Poem by Farida D. Happy International Women's Day!

Women deserve to live;
to love, to roar
to fuck, one or none
or many more,
to be the devil, to be pure
to be the virgin, to be the whore
to be modest, to be scantily clad
to be good, to be bad
to be wrong, to be right
to walk alone safely at night,
to be in heels, or flats
to be perfect, and to hell with that
to bleed, to lead,
to be child-free, to breed,
to be Eve, to be the serpent
to be Adam, to be the president,
to be heard, not just seen
to be the knight, not just the queen,
to take, not just to give.
Women deserve to live. 
Why the fuck is it so hard to see-
that being a woman should not be
a debt,
in a world where men get
to live rent-free?

Words by Farida D. 
Instagram handle: farida.d.author
Music by @edenirismusic

Women Deserve to Live (Feat. Farida D.)

Time she is dancing by 
Do I even wanna be me 
I could slip through the cracks  of these black and white keys 

Guilt runs like water down my back if I don’t stop myself 
Like the silence says before she sounds alarms in my head 

Time she is dancing by 
Do I even wanna be me 
I could slip through the cracks  of these black and white keys 

Whispers in an empty house
Winter she will hunt me down
I’m not even scared I just 
Wonder why she’s after me 

Guilt runs like water down my back if I don’t stop myself 
Like the silence says before she sounds alarms in my head 

Time she is dancing by 
Do I even wanna be me 
I could slip through the cracks  of these black and white keys 

There she goes dancing by 
Do I even wanna be me 
I could slip through the cracks 
of these black and white keys 

Cos all those years I never tried
This hopelessness I hold it is not mine
So lonely where I wait and hide
I watch her as she goes dancing by

Time she is dancing by 
Do I even wanna be me 
I could slip through the cracks 
of these black and white keys 

Cos all those years I never tried
This hopelessness I hold it is not mine
So lonely where I wait and hide
I watch her as she goes dancing by

Time She is Dancing By

Blue Home

Listen/Purchase "Young Guest" on Bandcamp: https://edeniris.bandcamp.com/track/young-guest

Lyrics:
I want to welcome the darkest night
And winter, whatever she brings 
I want to welcome this younger guest
And love her whatever she sings 

It might not be today 
It might not be tomorrow 

The death of the cloud is the birth of the rain
I’m not afraid I know I’ll see you again 
Somewhere on a platform, somewhere on the street 
Hiding in the silhouette of a sycamore tree 
Of a sycamore tree 

I want to float in the clouds again
They carry me wherever you go
I want you to know that I have changed
Like the wind, the falling rain  

It might not be today 
It might not be tomorrow 

The death of the cloud is the birth of the rain
I’m not afraid I know I’ll see you again 
Somewhere on a platform, somewhere on the street 
Hiding in the silhouette of a sycamore tree 

It might not be today 
It might not be tomorrow 
I’ll welcome (tomorrow)
this young guest 
And love her (tomorrow)

The death of the cloud is the birth of the rain
I’m not afraid I know I’ll see you again 
Somewhere on a platform, somewhere on the street 
Hiding in the silhouette of a sycamore tree 


“Young Guest” written by Lucie Hill and Eden Iris. 
Engineered, produced, and mixed by Eden Iris. 
Lucie Hills’ vocals recorded by Simon at 
Studio-35, Cornwall, England.
Mastered by David Donnelly at DNA Mastering in Los Angeles, CA.

Young Guest

Young Guest (Featuring Lucie Hill)

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6cR1SABd7JYvlwFbWvhkrl?si=o3PWjYwSRDmz9CAERtvOyQ
Purchase on Bandcamp: https://edeniris.bandcamp.com/track/sunshine-motel

The mornings aren’t cold here
I try not to bother you
The year of the dog 
Marked me like your secret tattoo
Friends have moved on 
Or just moved away 
The city has changed 
But I know a place 
We can leave today 

Tell me are you lonely or somewhere in between
Time moving slowly and the death of a dream 
I can’t shake this feeling of what never was
Even this town has changed more than us  
I don’t want to leave yet, can I just stay here
At the sunshine motel, run your hand through my hair 
I don’t wanna be yet, can I stay unborn 
At the sunshine motel with you in my arms 

I've been getting nowhere, I’m not taking what’s mine 
It’s just cold observations and cynical lines 
But the swimming pool looks perfect, with you on the surface 
Simmer in the twilight, your cigarette light shines 
You still make me nervous 

Tell me are you lonely or somewhere in between
Time moving slowly and the death of a dream
I can’t shake this feeling of what never was
Even this town has changed more than us  
I don’t want to leave yet, can I just stay here
At the sunshine motel, run your hand through my hair 
I don’t wanna be yet, can I stay unborn 
At the sunshine motel with you in my arms 

I wanna turn down these lights 
At the end of the day 
I can’t make you mine 
Why do I try anyway 
And time is a dancer
Leading you on 
But you can’t move in this room
You won’t move ’til I’m gone 

So tell me are you lonely
I’m somewhere in between  
Time’s moving slowly 
It’s the death of a dream 
I can’t shake this feeling of what never was 
Now all of these ghosts are changing like us 
I don’t want to leave yet 
Can I just stay here
At the sunshine motel 
Run your hand through my hair 
I don’t want to see yet 
Can I stay unborn 
At the sunshine motel with you in my arms 
At the sunshine motel with you in the dawn
At the sunshine motel you were the one

Track Credits: “Sunshine Motel” written by Eden Iris. Produced by Eden Iris and Ben King. 
Vocals, acoustic guitars, and keyboards performed by Eden Iris. 
Electric guitar and bass guitar performed by Ben King. 
Drums performed by Tom Broome. 
Cello performed by David Landau @cellandau. 
Violin performed by Phoebe Silva @phoeborama. 
Engineered by Eden Iris and Ben King. 
Mixed by Ben King. 
Mastered by John Greenham at Clearlight Mastering in Los Angeles. 
Cover Art by Louie Gooey at Goo Promotions

Sunshine Motel

"Dark Sunday Dream" is a single of Eden's debut EP, Demons (2018). 
Listen to the new arrangement by David Norland: https://soundcloud.com/edeniris/darksundaydreamnorlandremix?in=edeniris/sets/album/

Follow Eden Iris on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5fxcYr7BveT0DTCUYroPUG?si=4g4gVFiASMSGt_R9dAiyvg

Who are you gonna spend your dark Sunday with
Or will you wait alone as your dark thoughts unfold
Will it feel like the end when no one understands?
What will set free from your dark Sunday dream?

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
A new world to discover when Dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side 

What colours will you see in your Dark Sunday Dream
Will they all be black and white when the sadness does arrive?
Some days you feel like your on top of the world  you feel like nothing at all could ever drag your heart down
And then you’ll wake and feel so cold inside your bones, so far from being found

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
A new world to discover when dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side 

Now what, what will set you free
from this dark sunday dream 
what will set you free

I know you’re not where you wanna be
and sometimes life can seem
like one long dark Sunday dream

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
A new world to discover when dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side

Dark Sunday Dream

The original version of Dancing With A Ghost which was remixed by Sunlounger in 2017.

Follow Eden Iris on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dbDo0D72UZCGlblaKxP5A?si=G1VCIwNDR_6OVsAB1f5YHA

Twelve forty-five I know what you told me
but underneath this bars neon lights
they’re telling me I’m lonely
Oh my two left feet, they know how to follow
Find their way to your dark street
they can’t make tomorrow
 And I hear drums, I hear sounds
Even when you can’t be found
I stay stiff, but it moves my hips
And I feel these fires you used to fix

But I keep dancing with a ghost
I keep thinking I can float
she has two hands I’ll never hold
And it’s not like I don’t know
But I keep dancing with a ghost

I’m pressing on the steel of your door 
hoping that you’ll have me
Eyes trace lines on the door
I keep behaving badly 
I can see the light in your room
I want to press the buzzer
Let you know that I need you
No, I ain’t with another

But I hear drums, I hear sounds
Even when you can’t be found
I stay stiff, but it moves my hips
And I feel these fires you used to fix

But I keep dancing with a ghost
I keep thinking I can float
she has two hands I’ll never hold
And it’s not like I don’t know
But I keep dancing with a ghost

She stole your role
in the middle of the dark she pulls me close
and around we go
moving to the music that you wrote
even though..

I keep dancing with a ghost
I keep thinking I can float
she has two hands I’ll never hold
And it’s not like I don’t know
But I keep dancing with a ghost
I keep thinking I can float
she has two hands I’ll never hold
And it’s not like I don’t know
But I keep dancing with a ghost

"Dancing With A Ghost" 

Written by Eden Iris Spence and Christopher Caden.
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA. Mixed by Christopher Caden. 
Mastered by John Greenham in Los Angeles, CA.

Dancing With A Ghost

"Birthday Baby" by Eden Iris
Listen on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7hfqVCocycXv8Zp4lltG0A?si=5sp_pyUhQgaUqYodoXeTvg

These days I keep my phone beside me
You leave your spine at the door 
Someone’s sleeping in the bathtub
The pictures from our fridge stay on the floor
Summertime, but not like the first time 
What would you say if you could talk 
It’s my birthday baby, so look at me now like the way that you did before

I’ll be waiting 
waiting in between these walls
I’ll be waiting  
Until it cannot wait anymore 

These days I keep my love inside me
What would you say if you could talk?
It’s not the distance I know its not the difference 
So hold me now, like the way that we used to know
and you know

I’ll be waiting 
waiting in between these walls
I’ll be waiting  
until it cannot wait anymore 
It’s my birthday baby

Birthday Baby

Watch the music video for Blue Home: https://youtu.be/FSVB-WGnJ-4
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6HRKOTdylJaqK3JqGtKTKt?si=7fpBJTh-QtCNmIr-lMjCfg

There's a storm coming in, grab your coat
I've found my shelter and I won't let go
There's a girl in the sky
And she calls your name 
You hear the thunder but you don't feel the rain and then 
You hurt me in the room
You hurt me from a’far
The sky is moving
There'll be no more stars 
All of the tales that we would always read 
I never stopped listening so 
They ‘came a part of me

Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home

A blue house is not a home 
seasons of torment and heart-break alone
Everything's distorted
That's what you told me
Heart on the floor
Cos you would never hold me
You'd better not cry
When you call out my name 
I've been on a hard road
You don't know the pain
The way is twisted but I'm twisted too
So let’s celebrate insanity
Just me and you

Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
I know one day
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room
Dreams will leave the room

Coming up to sunrise, waiting here outside 
For the words to come 
For my heart to hide 
Waiting for the countdown 
Waiting for the gun 
Waiting for the shadows 
I’m waiting for the sun 
Waiting for the fire I’m waiting for the air 
Wait for me darling I’m almost there 
Waiting for my life I’m waiting for my death here 
All this time I’ve been waiting so just 

Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home
Let me be your girl inside our blue blue home

Written by Eden Iris Spence. Produced and Mixed by Sophie Stern. Mastered by John Greenham in Los Angeles, CA.

Watch the music video for Dark Sunday Dream (Norland Remix): 
https://youtu.be/J5unYeOHgo0

Listen to the original version of Dark Sunday Dream: https://soundcloud.com/edeniris/dark-sunday-dream-2

Who are you gonna spend your dark Sunday with
Or will you wait alone as your dark thoughts unfold
Will it feel like the end when no one understands
What will set free from your dark Sunday dream

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
It’s a new world to discover when Dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side 

What colors will you see in your Dark Sunday Dream
Will they all be black and white when the sadness does arrive
Some days you feel like your on top of the world 
you feel like nothing at all could ever drag your heart down
And then you’ll wake and feel so cold inside your bones,
so far from being found

now what, what will set you free
from this dark sunday dream 
what will set you free
I know you’re not where you wanna be 
And sometimes life can seem 
like one long dark sunday dream

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
It’s a new world to discover when dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side

Dark Sunday Dream (Norland Remix)

“I Just Can’t Turn It Off” by Eden Iris is out now, everywhere 
Follow Eden Iris on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0dbDo0D72UZCGlblaKxP5A?si=75QtSea_R5mSYz1Wq_aKNA

Produced by Evan Klar (Monchique/Groenland Records)
Mixed by Angad ‘Bainz’ Bains and his assistant Aresh Banaji
Mastered by HP Mastering 

I’m older now
And I don’t mind the things 
that used to cut my crown 
at least that’s something time brings 
You gave it to me better 
than anybody else
But it’s now or never
And someone has to drown 

Any way the rain goes, lets water inside
Any way the rain goes inside 

I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off 
 I’m sober now
Still I can’t believe 
That it’s over now 
And everything you’ve done for me
Was wasted on a feeling 
and i gave no meaning 
to our love when I could not explain

Any way the rain goes, lets water inside
Any way the rain goes inside 

But I’m always lost.. (you know that I’m always lost)
But I’m always lost 
And I never want to turn it off 

I’m older now and I don’t mind the things 
that used to cut my crown 
at least that’s something time brings 
You gave it to me better 
than anybody else
But it’s now or never
And someone has to drown 

I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off 

Eden Iris is an artist from Auckland, New Zealand who has been described as “an artist working in a new space” (Jordan Luck, Exponents) who has “the ambition to carve out her own niche” (Demerra Records). She moved to Los Angeles, California when she was nineteen years-old to pursue her music career and has since made a home for herself on the west coast. In Los Angeles, Eden has collaborated with esteemed songwriters such as Maia Sharp (Dixie Chicks), Jamie Candiloro (REM, Ryan Adams) and Bruce Lynch (Kate Bush).

Working out of her home studio in Burbank, California, not a day that goes by that Eden isn’t writing, recording, or producing. Her Demons EP (2018) was described as “soul stirring, beautifully arranged and poignantly observed…” by Mike Alexander (Sunday Star Times) and received radio-play on Los Angeles Station 88.5 KCSN, along with three of her other singles (two of them being featured as “Fresh Squeeze of the Day” By DJ Nic Harcourt).

In 2019, the haunting folk/electronica song “Dark Sunday Dream” found it’s cult following after being picked up by indie-folk playlist Alex Rainbird, with over half a million subscribers on Youtube. “Dark Sunday Dream” has also had regular rotation on Radio Paradise and has received critical acclaim by indie-folk blogs around the world. Eden’s single “Worse Things” (November 2019) which was co-written with Maia Sharp, premiered with Billboard and American Songwriter Magazine. With the steady release of these singles over the past year, Eden is building a strong fanbase who highly anticipate the release of her debut album in January, 2021.

I Just Can't Turn It Off

Download/Order The Fuchsia & the Grey on Bandcamp: edeniris.bandcamp.com/

I’m older now
And I don’t mind the things 
that used to cut my crown 
At least that’s something time brings 
You gave it to me better 
than anybody else
But it’s now or never
And someone has to drown 

Any way the rain goes, lets water inside
Any way the rain goes inside 

I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
Can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off 
 I’m sober now
Still I can’t believe 
That it’s over now 
And everything you’ve done for me
Was wasted on a feeling 
and i gave no meaning 
to our love when I could not explain

Any way the rain goes, lets water inside
Any way the rain goes inside 

I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
Can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off 

But I’m always lost.. (you know that I’m always lost)
But I’m always lost And I never want to turn it off 

I’m older now and I don’t mind the things 
that used to cut my crown 
at least that’s something time brings 
You gave it to me better 
than anybody else
But it’s now or never
And someone has to drown 

I would stop if I could turn it off
I need you and your love when Im lost
Can’t stop, heart is falling
I’m in mourning
And i’ve gotta turn it off
can’t stop with your heart
I just can’t turn it off

The Fuchsia & the Grey

I Just Can't Turn It Off (Alt Mix)

Download/Order The Fuchsia & the Grey on Bandcamp: https://edeniris.bandcamp.com/

You look sad in the morning
As the shadows start falling
My portrait of a lady on fire 
All the paint has stopped drying 
Its years been years now
I’m still hiding 
This portrait of a lady on fire

I made my bed in the dark and I feel fine
I can see the dawn
I’ve been moving on in my foolish mind 
I must have painted her a thousand times 
The colors form and she is all I ever find 
This portrait of a lady
This portrait of a lady on fire 
Fire

Was that look worth the ending?
Are you here now or pretending?
We must live with these choices 
I wish I’d met you long before this￼
This portrait of a lady on fire 

I made my bed in the dark and I feel fine
I can see the dawn
I’ve been moving on in my foolish mind 
I must have painted her a thousand times 
The colors form and she is all I ever find 
This portrait of a lady
I love this portrait of a lady 
On fire, fire, fire, fire

I made my bed in the dark and I feel fine
I can see the dawn
I’ve been moving on in my foolish mind 
I must have painted her a thousand times 
The colors form and she is all I ever find 
This portrait of a lady
I love this portrait of a lady on fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Download/Order The Fuchsia & the Grey on Bandcamp: edeniris.bandcamp.com/

Flowers falling at your feet
Free your mind and come to me 
Flowers falling at your feet
Free your mind and come to me

After the Storm

Download/Order The Fuchsia & the Grey on Bandcamp: edeniris.bandcamp.com/

Who you gonna spend your dark Sunday with
Or will you wait alone as your dark thoughts unfold
Will it feel like the end when no one understands
What will set free from your dark Sunday dream

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
It’s a new world to discover when Dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side 

What colors will you see in your Dark Sunday Dream
Will they all be black and white when the sadness does arrive
Some days you feel like your on top of the world 
You feel like nothing at all could ever drag your heart down
And then you’ll wake and feel so cold inside your bones
so far from being found

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
It’s a new world to discover when Dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side 

Now what, what will set you free
From this dark Sunday dream 
what will set you free
I know you’re not where you wanna be 
And sometimes life can seem 
like one long dark Sunday dream

Grey clouds in the sky
Dead leaves on the ground 
It’s a new world to discover when dark Sunday comes around
The rivers in your eyes
Run down into the light
A new world waiting for you on the other side

Download/Order The Fuchsia & the Grey on Bandcamp: edeniris.bandcamp.com/

Floating through a bed of cloud 
I sit with this grief
‘though I will never understand it
And every demon has it’s teeth 
I can hear the guns singing 
and it echos in my ears
Tell myself not to take cover 
in this apathy and fear  

Look up, be strong 
the world is beautiful from here 
but you can’t forget where you came from 
Look down, you belong
to the love that still lives here 
it’s time to face the fear and take your song 

Ha ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha, Ha, ha 
Ha-a ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha

There were many other colors 
But we descended through the blue
And I saw my sister waving 
But there was nothing I could do

Look up, be strong 
the world is beautiful from here 
but you can’t forget where you came from 
Look down, you belong
to the love that still lives here 
it’s time to face the fear and take your song 

Ha ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha, Ha, ha 
Ha-a ha, Ha ha Ha-a Ha

Floating through a bed of cloud 
I sit with this grief

The Love That Still Lives Here

New Year's Eve (Give Me Something Good) is off The Fuchsia & the Grey: https://lnk.to/edenirisalbum1

I hide these habits well
Friends are too high too see 
The way that I’m walking out 
They don’t know our history 
I walk like a solider to my own defeat 
Another year older, and I don’t want to be 

Saying give me something good 
Tell me what you want to see
I don’t feel what I should 
Now you’re telling me on New Years Eve 
Nothing lasts forever 
And maybe I don’t want to see 
that it isn’t getting better 
Now I’m coming down on New Years eve 
Saying give me something good 

You hide your madness well
‘Cos everyone’s drunk and free
I know things aren’t working out
That’s why you keep telling me 
Go out with your friends  
So I’d stumble home at three
but in my defense you weren’t waiting for me 

Give me something good 
Tell me what you want to see
I don’t feel what I should 
Now you’re telling me on New Years Eve 
Nothing lasts forever 
And maybe I don’t want to see 
that it isn’t getting better
Now  I’m coming down on New Years eve 
Saying give me something good 
(Give me something, give me something)
Give me something good
(Give me something, give me something)
Oh, give me something 

Give me something good 
Or tell me what you want to see 
I was hoping that I could 
‘Cos you’ve always been enough for me 
But nothing lasts forever 
And maybe I don’t want to see 
that it isn’t getting better 
Now I’m begging you on New Years Eve 

Give me something good 
(Give me something, give me something)
Give me something good 
(Give me something, give me something)
Oh give me something good 
(Give me something, give me something)
Give me something, just give me something 
Give me something good

The Fuchsia & the Gry

New Year's Eve (Give Me Something Good)

"Death Is a Teacher" is the leading track on The Fuchsia & the Grey, the debut album by Eden Iris.
Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/rMZoHQngrJ8
Listen/Support the album: https://lnk.to/edenirisalbum1
The Fuchsia & the Grey merch: edeniris.bandcamp.com/

A phantom drifting through my door, she took all the warmth away	
I am only death my child, you don’t need to be afraid 
She was covered in a long black cloak when I let her in 
Standing there in the darkness I saw the light within 

Death is a teacher every time i see her
I’m letting someone go 
Still i receive her when she’s at my door 
I greet her with my head hung low
And when i’m afraid she lights up the stage
Her whispers they lead me home 
Death is a teacher, every time I see her 
I wonder how long it will be til I go

Shadows on my face are gone, but I can’t stop calling out 
And every time I lose a friend I get a new stripe on my belt 
I’ve come to understand that forever is a long long time 
And no matter what I learn I’m lost when she arrives

Death is a teacher every time i see her
I’m letting someone go 
Still i receive her when she’s at my door 
I greet her with my head hung low 
And when i’m afraid she lights up the stage
Her whispers they lead me home 
Death is a teacher, every time I see her 
I wonder how long it will be til I go

I close my eyes, I cannot see 
And darkness, she’s surrounding me

Death is a teacher every time i see her
I’m letting someone go 
Still I receive her when she’s at my door 
I greet her with my head hung low
And when i’m afraid she lights up the stage
Her whispers they lead me home 
Death is a teacher, every time I see her 
I wonder how long it will be til I go

It will be ’til I go
It will be ’til I go
It will be ’til I go
I wonder how long it will be ’til I go

Death Is a Teacher

New Zealand singer-songwriter/producer based in Los Angeles
The Fuchsia & The Grey is out now
Album Merch:
www.edeniris.bandcamp.com
Sign up for the Eden Iris mailing list:
www.edeniris.com

Eden Iris

Popular tracks