B i o g r a p h y (by Rich Thomas)
There is a certain strength found in stillness—a self-possessed beauty that conveys a wealth of emotion without an excess of movement. It’s within this patient, colorful space that singer Lou Rhodes makes her presence felt. As one-half of Lamb, one of the most soulful, vibrant and musically elaborate bands of the last ten years, Rhodes composed intimate meditations on sensuality, longing, struggle, dedication, and the humbling power of true love. Partner Andrew Barlow complimented her vocals with rich topographies of sound, fusing organic instrumentation with off-time beats and hard quantized samples to create a push-pull aura of reservation and intricacy. But after their split following the release of 2004’s Between Darkness and Wonder, Rhodes set off on a new path—one devoid of the frictions and frustrations she had grown all too accustomed to living with. Beloved One is her transcendental journey through the peaks and valleys of self-discovery, and from the first line of the opening song, represents an undiluted musical vision she can finally call her own. As enriching as this journey has been for Rhodes, it hasn’t been without its share of hardship. Lamb’s magic was always underscored by the tumultuous relationship between Rhodes and Barlow. They were—and still remain—the best of friends, though their polarized personalities led to a constant uphill battle in the studio. One side thrived off experimentation and complexity, the other off modesty and simplicity. “I just got to a stage in my life where I didn’t want to struggle anymore,” explains Rhodes. “Lamb’s music was incredibly complex. We spent so much time discussing and arguing on what we wanted to do. I didn’t want anything in there that didn’t need to be there.” Around the same time, however, another relationship was slowly deteriorating—Rhodes relationship with the father of her children. “My whole life has been shaken up,” she says. “It was quite telling that these two big relationships in my life broke down around the same time. My relationship with Andy lasted for ten years, and my relationship with my partner lasted for seven. “ Rhodes went from living in a four-bedroom house in London to essentially living out of a van with her two children. Eventually she came to rest at Ridge Farm, a small commune of 17th century buildings and modern facilities built on 13 acres of land in Surrey, England. Its pastoral setting and kaleidoscopic community have provided Rhodes with “a richness of life that I couldn’t even begin to describe.” “I don’t lead a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle,” she laughs. “I live out in the countryside with a vegetable garden and chickens. What matters to me is quite different than a lot of people out there making music. I guess I’ve shunned my hippie roots for far too long, and I’m getting back to them in a big way now. My mom was a folk singer, so I think I’m kind of carrying on the legacy in a way.” Recorded over the course of six weeks at Ridge Farm’s historic studio space, Beloved One is the musical embodiment of Lou’s metamorphosis. Drum ‘n’ bass rhythms are replaced by the spacious echoes of hand drum percussion, while Chinese violins and Tuvan guitars administer textures once provided by synthesizers and sequencers. Capturing the intimate nature of the sessions—clear vocals, warm acoustic guitars, luminous strings—was paramount for Rhodes and co-producer/percussionist Emre Ramazanoglu. The songs needed to “be present” and “speak what they needed.” Nothing was to be pushed too far. In fact, only one song, “Why,” features a traditional drum kit. It also happens to be the only song credited to Rhodes, Barlow, Lamb guitarist Oddur Mar Runarsson and Lamb bassist Jon Thorne. “It was written with Lamb,” Rhodes says of the ballad, “but it just didn’t feel appropriate for Lamb. It was very acoustic but very complete, and it was appropriate for that to be on my album.” There are a few other Lamb crossovers on Beloved One, but nothing that would draw an obvious creative parallel. Runarsson plays on six of the album’s ten tracks, and Chi2 Strings—who appeared on Between Darkness And Wonder—return to arrange and perform on half the selections. Rhodes even got her step-father, Graham Burton, to contribute his guitar work on “Each Moment New, “Beloved One,” and “In’lakesh.” But it’s Rhodes own playing that glues each song together. Her rudimentary progressions and melodies are a perfect match to the stark vulnerability of confessionals like “Save Me” and “To Survive.” “Did I let you down or just let you go? For as long as I live I swear I’ll never know,” she whispers on “To Survive,” echoing sentiments found on “Treat Her Gently,” another of Beloved One’s heart-stopping serenades. Likewise, songs like “Tremble” and “In’lakesh” are full of the childlike wonder and innocence that are such an integral part of Rhodes’ songwriting approach. The emotional duality that made Lamb such a powerful force, both live and on record, is unequivocally present. “What you’re getting with this project is one condensed aspect of the Lamb experience,” Rhodes informs. “If you try to cover all eventualities you don’t leave much room for magic. I’m certainly not saying there wasn’t magic in Lamb, because there definitely was, but this is a very different project.” Beloved One may be Rhodes’ most profound discovery. It strips her strongest attributes—honesty, imagination and love—to their purest form, and pushes them to the forefront of each song. There are clear pathways between the heart, the mouth and the ear. There is a new truth to her words. “With Lamb, I felt like I had to be something larger than life,” confesses Rhodes. “The whole set up, the performances, the dresses. It always felt like I was going through a metamorphosis from the ordinary, everyday Lou to the Lou that got onstage. With this project, the two things are the same. I’m just this woman with her kids and her life. There isn’t a division between that, and I like that. It feels much truer, and that’s where I want to be.”
Beloved One - 2006-05-26 -
Each Moment New Tremble Treat Her Gently Fortress No Rerun Beloved Me Save Me Inlakesh To Survive Why Deep
The Rain Greatness In A Speck of Dust Icarus Never Loved A Man (Like You) All We Are Chase All My Winters Away This Love They Say Sister Moon Bloom
Non Albums Tracks - Misc -
Angels Azura Ember Escape (Afraid of No one) Humanity Morning sun North country maid Satellite Save The World Sleeping beauty This Woman's Work Time & Space Vertigo Walk Who knows where the time goes
Beloved One
Each moment new A wise man said to me Don’t underrate simplicity So I strip my life away And try to live each day by day And feel Each moment new Tho so hard I try So many failings cloud my eye And with troubled mind A sense of peace so hard to find To feel Each moment new But I will be All I can be Do everything With all I have in me Life is a blessing This much I know And every lesson Can only help us grow To feel... Each moment new Another thing we missed Love is really all there is And together, sure Most anything we can enjoy to feel Each moment new To feel Each moment new Tremble When you look at me I'm as shaky as a leaf On a new tree One look in your eyes And you make me Tremble You have something rare Ah you take me to a place I've never been before Oh the magic that we share Oh it makes me makes me Tremble, yeah yeah And when you hold my hand Oh I could burst with joy Baby understand I never felt this way with any other boy Darlin', pity me Tho' there's no place on this earth I'd rather be Hmmm and all the world can see How you make me make me Tremble How you make me make me Tremble, yeah, yeah How you make me make me Tremble Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah... Treat her gently Something that you said just stuck in my throat Made me fall apart and wrythe in pain Could it be the one I love could hate me so And will I find the love I lost again All in a day And the cruel things we say Love runs away If you don't Treat her gently, oh Sticks and stones will break my bones but now I know Your words go so much deeper down inside Now every dream we ever had has turned to stone You'll never know the rivers that I cried All in a day And the cruel things we say Love runs away If you don't Treat her gently, oh All in a day yeah And the cruel things we say Love runs away If you don't Treat her gently, oh
Fortress She was alone for so long That her heart built a wall And all who tried to get in Coudln't even go near Yet deep inside that fortress Was a lost little girl Crying out to be seen And to love tenderly He had journeyed so far No one's foul would he be And every moment he swore That his heart would stay free Yet deep inside that wanderer Was a lost little boy Crying out to be seen And to love tenderly Seems to me the child in all of us Is not so very small Longing to lie in arms of love And give our one and all And it's such a precious blessing When real love comes to call But we'd rather build a fortress Than break down all our walls She fell apart at the seams When his love came along He didn't know what to feel 'Cause he felt it so strong Seems to me the child in all of us Is not so very small Longing to lie in arms of love And give our one and all And it's such a precious blessing When real love comes to call But we'd rather build a fortress Than break down all our walls And it's such a precious blessing When real love comes to call But we'd rather build a fortress Than break down all our walls Yes we'd rather build a fortress Than break down all our walls
No Rerun Did you ever wake one day and Wonder what you'd lost Was your life a hidden dream that Only now you know the cost There is no rerun Won't you hear me true Do what's yours to be done And the world she smiles on you Did you ever love someone and Never let them know Emotion bursting at you seams but Too afraid to let it show There is no rerun Won't you hear me true Live second to none And the world she smiles on you Don't you know you're a blessing Put upon this earth Can't you hear her calling Realise your true worth Are you gonna live your life or Let it slip away So busy waiting for tomorrow that you Miss today There is no rerun Won't you hear me true Sell your dream for no one And the world she smiles on you Oh there is no rerun Won't you hear me true Shine bright as the sun And the world she smiles on you Beloved one Since I Found You My whole world Seems to shine anew I Can't Find a way To tell you all I need to say You are my precious one And since my life began I've been waiting for you, angel Something in your eyes That my heart recognised Always with me My beloved one And you touch me so deeply I melt away And you hold me so completely I love my selt You are my precious one And since my life began I've been waiting for you, angel Something in your eyes That my heart recognised Always with me My beloved one I thought my heart would overflow The day you came Sweet light I'd longed for filled my soul And sang your name You are my precious one And since my life began I've been waiting for you, angel Something in your eyes That my heart recognised Always with me My beloved one
Save Me Save me, save me From all the hurt I could do Save me, save me 'Cause I'm lost and I need you I hoped that I could find Some way to ease your mind Save me, save me With all the love you can give Save me, save me 'Cause I'm lost and I want to live, live, live I hoped that I could find Some way to ease my mind 'Cause I'd always thought that I Could stand up and face the world but I Something broke me down And now I don't know which way To turn Save me, save me I'm not the girl I used to be Save me, save me 'Cause I'm lost without you By me I hoped that we could find Some way to ease our minds In'lakesh Could anyone be As in love as me And could another's eyes Shine like yours Lover and loved A ruby in the sun Heaven and earth Join as one In'lakesh, In'lakesh, In'lakesh In'lakesh, In'lakesh, In'lakesh Moon on the water Stillness in my mind That's what I find With your love in me, oh In every breath I take Each thing I see You are there with me, tenderly In'lakesh, In'lakesh, In'lakesh In'lakesh, In'lakesh, In'lakesh... Could anyone be As in love as me (no, no, no...) And could another's eyes Shine like yours To survive Wish I could run away from this pain I feel Falling out of love can be so unreal It starts out as everything And ends up the worst kind of nothing After all's said and done we just had to stop trying I couldn't take any more but still it killed me it dying Did I let you down or just let you go For as long as I live I swear I'll never know Caught between love and hate Destruction our only fate Through it all there'll always be a place in my heart For the love you gave me and where you tore it apart Baby I had to leave Tho' still it makes my soul bleed Baby I had to go Tho' the pain inside You'll never, never, never know To survive, to survive, to survive Why You told me I was beautiful And held me oh so tight So I dwelt on my ugliness and Hid away my light Tell me why, oh why Can't we let the good things in I wanna know why, oh why Can't we let the good things in You said that you'd loved me Before you saw my face So I waited and watched for Another girl to take my place Tell me why, oh why Can't we let the good things in I wanna know why, oh why Can't we let the good things in Tell me I wanna know why Tell me I wanna know why So much of what I'd hoped for I couldn't let it be So I made me a world where You had to leave Tell me why, oh why Can't we let the good things in I wanna know why, oh why Can't we let the good things in I wanna know why Tell me I wanna know why Tell me I wanna know why Tell me I wanna know why Can't we let the good things in
Deep To sleep, my love, to sleep Your precious head on pillows, sweet And know that through the night My arms will wrap around you tight For I wonder at each breath you breathe And I cradle every dream you dream To sleep, my love, to sleep Oh deep my love, so deep
Bloom
The rain I know a man with the world on his shoulders And angel's wings on his back Angered and troubled by so much that's out there And struggling not to paint it black But the rain will come and wash it all away The rain will come and wash it all away The rain will come and wash it all away And bring the sun And he lives all alone out by the railway With only dreams for company But at night he flies high up to the stars And sets his spirit free And the rain will come and wash it all away And the rain will come and wash it all away The rain will come and wash it all away And bring the sun And he dreams of a girl with the moon in her eyes And fire in her heart And one day he'll find his way to her And never will they port And the rain will come and wash it all away The rain will come and wash it all away The rain will come and wash it all away And bring the sun And bring the sun And bring the sun Greatness in a speck of dust Can I whisper in your ear A secret for every soul to hear So simple that we forget And hide away instead Do you feel like you fell from grace And lost your ever eternal face The one before you were born The one that you'd die for Greatness in a speck of dust Every moment true Heaven shines through all of us There's nothing that we have to do Can I whisper in your ear A secret for every soul to hear So simple that we forget And hide away instead Greatness in a speck of dust Every moment true Heaven shines through all of us There's nothing that we have to do Sometimes I feel afraid So wrapped-up in this life day to day Then some unexpected thing Can start my soul to sing Oh foolish me Too blind to see Simple as sunshine Shine's so bright A heavenly light Simple as sunshine Greatness in a speck of dust Every moment true Heaven shines through all of us There's nothing that we have to do Oh foolish me Too blind to see Simple as sunshine Infinity is so fine (?) Icarus Caution is not my middle name When it comes to love Like Icarus I fly too high And burn my wings on the sun But all I can do is dive back in So here I am standing on that edge again And I wanna ask you darling Could we fly 'Cause looking in your eyes right now Nothing could be too high And there's a kind of wisdom in being alone We're born and we die that way When all's said and done But all my soul's yearning comes back to two Could all my heart's searching Have brought me to you So what you say in baby Could we fly 'Cause looking in your eyes right now Nothing could be too high And something tells me this time We could fly 'Cause looking in your eyes right now Nothing could be too high Yes something tells me this time We could fly 'Cause lying in your arms right now Nothing could be too high Never loved a man like you Slow day sunday Dreaming the hours away Left with the taste of you on my lips Morning comes and goes Afternoon too I'm still taking in last night's bliss I know we've been hurt before When love came knocking at the door But I'll tell you one thing for sure That I know now I never loved a man like you This world of ours keeps us apart You work from dawn 'til dusk And I sit here writing songs of love But together it seems The world fades away I wanna be with you night and day And I know I wear my heart on my sleeve And I seem to give love easily So I hope you can still believe That I know now I never loved a man like you I hope you can understand It's simply beyond my command My heart is in your hands 'Cause I know now I never loved a man like you No, no I never loved a man like you No I... Never loved a man like you All we are Your kiss finds me out Nothing left to hide Plunging the depths of me And when our bodies join It's like two galaxies collide What greater love could there be So talk to me of love and all you fear I wanna give you everything 'Cause heaven brought us here To love with all we are We find a place beyond time and space Too big to ever quite contain I know the moment that I saw your face All the twists and turns that led me here Were not in vain, oh not in vain So talk to me of love and all you fear I wanna give you everything 'Cause heaven brought us here To love with all we are Talk to me of love and all you fear I wanna give you everything 'Cause heaven brought us here To love with all we are All we are Talk to me of love and all you fear I wanna give you everything 'Cause heaven brought us here To love with all we are Chase All My Winters Away Stories from across the sea Reaching deep inside of me Finding places love had left behind Was it only chance you came To be the one to call my name Chasing all the shadows from my mind And you bring such light to me Like the sunshine on a shimmering sea And your sunny breezes play To chase all my winters away And little things like loneliness We notice more when they get less You woke me up to what I really missed Though so very far away You're blessing each and every day Almost as close as if we'd kissed And you bring such light to me Like the sunshine on a shimmering sea And your sunny breezes play To chase all my winters away So what am I supposed to do Oh so far away from you I miss you though we never really met Love's a strange and precious thing I know you make my whole heart sing I guess that's just as close as you could get And you bring such light to me Like the sunshine on a shimmering sea And your sunny breezes play To chase all my winters away And you bring such light to me Like the sunshine on a shimmering sea And your sunny breezes play To chase all my winters away Chase all my winters Chase all my winters Chase all my winters Chase all my winters away This love This love like no other This love made me grow This love could have been sweeter Than any love I know Then suddenly the world came Falling in around my ears And all I wanna know is who will Kiss away my tears This love burning fire This love cool as rain This love fed my desire Then washed me clean again Then suddenly the world came Falling in around my ears And all I wanna know is who will Kiss away my tears 'Cause it's so cold out here Now you're gone And I'll cry me a river of tears My beloved one Suddenly the world came Falling in around my ears And all I wanna know is who will Kiss away my tears I know I can stand alone But that's not what I wanna hear All I wanna know is who will Who will Oh kiss away Oh kiss away Oh kiss away My tears This love like no other This love They say They say 'protect yourself" I say "from what" They say "hold a little love inside" I say "but I wanna give all I got" They say "leave him and he'll come running" I say "how could I" They say "we're going drinking are you coming" I say "I'd rather stay alone and cry" How could I forget you When you're so much a part of me If love is a prison Well they can throw away the key They say "he's not the one for you" I say "they don't know" They say "move on to pastimes greener" I say "to face this is to grow" How could I forget you When you're so much a part of me If love is a prison Well they can throw away the key Throw away yeah How can I forget you When you're so much a part of me If love is a prison Well they can throw away the key Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them How can I forget you When you're so much a part of me If love is a prison Well they can throw away the key Throw away yeah How can I forget you When you're so much a part of me If love is a prison Well they can throw away the key Throw away, throw away Throw away the key, the key, the key Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Broken I find your clothes And dress myself in them Sister moon She laughed at me Under a night-time tree My sister moon told me You'd be here soon Missing you like I do I prayed she spoke true Missing you like I do I prayed she spoke true Then through the dark Came a fiery spark A shooting star told me You were never far Missing you like I do I prayed he spoke true Missing you like I do I prayed he spoke true Doubt plays with me When you're away Though my heart knows the truth On my mind she preys Then tender night Wrapped her blanket tight Of deepest blue telling me You were ever-true Loving you like I do I prayed she spoke true Loving you like I do I prayed she spoke true yeah Loving you like I do I know Bloom Springtime is coming again Flowers lift their heads to the sun And I wanna bloom with them But I'm sitting here all alone Come pick me and take me home And I will bloom with them For there's a time when independence Starts to look like loneliness Yeah there's a time when independence Feels a lot like loneliness Loneliness Angel can't you see The world's waiting patiently For us to bloom with them Couldn't we bloom with them Ah we could bloom with them With them I can dance without you But I'd rather dance with you I can dance without you But I'd rather dance with you I can dance without you But I'd rather dance with you I can dance without you But I'd rather dance with you With, with you
One Good Thing
One Good Thing Everyday the news is telling Of crisis and war All I know is what they're selling I ain't buying no more And all it takes is One good thing to happen Yeah all it takes is One good thing And yesterday a man defied them Standing in light Bringing dreams of new tomorrows Closer in sight And all it takes is One good thing to happen Yeah all it takes is One good thing And all of life Is just a trick of the light And change will come just as day Follows the night And all it takes is One good thing to happen Yeah all it takes is One good thing And all it takes is One good thing to happen Yeah all it takes is one Just one, just one good thing There For The Taking There's a whole world Waiting right there for you If you'd only see it for what it is There's a million miles of love for you If you feel it in every kiss If you'd only Still your mind Then you'd find it's all there For the taking All our many, disparate lives In aching isolation Too late we realise Our modern violation If we'd only still our minds Then we'd find it's all there for the taking If we'd only Still our minds Then we'd find it's all there For the taking The More I Run Where on earth did you come from Right out of the blue Thought my heard had upped and gone Hadn't counted on you The more I run away from you The closer you get And what gave you the right To prove me so wrong 'Cause I told myself I'd never write Another love song The more I run away from you The closer you get The more I run away from you The closer you get The closer, the closer Closer, closer, closer It All Is it worth your white To step out of line Go the extra mile In this space and time Or you can just close your eyes to it all Curl up and die to it all You can just close your eyes to it all Say your goodbyes to it all "Is this all there is" I hear you say Well think of all you miss Every day Or you can just close your eyes to it all Curl up and die to it all You can just close your eyes to it all Say your goodbyes to it all What if that's all there is Wake up, wake up to what you miss And you can just open your eyes to it all Breathe in the sky of it all You could open your eyes to it all Just for the high of it all Janey Janey she died In a search of coming home And how we cried For all we might have done But she lost the fight To find her chosen one And fill the space She couldn't fill alone And there was a boy Who longed for solitude In wilderness he found his soul's food But the seed that fed his light Brought his body's death And he missed the world As he took his final breath It's only human to yearn for Something more But it's finding nothingness that brings us all we're Searching for And so I find myself Between their two extremes Amidst the wreck Of all these broken dreams But illusion falls Only when it's pushed And troubled times Turn it all to dust It's only human to yearn for Something more But it's finding nothingness that brings us all we're Searching for Yeah it's only human to yearn for Something more But it's finding nothingness that brings us all we're Searching for Circles Life moves in circles And so does my mind Thought I was wiser But it seems I was blind Seven years later And six thousand miles Here you come lately To break me with your smile And I tie myself in knots and bows Just trying to make sense Of all that is and yet will be In past and present tense But sitting here I kick myself I never seem to learn This heart it seems to open still And never hard to turn And it's great and it's small It's lightness and weight If we rise or we fall It's all down to fade anyway Life moves in circles And so does my mind Thought I was wiser But it seems I was blind Seven years later And six thousand miles Here you come lately To break me with your smile Magic day Something so simple But I didn't know how Could you shine more brightly Than you shine right now I knew we'd be here Some magic day If I waited long enough You'd come my way On our different sides Of this planet of ours Living parallel lives Written in the stars I knew we'd be here Some magic day If I waited long enough You'd come my way I knew we'd be here Some magic day If I waited long enough You'd come my way Yeah I knew we'd be here Some magic day If I waited long enough You'd come my way The Ocean (Time traveller's wife) In me burns a love so strong I used to think it made me weak I've held it there for oh so long Tried to bury it so deep For there's a soul inside a woman That knows the soul inside a man And I could just as well forget you As hold the ocean in my hand And you know that it's the second arrow That always deals the fatal blow It's not the yearning that'll kill us But fighting not to let it show For there's a soul inside a woman That knows the soul inside a man And I could just as well forget you As hold the ocean in my hand For there's a soul inside a woman That knows the soul inside a man And I could just as well forget you As hold the ocean in my hand Melancholy me Melancholy me Where can my love be Must I wait much longer With this fire burning stronger Melancholy me Where can my love be For my heart knows his face And my soul keeps a space right here Melancholy me Where can my love be Only he will know All the joy that I hold for him Baby These days I don't have a clue About this thing called love And all the things it puts us through And I used to hold it like heaven above But I love it when you call me "baby" We've been hanging out a while now Trying so hard not to say Three little words that weigh so heavily And could really blow our cold away But I love it when you call me "baby" We've both been there before All broken hearted and sore And you can never ever be sure But there's something about this Makes me want more These days I don't have a clue About this thing called love And all the things it puts us through And I used to hold it like heaven above But I love it when you call me I love it when you call me I love it when you call me "baby" Baby, baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby, baby Baby, baby, baby, baby Why Wait For Heaven People dying every day To prove their god's the only way But what kind of paradise Would favour some and some deny Why, why Why wait for heaven 'til we die And I heard an ancient tale A parable of heaven and hell And all that set the two apart Was kindness in the human heart Why, why Why wait for heaven 'til we die And just around this time of year People singing Christmas cheer But what a joyous song would sound If love for all were all year round Why, why, why, why Why wait for heaven 'til we die
Theyesandeye
All The Birds Been waiting for this song to come And fall into my heart Just when I thought all was undone The end was just the start And all the birds in this blue sky Appeared before my aching eyes You copy you paste you lose I stared into an open sea And all I saw was blue But there you were in front of me And I melted into you And all the birds in this blue sky Appeared before my aching eyes An angel you appeared to me When all seemed dead and gone And life erupted heavenly To turn around your sun And all the birds in this blue sky Appeared And all the birds in this blue sky Appeared before my aching eyes All I Need Two, three, four There's a whisper in the trees Brings me falling to my knees In a true adoration Of sweet mother nature And could there be a better way Than the dawning of each day With a blue sky above you And someone to love you when All that I want And all that I need is here, is here And all that I want And all that I need is here, is here There's a magic all around Every sight and every sound Seems to greet me so sweetly And meet me completely And could it always be like this To wake each morning with a kiss And a new world abounding With love songs resounding You copy you paste you lose And all that I want And all that I need is here, is here All that I want (all that I want) And all that I need (all that I need) is here, is here And all I say And all I do Celebrates the day That brought me you Angels (The XX cover) Light reflects from your shadow It's more than I thought could exist You move through the room Like breathing was easy If someone believed me They would be As in love with you as I am They would be As in love with you as I am They would be In love, love, love You copy you paste you lose And everyday I'm learning about you The things that no one else sees And the end comes too soon Like dreaming of angels And leaving without them Like dreaming of angels And leaving without them Being As in love with you as I am Being As in love with you as I am Being As in love, love, love And with words unspoken A silent devotion I know you know what I mean And the end is unknown But I think that I'm ready As long as you're with me Being As in love with you as I am Being As in love with you as I am Being As in love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Sea Organ All of this time we thought the world was at our feet And now it's clear it's in our hands Counted success by what we got, not what we gave to it Thought life was all at our command And all at once our eyes were open and our hearts could feel The weight of all the damage we had done Just as if the earth had spoken in a voice so real "Come to me, children, for we are all one" And now we know it's hard to hide ourselves away An evolution has begun Stand and be counted is the one and only way Brothers and sisters of the sun You copy you paste you lose And all at once our eyes are open and our hearts can feel The weight of all the damage we have done Just as if the earth has spoken in a voice so real "Come to me, children, for we are all one" Oh Mother Earth, please, hear this song and know our hearts Are coming home again to you We've known the cold and dark, so close and yet so far apart And now the dawn is breaking through And all at once our eyes are open and our hearts can feel The weight of all the damage we have done Just as if the earth has spoken in a voice so real "Come to me, children, for we are all one" Them They said it was "them" The ones that they love to hate But all of the while It was the very state they love And trust with all their hearts One colour is good The other is bad, they say Just waving the flag Keeps some of the fear at bay and makes The blood run cold and blue One finger points away The others point right back These sickly games we play Betray the love we lack And I know I'm the same It's part of the human state Just shifting the blame And hiding our dark away although There hides our brightest light You copy you paste you lose One finger points away The others point right back These sickly games we play Betray the love One finger points away The others point right back These sickly games we play Betray the love we lack Hope & Glory Show me how to fall Without breaking every bone in my body Show me how to love Without giving every piece of my heart And I'll tell you a story Of a man who went to sea Trailing hope and glory To bring it home to me Show me how to fly With the flutter of a butterfly's wings Show me how to die When there's life in every note that I sing And I'll tell you a story Of a man who went to sea Trailing hope and glory To bring it home to me And he sailed away A year and a day For heaven is a place That we think is way above us in the sky But I've found it in the face Of a man who brought the sunlight in his eye You copy you paste you lose And I'll tell you a story Of a man who went to sea Trailing hope and glory To bring it home to me Circle Song I close my eyes And sink like a stone Watery sky These days are gone And the world goes on With her circle song But how could it be He's left behind My soul flying free Longing to find And the world goes on With her circle song Round and round Each new beginning The precious sound Ever spinning You copy you paste you lose Round and round Each new beginning The precious sound Ever spinning On Landed again In new-born skin Open my eyes Searching for him And the world goes on With her circle song Sun & Moon Sleeping on a Monday Voices on the breeze Pots and pans in windows And hazy winter's freeze Laughing out of nowhere Dancing on the wind Breathing into your hair 'Til the whole wide world could end And you'll be my sunshine And I'll be your moon Brighten my daytime And I'll shine in the gloom Every day a new day Smiling in my heart Nothing stands in our way Blows my world apart And you'll be my sunshine And I'll be your moon Brighten my daytime And I'll shine in the gloom You copy you paste you lose You'll be my sunshine And I'll be your moon Brighten my daytime And I'll shine in the gloom Full Moon Full moon is in the sky And I can't get no sleep She caught the window's eye As the sky began to weep And all the girls In all the world Are singing to her tune I lie in restlessness A night of waking dreams In sheets of tenderness Her dusky spell unseen And all the girls In all the world Are singing to her tune I wait for slumber's arms To carry me away Before the dawn alarm Brings bright a brand new day And all the girls In all the world Are singing to her tune You copy you paste you lose And all the girls In all the world Are singing to her tune Never Forget What fool was I to forget The world is round And how could I forget The precious sound Of your voice in the night Singing to me You copy you paste you lose And you taught me that song in a loft in New York City When I was fighting through the pain of loss And deep self pity But I'll never forget That song again Time goes by and by and by The years, they fly and fly Time goes by and by and by The years, they fly and fly and fly and fly But I'll never forget Magic Ride Finding faces in a blanket As the trains go rushing by Loving stillness in a moment Of the blinking of an eye And the time goes by Every rise and every fall On this magic ride And I'm thankful for it all You copy you paste you lose Everyday a new beginning Each and every singe cell And a tingling in the senses That no tongue can ever tell And the time goes by Every rise and every fall On this magic ride And I'm thankful for it all Everyone can hear the chatter Everyone can know the love But it's good to know the difference In this world we're dreaming of And the time goes by Every rise and every fall On this magic ride I'm just thankful for it all
As Dust We Die
Hem I was born in the living room My mother nearly died there Pulled away from her arms too soon Tried all these years to find her I cling to your hem And follow after I cling to your hem And follow Daddy said that I was wild Although he tried to break me Like a colt that won't be tied I'd fight to keep my mind free I cling to your hem And follow after I cling to your hem And follow I cling to your hem
Josephine Street Waking in New Orleans Soft beneath the sheets Rattling at the window Raining grey the streets I bet the guys next door Still lie in hazy sleep We listened to their music Until first light seeped On Josephine Street On Josephine Street Crossing Saratoga House looks like it's falling down Rusty mesh around it Cars on bricks grass overgrown Still old Solomon Sits on the porch at sundown He'll tell you everything That goes on in this town On Josephine Street On Josephine Street On Josephine Street On Josephine Street On Josephine Street On Josephine Street On Josephine Street On Josephine Street
Here Comes The Flood All you people out there Who say it can't be done Did you ever stare down The barrel of a smoking gun I feel it in my water I feel it in my veins Here it comes Here comes the flood And I hear you say And possibility The neverland you can't name Did you ever see The future before it came I feel it in my water I feel it in my veins Here it comes Here comes the flood And I hear you say And I hear you say And I hear you say And I hear you say And I hear you say Here comes the flood Here it comes Here comes the flood And I hear you say
The Sea Waiting till summer comes You wrap me up in your warmest clothes Rocking the winter wind It's all the same to me It's all the same to me And as the day begins You bring the sounds that I'm singing in Breathing in melody It's all the same to me It's all the same to me 'Cause you say, "The sea" And I say, "The ocean" Falling in love is the finest emotion I say, "The sea" And you say, "The ocean" It's all the same to me It's all the same to me Living the way we do Pieces of me find a home in you Lapping upon the shore It's all the same to me It's all the same to me 'Cause you say, "The sea" And I say, "The ocean" Falling in love is the finest emotion I say, "The sea" And you say, "The ocean" It's all the same to me 'Cause you say, "The sea" And I say, "The ocean" Falling in love is the finest emotion I say, "The sea" And you say, "The ocean" It's all the same to me It's all the same to me It's all the same to me It's all the same to me It's all the same to me It's all the same to me It's all the same to me
Ammonite If you were born in a day When people weren't allowed To say who they loved How'd you think you'd feel Living hermit-like Hiding your true light Like a fossil in the rock Fossil in the rock Make their eyes go pp And break away, break away And every step that you took Cut like someone else's version of the truth A counterfeit of you Burning in the skin that couldn't keep you in Like a fossil in the rock Fossil in the rock Make their eyes go pop And break away, break away Fossil in the rock Fossil in the rock Make their eyes go pop And break away, break away How do you think you'd feel When you hide away your light How do you think you'd feel Your glory, ammonite Fossil in the rock Fossil in the rock Make their eyes go pop nd break away, break away Fossil in the rock Fossil in the rock Make their eyes go pop And break away, break away Make their eyes go pop (pop) Make their eyes go pop (pop) Make their eyes go pop (pop) And break away, break away Song For Bill Harry died in the spring When the green life bursts into blue You'd have done anything To bring him back safe beside you Fluid forms in your hands A divination of two As the world understands That all of life returns to the blue All of life returns to All of life returns to All of life returns to blue Circles painted in time The revelation of truth Meditation in rhyme And all of life returns to the blue All of life returns to All of life returns to All of life returns to blue All of life returns to All of life returns to All of life returns to blue Harry died in the spring By the next fall you'd followed after him All of life returns to All of life returns to All of life returns to blue All of life returns to All of life returns to All of life returns to blue
Pain Killer Sweet summer sun Dries up the rain And I feel no pain Yeah, I feel no pain Thought I was done Getting blood out of stone Now I feel no pain Yeah, I feel no pain How you think it changed Negativity erased Trouble up and melt away And it's all because of you, you, you And it's all because of Sweet summer sun Burns up the day And I feel no pain Yeah, I feel no pain With me night and day But the more of you I crave All the need in me betrayed And it's all because of you, you, you And it's all because of Sweet summer sun Gone in the haze And I feel no pain No, I feel no pain No pain, no pain, no pain And I feel no pain And I feel no, no, no, no Jeanerette This girl Jeanerette Came to live in the city from somewhere out west They say she changed her name Left anything that betrayed the way she used to be Jeanerette Show me the world behind your blue eyes Or did you forget The other lives you left behind Shadows on her face If you look hard, you can trace the lines of intervention Friends say she's okay But she hides away memories too dark to mention Jeanerette Show me the world behind your blue eyes Or did you forget The other lives you left behind Oh Jeanerette Show me the world behind your blue eyes Or did you forget The other lives you left behind Jeanerette Show me the world behind your blue eyes Or did you forget The other lives you left behind Oh Jeanerette (Jeanerette) Show me the world behind your blue eyes (Show me the world) Or did you forget (Did you forget) The other lives you left behind Did you forget (Did you forget) Did you forget (Did you forget) Did you forget (oh Jeanerette) (Did you forget) The other lives you left behind Spanish Moss We came for peace and a place to warm our bones But winter came early, a shiver in the soul There's something 'bout this place In its raw and brazen grandeur Betrays the weight of a history in its timbre Spanish moss Bloodless thread Spanish moss Revenant A bird across the bayou as white as new blown snow But under its feet lies the silt of names unknown There's something 'bout this place With its air as thick as water The body quakes brother, sister, son and daughter Spanish moss Bloodless thread Spanish moss Revenant Oh spanish moss A human thread Oh spanish moss Revenant Wild Geese I found the afterlife Looking for the door Hardly realised It was there before You see, I thought I was locked In a gorgeous gilded cage Here you came and dropped Your existential rage Your existential rage And wild geese, fly north just before the spring Here's the gold to sew into your wings And wild geese, fly north just before the spring Here's the gold to sew into your wings Wild geese, fly north just before the spring Here's the gold to sew into your wings Quilt Comes a time when I Want to wrap you all around me Stitch your cloth in memory Comes a time when I Want to wrap you all around me Cut the cloth and set it free And the tears don't lie The tears don't lie Colours blowing up on the line The tears don't lie The tears don't lie See you in heaven by and by See you in heaven by and by
Non Albums Tracks
Angels (The XX cover) Light reflects from your shadow It's more than I thought could exist You move through the room Like breathing was easy If someone believed me They would be as in love with you as I am They would be as in love with you as I am They would be in love, love, love And everyday I'm learning about you The things that no one else sees And the end comes too soon Like dreaming of angels And leaving without them Like dreaming of angels And leaving without them I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Being as in love with you as I am Being as in love with you as I am Being as in love , love, love And with words unspoken A silent devotion I know you know what I mean And the end is unknown But I think I'm ready As long as you're with me Being as in love with you as I am Being as in love with you as I am Being as in love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
Azura
( 808 State feat. Louise Rhodes) Here's all I really know In this life Love's all we have to give Seems like the more I struggle on this earth The more completely I live In a world where mediocrity rules Bodies collide Without a moment of emotion Scared hearts run and hide Behind closed minds And we all lose our way Let me be Let me be the moon and starts for you Let me be your sky of blue Let me be Let me be the sun and moon for you Let me be your sky of blue The winter clouds Are stuck in the... Packing nothing away Darkness is creeping up On all our dreams To wipe them clean away Building boxes around our lives Compartments for Each and every feeling Freedom lost with our innocence Forgotten long ago Let me be Let me be the moon and starts for you Let me be your sky of blue Let me be Let me be the sun and moon for you Let me be your sky of blue Your sky of blue That's all I really know In this life Here's all I want to be Seems like the more I wander on this earth The more I'm left to me In a world where fever moves Souls could collide And make the sweetest music Warm hearts not so scared In open minds And we won't lose our way
*** Thanx a lot to Lana for this one ***
Down by the water
( PJ Harvey Cover / Sheila Chandra & Lou Rhodes Live - VA - Daughters Of Albion - Folk Britannia At The Barbican) I lost my heart Under the bridge To that little girl So much to me And now I'm old And now I holler She'll never know Just what I found That blue eyed girl (that blue eyed girl) She said "no more" (she said "no more") That blue eyed girl (that blue eyed girl) Became blue eyed whore (became blue eyed whore) Down by the water (down by the water) I took her hand (I took her hand) Just like my daughter (just like my daughter) Won't see her again (see her again) Oh help me, Jesus Come through this storm I had to lose her To do her harm I heard her holler (I heard her holler) I heard her moan (I heard her moan) My lovely daughter (my lovely daughter) I took her home (I took her home) Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water Come back here, man, and gimme my daughter
Ember (Tutara Peak feat. Lou Rhodes / Tansuri EP) There's a time when life falls in-between And a place where love flows endlessly In your eyes, the seasons come and go And the earth turns faster than before Come to me with all you've ever been Run with me through all you've ever seen As above, so seamlessly below In your arms, I'm braver than I know We are a fire in the dark The faintest glow to find our way In every action is a spark And every word becomes a flame So what you waiting for When all there is, is now What are you waiting for When all there is, is now Everything comes to this Everything smiles in this Two become one All elusion gone We are a fire in the dark The faintest glow to find our way In every action is a spark And every word becomes a flame We are a fire in the dark The faintest glow to find our way In every action is a spark And every word becomes a flame
Escape (Afraid of No one)
( Pale 3 Feat. Louise Rhodes ) I knew I'd Find you out there Now our story Can really start Falling in love Is only for the brave So tell me angel how strong Is your heart? If you're ready and able To sit at my table You'll eat to the full, Trust in me, forever we'll be Afraid of no-one If you're ready and able To sit at my table You'll eat to the full, Trust in me, forever we'll be Afraid of no-one So long We've been searching Now our time Has come Understanding What true freedom is You know our lives Have just Be-gun… And If you're ready and able To sit at my table You'll eat to the full Trust in me, forever we'll be Afraid of no-one If you're ready and able To sit at my table You'll eat to the full Trust in me, forever we'll be Afraid of no-one Afraid, (afraid)… of no-one Afraid… of no-one… (Oooh) I knew I'd find you out there… (Oooh) Now our story can really start
Humanity
( A guy called Gerald featuring Louise Rhodes )
These days I find I’m wasting my time On all the little things That shouldn’t concern me Weighing my heart With such confused emotion Letting anxiousness in Where peace should prevail It’s just my humanity Getting the better of me It’s just my humanity Getting the better, getting the better of me I’ve been working on it Just trying and working on it Knowing the soul to be lighter If I could just shed this weight Or just carry this weight Without objection So weight become lightness And light becomes weightless Oooo it’s just my humanity Getting the better of me It’s just my humanity Getting the better, getting the better of me I’m lifting The lid off Eventually Holding my head up And clarity Where once there was proud I know this place And smile inside Ooooh it’s just my humanity Getting the better of me It’s just my humanity Getting the better, getting the better of me It’s just my humanity Getting the better, getting the better of me Getting the better, getting the better (getting the better), getting the better of me It’s just my humanity Getting the better, getting the better of me
*** Thanx a lot to Carly & Scott for this one !! ***
Morning Sun ( With plump djs ) Daylight dawns on my eyes And I feast them on you And I bless the morning sun You're here with me I know today was meant to be Summertime was always fine with me But now you're here, it's beautiful Summertime was always fine with me But now you're here, it's wonderful All night long we have shared Each others' lives Now I see the love light Shining, shining in your beautiful eyes And I bless the morning sun You're here with me I know today was meant to be Summertime was always fine with me But now you're here, it's beautiful Summertime was always fine with me But now you're here, it's wonderful
North Country Maid ( Marianne Faithfull Cover / Kathryn Williams & Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy & Sheila Chandra & June Tabor & Lou Rhodes & Vashti Bunyan Live - VA - Daughters Of Albion - Folk Britannia At The Barbican) A north country maid up to london has strayed Although with her nature it did not agree. So she wept and she sighed and bitterly she cried, Oh, I wish once again in the north I could be. For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree They all flourish blue in my north country While sadly I roam I regret my dear home, Where the lads and young lasses are making the hay. Where the birds sweetly sing, and the merry bells do ring And the maidens and meadows are pleasant and gay. For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree They all flourish blue in my north country No doubt if I please, I could marry with ease, Where maidens are fair, many lovers will come. But he that I wed must be north country bred And carry me back to my own country. For the oak and the ash and the bonny ivy tree They all flourish blue in my north country
Satellite ( Live / Elliott Smith Cover )
While the hands are pointing up midnight You’re a question mark coming After people you watched collide You can ask what you want to the satellite ‘Cause the names you drop put ice in my veins And for all you know you’re the only one who finds it strange When they call it a lover’s moon The satellite ‘Cause it acts just like lovers do The satellite A burned out world you know Staying up all night The satellite
Save The World (Swedish House Mafia cover / Superhuman feat. Lou Rhodes) Into the streets We're coming down We never sleep Never get tired Through urban fields And suburban lights Turn the crowd up now We'll never back down Shoot down the skyline Watch it on primetime Turn up the love now Listen up now Turn up the love Who's gonna save the world tonight Who's gonna bring it back to life We're gonna make it, you and I We're gonna save the world tonight We're far from home It's for the better What we dream It's all that matters We're on our way, united Turn the crowd up now We'll never back down Shoot down the skyline Watch it on primetime Turn up the love now Listen up now Turn up the love Who's gonna save the world tonight Who's gonna bring it back to life We're gonna make it, you and I We're gonna save the world tonight We're gonna save the world tonight We're gonna save the world tonight
Sleeping beauty
( Funkstörung featuring Louise Rhodes ) Oh glory be, where have i been What dark dream was i in Thought i was living but now i see Real life was only just beginning Because Something in me just woke up I was sleeping till your touch Well, i've been hiding out you see With my heart locked up tight To let love in was all too scary for me Then you came along with all your light Ooh shining bright, now Something in me just woke up I was sleeping til your touch Where did you come from it How did you find me out Never thought i could feel this way Your kiss just brought this to me Something in me just woke up I was sleeping til your touch Something in me just woke up I was sleeping til your touch Your touch Your touch Your touch Your touch
This Woman's Work
( Kate Bush cover / Kathryn Williams, Eliza Carthy and Lou Rhodes Live - VA - Daughters Of Albion - Folk Britannia At The Barbican) Kathryn: Pray God you can cope I stand outside this woman's work This woman's world Ooh, it's hard on the man Now his part is over Now starts the craft of the father Kathryn, Eliza & Lou: I know you have a little life in you yet I know you have a lot of strength left I know you have a little life in you yet I know you have a lot of strength left Kathryn: I should be crying, but I just can't let it show I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking Of all the things I should've said That I never said All the things we should've done That we never did All the things I should've given But I didn't Kathryn, Eliza & Lou: Oh, darling, make it go Make it go away Kathryn: Give me these moments back Give them back to me Give me that little kiss Give me your hand Eliza & Lou: I know you have a little life in you yet I know you have a lot of strength left I know you have a little life in you yet I know you have a lot of strength left Kathryn: I should be crying, but I just can't let it show I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking Eliza & Lou: Of all the things we should've said That were never said All the things we should've done That we never did All the things that you needed from me All the things that you wanted for me All the things that I should've given But I didn't Oh, darling, make it go Kathryn: Make it go away
Time & Space (Cinematic Orchestra feat. Lou Rhodes) Every soul comes to the sun Carried on angel’s wings to human birth Born of love or born of hate Each one is heaven sent to human fate Dream Little girl, dream Dream Little boy, dream Dream In joy and pain each one will grow For wisdom is so much more than what we know And every child will find their way Of living the whole life story day by day Dream Little girl, dream Dream Little boy, dream Dream
*** Thanx a lot to Jose & Billy for this one ***
Vertigo (CREEP feat. Lou Rhodes / Echoes LP) Who'd have thought I could feel like this Just goes to show how much I knew The more that you fight, the more you miss I lost my mind while the distance grew How could this be Build a wall around me Here they're all fighting in the street And summer never comes Still walk is grey Inside me a memory of your feet I lost my heart as the flame pulled away How could this be Build a wall around me How could this be Build a wall around me How could this be Build a wall around me (How could this be) I tried to be tough and I tried to be strong (Build a wall around me) But I claw, scream, and shout I want you here, I want you now (How could this be) Used to be cool, just don't seem to be lost (Build a wall around me) I've lost all sense without you, all about you Help me now, I'm falling (How could this be) Falling (Build a wall around me) Falling
Walk (Philip Selway feat. Lou Rhodes / Let Me Go OST) Will you Watch over Will you Tell me lies Would you stay If I was hurting Would you leave It's all behind Will you walk Beside me or go altogether Will you walk Beside me or go altogether Will you walk Beside me now Maybe I Should forget you Maybe I Should walk away Watching, watching as you go But you're here With me night and day Will you walk Beside me or go altogether Will you walk Beside me or go altogether Will you walk Beside me now When does it end, when does it end When does it end, when does it end When does it end, when does it end No more pain and no more lies
Who knows where the time goes ( Sandy Denny Cover / Lou Rhodes & Kathryn Williams & Norma Waterson & Eliza Carthy & Sheila Chandra & Vashti Bunyan Live - VA - Daughters Of Albion - Folk Britannia At The Barbican) Across the evening sky All the birds are leaving But how can they know It's time for them to go Before the winter fire I will still be dreaming I do not count the time For who knows where the time goes Who knows where the time goes Sad deserted shore your fickle friends are leaving Ah, then you know It's time for them to go But I will still be here I have no thought of leaving You know I have no thought of time For who knows where the time goes Who knows where the time goes And I am not alone While my love is near me I know it will be so Until it's time to go So come the storms of winter And then the birds in spring again I do not fear the time For who knows where the time goes Who knows where the time goes