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Live at the Wunderbar

by Erica Freas

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1.
Rainspell 03:38
2.
Patient Ones 02:37
WENT TO THE WATER SIDE LIKE I'VE DONE A DOZEN TIMES / HOPING FOR THE RIGHT TIDE / THIS TIME SEE YOUR BODY/ OH THE PATIENT ONES / AT THE MERCY OF THE SETTING SUN / TIL THE WHISPER OF THE DAY IS DONE / ANOTHER SECRET YOU WON'T SEE / I WOULD WAIT ALL NIGHT / UNTIL THE DARKNESS FILLS MY EYES / BUT ALL I'VE GOT IS EYES / DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE WAITING FOR / WOULD YOU WAIT FOREVER AND A LITTLE MORE / YOU CAN FIND ME ON THE OCEAN FLOOR / THEY'RE OUT SINGING TO ME / I WOULD WAIT ALL NIGHT / UNTIL THE DARKNESS FILLS MY EYES / AND WHEN THE DARKNESS FILLS MY MIND / I'LL FIND YOU IN DREAMING / WENT TO THE WATER SIDE LIKE I'VE DONE A DOZEN TIMES / SENDING SIGNALS WITH MY SLEEPING MIND / NEXT TIME HEAR THEM SINGING
3.
Harriet 03:30
HARRIET DIED TOMORROW / CAME TO ME LAST WEEK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT / SHE TOLD ME "LOOK FOR THOSE WE'VE LOST IN THE MAGIC, IN THE WIND & IN THE LIGHT." / I FELT THE PAIN OF THE DYING / KNOWING EVERY LOSS WAS A DEATH DEEP INSIDE OF ME / AND I FELT POWERLESS TO STOP IT / BUT THERE'S POWER IN THE MOURNING & THE GRIEF / MARGERY WOULD YOU DANCE WITH ME? / I FEEL YOU STANDING AT THE BACK OF ME / YOUR EYES BRING OUT THE VERY BEST IN ME / TUCKIN IN MY SHIRT AND SINGIN "THANK YOU, PLEASE, A PLEASURE TO BE SEEN." / NOW THIS IS THE BEGINNING / AND THE BEGINNING'S ALWAYS HELD BACK BY A CERTAIN KIND OF HARD / ITS LIKE NO ONE'S EVER FELT LIKE THE BEFORE / EXCEPT FOR THE SCARS ACROSS OUR HEARTS / A SPIDER CAME TO DANCE WITH ME / HER STORY STRETCHING FROM THE BACK OF ME / I WAS ALONE BUT SHE WAS TRACKING ME / IN THE SHADOWS HEARING EVERYTHING THAT I SAID SILENTLY / I SANG INTO THAT GHOSTLY BREEZE / "MARGERY WOULD YOU DANCE WITH ME?..." / HARRIET PASSED LAST WINTER / TAUGHT ME TO NOTICE THEN TO LOOK AGAIN / SHE SAID YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE BEAUTY OF THE BRANCHES AS THEY BEND INTO THE WIND / YOU'LL FIND ME IN THE WAY THE WIND CARESSES ALL THE GRASSES AND YOUR SKIN
4.
Like Weather 03:31
PIECES OF THE FUTURE LIE LIKE WEATHER ON YOUR FACE / SOMETIMES I THINK OF HOW IT WAS BEFORE / SOMETIMES I'VE OVERTAKEN BY THE WAVE THAT BRINGS THE CHANGE / THAT FLAVOR OF THE MOUTH AGAINST THE SHOTE / AND IT STRETCHES MY SKIN WHEN I TRY TO PREDICT EVERYTHING / I TRY TO SEE THE NIGHTTIME FROM THE DAY / WE'VE ALL TAKEN MEASURES TO PROTECT WHAT WE PREFER / AND HOARDED THOSE WE'VE LOVED ALONG THE WAY / I WENT TO SLEEP IN HOPES I'D WAKE UP AND BE STRONG / BEHIND MY LIDS WOULD CHANGE WHAT NEEDED CHANGE / AND IT STRETCHES MY SKIN WHEN I TRY TO MAKE YOU EVERYTHING / I TRY TO SQUEEZE THE NIGHTTIME FROM THE DAY / I HOPE YOU TASTE WHAT I AM NOT / HOPE YOU EAT ALL THAT YOU WANT / HOPE THAT WE DON'T CLOSE OUR EYES OR LOOK AWAY / THERE'S YEARS BENEATH OUR FEET / AND I STILL FLINCH WHEN YOU FLASH YOUR TEETH / BABY, WE HAVE CHOICE BUT CAN'T CHOOSE NOT TO CHANGE / BECAUSE YOU'RE BIGGER THAN ME / AND I WON'T BE THE WIND AND THE SKY AND THE SEA / BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE SAY IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE / AND IT'S NOT ABOUT DODGING RAIN / CUZ WE'RE GONNA GET WET EITHER WAY / SO LET GO LIKE WEATHER, WHAT'S BETTER THAN MORE OF THE SAME? / LET GO LIKE WEATHER, A TETHER WON'T HOLD BACK A NAME
5.
Silver 03:05
IT'S HARD TO DISCERN / YOU LIVE AND YOU LEARN / AND I KNOW YOU'RE LEARNING / OH HOW YOU'RE WORKING / AND IT'S BEEN HARD / WE'VE HAD IT HARD / WITH US AND WITH OURS / NOW WITH ALL THAT HURT YOU'RE THE ONE HURTING / I BET YOU'RE THIRSTY / WE CAN'T STAND ON WORDS / YOU'RE SLOUCHING AND BENDING UNDER YOUR ACTIONS / NOW WE'RE THIRSTY FOR ACTION / I SAW THE SILVER / WE'VE ALL TASTED SILVER SOMETIME / I SAW THE SILVER / WE SWALLOW OUR TONGUES AND HIDE / THOUGH IT TOOK YEARS TO NAME IT / IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRUE / WE CAN'T BELIEVE OR BREATHE FOR THE SHAME / AND WE WONDER WHAT'S TRUE / I KNOW THAT THE FEARS CONTAGIOUS AND IT'S CHOKING YOU / THOUGH IT TOOK YEARS TO NAME IT / IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRUE / I SAW THE SILVER / WE'VE ALL TASTED SILVER SOMETIME / I SAW THE SILVER / BUT WE SWALLOWED OUR TONGUES THIS TIME
6.
This Time 04:21
THIS TIME IN THE MORNING HOW THE WORDS WEAVE THROUGH THE SUN AND THE BODIES COME AWAKE IN DIFFERENT WAYS / THIS TIME I'M A BIRD / THIS TIME I'M A FOX / THIS TIME I'M A GLITTERING LEAF FRESH FROM SLEEP / WEARING THE CLOAK OF MORNING DEW / THIS MORNING I'M ALIVE AND I NOTICED / WHAT A FEAT TO ATTEND TO PATTERNS / HOW THEY WEAR DEEPER ON THE DAILY WIND / WHAT A WORLD OF EFFORT JUST TO ARRANGE A DAY FOR SURVIVAL / THIS MORNING I SURVIVED AND I NOTICED / THIS TIME THE OTHERS / WE'VE WOKE IN PAIN / PINCHING DOWN A PATH UNAVOIDABLE / IN A BAD PLACE / WITH A BAD TASTE / THIS TIME I'M A STORM CLOUD / I'M A REALIST / I'M A REAL PIECE OF SHIT / WHO CAN KNOW WHAT I NOTICE / THIS MORNING I AWOKE KNOWING NOTHING / WHAT A FEAT TO KEEP ON BREATHING / HOW WE GROW SHALLOW ON THE DAYS IN INCLINE / WHAT A WORLD AS STEEP AS THIS WORLD WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE / THIS MORNING WE'RE ALIVE AND WE NOTICED
7.
FOR A LONG TIME WE WERE COASTING ON FUMES / IT DIDN'T MATTER / WE WERE GLUED TO THE VIEW / OUT FROM THE FRONTLINES WITH NOTHING TO LOSE / THE WORLD GOT LONGER / READ AN AUTHOR / SHE WAS BORN IN THE SKY / DIED NOT LONG AFTER / IN THE CONTEXT OF TIME / BUT IN THE MIDDLE SHE HAD A BEAUTIFUL MIND / AND IT SPILLED OVER / WILL YOU SHINE WHEN YOU GET UP TO FIGHT / WOULD YOU WIN FASTER BY DIMMING YOUR LIGHTS / WE'LL ALL GET SMALLER TIL WE ALL DISAPPEAR / IF WE HIDE HOW WE'RE BRIGHT / OUT OF SOME DISTANT FEAR / WE'RE ALWAYS SINKING / SEPARATE AND SORE / BUT DEEP SEA MOUNTAINS / HOW WERE THEY FORMED / AND DO THEY TOO START TO DIE FROM THE MOMENT THEY'RE BORN / THE WORLD IS CHANGING / ALWAYS HAS BEEN / WILL YOU WILL YOU SHINE WHEN YOU GET UP TO FIGHT / WOULD YOU WIN FASTER BY DIMMING YOUR LIGHTS / WE'LL ALL GET SMALLER TIL WE ALL DISAPPEAR / IF WE HIDE HOW WE'RE BRIGHT / OUT OF SOME BACKWARDS FEAR / WE'LL HIDE HOW WE'RE BRIGHT BUT IT'LL JUST BE FROM FEAR / WE NEED YOU'RE CRITICAL BRAIN / YOUR CLEVER EYEBALL / YOUR LOVE FOR THE RAIN / WE'VE GOT A LIFETIME FOR PUSHING BACK AGAINST PAIN / IF SOMETHING'S PRETTY / LET IT BE PRETTY
8.
Goodbyes 02:33
WE'RE GONNA MISS IT WHEN IT'S GONE / IF IT'S THE SUN WE'LL LEAVE A LIGHT ON / IF IT'S THE DARK / JUST CLOSE OUR EYES / WE DON'T WANNA GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / IT'S ENOUGH TO KEEP US HOME / CUZ WITH THE RADIO ON IT'S LIKE WE'RE NEVER ALONE / HOW TO KEEP ALL OUR INSIDES INSIDE? / WE DON'T WANNA GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / NO NO NO / SINCE WE'RE ALL "ADULTS" HERE WE CAN CHOOSE / WHAT WE STAND TO GAIN AGAINST THE WEIGHT OF WHAT IS DUE / SCATTERING OUR HEARTS ACROSS THE SKY / WE DON'T WANT TO GET GOOD AT GOODBYES / BUT WE'LL TAKE THE SHADOW PARTS THAT MAKE LIFE BRIGHT
9.
YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY NOW / I CAN FEEL IT PLAIN / IT'S THE TREMOR OF A DARK CLOUD BREAKING UP IN THE WINDS OF CHANGE / WE'RE WAITING FOR RAIN / I HEARD YOU HUMMING / "NO ESCAPE FROM THIS PAIN" / YOU BARELY GET UP BEFORE YOU'RE WASHED BACK DOWN AGAIN / WHAT IF THIS STORM IS ALWAYS STARTS AND NEVER ENDS / WE'RE WAITING FOR RAIN / KEEP BREATHING / WE WERE SWIMMING IN A STORM ON A SUMMER NIGHT / KEEP BREATHING / WE WERE LAUGHING HOW THE SAND AND THE SUN FELT SO RIGHT / KEEP BREATHING / HOW THE SHARKS AND THE FISH LIVE IN TEARS / LET THE WAVES WASH AWAY ALL THE STING OFF YOUR FEARS / HOW THE SHARKS AND THE FISH LIVE IN TEARS / LET THE WAVES WASH AWAY ALL THE STING OFF THIS YEAR / KEEP BREATHING / GIRL YOU'VE BEEN A STAR ON THE DARKEST NIGHT / KEEP BREATHING / LISTEN TO ME TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE / KEEP BREATHING / YOU'RE A MOUNTAIN WITH A BRILLIANT MIND / I GUESS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME / YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY NOW / I CAN FEEL IT PLAIN / IT'S THE SHADOW OF A STORM CLOUD BREAKING UP / PLEASE GO WALK IN THE RAIN
10.
The Sound 03:13
IT'S A CERTAIN THING / THAT I COULD ONLY ASK ABOUT / THAT I COULD ONLY THINK TO SING / THAT I COULD ONLY SING / IT'S NOT THE WORDS IS THE SOUND / HOW WE SINK OUR LOVES DEEP IN THE GROUND / DOWN DOWN DOWN AND DOWN / LIFE'S AN UNCERTAIN THING / WE CAN ONLY CAST ABOUT / I FELT THAT WEB TODAY / I COULD FEEL THAT ACHE / IT'S NOT THE WORDS IT'S THE SOUND / HOW WE PLANT OUR LOVE DEEP IN THE GROUND / AND DOWN / AND ALL AROUND / WHEN IT'S THE KIND OF PAIN THAT DISOBEYS DISTANCE / SEEMS DARKNESS MOVES FASTER THAN THE LIGHT / WHAT WILL YOU FIND FRIEND / YOU'RE SUCH A FINE FRIEND / I'VE SEEN THE FLOWERS GROW IN YOUR LIGHT / WHAT WILL YOU FIND FRIEND / YOU'RE SUCH A FINE FRIEND / I'VE SEEN HOW THE FLOWERS GROW IN YOUR LIGHT ...
11.
Real Mean 02:34
I READ BACK OVER / THINGS THAT I WROTE THREE YEARS AGO / I'M TEN YEARS OLDER / TIME MOVES FAST AND TIME MOVES SLOW / BEFORE YOU TOLD ME / THAT I'D FUCKED UP WORSE THAN NONE BEFORE / YOU WHISPERED THAT I WAS A BETTER PERSON THAT YOU / I DISAGREED THEN / DON'T ANYMORE / WHAT'S THE USE? / I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST SORE TO LOSE / I WAS NEVER HALF AS BAD AS YOU WERE BAD TO ME / BEING REAL NOT BEING MEAN / YOU TRIED TO TWIST IT / I TRIED TO FIX IT MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER KNOW / TO DO THINGS RIGHT / TO BE YOUR FRIEND AND MAKE IT RIGHT / TO FIND A THREAD THAT I COULD START TO SEW / WHAT'S THE USE? / I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST SORE TO LOSE / I WAS NEVER HALF AS BAD AS YOU WERE BAD TO ME / BEING REAL NOT BEING MEAN / YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN / BEING REAL AND BEING MEAN
12.
Belly 02:36
IN MY POCKET MY SWEET / I CARRY THE KEY TO THE CITY / YOU DIDN'T NOTICE BUT I CUFFED IT AT / JUST THE RIGHT TIME / SO IF YOU'RE EVER HUNGRY / OR YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SING / CALL ACROSS AND OVER / AND UP AND OVER / "THAT'S SILLY" I'LL SAY, "THESE THINGS ARE LIKE BREATHING" / WE'D TAKE DEEP BREATHS / AND THEN YOU'D PUT FOOD INTO MY MOUTH / AND YOU'D SAY "YOU FIND THAT YOU FIND WHAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING" / YOU'D PUT FOOD INTO MY MOUTH / "THAT'S SILLY" I'LL SAY, "THESE THINGS ARE LIKE BREATHING"/ WE'D TAKE DEEP BREATHS / AND THEN YOU MIGHT SING INTO MY MOUTH / ABOUT THE COMPLICATED WAYS THESE SOUNDS COME OUT / WHEN YOU'D SING INTO MY MOUTH / "THAT'S SILLY" WE'D SAY "THESE THINGS ARE LIKE BREATHING" / WE'D TAKE DEEP BREATHS / AND EXHALE EVERY WORD WE'VE EVER CHOKED ON / YOU'D SAY "DARLIN YOU'RE THE TONIC TO MY SORROWS / DARLIN YOU'RE THE TONIC TO MY WOES / I'M GONNA SWALLOW YOU WHOLE" / IN MY BELLY MY SWEET / I CARRY THE KEY TO THE CITY / YOU DIDN'T NOTICE BUT I CUFFED IT AT / JUST THE RIGHT TIME / SO IF YOU'RE EVER HUNGRY / OR YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO SING / JUST REMEMBER YOU'RE IN MY BELLY

about

Live recording from a great show in New Zealand, March 2016. Violet French and Mikey Summerfield played two powerful sets, Violet played though an earthquake with style. Lou Realand booked this whole mess. GOODBYES was written up the street from the venue with love for my dear Christchurch family in my heart and mind.

Thanks for your support!

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released March 31, 2016

Recorded live by Nick Lynch at the Wunderbar in Lyttelton, Aotearoa on March 12, 2016.

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