Drums by Dan Bailey
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

In Circles (lyrics)

Spin in circles 
Till the weight of the world 
Doesn’t weigh on you
Stare at the sun
Till the tears start to run
I don’t care what you do
Wait for a sign
Till your patience resigns
In a day or two
From the pain in your side
Knowing you can’t rewind
To reclaim your youth

There’s no reason to feel like this
I got nothing in my life to prove to you…maybe
You’re the reason I can’t admit
My head got tangled in the wires, I endlessly
Spin in circles 

Who calls the shots
Tie my tongue into knots
What ability
To say you love
But you never really love
Scare the hell into me
Wait on your god	
Or your crystal ball
If it sets you free
Go on and call it a sign
If it’s all in your mind
Who can disagree?

There’s no reason to feel like this
I got nothing in my life to prove to you…  maybe
You’re the reason I can’t admit
My head got tangled in the wires, I endlessly 
Spin in circles 

Tabula Rasa

There’s no reason to feel like this
I got nothing in my life to prove to you…  maybe
You’re the reason I can’t admit
My head got tangled in the wires, I endlessly 
Spin in circles

In Circles

Swimming in Summery optimism, "French Food" is a cheeky day dream about traveling and fine dining after living in isolation.

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by: Mark Pontius
Mixed by: Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by: Joe Causey at Voyager Mastering

French Food (lyrics)

I left the iron on—can you help?
I can think of reasons why you should come over
I can’t tie my shoes by myself?
I guess I fall apart when left alone for too much time
I need something to do
Something with you
Why, we could fly the coop

I can see it when I close my eyes
Long overdue  
A table for two
I’m honestly about to lose my mind
I miss the views 
I miss the French food… cuisine française 

Maybe just a drive up the coast?
I can feel my volatile disposition           
Melting like a scoop on a cone
We’ll make up for the good times we’ve been missing
I need something to do
Something with you
Why, we could fly the coop

I can see it when I close my eyes
Long overdue  
A table for two
I’m honestly about to lose my mind
I miss the views 
I miss the French food… cuisine française 

Feeling pretty antsy
I miss pretending we were fancy
Spending all of our money on over priced dining… 

Trop cher…repas trop cher

Long overdue  
A table for two
I’m honestly about to lose my mind
I miss the views 
I miss the French food
I miss traveling with you
I miss the French food

French Food

Sometimes Earth is hard. “Rocket To The Moon” is a spacey fantasy about escaping gravity for a more harmonious existence on the moon.

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by: Dan Bailey
Mixed by: Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by: Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

Rocket To The Moon (lyrics)

Rolling down the window
I can hear the echo
If I’m sleeping in the planetarium  
I don’t mind

Surfing on a rainbow
Hitchhike through the cosmos 
If I’m eating breakfast on a satellite
I’m alright

They think I’m a dreaming fool
I don’t really see it though
Or maybe I don’t wanna face it… and
Admit that I’d rather be
In alternate reality
Escaping the gravity maybe
On a rocket to the moon
Rocket to the moon

Psychedelic aliens
Cosmic color best friends
They want to crown you ruler of the universe 
And beyond

They think I’m a dreaming fool
I don’t really see it though
Or maybe I don’t wanna face it… and
Admit that I’d rather be
In alternate reality
Escaping the gravity maybe
On a rocket to the moon
Rocket to the moon

They think I’m a dreaming fool
I don’t really see it though
Or maybe I don’t wanna face it… and
Admit that I’d rather be
In alternate reality
Escaping the gravity maybe
On a rocket to the moon
Rocket to the moon

Why would I wanna stay awake
I could be traveling in space
I still got an empty seat baby
On my rocket to the moon

Rocket To The Moon

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by Mark Pontius
Mixed by Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

Caught In A Twilight (lyrics)
Ooo you got me where you wanted
Ooo you’d think I’d lost my mind
Ooo the sun is where you left it
Now down is up and black is white
I don’t know what you’ve been told
But you’ve been sucking poison
From the lip of highball glass

Talking heads
Trying to make out of here
With my consciousness
Take my tongue and disappear
I’m not smiling cause it feels like I’m
Caught in a twilight
Caught in a twilight
Caught in a twilight zone

The masses become moonstruck
Turned rabid from the lies
Crooked pigs running amok
A giant spiral fills the sky
Maybe I hit my head too hard
Or maybe not hard enough
I got the feeling the stars will still be spinning when I wake up

Talking heads
Trying to make out of here
With my consciousness
Take my tongue and disappear
I’m not smiling cause it feels like I’m
Caught in a twilight
Caught in a twilight
Caught in a twilight zone 

Oh we find the cure in love
Look past your mirror
Learn to listen
Face the fear
The truth may look different
Truth may look different

Caught In A Twilight Zone

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums By: Dan Bailey
Mixed by: Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by: Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

Quicksand (lyrics)

You’re so quick to speak your mind
If you’d shut your foaming mouth for a minute
Maybe you could see another side
But you got a brain full of fire
It’s no wonder what you are
You take the sentiment and bend it
It’s no longer colorful
You’re quicksand
You’re in my head
I try to move on but I’m stuck to the spot
I won’t pretend
That I’m not scared
You’re pulling me down can someone help me out
You’re so quick to take your time
When you’re working on yourself — got a beauty filter on
Can’t see the wrong from right
Yeah you got a tongue sharp as knives
Can’t stop talking out both sides
I’ll be waiting for the universe
To cut you down to size
You’re quicksand
You’re in my head
I try to move on but I’m stuck to the spot
I won’t pretend
That I’m not scared
You’re pulling me down can someone help me out
I get lost inside of it
I get lost inside of it
I get lost inside of it
I get lost in the sight of it
I get lost inside of it
I get lost inside of it
I get lost inside of it
I get lost inside of
You’re quicksand
You’re in my head
I try to move on but I’m stuck to the spot
I won’t pretend
That I’m not scared
You’re pulling me down can someone help me out
Of the quicksand
Of the quicksand
Of the quicksand
Of the quicksand

Quicksand

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, “No Me and You” is a triumphant celebration of being broken up with.

No Me And You

"Cool To Be Unhappy" is about a girl I once loved who thought it was cool to be unhappy. Needless to say, it didn't work out. 

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by Zac Farro
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

3/27/2020

Cool To Be Unhappy

"I'm A Loser" is a tongue-in-cheek anthem for the underdog. 

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by Mark Pontius
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

I’m a Loser (lyrics)

You’re the king in a dream everyone wishes they had
I’m honor roll. I’m a hex. I’m a stone. I sink like a champ
You see it different
I’m full of it
Savor the sentiment
I think I lost my appetite 
Before I go won’t you let me know
What it’s like to be so cool and popular

I’m a loser
You got me where you wanted
Keep me low enough so you
feel good
I know I’m not a lemon
I’m just down on my luck

Tension runs through your blood must be fun to keep it inside
Who’s to say if today we will wake up Jekyll or Hyde
I see it different
You’re full of it 
Overconfident 
Feed the delusion in your mind

I’m a loser
You got me where you wanted
Keep me low enough so you
feel good
I know I’m not a lemon
I’m just down on my luck

Not too blue cuz I knew before you that you didn’t need me
Let’s pretend that we’re friends to the end yeah we just disagree
We see it different
We’re full of it
I still love you
You showed me who I am inside 

I’m a loser
You got me where you wanted
Keep me low enough so you
feel good
I know I’m not a lemon
I’m just down on my luck

You might catch me laughing
No season lasts forever
I might miss the madness
When the crown falls off your head
Can you remember
Who you were before the stars revolved around you?

I'm A Loser

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

Euphoria (lyrics)

I drift off into space when you look at me
It’s all falling to place like it’s meant to be
Yeah you caught me way 	
Out of the blue
Could this be real
Yeah you got your ways
You light up the room
With your magnet appeal

I don’t want to be far when we say goodnight
Cause when you’re in my arms I’m not scared to die 
When I fall asleep
I just wanna wake up
Make sure you’re not a dream
Yeah you make me feel
Forever is not
Enough time to love you
Euphoria

Euphoria

Written and Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by Dan Bailey
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

My Muse (lyrics)

Take me where you want for the thrill
We got a little time to kill
The moment is a jaw to fill
Oh you crept behind the gods in my hallway
Swept me like a fever in all ways
Now there’s nothing I can do 
You’re my muse you’re my muse

Be mine be mine awe
Like it was always the beginning of time
The only people just you and I
Be mine be mine awe
Don’t cry
I promise you I’ll be fine
No nothing could go awry
When we’re together it’s all right

Secrets I’ll keep ‘em safe
Whisper through the ether strain 
I know there’s magic in your DNA
Oh I swam until the river was empty
Sank into the black hole inside me 
You woke me up with hazel & blue
Then I knew, you’re my muse

Be mine be mine awe
Like it was always the beginning of time
The only people just you and I
Be mine be mine awe
Don’t cry
I promise you I’ll be fine
No nothing could go awry
When we’re together it’s all right

it’s all right

Be mine be mine awe
Like it was always the beginning of time
The only people just you and I
Be mine be mine awe
Don’t cry
I promise you I’ll be fine
No nothing could go awry
When we’re together it’s all right

My Muse

"Life In Outer Space" is a cosmic love story in which life and love are safer in space than on earth.

Written by Phil Danyew and Hannah Leder
Produced by Phil Danyew
Drums by Mark Pontius
Mixed By Carlos de la Garza
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters

Life In Outer Space (lyrics)

She took me to the park
The one next to the flower shop
People dress the same
You make it feel ok
She puts me on the train
She’s dancing in the dining car
The chaos in your brain
I knew you were special

Lately lately
Baby baby
Takes me takes me
Wherever she wants
I know always
I know nothing
I’ll be I’ll be
Wherever you are

She turned on the news
They say it’s a catastrophe
We’ll be under water
Too bad for our daughters
She took me by the hand
Got us on a satellite
It’s life in outer space
I knew you were special

Chorus

We’ll land safely
Someday maybe
Drifting deeper
Into the dark
To a random planet
Like she planned it
Safe from humans
Where we can suvive

Lately lately
Baby baby
Takes me takes me
Wherever she wants
I know always
I know one thing
I’ll be I’ll be 
Wherever you are

Life In Outer Space

Elephant Castle - the retro-inspired indie rock project from Los Angeles-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Danyew, formed in late 2019. The first single, “Cool To Be Unhappy,” was released on March 27, 2020 with warm welcome. A fresh take on the break-up ballad, Rolling Stone called the track a "roll-around-in-your-underwear-while-the-sun-seeps-through-the-window song.”

Elephant Castle released four subsequent singles with enthusiastic buzz, and is now back for their first release of 2021. Swirling with frenetic energy against a backdrop of lofty vocals and hypnotic organ, “In Circles” tackles the ordinary yet complex struggle to embrace who you really are. 

Raised in Oceanside, CA, Danyew has been writing and recording music since age 12 after stealing his father’s tape recorder. Growing up listening to 50s and 60s oldies, Elephant Castle is a response to these early influences combined with a love for vintage synths, layered vocals, the dreamy sounds of tape saturation and analog gear.

Danyew spent six years as a touring member of the band Foster the People. He left at the beginning of 2020 to pursue his own music.

Elephant Castle

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