The Apple Trees

Swartberg

We're very happy to present this next installment in the Land of Zed saga. Stonerjazz, Uziel and I began this imaginative, narrative concept album project last spring and have been adding to the story one song at a time. It's always an incredible experience to work with these two amazing artists!

Check out the whole story (so far) here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

Vocals, vocal manipulation, lyrics, piano, composition of part 1 + transition, and more  by Uziel @user-455619833

Spoken word vocals, guitar, mellotron, composition of part 2, and more by Stonerjazz @user-911083679

Experimental/atmospheric synth elements, mix/production, and final arrangement by @tea_are_sea

The Mountains Thought the Moons Were Mad (Land of the ZED #5) - Uziel | Stonerjazz | tea are sea

I saw you one day drinking coffee and 
penciling words on a page
Thought maybe she’s writing the passages 
or acting them out on a stage
Its clear from your efforts and focus, you’re
sworn to the oaths of your art
Since you’ve been sharing your pain with me
Its torn me apart

Joan
Cold like a stone
Why did you leave?
Where did you go?
Joan
You left me alone
The lies that you weave
I wish I had known

You told me the roots of your storyline
Had me perched on the edge of my seat
I said you could stay on my sofa 
Just till you got on the soles of your feet
I fell for your naive anthology
I got lost in the pink of your hair
and woke in the fog of the morning 
when your things weren’t there

Joan
Cold like a stone
Why did you leave?
Where did you go?
Joan
You left me alone
The lies that you weave
I wish I had known

Ghosted

This is in standard tuning, with the D string raised to E.

If not now, when?

Nerkstura

21 5 9

Bring Your Bones

you keep saying..

After collaborating with the amazing Nic Evennett before on ‘Feel the burn’, I knew that one day I just had to work with her again. So I wrote this for her one Sunday afternoon - and luckily enough, she liked it! Her voice and her lyrics are just perfect and have turned my original idea into something so, so much better.  You can find Nic at https://soundcloud.com/wingless-night

Her lyrics are shown below:

I'm glass and light,
And silver edged,
And guzzle up the secrets
Once you close the door.
The wrong and right,
And things alleged,
Do not escape me;
Please don't make me
Tell you more.
Yet here I am -
Your tangled hair, 
And nothing but the greenest green
And truest true.
A monogram
Of smoke and glare
Is sewn under a face serene
And grown into.
Ohhh, your echo will follow you
Ohh, your echo will follow you.
The shards of my mind
And drying lips
Are scattered in the soil
Under a moon of gold.
That's humankind
That you eclipse;
The empty words
Confuse the birds
And leave them cold.
But holy, holy
Waters creep,
They drink my cries,
And sink my lives
Into the blue.
You follow slowly
Into the deep
And see your eyes
And all the lies
Look back at you.

Play on Spotify

Echo (feat. Nic Evennett)

image picture : by えるちき さん
ラフマニノフのVocalise。ピアノ教室の先生と、その教室に通っていた友人が演奏しました。それを編集した音源です。私は編集しただけ、、そりゃそうですよ（^^;
Players : a teacher in piano school and my friend who goes to the school. 
This is edited sound track. I just edited it. That's right.

you keep saying..

e☓ner