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I Jump In
02:24
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I love when I am dancing in the kitchen
I love when I'm funny, saying funny things
I love when I remember I love swimming
I jump in, again and again and again
I love that I really like my mother
I love that I'm a jerk when I win
I love being older, mostly you know who you are
I'm an asshole
I'm a good mom
I'm a half decent friend
I jump in
Again and again and again
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2. |
Beach Practice
04:11
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beach practice sing or swim
never always give get
lover lever etiquette
exasperate
build a fence around your face
grief practice sink or climb
sometimes never reach react
add subtract a tesseract
a balcony
dig a hole and go to sleep
light alight a light a butterfly
a bird, a humming bird
a buzzing not from your device
how nice
the sky alight
bang your pots and pans, oh man
line align a line geometry
a word, a sudden word
a shiver not from temperature
unsure
the stars align a line
ring your little bell, oh well
we practice, you and me
equations and instruments
how to do a little dance
in symmetry
me and you and you and me
dig a hole
and go to sleep
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3. |
Tracers
03:13
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they injected you with tracers now your bones glow in the dark
like the pleasure in a new eraser we will meet you glowing in the park
lighting up the hood so good
cleaning up the lines so fine
till you wear the paper through
boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo
they put your body in a catscan now your insides are on screen
you could run away to Scotland, or to Maui, or Bristol or Berlin
but what good would it do for you
you can’t tell them how to grow oh no
multiplying all the time
just fine just fine just fine
beautiful birds blue turquoise patchwork
fly into my house it is not a disaster
come in one window out the other
a beautiful scrap in an otherwise flat world
keep it up
they took off their scrubs and masks and gave you papers and set you free
now you float above the landscape doing tasks and watching your tv
who knows where you’re heading to
doesn’t matter where you’re from
here’s the thing I wish for you
may the best day you’ve ever seen
be worse than your worst to come
beautiful birds blue turquoise patchwork
fly into my house it is not a disaster
come in one window out the other
a beautiful scrap in an otherwise flat world
keep it up
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4. |
Be A Tree
02:15
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be in music without assignation
be awake without destination
be on the hill
be near the sea
be with me
be nearby without complication
be alive, be alive and then some
be in the kitchen
be on the stoop
I’ll be with you be with you be with you
*the darker the night
the brighter the stars
the deeper the grief
the closer is god
don’t chase meaning, trust delight
I will pay if this is the price
a hundred extra beats every day and night
half a century of life
be asleep and wander about freely
be wherever you can be, really
be a mess
be a tree
be a melody
*Dostoevsky
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5. |
John Cena Dream
01:31
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I was captured by Robert Downey Jr. John Cena was his muscle, and kept me from escaping by holding me tight. I began to hold him back, till he was on my side. When Downey had a moment distracted we ran, and then it was just me running, and I was John Cena, so strong. Kicking through walls and diving through glass windows into the ocean, which was rough and wild.
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6. |
A Knife
03:19
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I took a knife and I cut it open
I didn’t mean to, I wasn’t thinking
I don’t wanna see
What’s inside of me
I took a knife, I wasn’t jokin’
I got this scar, a souvenir token
And here, and here, and here
The fear, the fear
Any little pain brings it back again
So many blades, bright and inspiring
So many nerves, no longer firing
Patchy and berserk
I am a piece of work
So
She took a gun and she drew a picture
I didn’t move, I didn’t kick her
Be still, be still, be still
Until, until
Every combat zone ends up as something that you own
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7. |
Free Radical
03:25
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Oh heavens, unwind
Unwrap me from this cotton wool
Dissolve my zap straps, I’ll unspool
And blether round
I’ll make small sounds
I’ll smell as good as coffee grounds
Go marching on
Till I can’t then you put me down
Somewhere contained, somewhere so clean
Just not the shelf of a museum
Very little want haunts me
Very little want haunts me
Mostly I want
To see him grown and not alone
And full of fire that is his own
I hold him tight when he comes to me
Very little haunts me
Oh heavens, be kind
Be lightning be electrical
Crack open see what’s in my skull
I’ll play and sing
Like anything
Wrap round your finger like a ring
Yes, I will marry you
The heavens and the hellfire too
I’ll take it all
Though I am so small
I’ll be your free radical
Very little want haunts me
Very little want haunts me
Mostly I want
Like all along just one more song
To find my hands, I’ll sing along
I’ll wake at night when you come to me
Very little haunts me
Oh heavens, unwind
Unwrap me from this cotton wool
Dissolve my zap straps, I’ll unspool
Gather round
I’ll make the sounds
I’ll save the fox retrain the hounds
Yeah, I will go marching on
Till I can’t then you put me down
Somewhere contained, somewhere so clean
Just not the shelf of a museum
Please light me up like gasoline
I will build myself a mausoleum
Made of music and the cracks between
I will sing ‘em as I see ‘em
Just let me dissipate and be unseen
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8. |
Directions
02:08
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You look the person in the eye
I’ll look you in the eye, I’ll
Look you
You figure out how best to tell
I’ll figure out
I’ll figure
Out
You think of the way, the easiest way, the ease
You think of the way, the easiest way, the ease
You lay it out
I’ll lay
I’m out
Please ask me so I can say
I’m sorry I don’t know the way
Please ask me so I can say
I’m sorry I don’t know the way
You look at the eye
You look at the person in the eye
You look at the eye
You look at the person in the eye
You look at the eye
You look at the person in the eye
I’ll look you in the eye
I’ll look you
You figure out how best to tell
What is the best way to tell
You figure out the best way to tell
I’ll figure
I’ll figure out
I’ll figure
You think of the way, the easiest way, the ease
You think of the way, the easiest way, the ease
You think of the way, the easiest way, the ease
You lay it out
I’ll lay
You lay it out
I’ll lay
I’m out
Please ask me so I can say
I’m sorry I don’t know the way
Please ask me so I can say
I’m sorry I don’t know the way
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9. |
Time
03:42
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10. |
Coyote
03:20
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Driving in the car at night
My husband drives
I’m on the passenger side
We are quiet, tired
The other cars are only lights
Twinned lights in the dark
I know this drive
There are no surprises
I look up and to the side
In a flash of headlights
Standing on the concrete divide
A coyote
Still
Looking to one side
I saw this for one second maybe two
No time to point it out to you
Yeah I saw this for one second maybe two
And now every time we make that drive
In my mind
A freaking coyote
Dangerous, poised, alive
Some things happen again and again
Like a dream that keeps repeating
Some things happen only once
And shine out like a beacon
Of what could come
And then you look up once and see
A different picture, how things could be
Forever still
Forever standing
On the divide
Alive
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Veda Hille Vancouver, British Columbia
Born August 11, 1968 into a nice family in Vancouver, Canada. Started playing piano in 1974. Childhood interests included plants, books, microscopes, science fiction, and psychiatry. Attended art college in the late 80′s and started writing music. Now makes records, writes musical theatre, scores films, teaches songwriting, tours, and generally keeps busy. See full discography at Veda's website. ... more
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