B i o g r a p h y (by Official Site)
Philadelphia based Daughter Darling is breaking out of the conventional idea of a "band" itself. Coming from two seperate worlds, Indianapolis born Natalie Walker, and Philadelphia based producers, Travis and Stephen Fogelman collided to form as one. Out in the midwest, Natalie's background as a folk/funk vocalist grounds her deeply in acoustic roots. On the east coast in Philadelphia, Stephen and Travis worked closely with hip hop artists, sketching out their early beginnings over a decade ago. Older brother Stephen started spinning hip hop at age 13, and younger brother Travis began experimenting with sampling and producing drum and bass in 1994. Growing angry with the negative direction of hip hop, the duo began to turn elsewhere for their inspiration. The brothers needed a catalyst for their cauldron of dark and haunting hip hop style beats. Heroines taming the gritty hip hop beats guided such groups as Portishead and Sneaker Pimps into unknown territories. Their influence would alter the brothers direction into so called "trip hop". After auditioning many female vocalists, no chemistry happened. Answering a web page ad for a singer wanted, Natalie Walker had downloaded the music for "Sad And Lonely" and recorded the vocals the next day. A beautiful partnership had blossomed. A year later, Natalie, frustrated with school and her lust for a full time music career, left college and moved to Philadelphia. Working with classically trained musicians, and adding the raw elements of scratching and sampling, Daughter Darling brings a new style of trip hop. Natalie's voice brings it all together with her intensely personal writing style and dynamic vocals.
Broken bridge Shattered Let me speak Absconding Mermaid Sad & Lonely Things untold Voodoo Games You won't see me Sweet shadows Dust in mind Colorblind (Bonus Track)
Sweet shadows
Broken bridge All my rooms are filled with musty dust Time has taken all that I possess I never know if to laugh or to scream To hate or to believe How could you walk across that broken bridge All their eyes followed as you so gracefully lived And I tossed myself behind your feet You cursed me Falling through your sphere All I know is you and here Your tongue is fire when you speak But you make me sing Your love makes me sing All my spaces are filled with you With all the colors in the world yours had to be blue And I'm breaking through your shameless ways I can't refrain Your hair is messy Your frown is soft You try to be harsh but you know you're so loved I will toss myself down at your will You know you kill Falling through your sphere All I know is you and here Your tongue is fire when you speak But you make me sing Your love makes me sing How could you walk across that broken bridge
Shattered He drags his pretty razor Across his tired skin He does the world a favor His pain leaks His freedom begins The can't feed from his torment anymore Cause all his torment is feeding the floor And he smiles as he says good-bye He says good-bye She sees the city all in one blink Where is her exit from this loneliness? He's in the crowd she knows her heart begins to sink Will she hear his love confessed? Hear his love confessed Love isn't free within this hateful world There's a price to pay with every slam of her door And when it's over she's never satisfied She says good-bye I can't live knowing What this world has to offer to me Cause in the end it doesn't matter In the end it's all shattered Shattered Good-bye
Let me speak You said you'd go You said you'd go 'Cause she's changing your life Now you're changing your mind Take one long at my face and then my eyes Look deeper now And you'll see all your lies inside 'Cause I can't take the abuse Of a fairytail I never knew My heart will hang you from your toes Once your lover now your foe I was your lover now I'm your foe I'm gonna talk Now let me talk I'm gonna speak my mind A sight so new Your tears fall through I'd be crying too if I was you Let me make this short I'm gonna make this sweet While I walk out your door 'Cause I can't take the abuse Of a fairytale I never knew My heart will hang you from your toes I was your lover now Im your foe I'm gonna leave because you won't This love to you has been a joke I'm out of touch, my heart is broke I've found with you theres no hope
Absconding In the visions of the dark night I have dreamed of joy departed But a waking dream of life and light Hath left me brokenhearted There it goes away it goes In the night it slips away There I leave all that I loathe Escape before the day breaks That holy dream, that holy dream While the world were all chiding Cheered me as a lovely beam A lonely spirit guiding Spirit guiding
Mermaid
I live where you can't see me Hiding away in the shadows of the deep I swim into the bottom of your world For every space I cross I see a thousand pearls I breathe what I know you fear All the sounds I love, you will never hear I know what it is that turns beneath your feet Floating on the surface of my enchanted sea Close your eyes and take my hand Hold your breath as long as you can We'll leave behind the storms above And swim into the seas of our love Your skin is pale and not the shade of mine Your eyes are darker than the blackest midnight tide I can't resist from taking you with me Becoming what it is that all young children dream You have to leave as soon as you awake You're eyes will open then this dreamy spell will break Know when you leave that I'll be waiting here Waiting for your sleep so I can re-appear Sad & Lonely Did they tell you I was boring Do you know where to order the next morning There is no guarantee, no guarantee That when you wake up You'll be able to breath So I'll throw you moonbeams I'll make you Kick and scream Oh then baby I'll I'll make you smile Then I'll make you bleed Sad and lonely Sad and lonely Don't you look so sad You know it cant be that bad Just consider it to be Just another way you'll see me Did you forget your place of ambition I've seemed to move you from your only position Your position You're so afraid of my reality 'Cause it burned your eyes Makes you sad and lonely Sad and lonely Sad and lonely So I'll throw you moonbeams I'll make you kick and scream Oh then baby I'll make you smile And then you'll bleed Sad and lonely Sad and lonely Sad and lonely Sad and lonely
Things untold
I have this little problem with you This little problem with you This little problem with you You act like you own the whole world As if you never knew you never knew Do me a favor and look in the mirror Do you see beauty or do you see tears You hate so much you never planned For things to really land, for things to really stand Without any foundation Without a life time vacation Of enjoying your little life Did you strive or did you float on by... With daddy holdin' your hand Now crashing is all your future holds With things that matter, things untold You operate just like a barbie doll You're so perfect till your head is pulled off By a child that makes you a fool In her kiddy pool, in her kiddy pool She leaves you floating there all alone Used by her dog as a bone by her dog as a bone You’re used by her dog as a bone Do you really enjoy your life Do you strive or just float on by With daddy holdin your hand
Voodoo Games
You slice her open But its me that bleeds I feel her pain And you feel greed You comb her hair Then pull it out You tell her you can't live without The love that I won't give away You punish me the evil way Your voodoo games I cannot take Insanity, control and hate I want you to Just let me be I’m at your mercy Release me Your voodoo games are haunting me I wake up from my piercing screams Let me go let me be I'm at your mercy release me You're not a man You're just a boy Who likes to mangle up his toys You bring me to your broken dreams Your wishes to reality Your freedom is from stabbing me I won't endure these heartless deeds You only choose to taunt and play With what you won't face anyway Your voodoo games I cannot take Insanity, control and hate I want you to Just let me be I'm at your mercy release me Your voodoo games are haunting me I wake up from my piercing screams Let me go Just let me be I'm at your mercy release me
You won't see me All the worlds that I turn towards Won't look me in the eye Somethings hiding from the truth that ever was And slipping into a lie I won't be the one to stay I'll run into a brand new day And I'll leave before the sky is grey And you won't see me no you won't see me again Keep hiding your shameful face Blushed in the guilt of what you did Know I will put you in your place This lie I refuse to live And i'll become so brave I'll walk into a brand new day And I'll leave before your sky is grey No you won't see me oh you won't see me again No suffering no you wont see me again Sweet shadows April how dare you Bring me a life new And now I sit and stare Soul bare, soul bare, soul bare He said to go left The cold air stole my breath And now I walk alone They don't care soul bare, my soul bare This city's gonna swallow me It's hungry, angry, gonna swallow me Now the shadows they follow me hollow me The sweet shadows they follow me We all walk so scared A smiling face so rare They're all frozen alone They don't stand soul bare, thier souls bare The city runs wild Around my secret life In the dark I will glow, glows my soul, my soul it glows This city's gonna follow me One day you'll see it'll follow me Now the shadows, they're hovering covering The sweet shadows are hovering
Dust in mind
I close my eyes Only for a moment And the moment's gone All my dreams Pass before my eyes a curiosity Dust in the wind All they are is dust in the wind Same old song Just a drop of water In an endless sea All we do Crumbles to the ground Though we refuse to see Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind Now, don´t hang on Nothing last forever, But the earth and sky, It slips away And all your money Won`t another minute buy Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind Dust in the wind Everything is dust in the wind Dust in the wind Everything is dust in the wind
Colorblind (Counting Crows cover) I am colorblind Coffee black and egg white Pull me out from inside I am ready I am ready I am ready I am... Taffy stuck and tongue tied Stuttered shook and uptight Pull me out from inside I am ready I am ready I am ready I am... fine I am covered in skin No one gets to come in Pull me out from inside I am folded, and unfolded, and unfolding I am... colorblind Coffee black and egg white Pull me out from inside I am ready I am ready I am ready I am... fine I am... fine (Uuuh...) I am fine...
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for these lyrics ***