bird
Shake that bird out of the tree
So that everyone can see
Shake that bird right out of me
That bird, that bird
That pig took everything I had
That pig, that pig
That pig made me feel so bad
That pig, that pig
Shake that pig, shake, shake that pig
Shake that pig out of the bush
Now let's give that pig a push
Shake that pig right out of me
That pig, that pig
Shake that dog, shake it, shake it, shake that dog
Shake that dog out of the tree
So that everyone can see
Shake that dog right out of me
That dog, that dog
Sing for me
( Another World EP )
Mama's lying on the rotten ground
There under the tree
There were the stars in her eyes
And Goldfingers in her hair
And I climbed over the garden wall
Found her swelling in the well
Pulled her out onto the grass
And laid Curlies to her face
To her face, to her face, to her face, to her face
My mama's going to be gone soon
Saw her fall like a fountain of dust
She used to play me around the corner
She chased me to my soft, soft bed
Soft, soft bed, soft, soft bed, soft, soft bed, soft, soft bed
Soft black stars
( I fell in love with a dead boy EP )
Little children snuggle under soft black stars
And if you look into their eyes soft black stars
Deliver them from the book and the letter and the word
And let them read the silence bathed in soft black stars
Let them trace the raindrops under soft black stars
Let them follow whispers and scare away the night
Let them kiss the featherbreath of soft black stars
And let them ride their horses licked by the wind and the snow
And tip-toe into twilight where we all one day will go
Caressed with tenderness and with no fear at all
Their faces shining river gold brushed by soft black stars
And angels' wings shall soothe their cares
And all the birds shall sing at dawn
Blessed and wet with joy
You and i will meet one day
Under the night sky lit by soft black stars
*** Thanx a lot to
Brendan &
Wendy for this one ***
So Young
( The Ronettes / Live )
I have a boyfriend, he says i'm his only one
We want to get married, but we're so young
So young, can't marry him, no
They say our is love is just a teenage affection
But no one knows our heart direction
So young, can't marry no one, no one, no one
I, I, I, I'm so young, so young
I, I, I'm so young, can't marry no one, no one, no one
Gotta go now, cry myself to sleep
This lovin baby who chants blessed to keep
So young and I can't marry no one, no one, no one
No, no, no, no, no one, no one, no one, no
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
Strange fruit
( Live / Billie Holiday Cover )
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Tears tears tears
( Whose are these 7'Vinyl )
Tears, tears falling in line
Tears, tears follow the times
Follow the times' trail
Through the mountains to my grave
Where my mom and dad can see me
Tears, tears for the line
Tears, tears giving me time
Now I must let it go
Maybe I could learn to snow
When mamma rain started to grow
Tearz For Animals
( Duet with Cocorosie)
Do you have love for human-kind
Do you have love for human-kind
Do you have love for human-kind
Poison heart oh I tried to swallow
Pistols, night shears, ghost and gallows
Oh you fell as you climbed like a staircase
Wore me down
Wore me down
Wore me down
Solemn seething my old man
Left me breathing black and blue and tan
Hide the feeling you'll be feeling
When the day turns forever into night
Hope for healing if you're willing
Do you have love for human-kind
(x4)
Orphan girl
Child sing along
Stop the slaughter of our daughters
Poison in the water.
Heart strings broken
Wearily tuned to the moon
Bastard widows bourne the wound
Nameless, faceless black-eyed soul
Slave to sorrow, find your way home
Hope for healing if you're willing
Hope for healing if you're willing
Hope for healing if you're willing
Do you have love for human-kind
Hope for healing if you're willing
Do you have love for human-kind
Hope for healing if you're willing
The dull flame of desire
( Björk Featuring Antony )
Björk :
I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid, sparkling fire
Antony :
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Björk :
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still
Antony :
When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passion's kiss
Björk :
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Antony :
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Björk :
I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid, sparkling fire
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still
When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passion's kiss
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Antony :
Dull flame
Björk :
I see the dull flame of desire
Antony :
I see the dull flame
Björk :
I see the dull flame
Antony :
I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid, sparkling fire
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still
When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passion's kiss
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Antony :
Dull flame
Björk :
I see the dull flame of desire
Antony :
I see the dull flame
Björk :
I see the dull flame
Björk :
I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid, sparkling fire
Antony :
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Björk :
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there's a charm that is greater still
Antony :
When my love's eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passion's kiss
Björk :
Through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Antony :
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire
Björk :
And through the
Downcast lashes
I see the
Dull flame
Of
Desire
The great ocean of time
( Song for Prada )
Swim with me my mama when I dive in the ocean of death
I will cry if I am not with my family
You could be my friend eternally
Swim with me my sister when I dive in the great white ocean
We must try, try to find a way that we can see
See each others faces in the sea
Swim with me my sister when I dive in the great white ocean
We must try, try to find a way that we can see
See each others faces in the sea
*** Thanx a lot to
Berten
for this one ***
The guests
( Leonard Cohen / Live )
One by one, the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The open-hearted many
The broken-hearted few
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
And those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And "welcome, welcome" cries a voice
"let all my guests come in."
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
And all go stumbling through that house
In lonely secrecy
Saying "do reveal yourself"
Or "why has thou forsaken me?"
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
All at once the torches flare
The inner door flies open
One by one they enter there
In every style of passion
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
And here they take their sweet repast
While house and grounds dissolve
And one by one the guests are cast
Beyond the garden wall
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
Those who dance, begin to dance
Those who weep begin
And those who earnestly are lost
Are lost and lost again
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
One by the guests arrive
The guests are coming through
The broken-hearted many
The open-hearted few
No one knows where the night is going
No one knows why the wine is flowing
Oh love i need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Oh . . . I need you now
The Horror Has Gone
( The Lake EP )
The horror has gone, it's become the darkness
The horror has gone, it's become the darkness
The horror has gone, the horror has gone
The fear in my heart has gone forever after
The fear in my heart has gone forever after
The fear has gone, fear has gone
I killed a fish, but I found my baby
I lost my bird and I know it seems crazy
But now I feel we were one
Now I feel we were one, now I feel we were one
The horror has gone, it's become the darkness
The horror has gone, it's become the darkness
The horror has gone, the horror has gone
Horror, the horror, it's gone
The horror, the horror is gone
The horror is gone
*** Thanx a lot to
Jared for this one ***
The Lake
( The Lake EP / Edgar Allen
Poe )
In youth's spring, it was my lot
To haunt of the wide earth a spot
To which I could not love the less
So lovely was the loneliness
Of a wild lake, with black rock bound
And the tall trees that towered around
But when the night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot as upon all
And the wind would pass me by
In its stilly melody
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
Yet that terror was not fright
But a tremulous delight
And a feeling undefined
Springing from a darkened mind
Death was in that poisoned wave
And in its gulf a fitting grave
For him who thence could solace bring
To his dark imagining
Whose wildering thought could even make
An Eden of that dim lake
But when the night had thrown her pall
Upon that spot as upon all
And the wind would pass me by
In its stilly melody
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
My infant spirit would awake
To the terror of the lone lake
Springing from a darkened mind
So lovely was the loneliness
In youth's spring, it was my lot
In its stilly melody
An Eden of that dim lake
An Eden of that dim lake
Lone, lone, lonely...
The snow abides
( Michael Cashmore "The Snow Abides" feat. Antony )
Through the towering streets
Grey flecked with the sun
I am fallen and tumble
Endomed in snow glass orbed Alice eyes
America is dreaming of a restless autumn
Snow abides
When I saw you
My heart arose
Royal black and blue I am not lost
Yet little star
In the doorway I catch a sign
Shuddering still
Oh there is too much, there is too much
And can I
And I cannot, cannot...
Snow abides
When I saw you
My heart arose - ecstatic butterfly
Slipping away
Waving goodbye
Leaving quick silvered fire
In pools on your way
When I exit and I recall your eyes
Leaden depth and dark
Hinting at space
Oh the richness
Too much of everything
And unborn uncreate
To be unborn, to be unborn
To be unborn, to be unborn
Like an angel fallen whilst I saw your eyes
Leaking lights
Follow the clouds drifting like comets
Ten twenty years, where will you sleep?
You move for the sun lie down in blossom
But a body can scarcely hold in
And man may not bear
The gold form angelic
I heard someone whisper
As you ran by me
Waving goodbye
The Wrong Way
(Laurie Anderson feat. Anohni / Amelia LP)
Parachutes, gone
Visibility, none
Wind, blowing the wrong way
The wrong way
July first
Nineteen thirty-seven
Tonight I'm looking westward over the Pacific
The Electra is ready to take off on her longest flight
(Visibility, none)
Twenty-five hundred miles across the open ocean
Parachutes, gone
(Parachutes, gone)
Visibility, none
Wind, blowing the wrong way
(Blowing the wrong, blowing the wrong way)
Time will
( Hercules & love affair LP )
Don't lie to me
Don't make it up
Don't snake it up
Don't snake it up
My friend
Stay with me
Lay with me
Be true to me
Be true to me my love
I cannot ???
I cannot ???
I cannot fall ???
My heart it will not stand a ?
I cannot ???
I cannot ???
I cannot fall ???
My heart it will not stand a ?
Now I'm young
I got nothing to lose
I'm gonna follow
I'm following my muse
You're the older one
You're older by now
You're one got some
You're one got some to prove
I cannot ???
Well it's only me now
I cannot change you but time will
My heart it will not stand still
No it will not stand still
Oh it's all in me
Oh it's all in me now
I cannot change you but time will
My heart it will not stand still
No it will not stand still, no
I cannot hold a half a life
I cannot be a half a wife
I cannot hold a half a life
I cannot be a half a wife
I cannot hold a half a life
I cannot be a half a wife
I cannot hold a half a life
I cannot be a half a wife...
Virgin Mary
Joseph he was a macho man
I tried to make him understand
Even I am a human being -
Not some kind of virginal machine
That night we walked in through the door
He told me he was cold and tired
Then he pushed me to the floor
And once again our love expired
But I'm not gonna cry
I'm gonna bite my tongue and try
To dream of immaculate conception
Angels in the sky taught me how to fly
They sing about immaculate conception
No no no no no
No no no no no no
No no no no no
No no no no no no
He screamed: You name's Mary, mild and demure
From your thighs a baby I'll procure
Your name's Mary, mild and demure
From your thighs a baby I'll procure
Your name's Mary, mild and demure
From your thighs a baby I'll procure
Your name's Mary, mild and demure
From your thighs a baby I'll procure
Immaculate conception
All I wanna do is fly away from you
I just wanna get away from you
Now my Joseph was asleep
I decided to take flight
I called a man with donkey
And fled with my baby into the dark night
I said my name's Mary, mild and demure
From my thighs a baby God's procured
I said my name's Mary, mild and demure
From my thighs a baby God's procured
And I heard him on the horizon: MARY!
And I felt him in my parlour: Mary
And I swore I saw him in the leaves
And I swore I saw him in the leaves
*** Thanx a lot to
Sonia
for this one ***
Where is my power
( Epilepsy is dancing EP )
Where is my power
Is it in the air around me
Is it in my mind
Where is that love that surrounds me
How can I harness all my goodness
And unleash upon the world
Where is my power
I'll take it in the time allowed me
Where is my power
Is it in my mind
How can I harness all my goodness
And unleash it upon the world
I'll take it in the time allowed me
Whose are these
( Whose are these 7'Vinyl )
Whose are these
They are not mine
They must come from some other time
Some other place, long ago
I watched the water drawn from snow
These eyes that wince
Not at my face
They grasp memories I dare not trace
These eyes they cry
Songs I don't know
And yet their tune so copious flow
I stole them from your daughter
I stole them from your mother
These hands of the lost child
Their dreams remain defiled
Their dreams remain defiled
Woman
(Neneh Cherry cover / Anohni / The Versions LP)
You know I've been fortunate
You got to be lucky now
I was just sitting here
Thinking good and bad
But I'm the kind of woman
That was built to last
They tried erasing me
They couldn't wipe out my path
To save my child, I'd rather go hungry
I got all those broken girls inside me
And my blood flows through every boy and every man
In this god-fearing land that delivered me
I cried so many tears, even his eyes can see
This is a woman's world
This is my world
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl
There's not a woman in this world
Not a woman or a girl
Who can't deliver love
In the face of this man's world
I've been born and bred
I've cleaned and I've fed
And for my healing wits
I've been called a witch
I've crackled in the fire
And called a liar
I've died so many times
I'm only just coming to life
This is a woman's world (it's a woman's world)
It's my world (this is my world)
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl
There's no woman in this world
Not a woman or your girl
Who can't deliver love
In the face of a man's world
My blood flows through every boy and every man
In this god-fearing land that delivered me
I cried so many tears, even his eyes can see
This is a woman's world
This is my world
This is a woman's world
For this man's girl
There's no woman in this world
Not a woman or a girl
Who could deliver love
In the face of this man's world
This is a woman's world
This is a woman's
Woman's, woman's, woman's world
This is a woman's world
It's ? world
It's my world
Come on, come on, come on
You gotta give it back down to me
Give what you've stolen, give what you've stolen
Give it back now
If you want what's best for you
If you want what's best for me
If you love me
You give it back to me
You Are The Treasure
(Thank You For Your Love EP)
You are the treasure
You are the dream
You are the one I've been waiting for
You are forever
You are my friend
You are a river of milk to me
You are the treasure
You are the dream
You are the one I've been waiting for
You are forever
You are my friend
You are a river of milk to me
You are the treasure
You are the dream
You are the one I've been waiting for
You are forever
You are my friend
You are a river of milk to me
You are forever
You are my friend
You are a river of milk to me
You Belong
( Hercules & love affair LP )
The lights they call me
Call me to your side
The lights they blind me
They take my sight
Will you restore me
Grace my senses again
The lights they blind me
Soon he descends
You belong to him tonight
There is nothing I can do
You belong to him tonight
There is nothing I can do
You belong to him tonight
There is nothing I can do
With words unspoken
The truth is revealed
Gates fly open
You chance to be healed
How he adores you
Will I be with you my friend
The lights they blind me
Soon he descends
You belong to him tonight
There is nothing I can do
You belong to him tonight
There is nothing I can do
You Stand Above Me
You stand above me
Promising death
I lie alone on my side
Bled slippers at my side
While eternity cycles wildly inside me
You stand above me
Promising death
Promising death while I lie alone on my side
Bled slippers at my side
While eternity cycles wildly inside me
Your eyes close
( Michael Cashmore "The Snow Abides" feat. Antony )
Your eyes close to me by fog
And I awake and arise
As the light in your eyes
Whose heavy lids close on me
My world, my life
They close on me
And I am not
No longer
They open
And I spring up their wish
Like a field of flowers
You close your eyes and I die
You close your eyes and I die
Whilst others in sleep follow lambs
I look at my hands
And count the sun making another scar across my sky
And I close my eyes
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