1. |
Song 79
03:50
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Song 79
(©2004 Anders/O'Bitz)
I don't write
Of love, not from me
I don't write
Of beauty, what's to see
I don't write
Of gentleness around
I don't write
Of pleasure that I found
I long to write of home far away
But I have no home
Y'know I feel exiled anyway
From what, I don't know
I don't write
Of favors from some friend
I don't write
Of riches I could spend
I don't write
Of honor, none around
I don't write
Of virtues to be found
I long to write of home far away
But I have no home
Y'know I feel exiled anyway
From what, I don't know
Got to write
Until I'm done
'Cause y'know it's a type of fate
If I don't write
I'd flail for some time
Then y'know I would break
… I would break
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2. |
Icarus
04:12
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Icarus
(©2004 Anders/Mitchell)
I search the lowlands
For my great escape
I can't find her
I make my wings
To fly above this place
So I can reach her
I'm flyin' here
And I climb up so very high away
I'm sure she's there
High above where I was all those days
So many trials
I was hardly chaste
Guilty of it
An oceanic feeling
Set my taste
I can't forget it
I'm flyin' here
And I climb up to the place she stays
I'm sure she's there
High above where I was all those days
And I want
Until I'm burned by the sun
And I want
But my wings melt away
Tumblin' through
A blue chaos that brings
Visions of others
Left behind
So I could make my wings
Hard to recover
I'm fallin' here
Tangled up inside my wax and string
Oh was she there?
High above the high of my wings
And I want
Until I'm burned by the sun
And I want
But my wings melt away
And I want
Like I'm the only one
And I want
And then I fall away
Battered and bruised
I look for some care
I can't find it
I made my wings
To fly above their fare
They won't forget it
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3. |
Settlin' Comes
03:27
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Settlin' Comes
(©2003 Anders/Mitchell)
If you know the answer to
This question all around
Why that feelin' so seldom comes
Why it's so hard found
A feel for settlin' comes
Oh in time
Ah before settlin' comes
I feel for a ride
And if I say to you
And look you in the eye
Sure this feelin's bound to come
That is, before this dies
And could you look right back at me
Say it's not a lie
Could you see me as the settlin' kind
Not too much to hide
A feel for settlin' comes
Oh in time
Ah before settlin' comes
I feel for a ride
Why does settlin' make me sigh
Make me want to lie
Feel for a ride
And could you say this warning
Won't make you want to fly
And do you think you could settle for
A "please let us try"
A feel for settlin' comes
Oh I hope in time
Oh I hope this settlin' comes
I'm tired of this ride
A feel for settlin' comes
Oh I hope in time
That is before that settlin' comes
The kind when we die
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4. |
Together Alone
04:55
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Together Alone
(©2004 Anders/O'Bitz)
Is this all?
Is that what you said?
Again we fall
As we lie in this bed
So content you're mine
What did you say?
"You know we're really alone
Don't you get it?
We're together alone
Fears of love just tear me apart"
I know you're sad
Let me take it away
"Yes I'm sad
That I feel this way
And seeing my hopes fade
You know we're really alone
You just don't get it
We're together alone
Fears of love just tear us apart"
Apart, tears us apart, tears us apart
We're together alone, alone
Can't hear what you say
Please hear what I say:
No we're not really alone
I won't "get it"
We're not "together alone"
Fears of love can't keep us apart
No we're not really alone
I won't "get it"
We're not "together alone"
Fears of love won't keep us apart
We're apart, keep us apart
What did you say?
Can you hear me, we're alone
I'm not afraid, I'm afraid
Can you hear me?
"What did you say?"
We're not together alone
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5. |
More Regrets
03:45
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More Regrets
(©2003 Anders/O'Bitz)
You and I
We believed our plannin'
You and I
There'd be no more phoney lovin'
But You and I
Our separate places hidin'
Then You and I
We knew somethin' else was comin'
I said it's over and there're no regrets
But I said so much
That couldn't stand the test
I wish you'd try to remember the best
But I see I've blown it now …
More regrets
More regrets
Got more and more regrets
You and I
Just had one tremblin' foot in
You and I
We're terrified from all our lovin'
You and I
We watched the other hurtin'
Then You and I
We knew somethin' else was comin'
I said it's over and there're no regrets
But I said so much
That couldn't stand the test
I wish you'd try to remember the best
But I see I've blown it now …
More regrets
I wish I knew then
How much love and fear within
And how paired they had been
… and we had been
I said it's over and there're no regrets
But I said so much
That couldn't stand the test
I wish you'd try to remember the best
But I see I've blown it now …
More regrets
I said it's over and there're no regrets
But I said so much
That couldn't stand the test
I wish you'd try to remember the best
But it's not over now …
Nor the regrets
More regrets
More regrets
Got more and more regrets
More regrets
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6. |
Practiced Isolation
04:58
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Practiced Isolation
(©2003 Anders/O'Bitz)
Greasy hair
No shower for you today
Listen to me leave a worried message
On your machine
You hold cold coffee
And you stir
No joy on the scene
What was your quiet rage
Is not just quiet resignation
There's no seeing you today
You fight alone
You fight alone with yourself
All your meditation's just practiced isolation
You fight alone
You fight alone with yourself
So I'm left here today … without you
D'you know I care
You should know I do … it's true
Can't you hear it when you listen to
My apologies
You pull the covers over you
I'm more worried than I seem
What's been my quiet pain
Is now very vocal desperation
You're not seeing me today
You fight alone
You fight alone with yourself
All your meditation's just practiced isolation
You fight alone
You fight alone with yourself
So I'm left here today … without you
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7. |
Through A Fog Darkly
04:50
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Through A Fog Darkly
(©2004 Anders/Mitchell)
Walkin' out in a fog
Can hardly see the ground
And I was telling you something and
Then I notice that you're not around
Do I hear you callin' me in the fog?
I yell "come 'round"
But no answer, only fog
And an empty sound
Hello, do I hear you callin'
Communication's been breakin' down
I need to hear you callin', ah
I need you around
Hello, do you hear me callin'
I hear echoes and that empty sound
I hope you hear me callin'
But fear … fear you won't come 'round
I fear you won't come around
I try to find my way home
But I'm lost I've found
After discovering this I find
It's me who can't come 'round
Through a fog darkly I see and I call
I'm beggin' you now
But no answer's heard at all
Only echoes sound
Hello, do I hear you callin'
Communication's been breakin' down
I need to hear you callin', ah
I need you around
Hello, do you hear me callin'
I hear echoes and that empty sound
I hope you hear me callin'
But fear … fear you won't come 'round.
I fear we won't come around.
Come 'round, come 'round …
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8. |
You Lied
04:07
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You Lied
(©2003 Anders/O'Bitz)
A recent climax of confessions
And now the silent denouement
It seems any answers I come up with
Will leave me suspicious
Of you, our past, and even more myself
The more I gave
The more you lied
No I won't give it another try
All this time
You say we are fine
Now I can only say … you lied
You knew all the lines
Perfect to make a fool of me
And yet some lines
Not meant for me, not me
The more I gave
The more you lied
No I won't give it another try
All this time
You say we are fine
Now I can only say …
Oh god you'll be on a lonely path
If you don't ever face the ghosts of your past
What kind of role did your write for yourself
In this play of yours
Living with me and so much time with him too
Could you ever be honest and close?
It seems no
The more I gave
The more you lied
I won't give it another try
All this time
You say we are fine
Now I can only say
The more I gave
The more you lied
No I won't give it another try
All this time
You say we are fine
Now I can only say … you lied
And all this time … you lied
And all this time
I've taken on this all before
And you lied
I say it one more time, you lied
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9. |
Remembering On My Own
03:19
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Remembering On My Own
(©2003 Anders/O'Bitz)
Here in these photographs
Lovers who have gone
The near and far of the past
I'm still bettin' on the con …
Of waiting for that someone to come along
Who'll lighten all my loads and sing my song
I just can't believe it's been this long
Tears from these photographs
Cut me to the bone
Haunted by what couldn't last
I remember on my own
Waiting for that someone to come along
Who'll lighten all my loads and sing my song
I just can't believe it takes so long … so long
No tears and no photographs
What's gone is simply gone
And though we can't leave the past
Can't I get beyond?
Waiting for that someone to come along
Who'll lighten all my loads and sing my song
I just can't believe it's been so long
No, I can't believe it's been so long
Cannot find the way to make me whole
Cannot find that someone for so long
Feeling like my waiting was wrong
Can't find the way to get back home
Can't find the way to get back home
I'm left here waiting now they're gone
I'm left remembering on my own
On my own …
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10. |
Unhappy Like Ulysses
05:37
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Unhappy Like Ulysses
(©2004 Anders/Watkins/West)
Unhappy Ulysses
Captive
Separated by seas
Think about a love
For me
My Circes keep me warm
As I try and try to sleep
As I toss and turn
Where's Penelope?
Is there really one
And does she think to weave?
… to weave?
To sail
Then Siren's call
Tied up
But loose enough to fall
Think about some home
That's all
My Circes keep me warm
As I try and try to sleep
As I toss and turn
Where's Penelope?
Is there really one
And does she think to weave?
Is there really one
And does she think to weave?
Since my Circes keep me warm
Why should she weave?
I'd love to find my home some day
But maybe I'll be here to stay
… to stay.
Unhappy Ulysses
Captive
Separated by seas
Think about a love
We'll see
My Circes keep me warm
As I try and try to sleep
As I toss and turn
Where's Penelope?
Is there really one
And does she think to weave?
My Circes keep me warm
As I try and try to sleep
As I toss and turn
Where's Penelope?
Is there really one
And does she think to weave?
This island is my home away
… from home
But am I here to stay
At this palace in a glade?
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11. |
Starless Night
04:01
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Starless Night
(©2003 Anders/Watkins)
And I …
Always wondered what you held inside
And I never wanted to see me with your eyes
Afraid of such a sight … such a sight
And I …
Tried to trust the guide of your light
But I'm not one to venture out at night
Darkness gives me such a fright
It's late
Why do I look to you
To help to me console?
Too late
Trust is gone in you
Out of your control
This night
Loneliest of nights
No stars in the sky
On such a night
And I …
Don't want to be around when you ask why
And I don't want to see the tears build in your eyes
My reasons can't be right … they can't be right
And I …
Can't even hear the sounds of my goodbyes
And I cannot feel my feet as they walk by
Our heads hang low tonight
It's late
Why do I look to you
To help to me console?
Too late
Trust is gone in you
Out of your control
This night
Loneliest of nights
No stars in the sky
On such a night
It's late on this night, lonely night
And there're no stars in the sky
No stars tonight
On such a night
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Eric Anders California
Californian singer-songwriter, Eric Anders, released his anti-Trump album, Eleven Nine, in the spring of 2017. The album was
produced and mixed by Matthew Emerson Brown.
See Eric's latest release, released as a duo with Mark O'Bitz in June, 2018: Of All These Things. Eric and Mark are working on their second duo release, Ghosts To Ancestors, which should be out early 2019.
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