B i o g r a p h y (by MacKenzie Wilson)
Leslie Feist (born Friday, February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and goes by her surname when it comes to making music for a living. The Jhay-inspired songstress got her start playing in a high-school punk band called Placebo (not to be confused with the U.K. modern rock act of the same name). After winning a battle of the bands contest, Placebo played their first gig opening for the Ramones, and for the next five years, Feist perfected her rock ways. Touring cross-Canada in the end took its toll on Feist. She had strained her voice so much, she was told she'd never sing again. To regain focus and medical assistance from another specialist, Feist fled her hometown to settle in Toronto in 1998. She spent six months holed up by herself in a basement with a four-track recorder. She bought a guitar as a means of temporarily replacing her voice and began crafting a natural pop sound. A year later, Feist was playing guitar for By Divine Right. She went on to play in front of countless stadium crowds as By Divine Right opened for the Tragically Hip across North America. Somewhere in between touring with some of Canada's biggest acts, Feist found time to record and self-released her first solo album, 1999's Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head). After playing some smaller local gigs in and around Toronto, Feist moved in with electroclash rap vixen Peaches in 2000. Peaches christened Feist Bitch Lap-Lap and from there, Feist sang on and toured in support of Peaches' debut album, Teaches of Peaches. Not one to stay too long in once place, Feist joined Broken Social Scene in the recording of their sophomore effort, You Forgot It in People. The album, which was released in 2002, became a critical success among the indie crowds after winning a Juno Award for "Alternative Album of the Year in 2003. Feist had already had plans for a second solo album by this time. When she wasn't touring North America and Europe with Broken Social Scene, Feist and Renaud Letang of Manu Chao and Chilly Gonzales went back and forth between Calgary, Toronto, and Paris for its recording. Let It Die was released on Arts & Crafts in May 2004. Feist has also contributed vocals to works by Kings of Convenience, Apostle of Hustle, and Jane Birkin.
Family Onliest La sirena One year a.d Monarch That's What I Say, It's Not What I Mean Flight #303 Still true The mast New Torch
Gatekeeper Mushaboom Let it die One Evening Leisure Suite Lonely Lonely When I Was A Young Girl Secret heart Inside and out Tout doucement Now at last
Monarch
Family
In a dressmaker shop in Greece The pins stick like tongues on poles or butts in an ashtray Lunchtime packages, waxed and wrapped and held Down a dusty road, inside and apron ford It's cool it's cool to love your family It's cool it's cool to love your family It's cool it's cool to love your family I know because I love them more and more You know my grandpa brought power to the plains/planes Now he winks at me from thirty thousand feet Now my uncle's got his face And he takes the power to a different place Hey hey he's ok It's cool it's cool to love your family It's cool it's cool to love your family It's cool it's cool to love your family I know because I love them more and more In the Copenhagen city morgue The dead sleep in metal slips Called and last And someone loved them once And someone loves them still And someone misses them And someone always will You know that it's cool it's cool to love your family It's cool it's cool to love your family It's cool it's cool to love your family I know because I love them more and more
*** Thanx a lot to Caroline & JMT for this one ***
Onliest He sailed the seas to Normandy He had the maps laid out He had a boat and had a sail "Jack's Girl" on his arm But no one sees the stars so bright No one swims alone at night I'm missin' him like a heart attack And Neptune won't bring him back He watches over me the onliest He watches over me He watches over me the onliest He watches over me Deepness of the waving tide All the sea is saying goodbye And the moon dips aloof at four The sea doesn't keep score He watches over me the onliest He watches over me He watches over me the onliest He watches over me Sweetness of the salty wind Depth of love when it just begins A pint for me and one for you Say a toast with all who knew
*** Thanx a lot to JMT & Matt for this one ***
La Sirena
La sirena You are heart in the waves La sirena You are heart in the waves You are heart in the waves Cause you are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me La sirena You are heart in the waves In the waves You are heart in the waves In the waves Cause you are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you You are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you Are the end of me Yeah you are the end of me
One Year A.D. I had a routine I wonder what I'll do today I've got a feeling I'll be doing the same things all over again Again So here, here I came To present myself a newer hell Face, body, and mouth Place the mirror to me In every episode, well Bring all the spaces together And all the silences ever Bring all the spaces together Come close again Be my pause before the end I miss you, oh, like a fading dream And I have a feeling you know what I mean Looking at pictures The taste, the smell Not the friends And in our old kitchen Record player never ends They were once But now no more You know that it's real And they were before Nothing said and silence gained And my body grows but heart lays Blink hard and set it to ink These items fade faster than you think Feelin'low in a major key Do they remember me now that it's one year A.D. Bring all the spaces together And all the silences ever Bring all the spaces together Build all the silences up
*** Thanx a lot to JMT for this one ***
The Queen had a feint had a fall Don't give me ether or open my vein I'm sane I know I'm sane I don't give a care for the crown or the shield I will not protect you or happily yield To the one who makes me come undone Who was born and in what way All the fields and poppies ay Who was born and in what way All the fields The Queen is walking away with only her stockings on Waving having forbidden pears and song Valiant and the colours are too gold Colours of the morning old Who was born and in what way All the fields and poppies ay Who was born and in what way All the fields Monarch now lay (your) jeweled head Monarch now lay (your) jeweled head Monarch now lay your jeweled Monarch now lay your jeweled head Monarch now lay your jeweled head Monarch now lay your jeweled head The Queen saw the beast in the ribs of the garden Husband dear you are nearer to the eye Your throne places you in holy pardon So why the hand of God Why the hand of God Through you is so cruel Who was born and in what way Who was born and in what way
*** Thanx a lot to Matt for this one ***
That's what I say, it's not what I mean Here I am, hopeful again I can't say when I wasn't this way Don't need to worry about me That's what I say It's not what I mean That's what I say It's not what I mean Here I am, swinging alone A timeframe surrounds the pictures I hold But they don't hold up well Started to wonder if I fell in love with you at all If I fell in love with you at all And when will a time come I could hear a sad love song, that doesn't speak to me And when will a time come I could sing a nice love song, using thou and me Here I am, walking away My head‘s held high What's the use gettin' down Because all that I wanted is here I just kept the ground, close to my ears I just kept the ground, close to my ears And when will a time come When will it come Oh
*** Thanx a lot to Tom & JMT for this one ***
Flight #303
Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Bring a lot of love Bring a lot of love Bring a lot of love And you knew would be left way way waiting Wear a yellow hat I catch you fallen at the laundromat See pilot soon And even he would give you your Flight number Flight number Flight number flight Flight number Flight number Flight number flight Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three See a tailor soon He'll call you on your life of silver spoon No one gets a say on how to raise and in what way way way way Put some faith in the apartment twine Get red key and a door to lock up I like to think I am a one way lie So you don't wait until the time is right Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three Three oh three
Still true
I like my covers to be heavy So I don't get cold when I sleep My love affairs always seem unsteady And I never go half-way when I weep Take me anywhere With you Take me in your care With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you I'm still true Take on my spine and spit shine it Pull on my heart and unwind it Fold my wings back off my shoulderblades And peel me Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Take me anywhere With you Still true
*** Thanx a lot to Appleblossom for this one ***
The Mast
Found a place where I can be All the things I want you to see Take my hand into your hands 'Cause I come to you from another land And I don't need to know your favourite artist's name And I don't need to know what woman's felt the same And I don't need to see you every single day But I'd like to Break my heart back into place 'Cause I've come to understand you more lately And I've found a man inside your chest Some will tear him up and I'll lay him some rest Rest And I don't need to know the details of your past And I don't need to know when you thought of me last And I would have to say if I'm the sail then you're the mast And we've caught a good wind, the mast Because you know me more than any before 'Cause you found the clues between me and you You know me more than any before 'Cause you found the clues between me and you
*** Thanx a lot to Appleblossom & JMT for this one *** New Torch
You are, you are You are everything in time and space Forget the face you knew You are, you are This was written in the afternoon The ancient runes of you Take a trip into the sky with me Fly with me You are, you are You are everything I've always feared And disappear from view Take a trip into the sky with me Fly with me Be mine through time This way leads into the garden green Some nights I've seen you here Take a trip into the sky with me Fly with me
Let It Die
Gatekeeper Well it's time to begin as the summer sets in It's the scene You set for new lovers You play your part painting in a new start But each gate will open another June July and August said "It's probably hard to plan ahead" June July and August said "It's better to bask in each others" Gatekeeper seasons wait for your nod Gatekeeper you held your breath Made the summer go on and on Well they tried to stay in from the cold and wind Making love and making their dinner Only to find that the love that they grew in the summer Froze February April said "Don't be fooled by the summer again" February April said "That half of the year, well we'll never be friends" Gatekeeper seasons wait for your nod Gatekeeper you held your breath Made the winter go on and on Gatekeeper, Gatekeeper, Gatekeeper Seasons wait for your nod
*** Thanx a lot to Matt who corrected a few mistakes ***
Mushaboom Helping the kids out of their coats But wait the babies haven't been born Unpacking the bags and setting up And planting lilacs and buttercups But in the meantime I've got it hard Second floor living without a yard It may be years until the day My dreams will match up with my pay Old dirt road Knee deep snow Watching the fire as we grow old I got a man to stick it out And make a home from a rented house And we'll collect the moments one by one I guess that's how the future's done How many acres how much light Tucked in the woods and out of sight Talk to the neighbours and tip my cap On a little road barely on the map Old dirt road Knee deep snow Watching the fire as we grow old Old dirt road Rambling rose Watching the fire as we grow well I'm sold Let It Die
Let it die and get out of my mind We don't see eye to eye Or hear ear to ear Don't you wish that we could forget that kiss And see this for what it is That we're not in love The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start It was hard to tell just how I felt To not recognize myself I started to fade away And after all it won't take long to fall in love Now I know what I don't want I learned that with you The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start The tragedy starts from the very first spark Losing your mind for the sake of your heart The saddest part of a broken heart Isn't the ending so much as the start One Evening
The evening was long My guesses were true You saw me see you That something you said The timing was right The pleasure was mine The time and the place The look on your face Sincerest of eyes If you're ready or not The state of our hearts There's no time to take When we started Both brokenhearted Not believing It could begin and end in one evening We were caught by the light Held on the day 'Till it became hours The minutes went by The cab is outside There's no time to take When we parted Moving on And believing It could begin and end in one evening When we started both brokenhearted Not believing It could begin and end in one evening When we parted Moving on And believing It could begin and end in one evening
Leisure Suite
« In my leisure suite » Quit talking Just talking Please « In my leisure suite » Sometime I fell the room surround me With possibility Build fires to stoke them Let's fix what's been broken Words have been stolen But silence is golden « In my leisure suite » Just a place to meet We can press repeat And do what we do when we're there Don't come knocking This doors for locking Have you got the key « In my leisure suite » Hang up your jacket Undo my back zip Please Moonlight on blanket It's great when your backlit Features in close-up The moment we woke up « In my leisure suite » Just a place to meet We can press repeat And do what we do when we're there « In our leisure suite » Come lie next to me We can be complete And do what we do when we're there Lonely Lonely Water water on the seeds To my left they rose and leaf To my right cross Seven Seas Maybe maybe they'll stay true My seeds will cross and then take root And leave you to an empty room Lonely lonely that is you Lonely lonely that is you Paper paper obsolete How will you reach out to me I thought you'd ask me not to leave Lonely lonely that is me Lonely lonely that is me Distance makes the heart grow weak So that the mouth can barely speak Except to those who hide their needs And I have read the golden seal That tell of how the seedlings feel Reminds my heart what love can yield By my only things are clear Baby boy I'm staying here Lonely lonely that was you Lonely and so untrue
When I Was A Young Girl ( Traditional, inspired by Texas Gladden )
When I was a young girl I used to seek pleasure When I was a young girl I used to drink ale Out of the ale house down into the jail house My body's salvated and hell is my doom Come mama come papa and sit you down by me Come sit you down by me and pity my case My poor head is aching my sad heart in breaking My body's salvating and hell is my doom Please send for the preacher to come and pray for me And send for the doctor to heal all my wounds My poor head is aching my sad heart in breaking My body's salvating and I'm bound to die One morning one morning one morning in may I saw this young lady all wraped in white linen All wraped in white linen and called out "the plague" Secret heart ( written by R.Sexsmith Published by Songs of Universal )
Secret heart What are you made of What are you so afraid of Could it be Three simple words Or the fear of being overheard What's wrong Let her in on your secret heart Secret Heart Why so mysterious Why so sacred Why so serious Maybe you're Just acting tough Maybe you're just not man enough What's wrong Let her in on your secret heart This very secret That you're trying to conceal Is the very same one You're dying to reveal Go tell her how you feel Secret heart come out and share it This loneliness, few can bear it Could it have something to do with Admitting that you just can't go through it alone Let her in on your secret heart This very secret That you're trying to conceal Is the very same one That you're dying to reveal Go tell her how you feel This very secret Go out and share it This very secret Inside and out ( written by B. Gibb/R. Gibb (The Bee Gees) Published by BMG Music Publishing ) Baby, I can't figure it out Your kisses taste like honey Sweet lies don't gimme no rise Oh, what you're trying to do Livin' on your cheatin' and the pain grows inside me It's enough to leave me crying in the rain Love you forever but you're driving me insane And I'm hanging on Oh, oh, oh, oh I'll win, I'll never give in Our love has got the power Too many lovers in one lifetime Ain't good for you You treat me like a vision in the night Someone there to stand behind you When your world ain't working right I ain't no vision, I am the girl who loves you inside and out Backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out I love no other way What are we gonna do if we lose that fire Wrap myself up and take me home again Too many heartaches in my lifetime ain't good for me I figure it's the love that keeps you warm Let this moment be forever We won't ever feel the storm I ain't no vision, I am the girl Who loves you inside and out Backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out I love no other way What are we gonna do if we lose that fire Don't try to tell me that it's over I can't hear a word I can't hear a line No girl could love you more And that's what I'm cryin' for You can't change the way I feel inside You're the reason for my laughter and my sorrow Blow out the candle I will burn again tomorrow No man on earth can stand between my lovin' arms And no matter how you hurt me, I will love you till I die I ain't no vision, I am the girl Who loves you inside and out Backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out I love no other way What are we gonna do if we lose that fire Loves you inside and out Backwards and forwards with my heart hanging out I love no other way What are we gonna do if we lose that fire Inside and out Inside and out Inside and out Inside and out Inside and out Inside and out
*** Thanx a lot to Tom who corrected this one ***
Tout doucement ( written by Clausier/Mercadier Published by Patricia Editions/Semi / Blossom Dearie Cover )
*** Thanx a lot to Sylvain who corrected a few mistakes on my transcription ! *** Now at last ( written by Haymes Published by Jimskip Music / Blossom Dearie Cover )
Now at last I know What a fool I've been For have lost the last love I should ever win Now at last I see How my heart was blind To the joys before me That I left behind When the wind was fresh On the hills And the stars were new in the sky And the lark was held in the still Where was I Where was I When the spring is cold Where do robins go What makes winter lonely Now at last I know When the wind was fresh On the hills And the stars were new in the sky And the lark was held in the still Where was I Where was I When the spring is cold Where do robins go What makes winter lonely Now at last I know
*** Thanx a lot to Matt & Sylvain who corrected a few mistakes on my transcription ! ***
The Reminder
*** Thanx a lot to Horja for these lyrics ***
So Sorry I'm sorry Two words I always think After you've gone When I realize I was acting all wrong So selfish Two words that could describe Oh actions of mine When patience is in short supply We don't need to say goodbye We don't need to fight and cry Oh we, we could hold each other tight tonight We're so helpless We're slaves to our impulses We're afraid of our emotions And no one knows where the shore is We're divided by the ocean And the only thing I know is That the answer isn't for us No the answer isn't for us I'm sorry Two words I always think Oh after you've gone When I realize I was acting all wrong We don't need to say goodbye We don't need to fight and cry We, we could hold each other tight tonight Tonight Tonight Tonight Tonight…
I feel it all
I feel it all I feel it all I feel it all I feel it all The wings are wide the wings are wide Wild card inside wild card inside Oh I'll be the one who'll break my heart I'll be the one to hold the gone I know more than I knew before I know more than I knew before I didn't rest I didn't stop Did we fight or did we talk Oh I'll be the one who'll break my heart I'll be the one to hold the gun I love you more I love you more I don't know what I knew before But now I know I'm wanna win the war No one likes to take a test Sometimes you know more is less Put your weight against the door Kick drum on the basement floor Stranded in a fog of words Loved him like a winter bird On my head the water pours Gulf stream through the open door Fly away Fly away to what you want to make I feel it all, I feel it all I feel it all I feel it all The wings are wide, the wings are wide Wild card inside, wild card inside Oh I'll be the one to break my heart I'll be the one who'll break my heart I'll be the one who'll break my heart I'll end it thought you started it The truth lies The truth lied And lies divide Lies divide
My moon, my man
My moon, my man So changeable and Such a loveable lamb to me My care, my coat Leave on a high note There's nowhere to go but on Heart on my sleeve Not where it should be The song's out of key again My moon's white face What day and what phase It's the calendar page again Take it slow Take it easy on me And shed some light Shed some light on me please Take it slow And shed some light Shed some light on me please My moon and me Not as good as we've been It's the dirtiest clean I know My care, my coat Leave on a high note There's nowhere to go There's nowhere to go Take it slow Take it easy on me And shed some light Shed some light on me please Take it slow And shed some light Shed some light on me please My moon my moon my man My moon my moon my man My moon my moon my man My moon my moon my man
The Park Why should he come back through the park? You thought that you saw him but no you did not It's not him who'd come across The sea to surprise you Not him who would know Where in London to find you With sadness so real that it populates The city and leaves you homeless again Steam from the cup and snow on the path The seasons have changed from present to past The past The past Turns whole to half The past Why should he come back through the park? You thought that you saw him but no you did not Who can be sure of anything through The distance that keeps you From knowing the truth Why would you think your boy could become The man who could make you sure he was the one? The one My one My one
The water ( a.k.a. The Eastern Shore ) The telegraph cables hum And few can decipher who the message is from And it deliver it quietly Cause some don't get much company The harbour becomes the sea And lighting the house keeps it collision free Understand the lay of the land And don't let it hurt you Or it will be the first to The water, the water Didn't realize It's dangerous size The mountain, the mountain Came to recognize It's a steep and rocky sides More than realized Pale as a pile of bones You hope for your babies And this is how they grow Wind-battered, knocked over The teeth by the shoulder Watching the grey sky That's acting like a good guy The water, the water Came to realize It's a dangerous size The mountain the mountain Came to recognize It's steep and rocky sides Came to recognize It's steep and rocky sides More than realized
Sea-lion woman
( Nina Simone Cover - Original title "Sea-line woman" / Live )
Sea lion woman She drink coffee Sea lion woman She drink tea And a rooster crows Sea lion woman She drink coffee She drink tea And a rooster crows Sea lion woman Dressed in red Smile at the man When you wake up in his bed Sea lion woman Dressed in black Wink at the man Then stab him in his back Sea lion woman She drink coffee She drink tea And a rooster crows Sea lion woman Dressed in white Marry the man And you'll spend a long sweet life Sea lion woman Dressed in green Silver lining and golden seams Sea lion woman Dressed in blue Call on the man And hope he knows what he can do Sea lion… Sea lion woman She drink coffee She drink tea And a rooster crows Sea lion woman She drink coffee She drink tea And a rooster crows Sea lion woman Dressed in the blue Call on the man And hope he knows what he can do Sea lion woman Dressed in red Smile at the man When you wake up in his bed Sea lion woman....
Past in Present The scarlet letter isn't black Gotta know who's got your back Because they're right in front of you Because they're telling you the truth So much present inside my present Inside my present so…so much past Inside my present inside my past Inside my present So, so Feeling it from dark to bright When a wrong becomes a right When a mountain fills with light It's a volcano, it's a volcano It's a volcano, it's a volcano So much present, inside my present Inside my present So, so much past Inside my present, inside my present Inside my present So, so much past Inside my present Inside my present... So, so much past
Limit to your Love Clouds part Just to give us a little sun There's a limit to your love Like a waterfall in slow motion Like a map with no ocean There's a limit to your love There's a limit to you care So carelessly there Is it truth or dare There's a limit to your care I love I love I love This dream of going upstream I love I love I love The trouble that you give me I know I know I know That only I can save me I'll go I'll go I'll go Right down the road There's a limit to your love Like a waterfall in slow motion Like a map with no ocean There's a limit to your love Your love your love your love I can't read your smile It should be written on your face I'm piecing it together There's something out of place Oh I love I love I love This dream of going upstream I love I love I love All the trouble that you give me I know I know I know That only I can save me I'll go I'll go I'll go Out on the road Because there is no limit There's no limit No limit no limit no limit Limit to my love
1 2 3 4 One Two Three Four Tell me that you love me more Sleepless long nights That is what my youth was for Old teenage hopes are alive at your door Left you with nothing but they want some more Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, You know who you are Sweetheart bitterheart now I can tell you apart Cosy and cold, put the horse before the cart Those teenage hopes who have tears in their eyes Too scared to own up to one little lie Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, you know who you are One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten Money can't buy you back the love that you had then One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten Money can't buy you back the love that you had then Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, you know who you are Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, you know who you are Oh, who you are For the teenage boys They're breaking your heart For the teenage boys They're breaking your heart
Brandy Alexander Though I'd like to be the girl for him And cross the sea and land for him On milky skin my tongue is sand until The ever distant band begins to play He's my Brandy Alexander Always gets me into trouble But that's another matter Brandy Alexander He's my Brandy Alexander Always gets me into trouble But that's another matter Brandy Alexander Though you know what I love most of him I'm walking on needles and pins My addiction to the worst of him The low moon helps me sing I'm his Brandy Alexander Always get him into trouble I hide that I'm flattered Brandy Alexander I'm his Brandy Alexander Always get him into trouble I hide that I'm flattered Brandy Alexander Goes down easy It goes down easy (7x) Brandy Alexander(4x)
Intuition
What gives what helps the intuition? I know I'll know I won't have to be shown The way home And it's not about a boy Although although They can lead you Break or defeat you A destination known Only by the one Who's fate is overgrown Piecemeal can break your home in half A love is not complete with only heat And they can tease you Break or complete you And it came a heat wave A merciful save You choose you chose Poetry over prose A map is more unreal than where you've been Or how you feel A map is more unreal than where you've been Or how you feel And it's impossible to tell How important someone was And what you might have missed out on And how he might have changed it all And how you might have changed it all for him And how he might have changed it all And how you might have changed it all for him Did I, did I Did I, did I Did I, did I Did I, did I Did I did I miss out on you? Honey Honey Honey honey up in the trees Fields of flowers deep in his dreams Lead them out to sea by the east Honey honey food for the bees Honey honey out on the sea In the doldrums thinking of me Me on dry land thinking of he Honey honey not next to me Even if he wanted to Even if he wanted to Even if he wanted to Do you think he'd come back Would he come back Oh no.. Honey honey out on the sea In the doldrums waiting for me Me in my boat searching for he Honey honey food for the bees
How my heart behaves What grew What grew What grew and inside who First so simple was the vow Then the chorus sang about Your shoulder The mooring for me Like water lost in the sea The cold heart will burst If mistrusted first And a calm heart will break When given a shake I'm a stem now Pushing the drought aside Opening up Fanning my yellow eye On the ferry That's making the waves wave Illumination This is how my heart behaves The cold heart will burst If mistrusted first And a calm heart will break when given a shake (How her heart behaves) The rain rain making me cry (How her heart behaves) Then the wind comes Fanning my yellow eye (How her heart behaves) The waves wave the waves wave This is how my heart behaves A cold heart will burst If mistrusted first And a calm heart will break When given a shake The cold heart will burst If mistrusted first And a calm heart will break When given a shake What grew What grew What grew and inside who
Metals
The Bad in Each Other "Speak plain" he said But didn't say He acted that way And held me like a cup Fill me up Then pour me out Therein lies the doubt We had the same feelings At opposite times When a good man and a good woman Can't find the good in each other Then a good man and a good woman Will bring out the worst in the other The bad in each other But what and how To find us now When we've become two Fluorescently blue Down the neon river The sadness canoes Either without or with her When a good man and a good woman Can't find the good in each other Then a good man and a good woman Will bring out the worst in the other When a good man and a good woman Can't find the good in each other Then a good man and a good woman Will bring out the worst in the other The bad in each other
Graveyard The graveyard, the graveyard all full of light The only age, the beating heart is empty of life Dirt and grass, the shadow hall, the moon sails past Blood as ice is an empty crisis, lonely and last Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Roots and lines, roots and lines, our family tree is a home From there we climb the Goldenhill, call and they will eternally I held your hand, the giant wand, alto low song And history begins to be blue and brown eyed Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life Bring 'em all back to life
Caught A Long Wind Little bird, have you got a key Unlock the lock inside of me Where will you go To keep yourself afloat Feeling old Until the wings unfolded Caught me a long wind Where will we go Keep ourselves afloat I caught a long wind Long life wind I got to know the sky But it didn't know me I got to see the land And land on top of the sea Be the bird, be the key And the current tells What the wave withheld And then the lightning sang Of where the light would land Where will you go Keep yourself afloat I caught a long wind A long life wind Like a swallow, a night owl A little chickadee, sad sparrow Good morning bird, oh good nightingale I took a deep breath And caught a long wind
How Come You Never Go There How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there I went up to your window Lightning banging on the cymbals I ripped into the night Came storm into your eyes My horse had worked the fields too long My bear had lost his innate calm It's true enough we're not at peace But peace is never what it seems Our love is not the light it was When I walk inside the dark I'm gone While we look for where it went It's only echoes in the Valley Love How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there Why waste time on blame and weak revenge Waste energy on projections We're living proof, we gotta let go And stop looking through the halo We carry on as if our time is through You carry on as if I don't love you And so we find the way is out To cut the heart out of the doubt now The room's full but hearts are empty Like the letters never sent me Words are like a lasso But you're an instrumental tune How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there How come you never go there How come I'm so alone there
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
A commotion It flickered to light It turned broke what was right He got the roots by the hair What was was no longer there It blocked out the sun It climbed up the stairs And then it slipped through the cracks I wasn't watching my back A commotion, a commotion A commotion, a commotion If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart It stalked through the rooms And then it tore the sheets off the bed It ripped the books off the shelf It turned heaven to hell Then it held me down tight It took all my fight It broke all the windows It came flame from the kindle A commotion, a commotion A commotion, a commotion If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart If it rips you all apart The grudge has still got your heart
The Circle Married The Line I know it'll need to go from good to worse Living in the past begins the ending first All I want is a horizon line Get some clarity following signs I'll keep on the path that leads up to the clearing Keep some distance while the words comes in so near and Then I'll head out to horizon lines Get some clarity oceanside Realize what you know that you know by now that First light was last light was alright when The circle married the line First light was last light was alright when The circle married the line Even from away he is near me Making me unendingly teary Makes me remember the things that I forgot It's as much what it is as what it is not In a room sleeping so peacefully Fall away from him to be less than lee All we need is a horizon line Get some clarity following signs Realize what you know that you know by now Realize what you know that you know by now that First light was last light was alright when The circle married the line First light was last light was alright when The circle married the line First light was last light was alright when The circle married the line First light was last light was alright when The circle married the line
Bittersweet Melodies Whispers in the grass Under slow dancing trees Birds were telling me stories Saying you were meant for me With their bittersweet melodies Like a sweet memory Bittersweet melodies Can't go back, can't go on without those Bittersweet memories Creaking kitchen floor Snow slips under the door Tiny speakers were singing Telephone always ringing With those bittersweet melodies Like a sweet memory Bittersweet melodies Can't go back, can't go on I remember us Before we turned to dust Just what our feelings were all about When we still could trust in our hearts Bittersweet memory Like a sweet melody Bittersweet memories Can't go back, can't go on Both of us singing that same old song Without those bittersweet memories Like a sweet melody Bittersweet memories And it seems oh so long Since those bittersweet melodies played for me Anti Pioneer
Start with colours They always get away with attitude But they'll try to convince you of your mood And what you want they'll give it to you But it's only therapy, that's all they do And for a year she was anti-pioneer Singing sappy songs About what went wrong Two years before But even now when the false is true When I call me you When the flag changes colours The language knows When the month changes numbers It's time to go When the flag changes colours The language knows When the month changes numbers It's time to go home Anti-pioneer Anti-pioneer Anti-pioneer Anti-pioneer And for a year she was anti-pioneer The past arrived too late To change her future's fate But even now when the false gets true And living colours seem possible to you When the flag changes colours The language knows When the month changes numbers It's time to go When the flag changes colours The language knows When the month changes numbers It's time to go home
Undiscovered First I had what I thought Were clear open eyes Bright blue Vision not of a light Carrying pictures To lay on you Close up eyes Let them in To a mind opening It's the edge of love You can't unthink a thought Either it's there or not Shadows of the mountain Don't tell of what's on earth The bredth and the height Of an undiscovered first Now hopeful mountaineers Climb up to eclipse The light of the old sun 'Cause it's been said The two would know Once the 2'd been told Shadows of the mountain Don't tell of what's on earth The bredth and the height Of an undiscovered first Shadows of the mountain No telling what's in store The width and the bredth Is it wrong to want more Is this the right mountain For us to climb Is this the way to live For you to be mine Is this the right river For us to forge Is this the way to live For me to be yours Is this the way to live For me to be yours Is this the way to live Is it wrong to want more Is this the way to live For me to be yours Is this the way to live Is it wrong to want more
Cicadas And Gulls Cicadas and gulls A scrape on the hull The land and the sea Are distant from me I'm in the sky, sky, sky I'm in the sky Thoughts are like pearls When flags are unfurled When we're in the dark I'll ride you like the ark Because you mine, mine, mine Because you mine Maps can be poems When you're on your own And distance is Braille And all that entails I'm in the sky, sky, sky I'm in the sky I'm in the sky Empty as a page As high as the stage As full as the room When we're in the spoon
Comfort me When you comfort me It doesn't bring me comfort actually When you comfort me True life in Haiku It balances the phrase out of the blue The meaning's shown to you What does sadness see The mirror has a mirror in its teeth That's what sadness sees Big sky, tiny bird And when the paragraph betrays the word Big sky, tiny bird While you held me up I held my calendar out like a cup While you held me up Make it all about me I wanna hold the blame to guillotine Make it all blame free When you comfort me It doesn't bring me comfort actually
Get It Wrong, Get It Right Wind on the fields Blowing your hair Wheat of gold Wheat of gold Wheat of gold Wheat of gold Hand to hold Hand to hold Come to the hill Got a nest to build String and grass String and grass String and grass String and grass Leave the past Leave the past Climb up to the lookout Tops of the trees Little road Little road Little road Little road Come and go Come and go River dam Lake fills up the land Skipping stones Skipping stones Skipping stones Skipping stones Build a home Build a home Cold outside Warm by the fire Get it wrong Get it wrong Get it wrong Get it right Get it right Get it right
Pine Moon (Itunes bonus track) Pine moon Spoke too song And black lake Spoke too late What same words Could these two know When one is so deep The other's a glow And Black lake Lay, low and wide Oh pine moon Arced across the sky Well some nights Her lights came on the waves And some days Coals turned up from the bottom Oh pine moon Spoke all a 'scatter That the stars were all linked As if that really mattered You know deep Of the black lake Could only reach the moon If he evaporates So, thought he lay quite And deep he held out The depths were foundation To find the rest out As still as well Mysterious him She closed her eyes slowly Her light became dim She couldn't see how To give her light to the water Looking up from the depths He didn't know how to want her And what same things Could these two know With one so deep The other's a glow And what same things Could these two know When one is so deep The others a glow
Woe Be
(Itunes bonus track) Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter The days are pages in the book He's the verses or the hook Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter Woe be to the man who loves a songwriter She's always searching for the song In everything that you've done wrong Woe be to the man who loves a songwriter Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin The melody is going to mic me A key and a verse The melody we write history, babe This heart and song goes "oh, oh" The melody oh oh woah ho Heart beats the time before the melody Before the song is time to know And what you never seem to know Oh heart is the time before the melody Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter When he eyes a microphone She ends up feeling so alone Woe be to the girl who loves a songwriter
Pleasure
Pleasure Get what I want And still It's a mysterious thing That I want So when I get it I make sense of a mysterious thing 'Cause I've taken flight On such a serious wing I, and you are the same and Either friction or dreaming We know enough to admit We know enough to admit We know enough to admit Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot It's my pleasure And your pleasure It's my pleasure And your pleasure Oh, an echo calls up the line An indication of time Our togetherness That is how we evolved We became our needs Ages up inside Escaping similar pain Dreaming safe and secure Generations in lines Old and then the youth Come to meet or fade A chromosomal raid Built by what we got built for As much as what we avoid So the mystery lifts We know enough to admit We know enough to admit It's my pleasure And your pleasure It's my pleasure And your pleasure That's the same That's what we're here for Pleasure, it's my pleasure It's my pleasure, it's my pleasure That's what we're here for Pleasure, it's my pleasure It's my pleasure, it's my pleasure That's what we're here for Pleasure Pleasure Pleasure Pleasure, oh You know it's true Pleasure, pleasure Pleasure, pleasure Pleasure, pleasure Pleasure, pleasure I Wish I Didn't Miss You Try to find a way to talk about it I'm also in the mind to just let it go How to reach out my mind if I can't think straight With the goodness so gone I feel to isolate You called me baby, I called you one too Until you spoke to me with another voice You sent in spiders to fight for you I was so disappointed I didn't know what to do Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot I wish I didn't miss you Wasting so many hours away So many ways to waste a day In this same city I hope you're not 'Cause the town has shrunk to the size of my thoughts It was so mystifying to see you so changed I felt some certainty that you must have died Because how could I live if you're still alive I wish I didn't miss you Get Not High, Get Not Low I closed my eyes, opened up my eyes That made me close my eyes, so then I opened my eyes Like living in a dream As long as I stay closed like that Secretive to stay intact Well that is not fun That's why I couldn't trust anyone at all And I got high And I got low So I got high I was bright as the sun Then Saskatchewan Then I laid low like a tide Then Bay of Fundy high I was living in extremes And everything that that means Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot And I got high And I got low So I got high And I got low Get not high Get not low I can't tell, or be told where to go Get not high Get not low I can't tell, or be told where to go Get not high Get not low I can't tell, or be told where to go Lost Dreams I used to know By the day and by the night Full of questions Answers and questions Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams I used to make it, so it would all come togetherness Even by day, I had a dream, I am a dreamer And I saw all about his goodness became so Bad-ass blacking out and it's called the name of love Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Lost dreams, lost dreams, lost dreams Thought I was discovering Wanted to know everything Winter fall and summering Thought I was discovering Wanted to know everything Winter fall and summering Lost dreams Every night you go to sleep A chance to have another dream Any Party I was guided by voices To the backyard where I hear That someone is talking about Someone we used to know I think that I know what's gotta be done I'll take a minute alone and decide what to do You know I'd leave any party for you 'Cause no party's so sweet as a party of two Sugar, I got no question of the right thing to do Oh, you know I'd leave any party for you You planned meeting me on your way home And I tried reaching you on your new flip phone You didn't have the ringer on So I couldn't warn you That a stranger is here looking for a reunion Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot You know I'd leave any party for you No party's so sweet as our party of two I'm getting tired of these clowns and balloons Honey you know I'd leave any party for you I won't lead you astray You know, I've got your back any day Oh no, I got your back every day, every day Every day, every day And you know I would leave, I would leave I would leave, I would leave You know I'd leave any party for you No party's so sweet as our party of two A Man Is Not His Song A man is not his song A song is a promise If a man is just his song Then can the song is beyond us How they, they make it up And it sends in deep elation Eventually it could let you down By believing in standing ovation Song won't lift up if made by revenge, so oboe sweet I will, will it To add up to more than you or me Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot 'Cause a man is not his song And I'm not a story But I wanna sing along If he's singing it for me That filament that flies by And it brings yellow light from those yellow summers back By coconut palm, snowy pine I've heard years pass through my ears to hear otherwise We all believe in old melodies I carry tunes around like they carry me A man is not his song Though we all wanna sing along We've all heard those old melodies Like they're singing right to me More than a melody's needed More than a melody's needed More than a melody's needed... The Wind The wind that will bring me Out to you Is a wind that gets singing Whipping at the tune The same wind comes rushing That later lays low And it pulls at my edges Then continues to blow Keep on the horizon Keep on the horizon Keep on the horizon It brings hail from old water And a storm on its knees And flags from a revolution That brought us some peace Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot And the trees for their hundred years Lean north like calligraphy And I'm shaped by my storming Like they're shaped by their storming Keep at the horizon You found you, I mean you Deep on the horizon Keep on the horizon As strong as that wind That blew us round the island Is a wind that has lasted Longer than the past has It's a wind that will keep on Lasting beyond ever after It's a wind that will keep on lasting Longer than the past has Century I fought my feelings and got in the way Could've been easier than a decade of days Projection, young marriage, lighting the stage I wanted feelings, that got in my own way Then wrote that letter that had nothing to say Staccato vision like a kingdom of days All lonely, or not lonely, century away But still a vision as if help's on its way Someone who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to the one At the end of the century The air is clearer a decade away Singing to a mountain that was empty all along All lonely, young marriage lighting the way She wanted feelings that got in her own way Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot Someone who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to the one At the end of the century Someone who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to the one At the end of the century Someone who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to someone Who will lead you to the one At the end of the century Century. How long is that 3,155,973,600 seconds 876,000,000 hours Or 36,500 days Almost as long as one of those endless dark nights of the soul Those nights that never end When you believe you'll never see the sunrise again When a single second feels like a century A century A century A century A century A century A century A century A century A century Baby Be Simple In and out That's the way in I saw an old sign When my world was way down Quiet on the streets So I climbed the stairs To the rarified air I've been on fire Made from my thoughts I thought up my life by Out then back in That's the way to begin But I had to climb down Into today And give up the pain I held myself up by Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot Baby, be simple with me Out, thicker skin That's no way to begin Come with your true arc To fall all the way down Like an empire Into a kingdom of guts To become a rooftop I built me from the bedrock Made me right up Ignited little tunes While the wind was still Trying to find a way to tell you If or not the true arc Is even there Or on a pillow of air I'll rip me apart by the lore 'Cause to become that rooftop I had to fall all the way down Baby, be simple with me Baby, be simple with me Be simple Be simple Be simple with me I'm Not Running Away I'm not running away Water is running like I stay Constant growing up I'm not making this up It got hard for me to believe in true love Constant growing up Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot I'm not running away I wouldn't be telling the truth If I don't admit that I depend on you Constant growing up The difference between night and day We watch the moon rise and all that indicates I got a home in you that noon illuminates Together / alone in you I'm not running away You got to carry me (staying right here now!) Carry me (staying right here now!) Care (staying right here now, that's right right here now) Care Young Up When they cart me away Will I say that I died already Years ago I got so stuck in my ways That's no way to behave I got tired before I noticed I was done I felt like I covered my tracks Like no one had my back Just so you know All of this battling goes so slow Young up Y' young punk The end is coming And fear not Y' young pup That everything that falls is falling Oh well you copy you paste you're a stupid robot Was I just making it up Pushing my luck I got tired before I noticed If I'd corrupted the core by asking for more Just so you know All of this battling goes so slow So I looked into your eyes and said Then I looked into my own eyes and Said to myself Young up Y' young buck The end's not coming Fear not Y' young punk That everything that falls is falling Even if you don't have your Own back And everything that needs To fall has fallen
MultitudeS
In Lightning When in lightning flashes flash And thunder loves me back And in lightning I can keep my energy intact And when the lightning is like the sun I feel what love could be Truly illuminated the future does Lay landing lights for me And in lightning Flashes flash to show our natural age And the lightning lights me up To be as God as I say Then to lightning I belong Like electricity And if I'm frightened It's just because of the power Vested in me And in lightning I'm the thunder Thundering in my heart And in lightning I can see Just as well in thе dark The lightning asks if I know the way In the intеrmittent bright And if I say yes or many yeses It cracks
Forever Before I've never begun a forever before Been using up life like I knew I had more One breath at a time The only one there Another day to be alone in Another lake to throw a stone in I'm soft in the heart Where hard edges align I try to be a good friend Most of the time Too much of a good thing When even freedom wears thin So what's gotta end For forever to begin? Fear, fearless Oh fear, fearlessness I've never begun right from the start I was thinking that love Was a commiserate heart I'd begin by backing in Just so I could back out Another way to be alone is Be the lake you throw the stone in Fear, fearless Oh fear, fearless Oh fear, fearless Oh fear, fearlessness I've never begun a forever before Until I didn't want anything else anymore All the time in the world You can't begin to prepare For forever before She's sleeping right over there Love Who We Are Meant To Be Make it up as I go That's all I can do when Haven't got a clue when I'll see you again And when that day comes And all I shouldn't say runs Out before I stop it 'Cause I felt it as I thought it We will struggle with the truth That sometimes we don't get to Love who we are meant to Love who we are meant to Drafting as I drift I cannot write nor reckon it So will I let it wreck me Or wreck my dream of family Even denial is romantic And that's romance's disadvantage That sometimes we don't get to Love who we are meant to Well, maybe that you're a real man Is what is in the way 'Cause the idea of the man I love He's always loved me in his lonely way What I can feel from my ideal love Is also love in a lonely way Hiding Out In The Open Everybody's got their shit (Everybody's got their shit) (Everybody's got their shit) But who's got the guts to sit with it (Who's got the guts to sit with it) (Who's got the guts to sit with it) Everybody's on their own (Everybody's on their own) (Everybody's on their own) So that way we're never alone (So that way we're never alone) But the mirror in another's eyes That'll get you every time There are a thousand different ways to hide Hiding out in the open Maybe I'm gonna let you down Nothing's gonna make us new What's done is not gonna undo Hiding out in the open Maybe he's gonna let me down Love is not a thing you try to do It wants to be the thing compelling you What we should probably say (What we should probably say) (What we should probably say) Let's put off for a few more days (Let's put off for a few more days) (Let's put off) And anyway I'll pretend not to hear Until you whisper it in my ear Hot voice on my neck Would change the context I want you warm as a loaf of bread (I want you warm as a loaf of bread) (I want you warm as a loaf of bread) Thousand ways to be fed Hiding out in the open Maybe I'm gonna let you down Nothing's gonna make us new What's done is not gonna undo Hiding out in the open Maybe he's gonna let me down Love is not a thing you try to do It wants to be the thing compelling you To be you Love is not a thing you try to do It wants to be the thing compelling you To be you
The Redwing Came along the winter And killed off all my language The shadows got long on the walk Across the ice on the lake The future of December Is memories of last summer And I stoke it like a wood stove I'm always wanting more The endless weight of my life Can be lifted up like wings The underneath of my life An effortlessness in it sings I live up to what I sing to As if I'm telling the truth I imagine who is listеning And it's not all of you that I mean "La la la la" in the morning When thе blinds are opened That's when I see the redwing And the redwing sees me too The endless weight of our lives Can be lifted up like wings The underneath of our lives An effortlessness in it sings California winter It brought me back my language And then once I'd spoken the truth That's when the redwing landed And she sang "La la la la la la"
I Took All of My Rings Off I took all of my rings off I took all of my rings off Out of my ears, off of my fingers, and out of my dreams I opened the window to let in the wind And get rid of what might've been But then I put them out in the dirt Like I was planting a tree Letting the gold, letting the silver leave Out of the seeds, quickly the evergreen While surreal it's true The gods laid down the whole of Earth in silence Symmetry became the moving lines we call a circle The world's a ring, the stars are rings The moon's a ring, the light got in Lifted the whole Earth to singing Lifted the whole Earth to singing Then I put all of my rings back on I put my rings back on Then I put all of my rings back on I put my rings back on And sang to the birds who lived in the tree They know all about me
Of Womankind Blow my mind Show the wind How to pass time Higher mind, be of womankind Be of higher mind, be of womankind What you had before you could leave behind What you had before you could leave behind Be of higher mind, be of womankind Be of higher mind, be of womankind I knew it but it took a while I tried to try and fix the past A task you cannot hope to do And I commiserate with you Who made the parallel mistakes That add up to our greying braids Climb above the mountainside Protest song's sung in our eyes We'll lift up like a flock of birds Cycle through to murmuration And power grows God only knows We'll deconstruct construction noise A cherry lip and uniform The hubris that the humans wore The body is a corporation I believe we're all the fool tonight Higher mind, be of womankind Be of higher mind, be of womankind What you had before you could leave behind What you had before you could leave behind Be of higher mind, be of womankind Be of higher mind, be of womankind A tarot card for all the world Unlikely to apologize Just overthrow the cup of words That the body politic deserves Just look what's happening to her Just look what's happening to her Hugging pepper spray at night We check under our cars To navigate this subtle maze Be exactly who we are Of womankind Of womankind Of womankind Come outside The trees hold out their arms And can't tell lies
Become the Earth We aim for the air One wing, then the other gets us there Above the dirt until we one day, unfazed We become the earth Become the earth Become the earth Belonging in longing Could last as long as love is Longer than measurement Until we all become the earth Become the earth Become the earth Become the earth Periwinkle, cobalt, magnolia tree Flee 'til you're free, and stay loving me Some people have gone and the people who stayed Will eventually go in a matter of days Dust into dust as material must Ash into ash into plexi and trash Skilled eye, landmark in Styrofoam, time Carried remainders on overgrown vines Periwinkle, cobalt, magnolia tree Flee 'til you're free, and stay loving me Some people have gone and the people who stayed Will eventually go in a matter of days Become the earth Periwinkle, cobalt, magnolia tree Flee 'til you're free, and stay loving me Some people have gone and the people who stayed Will eventually go in a matter of days Become the earth Dust into dust as material must Ash into ash into plexi and trash Skilled eye, landmark in Styrofoam, time Carried remainders on overgrown vines Become the earth Periwinkle, cobalt, magnolia tree Flee 'til you're free, and stay loving me Some people have gone and the people who stayed Will eventually go in a matter of days Periwinkle, cobalt, magnolia tree Flee 'til you're free, and stay loving me Some people have gone and the people who stayed Will eventually go in a matter of days
Borrow Trouble To sleeping innocent minds It happens at the break of day Before your wits are gathered Even before you are awake Your thoughts will find a clock to wind And put dissent into your ear Even before your eyes are open The plot has thickened 'round your fears We borrow trouble Seems we all know how It's an expression from the old days But even more true now We borrow trouble We even borrow timе Like you don't have enough of your own Now you want somе of my trouble All of it that you've got to give I'll take all of it that you've got to give All of it that you've got to give I'll take all of it that you've got to give All of it that you've got to give I'll take all of it that you've got to give All of it that you've got to give I'll take all of it that you've got to give I dropped like a stone Like a bag of dead weight So good at picturing the life That I was gonna be left out of Rather than the one I'd made Well, these arguing words They gather heavy on my mind Knitting thoughts like they're my destiny Like they're the measurement of time I borrowed trouble I lived on borrowed time It's a poor skill to get so good at Making wrong what is all right We all borrow trouble It seems we all know how It's an expression from the old days But even more true now Trouble (All of it that you've got to give) (I'll take all of it that you've got to give) Trouble (All of it that you've got to give) (I'll take all of it that you've got to give) Trouble (All of it that you've got to give) (I'll take all of it that you've got to give) Trouble (All of it that you've got to give) (I'll take all of it that you've got to give
Martyr Moves How can I know what to do What's harder than finding my place in the truth Is to keep it a secret once I do 'Cause it might hurt someone more than I would want to To sit in a dream while it dims Will the loneliness crush me more alone or with him And what do I think I might prove If I make These martyr moves Three months Nine months Three years Six years Twelve years Twenty years Forty years Eighty years My hope is a flickering flame Which I've found it increasingly hard to explain But I'll try In the family forge, I got burned Taught a story in so many words That it's bеst to prepare for the worst And to makе These martyr moves And to make These martyr moves
Calling All the Gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods The Earth sustains all different kinds of people Many are cheats and thieves Tell me grandpa, where did this stranger come from? Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods The Earth sustains all different kinds of people Many are good and true I'll nеver know where this strangеr came from Where this stranger came from Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods The swords he commanded The swords he commanded The swords he commanded The swords he commanded Calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods The swords he commanded Calling all the gods Dark in all directions, calling all the gods The swords he commanded Calling all the gods Dark in all directions And one day our deep humiliation will be known
Song for Sad Friends Don't be sad, my friends That's the last thing I'd say Don't be sad, my friends That's the last thing you'll hear me say If you're sad, my friends Why would I take that away Well, we could pretend That it's not as bad as they say And though there is good and evil Locked in that eternal embrace Well, things are bad, my friends And you feel exactly the way That proves the mettle of your heart That won't be undermined By the overwhelming times Holding out but not holding in And it's from herе We can really begin
Non Albums Tracks
Amourissima ( Let it die Bonus Track ) Even though we said That it was all well and done Even though we said That it was time to decide Those are only words Our hearts won't understand Amourissima Mon amour ici bas Amourissima You used to call me comme ça Drowning out the sound While all our thoughts come to crowd Closing off the stream In hope we both stay dry But feeling makes it through Within the rush of you Amourissima Mon amour ici bas Amourissima You used to call me comme ça On a beau se dire Que tout est bien et fini On a beau se dire A la folie ça suffit On découvre un jour Que l'on est pas guéri Amourissima Mon amour ici bas Amourissima You used to call me comme ça Amourissima Amourissima You use to call me comme ça You call me comme ça
Boomerang 2005 ( Serge Gainsbourg Cover of "Comme un boomerang" / Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited LP ) Gonzales, Feist & Dani :
I feel a boom and a bang Beating in my broken art Love just like a boomerang Bouncing back to where it starts We belong like yin and yang Even if you pull us apart I feel a boom and a bang Someday soon you'll feel it too Watch out for the boomerang Always bouncing back to you I got hooked but you will hang Time will pass and then we'll be two Watch out for the boomerang I feel a boom and a bang Beating in my broken heart Love just like a boomerang Bouncing back to where it starts We belong like yin and yang Even if you pull us apart Today it's a real scotcher It's sheer torture As I set fire to my won self-portrait I'm in the boomerang brotherhood now The shoe's on the other foot now To be a member is to be a pretender Just to pretend that you don't remember But that's how it goes for the first offender Get's a boomerang man, it's return to sender I feel a boom and a bang Beating in my broken art Love just like a boomerang Bouncing back to where it starts We belong like yin and yang Even if you pull us apart I feel a boom and a bang Someday soon you'll feel it too Watch out for the boomerang Always bouncing back to you I got hooked but you will hang Time will pass and then we'll be two Watch out for the boomerang Watch out for the boomerang Watch out for the boomerang...
Born To Bond (7-Inches For Planned Parenthood LP) There is no harder thing Then to begin again I barely knew at all So in time, I couldn't help But try, identify, that what I know As the universal dream is just that I was born to bond I was born to want And you were born to want Like you were born Born to bond But that letting go, baby Letting go is like togetherness That I seemed not to know But I knew that finally I find you, find me That all the misfires And rows and trials It could be worse It could be worse 'Cause I was born to bond I was born to want Like you were born to want And you were born Born to bond I was born to bond I was born to want Like you were born to want And you were born Born to bond And I was born to bond Like you were born Born to bond That's right
Catholic Country (Kings Of Convenience Feat. Feist) It's one o'clock in the morning In a rented apartment In a capital city In a Catholic country I got my back on the carpet And my feet to the ceiling To get the blood flowing To numb the pain I'm feeling The more I know about you The more I know I want you The less I care about who Was there before I found you The more I know about you The more I know I want you The less I care about who Was there before I found you Yesterday she took me To a wintry garden Past a forest of conscience On a curvy road With every hour passing I started to believe in The bubble I been dreaming Had a floor on the ceiling The more I know I want The more I know I The more I know I want The more I know I The more I know I want The more I know I The more I know I want The more I want you The more I know I want The more I know I The more I know I want The more I know I The more I know I want The more I know I The more I know I want The more I want you To be with someone so precious That it makes me anxious To be there by the target And know that I could miss it I never felt so lonely So when you came and saw me And the following moment Took your eyes of me The more I know about you The more I know I want you The less I care about who Was there before I found you The more I know about you The more I know I want you The less I care about who Was there before I found you
Elle aime ( With Albin de la Simone ) Elle aime les films hongrois Sous-titrés en tchèque Bach, repac, bartok Et l'opéra chinois Les culottes en velours Les vapeurs de gasoil Le civet de bulot Et les œufs de cent jours Et c'est moi qu'elle aime Il aime les joues de dinde Les restaurants anglais La mythologie suisse Et l'odeur des bébés Les orchestres de bal Le kiwi au maroilles Les mélopées pépères Et les films de bègues Et c'est moi qu'elle aime Elle aime le cri des poux Et le lait faisandé Les tipis et les gnous Le chlore et la mélasse Elle chérit un hibou Elle dépèce des taupes Vénère les papous Et les kangourous myopes Et c'est moi qu'elle aime J'ai beau chercher partout en moi, c'est un mystère Je ne me sens pas gnou ni kangourou pépère. Ni papou ni bulot ni bébé au maroilles Absolument jamais tchèque, hibou ni tchik-tchik Tchèque, hibou ni tchik-tchik Et c'est moi qu'il aime...
Fightin' Away The Tears
Last night I woke up and turned on the light Dreamin' I had you by my side You said my hair looked like a bird's nest And swore to make me forget all the rest Then I saw that I was all alone Your location I did not know It was a dream nothing more nothing less I guess there's still a couple things I regret That's why I'm... Fightin' away the tears Fightin' away the tears And I'm holdin' on for years Fightin' away the tears But don't you worry I'll keep on fightin' I'll keep on callin' your name In my dreams In my dreams In my dreams In my dreams In my dreams We thought that we could keep the world at bay With just each other we'd have somewhere to lay You said I was the girl in your dreams I laughed and said I guess we're both still asleep Oh life can be so hard to relay Because the words just don't come out the right way I'll put your memory on a shelf Sometimes you gotta take care or yourself That's why I'm... Fightin' away the tears Fightin' away the tears And I'm holdin' on for years Fightin' away the tears Fightin' away the tears Fightin' away the tears And I'm holdin' on for years Fightin' away the tears Fightin' away the tears
Foolproof ( Ron Sexsmith cover / Live Berlin, Germany 11-11-2004 ) Foolproof That's what my heart's become And I challenge anyone to break in I challenge anyone to make me open up the door 'Cause I've been fooled before And now I'm... Foolproof Older and wiser now And I'm never gonna fall for that old, Never gonna fall for that old Fairy tale anymore 'Cause I've been schooled before And cos I'm foolproof And I dare Anyone to try Not a care In the world have I As long as I am foolproof Oh no, they can't fool me 'Cause I've been around the block a few times Been around enough to know I'm Coming back for more 'Cause I believe that your heart is pure And 'cause I'm foolproof Foolproof That's what my heart's become
Give 'Er
( Peaches feat. Feist / Impeach My Bush LP ) How many times, baby, gonna be before I gotta break away Falling for something better that you just can't explain How many times am I back and forth before I walk into a wall Just give 'er, baby, just give 'er, what are you waiting for Give 'er Give 'er Don't hold back now, baby, it isn't the time How many times, baby, gonna be before I gotta break away Falling for something better that you just can't explain How many times am I back and forth before I walk into a wall Just give 'er, baby, just give 'er, what are you waiting for Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er Don't hold back now, baby, it isn't the time Give 'er Give 'er How many times, baby, gonna be before I gotta break away Falling for something better that you just can't explain How many times am I back and forth before I walk into a wall Just give 'er, baby, just give 'er, what are you waiting for Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er Give 'er
Hangover Days
( Jason Collett with Feist / Live at The Ascot Room in Minneapolis, 01-29-2006 ) Collett: It was in your basement apartment With all of its earth and sea Making love on the carpet Under the light of the TV Outside the sour moon minstrels Shook their dark tambourines The morning came in sinister Well window light menacing With clouds up above With clouds down below Killing time but it won't stand still It won't stand still Feist & Collett: I told you I'll never make a promise A promise I can't keep I thanked you for being honest I told you, "don't pull that shit on me" These are the hangover days Of frosted glass and metallic gleam All these new non-places They erase our memory We try so hard, we try so hard We try so hard to love, we try so hard to love Collett: It was underneath London bridge I finally realized what you mean Meanwhile all of fashion's latest Were nipping at the heels of history Collett & Feist: I tried to send you a postcard All you could write were apologies So out the Columbia hotel window I threw my heart into the street With stars up above With stars down below Killing time but it won't stand still It won't stand still We try so hard, we try so hard We try so hard to love Collett: From the skyways To the highways Now you're highway To throw away We try so hard to love, we try so hard to love We try so hard to love, we try so hard to love We try so hard to love, we try so hard to love We try so hard to love, we try so hard to love We try so hard to love
Hey, That's no Way to Say Goodbye (Leonard Cohen cover) I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new In city and in forest they smiled like me and you But now it's come to distances and both of us must try Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that's no way to say goodbye I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme You know my love goes with you and your love stays with me It's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that's no way to say goodbye I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new In city and in forest they smiled like me and you But now it's come to distances and both of us must try Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that's no way to say goodbye
How Can I Stop
( Rolling Stones cover / Live at Rivoli Theater in Toronto, 2001 ) You offer me all your love and sympathy Sweet affection, it's killing me Oh… baby, baby, you're all I want to see And how can I stop once I've started How can I stop once I've started You look at me but I don't know what you see It's a reflection of what I want to be Oh baby, baby, you're all I want to see And how can I stop once I've started How can I stop once we get started, baby How can I stop once I start How can I stop once I get started How can I stop once we get started How can I stop once we start How do we ever start Baby, you're all I want to see
Islands In The Stream ( Feist With Constantine / Dolly Parton Cover ) Baby when I met you there was peace unknown I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb I was soft inside There was something going on You do something to me that I can't explain Hold me closer and I feel no pain Every beat of my heart We got something going on Tender love is blind It requires a dedication All this love we feel Needs no conversation We can ride it together, uh huh Making love with each other, uh huh Islands in the stream That is what we are No one in between How can we be wrong Sail away with me To another world And we rely on each other,uh huh From one lover to another, uh huh I can't live without you if the love was gone Everything is nothing when you got no one And you walk in the night Slowly losing sight of the real thing But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the message is clear This could be the year for the real thing No more will you cry Baby I will hurt you never We start and end as one In love forever We can ride it together, uh huh Making love with each other, uh huh Islands in the stream That is what we are No one in between How can we be wrong Sail away with me To another world And we rely on each other, uh huh From one lover to another, uh huh Sail away Can sail away with me Islands in the stream That is what we are No one in between How can we be wrong Sail away with me To another world And we rely on each other, uh huh From one lover to another, uh huh...
Know How
( Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street LP ) Erik Glambek : Riding on this know-how Never been here before Peculiarly entrusted Possibly that's all Is history recorded Does someone have a tape Surely, I'm no pioneer Constellations stay the same Just a little bit of danger When intriguingly Our little secret Trusts that you trust me 'Cause no one will ever know That this was happening So tell me why you listen When nobody's talking Feist : Oh oh oh What is there to know All this is what it is Erik Glambek & Feist : Oh oh oh You and me alone Sheer simplicity Erik Glambek & Feist : Oh oh oh What is there to know All this is what it is Oh oh oh You and me alone Sheer simplicity Oh oh oh What is there to know All this is what it is Oh oh oh You and me alone Sheer simplicity
L'amour ne dure pas toujours ( Francoise Hardy )
Pourquoi t'inquiète mon silence Crois-moi tu n'as plus de recours Que prendre ton mal en patience L'amour ne dure pas toujours Tu te jouais de moi je pense Quand je croyais t'aimer d'amour Aujourd'hui change la balance L'amour ne dure pas toujours Tu as été mon espérance Je t'ai appelé au secours Tu vins bien tard mais pour ma chance L'amour ne dure pas toujours Tu fus aussi ma délivrance Tout s'est passé en quelques jours Avant après c'est la souffrance L'amour ne dure pas toujours Tu ne fus donc qu'une expérience On s'est trompé chacun son tour Mon cœur fatigué prend vacances L'amour ne dure pas toujours !
La chanson de Satie
( With Arthur H )
Rapproche toi de moi Monte le son plus fort Je veux sentir une dernière fois Ton corps contre moi Je pars en voyage Tu pars très longtemps Je vais t'oublier un peu c'est sur C'est certain Je voulais te dire que je t'aime encore Tu voulais me dire que tu m'aimes encore Je t'en prie chante-moi Ce vieil air français C'est une mélodie D'Erik Satie, je crois Que c'est ça Je voulais te dire encore Je voulais te dire que je t'aime encore Tu voulais me dire que tu m'aimes encore Tu pars en voyage Je pars très longtemps Tu vas m'oublier C'est sûr c'est certain Rapproche toi de moi Monte le son plus fort Tu voulais me dire Que je t'aime encore Que tu m'aimes encore, que tu m'aimes encore (que je t'aime encore, que je t'aime encore)
La même histoire ( La même Histoire OST )
Quel est donc Ce lien entre nous Cette chose indéfinissable Où vont ces destins qui se nouent Pour nous rendre inséparables Life's a dance We all have to do What does the music require People all moving together Close as the flames in a fire Feel the beat Music and rhyme While there is time We all go round and round Partners are lost and found Looking for one more chance All I know is We're all in the dance Quel est donc Ce qui nous sépare Qui par hasard nous réunit Pourquoi tant d'allers, de départs Dans cette ronde infinie On avance Au fil du temps Au gré du vent Ainsi On vit au jour le jour Nos envies, nos amours On s'en va sans savoir On est toujours Dans la même histoire We all go round and round Partners are lost and found Looking for one more chance All I know is We're all in the dance Dans la même histoire La même histoire
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
( Live / Traditional )
Leaning, leaning Safe and secure from all your joy
Look At What The Light Did Now ( Little Wings & Feist ) Hear it like a pounce upon a peak, oh Look at what the light did now Bear it like a bounce upon the beak, oh Look at what the light did now Land and water and bird or beast, oh Look at what the light did now Shiny little band or Golden Fleece, oh Look at what the light did now Look at what the light did now Look at what the light did now Look at what the light did now In my will I went ‘till it's wasted Look at what the light did now Taste the taste I taste ‘till it's tasted Look at what the light did now Bought it like a boast that burly beaming Look at what the light did now Got it like a ghost that girly gleaming Look at what the light did now Look at what the light did now Look at what the light did now Look at what the light did now Like a dead tree that's dry and leaving Look at what the light did now Play it on me with grief and grieving Look at what the light did now I would finally fall to pieces Look at what the light did now We'll meet soon as nephew's nieces Look at what the light did now
Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming
( Christmas song / Sweet Tracks 2005 LP ) Lo, how a Rose e're blooming From tender stem hath sprung Of Jesse's lineage coming As those of old have sung It came, a floweret bright Amid the cold of winter When half spent was the night This rose whose fragrance tender With sweetness fills the air Dispels with nature's splendor The darkness everywhere True love, so pure and good From sin and death He saves us, And lightens every load
Love Is A Lonely Thing (Kings of Convenience Feat. Feist) If you want someone to Enter in your life Show a part of your world They can dream about It will seem a fair idea If you make it their idea Go back to your corner Let them come to you Patience is the hardest Thing you have to learn Hours seem like oceans When desire bums Rushing in will ruin all You must bide your time Sow a seed then water Wait for love to grow Love to you is given Love is gifted you No love can be taken That love is not true Love is pain and suffering Love can be a lonely thing Once you've known that magic Who can live without it
Lover's Spit
( Broken Social Scene - Beehives LP ) All these people drinking lover's spit They sit around and clean their face with it And they listen to teeth to learn how to quit Tied to a night they never met You know it's time That we grow old and do some shit I like it all that way I like it all that way All these people drinking lover's spit Swallowing words while giving head They listen to teeth to learn how to quit They take some hands and get used to it All these people drinking lover's spit They sit around and clean their face with it You know it's time That we grow old and do some shit I like it all that way I like it all that way I like it all that way
Lovertits ( Gonzales / The Peaches Cover ) One day, you're gonna have to get over me You're gonna have to give it to me You're gonna have to give it up And one day, you're gonna have to give it to me You're gonna have to lay up to me You're gonna have to give it up Bye-bye baby If you don't think I know what's happen Here we go You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up You're gonna have to give it up Let's get over this I'm your lovertits, oh Let's get over this I'm your lovertits, oh
Major Label Debut ( Broken Social Scene / Live Cover ) I'm just coming here to come down I could be this I could move town Put masseuse right on the guest list Saw my pause boy Became weightless And I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up Draper street caught me believing Spilt their eyes on the ceiling Forced to live likes its a curfew Translation means i love you And I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up One two three four I'm just coming here to come down I could be this I could move town Forced to live likes it's a curfew Translation means I love you And I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up I'm all hooked up
Nothin' In The World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl
( The Kinks cover / Live at Black Sessions 03-03-2004 ) Met a girl, fell in love, glad as I can be Met a girl, fell in love, glad as I can be But I think all the time, is she true to me? 'Cause there's nothing in this world to stop me worrying 'bout that girl I found out I was wrong, she was just two timing I found out I was wrong, she just kept on lying Now she tries to tell the truth, and I just can't believe 'Cause there's nothing in this world to stop me worrying 'bout that girl Tell me who can I turn to, just who can I believe? Tried to put her out of my amind, she'll only cause me grief But I love that girl, whatever she's done, I know it hurts me 'Cause there's nothing in the world to stop me worrying 'bout that 'Cause there's nothing in the world to stop me worrying 'bout that girl 'Cause there's nothing in the world to stop me worrying 'bout that girl
On A Beach (Hayden feat. Feist) We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and there's sand at our feet We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and you're fond of me Just breath out and in Keep your eyes on this ring As I swing it back and forth on this here string Eyelids are heavy wings All the things that trouble you Fall right out of the room and we begin We're on a beach, oh yеah, we're on a beach Wе're drinking income taxes and there's sand at our feet We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and you're fond of me Now you take your turn Concentrate the sound of my voice Or the spaces in-between my words And find yourself in a world Where you can simply relax See, most of your worries lapse or seem absurd We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and there's sand at our feet We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and you're fond of me I wanna see Yeah, I mean really see All the beauty that's right in front of me I wanna be Oh yeah, I wanna be Where the sun rises behind palm trees This ain't meant to be Yeah, listened to while we Drive or operate heavy machinery This ain't meant to be Yeah, listened to while we Drive or operate heavy machinery We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and we're out of reach We're on a beach, oh yeah, we're on a beach We're drinking income taxes and we're out of reach
River Man (Nick Drake cover / Famous Blue Cable & Feist / The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs Of Nick Drake LP) Betty came by on her way Said she had a word to say About things today And fallen leaves Said she hadn't heard the news Hadn't had the time to choose A way to lose But she believes Going to see the river man Going to tell him all I can About the plan For lilac time If he tells me all he knows About the way his river flows And all night shows In summertime Betty said she prayed today For the sky to blow away Or maybe stay She wasn't sure For when she thought of summer rain Calling for her mind again She lost the pain And stayed for more Gonna see the river man Gonna to tell him all I can About the ban On feeling free If you tell me all he knows About the way his river flows I don't suppose It's meant for me It's meant for me
Sally's song
( Live Park West in Chicago - 27-01-2006 )
One, two, three, four Tell me that you love me more Sleepless, long night Sweet dreams of guilty shore Four teenage boys who have tears in their eyes Too scared to own up to one little lie Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, you know who you are Brunette, yellow cheeks Cover up all your sin Rosy and warm First you cough, but then you grin Four teenage boys who arrive at your door Left you with nothing, now they want some more Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, you know who you are One, two, three, four, five, six, nine, or ten Money can't buy you back the love that you had then Four teenage boys who have tears in their eyes Too scared to own up to one little lie Oh, you're changing your heart Oh, you know who you are
Shameless Eyes ( Gonzalez feat. Feist / Presidential Suite LP ) Shameless eyes You've got the saddest pair of shameless eyes And how I hate to see them dry And how I like to see them cry I fantasize Of putting shame back in those shameless eyes I'm longing for a long good-bye Where we can watch the feeling die Shameless eyes And they got no shame Shameless eyes And they got no shame Shameless eyes Your game is no match for my game My game is no mess for your game Shameless eyes Your game is no match for my game My game is no match for your game All these lies Appear forever in your shameless eyes But am I really hypnotized Or do I have the same disguise And they got no shame Shameless eyes You've got the saddest pair of shameless eyes And how I hate to see them dry And how I like to see them cry Shameless eyes And they got no shame Shameless eyes And they got no shame Shameless eyes And they got no shame Shameless eyes And they got no shame My game is no match for your game Your game is no match for my game My game is no match for your game Your game is no match for my game My game is no match for your game My game is no match for your game
Someday Baby ( Bob Dylan / Dark Was the Night Live ) I don't care what you do, I don't care what you say I don't care where you go baby or how long you stay Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry about me anymore Well I'm so hard pressed, my mind tied up in knots And I keep recycling the same old thoughts Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry about me anymore So many good things in life that I overlooked I don't know what to do now, you got me hooked Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry about me anymore Well I tried to be friendly, well I tried to be kind I'm gonna drive you from your home, just like I was driven from mine Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry about me anymore Well, I don't want to brag, but I'm gonna ring your neck When all else fails I'll make it a matter of self respect Someday baby, you ain't gonna worry about me anymore
Somewhere Down The Road
( Jesse Harris cover / Live at Trabendo Session ) Somewhere down the road I'll see you again I don't know when But I know you'll be the same And I know I'll be the same Unchanged You'll free me again But I'll never be free From memories And I know your life will change And I know my life will change Unchained Unchained, unchained We drift away Like roses on the sea Stars in the sky They're always alone They're on their own And I know they'll always shine And I know they'll always shine All time
Strangers ( Golden Smog Cover / Live ) Where are you going, I don't mind Well I'll kill my world and I'll kill my time Where do I go, what do I see I see many people looking after me Where are you going to, I don't mind If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die So I will follow you wherever you go If your offered hand is still open to me Strangers on this road, we are all We are not two, we are one So you've been where I've just come From the land that brings losers home And we will share this road we walk And mind our mouths and we wear our talk Til peace we find, tell you what I'll do All the things I own, I will share with you If I feel tomorrow like I'm feeling today And we'll take what we want and give the rest away Strangers on this road, we are all We are not two, we are one Strangers on this road, we are all We are not two, we are one
The Build Up ( Kings Of Convenience - Riot On An Empty Street LP )
Eirik Glambek : The build up Lasted for days Lasted for weeks Lasted too long Our hero Withdrew When there was two He could not choose one So there was none Worn into the vaguely announced Worn into the vaguely announced Feist : The spinning top Made a sound Like a train Across the valley Fading Oh so quiet But constant 'til it passed Over the ridge Into the distances Written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off The spinning top Made a sound Like a train Across the valley Fading Oh so quiet But constant 'til it passed Over the ridge Into the distances Written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off The spinning top Made a sound Like a train Across the valley Fading Oh so quiet But constant 'til it passed Over the ridge Into the distances Written on your ticket To remind you where to stop And when to get off When to get off When to get off When to get off
The Eastern Shore
( The Red Demos EP ) The telegraph cables hum And few can decipher who the message is from And it deliver it quietly 'Cause some don't get much company The harbour becomes the sea And lighting the house keeps it collision free Understand the lay of the land Don't let it hurt you Or it will be the first to 'Cause The water The water came to realize It's dangerous size The mountain The mountain came to recognize It's a steep and rocky sides More than realized I'm pale as a pile of bones You hope for your babies and this is how they grow Wind-battered, knocked over The teeth by the shoulder Watching the grey sky that's acting like a good guy Light house museum X4 The water The water came to realize It's dangerous size The mountain The mountain more than recognize It's steep and rocky sides More than realized
The simple story
( With Jane Birkin )
Jane : The little thoughts came rushing in While I watched for a sign from him When all the while was clear as day That I should go and he should stay Feist : I took his love like it was mine I squeezed the truth until it lied It took some time for cracks to show Should I stay or should he go? Jane : The simple story that you told me Is a little different from what you showed me The simple story, unfurling slowly Is if you lay down with a dream You'll wake up lonely Feist : The fog will cast a certain shade So what you see is how what's made it's mark will show you what to do When hope pretends it's made you new Love lied love lied but I'm the reason Love lied Jane : The simple story that you told me Is a little different from what you showed me Feist : The sky wraps round the mountaintops Jane : The watch unwinds until it stops Some things will always be the way they are Feist : And that is how they'll stay Jane : The simple story that you told me Is a little different from what you showed me The simple story, unfurling slowly Is if you lay down with a dream You'll wake up lonely
Train Song ( Duet with Ben Gibbard / Dark Was The Night LP ) Feist : Travelling north, travelling north to find you Train wheels beating, the wind in my eyes Don't even know what I'll find when I get to you Call out your name love, don't be surprised Feist & Ben : It's so many miles and so long since I've left you Don't even know what I'll find when I get to you But suddenly now, I know where I belong It's many hundred miles and it won't be long Ben : Nothing at all, in my head, to say to you Only the beat of the train I'm on Nothing I've learned all my life on the way to you One day our love was over and gone Feist & Ben : It's so many miles and so long since I've met you Don't even know what I'll say when I get to you But suddenly now, I know where I belong It's many hundred miles and it won't be long Feist & Ben : What will I do if there's someone there with you Maybe someone you've always known How do I know I can come and give to you Love with no warning and find you alone It's so many miles and so long since I've met you Don't even know what I'll find when I get to you But suddenly now, I know where I belong It's many hundred miles and it won't be long It won't be long It won't be long It won't be long
We can work it out
( Live With Arthur H / Taratata Show )
Try to see it my way Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on While you see it your way Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone We can work it out We can work it out Think of what you're saying You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright Think of what I'm saying We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night We can work it out We can work it out Life is very short, and there's no time For fussing and fighting, my friend I have always thought that it's a crime So I will ask you once again Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong While you see it your way There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long We can work it out We can work it out Life is very short, and there's no time For fussing and fighting, my friend I have always thought that it's a crime So I will ask you once again Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong While you see it your way There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long We can work it out We can work it out We can work it out We can work it out
We're all in the dance ( Paris je t'aime OST ) Life's a dance we all have to do What does the music require People are moving together Close as the flames in a fire Feel the beat Music and rhyme While there is time We all go round and round Partners are lost and found Looking for one more chance All I know is We're all in the dance Night and day The music plays on We all are part of the show While we can hold on to someone We know life won't let us go Feel the beat Music and rhyme While there is time We all go round and round Partners are lost and found Looking for one more chance All I know is We're all in the dance We're all in the dance We all go round and round Partners are lost and found Looking for one more chance All I know is We're all in the dance We're all in the dance
You And I (Feist & Jeff Tweedy from Wilco / Live at Way Out West, Gothenburg, 2012-08-10) You and I We might be strangers However close we get sometimes It's like we never met But you and I I think we can take it All the good with the bad Make something that no one else has but You and I You and I Me and you What can we do When the words we use sometimes Are misconstrued Well, I won't guess What's coming next I can't ever tell you The deepest well I've ever fallen into Oh I don't wanna know Oh I don't wanna know Oh I don't need to know Everything about you Oh I don't wanna know And you don't need to know That much about me You and I We might be strangers However close we get sometimes It's like we never met But you and I I think we can take it All the good with the bad Make something that no one else has but You and I You and I You and I You and I