Song for Kyrstin inspired by a dream of our future adventures

Matthew Haschmann's Album

Dream

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From the LP "This Is My Hand." 
Available September 16, 2014.

Available on CD /Vinyl /Digital including limited edition translucent red 12" from Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Available in Canada from Paper Bag Records in frosted vinyl

Tour Dates: 
9/19/14 Detroit, Michigan
9/20/14 Toronto, Ontario
9/22/14 Cambridge, Massachusetts
9/23/14 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9/25/14 New York , New York
9/27/14 Washington DC
9/28/14 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
9/30/14 Charlotte, North Carolina
10/1/14 Atlanta, Georgia
10/4/14 Austin, Texas
10/10/14 Austin, Texas
10/12/14 Dallas, Texas
10/17/14 Stockholm, Sweden
10/18/14 Gothenburg, Sweden
10/19/14 Copenhagen, Denmark
10/21/14 Hamburg, Germany
10/22/14 Berlin, Germany
10/24/14 Brussels, Belgium
10/25/14 Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/26/14 Paris, Ile-de-France
10/28/14 London, UK
10/29/14 Leeds, UK
10/30/14 Glasgow, UK
10/31/14 Dublin, Ireland
11/8/14 St Paul, Minnesota
11/12/14 Grand Rapids, Michigan
11/13/14 Chicago, Illinois
11/14/14 Madison, Wisconsin
11/15/14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
11/16/14 Iowa City, Iowa
11/17/14 Minneapolis, Minnesota
11/19/14 St. Louis, Missouri
11/20/14 Indianapolis, Indiana
12/2/14 Denver, Colorado
12/3/14 Salt Lake City, Utah
12/5/14 Portland, Oregon
12/6/14 Seattle, Washington
12/7/14 Vancouver, British Columbia
12/10/14 San Francisco, California
12/12/14 Los Angeles, California
12/13/14 San Diego, California

My Brightest Diamond, "This Is My Hand"

White Hawk

Brand new version of the title track from My Brightest Diamond's recent album 'This is My Hand' with french lyrics.

Ceci est ma main, ceci est mon poignet.
Ceci est mon bras, ceci est mon poing.
Comme une vigne entortillée, s'enveloppe et s'entrelace

Ceci est mon visage, ceci est ma bouche.
Ceci est mon œil, ceci est mon sourcil.
Comme le vin de lilas, se déversant de toi, pour toi.

Ceci est ma forme, ceci est mon moule.
Ceci est mon âge, ceci est ma charpente.
Ceci est mon esprit, ceci est ma voix.
Ceci est mon coeur, ceci est mon choix.

Ceci est ma cuisse, ceci est mon sexe.
Ceci est ma hanche, ceci est mon sein.
Ceci est mon ombre, ceci est ma haine.
Ceci est ma ligne, ceci est mon doute.

Ma mélancolie, ma flamme, ma joie, mon but d’aimer, aimer, aimer...

Ceci est ma forme, ceci est mon moule.
Ceci est mon âge, ceci est ma charpente.
Ceci est mon esprit, ceci est ma voix.
Ceci est mon coeur, ceci est mon choix.

Ceci est mon temps, ceci est mon souffle.
Ceci est ma droite, ceci est ma gauche.
Ceci est mon ombre, ceci est ma haine.
Ceci est ma ligne, ceci est mon doute.

Ma mélancolie, ma flamme, ma joie, mon but d’aimer, aimer, aimer...



My Brightest Diamond - Ceci Est Ma Main

Are you happy?

From forthcoming new album CARRIE & LOWELL
Preorder it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records March 31st (US) / March 30 (EU)

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:
Now that I fell into your arms
My only lover
Give out to give in
I search for the capsule I lost

Drag me to hell
In the valley of The Dalles
Like my mother
Give wings to a stone
It’s only the shadow of a cross

I slept on my back 
In the shade of the meadowlark 
Like a champion
Get drunk to get laid
I take one more hit when you depart

I’ll drive that stake through the center of my heart
Lonely vampire
Inhaling its fire
I’m chasing the dragon too far

There’s blood on that blade
Fuck me, I’m falling apart
My assassin
Like Casper the ghost 
There’s no shade in the shadow of the cross

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Sufjan Stevens, "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross"

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 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

Creative expression of romantic love flowing into the next phase. This track is part of my resultant emotional journey, in which I've allowed myself to embrace my deep fears and dreams. Among these is a fear of singing or playing my recorded music in the presence of others.
Then I asked myself 'what is there to be afraid of when your reality, your world, the person you were has ended?' 
Well, nothing.  

Composted Love

My stand up debut at the Firehouse Saloon, March 15, 2016. It might be the only time I ever try stand up, so I wanted to make sure I recorded it. You can read more about the experience on my blog:
https://notesfromthefunnyfarm.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/5550/

Firehouse Saloon Mar15 2016 FIRST SHOW EVER.MP3

cough syrup lullaby - 4:20:20, 10.10 PM

lately (really bad levels)

These are my half-baked babies. A handful of things I've written and recorded on garage band over the past several years in my apartment with an acoustic guitar, glockenspiel, and midi auxillary instrumentation and drums. I hope for these tracks to be a sort of a springboard, and to get some stuff out there so that perhaps somebody with whom it strikes a chord might want to make some music together.