Lyrics

I’m walking down the road
the road that I have chose
I’ve chosen to walk on the road
Say I won’t be afraid
I won’t give away
Say I’m all alive
I’m all alone on my way

Be battered by the wind
Be swallowed by the tide
The treachery in human’s eyes
I trigger all the wire
I’m blurring all the lines
To wander is the Why
The presence is my direction

My ears are opened wide
My eyes are setting high
My each step will cover a mile
I’m steady as I stride
I’m leaving as soon as I arrive

Steady As I Went

It is a doodle with my guitar. It starts off with the simple repeating notes at the beginning which sounds to me like Chinese instrument Pipa. And then I decided to build up tension and i wanted to make it end in an abrupt way. I played some before I slept and I recorded it the next morning. 

I have a small Aloe in my bedroom, bought after reading that Aloe is a good air refresher. The song is not about the plant at all. 

Aloe (The doodle)

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"

Hang Me

Don't Mind

There is something so naked and honest with folk music because of its simplicity while the void/negatives in the music could be subtle, suggestive and dark. The contradiction draws Narbi to explore the folklore path while staying in and away from the comfort in the giant’s footstep. Narbi, a moniker comes from an anagram, sounding a bit different, a bit fictional and a bit exotic. Perhaps this is also what Narbi is trying to do with his folk music. “I hope my music could take you somewhere, be it imaginary land or a real place; at sometime, future, past, going backward, forward or frozen. When the music finishes, you come back to the present, and this is it.”

Aloe (The doodle)

Narbi

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