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Dido: Girl Who Got Away

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: RCA Records
Released: 2013.03.04
Time:
 43:07
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Dido, Jeff Bhasker, Jon Brion, Greg Kurstin, Pete Miser, Rick Nowels, Plain Pat, P*Nut, Rollo, Sister Bliss
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.didomusic.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2013
Price in €: 1,00





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] No Freedom (D.Armstrong/R.Nowels) - 3:16
[2] Girl Who Got Away (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong) - 3:23
[3] Let Us Move On [feat. Kendrick Lamar] (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong/J.Bhasker/Lamar/P.Reynolds) - 4:10
[4] Blackbird (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong) - 4:09
[5] End of Night (D.Armstrong/Greg Kurstin) - 3:58
[6] Sitting On the Roof of the World (D.Armstrong/Nowels/R.Armstrong) - 3:18
[7] Love to Blame (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong/J.Harrison/Vera Bohl) - 4:36
[8] Go Dreaming (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong/Nowels) - 4:24
[9] Happy New Year (D.Armstrong/Kurstin/R.Armstrong) - 3:29
[10] Loveless Hearts (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong) - 3:05
[11] Day Before We Went to War (D.Armstrong/R.Armstrong/B.Eno) - 5:12

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Dido Armstrong - Bass, Keyboards, Mixing, Programming, Vocal Engineer, Vocals, Producer

Brian Eno - Keyboards
Rick Nowels - Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Oli Dacombe - Drums
John Harrison - Bass, Producer
Ash Howes - Bass, Mixing, Organ
Jeff Bhasker - Instrumentation, Background Vocals
Greg Kurstin - Bass, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Programming
Kendrick Lamar - Vocals
Sister Bliss - Engineer, Keyboards
Jody Linscott - Percussion
Brian Martin - Sample Source
David Pye - Choir/Chorus, Engineer, Vocal Engineer
Plain Pat - Drum Programming
Richard Pryce - Double Bass
Ash Soan - Drum Fills
Michael Vaterio - Double Bass
Martin Waugh - Guitar

David Campbell - String Arrangements, String Conductor
Sally Herbert - String Arrangements, String Conductor
Davide Rossi - String Arrangements, Strings
Ian Bellon - Violin
Charlie Bisharat - Violin
Natalia Bonner - Violin
Ian Burdge - Cello
Gillon Cameron - Violin
Larry Corbett - Cello
Joel Derouin - Violin
Ali Dods - Violin
Karen Elaine - Viola
Matthew Funes - Viola
Armen Garabedian - Violin
Gareth Griffiths - Violin
Julian Hallmark - Violin
Sophie Harris - Cello
Roland Kato - Viola
Rick Koster - Violin
Mario de León - Violin
Everton Nelson - Violin
Claire Orsler - Viola
Alyssa Park - Violin
Sara Parkins - Violin
Michele Richards - Violin
Rachel Robson - Viola
Julia Singleton - Violin
David Smith - Cello
Bruce White - Viola
Lucy Wilkins - Violin
Chris Worsey - Cello
Warren Zielinksi - Violin

Rollo Armstrong - Producer
Richard Woodcraft - Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Engineer
Pawel Sek - Engineer
Jesse Shatkin - Engineer
Kieron Menzies - Engineer
Jim Scott - Vocal Engineer
Tom Elmhirst - Mixing
Manny Maroquin - Mixing
Tom Coyne - Mastering
Guy Aroch - Photography
Teo Connor - Design
Mike Horner - Digital Editing, Digital Engineer
Roma Martyniuk - Art Direction

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Girl Who Got Away is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Dido, released in Europe on 4 March 2013, and in North America on 26 March 2013 by RCA Records. The album serves as the follow-up to 2008's Safe Trip Home. Recording for the album began in 2009 and ended in 2012, taking place at studios in London and California. Dido served as a co-producer for the album and enlisted help from a variety of producers including Jeff Bhasker, Jon Brion, Greg Kurstin, Rick Nowels, Plain Pat, Rollo, among others. Musically the album is a pop album with elements of Electropop and trip-hop. "Girl Who Got Away" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented " folky midtempo melody" and Dido's vocal performances, while others stated that the album didn't "break any new ground". The album commercially fared well; it debuted at number five in the United Kingdom, giving Dido her fourth album to do so. The album peaked at number two on the Swiss and German album charts and at number thirty two on the US Billboard 200. The album also charted within the top twenty of the Australian, Irish and New Zealand charts. The album was preceded by promotional single "Let Us Move On" featuring Kendrick Lamar, whilst the albums lead single "No Freedom" was released in January 2013 and charted at number fifty-one on the UK Singles Chart. The second single "End of Night" was released in May 2013, however the single failed to chart at all in the United Kingdom but did make appearances on the Belgium charts. To further promote the album Dido did a series of live performances and radio shows making appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Heart London, Magic Radio, and BBC Radio 2.

Girl Who Got Away received mixed to average responses from music critics. At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 12 reviews. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album 4 (out of 5 stars), writing that, "while her last album, Safe Trip Home, was tailored for domesticity, Girl Who Got Away is a soundtrack for a night out," praising Dido for "adapting to her gently shifting surroundings, feeling perfectly at home in this neon-streaked production, savoring how it swings from understated but insistent beats to a soft acoustic bed. Perhaps it's lifestyle music, designed to reflect the aspirations and desires of her audience, but it's impeccably executed and slyly seductive lifestyle music." Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the album four out of five stars praising the "pleasantly folky midtempo melody and sleepy vocal" as well as the album's "unexpected and - whisper it - dancier direction". Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian called "a Dido album that doesn't induce a desire to listen to something else," calling it "surprisingly interesting."

Laurence Green of musicOMH wrote that, "As an album, it doesn’t break any new ground --it doesn’t try to. What it does do though is sweep itself up in a groundswell of beautiful, heart-tugging nostalgia so strong it’s as if 2003 lies just beyond the window again, shimmering in the haze of the morning dew." Nick Levine of BBC Music gave a favorable review, writing that, "Admittedly, the album contains the odd soporific song like No Freedom, but these turns are outweighed by tracks with a strong tune or an unexpected hint of sadness. Certainly, there's enough going on here to make the naysayers feel guilty for blurting out that b-word." Andy Johnson of PopMatters gave the album 4 (out of 10 stars), writing that Dido's new moves on the album, "tend to feel half-baked, under-exploited or, in the case of Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on 'Let Us Move On', just a bit hackneyed." For Andy Gill of The Independent, "it ticks along unremarkably on smudges of synthesiser and shuffling drum programmes, augmented by acoustic guitar or synthetic brass stabs."

wikipedia.org



Vier Jahre, nachdem Dido mit 'Safe Trip Home' ihr bis dato letztes Album veröffentlicht hat, legt die Londonerin im März 2013 mit 'Girl Who Got Away' ihr nunmehr viertes Album vor. Und ohne Übertreibung kann man behaupten, dass sie mit 'Girl Who Got Away' ihr bis dato bestes Album aufgenommen hat. 'Girl Who Got Away' enthält Songs, die von Hoffnung, von Trotz und von gebrochenen Herzen erzählen, die dafür sorgen werden, dass sich die Welt zum wiederholten Mal Hals über Kopf in Dido verliebt. Aber das Album strahlt auch einen unbeirrbaren Optimismus aus. Das ist u.a. dem lebensfrohen 'Go Dreaming' anzumerken, oder der Ode an die wahre Liebe namens 'No Freedom' und dem dynamischen 'Let Us Move On', das einen messerscharfen Gast-Rap des derzeit weltweit heißesten Rappers, Kendrick Lamar, enthält. Dennoch herrscht auf 'Girl Who Got Away' nicht nur eitel Sonnenschein: bei einigen Songs stellt Dido wieder einmal ihr Talent unter Beweis, unbequeme Texte in verführerische Melodien zu verpacken. So mag das treibende 'End Of The Night' oberflächlich wie einer der fröhlichsten Songs in ihrem Repertoire klingen in Wirklichkeit handelt es sich um einen recht bösartigen Breakup-Song.

Amazon.de



Vier Jahre, nachdem Dido mit dem hochgelobten „Safe Trip Home“ der dritte Millionseller ihrer Karriere gelungen war, legt die Londonerin mit „Girl Who Got Away” ihr nunmehr viertes Album vor. Die Gesamtbilanz der Sängerin und Songwriterin beläuft sich mittlerweile auf unglaubliche 29 Millionen verkaufte Tonträger weltweit. Ohne Übertreibung kann man behaupten, dass sie mit „Girl Who Got Away” ihr bis dato bestes Album aufgenommen hat. Es enthält Songs, die von Hoffnung, von Trotz und von gebrochenen Herzen erzählen, die dafür sorgen werden, dass sich die Welt zum wiederholten Mal Hals über Kopf in Dido verliebt.

Bei den Aufnahmen zu „Girl Who Got Away” fühlte sich Dido oft an die Entstehungszeit von „No Angel“ erinnert – ihr legendäres Debüt, das bis heute eines der meistverkauften Alben des Jahrhunderts ist. Ganz so wie beim Erstling, mit dem sie die Welt eroberte, verzaubert sie den Hörer mit wunderbaren Eletroniksounds, ihrer gleichsam sanften wie kraftvollen Stimme und einer ganzen Reihe von Songs, die einem bereits nach erstmaligem Hören nicht mehr aus dem Kopf gehen wollen. Warmherzig, rührend und erfüllt von der Liebe zu den kleinen Details des Lebens ist „Girl Who Got Away“ sowohl modern als auch zeitlos – und damit ganz einfach ein klassisches Dido-Album.

Und genau wie bei „No Angel“ (und natürlich auch beim 200er-Follow-Up „Life For Rent“) wurde die Mehrzahl der kenntnisreichen, lebensbejahenden Songs von Dido und ihrem Bruder, Faithless-Gründer Rollo Armstrong, geschrieben und produziert. Und genau wie in den Anfangstagen arbeitete sie an den Songs, ohne sich dabei auszumalen, dass diese irgendwann irgendjemand zu hören bekommen würde.

„Es hat unglaublich Spaß gemacht, die Platte aufzunehmen“, strahlt sie. „Ich verspürte überhaupt keinen Druck. Es passierte alles ganz natürlich und hatte eine große Leichtigkeit.“ Dido erlebte ein tolle Zeit, ob sie nun alleine an ihrem Küchentisch an der Musik arbeitete oder mit bewährten Partnern wie Brian Eno, Jeff Bhasker, Rick Nowels, Greg Kurstin und natürlich Rollo in verschiedenen Heimstudios oder Hotelzimmern auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks. „Bei jedem anderen Album, das ich gemacht habe, gab es einige ziemlich verzwickte Tage“, sagt sie, „aber bei diesem keinen einzigen.“

Ein Großteil des Albums entstand vor dem Sommer 2011 (kurz nachdem sie eine Oscar-Nominierung „If I Rise“, ihre Zusammenarbeit mit A R Rahman für den Film „127 Hours“, erhalten hatte), in dem Dido ihr erstes Kind bekam. „Ich schrieb alle Songs des Albums, bevor ich schwanger wurde“, erinnert sie sich, „und viele Stücke wurden während meiner Schwangerschaft aufgenommen. Es ist schon lustig, wenn ich mich zurück erinnere, wie ich die Sachen eingesungen habe, bei ‚Girl Who Got Away‘ hat mich das Baby z. B. so heftig getreten hat, dass ich dachte, ich falle um!“

Das gesamte Album, das Dido in der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2012 nach einem Jahr Mutterschafts-Auszeit vollendete, erstrahlt in einem unbeirrbaren Optimismus. Der positive Spirit ist u. a. dem lebensfrohen „Go Dreaming“ anzumerken, oder der Ode an die wahre Liebe namens „No Freedom“ (die erste Single-Auskopplung!) und dem dynamischen „Let Us Move On“, das einen messerscharfen Gast-Rap des derzeit weltweit heißesten Rappers, Kendrick Lamar, enthält. Besonders hell leuchtet die positive Lebenseinstellung allerdings bei dem folkigen, autobiographischen „Sitting On The Roof Of The World”.

Dennoch herrscht auf „Girl Who Got Away” nicht nur eitel Sonnenschein: bei einigen Songs stellt Dido wieder einmal ihr Talent unter Beweis, unbequeme Texte in verführerische Melodien zu verpacken. So mag das treibende „End Of The Night“ oberflächlich wie einer der fröhlichsten Songs in ihrem Repertoire klingen – in Wirklichkeit handelt es sich um einen recht bösartigen Breakup-Song. „Blackbird“ ist auf deliziöse Art und Weise zersetzend.

Und der Albumtitel? „Er stammt von einem meiner Lieblingssongs des Albums”, erläutert sie, „aber er bringt für mich auch die vergangenen Jahre auf den Punkt. Ich bin einen Schritt zurück getreten und habe mich in ein total glückliches Abenteuer gestürzt, eine Familie gegründet und ein Album aufgenommen, auf das ich unglaublich stolz bin. Und jetzt kann ich es kaum erwarten, dass die Menschen meine Songs zu hören bekommen.“

Möglicherweise ist sie ja tatsächlich „the girl who got way“ - aber es besteht nicht der geringste Zweifel: Dido ist zurück.

jpc.de



"Namhafte Produzenten sorgen dafür, dass sich unterschiedliche Sounds abwechseln, ein breites Publikum angesprochen wird, und mit Kendrick Lamar hat sie für “Love To Blame” den aktuellen Senkrechtstarter der amerikanischen Rap-Szene als Duettpartner ins Studio geholt."

(Good Times, April / Mai 2013)



"Liebenswürdig: Die wohl unaufdringlichste Popmusik der Welt."

(Rolling Stone, März 2013)



"Auch auf Album Nummer 4 flutet die Queen des britischen Wohlfühlpop die Gehörgänge mit gewohnt kuschelweichen Harmonien und träumerisch-keyboardlastigen Midtemposongs."

(Audio, April 2013)



Dido, one of the world's best-selling female recording artists of all time with over 29 million albums sold, returns with her strongest album yet entitled GIRL WHO GOT AWAY Working once again with her brother Rollo Armstrong, who produced the majority of the album, Dido collaborated with a "who's who" of hit makers including Brian Eno, Jeff Bhasker, Rick Nowels and Greg Kurstin to create an album of finely, self-penned songs and soul-baring pop with electro, folk, hip hop, ambient and dance infusions. The album GIRL WHO GOT AWAY is a captivating collection of well-crafted songs and stunning production: from the euphoric "Go Dreaming," to the barbed wit of End of Night, the folky "Sitting On The Roof Of The World" to the dance-y-yet-dark "Blackbir" to the album's title track which Dido shares: "It's one of my favorite songs on the record," she says. "...but I guess it also sums up the last few years for me. Taking a step back from it all and going off to have the whole happy adventure of starting a family and making an album that I really am so proud of. And now I just can't wait for people to hear it."

Amazon.com



Differences between Dido albums can be measured on a small sliding scale. She never changes her style but she does change her sound, however subtly. Girl Who Got Away, her fourth album and first in five years, differs from its predecessor, the meticulously woven Safe Trip Home. That was an album tailored for domesticity, while Girl Who Got Away is a soundtrack for a night out, going so far as to make space for a guest spot for Kendrick Lamar, the alt-crossover rapper du jour of 2013. Dido's night on the town isn't quite a dingy pub crawl: it's tasting menus and craft cocktails where the crowds bustle but never jostle. Sophistication is a given, but there's a surprising undercurrent of sensuality that runs throughout the album, a sleekness that suggests a distillation of the stiff club-soul of Elle Goulding, a shimmer that blends quite seamlessly with Dido's sculpted songs. As a particularly affectless singer, Dido is quite adaptable to her gently shifting surroundings, so she feels perfectly at home in this neon-streaked production, savoring how it swings from understated but insistent beats to a soft acoustic bed. Perhaps it's lifestyle music, designed to reflect the aspirations and desires of her audience, but it's impeccably executed and slyly seductive lifestyle music. Halfway through, Girl Who Got Away sucks you into its sway, its comforts as alluring as they are elusive.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - AllMusic.com
 

 L y r i c s


No Freedom

I take it by your silence that Im free to walk out the door
By the look in your eyes I can tell you dont think Ill be back for more
Try to think of a world where you could stay and these safe hands could go
Take your heart above the water, wherever I choose to go

no love without freedom
no love without freedom
no love without freedom
no freedom without love

Even when you dont see me
Even when you dont hear
Ill be flying low below the sun
And youll feel it all out here

No love without freedom
no love without freedom
no love without freedom
no freedom without love

Im standing here in silence
The world in front of me
holding you in my hand
And seeing as youd see

no love without freedom
no love without freedom
no love without freedom
no freedom without love


Girl Who Got Away

I wanna move with the seasons
Go with the flow
Take it easy
And let stuff go
I wanna sleep like a baby
And rise with the sun
Kick it all back
And get nothing done
Wanna make this day
The longest day
With a warmth that
Delivers happiness

If only for today
I wanna be
The girl who got away
The lover who really loved
The dancer who danced
To the last song

Dont wanna take sides
Dont wanna make sense
Of pounds and pence
I want to be alone
Dont want hide
Dont want to be talked over
Or walked upon
I want to think the heart is bigger than the head
Wanna follow you but not be led

If only for today
I wanna be
The girl who got away
The lover who really loved
The dancer who danced
To the last song

I know what its like
To be passed over
To go unnoticed
To be clumsy get things wrong
and I know what its like
To arrive too late
To be told to leave
To be walked upon

If only for today
I wanna be
The girl who got away
The lover who really loved
The dancer who danced
To the last song


Let Us Move On

Don't wrap it up and go or hide it behind the sun
Just give it to me as it is
And let it stand
Don't fly it like a kite... between the clouds
It needs no excuse, just bring it down

Let us that are in pain look upon it
In all it's glory
Let us move on, Let us move on
This is short and it will pass
Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short, and it will pass

Every voice that is lifted
River and some pain
Show us now, and let love not be chained
We should feel what we can stand, let us be alive
Show enough, and we've done, now we can

Let us that are frozen get to see
In all it's glory
Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short and it will pass
Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short, and it will pass

And let all that is lost be forgotten
And it will pass
So let all that is lost be forgotten
Let us move on

[Kendrick Lamar:]
Like the waters in the open sea
When tribulation come over you say yes hopefully
And yesterday you could probably say there's no hope for me
But today I'm overly dedicated
I'm posed to be testimony for broken hearts in the city
You're either crash landing or planning on flyin' with me
Misery love standing behind his company,
Well, vividly I could see that your feelings would like to dwell
On our past encounters, reaching over the counter
Told me that it's appealing to pop a pill less or down now
I heard emotions burn deep
I heard when you fall out of love, the drop is steep
I heard when you see a dove that's what you try to be
Got these burdens under my wings but I'm still free
Cause I can make the decision to let it all go away
Before I ever run astray, I looked you in the eye and say

Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short and it will pass
Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short, and it will pass

Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short and it will pass
Let us move on, Let us move on
For this is short, and in the past
And in the past


Black Bird

He put the coffee in the cup and with milk he filled it up
He added sugar and I never knew he liked it like that
He took his coat from the hook and his scarf and his hat
And he put down the key and said I wont be needing that
And he turned and smiled as if that explained it all
And he walked down the hall and he opened the door and said
Of course Ill call

Heart why do I bring you love
When you all you give me back is pain
Heart why do we search it out
To watch you wash your hands and walk away

Now theres a black black black bird in my chest
All a flutter and all caged in
Wanting to break free with the wolves in my head
Who tear at every wise thing I should have said

Heart why do I bring you love
When all you give me back is pain
Heart why do we search it out
To watch you wash your hands and walk away

Were not the strangers we were when we first met
But the kind of strangers at the end
And all that remains is a day without plans
Where I wont be missed, another handful of sand

Heart why do I bring you love
When all you give me back is pain
Heart why do we search it out
To watch you wash your hands and walk away

Heart why do we bring you love
When all you give me back is pain
Heart why do I search it out
To watch you wash your hands and walk away


End Of Night

Only now it's gone
I can see the year
See it for what it was
And start another day

All the liberty you took
The love that you abused
The friends that you turned
Against me if you could

And you're twisting what I say
All that saying you were scared
It doesn't matter anymore
Cause I'm not there

You were careless when the beat kicked in
And careless when it left
And careless all the way
I didn't see it till the end

I feel nothing
When you cry
I hear nothing
See no need to reply
I can smile now
And turn away
Come over here
So you can see me walk away
And celebrate
The end of night [x4]

It only takes one lie
To bring this house down
Behind closed doors
No one tells the first time round

Pain is worse when
You bring it on yourself
The sweetest bully building
A love that couldn't last

You were ugly when the beat kicked in
And ugly when it left
And ugly all the way,
I didn't see it till the end

I feel nothing
When you cry
I hear nothing
See no need to reply
I can smile now
And turn away
Come over here
So you can see me walk away
And celebrate
The end of night [x8]

After the fall comes love
I hate to hate and I love to love
[x2]

I feel nothing
When you cry I hear nothing
See no need to reply
I can smile now
And turn away
Come over here
So you can see me walk away
And celebrate
The end of night [x8]


Sitting On The Roof Of The World

I climbed a mountain
Not knowing that I had
Thought it was just a road from a to b
I took no protection
Not much of anything
Just went as I was
Looking in windows
And playing songs
And knocking on doors
I was not scared
I just enjoyed the sights
Kept myself to myself

There I was
Sitting on the roof of the world
There I was
There I was
Not knowing how I got there
Or how to leave

Everyone says I was lucky to have got there
As not many can
But truth be told I was saved
By the love
Of a good man
Who came and got me
And brought me down
From on up there
I'd be lying if I didn't say
I missed it now and then
But I have no wish to go back there

There I was
Sitting on the roof of the world
There I was
With all the gods
Not knowing how I got there
Or how to leave

People say
What's so special about being back here
With everyone so close
But that's the point
I don't want to be different
I just want to fit in

There I was
There I was
Sitting on the roof of the world
There I was
With all the gods
Not knowing how I got there
Or how to leave

Not knowing how I got there
Or how to leave
Not knowing how I got there
Or how to leave


Love To Blame

Helen of Troy was the kind of girl
Who really had it all
Not a care in the world but her head was turned
And forever changed
She said one love is lost but another is found
So just take the keys and let's just go, birds fly south

Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
It's all about love
So I'm not to blame
I'm not to blame

She said I've dotted my i's and I've crossed my t's
Had time for friends when they needed me
I try to make sense of senseless things
Try to live how I believe
And of course I leave things behind that I'll regret
But there's time enough for new things yet, for new things yet

When the dust covers the sun
And all you hope for is undone
Will you turn and say
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
It was all for love so love is to blame
Love is to blame [x7]

When the dust covers the sun
And all you hope for is undone
Will you turn and say
Nothing ventured
Nothing gained
It was all for love so love is to blame
Love is to blame
[x2]

Love is to blame [x6]


Go Dreaming

Another summer coming to an end
And I'm still walking on without a care
And even if the birds have flown, the sun has gone
I'll still be here, here

Oh, I want to walk with kings
Oh, and take a chance on things
And though I may give way to those who could cause me pain
And step aside to threats and bullies
I still believe, I still believe

I'd rather go dreaming, believing in something, better than in me
I'd rather die loving, lost in the feeling of letting go
I'd rather die caring, working for something, seeing it as good
I can let it go, I can let it go

They're all flying flags and making noise
Bringing on their speeches drinks and boys
But when they're gone I'll be standing here
And picking up the mess they left
I still believe, I still believe

I'd rather go dreaming, believing in something, better than in me
I'd rather die loving, lost in the feeling of letting go
I'd rather die caring, working for something, seeing it as good
I can let it go, I can let it go...
[x2]


Happy New Year

I'll wear the jewels you gave me round my neck tonight
Though I know you won't be there
I'll wear them in a gold chain that catches in the light
Though I know of course you won't appear

I'll leave the party early after a drink or two
And I'll check my phone for calls
Though I know there will be none from you, from you

I'll walk home with snow falling
Deep on frozen lawns
And I'll leave all those others celebrating
All the things that they have done

I'll come over to your office and watch them come and go
Though I know I won't see you there
And I'll take a train down to the coast and sit and watch the sea
I'll be sitting there alone

As usual, above all things I miss you every day
Without pause
Happy new year my darling, happy new year

I'll walk home with snow falling
Deep on frozen lawns
And I'll leave all those others celebrating
All the things that they have done

Happy new year my darling, happy new year
(And I'll leave)
Happy new year my darling, happy new year
(And I'll leave)
Happy new year my darling, happy new year
(And I'll leave)
Happy new year my darling, happy new year
(And I'll leave...)


Loveless Hearts

I can find the good news in anything
But without you, that's all gone
No one could have told me how much I'd miss you
And how soon the world moves on

How can they not hear me
When I say
Oh, we're not safe anymore

Did loveless hearts build the world
Only to tear it apart
How did those gods tempt you to leave
Just when we needed you most

The sun will rise today as it did yesterday
And I'll keep on going too
But every hour that I get through it breaks my heart
That I am losing more of you

Did loveless hearts build the world
Only to tear it apart
How did those gods tempt you to leave
Just when we needed you most
[x2]


Day Before We Went To War

All the pictures on the wall
The sand lying on the floor
The bed upstairs still unmade
The dust float in the light
The people just left
All laughter and mess
Forgetting this and that
And rushing back

The front door open
The music still playing in one room
Down the hall
Towels on the floor
And then it's quiet
Just the bees and birds
The summer haze
Of the trees
And the air
Feeds it all
Feeds it all

We can all feel it
Like a light hand on your back
Welcoming you
We can all feel it
Like a light hand on your back
Welcoming you
The day before we went to war
The day before we went to war
We can all feel it

All the parasols and kids at play
The sea so still and calm
Blue as the cloudless sky
Just the gentle hum
Of the summer's goings on
Broken by the sudden rush
Of two planes
Flying low and fast
Into the sun
Into the sun

We can all feel it
Like a light hand on your back
Welcoming you
We can all feel it
Like a light hand on your back
Welcoming you
The day before we went to war
The day before we went to war
We can all feel it

We can all feel it
Like a light hand on your back
Welcoming you
We can all feel it
Like a light hand on your back
Welcoming you
The day before we went to war
The day before we went to war
The day before we went to war

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