Maybe/Better

Cocoon

From forthcoming new album CARRIE & LOWELL
Preorder it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records March 31st (US) / March 30 (EU)

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:
Now that I fell into your arms
My only lover
Give out to give in
I search for the capsule I lost

Drag me to hell
In the valley of The Dalles
Like my mother
Give wings to a stone
It’s only the shadow of a cross

I slept on my back 
In the shade of the meadowlark 
Like a champion
Get drunk to get laid
I take one more hit when you depart

I’ll drive that stake through the center of my heart
Lonely vampire
Inhaling its fire
I’m chasing the dragon too far

There’s blood on that blade
Fuck me, I’m falling apart
My assassin
Like Casper the ghost 
There’s no shade in the shadow of the cross

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Sufjan Stevens, "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross"

From the new album CARRIE & LOWELL by Sufjan Stevens
Get it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud 
Frightened by my feelings
I only want to be a relief

No, I’m not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I want to believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my vest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should’ve wrote a letter 
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

lyrics:
	
my girl
i’m sorry for the way i wronged you
my time
is spent making ends meet
my world
is crumbling under the surface
my mind
is withering from self-defeat

i feel it every day
the devil on my shoulder
barely making minimum wage
every day i’m still getting older
but not wiser
i can’t tell when i’m beside her
it’s not like her to tell me
“all that you do is push me away from you”

wrong or right
in plain sight
in your crowded mind
something snide
is sneaking up
step into the light
or lose your only love

(chorus)

devil on my shoulder

Nothing But Thieves - If I Get High (Slow)

On August 16th, "Korantemaa" uploaded her first original song "By the Time You've Finished Your Coffee" to her YouTube channel. I along with 600 thousand others have listened to it, and the track is just lovely. 

Watch the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mj5JrBxwqA

I decided I would challenge myself, as (many of you are unaware of this) I am a drummer, to see if I could create all of the background instruments necessary to make this a full track. I beat matched the entire song (it was not on any sort of tempo) and I think I made it sound even better than it already did. Let me know what you think.

Korantemaa - By the Time You've Finished Your Coffee [TazLazuli Production / Remix]

Buy/listen here: http://smarturl.it/tonya-harding

Lyrics:
Tonya Harding, my star
Well this world is a cold one
But it takes one to know one
And God only knows what you are
 
Just some Portland white trash
You confronted your sorrow
Like there was no tomorrow
While the rest of the world only laughed
 
Triple axel on high
A delightful disaster
You jumped farther and faster
You were always so full of surprises
 
Are your laces untied?
What’s the frown on your face for?
And just what are the skates for now?
Tell me which is your good side?
 
Are you lonely at night?
Do you miss all the glory
And the mythical story
Of the Olympian life?
 
Yamaguchi in red
She had high rise and roses
And red-carpet poses
And her outfit was splendid
 
Nancy Kerrigan’s charm
Well she took quite a beating
So you’re not above cheating
Can you blame her for crying?  
   
Tonya, you were the brightest
Yeah you rose from the ashes
And survived all the crashes
Wiping the blood from your white tights
 
Has the world had its fun?
Yeah they’ll make such a hassle
And they’ll build you a castle
Then destroy it when they’re done
 
Tonya Harding, my friend
Well this world is a bitch, girl
Don’t end up in a ditch, girl
I’ll be watching you close to the end
 
So fight on as you are
My American princess
May God bless you with incense
You’re my shining American star

Sufjan Stevens - Tonya Harding (in D major)

all credit to original artist*
art: schinako

Billie Marten - La Lune slowed

Gloria Laing - Why Cant I Have You

strangers now

The Boat of the Fragile Mind

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.

Sufjan Stevens, "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross"

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