Recorded at AIM, Surry Hills. 
Recorded and mixed: Sarah Whitehead
November 2013

He said "I am the devil, girl, come with me
And we'll make many storms"
He offered me the universe
But inside my heart there's a picture of a boy

Some call love a thief, some call love a curse
But he's my home
And he's as much apart for this broken heart, but see
Broken bones they always seem to mend

I'll taste the devil's tears
Drink from his soul, but I'll never give up you
I'll taste the devil's tears
Drink from his soul, but I'll never give up you

He said "I am the devil, girl,
Come with me and we'll break many laws"
He offered me eternal life but inside my heart there's a picture of a boy

Some call love a thief, some call love a curse
But he's my home
And he's as much apart for this broken heart, but see
Broken bones always seem to mend

I'll taste the devil's tears
Drink from his soul, but I'll never give up you
I'll taste the devil's tears
Drink from his soul, but I'll never give up you

Devil's Tears (Angus and Julia Stone)

‘Take Me Away’ produced and recorded by Matthew Nesvadba; recorded/mixed April 2014, at The Australian Institute of Music, Sydney.
Performed by Camilla Jones (Guitar and vocals)

LYRICS

Take me away, to someplace
Where the only sound is rain
We could wash away, 
all our fears of yesterday
We could just forget, 
all those awful things I said 

Take me away, far from this place
To somewhere I can escape

Is it a sign of weakness
To say that you are scared?
Is it a sign of failure
To tell someone you care?

Oh i'm sick and tired
Of you acting indifferent
I'm sick of right and wrong 
it's just a matter of opinion
Oh i'm sick and tired 
of your in-consistence
I'm sick of right and wrong
it's just a matter of opinion

Oh take me away
take me away

Take me away somewhere safe
where our dreams won't go to waste
we could hide away
build our future on today
we could both pretend
we don't know when this will end

Take me away, far from this place
To somewhere I can escape

Is it a sign of weakness
To say that you are scared?
Is it a sign of failure
To tell someone you care?

Oh i'm sick and tired
Of you acting indifferent
I'm sick of right and wrong 
it's just a matter of opinion
Oh i'm sick and tired 
of your in-consistence
I'm sick of right and wrong
it's just a matter of opinion

Oh take me away
take me away
take me away

Oh i'm getting tired of you acting indifferent
and i'm getting tired of your in-consistence 

Take Me Away (original)

I believe it's important to embrace challenges, to keep an open mind and try new things.

DeeJay CeeJay - in the hizzay

(Digital Technology remix assignment) 

9 Inch Nails - Only Remix

Major Composition Four. There's a second song on the way, which is related and also 6 minutes long. 

THE WAY

It wasn't the way, you were always there for me
You'd skip half your lessons, if I needed you to listen.
It wasn't the way, we were too young
for the bars and the clubs, and we'd rather that 3am bakery fun.

It wasn't the way you held my hand, 
as if everything was finally going to plan.
It wasn't the way you kissed my cheek
before catching your plane and leaving me

It wasn't the way you said goodbye
holding me close, you looked me straight in the eye
and said "I really love you"

Oh what a shame, you couldn't believe 
Someone like you, deserved someone like me 
I'm not to blame, it was you who denied
Opening your heart and letting us try.
 
It was more than enough, to say that you loved me,
You were scared of the fact, I might say it back.
Oh you just couldn't trust, I could love you so dearly  
The only problem, was believing there was one

It's not the way that every time, 
I hear someone's heart ache 
I break down and cry.

It's not the way, that you will not speak to me
Or that everyone's shocked 
and do not know what to say to me.

It wasn't the way you said goodbye
holding me close, you looked me straight in the eye
and said "I really love you"

Oh what a shame, you couldn't believe 
Someone like you, deserved someone like me 
I'm not to blame, it was you who denied
Opening your heart and letting us try.
 
It was more than enough, to say that you loved me,
You were scared of the fact, I might say it back.
Oh you just couldn't trust, I could love you so dearly  
The only problem, was believing there was one

Sometimes it's said, you need to get lost
in order to find, the things you can trust
My greatest mistake was losing myself
Was losing myself in the dreams that we made

You know I will always love you, 'till the end. 
You said "you're a great friend"

The Way (original)

LET IT GO - ORIGINAL 

I'm sick of writing love songs
for little boys, who think that they hate me

I'm sick of writing love songs
for little boys, who think that they know me

and of all of the books that i've ever read
you're the only idea that gets stuck in my head

Wish I could explain, 
Without causing change
Though as soon as I chase 
you, slip away.

I don’t know how to save this
my voice starts to shake, 
And as soon as I name it
I’m sure it’ll break.

You’ve got to let go
Let it all follow
You've got no real control
and there's no way you can ever know
So let it go

You've already infected me, I’m second guessing 
everything I thought I    could believe

And we're all just hopeless, human beings.
Craving control, of a world always one step ahead.

Wish I could explain, 
Without causing change
Though as soon as I chase 
You, slip away.

I don’t know how to save this
my hands start to shake, 
And as soon as I name it
I’m sure it’ll break

You’ve got to let it go
Let it all follow
You've got no real control
and there's no way you can ever know
So let it go

and of all of the stars
that I can see tonight
Oh you, are the brightest light 

Wish I could explain, 
Without causing change
Though as soon as I chase 
You, slip away.

I don’t know how to save this
my hands start to shake, 
And as soon as I name it
I’m sure it’ll break

I’ve got to let go
Let it all follow
I’ve got no real control
and there's no way I can ever know
So let i’ve let you go

Let It Go (original)

Only a month ago,
you held me in your arms
I told you I was undeserving
You told me to stay calm

I wonder is this self fulfilling
did I set my own demise 
is it written in the stars somewhere
is it just, a matter of time?

i don’t need fixing up
i’m fine the way i am
in my stubbornness i shut you out
i will not let you in 

you say that it’s not meaningless
there’s no such thing as chance
i know i don’t agree with that
and now i’m scared, i’ll break your heart

what kind of cruel universe
would put me in your path?
i’m not someone you deserve, 
a puzzle to pull apart


Universe (Original)

Engineer: Aaron Power
Producer: Alicia Limasa
Composer: Lucy Slevin

Vocals: Lucy Slevin/Ella Stewart
Violin: Steph Hill & Jara Stinson
Cello: Emma Champion

As part of my BMus Composition&Production, I had the pleasure of working with Aaron Power (Engineer) and Alicia Limasa (Producer) in a Recording Ensemble unit. 

The text is based on the folk story "A Tale of Three Brothers" by J.K Rowling, involving themes of magic, death and greed. 

Composition inspiration comes from traditional English narrative-style ballads, and melancholic melodic ideas of traditional Irish ballads. Stylistically inspired by contemporary folk bands such as Canadian band 'Jaron Freeman-Fox and The Opposite of Everything', Melbourne-based 'The Stray Hens' and Tasmanian  'LuLu and The Paige Turners.'

THREE BROTHERS - CAMILLA JONES

Three young brothers head out for the night
Down a road that they’ve followed a thousand times
Low and behold when they reach the river
The banks are flooded and the bridge is broke

Not to be deterred the brothers carried on
These three were wizards they waved their wands
With Spells and Magic, the bridge was good as new
The path only blocked by figure in a cloak

Death spoke to them in a quiet rage
He had flood the river to send them to their graves
Pretending to be pleased he offered each a prize
Knowing full well he would one day take their lives

First brother asked for a powerful wand
To make himself invincible, magic far beyond
Breaking off a branch from a tree nearby
Death crafted a wand to fulfil this dream

Second brother was an arrogant man
He asked for a trick to undo death’s hand
Picking up a stone from the riverside
Death said the stone would bring the dead to life

The final man was cautious of death
He asked for something to conceal himself
With great disdain death gave to him
His own cloak of invisibility

first brother travelled for a week or so
Showing off his wand attracted ill company
the wand stolen by a thief
Bringing back his dead fiancée with the stone
Mad with hopeless longing, he killed himself for her

After years of searching
death could never find the third
Concealed within the cloak
He was content in old age
Greeting death as equal,
he passed the cloak to his son
the final brother moved on

Three Brothers (Original)

Breathe in
08.05.15

I only wanted us to play safe
I never wanted to start throwing words
I never wanted this to end in broken hearts, 
broken hearted 

Everybody's trying to pitch in
Seems every person has their own advice 
I think I'll die trying to breathe in, breathe in

I think I'll die, 
trying to breathe in
Breathe in

I think I need clean air to breathe 
I've been trying to tell you things
I've been trying to tell you things 

We both charged across the line
Believing nobody was on the wrong side
Adding to the noise, screaming to be heard

Now in-between us is a wall of sound
With no intention of breaking down
It's crushing to silence, it's crushing, I'm drowning, it's crushing, I ...

I think I'll die, 
trying to breathe in
Breathe in

I think I need clean air to breathe 
I've been trying to tell you things
I've been trying to tell you things 

Breathe in

Sing me a song, 
That makes my heart
Weep for you.
Lull me into safety
Right before,
The poison hits.

Send me to sleep
Let me taste
The sweetest dreams.
Leave me restless,
Screaming when the
Nightmares begin.

Why don’t you kill me,
Kill me, kill me
Why don’t you kill me,
With that dagger of a smile.

Why don’t you kill me,
Kill me, kill me
Why don’t you kill me,
Put me out of my misery

Cast me a storm,
Shake the ground
Beneath my feet.
Shock me out of hiding,
Lightning strikes 
The games begin. 

Pull down the stars
Leave the night
Afraid and empty
The moon alone
Without her lovers
Darkness descends 

[chorus 1]

Tell me a tale,
Whisper stories
in my ear.
Spin your web of mysteries
Blur the lines
Of what is real.

Set me to burn,
Light the embers 
In my veins.
Dance beneath the moonbeams,
As the flames
Lick my face.

Why don’t you kiss me,
Kiss me, kiss me
Why don’t you kiss me,
With that dagger of a smile [x2]

Kiss Me

Too many fish in the pond
Too many clouds in the sky
Too many stars for the moon to shine
That's what you feel like

Too many guns in the keep
Too many bodies at sea
Too many pigs in the slaughterhouse
And still we do largely nothing

Air is draining out of this room
Fill my lungs with popped balloons
Rattling bones hold the cage
How do you make sense
of the stuff I say?

Popped Balloons

STRANGE COMFORT
22.01.17

Some places in this town,
I find it hard to go alone to.
I’ve started walking every morning,
‘Cause when I sleep I dream about you.

Finding strange comfort,
Hanging ‘round places we used to go.
Hope there’s something in the fabric,
Turn back all the clocks.
Sure no one will know.

Remember in last june,
The afternoon spent viewing artworks.
Surrounded by the masters
Eyes on you, my prize canvas

Everyone I talk to tells me it will pass, 
If I give it time. 
Fall apart. If I can’t keep you in life, 
I’ll keep you in mind.

Finding strange comfort,
Hanging ‘round places we used to go.
Hope there’s something in the fabric,
Turn back all the clocks.
Sure no one will know.

Strange Comfort

Lucy explores and celebrates the “emotional woman” archetype through thoughtful collections of covers and original songs, unique to each set. Her original songs mix folk singer-songwriter sincerity with neo-soul style vocals - think if Alicia Keys and Missy Higgins spent the day gardening and swapping love stories. Lucy engineered and recorded 5 of her original songs in late 2022 with an all-women band, she’s currently mixing and perfecting them for release over the coming year.

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