Name: Tabula Rasa by Bethany Weimers
Duration: 3 min 42 s
Description: 'Tabula Rasa' explores the the itch to shake off the past and start again with a blank slate. It's the third single from Bethany's upcoming EP The Story I Breathe.

Realização

Dama de Copas

Text: Gerhard Blaboll
Musik: Gerald Etzler

Kraut und Ruabn 4

Gerald Etzler - Der Expertenwalzer

I remember that one night
Didn't know it'd be my last
I didn't know we wouldn't last
You're mad at me and that's understandable
But what I don't understand is
I tried to give you time, but you wouldn't let me go

Still wanna be friends but I don't
I'm tryna say goodbye
But things keep on pushin' me back to you
(Pushin' me, pushin' me)
Stop actin' like you know me, like you know me
You keep pushin' me

Im trying my best not to cry
That's not how it's suppose to be
Say you wanna be friends, but that's not fair to me
But I don't wanna leave you
That's not how it's suppose to be
(Maybe I should leave)
It's getting to the point I feel eaten alive

I don't know if you feel how I feel
Are you still in love with me
(In love)
Or is there someone else
Witchu, witchu
With you, with you

My heart is broken into a million pieces because of you
But I still want you around
Please don't go
Don't care if I die
Don't care if you hate me
Don't care, don't care
I don't care at all
You can do whatever
Don't matter to me

(Just please stay here)
Why'd I do that, do that
Don't wanna see you go
Don't wanna go
I've been way too blind
Don't know why I said what I said

But if you ain't here
If you ain't here
It don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter
It don't matter

I don't care, don't care what you do
What you do
What you do
What you do

Because of You

Slip Sliding Away

Toy soldiers, fallen angels.
Pressed lead, twisted angles.
Is this the direction home? 
My apologies, I do not know. 

There is a mark beyond the line
It’s written in blood neatly and fine.
In this place there is barbed wire.
My friend                   beware
For you may also 
You may also face the fire.

Children dancing in the dirt
Beasts of burden doing all the work
In this place there is a leader
an aberration, a mind reader

There is a mark beyond the line
It’s written in blood neatly and fine.
In this place there is barbed wire.
My friend                   beware
For you may also 
You may also face the fire.

walking the streets downtown
massive buildings all around
I’m amazed by their size
but this is not a home 
a home I recognize

There is a mark beyond the line
It’s written in blood neatly and fine.
In this place there is barbed wire.
My friend                   beware
For you may also 
You may also face the fire.


Fallen Angels

'Tabula Rasa' explores the the itch to shake off the past and start again with a blank slate. It's the third single from Bethany's upcoming EP The Story I Breathe.

Tabula Rasa

misunderstood

One Headlight

Verse 1:
Many days it’s hard to wake up
In a world that is so cold
But the only way to shake up
Is to stand and be bold

Promises keep on breaking
Empty words play on repeat
Crooked smiles won’t stop faking
You gotta claim your empty seat

Chorus:
You don’t have to run and hide
You can just roll with the tide
And eventually you’ll be on the shore
The more and more you try 
You will grow stronger inside
And find out that you can be so much more

Verse 2:
In the end what truly matters
Are the things you leave behind
Plant a seed and watch it scatter
To the places left to find

You can sit at the table
There’s always room for many more
If you’re willing and you’re able
To break right through the open door

Chorus:
You don’t have to run and hide
You can just roll with the tide
And eventually you’ll be on the shore
The more and more you try 
You will grow stronger inside
And find out that you can be so much more

Just walk through the door

You Don’t Have To Run And Hide

what you did


 titre / sur le miroir d ' eau


Sur le miroir d ' eau 
Transparent 
J ' ai vu ta photo 
Dérivant 
Plongée en apnée 
Pour la ramasser

La lune était pleine 
Dans le ciel
La glace italienne 
Aquarelle 

Je l ' ai accrochée
À mon sac à dos 
Et j ' ai randonné
Sur le miroir d ' eau 

La lune était pleine 
Dans le ciel 
La glace italienne 
Aquarelle 

Sur le miroir d ' eau 
Transparent 
J ' ai vu ta photo 
Dérivant 
Et sous l ' ombrière
Je l ' ai suspendue
Mais depuis hier 
Je suis éperdu 

Je ne sais plus 
Je  ne sais plus 
Où es tu 

La lune était pleine 
Dans le ciel 

O
Ooo

titre / sur le miroir d ' eau / paroles de marip /musique et voix  / Ly.a

“Ethereal and Enchanting” (Music in Oxford)
 
“Think Florence without the Machine or Kate Bush in a cathedral” (BBC DJ Tom Robinson’s Fresh on the Net)
 
“A new national treasure in waiting?” (A Musical Priority)
 
"[She has] a kind of sexy, intense PJ Harvey thing going on" (One Note Forever)
 
“An artist that we should all be getting excited about” (Female First)
 
Bethany Weimers is a folk-influenced alt-pop singer-songwriter who records and produces tracks from her home studio in Oxford. Her music has been heard on radio stations such 6 Music, Radio 3, Amazing Radio and BBC Oxford; and she has toured in both the UK and Europe. She has a Masters in Composition from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and combines her solo music career with work as a songwriter/producer for a global education publisher, alongside directing full-cast audio dramas. 

Musical influences include Agnes Obel, Sharon Van Etten & Nick Cave and fans have likened Bethany to artists such as PJ Harvey and the iconic Joan Baez.

An EP funded by a Help Musicians grant is due for release in early summer 2025.

Tabula Rasa

Bethany Weimers

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