B i o g r a p h y (by MacKenzie Wilson)
Plucking into the sweet melodies of Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan and ripping into the raw emotion of Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter Beth Hirsch is another strong female artist ready to jump on the bandwagon of all things Lilith. Blending simplistic acoustic guitar and passionate vocalic beauty, Hirsch can frolic into the new folk-rock movement associated with artists such as Shawn Colvin. Born in 1967, Hirsch spent her childhood and early teenage years in Tampa, Florida, enjoying her affinity for acting and performing. In 1992, she moved to Boston to sharpen her experience and participated in a cross theater training program. Her ambitions eventually led her to Paris shortly thereafter, where Hirsch found herself working with British theater groups while falling in love with the city's bohemian underground. It was here where she discovered her voice and love for singing. Her lovely folk ballad-filled EP, Miner's Son, was released to sparse reviews in 1998, but Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunkel were keen to her sound, asking Hirsch to appear on their 1998 debut album, Moon Safari. She co-wrote and sang "All I Need" and "You Make It Easy" from the French duo's album and later toured with the band across major cities in U.S. and Europe. When her musical whirlwind ended, Hirsch moved to London in 1999 to record her second EP, P-Town Rubies. The release garnered showers of critical acclaim, providing her with the opportunity to tour the U.K. with folk-jazz great Terry Callier. She and Wasis Diop also recorded "Everything" for the soundtrack to The Thomas Crown Affair. The edgy folk-pop-driven Early Days marked Hirsch's debut full-length in August 2000. Titles & Idols followed in fall 2001.
Early days - 2000-06-27 -
Come a day Gabrielle Mary the angel Life is mine Dandy The more we live No refrain Dream on Silent song
Titles & Idols - 2001-10-29 -
Let it live (beatless) I know why Titles & Idols Captain daylight Nest Sensation Until I met you Who said Ordinary life Nigel & Fiona Hindsight Let it live (radical mix)
Early days
*** Thanx a lot to Kitty for these lyrics *** Come a day
Windy autumn Evening by the river Stands a man A man and Gabrielle Real looker Her back began to shiver Reminders of the months Under his spell He spoke in measure She recognized his rhythm Been a year A year without a sound She saw it comin In gestures he delivered Her eyes just kept The ground... 'Cause Gabrielle Has learned to tell The gap from False to real And needs a man Who's sane at hand In tenderness Revealed (He goes) I acted badly Can you understand me? The prace I'm making 'Cause I'm a changed man (I was) such a fool In how I used to trat you Such a fool To beat you out of life Gone the days I leave you with no traces Gone the day You hate to see my face I know it's late I sweat and hesitate Wouldn't it Be great? 'Cause Gabrielle I mean you well And we have healed In time For all the girls In all the world It's you I seek To find, Gabrielle" She stood dazed Nude in amazent She heard his words A hundred times again A fantasy has haunted her For ages That fantasy had now become Her friend She came upon An earring in the street Tearful pearl With silver to the sides She finally won Her walk became a run She felt as she Could fly 'Cause Gabrielle Has learned to tell The gap from False to real In her's the fan Who'll meet the man 'Cause love is Strength revealed Gabrielle....
Mary the angel
On Tuesdays mornings you'd wake her up Take the firty clothes And be on your way In the afternoons When she got home You'd share a snack And talk about the day You'd fry chicken At her birthday party For that alone They would've stayed To the little girl You were her greatest present To other kids you were just The maid If angels can fly Then you can fly If angels can fly Then you'd... Go with her to your neighborhood To play with children door to door Unaware of heat between your colors Eternal war of man rich and poor And home there was no home With you she'd run away You said Your Mum and Dad They love you so" And gentle strength convinced the girl Then you can fly If angels can fly Then you'd... When you had a stroke on That summer's night The teenage girl nearly Thought you died She wanted bad to wake you up... Then you can fly If angels can fly Then you can...
Life is mine
The blues in your eyes Takes me to a time There was no precision No decision or love But if you take a chance Cath this glance of mine Because maybe baby You're what I'm thinking of To you I pose a question Say no I go my way It's more like how we're destined And how I see you Life is mine X3 New skies will open Once my head is clear We move to grow and learn to know What the world was always supposed to hear For midnight will fall rain To pour down beads of promise And wash away the pain So sleep in calmness Life is mine X3 It says I lived a little more For my age, I get a score Life is mine....
Dandy
Sunday you're turning sentimental Take your time I'm keeping my cool here Do you mind? Pouring me petals of a rose Our hearts are toasting Now with eyes closed There she goes Somebody likes me And he's somebody dandy Carries me fancy Past the time Nothing is ever accidental That's what a kiss is That's why your wish is... This thing between seem to be smooth And so soothing Dasingly proving Like is grand Like is not to be underrated It is a favor Savor the flavor While you can Somebody likes me And he's somebody dandy Carries me fancy Past the time Nothing is ever accidental That's what a kiss is That's why your wish is... Somebody likes me And he's somebody dandy Carries me fancy Past the time Nothing is ever accidental That's what a kiss is That's why your wish is...
The more we live
One more candle for the evening One last touch before I fade Isn't now the ever after? Love can come at any age The more we live The less we die The more we live The less we die It may get funny So long as you're asking why The more we live... Could it be my star is in your gaze? Could I play these strings to heal your pain? You were up already, lightening struck you down Get up one more time and you'll be the man for me The more we live The less we die It may get funny So long as you're asking why The more we live... (X2)
No refrain
Knock hard, I can't hear anymore I've been wasting on a whisper Jump start, all this flesh on the floor Just like in Bowling when he finally ... Checking out a fancy With no time to skip the beat Checking out a fancy Sweet! Tucking in the waved heat and My back begins to wave Hey Kevin guess what? You just sent me to heaven Don't mind you Now you're Mr. Blue Pouring me jugs of juice For the diary I'm "back to Jamaica" Feeling irey Loving in the seventh Lots of sharps and flats to play Loving in the seventh Day Keep your faith in the right You might swing and start to sway
Dream on
Gotta go out again No not tonight again I'll let you know I assure you Give me a moment Some faith and a moment If you want to hold me I'll let you Where are those tears coming from? Held down in the well That spring forth like children Who live for the summer They lie in the marigolds Then fly underground Subscribe to the merrigolds Imbibed with the lightest sounds Let me dream again Let me dream on Where did our beauty go? That's right you told me so How hard you tried me To keep it Love is invincable Love's indestructable What made you think You might cheat it? Where are those tears coming from? Held down in the well That spring forth like children Who live for the summer They lie in the marigolds Then fly underground Subscribe to the merrigolds Imbibed with the lightest sounds Let me dream again Let me dream on (repeat)
Silent song
Streaming beams of silence Sweeping down on a crowded room Catch the flip side to violence Could it be a change of mind Catching speed, catch attention As it beaks up all the lines Not to worry just to mention You can own at an time Generation baby Grab the reins We've been your leaders We've been bad No more mental whoopings, Whips or chains Cheating you was just a fad Screaming beams of silence Lying down on an empty floor Did you miss out the first time? Could you use a little more? Catching speed, catch attention As it beaks up all the lines Not to worry just to mention You can own at an time Generation baby Grab the reins We've been your leaders We've been bad No more mental whoopings Whips or chains Cheating you was just a fad
Titles and Idols *** Thanx a lot to Cécile for these lyrics ***
Let It Live What's there left I haven't felt Since I've known you ? What else is there left to come ? What do you know ? Creaked open a cellar door First the deluge, then pasture Moving house was natural Fared with the flow The margins moved To soften the boundaries From slanted bents Now mended to gaze It's hard to believe you're here And I'm here and we're coming back You heard me out Without a string and let it live... How'd we find such pleasure In so few a moment Rhthyhm keeping a measure While we're on the go Alone in rooms together Racing the hand of a master The more experience The more that we know The loving grooves we choose That fuse Those sufales we don't Refuse It's hard to believe you're here And I'm here and we're coming back You held my soul With all your heart And let it live Let it live... I Know Why Off you go then Off you go I'll stay instead out of black and back into the red Found in you Bound in you All that I wanted to be Go in anger and pull out what you need I know why fury's so hard to tame I quit lying I brought you here to blame Trying to break through all in a day I know why We dared to share but now We're going away Don't look back Don't you look back There's nothing here for you Watch me patient Watch me disappear Fought for you Thought for you All that I wanted to be Go in wisdom and read out What you read chorus We dared to share it's good To care and though we're scared We're better for going Away...
Titles & Idols There's a call coming close Luring me from a cell Born from my very shell That's finished and melting There's a road and a role Grumbling under me It's bumpy but smoother still Than what I was dreaming No, il hasn't been long Since the day I was lost but today I can profess Everyday's open 'Cause we all bear a loss As we cross to a star To find out just who are we To show you just who we are No titles and idols And nobody goes down... There's a wage on a war Lined in eternity Signed by our destiny, Religion and country There's a rage within me Fighting the pedigree Plagued by its recipe Excluding the true me Chorus Captain Daylight Captain Could you feed me 'Cause I'm starving for some Daylight Poor me Always falling Now I'm calling you to take flight My head is a court For the darkness While needles go straight For the joint I can't seem to win Many games here In fact, I've forgotten The point Go way Go out Lady ! If you see the lady Tell her that I'm alright Better not yet 'Cause she's buney To the phone and Does she wear her reasoning Skintight 'Cause moonlight can read In a heart beat Where you and now me Chose to be Take hold of the cold And the pressure The force of her truth Is the key Chorus Captain, I'm ready, you can send me back A full moon I was born there I was graceful I was steady, you know ? This moment here's not too soon I'm full of a fire For all things And blaze through the haze of "you should" 'Cause going where no one Has else been Is something of love That I would Chorus
Nest Sensation There's sleep in your eyes Dawn gone - time to rise They call this the "big world" All that I found Til now - confounds Ohhhh, baby girl To care's worth the dare I wouldn't lie to you I'd rather die Why don't you go on and try that then ?? Hmmmmmmmmmm ? No nest in this sidewalk No nest in the sensation I got a home No rest in the complacence You call hope Hired then I'm fired So fucking tired of Screeching so-called teachers Lying "Life Beth, is death desired" Sit down... Yeah you ! I like my, I want my, I need my nest sensation It feeds me, it fills me It's deep this nest sensation You charm me than harm me Disarming nest sensation Control me to hold me Complete me nest sensation No nest in this nicotine No nest in the sensation Blowing rings of smoke No rest in the complacence Flowing me 'vo Down below Why do you kill you ? Where is your will And the dreams choking in your pillow ? They're dizzy and I'm broken, broken, broken Bro... Chorus No nest in his bedroom No nest in the sensation Oooohh I gotta man No nest in the complacence I'm in demand Why do you fight ? You already won Don't you trust me ? Your time is coming And then you'll know some real loving! Chorus Until I Met You Can a dance enhance A couple's chance To fall into a trance ? Can a laugh beghin The where within To start a new romance ? Can arms so strong Be placed along The place where we belong ? Can a body melt ? I'd never felt, I'd never known Til I met you Can the doubt that's creeping While you're sleeping Program it to lose ? Can love or hate That's risked your fate Suffice to pay your dues ? Can a tear increase The fears release in helping you to choose ? Love had only seemed A taunting dream I'd never know Til I met you Some days are over But some are right here To wink you in the eye A memory pleases Before it teases Out to make you cry So in the long run You'll be your one gun It's do or die And then I met you Oh, why... Can a thought get caught In what it oughtnt't Dressing you in green ? Can jealous monster Come to haunt Creating ya'll a scene ? Can trust surpass The many passes No doubt come to pass ? Can the good persist ? I'd only wished but Never known til I met you
Who Said ? Different shapes of people Shaping their kinds of words To say the same thing Aching to wall with our backs straight No matter how many times You think you're ready... I thing it'd be really good If I could...be honest with you Instead of acting like In this I'm pleased But I'm busy Putting myself so far behind you Instead of hanging right here In the lead Who said I wouldn't want to ? Different shades of love Searching any kind of love To know the one love Aching to lie on our backs straight No matter... Darling, I think it'd be Searching any kind of love To know the one love Aching to lie on our backs straight No matter... Darling, I think it'd be Really good if we could Keep on doing what we're doing My new friend, exact, indeed 'Cause in the moment it's giving Everything we own Somehow in the next I'm freed Who said I wouldn't want you ? Who said ?
Ordinary Life Suddenly the sun is on And turned up high When you don't expect it Heat's the best surprise While our clothes are hanging on For dear life, hanging out to dry out Waiting to be used Another day Time for lunch Time to set the table Take a chair Take the one you like I wouldn't have to climb The bar isn't so high I wouldn't have to guess The trouble on your mind I'd hum against the wind And often at your side An ordinary "we" An ordinary life Even if you wanted to You couldn't leave Neighbors in your skin Sifted through the lease Pretty soon we'll be set to buy We turned that round We'll have you round Go on bring your kids and dress it up Holding on-holding up to grown-ups Making due Making due for now They wouldn't have to climb Ordinary "them" Safe & sound Even in the hard times If I'm wrong Least I had the right chorus An ordinary "me" ...That's life...
Nigel & Fiona Leave the youth just as they are For example, take our Nigel and Fiona It's their anniversary How's this for a plan ? First, a shower after work Nigel's had it, he could throw Away his mobile - all he does is slave away But those bastards are never satisfied She waits at home Magazines ring Fiona She sells their space by phone What she would really do is design Maybe in time... When you're not in a hurry When you're cool on your own When today's good as any Then you're ready for love When their words never hurt you When their words only help Bring you home to yourself Then you're ready for love Next our couple wines and dines Plus it's Friday - almost every Friday's Curry - they will barely fight tonight Just gifts and a kiss Neil is standing in the queue With the pills - for pills their Neil is brilliant - sometimes with A few to spare So he sells What harm can pleasure do ?! You check that sound ? Any club ? No, the Desden'! Their dj's in from Leeds and They knew him before he was big Oh yes they did! Chorus Their minds are high Plus the sea is a dance floor Fiona loves to move - Nigel watches Her close from afar Love hits us hard... Hindsight Vision that you're holding Relished til it makes you whole Push it out - the pull can't get No bolder Go on honey - buzz to heaven This boy's being mine Combed enough your hives to Differentiate the kinds Oh, the turns that take these tables Our cards face up mark down into Then changes crack the frame like thunder Do you wonder ? 'Cause I do... Who's to say it we're too happy Wo will tell, not I Wrestling this devil for I swear The final time Oh, discouraging illusion That it's not you who gets to choose If panic never made us blunder Do you wonder ? 'Cause I do... Don't bend away framall Your height And curse this magic Etched in Hindsight To grow hold, while you mumble To yourself "Oh well, but fuck, Then again" - just hum, I'm sure The tune's divine In every undulation In curves so rich to feel you through 'Cause over everything that's under Do you wonder ? bet you wonder 'Cause I do...
All together As the days go by i put it All together I've been waiting quite some time For the perfect time To throw myself into the rhyme And let it roll As the days go by I put it all together I finished asking why And let go forever I debated at the door Am i worth some more? More for me and for the world And one day my little girl Everyday could hold regrets When my best's not here yet, but Chuck it all if it'll get The best of me As the days go by I put it all together I finished asking why And let go forever As the days go by I put it all together I'm only here to love And that love's forever So you're back on track The world's less crazy You're out of debt And you had the baby You put yourself on the Banquet table And serve your someone As the days go by I put it all together I finished asking why And let go forever As the days go by I put it all together I'm only here to love And that love's forever... The best things are easy The best things are easy Like birthdays and Fridays And paydays The may days of weekends galore The beaches and oceans With screeches of seagulls In motion The surfers who light up The board When a stranger Has painted your picture And the portrait's Good as you Now behold The magic in a day The magic in a day There's magic in a day The best things are easy Like being ahead of the traffic The package that's perfect To send The laughter just after A fight with your partner Or lover Discovering mother's A friend You remember When every struggle Could endanger Every dream Now behold What light can wash away What light can wash away The best things are easy Like naptime and bath time And bedtime The cuddle, the huddle The love, hmm A story or fable To teach us again why we're able The message embracing us all The best things are easy The best things are easy The best things are easy Indelibly you With a band-aid as my ring A journal as my bible The fruit keeps up with us As we ripen Something's in my overcoat In the lining of my mind Irrepressibly aware It's my time It's my time It's my time Who are you longing to be? The version they said You should be instead Now that you know You are free Indelibly you Indelibly you Coming through I'm a lunatic in love But the hermit's by my side Kicking me so hard I can't lie Unsequestered by a truth That some light comes from my drive With an emphasis on dreams Coming true Coming true Coming true Who are you longing to be? The version they said You should be instead Now that you know You are free Indelibly you Indelibly you Coming through This slate is clean But not from heaven Born a little wild Woman's still a child I made my way for This drum i beat today Indelibly you Indelibly you Coming through Indelibly you Indelibly you Coming through Always... How far you'll go When you've been around Like I've been around You tend to see Things differently When you've been down Like I've been down You start again More carefully It's all right there before you The sages simply state it We're the ones who go and Complicate it When you're all alone Like I was alone You face the truth Within yourself And when you're on your own I was on my own You get it's you and No one else Who knows how to define you And let's your heart refine you With shadows to remind you Of how far you've come And how far you'll go... When you lost love like I lost love You learn to treat it preciously So when you found love like I found love You hold it close And graciously 'Cause someone's there beside you Spreading light around you With shadows to remind you How far you've come How far you've come And how far you'll go... Wholehearted In the neighbourhood Walking through The place you grew Where your longitude Lat you have Some latitude And your attitude Though it was still raw Would look ahead There's a difference Over time we learn Is clear Separating those Who permeate The atmosphere Heading for the thing We all hold most dear And need to share Wholehearted Life is getting good I knew it would I'm here now I've started Wholehearted Wholehearted Life is feeling good I knew it would I'm here now I've started Wholehearted If your vision's strong You won't be denied it Best to close your eyes Before you try and find it Then it's no surprise What you do believe Is what you get In the interim Everybody prays For love Who do you forget Who are you Thinking of Do you still regret Oh, ok Straight to your telephone Wholehearted Life is getting good I knew it would I'm here now I've started Wholehearted Wholehearted Life is feeling good I knew it would I'm here now I've started Wholehearted
Out of sight When I'm out of mind I'm out of sight I shed my feathers and i Step into the night And things come back to me That I forgot And I wake up to find I'm someone that I'm not It's all so very fleeting Saw it from the corner of my eye My heart is barely beating And I look down from the sky When I'm out of sight I'm out of mind Something holds me back from Swinging on the vine Turns my wilderness to parking lots And i wake up to find I'm somewhere that I'm not It's all so very fleeting Saw it from the corner of my eye My heart is barely beating And i look down from the sky... Here's the love Where's the love Oh, please… Where's the love Here's the love That's right… Here's the love Looking for the new things Waiting for familiar Hold your breath and life brings Exactly what you need Tempering your temper You are getting better Same you only better… Who's got your back I do I got your back Who gets a smile You do You get a smile When the course gets cryptic You're a growing sceptic Unapologetic 'Cause pieces fell apart Taking hold, your puzzle Leads you from your trouble Leads you from your bubble back to us Life is short but wide Suit 1: The first suit's won his bid to buy The deal's begun as soldiers leave our side "so, let planes fly", he said, "while contracts knot my tie. But far enough away I'll sleep the night. The wanderlust, my company's dust Has blazed a trail designed to make you trust. For "glory days" enterprise must fight ! 'Cause life is short but baby Life is wide, life is wide (oh yeah) Life is wide What a day What a night Suit 2: The suit's been pressed in shiny dressing The microphones accompany his stride The question's flung, "can't war be overcome?" The shiny suit replies, "how i have tried. I've done my best. My god is your witness. I've been there, too. We have the proof for you. But 'safer days' mean that some may die. It pains my heart to tell you, 'life is short and life is wide. But life is wide.' What a day.... What a night...." Soldier: "dear mom & dad", the soldier writes "you need to hear from me about tonight. They trained my will so many ways to kill. It still felt weird though hearing, "it's alright." I miss you guys. I missed you this Christmas. We got the games and passed them 'round at night. But hope has died just as i have died. I learned today that life is short but wide." But wide... What a soul... What a life... Love will come again Girl, make up your mind Make up your heart It's all in time Love will come again You won't be wrong You're only right As you go on Love will come again Couldn't decide if you could make it Tempted by the TV, you were ready to fold Something inside propelled you out here Grateful for the moment you started to let go Girl, make up your mind Make up your heart It's all in time Love will come again You won't be wrong You're only right As you go on Love will come again Bet you he was the man you dreamt of And tell me she's the woman You were ready to hold Bet you think it's clear deception The way this life has plagued you Your pain is getting older Girl, make up your mind Make up your heart It's all in time Love will come again You won't be wrong You're only right As you go on Love will come again... Glad to know I've been calling Calling to the birds For their sweet, simple Melodies I've been searching Searching for the words To make sense of Tragedies I'm so glad to know I found you 'Cause this life's Felt long But another summer's Here again And here's where I belong Glad to know you and me Have got what it takes Glad to know I've been free To make each mistake 'Cause when the love comes And it comes everyday Glad to know you Meant for it to be this way I am different - different than before With my world seeing too much red I've accepted, I'm the matador But I'll jump the fence instead I'm so glad to know I found you When the nights Grow steep See, I'm banking so much Faith inside And finally i can Sleep Glad to know you and me Have got what it takes Glad to know I've been free To make each mistake When my day falls in all directions There's remedy in the comedy When I trust in the imperfection It leads me to believe You're all I'll ever need Glad to know you and me Have got what it takes Glad to know I've been free To make each mistake Glad to know you and me Are all that it takes Glad to know I've been free To make each & every mistake 'Cause when the love comes And it'll come everyday Glad to know you And to show myself through you Glad to know you... Meant for it to be this way Our song Warm sun Beating on your warm skin Let me get some lotion Let me rub it in for you Cool breeze Bringing in the evening Shaving with your slow hand While you hum along And daybreak On a holiday makes Time to put the sign out "Don't make up the room" A soft kiss Planted on my red lips Swaying to the music This is our song And we want it so much The insatiable touch That began with a rush As we look through the years Look how far we have come Good days clustered w/ Some not so good days That's what makes a life-time And you & me so strong A soft kiss coming from my red lips Swaying to the music This is our song