Beauty by The Shivers

Alice Boman - Be Mine

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 

--------------------------------------------------------

Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

Preorder 'Welcome You' - http://smarturl.it/WelcomeYou

Keep up to date with Motopony
www.motoponymusic.com
www.facebook.com/motopony
www.twitter.com/motopony
www.instagram.com/motoponymusic

Welcome You

1971

Motopony "1971"

Holocene

Download here: cloudellyn.bandcamp.com/album/stillness-reigns

I see the Earth below
I feel the pulse slow
I sleep above the glow
I feel the blood flow

I hear the sea below
I feel the size grow
I bathe in silver glow
I live in tableau

Your eyes are full and open
Horizon growing clear

And I know you always will speak in tones
That will slip between the worlds I know
But I'll listen close when I'm all alone
And I'll try to match them with my own

As Above, Earth Below

Jake Houlsby - The Suburbs (Arcade Fire Cover)

She's 22

Song originally by Bon Iver 
Cover version performed, recorded by Andrew Gavin Williams 

Beach Baby

am I scary? or is it just easier to leave?
ordinary? It's not easy to be me, it's bittersweet, truly.
it's in my head, isn't it? have I felt this way before?
I don't understand, it won't fit. Can't say I love you anymore.
it's uncalled for. I hit the floor.

can't you hear me?
won't you feel me?
don't you leave me.
your silence is deafening.

kisses on my skin leave permanent bruises, they hurt,
but so does love, it's not enough, oh no.
I'll listen yet, even if it breaks my bones or the words wear me out, you wear me out.
I'm a let-down, come now.

Silence Is Deafening

Gregory Alan Isokov - Master and a Hound

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, "Should Have Known Better"

asthmatickitty