火をつけて
一つになって
空煌めく
全て消えゆく
愛に戻って

光に落ちて
彼方へ行って
輝かに落ちていけば
新たに繋がってゆく

再び降りてきた
灯り燃えてる
雲を乗り越えて
扉が開く

宇宙の果てに
無限に進み
光繋いでいくから
いつだって
ここにいるよ

幻
彼方へゆく
幻
消えてゆく

世界に響き
崩れるように
壊れて、この幻
この存在に
終わりが来る

光吸い込んで
空に上がって
耐えて、この永遠を
この世界で
与えるから

光を永遠に感じて

Hikari (Japanese ver.)

(日本語版は英詞の下に記載)

Hikari (English ver.)
A.J.

Two flames as one
in light entwined become
a blaze into the sky
and for all that disappears
we return to love again

We fall into the light
into an endless sky
If we can fall, and fall shining brightly
we will be as one, and ignite once again

Feel the light that comes to you again
let it burn through your veins
you’ll open a door to forever
if you look beyond the sky

Into the stars that shine
and to the edge of time
the light unites us forever
and will always be here
shining bright inside us

Maboroshi
kanata he yuku
Maboroshi
kiete yuku

An echo rings out clear
for all the world to hear
illusions are only born to die
so embrace the end
this was meant to be

So breathe the light inside
and feel electric skies
hold on for all eternity
be all that you are
you’ll see through it

Feel the fire
that burns forever

_________

Hikari (Japanese ver.)
A.J.

火をつけて
一つになって
空煌めく
全て消えゆく
愛に戻って

光に落ちて
彼方へ行って
輝かに落ちていけば
新たに繋がってゆく

再び降りてきた
灯り燃えてる
雲を乗り越えて
扉が開く

宇宙のはてに
無限に進み
光繋いでいくから
いつだって
ここにいるよ

幻
彼方へゆく
幻
消えてゆく

世界に響き
崩れるように
壊れて、この幻
この存在に
終わりが来る

光吸い込んで
空に上がって
耐えて、この永遠を
この世界で
与えるから

光を永遠に感じて

Hikari (English ver.)

FALL APART
by Ananda Jacobs


you showed me a place
where i could see your peaceful light in me

once i fell for you 
i was so sure i was home

and while there was no compelling reason to go
i left my life and fled
beyond what i knew so well before

now there's naught we can do but concede that we're through
and watch as we fall apart

___
so i leap to my exalted state, 
remain here in solitude
and i try to calm my plaguing doubt

so when i leap from my exalted place
you won't be here to interfere and
carry me away from my epiphany
and we can fall apart

__
but i know you weren't meant to see
the reason i had to leave

while you were only standing there
i was fading away from you

although i honestly
had left behind what tortured me
some things i am unable to deny

___
so i leap from my exalted state, 
remain here in solitude
and i try to calm my plaguing doubt

so when i leap to my exalted place
you won't be here to interfere and
carry me away from my epiphany
and we can fall apart

__

what you don't understand is how
I tried to contain it all from you

and lacking expressions
of passion, of hurt, of hope and pain

we'll live our lives in knowing 
that our minds are always alone

___

so i leap to my exalted state, 
remain here in solitude
and i try to calm my plaguing doubt

so when i leap from my exalted place
you won't be here to interfere and
carry me away from my epiphany
and we can fall apart


____

Written, produced, and performed by Ananda Jacobs.
Vocals, synths, programming: Ananda Jacobs
Bass: Satoshi Ogura

Fall Apart

Mirror
words and music by Ananda Jacobs


There’s no sense in my delusion
and I’d lost where I belong

Then you showed me my reflection
That’s when I recalled the truth

You’ll say
Where were you?
I was always here

How long
How long
Until we see the light

I’ve made sense of my conviction
and you let me sing my song

I can only hold this vision
Like a torch to find the truth

I feel you
Mirror of my soul
It’s enough to pull me through

I’ll know
I’ll know
What we came here to do

I’ll know
I’ll know
What we’re here to do
is be the light

__________

妄想の世界の中に意味をなさない
自分の居場所を失っていた

貴方が私の姿を映し出してくれた
それで真実を思い出した

貴方は言うでしょう
どこに居たの？
ここに居た、ずっと

どのぐらい
どのぐらい
光を見るまで

私の信念を理解した
自分の歌を歌わせてくれた

このビジョンを持ち続けるしかない
真実を見つけるためのトーチのように

貴方を感じる
私の魂の鏡
それだけで前に進める

解ってくる
解ってくる
私たちの存在する意義

解ってくる
解ってくる
私たちがここに来た理由
光を放つ



(original release May 28, 2019)
Written, produced, and performed by Ananda Jacobs.
Vocals, synths, programming, bass, guitar: Ananda Jacobs

Mirror

Written, produced, and performed by Ananda Jacobs.
Vocals, synths, programming: Ananda Jacobs

Indigo Night

Understars
A.J.

When it's cold outside, and lorn
And you feel alive and warm
Today is an old slumber

____________
外が寒くて寂しい
生きてる感で暖かい
今日は古い眠り


Written, produced, and performed by Ananda Jacobs
Vocals, synths, programming: Ananda Jacobs

Understars

Lyrics:
(日本語版は英詞の下に記載)

In time, days will dissolve and fall
out into nothing

And you'll find ways of imploding all
heartache and mind ties

And I know I should be grateful
Still, I find I long for what I can't have anymore

Where did that love go?
Through the odyssey

Will we return to join the light?

Fire of the Sun

Through the endless sea
high above the ground


Should you find that you can only
awaken through closed eyes

Gaze out, observe the waves of stars 
falling when you rise

And I know I should be grateful
Still I find that I fall by the wayside

(but you did not seem so far away!)

Where did that love go?
Through the odyssey

Will we return to join the light?

Fire of the Sun

To the rapture  
high above the clouds

...

When you return to the elements
And find that the earth moves beneath you

And you feel you're surrounded by stars
wide and deep and distant

You will find that, as with love
the universe is infinite

________

ある日、時間が溶けて何もない無へと落ちていく

心の痛み、心の繋がり、全て消え去る方法がわかるだろう

そう、わかっているよ、感謝すべきことを 
未だ、決して手に入らない物を求める

あの愛は何処へ行ってしまったのか？
長い旅を経て


私たちは光の元へ戻るのだろうか？
Fire of the Sun


終わりの無い空間を経て
空高く

目を閉じてわかってくる
それに気づいたら


眺めてごらん
星空の動きに反して
自分が浮かんで行く

そう、わかっているよ、感謝すべきことを 
それでも、また引き戻されるようだ

(でもそこまで離れていなかったようだ)

あの愛は何処へ行ってしまったのか？
長い旅を経て


私たちは光の元へ戻るのだろうか？
Fire of the Sun

雲の上の遥か彼方
幸福へ


元の粒子に戻って 地球が足元で動く
周りの星を感じると
広く、深く、遠い

気づくでしょう
愛も宇宙も無限

______

 

credits:

produced and mixed by Ananda Jacobs
instrumental programming and arrangement by Ananda Jacobs
guitar by Takeya Yoshimura
drums by Kunihiro Nishikawa
taiko drum loop by Alexandre D. Castaing

Fire Of The Sun (Universe Is Infinite Ver.)

Breathless
A.J.

When the rain comes in time
falling down on my head
I feel your soul in mine

Then it comes
the sound of silence in my head
I think of you and the signs
start to fall in line


But it’s only a matter of time
until I come to you now
and feel your heart in mine

though the answer is burning through
what am I to do now?
with words hidden by pride
the makings of my mind

___

Feel me breathless one time
soaring out in the sky
to feel our souls entwine

But it’s only a matter of time
we’ll wake up from this dream now
the time to part is nigh

___


The light of the sun 
steals away 
moving the edge of
your heart at bay

and I miss you
but how does it feel
to find the way again
through your reflection

the rain falling down
through my soul again
then it hits me

and it feels like a fire
high in a flame that comes alive

___

And it’s only a matter of time
until I come to you now
and cross the borderline

where the answer will come to you
and lead you to forgiveness
and there we will decide
to let it go

___
Written, produced, and performed by Ananda Jacobs
Vocals, synths, programming, bass, theremin: Ananda Jacobs
Drums: Kunihiro Nishikawa

Breathless

Love Returns
A.J.

ゆっくりと目が覚めた
この夢は何？
自分を忘れた

Wake up slowly
What is this dream?
I forget who I am

______

境界線を感じさせず
地球が止まっていた
ゆっくりと浮かんでいる
誰にも待ってくれない時間に
心の中に運命を持っている

Feel no borderlines
and the earth stood still
Slowly floating through time
that waits for none
but I hold fate in my heart

＿＿＿

境界線を感じさせず
時が止まっていた
ゆっくりと解けてきている
この夢に
溶けながら自分になってゆく

Feel no borderlines
and time stood still
Slowly coming untied
through this dream
dissolving into who we are

＿＿＿＿

生きる方向
気持ちを清めて
そして愛を待つ

The way to be
Purify what I feel
and then wait for love
＿＿＿＿

境界線を感じさせず
心が止まっていた
ゆっくりと回っている
誰にも免れない波を
私たちの時期を待ち続ける

Feel no borderlines
and hearts stood still
Slowly turning through tides
that spare not one
but I will wait for our time

______

感じたら
引力を
それが真実
ここにいる

If you feel
the pull of me
It’s always real
I am here

永遠にも
繋がっている
そして兆候を
理解する

You’ll always be
a part of me
and all these signs
will make sense

夢の中に
届きそうで
遠くに落ちていく

I’m dreaming that I’ll
soon arrive
but I fall far away

感動させられている
望んでいる
再会の時を
愛に自由を

You move me
I’m waiting
for the time we will be
free to love again

______

ゆっくりと目が覚める
ここにいる
道を思い出した

Wake up slowly
and still I’m here
I remember my way

______________

Words and music by Ananda Jacobs
Produced, arranged, and mixed by Ananda Jacobs

Love Returns

Chamber music recital, University of Southern California, c.2002-2003

Ananda Jacobs: clarinet
Bronwyn Banerdt: cello
Eric Hunter: piano

Brahms Trio in A minor 1 (Live, USC 2002 Recital)

Finalist for WNYC contest 2011, "Remix the Rails." 

http://soundcheck.wnyc.org/story/118606-remix-rails-semi-finalists/

I dug this one up from 2011. A little piece I wrote for a New York radio show contest, which made it to Finalist. The contest asked us to use samples from the New York MTA Subway, so in addition to the announcer, ticket gate beeps, and rail noises, I took a melody I heard as the train moved away and turned it into a string motif. 

Incidentally, I threw this together right after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, just hours before I left Japan for a couple weeks. It was a little bit of peace in the middle of a lot of chaos and devastation. 

I'm reminded now that time limits and imperfection can be very good things. I am a perfectionist by nature, stubborn to the last minute with every aspect of music making... but this was a rare exercise in putting something together and releasing it pronto, as is. A million other songs wait inside my laptop for the finishing touches... so here's to that extra push sometimes needed to get those creations released. 

Ascension - Ananda Jacobs

Special ending for Shattered (orig. 2009). String arrangements by Ananda Jacobs.

Shattered (ending)

"Amairo" is from Ananda Jacobs' debut solo EP Fire of the Sun, available March 10, 2019.
Download: https://itunes.apple.com/album/fire-of-the-sun-single/1454302985

Amairo means the color of rain, and touches upon experiences with other realms and a connection to the purity within us.

Lyrics and details here: https://anandajacobs.com/tracks/amairo

Fire of the Sun

Amairo

"Fire of the Sun" is from Ananda Jacobs' EP of the same name.

Fire of the Sun merges concepts of self-discovery, the human experience, and a search for higher knowledge via love.

Lyrics and details here: https://anandajacobs.com/tracks/fireofthesun

"360 Degrees" is from Ananda Jacobs' EP Fire of the Sun. 

360 degrees refers to the space around us that fills with the energy and electricity of love, if we pause to allow ourselves to be enveloped.


_____

360 degrees
all around
I feel cutting steel

Now I begin to see
the consequence of changing

You finally see so well
how do we seize
all that I am
all that I have been
and all I ever wanted


Time's raining down
all around
I feel lighted fire

Embers within to see
what lies beyond my vision


You'll fly beyond your veil
out of this foolish dream
and when I sail
we will become
a part of the expansion

360 Degrees

Deep down, we are all connected. We are reflected in each other. I am not one person, but an ethereal meshing of all. I am one expression of a great universe filled with layers of energy, and all is love.


I’ve received so much power and pure inspiration from my soul mates, who guide me in one form or another - I merely need to open my heart to feel the immense gratitude and enveloping connection. Thank you.

Remake of Ricky Nelson 1958 song by Baker Knight.  Arrangement, programming by Ananda Jacobs.  Recorded, mixed, mastered, and additional arrangement and programming by T2low in Tokyo, Japan.  Copyright 2009.

Lonesome Town

Lonesome Town (Ricky Nelson cover)

AIR TO BREATHE
by Ananda Jacobs


moonlight above
water's veil sieving through

boughs undulate
veinless eyes, bloodless blue

here intwined in cold pulling skein
caught inside, I begin to strain
to get

out into the sun
where the light can shine in my eyes
and I'll hold on to life
where there's air to breathe
___

I try to cry,
'set me free, won't you please?'

why won't they see?
soundless voice, airless breeze

I'm not ready
so please let me be

out under the sun
where the light can shine in my eyes
and I'll hold on to life
where there's air to breathe
___

quietly
I slip away
and go

out into the sun
where the light can shine in my eyes
and I hold on to life
and the air I can breathe

under the sun
where the light can shine in my eyes
and I'll hold on to life
where there's air to breathe

in the air I breathe


________


credits
from PALOR, released January 10, 2020
Composition, arrangement, instrumental programming, mixing, and mastering by Ananda Jacobs.

voice, synthesizers: Ananda Jacobs
viola, violin: Izumi Kawamura

PALOR

Air To Breathe

LOSE MY MIND
by Ananda Jacobs


time has come
to face the road again
it's been too long since I have been on my own

driving here
all I see is the highway
and I follow, not knowing what lies ahead

I haven't felt this
since i don't remember when
but i know that now i must go

and I'll keep moving although my head's in pain
till the uncertainty becomes too much to bear and

I lose my mind
I lose you and the fire burns high


lost inside
I hardly know myself
didn't even notice when I arrived in this state

space and time
I'm not aware anymore
I can't see clearly, the lights are blinding me

I lose my mind
I lose you and the fire burns high


for a moment
my sense returns to me
so confused but somehow still in control

but I'm finding i can't make sense of it
and as I'm trying to turn it all around

I lose my mind
I lose you and the fire burns high

______

credits
from PALOR, released January 10, 2020
Composition, arrangement, instrumental programming, mixing, and mastering by Ananda Jacobs.

voice, synthesizers: Ananda Jacobs
horn, trumpet, trombone: Tim McFadden

Lose My Mind

ON THE MOON
by Ananda Jacobs


here on the moon
darkness surrounds me 
this feeling, I can't explain
I'm enlightened on this lonely plane


up here I smile
and I know why!


soaring here in harmony
I see beyond the sky
won't you come with me into the heavens?
waving stars on by 


home's far away
but here I'm free  

floating here I'll be
playing up in the galaxy


...on the moon


there down below
moonlight surrounds you
so far away, my dear
steal away now, leave it all behind


just hold your breath
reach up and fly!


soaring here in harmony
I see beyond the sky
won't you come with me into the heavens?
waving stars on by


don't be afraid
for it will be all right        


floating here you'll see
all the way through the galaxy

here the stars shine clear
so just release your fear
     
from here we can see
the way things were meant to be

on the moon


______


credits
from PALOR, released January 10, 2020
Composition, arrangement, instrumental programming, mixing, and mastering by Ananda Jacobs.

voice, bodhran, synthesizers, bass: Ananda Jacobs
guitar: Takeya Yoshimura

On The Moon

RIGHT FOR YOU   
by Ananda Jacobs


walk through the forest
of mind-dwelling demons
on your own you'll come through
in the way that is right for you

winding, you weave through
a quiet canopied maze 
designed to confuse, 
and you're confused by design

a confining, intertwining
hyper-sensation stirs
and you freeze 
as your fate begins to unwind

walk through the forest
of mind-dwelling demons
on your own you'll come through
in the way that is right for you


binding, bereaved, to
a vague enveloping haze
you feel foggy
though the lights above are benign

epileptic, this electric
heightened awareness blurs
and you fight
to free what's left of your mind

gathering low now
darkness you know now 
closing in on you
your ruse once beguiled you
to take a part of yourself
far beyond the place that you knew

walk through the forest
of mind-dwelling demons
on your own you'll come through
in the way that is right for you


lighting the way now
brighter than day now
homing in on you
your muse comes to guide you
with the faith to find in yourself
what you know you're destined to do

walk through the forest
of mind-dwelling demons
on your own you'll come through
in the way that is right for you

___________

Composition, arrangement, instrumental programming, mixing, and mastering by Ananda Jacobs.

voice, synthesizers: Ananda Jacobs
violin: Joel Pargman
viola: Charlie Hebenstreit
cello: John Krovoza
flute: Julia Barnett

Right For You

Ananda Jacobs is a music producer, composer, and artist based in Tokyo.

アナンダ・ジェイコブズ
作曲／プロデュース／アーティスト。アメリカ出身東京に住んでいる。

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