sweet annabelle, the night is turning blue I’m under your spell
my mind is racing forth with all these thoughts
and I fear that I won’t find you on this earth

sweet annabelle, I drank your wine, you gave me all your heart
and now it seems our love will slowly pass
as it delves into the deep and distant past

and I will slowly walk without your hand to hold the wheel lock,
these days go by like pages in a book you’re lending
can only hope that I will see you
in the ending

and if I try to stop
holding on to this
would it lead me back to you?
you, my world, that was lost

sweet annabelle, searching for her one and all
she thinks I’m something special that she can’t find
in another man or another life

but I am just a movement
just another face you’re passing on the street.
and it’s true my love for you will always stay
but it’s hard to say if there will come a day when

we will be as one
and we will trust the sun
to clear our minds
and light the path
for you and I to walk upon

--
music, lyrics & performance by Chris Ho
feat. Phoenix Lazare (backup vocals)
engineered & produced by Shane Stephenson (Nice.)
co-produced by Chris Ho

Borrowed Books

at first you took the night like wolves you hear from miles away just echo in the sky
where one day you were born and the next you’re just waiting to die

at first I took my time wanting to comply like a child
but when I found your words they were broken and they cut me like knives

well honey that’s alright, got this feeling inside I can’t describe
and I won’y waste my time trying to find a significant line

I’ll just say it like it is, you and I were kids
In the skin of a lion in his den letting nobody in

I remember what your mother used to say
Took a village to raise a kid, well what about today
as you sit there alone in your home you can barely afford

I guess I kind of know the feeling you felt
I just wanted love ‘cause I had none in me
Well is it too late to look in the mirror and not know who to be

Miles and miles of paper birds wandering outside these walls
All your demons out for more, cannot seem to settle the score
Hanging on to bits of thread, all these lies inside my head
Maybe I should quit all this, maybe I just need some rest,
You told me once that meaninglessness is meaningful in time and bliss
Go ahead and steal my lines they’re stolen from some other time.

Everything is endlessness, everything is put to rest, suffering’s irrelevant, consciousness is consciousness,

If everyone was born the same well I guess there would be no one left to blame

Everything Is Endlessness

shadow sleeper, what new musings will awake you from your dream?
firm believer, what can anyone do to lift you up from below the sea?

every drifter longs for peace inside their minds while looking out
until those days it clears up and they are welcomed
with the answers that they held inside
all along

shadow sleeper, dreams of mountains and rain relentless in its pounding,
disbelievers, no amount of proof could change them, they don't hear sound they just see noise

you just can't help a man who doesn't want to help himself
but I guess you've got no choice but to break your own heart
shatter it to tiny pieces,

floating in the worlds within our own

Written & Performed by Chris Ho
Produced by Listening Party Recordings (Shane Stephenson)
Album art by Carol Gandra

Fake News

Available for Pre-order through iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/places-youve-been/id1275312129

All songs written and performed by Chris Ho.
Produced by Liam Moes & Chris Ho.
Engineered and Mixed by Liam Moes.

Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin - Chris Ho
Backing Vocals - Liam McLaren & Sydney Batters
Drums, Percussion, Additional Keys - Liam Moes
Slide Guitar - Dave Genn
Keys - Owen Connell
Bass - Paul “Pocket” Steffes

Flightless War

If You Wanted

It's Not You

Places You've Been

In Plain Sight

Woman of the Wind

Centuries Of Guns

Chris Ho turns everyday melancholy into a bold and empowering art form, rather than a well-kept secret. A folk-meets-indie-pop artist based in Western Canada, his music explores themes of self-expression, understanding one’s identity, and gender nonconformity. His music is a dynamic blend of raw, earthy acoustics with idealistic indie-pop melodies and honest vocals.

Ho has independently released one EP (Answers, 2011) and two full-length albums (City of Dust, 2012; Places You’ve Been, 2017), as well as toured throughout Western Canada (having slept in his old Toyota Camry on more occasions than he’d like to admit). He looks forward to the release of three new singles throughout 2021.

Chris Ho

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