B i o g r a p h y (by Allmusic.com)
Although they became important figures in the Saddle Creek community of Omaha, NE, Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor made their initial mark in Athens, GA, where they formed Azure Ray in 2001. The two musicians -- both Alabama natives as well as childhood friends -- relocated to Athens after school and combined elements of folk, pop, and light electronica into their 2001 debut album. The next winter, Azure Ray issued the November EP on the Saddle Creek label, sparking a fruitful association with the label and its roster. The sophomore effort Burn and Shiver followed in 2002 and exuded a more serene soundscape, as well as slick production work from Crooked Fingers frontman Eric Bachmann. Fink and Taylor also began lending their help to other albums, from Moby's 18 to Bright Eyes' Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. Meanwhile, they also served as members of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band. A year later, Azure Ray continued their prolific pace by issuing Hold on Love. The album proved to be the duo's last release for seven years, though, and both musicians pursued solo careers in the interim. Maria Taylor put out three full-length albums and one collaborative EP (the latter recorded with her Saddle Creek friend Andy LeMaster), while Orenda Fink released a pair of solo albums, one digital EP, one album with her side project Art in Manila, and another with the short-lived pop duo O+S. Taylor and Fink returned their focus to Azure Ray in 2009, launching a brief tour that year before returning in 2010 with their fourth album, Drawing Down the Moon. In September of 2012, the band's fifth, more electronic-leaning offering As Above So Below arrived.
Azure Ray - 2001-01-16 -
Sleep Displaced Don't make a sound Another week Rise 4th of july Safe and sound Fever For no one How will you survive
Favorite cities The new year Seven days Home How you remember The trees keep growing A thousand years While i'm still young Your weak hands We exchanged words Raining in athens Rest your eyes
The devil's feet New resolution We are mice Look to me The drinks we drank last night Across the ocean If you fall Sea of doubts Dragonfly Nothing like a song These white lights will bend to make blue Hold on love
Beautiful things can come from the dark For the Sake of the Song Hallelujah I Will Do These Things Just a Faint Line Landing Last Summer In Omaha Lucky Sevens Nightfall Nightswimming No Signs of Pain November Other Than This World Palindrome Red Balloon Scattered Like Leaves Silverlake The great escape The Heart Has Its Reasons The Love of Two To This Life Turn Back Now Unannounced Untitled (Live) We Could Wake
Azure Ray
Sleep Fill these spaces up with days In my room you can go you can stay I can't sleep i can't speak to you Now these years locked in my drawer I'll open to see just to be sure I can't sleep i can't speak to you And so i'm reaching out for the one And so i've learned the meaning of the sun And all this like a message comes to shift my point of view I'm watching through my own light As it tints the shade of you Hold my wine hold it in Nobody's lost but nobody wins Displaced It's just a simple line I can still hear it all of the time If i can just hold on tonight I know that nothing Nothing survives Nothing survives I think i'm turned around I'm looking up Not looking down And when i'm standing still Watching you run Watching you fall Fall into me Am i making something worthwhile out of this place Am i making something worthwhile out of this chase I am displaced I am displaced And she's my friend of all friends She's still here when everyone's gone She doesn't have to say a thing We'll just keep laughing all night long All night long Am i making something worthwhile out of this place Am i making something worthwhile out of this chase I am displaced I am displaced It's just a simple line I can still hear it all of the time If i can just hold on tonight I know that no one No one survives No one survives. Don't make a sound You could go anywhere anytime and find someone But how will you know if he's kind The sun is out but happiness Only reminds you of the people you hurt Mistakes that you made when you were down And where are you now You're sweeping up these sorry streets And i knew somehow when you looked up and over me That you could look up these words But you still won't understand They mean nothing to you So write them in the sand And watch the water wash them away You could sit on your front porch And watch the wasps dive down You could go out every night And force cheap beer down You could go all day And not make a sound Another week I wake up each morning Go to work at eight Come home for dinner Time to celebrate So i round up my friends We made it through another week We may not have much But we've got what we need So we go all night Until i see his face Then the party's over This drink has no taste He makes me lonely When he comes around I tried for years to beat this one down I've got all my friends Couldn't ask for more But he makes me lonely When he knocks on my door
Rise Today i'll crawl out of bed I can't stand your shadow is too heavy to lift Maybe we'll go for a ride You said you'd take me nowhere I said that suits me just fine I know you've always been near Whispering secrets i know i'm not supposed to hear Hold your heart with two hands Give it to me only to disappear Look how low i've sunk Don't ask me to rise I'll only lose you when i'm high All alone in the dark Love survives only when we are apart Your voice still sounds in my ears Soft explosions that blossom with the beat of my heart 4th of july We met on that wednesday night I was down but you were so bright I remember that wednesday night so well We played guitar all those afternoons Heard records on the floor of your room I knew that i would fall in love with you When you told me my surprise I looked and asked you why did you tell me now We were sitting in the chair You whispered in my ear Let's go home now I'm thinking of the 4th of july Holding hands looking up at the sky I remember the 4th of july so well I know that you're always with me I feel the strength you're giving me I know this love will never die Safe & sound With every word i live again Through the eyes of another We'll meet at night wet from the rain And surprise each other With how we take away the pain Could you be the one to find me safe and sound Love is how it's lost not how it's found I don't know those eyes But i see beauty there always I know it's wrong to love you from afar But it's a craze You recognize my pain Could you be the one to find me safe and sound Fever Fever i know you've come to take my love Go away Fever i know your face just like a dove Fly away Fever turn the lights out Take a different road Let us be Fever i know you've come to take my love Go away Fever i know in god i shouldn't trust He's so far away Fever turn the lights out Take a different road Let us be Fever take a different route Travel a different road Let us be Fever i know you've come to take my love Go away fly away go away For no one We're the same We're five years old Still trying to change this mold In the open air i'm cold No purpose no reasons told And while i'm waiting for something to say I'm here in vain I picked up this broken key I'll love no one and let no one love me I'll wait for morning before opened eyes No one's crying not yet realized And in the meantime i have nothing to say I'm here in vain How will you survive And the angels had watched over you As you crossed over the bridge And your mother how she wept for you On the day you turned your heart And when your blood is gone how will you survive And your dreams they don't stay in your mind They are hiding in the night And you think that this will be alright Because the lord he was here at one time But when your blood is gone How will you survive
Burn & shiver Favorite cities So it's grey, well so are my favorite cities And we have, we have all the time in the world here We'll just stay tucked in the shade and our eyes they can't be blinded We'll just stay tucked in the shade So it's grey, well so are my favorite cities And the sky on such a memorable night And we have, we have all the time in the world here That's a lie, that's a lie... The new year We pried open my window Let the summer fush in And we laughed with the new air Now i lay and watch the green leaves Dance and whisper sweet breath A promise of a new year On this day, we were born into the new year And after the winter broke We held hands and we ran And we agreed that it had been a long one Seven days They're seven days below us That keep me hovered above the ground And nights just blend into the morning Definition is the first to go down If i were to stay here between us I might forget where i'm bound So i can't stay in between us I guess i'll walk away And here to read the future But forced to breathe out the past And too many conversations To uncover what was purposefully lost Ah Ahh.. And we all look so desperate Showing the guidance that we lack And we used to be so wistful I guess we feel it's safer holding back If i were to stay here between us I might forget where i'm bound So i can't stay in between us I guess i'll walk away
*** Thanx a lot to Ray who corrected a mistake *** Home Just an hour and we'll be home With my family that i chose You're my family And on the pavement still gripping the phone You came and wrapped your arms around my soul And we were shaking and you're so much a part of me And so this is why i'm here When we called you You came so fast And sat beside me while hours and days past I'll always thank you for that And there you were With your heart made of gold So strong, the only thing holding us up And we knew you would always be so close And so this is why i'm here And then there was you You always made us laugh And you would help us to find the right path And there is no one as full of life And so this is why i'm here
How you remember And you tread on the water When you know you can touch the bottom now It's the southern way, said your mother, 'Stay in shallow, shallow water Don't touch the ground' But then a slithering, sliding form Catches you before you reach the shore And as he strikes, full of venom You reach out towards the trouble You've got him now, but how? And you thrust him to the sky Arms raised high, you make a y There is no fear, there is no pain inside As you twist and write This is how you remember yourself Arms raised high, needing no help And ou know you can't keep this steady pose You must release him somehow But as you loosen your hold The fight you felt, it is old It's over now His body, lifeless and cold You throw him down And you raise your arms up to the sky Raised high, you make a y There is no fear, there is no pain inside As the sun still shines on these drying lines This is how you remember yourself Arms raised to heaven, needing no help The trees keep growing I never expected you to love me The way i loved you To have you near Was all I wanted Just to have you near It's funny how you can forget there's a world outside yourself Where the trees keep growing and the cars keep moving Without you there Land it's funny how you can forget there's a world outside yourself Where the one who loves you keeps on living Without you there
A thousand years I'm saving all I'm not giving But it's overflowing, evaporating in the air As I'm walking, I know i'm not breathing, I'm not breathing only air It's filled with words once spoken by people everywhere And i can hear all the whispers that have lived a thousand years It just took me being open for them to reach my eager ears Now they've reached my eager ears And I hope I'll be ready When my light, when my life divides While i'm still young With the brushing of our shoulders I lived a life with you We had a son or daughter who had my eyes And your laughter echoed after you All of this in a brief stare A feleeting glimpse of happiness shared That made our bodies burn and shiver As we passed each other unaware I am not to think of your face, of your name For when i do, you are there Lying next to another I can only wonder Laissez mon coeur vous abondonner Depuis je suis encore jeune Your weak hands You held my hand Led me to the water You pushed me in I went under They were your firm hands That made me falter You held my hand Led me to the altar You wept for me Lord, absolve her They were your weak hands That made me stronger You held my hand Led me homeward I looked for you You were nowhere Holding tight my hand Was my own We exchanged words We exchanged words Through smoke-filled mouths And then we found our bodies Speaking loud And our hearts pressed against the flesh Trading stories Of love's pain Doubt And rivaling insecurities When did we learn to speak without words? And in tongues? Maybe we should just stop here
Raining in athens Still, I think of you, baby And how i grew old with you then And this summer, you'll call-maybe And act as if we were old friends You'd say, 'how are you, baby' I'd say, 'it's raining in athens' And to this day I nurse the fever That spoiled my poor heart And i've mastered the art of dealing Slipping away without falling apart So when this summer, you call-maybe And ask how I've been I can be honest and answer plainly 'Since november, it's been raining' Rest your eyes You said to write you a song So here, this is for you Now as you toss through those lonely nights Just know there is someone thinking of you Everyone is waiting for the timing to be right And we hope it's coming soon So just rest your eyes and then... You'll be in love again We talked and the moon was bright Your words were glowing as they drifted out of sight But now the change of the seasons sets in and nothing, nothing feels just right We fear these nights and then we compromise Yeah, but morning always comes So just rest your eyes and then... You'll be in love again
Hold on love
The devil's feet When i was a child a story was told About the devil and a girl oh so bold He offered her riches, a fortune of gold And lovers abound But she lifted her soul She lifted her soul clean oh clean And like the story was told On a dark country road The same man appeared to me But i reached I reached Through the rain to the devil's feet Now twenty years later to the place i return Where i scorned the angels for a passion that burned There set in the tree a knot twisted and turned The face of a creature hell bound So long ago could my mind have played jokes on me As darkness sets in unavoidable sin The truth i try not to believe That i reached i reached Through the rain to the devil's feet New resolution Follow blind Heavy eyes hold position You were right on time It was a lucky prediction Move on move on It's like the clock is pacing The break of dawn and our hearts are racing Move on move on No there's nothing changing Don't undermine My new resolution Just to find A different light a new direction Move on move on Now the records skipping I won't forget i won't forget the way you said Move on move on There's no point in waiting We are mice It's all in the eyes The reckless way we dream to die Our past is our future The present lies Somewhere between our hearts and minds For those with no future We'll touch hands on the street Smile and keep moving on towards the heat So keep this a secret our lot in life They are elephants we are mice We'll walk this earth somnambulant kin With broken hearts that cannot mend Losers first and second men We'll do our best to blend in You could reach out for my hand and i yours Deliver water to soothe the burn We'll drink our tears and thirst for more It's our lot in life They are elephants we are mice So keep this a secret Keep this a secret We are mice
Look to me Lay your head in my lap Let the sound of my laught comfort you now here in the cold Your face gets wet as the drink slips from my hand The faster i drive the harder i cry don't worry i'll get us there And i look down at you You look up at me We're a real fucked up family We make it home this place is a mess The smell of cologne mixed with all that we own Not much i must confess I hold your hand as you slip from me As i watch your breath i say to myself one day this will all end And i look at you You look at me We're a real fucked up family All night i feel it inside But i know you're right as i begin to pack Without raising your eyes i hear you sigh oh you'll be back Because i look to you and you look to me We're a real fucked up family
The drinks we drank last night Riding on these waves Holding on to what you say Everything will be okay it will work out one way But i've drifted way too far my arms my legs have grown too tired And could you be inspired now i'm just tired And on a swing you push me hard So i'll come back to where you are And you know i'm never far no decisions nothing hard And i knew that it would ring tonight i'll take the bus or the next flight I won't give up on what feels right If you see these tears fill in my eyes It's just the wind that makes me cry If you could feel this pain inside It's from the drinks we drank last night It's from the drinks we drank last night The shadow of our past projects on clouds of dust and gas The ones where my eyes will rest a silhouette of loneliness If you see these tears fill in my eyes It's just the wind that makes me cry If you could feel this pain inside It's from the drinks we drank last night It's from the drinks we drank last night
Across the ocean Now i've travelled across the ocean With the same shoes just longer hair I still carry that picture in my wallet From the photo booth yeah it's still there Just give me some kind of sign Is this the right place Or the right time Now i've landed in the midwest Where you lived so long ago Remember i was always freezing And now i'm covered up in snow Please give me some kind of sign Is this the right place Or the right time
If you fall Let's talk and we'll fill the air with imagery that lasts forever So this is love that's a lovely thought You have to care for it to keep it together If you fall will you get up You're stuck in a dream will you wake up And if you fell in love will you hold on to it And if it's cold will you stay warm You drift too far will you swim towards the shore And if you fell in love will you hold on to it Let's sing and we'll fill the air with melodies that blend together You speak so sweet with words so delicate A glass i hope will never shatter If you fall will you get up You're stuck in a dream will you wake up And if you fell in love will you hold on to it And if it's cold will you stay warm You drift too far will you swim towards the shore And if you fell in love will you hold on to it
Sea of doubts I told them all the ones i love I'm leaving and i may not return See lately i've been overcome A feeling i fear has just begun The pain i feel deep inside That haunts us all that we will die Never really knowing how it feels To be alive Through mountains and over seas Through misery and disease A spectator i played my part But nothing could move this heart Until i held the boys hand The little one spoke like a man He showed me death and said This is how you know you're alive A kingfisher in flight You'll rise above the sea of doubts Into a world full of clouds Alive
Dragonfly Immovable tower come crashing down An uncertain hour in this little town Will you step to the edge Move on in the dark Let a new man have your old heart You could spend your whole life putting blocks back in place With each trebling hand covering up the face That seeks high places Greedy dragonfly So show a new man your old smile Indomitable portrait that hangs in your mind Waiting to be unveiled in your darkest time So step to the edge Move on in the dark Let a new man have your old heart Let a new man have your old heart
Nothing like a song You didn't say the words i would have said You couldn't help the doubt that filled your head It's just an ordinary try We learn to live we live to die Just accept and don't ask why My lips the form a crooked smile Giving a sign of no reply And when you wake up freezing in a room dark and empty Well, just keep singing along I'm not what you write in your books you know i'm nothing like a song And will you answer me i already know I asked you to answer but i already know And can you come back home you already know You don't ask because you already know It's an unfamiliar song You said you'd like to sing along But you couldn't change the key I can't sing it doesn't suit me When i wake up freezing but know half believing It was this i feared Because it's not just the words that you whispered in my ear And will you answer me i already know I asked you to answer but i already know And can you come back home you already know You don't ask because you already know Will you come back home
These white lights will bend to make blue Drive away Just get on the interstate And slip through this closing gate Pulled into this cheap hotel I called just to wish you well You said don't let love break you down Well just show me how and let me never be broken Tomorrow a new point of view These white lights will bend to make blue Now this can all look new to you Are you still living there Walking the streets with your hollow stare You say there's loneliness everywhere So we have nothing to loose The music plays all day long And sorrow looks beautiful And lovers seem mystical Tomorrow a new point of view These bright lights will bend to make blue Now this can all look new to you
Hold on love Hold on love Even when i cry all night Even when i say i don't love you Just hold on love So my head gets a little cloudy And the drink goes straight to my heart The the words come like a runaway train In the dark Just hold on love Even when i scream and fight Even when i swear i don't love you Just hold on tight And when the darkness falls over Like a storm cloud in my head Something inside says it's easier To push you away but stay and Hold on love Even when i cry all night Even when i swear i don't love you Just hold on love Just hold on love Just hold on love
Drawing Down the Moon
Wake Up, Sleepyhead Baby Now I can tell you my secret Don't turn around you might miss it Graceful and proud like a sunset Baby I'm scared to let go if you're leaving All that we see isn't bleeding Hard to believe it was worth it Baby You took my heart I was sleeping Now I don't know I was losing I didn't make reminiscing Wake up Wake up This is only a dream Don't Leave My Mind We can make plans I'll give all I can You were my man On the gold coast sand You can go to New Orleans Take the river front-line But don't leave my mind You can go each day takes you Some place I can't find But don't leave my mind We can break plans I'll keep all I can You'll be my friend And start over again And you can go to New York City Get a place on the east side But don't leave my mind And you can go where no one knows you Where the winter is kind But don't leave my mind And you can go I can't find you There's no space, there's no time But don't leave my mind Don't leave my mind Don't leave my mind In the Fog When the hour is late And all is lost to find Nothing more can absolve Can find its way out tonight To find you I see mist like ghosts Over long these country roads They part their ways for me As I search for my love For you For you Good love I tell my song to find you To find you To find you Find you Larraine It could have been a patch Some say that it was cursed You spent your whole life Trying to wash away the dirt They said that you were nothing With the hands under your skirt So you taught yourself a way With a rag under your shirt Oh Larraine Your daddy loved you wrong While you planted his gun Your mother turned her face Being princess of grace Oh Larraine They left you in the woods To find your way back like a dog You cried in the dark While they drank beers on the lawn Oh Larraine The nightmares wouldn't stop So you drink them to a haze But when you cut the lines They put you away You had a little girl Who had songs about your pain An episode of grace Now she's living in L.A. Oh Larraine Oh Larraine Most of them I never knew But that is just as well Even as I cry for you I know they're all in hell Oh Larraine Don't you know it was all for you, Larraine Everything I did was for you, Larraine 'Cause what they did to you they did to me On and On Again There was wonder underneath the quilted sky Did we stand too close to see the seams at night Can we keep it light Constant hands of time Creeping in too soon I counted thirty seven signs It's probably just my mind What it likes to do Were they out there Were they out there And if I could give this a shot Could you a safe to place our trust into We were their dumbs of bad bad timing All these reminders like the pink sun rising Can we keep it light Constant hands of time Creeping in too soon I counted thirty seven signs It's probably just my mind What it likes to do Were they out there Were they out there And if I could give this a shot Could you a safe to place our trust into Cause I have been lied to And I have been made a fool And I would give this a shot If you would too If you would too And I'll go on and on again On and on again On and on and on And I'll go on and on again On and on again On and on and on And I'll go on and on again On and on again On and on and on And I'll go on and on again On and on again On and on and on Make Your Heart If I can make your heart Feel always loved I would give my whole world up For you to feel always loved If I can make your heart Feel always joy I would walk a thousand miles For you to feel always joy If I could make your heart Feel always loved I'd give my whole world up For you to feel always loved If I can make your heart If I can make your heart Silver Sorrow Sea shining waves Silver sorrow Come tomorrow I'll be out of here It's easy as it came It's tough to swallow That it's gone, gone, gone, Gone, gone, gone, gone Feel the sting of time right to your heart Every turn you try a brand new start See the strangers and the strange way you share Some of none they ever had Crown me queen In the valley of the fire Soft desire Drawing down the moon Fool to complain It won't get better Till you surrender All your main games Feel the sting of time right to your heart Every turn you try a brand new start See the strangers and the strange way you share When you do, you do the best that we can What we do, we do the best that we can Signs In The Leaves I'm a little worried That I killed something inside of me When I let you go Days were dark with you in my mind I thought it best to be free And now the birds don't sing And the trees don't speak And I don't see signs in the leaves Anymore I'm a little worried That I killed something inside of me When I let you go It's a stranger's eyes that won't meet mine. There's nothing left there to divide 'Cause the birds don't sing And the trees don't speak to me And I don't see signs in the leaves Anymore I'm a little worried I'm a little worried That I killed something inside of me When I let you go When I let you go When I let you go Love and Permanence Oh I wanted love and permanence You wanted the night When the stars fell to their death And now I'm in the city Where the lights burn so bright That I don't have to see them ever again But I miss them I know it breaks their hearts Oh, just how far I had to go From this place I came from Darkness illuminated one Our eyes missed a terrible love pass away Assuring you things So break my heart Oh break my heart Oh break my heart Oh break my heart again Oh break my heart Oh break my heart Oh break my heart Oh break my heart again So that I might see Shouldn't Have Loved Young girl by your side She asks no questions So you don't lie How effortless it can be She feels lucky And you are free Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved you that way Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved you still Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved you that way You that way, you that way Now it's meant to use Do they know you still come here Day gives into night And I'm guilty of wanting light Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved me that way Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved me still Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved me that way Me that way, me that way Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved you that way Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved you still Shouldn't have loved Shouldn't have loved you that way You that way, you that way You that way Dancing Ghosts This first winter I can't pretend that I didn't know what you were When you walked into my door These hours that I stare into a lantern red I hear the train at night give promises of light Was I loved enough To believe in us Silhouettes Dancing ghosts As that goes through my mind Falling far behind I knew it would end this way But I chose it anyway Was I taken up To your empty god Your haunted voice Singing ghost If you think of me Since spotting memory Just don't, don't Was I lost enough To believe in us Silhouettes dancing Was I taken up To your empty god Your haunted voice Singing If you think of me Since spotting memory Silhouettes dancing Silhouettes dancing Ghosts Walking In Circles Sinking eyes Heavy spirit, your drifting mind Weave the middle of the passing time Hoping we would never show it So these words from your mouth I thought I was strong until my strength wore out I was chasing this shadow's end I didn't create it It was long long long enough I lost sight of what it's worth It was long long long enough Do you want to be named In the end as a hunter or game You're hurt or your hurt is the same There's still part of me tired And where have you been Did you look did you take it all in Are you walking in circles again Like you lost the horizon It was long long long enough I was lost in a flash of light It was long long long enough Long long long enough
Lonely Girls (Bonus Track - Vanessa Carlton) Lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Heavy blankets Heavy blankets Heavy blankets Cover lonely girls Sweet sad songs Sweet sad songs Sweet sad songs About lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Pretty hairdos Pretty hairdos Pretty hairdos Worn by lonely girls Sparkly rhinestones Sparkly rhinestones Sparkly rhinestones Shine on lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls Lonely girls I oughta know I oughta know I oughta know About lonely girls
Swallowing Swords How do you say goodbye And when will you know there's more What can you tell me now Can you show me where it hurts When did you leave home Where are you going Will you know it when you see it How does it end Your destruction Is coming into being What do you keep repeating How does it begin again How do you say hello When you know there's no more What do you dream about When you're not swallowing swords When did you leave home Where are you going Will you know it when you see it How does it end Your destruction Is coming into being What do you keep repeating How does it begin again Again Will you know it when you see it (Will you know it when you see it) Will you know it when you see it (Will you know it when you see it) Will you know it when you see it Will you know it when you see it (Will you know it when you see it) Will you know it when you see it (Will you know it when you see it) Will you know it when you see it
Bad Dream Oh it only takes a second to fall into a fantasy And oh I'll tell you what you wanna hear Just know it isn't happening Still I don't know if I'm imagining And oh all these conversations circle 'round like a carousel Oh here we're going down again This time I'm gonna wish you well And watch as it gets spun into a memory Would you even know a bad thing When you're stuck inside a bad dream Would you even know a bad thing When you're stuck inside a bad dream Would you even know Would you even know Would you even know if I said Said "wake up" And oh I guess you saw the light And I must have been half asleep Oh these curtains I had gotten You can see them perfectly But even I don't know what is happening Would you even know a good thing When you're stuck inside a bad dream Would you even know a good thing When you're stuck inside a bad dream Would you even know Would you even know Would you even know if I said Said "wake up" And you seem like Someone I could almost count on Something's not right Something I can put my finger on Would you even know a bad thing When you're stuck inside a bad dream Would you even know a bad thing When you're stuck inside a bad dream Would you even know Would you even know Would you even know if I said Said "wake up"
Phantom Lover Where can I see the stars at night Where can I be held by the moonscapes Phantom lover says, "Baby, it's all right" And I take her hand in darkness Where can I drown the whole noon Of a thousand hearts breaking Where can I hear you whisper in my ear Like the god you will become Baby, it's all right Baby, it's all right Where can I taste the nectar of love Sweetened like honey To erase the fear of the bitterest pill That our hearts were meant to break You say, baby, it's all right Baby, it's all right It's all right It's all right I hold the love, but it's just a line That runs down each of our spines I may not trust it too much But I'm willing to let it smile When you say Baby, it's all right Baby, it's all right It's all right It's all right It's all right It's all right
Already Written Here I'm somewhere in between these feelings They come back to me when I'm sound sleeping How I miss those days And I know I'm not, I know I'm not done living There's things that I started, I still have to finish But how do I navigate And so I'm reaching out to myself I'm not calling out to anybody else And I've made my peace with the sun And all we've got is what we've done And my heart still skips when your name gets mentioned My love won't die, it just changed its intention And that's how it will stay And I'm somewhere in between what I do and what I'm thinking I want to get it right, I don't stop believing But somehow I hesitate And so I'm reaching out to myself I'm not calling out to anybody else And I've made my peace with the sun And all we've got is what we've done I'm never biting my tongue, I'm never great with decisions Got a lot to be desired but I've never asked for permission Thank God I was raised this way And I'm somewhere in between what I hear and when I listen I try to write it down but it's already written How I miss those days
Remedy I stand alone in an empty room Scared to stay, scared to move Little beasts clawing at my door I call for peace, they call for war You seem honest enough But I need to be sure You're not one For all the devils that dance Under the sun You're a remedy Or there's none I visit my cold tendencies A secret grave in a cemetery A yellow rose for my old heart I feel it stop, I feel it start Every moment is like A different performance, right And when the curtain goes down Will you take the poison There's a remedy Or there's none You seem honest enough But I need to be sure That you're kind For all the devils that dance Under the sun You're a remedy Or there's none You're a remedy Or there's none You're a remedy You're a remedy
Desert Waterfall Anything is possible Sometimes we fight to feel alive If we forget what we're dreaming for Till we lose our way, I'm sure Till we lose our way, I'm sure And if you think about it long enough You'll question everything you know That's why I go chasing storms Just to feel the wind blow Just to feel the wind blow We'll never be as free as we used to be But they say roots will give you strength So I'm waiting And all the children want from us Is just to be loved And I guess I never outgrew it 'Cause I still want some I still want some And I walked for miles to see The desert waterfall And, baby, I have seen a lot But I wanna see it all I wanna see it all We'll never be as free as we used to be But they say roots will give you strength So I'm waiting I'm waiting Finally is fine with me I'm gracefully falling down Hold this tear like a souvenir That I feel anything at all makes me proud That I feel anything at all makes me proud We'll never be as free as we used to be This worry from my eyes was taken by surprise And I was ready I'm ready Grow What You Want And How Wild Reach harder You're open and You're calm like water That's shifting sand Don't I love you Don't you care Everything I ever knew was you Reach mountain From the ocean and rise Split earth and [?] broken pavement Grow what you want And how wild, how wild Don't I love you Don't you care Everything I ever knew was you It's been a long, long, long time Don't I love you Don't you care Everything I ever did was for you Reach mountain and rise Grow what you want and how wild The Swan The house curtains rise, we were standing there Two little girls, flowers in our hair We knew what we'd find, we were mesmerized Then the curtain fell and we realized Oh-oh-oh, another fight for the waking life Did you lose your way, was it a sacrifice It's impossible to understand What tore your fingers back from your clenched up fist You closed your eyes with confidence It's impossible to understand I think of the dance, the dying swan Why they added it to the story line Her movements, her grace, they were beautiful In her wilting arms lay her power Oh-oh-oh, another fight for the waking life Did you lose your way, was it a sacrifice It's impossible to understand What tore your fingers back from your clenched up fist You closed your eyes with confidence It's impossible to understand And, oh, we'd met a lifetime ago I'll see you somewhere I don't know Yeah, you could do anything But you have something to lose To lose Oh-oh-oh, another fight for the waking life Did you lose your way, was it a sacrifice It's impossible to understand What tore your fingers back from your clenched up fist You closed your eyes with confidence It's impossible to understand 29 Palms Broken like a mirror With pieces of you and me Reflecting light fissures Trial of the century They stand at the forefront Frothing and philistine Before the sun sets you'll forget You were fashion in spring You can only be hurt by what you love Life after dance, a modern cause Before the sun sets, you'll die with your dance When they send (send, send, send) palms (palms, palms) Over twenty-nine palms (send, send, send) palms (palms, palms) She was sky at the door I wanted to see how he'd changed The walls were all there but four holes Where my painting should hang A ruin of pay per month No longer at this address We haven't done much, she said Aware of the emptiness You can only be hurt by what you love Life after dance, a modern cause Before the sun sets, you'll die with your dance Have you sent (send, send, send) palms (palms, palms) Over twenty-nine palms (send, send, send) palms (palms, palms) Home is the place You can never go back when you leave Guys tending the flowers While you're out pulling the weeds You can fly back to town And hang out like a ghost in a sheet But what is the point When you can no longer be seen? You can only be hurt by what you love Life after dance, a modern cause Before the sun sets, you'll be smoking again When they send (send, send, send) palms (palms, palms) Over twenty-nine palms (send, send, send) palms (palms, palms) You'll know which one to rest When they greet them with a kiss
I Don't Want To Want To Ice soften though I crave Often how we fought for that Inside part of me has died But I haven't photographs Could love Keep us from changing Could love Keep us from fucking this up Could love In time we won't recognize The underlying sentiment Folk stories of our lives And frozen black and white portraits Could love Keep us from changing Could love Keep us from fucking this up Could love Baby, I don't want to want to give it up...
Non Albums Tracks
Beautiful things can come from the dark
( Saddle Creek 50 compilation CD - 2002 ) Someone else's boy You've had it so hard Will you grow up to be you Or a sum of your parts Just hanging in the air Someone else's boy Tell me your convoluted stories Through your half-rotten mouth I will decipher them To tell the world of your heart How beautiful things can come From the dark Oh, boy... Someone else's boy I have seen your face Light in the stars It was then I knew That your heart was pure That it had not yet been destroyed Oh, no... Someone else's boy I have hope for you That you will keep your love for the world Even though it beats you down Every day For the rest of your stay Oh boy... If you could sweep up the pieces And watch them swirl You could even find love in the arms Of someone else's girl Someone else's boy Though your life has been short You've seen more pain Than most of us know If you make it through this Vacuum up the mess Smile to yourself lying On your nice new clean floor
*** Thanx a lot to Laura for this one ***
For the sake of the song (November EP)
Why does she sing these sad songs for me, i'm not the one To tenderly bring her soft sympathy i've just begun To see my way clear it's plain, if i stop i will fall I can lay down a tear for her pain, a tear and that's all. What does she want me to do? She says that she that knows moments are rare I suppose that it's true And on she goes to say i don't care when she knows that i do. Well, maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song And who do i think that i am to decide that she's wrong. She'd like to think i was cruel, She knows that's a lie for i would be No more than a tool If i allowed her to cry all over me. Oh my sorrow is real even though i can't change my plans If she could see how i feel then i know she'd understand Does she actually think i'm to blame? Does she really believe that some word of mine could relieve all her pain? Can't she see that she grieves just because she's been blindly deceived By her shame? Well, maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song And who do i think that i am to decide that she's wrong. I know nothings what it seems, maybe one day she'll start to realize That if she abandons her dreams then all the words she can say are only lies When will she see that the gain is only to lose? All that she offers me are her chains, and i got to refuse. But it's only to herself that she's lied She likes to pretend it's something that she should defend, with her pride And i don't intend to stand here and be the friend from whom she must hide. Well, maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song And who do i think that i am to decide that she's wrong. Well, maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover) Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do ya It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Your faith was strong, but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Baby, I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you And I've seen your flag on the marble arch But love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah There was a time you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me, do you Well, I remember when I moved in you And a holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you And it's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I will do these things
(November EP)
I will take your childhood dreams And turn them into to beautiful film I will take your most important things Cast them gold fill a mueseum So your heart doesn't know where mine's been I'll never let your heart go where mine's been I will kiss away every tear They'll disappear in my mouth And i will believe in all your fears You let them in, i'll let them out And put them in their place, my love So your heart doesn't know where mine's been I'll never let your heart go where mine's been I'll never let your heart go where mine's been
Just a faint line
I called you on the phone I said i was confused and in a daze You said this uncertainty one day i would crave So i wrote down exactly how i wanna live And now it's a promise i'll never give And it's a faint line I'll trace to recreate A semblance of love Of some stability It's just a faint line I'll trace to recreate A semblance of love Of some stability It's just a faint line I'll trace to recreate A semblance of love Of some stability It's just a faint line I'll trace to recreate
Landing ( Moby featuring vocals by Azure Ray - 18 B-sides LP & XxX Ost ) Thick black soul Moving slow, moving close to you This life I don't know It seems kinda sick to me Hold each other tight Walking through to my destiny This glitter in my eye Catches light, catches sympathy This glitter in my eye Catches light, catches sympathy Your lips are moving but I can't hear what you say Stars are falling but you still feel the same way This shield What is real Is believing
*** Thanx a lot to Billy for this one ***
Last Summer In Omaha (Waves EP) The Christmas nights have full expired And last year's tree is in the fire Spent the summer in Omaha With no reason at all All those years spent on a road Just sending notes don't mean much anymore A compass no longer shows You, the true North Everybody needs a reason to wake up enough Everybody needs a reason to wake up enough Smoke and gin it's all pretend That I don't know there's something killing me As my friends start their families I should be happy but I'm grieving I call you loose but the truth is I don't know my own way anymore I see the ones with ambition won And it's like losing a hundred wars But I'm too selfish and mean To give up on the dream But what is the dream You tell me You tell me Into disappearing season my time has come I'm still looking for a reason to wake up enough The Christmas lights have full expired And last year's tree is in the fire The last summer in Omaha With no reason at all
Lucky Sevens
(from The Amos House Collection, volume III) Before I hit, hit the floor I'll vow to drink even more To cool my blood, make it mud (I'm) moving thick and slow So my head and heart, they don't know They once had a past together Oh this life will always pin you down And I know I'm losing at my own pace With my beer (?) okay, lucky sevens Oooohhh.... Drink me.
*** Thanx a lot to Rebecca for this one ***
Nightfall ( B-side to Drowning Down the Moon ) Oh the new year, it started with our friend He met up with his end and we will miss him And now his daughter, his little honeymoon She'll have to live on memories and music But memories, they come and they go And even the good ones leave sorrow So love me now and love me hard 'Cause there's something in this wind that's blowing through I'm praying to God every night That he doesn't let it take me away from you This wind that's blowing through This wind that's blowing through I used to think that I knew what love was Back when I was young, I was mistaken And now I know exactly what it is How can it be a gift when it will be taken? So pull it close and hold it tight Here it comes again, the nightfall Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Oh love me now and love me hard 'Cause there's something in this wind that's blowing through I'm praying to God every night That it's not coming for me or you This wind that's blowing through This wind that's blowing through This wind that's blowing through
*** Thanx a lot to Sergej for this one ***
Nightswimming (R.E.M cover / Waves EP) Nightswimming deserves a quiet night The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago Turned around backwards so the windshield shows Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse Still, it's so much clearer I forgot my shirt at the water's edge The moon is low tonight Nightswimming deserves a quiet night I'm not sure all these people understand It's not like years ago The fear of getting caught Of recklessness and water They cannot see me naked These things, they go away Replaced by everyday Nightswimming, remembering that night September's coming soon I'm pining for the moon And what if there were two Side by side in orbit Around the fairest sun Bright, tight forever drum Could not describe nightswimming
No signs of pain (November EP)
Standing in front of you They fade into the wall And leave behind nothing Nothing at all I know i don't understand how they forget How some will just pass us by And take what they can get I know i don't understand how weightless they must be Without feeling Without feeling Without feeling Grasping with my fingernails As they tear through your skin Leaving no signs of pain No wounds to mend I know i don't understand how they forget How some will just pass us by And take whay they can get I know i don't understand how weightless they must be Without feeling Without feeling Without feeling I know i don't understand how they forget How some will just pass us by And take whay they can get I know i don't understand how weightless they must be Without feeling Without feeling
November (November EP)
So i'm waiting for this test to end So these lighter days can soon begin I'll be alone by maybe more carefree Like a kite that floats so effortlessly I was afraid to be alone Now im scared thats how id like to be All the faces none the same How can there be so many personalities So many lifeless empty hands So many hearts in great demand And now my sorrow seems to far away Until i'm taken by these bolts of pain But i turn them off and tuck them away till these rainy days that make them stay And then i'll cry so hard to these sad songs And the words still ring, once here now gone And they echo through my head everyday And i dont think they'll ever go away Just like tihnking of your childhood home But we cant go back were on our own Oh, But i'm about to give this one more shot And find it in myself Ill find it in myself So were speeding towards that time of year To the day that marks your not here And i think i'll want to be alone So please understand that i dont answer the phone I'll just sit and stare at my deep blue walls Untill i can see nothing at all Only particles some fast some slow All i can see is all i know Ohh.. But i'm about to give this one more shot And find it in myself I'll find it in myself
Other than this world
Somethings wrong you say I looked into those eyes a hundered times a day Those deep blue wells so vague Elusive as christ until the day The secrets spilled into my room Down the phone line into view I've waited all my life to know Why our light is gone Our white light that's home Maybe love and peace are waiting for us Somewhere other than this world At least we pray La la la la la... I'll write you and in my dreams I'll lay on your chest to muffle your screams And all the love i see i'll hold it close to me In hopes that one day our secrets will be free But now our light is gone Our white light that's home Maybe love and peace are waiting for us Somewhere other than this world So we pray La la la la la...
Palindrome (Waves EP) Once in a lifetime chance Or a harvest of experience And life runs its course, I guess But there's an essence An existence And it's no small price To wait your whole Life until you know If I could love you better If we could see what we'd become Walking around like strangers And I love some palindrome And time it shines Like a searchlight I'll give my entire life To get it right It's no small price To wait your whole Life until you know If I could love you better If we could see what we'd become Lost in these halves of mirrors In this small town carnival I'll be on your side better I'm still on your side On your side If I could love you better If we could see what we'd become
Red Balloon (As Above So Below EP)
Your eyes like mine Took me by surprise Like summer rain Knocked down, heart pounds But my head keeps spinning I'll give all the love I've been saving up I'll hold the red balloon as I fall deeper with you You've got to know you bring joy to everything Even the weeping willow tree Still proud I'm out Out of this tired and lonely game First time in my life I see my faith unfolding Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I'll give all the love I've been saving up I'll hold the red balloon as I fall deeper with you You've got to know you bring joy to everything Even the weeping willow tree The light that came to us without a warning We can't control the steady pace of morning I'll give all the love I've been saving up I'll hold the red balloon as I fall deeper with you You've got to know you bring joy to everything Even the weeping willow tree
Scattered Like Leaves (As Above So Below EP)
If you could guess how the world will end Would pockets of dreams Be emptied in two co-end And scattered like leaves We'll be right at the bar And everyone looks like someone you used to know In the fog of city And how could you love And how could you forget so quickly Where you were, when you loved me, and you loved me Hurts Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Is love everywhere Is sadness everywhere So I'll keep moving I keep moving on If you could guess how the world will end Would pockets of dreams Be emptied in two co-end And scattered like leaves Was it the way that you woke And the hat that you wore or maybe that laugh You're overly friendly But it's so strange and you must remember There's love everywhere There's sadness everywhere So I'll keep moving I keep moving
Silverlake (feat. Sparklehorse) Reaching for the one Hold onto what you love Like we used to Like we used to Laughing all night long For the sake of the song Like we used to Like we used to Just when we thought we had seen it all Ganges lights and frozen waterfall And every day we wanted more and more Don't let life bring you down Find you safe and sound Like we used to Like we used to Do do do do Do do do do Like we used to Like we used to Just when we thought we had seen it all Ganges lights and frozen waterfall And every day we wanted more and more Just when we thought we had seen it all Ganges lights and frozen waterfall And every day we wanted more and more Like we used to Like we used to Like we used to
The great escape ( Moby featuring vocals by Azure Ray - 18 LP ) I'll use a lock that has no key Bind you with chains That no one else can see Let the water creep over your face I'll send it in waves Just to watch you perform the great escape How long can you hold your breath While you hold mine again and wait Just to watch you perform the great escape I'll pull your arms tight behind your back Use myself as weight And wonder while you fade How long can you hold your breath While you hold mine again and wait Just to watch you perform the great escape
The Heart Has Its Reasons
(As Above So Below EP) While you were searching for your Gods I was walking through the dark Trying to find a way To make you stay With me But I'm no match for your Gods They have something I have not The promise of a perfect love That I can't need Rob from always on the run dot net Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sinis so bad and copy paste is a sin I loved you more I know that now You can't change natures wishes And she wishes While you were searching for your Gods I turned my back on us Trying to leave you be So you could find your way Back to me
The Love of Two
( The Drinks We Drank Last Night EP ) So you choose the one whose Body you want to feel loose It's shape beneath your hands And then daydreams of the future Become peaceful nights of slumber Waking only To pull each other closer And when the sky darkens We won't be afraid And when the wind ascends With all that we've made To each other we'll hold Eyes closed tight While all that we've made is swirling And smashing through the night With all else gone We step back and smile And watch our eyes In each other's eyes Standing where our home once stood A Nebraska sun Showing life the love of two
To This Life
(As Above So Below EP) Oh, you share the secret you could not live with But my mind's eye, it will outlive my forgiveness It's still alive in my mind Searching for redemption on a bed of lies Show respect, some sense of tribute to a higher sign Or turn a blind eye It's still alive in my mind Step outside, these weeping clouds are breaking up Beating down, it pours like sound from a golden cup Hand me this lot I'll give it all I've got All it brings I'll give everything To this life
Turn Back Now (Ben Lee feat. Azure Ray / A Mixtape From Ben Lee LP) Heartbreak on a heartbreak Snow falls on a snow I put my arm around your Seventh Street Are we going home Standing in your fire Walking to your car The stars are unaligned How things come this far But it's all right And I won't back down 'Cause it's too late To turn back now Breaking every promise Looking for evolution and belief I brought the English language To places language never should reach But it's all right And I won't slow down 'Cause it's too late To turn back now Heartbreak on a heartbreak Snow falls on a snow I put my arm around your Seventh Street Are we going home
Unannounced
(As Above So Below EP) Always knew you'd come unnanounced And with the placing of your hand On my back as I stand Always knew you'd come in a dream She told me it would be And I believed that old gypsy That it would be I believed She told me in a dream That it would be And like a bird who wants to fly Where the days are warm And the sun stays in the sky Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin You make your way back to this heart It's the only way that we will survive This is how I say Goodbye Every moment we're apart Brings us closer to The time that we will meet again And until then, I'll look for you And listen for your voice In every crowded room And wait for the touch of your hand While I'm standing in my circle of friends
Untitled ( Live ) (Live at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Ga; 4/19/01) It was me who called and hung up But you already knew, like you always do Just like I know you're just happy it's over now Well I guess I am too I just wish we could pass on the street And meet again-for the first time But this time as friends And I know how you hate to hear me cry And that's why I don't come around anymore I still believe in The greatness of life There's nothing I would change Except this thing We would pass on the street And meet again for the first time This time as friends And we would say everything We said then- but this time We'd just stay friends
We Could Wake
(As Above So Below EP) We saw on the news today Now just brace for the fall Our fate is in the faith of yesterday's We could wake This all could be gone And through that open window We see the shadows face the light Are they coming for our lives Are you a merciful soldier Your prayers echo through the night But why repent if this is right We saw there are dues to pay We're just caught in the fire In the sky helicopters make flames Now just wait For the calm Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And through that open window We see the shadows face the light Are they coming for our lives Are you a merciful soldier Now you've looked me the eye Are you going to let me die We saw on the news today Now just brace for the fall Our fate is in the faith of yesterday's We could wake This all could be gone We saw on the news today Now just brace for the fall Our fate is in the faith of yesterday's We could wake This all could be gone