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Winter Lady

by Birds Of Passage

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1.
Fatal Melody 07:03
i don't want to remember, don't think about the days before. if you're cold put on a jacket, if you miss me, miss her more. i don't look with favour on your time with me. i won't be the saviour for your fatal melody. i don't want to remember, don't think about the days before. if you're cold put on a jacket, if you miss me, miss her more. if you miss me, miss her more. i don't look with favour on your time with me. i won't be the saviour for your fatal melody.
2.
quiet now, oh listen now i hear its thrill in every bone ghostly face, painted lips divine kiss. life was never crazier and i was never lovelier and highwaymen in midnight masks would whisk me away. sweep, sweep me off my feet carefree in that dress, waiting in the silence, i would be your moonlight Bess. quiet love, oh listen, love, i feel its thrill in every bone, wait between the shadows for a pair of pretty eyes. life was so much crazier and I was so much lovelier and highwaymen in midnight masks whisked me away, sweep, sweep me off my feet, take me to your hidden hollow on the hill, make me your highway girl. highwayman, i'm riding nigh 'midst midnight's trees and devil's sky, watch between the shadows for a pair of desperate eyes, sweep, sweep me off my feet take me to your hidden hollow on the hill, capture me your highway girl.
3.
sing a song of whispers unravelled in all of my troubled skin interpret all of my dreaming before they begin. search my body for the scars hiding lonely on my skin, holding memories fettered within. run your fingers through all of my coils, bound and bleeding I cannot unwind. but tell me, tell me, tell me tell me, tell me, tell me... tell me you don't mind. and you've all of us fading away with the night and you've all of us fading away with the night and you've all of us fading, you've all of us fading, you've all of us fading away with the night. search my body for the scars. sing a song of whispers unravelled in all of my troubled skin, interpret all of my dreaming before they begin.
4.
slumber the dark, these terrible bones break dearest of hearts, god only knows our castle of dreams, where you would be King and i would be Queen. now this daughter's song, broken with sorrows, dying to leave haunted tomorrows, your promise of dreams where you would be King and she would be Queen. slumber the dark, these terrible bones break dearest of hearts our castle of dreams where you would be King and i would be Queen. i would be Queen. does she deserve your terrible blows? what bargain she lost god only knows, but hiding in her disaster of dreams, she's ever a Queen. is your love worth these haunted bones? dearest of hearts, god only knows, disaster of dreams, you will be King and i will be Queen.
5.
Hollow 03:39
and crumbling away, would Solomon say you're wise? don't tell me, I'll know when your eyes become hollow as mine as mine. so today was the day, today was the day, green eyes green eyes you took me by surprise... ...they became hollow as mine as mine. and crumbling away would Solomon say you're wise?
6.
so make me a dreamer as i used to be, singing my mind to the future beside me filling my lungs with the hope of a maiden now may i forget you and your ghost never find me. come over to my place and i'll look right through you. i know the secrets and the the eyes that have changed you, you poured the poison in the cup of my trust i drank to our health and you destroyed us. you destroyed us. filling your lungs with the blood of a maiden, oh may i forget you and the monster inside you. the monster inside you
7.
so silence beckons his lonely hand as someone else's tongue slips off my own. arrange your flowers so they will whisper their last, i know you would give all of yourself for that. so i'll find you unshaven and up to your knees in broken bones and shattered pieces of me. there's a girl who never made my terrible mistakes will you come around and taste me now? oh darkest night, waltzing while we sleep, touch me, I'm the crippled bride of fear, hold me and my winter fingers disappear. so i'll find you unshaven and up to your knees in broken bones and shattered pieces of me. will you come around and taste me now? will you come around and taste me now?

about

A masterwork of minimalism, WINTER LADY - Alicia Merz's sophomore solo effort as BIRDS OF PASSAGE sees a return to the desolate and melancholic soundcscapes of her highly acclaimed debut, WITHOUT THE WORLD. With WINTER LADY, Alicia presents us with an endearing invitation into her fragile world, a captivating journey through the landscapes of her emotional euphoria and agony, a further commitment to musical experimentation, a worthy addition to the oeuvre of BIRDS OF PASSAGE.

The cold minimalist-drones, distorted field recordings, and sparse instrumentation, illustrate an icy, desolate and dark world. It's as if we are listening to the sound of winter itself; an audio exposure to the unforgiving elements of winter.

With allusions to dark-pop and classic broken-folk, the reverb drenched instrumentation, metaphorical fairytale lyrics, and anti-climactic compositions remind us that Alicia Merz is a singer songwriter for people who don't like singer songwriters.

With WINTER LADY, Alicia re-establishes herself as a true musical maverick - who is able to capture the imaginations of audiences as diverse as those of SIGUR ROS, GROUPER and ZOLA JESUS. In short, BIRDS OF PASSAGE's WINTER LADY is an album of authentic experimentation, masterful minimalism, immense tragedy, and glacial beauty. It is not surprising that already after the first album artists including AIDAN BAKER and NILS FRAHM belonged to the fanbase of BIRDS OF PASSAGE.

Mastered by NILS FRAHM.

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released December 17, 2011

Released by Denovali Records and Bathetic

All music written and produced by Alicia Merz, except 'Away With The Night' produced in collaboration with Monolyth & Cobalt.

Artwork by Bruno Merz
Mastered by Nils Frahm at Durton Studio (Berlin)

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lo-fi, minimalist, ambient artist in voluntary exile since 1985

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