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Leonie
04:45
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How space can make us feel so small
as if we couldn't hear each other
At night, when all the world flies home
in the grass by the lake
we shall sing together
We played and travelled for years
lucid dreaming in the realms of the timeless
unheard words and sounds
borrowed themselves for a moment
before they swiftly voyaged on
whispering into open hearts and ears
of truthful nonsense
of strange and absurd countries
where all your dreams are already happening
where all your fears are red apples to eat and learn from
How time can make our song seem so short
as if there was a beginning and an ending
but when we sang in the grass by the lake
we were newborn babies
painting the rules of our universe
and we said, in our castle
we shall be the fools
touching keys and strings with our golden hands
At night, when all the world flies home
we shall have a party, in our castle
with all the freaks and the children
the clowns and the trash eaters
At night, when all the world flies home
in the grass by the lake
we shall sing together
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Dead Skin
03:12
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Where did she go
my only daughter
she went into the woods
saying everything would be just fine
I said take care
never take a risk or dare
Remember all those times
you tried to be nice
came back dripping home
full of blood tears and silence
innocence killed
during twisted homeless nights
sexuality wrecked
pulled through like a meat pie
Crocodiles coming closer in the water
Faceless men trying to open up her bedroom
The voices are getting louder and louder
but the more she can tell
it's not she who is speaking
And the sun smiled at her shining face
and the moon howled at her naked white body
the stars gazed as she exploded
and the sea shed away her dead skin
Crocodiles coming closer in the water
Faceless men trying to open up her bedroom
The voices are getting louder and louder
but the more she can tell
it's not she who is speaking
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The Cockroaches and Me
06:18
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I was broke
so I got me a job
they gave me a bed
and made sure I was fed
well after the night
I woke up in delight
'cause I wasn't on my own anymore
my whole life was changing for sure
Mmmm...
While the others
would trip and drink
in the meanwhile
I would have a think
how to free my mind for real
how to get myself into a peer
good friends to hang out in dirty streets
good friends to watch porn and make some beats
Well, God sent me a harem of insects
who didn't judge me for my lack of intellect
drinking tea, singing let it be
The cockroaches and me!
They accepted me
straight away
without antenna
still they said I could stay
I never knew that cockroaches were so nice
in school we'd learnt that they were dirty parasites
and through the chemical trails in our feces
we'd communicate and share all of our secrets
and no one was better or worse
and if you wanted to go to church
they wouldn't bug you
no they wouldn't bug you
Well, God sent me a harem of insects
who didn't judge me for my lack of intellect
climbing trees, bruises on our knees
The cockroaches and me!
Though history tried to separate us
and others said that we were just posers
we formed
an anarchist collective
and laid out
our basic objectives:
to stop this pointless segregation,
more warm dark public spaces,
no compound-eye discrimination
Oh our friendship was so strong
we proved the world it was wrong
that indeed we could go hand in hand
and rule the world together
yeah and rule the world together
Well, God sent me a harem of insects
who didn't judge me for my lack of intellect
daytrips to the sea, finally set free
The cockroaches and me!
As the human beings
were destroying themselves
the cockroaches gave
a crash-courseon endurance and health
In the end everyone died except for us
oh what a beautiful world, no need to rush
oh what a beautiful world, no need to rush no more, oh no more!
Well, God sent me a harem of insects
who didn't judge me for my lack of intellect
drinking tea, singing let it be
The cockroaches and me!
Well, God sent me a harem of insects
who didn't judge me for my lack of intellect
climbing trees, bruises on our knees
The cockroaches and me!
Well, God sent me a harem of insects
who didn't judge me for my lack of intellect
daytrips to the sea, finally set free
The cockroaches and me!
The cockroaches and me, oh!
The cockroaches and me, hey hey!
The cockroaches and me, oh yeah!
The cockroaches and me, yeah check it out!
The cockroaches and me, hey hey!
The cocksuckers and me
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Fare Thee Well
04:57
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Farewell my love
I must be gone
and leave you for a while
Wherever I go I shall return
if I go ten thousand miles
If I go
if I go
if I go ten thousand miles
Oh ten thousand miles
it is so far
to leave me here alone
Well I may lie, lament and cry
and you’ll, you’ll not hear my mourn
And you’ll
and you’ll
and you’ll not hear my mourn
Oh the crow that is so black my love
will change its colour white
If ever I shall prove false to thee
the day, the day will turn to night
Yes the day
yes the day
yes the day will turn to night
Oh the rivers they will never run dry
for the rocks melt with the sun
I’ll never prove false to the boy I love
till all, till all these things be done
Yes till all
yes till all
yes till all these things be done
If I go
If I go
If I go ten thousand miles
And you’ll
and you’ll
and you’ll not hear my mourn
if I go ten thousand miles
if I go ten thousand miles
if I go ten thousand miles
if I go ten thousand miles
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The Secret Garden
06:32
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As we entered the ivy-covered door
I remembered what you had said before
You wanted a place to live and be
where no one asked nothing of you
And here we stand foolishly
on the sacred grounds of secrecy
on the sacred grounds of secrecy
Oh watching you paint those castles of monsters
and gipsy witches and burning trees
We drank the juice
we ate forbidden fruit
our heartbeats changed
with every new tune
And you thought you would die that night
no one to save you this time
no one to save you this time
In the light of the fire I saw the wings on your back
like a motionless statue you stood ready to attack
You stared at the moon looking for a sign
You stared at me, no sign of a smile
And do you remember that magical night
oh dancing and singing on the steps of the church
And you said,
the devil is inside us, Alice
and angels too
our lives led by magic
our lives led by magic
our lives led by magic
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I want to live in a house with a garden
I wanna hang downside up from the trees
I want a river and a swing to jump to the other side
I want to feel all the beetles crawling over my skin
I wanna share new tricks and skills with my friends
I wanna grow organic fruit and vegetables
I wanna learn how to use the chainsaw
so I can murder joggers in the surrounding forest
I wanna jam into the morning hours
I wanna write good songs cause I'm so inspired
I wanna do acrobatics and roll in the grass
I wanna skinny dip in winter, scream and laugh
I wanna sit on the rooftop and watch the sunset
I wanna sit by the campfire and listen to stories
to then fall into a wondrous slumber
and wake up and find
that bitch is on fire
that bitch is on fire
That bitch is on fire!!!
Fast-food fumes and distractions from the big city
No, I don't wanna take every given opportunity!
I want to go to bed soon like the flowers do
so I can wake up and say "Good Morning World!"
I wanna jump into the sea from a 50-metre high cliff
I wanna scuba dive and high-five with the high fish
I wanna climb big rocks and feel tough
I wanna be able to do real push-ups
I wanna do real push-ups
not the ones with your knees on the ground
And I don't want to kill mosquitos
cause I know everyone's a bloodsucker sometimes
I wanna meditate on the sting
or ask them politely to leave
Who knows, they might also have
creative yearnings and dreams
Maybe they're actively conscious
in different layers of dimensions
where they create clone armies out of our blood samples
Hey, everybody's got a reason to live
and honestly, I quite like the taste of my blood
and with these new menstruation moon cups
it's really easy to collect
Once I put my blood into a banana smoothie
Hey that was really fun and a powerful experience
Sympathy for mosquitos!
Sympathy for mosquitos!!
Sympathy for mosquitos!!!!!
I want to be choked while having sex
I wish I had smaller tits and thinner legs
Yeah I consider myself a hairy feminist
but my thoughts are still stuck in this patriarchal bullshit
I wanna make a proper living as an artist
I wanna earn lots of money and pay no taxes
so I can buy instruments, high quality food,
recording equipment, surfing lessons, good shoes
I wanna quit addictions, sugar, internet
I wanna masturbate more and live in the moment
I wanna communicate through telepathy
the way known by aborigines
I wanna change my physical reality
with the power of my mind
I wanna get a grip on astral travelling
hug demons, let there be light
And I still believe in love
I still believe in love
like even romantic love
like having kids together
love that embraces the dark and the ugly
that isn't driven by ego pleasure
I wanna be a party pooper
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7. |
Skeleton Woman
05:03
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She came out of the water
she had been bad
She came out of the water
she had been bad
No one remembered
but everyone agreed
she had done something bad
Father threw her off the boat
into the sea
she had been bad
Couldn't face the dirt under her fingernails
she had slept with the dark
The fish ate away all of her flesh and skin
she's only bones
they call her ugly
A broken heart for dinner
an ugly duckling in winter
come embrace me with your body of bones
come embrace me with your body of bones
What must die, die
What must live, live
will you sleep next to me
while I sleep
Skeleton Woman
do visit me in my dreams
you know I'll be afraid
but you know I'll always look you in the face
She came out of the water
she had been bad
She came out of the water
she had been bad
They call her ugly
They call her scary
come embrace me with your body of bones
They call her a witch
They call her a bitch
come embrace me with your body of bones
come embrace me with your body of bones
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Walls
04:58
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I put my dreams in a box
so I could stare at them
all of the time
Oh I put my heart in a boy
when he got tired of me
he built a wall
Walls
Walls of fear
Walls of pride
Walls that always want to be right
Walls of lust
Walls of lies
Walls that say everything
everything's just fine
everything's just fine
everything's just fine
A lonely mind repeats itself
a lonely heart just wants to find somebody else
Lonely dreams are easy to dream
but harder to pull into reality
Walls
Walls of fear
Walls of pride
Walls that always want to be right
Walls of lust
Walls of lies
Walls that give you a place to
give you a place to hide
I found a place to hide
everything's just fine
I found a place to hide
everything's just fine
I found a place to hide
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It's sunset, I'm sitting at the beach
I still don't know where I'm gonna sleep
and right now I feel so lonely
And I feel like I shouldn't
because I'm always the one who preaches about
the importance of solitude
It's about time, I'm on the road again
I took my backpack, a tent and a ukulele
My to-do list for this trip is almost all ticked
I just didn't jump off that 50-metre cliff
I've learnt the basics of surfing
I've meditated and stretched
I've written four new songs
I made a few new friends
I've hiked along the west coast
and I've walked all the way till the end of the world
Standing at the lighthouse before the sea
and now I feel so empty
This place is filled with so many god-damn tourists
where are all the travellers and musicians
maybe it's just not the right time of the year
I've been going with the flow
I've been living without time
I've met stupid and great people
But there's a deep black hole all over me
and it's growing bigger and bigger
It's emptying my heart
it sucks and sucks
until all that's left is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
I used to call it the pain of the world
trapped in my tiny caged heart
but now I'm reconsidering
that it might just be a deep craving
for some human contact with my own kind
And I'm embarrassed to say
but at this very moment
I'm feeling just like the last unicorn
staring at the white water
trying to catch a glimpse of my friends
But the story's been told
bull and king defeated
the unicorns all rushed out and scattered away
and they didn't even bother
to say hi to those that saved the day
I'm just looking for my people
I'm just looking for my own kind
I'm just searching for the souls close to mine
I'm just searching for the souls close to mine
It's the ones that make you feel like
now I am home
It's the ones that make you feel like
now you are home
It's the souls so close to yours that
now you are home
It's the souls so close to yours that
now you are home
Yeah you meet so many people on the way
but in your heart very few choose to stay
Let my soul rest in yours
even if it's just for an hour
To know there's people out there like you
that appreciate the same things that I do
It breaks my heart to say goodbye
but it also gives me courage
It breaks my heart to say goodbye
but it also gives me courage
And now all is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
And now all is sorrow
you don't have to do it all on your own
you don't have to do it all on your own
it doesn't mean that
you're a weak and scared girl
it doesn't mean that
you're a weak and scared girl
to be a happy person
you first have to live
to be a happy artist
you first have to live
have I been taking my music too seriously
have I been taking my music too seriously
You won't recognise them
by the way that they dress
but if you look very closely
you'll recognise them
by the light around their heads
If you look very closely
you'll find them to be quite close
If you look very closely
you'll find them to be quite close
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Alicia Edelweiss
Austro-British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist and yarn-spinner, whose imaginative forays into dark folk
tales, humour-laden
autobiographical sketches and sideways observations on life are suffused with both a sense of child-like wonder and an arch contemporary savvy, couched in subtly insistent melodic ear-worms. She began her musical career as a teenage street musician.
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