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Quiet Music For Quiet People

by Inga Liljeström

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1.
Here suspended Here time has ended Like cars and foreign places I try to lose myself here A break in the traffic Reminds you to breath A break in the net And you swim free I'm slowly I'm slowly surfacing I'm slowly surfacing I'm coming up for air A crack in the sunset Your butterfly wings are crumbling I'm slowly surfacing I'm slowly surfacing Ah sun Here she comes Oh sun Here it comes Sun Here it comes I'm slowly surfacing I'm slowly surfacing I feel the heat rising in you Tricking of water on the spine I can the angels singing They're saying your name
2.
Everything Everything feels real Feels real with you Everything Everything It feels real with you Everything feels close I can touch inside Curled up inside with you He doesn't recognise the love I have for him yet Stored up in my insides Worn on the inside for so long now I carry him home with me Through the dark you can lead me Blindfolded You can lead me on Lead me on Like the sky the sunset Finally wake In the palm of gods hand I lie I just have to wait I just have to wait 'Cause the truth is I haven't put my hands where they belong I hope they belong with you I hope they belong with you
3.
Fall 08:24
Fall for the first time Knowing it won't be the last Fall for the first time Knowing it won't be the last Early morning You walk quietly away Leave without a trace Don't you All the days beauty unravels You're dressed in a sunset About to meet the moonset You wear shiseido red to turn my head To turn my head You fall for the first time Knowing it won't be the last It won't be the last Early morning Walk quietly away Leave without a trace My wild dove My Lizard heart How could you love me With words like that With words like that And how could you love me With words like that With words like that Alone with you Hotel room Lights are flickering Your smoked stained hands I light a match To light you up inside And like this match I come alive Second line is yin A woman The ice is too thin You cannot cross Bird finds it's nest The traveller first laughs Then he cries Then he cries My wild dove My lizard heart It's early morning I'll fall into love I'll fall into love I'll fall into love Act as if you're asleep Pour from her so lazy Silver fox Camellia Milk and the crush as you moan Tiny lights will tear us apart Tiny lights will tear us apart How could you love me with words like that How could you love me with words like that
4.
It's a red afternoon Stop your moanin' I dress lightly Forecasting temperatures Rise to the point Of catastrophe Of course he loves her She's waking up waking up Of course he loves her She's waking up She's waking up She hiding things from him Poems and broken heart strings Raw like diamonds They fall from her mouth He gathers her words And swallows hard It's in your hands now love Of course he loves her She's waking up Of course she feels him She's waking up Lost in the world Anoraks and parkers Buses and trains I forget to say your name Lost in the world Anoraks and parkas Buses and trains I forget to say your name
5.
Strange Days 08:02
Take mine You can take all of this Too much Already had enough It's all getting too loaded From my lovers tongue Words run through me His words they run right through me I'm city bound And bound to fall soon You make me so god damn high You make me so high I can't get through So much beauty before All you do and speak Is such beautiful anarchy Shivering you stun me Blue eyes they gun me down City bound and bound to fall soon You make me so god damn high Almost reaching you Oh love what have I done To kill the thrill we had You don't talk anymore Ain't it strange Ammunition from my lovers tongue Words run right through me Strange days I can't trust this one I expect my heart to brake Fatalist my heart See, you've broken me before Strange Days Can't trust this one Oh strange days Expect my heart to break Fatalist my heart Fatalist my heart The thrill it nearly kills you honey The thrill it nearly kills you honey It nearly kills
6.
Lost Highway 02:30
When you take your love away from me When I'm left to look at all this We've come to far haven't we Without knowing Without knowing With your hot hands If i could turn your heart like a key Unlock the sparks They would fly like darts I can't explain how this happened I can't explain it A lost highway I will run With wild geese that fly Without the weight of you dear I can't go through Without the weight of you
7.
Sleep Longer 05:14
I'm just going to sleep through all this I'm just going sleep through all this My head is full of ramblings My mind is full of you But I come alive with you love I come alive with you Just sleep he said I'll watch from here His crooked teeth And hands so warm I lose myself here And I come alive with you love I come alive with you And I come alive with you love And I come alive with you With you love
8.
There's a place for us The sun is shining there It's a place near the mouth Touches the tongue Catches the breath Finds a home in the heart There's a place for us The sun is shining there is a place near the mouth Touches the tongue Caught in the throat Catches the breath Finds a home in the heart Hitching up her skirt He said ‘I think you're the one I prayed to god about' I crash against him It's the weave we make It's the weave we make He says he wants to shine Delicate, tiny and drunk Delicate, tiny and drunk
9.
Lumen 11:23
See in heart I am all blood It beats through me See in my hands I carry a part Keep me close to remind me See in my eyes A place for your to fill See in my mouth A taste I have Thirst for you still See into me As I see into you Close your eyes now love Close your eyes now love Nothing to fear Nothing at all Nothing to fear Nothing at all Into a hidden part of me He comes quietly Please Into a hidden part of me He comes quietly Please All I am is here

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This project is completely improvised. Some songs have cracks you are most welcome to fall into.

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released August 14, 2006

Inga Liljeström - vocals, lyrics
Heather Stratfield - cello
Bob Scott - laptop, samples
Michael Lira - double bass, piano, glockenspiel
Johnny Carr - lap steel guitar
Alon Ilsar - drums, incidental sounds

Recorded and mixed by Andy Hills over two nights in August, Surry Hills Sydney. Mastered by Bob Scott.

It was an improvised project Andy and Inga had talked about over a few teas.

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Inga Liljeström Melbourne, Australia

I am an Australian/Finnish composer, vocalist and performer. I've also begun to experiment with film, collage, music for installations and an iPhone app, and have recently collaborated with universities in Australia and Finland in music and performance art.

Currently based in the UK.

Banner photography by Sarah Delaney. Profile image painted by Esmeralda Raven Aponte
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