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Kidsticks

by Beth Orton

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1.
Snow 04:12
I’ll astrally project myself into the life of someone else I’ll astrally project myself into the life of someone else someone else As the day resolves to night I notice I have made my world go out of focus I’ve been through the best of times that didn’t even touch the sides I’ve been through the worst of times that never even came to light I’ve been through the best of times that didn’t even touch the sides I’ve been through the worst of times that never even came to life I’m getting high I’m getting high getting high off your star You are all aglow In the smoke and snow
2.
Moon 04:02
I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know what the moon feels like within I know what the sun feels like on my skin I wanna know how the moon gives life within And the same moon rises over me as you And there is really not much about that, that we can do I see your light ain’t it bright keeps me up all night I see your light, ain’t it bright Keeps me up all night And theres a world that I can only see by the light of the moon and there is that that i can only want more than i do and theres a light that i can only feel when i’m with you and the same moon rises over me as you and there is really not much about that that we can do no there is really not much about that that we can do I see the light ain’t it bright keeps me up all night I see the light ain’t it bright keeps me up all night keeps me up all night And i listen to the grass grow and i wonder what i don’t know And I listen to the grass grow And I wonder what I don’t know and there is really not much about that that i can do when the same moon rises over me as you! I see the light ain’t it bright… Keeps me up all night I feel the light ain’t it bright keeps me up all night
3.
Petals 03:58
Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim They’d been held to the stem as though holding their breath’ Collectively they agree to exhale and be free Now one after another they tumble silently Oblivious to me The ashes of last night sigh into a heap. Petals pour from themselves in a synchronized swim I am woken in a moment as they break the air Disintegrate integrate with resigned grace lining up to jump they remind me of tears Sudden and many fall I look to you Your empty chair And then I remember Why there's lilac in the air My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you My tears well up and cry for you Theres wet in my hair and I never knew My tears well up and cry for you My tears My tears My tears My tears These are my tears
4.
1973 02:53
You got a certain way i swear of sticking it in Even though you only ever lose or you win I always said I’d wait and wait and wait just to see But I’ve been waiting here since 1973 It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere x2 Looking back in time right now to 72 I remember all the stupid things we’d do Sitting round and speeding like its 79 there was always somewhere else I had to be in my mind Swimming in my mind Swimming in my mind Swimming in my mind Through a liquid sky Looking below Well, it changed my dreams And now nothing is quite what it seems It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere You got a certain way I swear Of sticking it there Ridiculously obvious And never less aware I always said I’d wait and wait and wait just to see I’ve been waiting here since 1973 It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere It only happens elsewhere I didn’t do it I swear I wasn’t even there Elsewhere Elsewhere I must have been elsewhere….
5.
Wave 03:16
If I were a wave you’d have caught me If you were my light I would fade If you were the sea you’d not turn your back on me I’d shake your fury right out off of me I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Crying out to you Breathe me in I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Crying out to you Breathe me in If I am wave come and catch me If I am all wrong make me right When I am a sound I was twisting out loud Shake that fury right on out to see I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Crying out to you Breathe me in I was crying out for you Before I ever knew Calling out to you Breathe me in And all in all what the sea forgets And all in all what the sea forgets All in all remember not to forget to shake the fury right out off of me And all in all let the sea forget And all in all let the sea forget All in all remember not to forget That you and I were always going to be
6.
Dawnstar 04:47
There is starlight burning in our hearts tonight Hear the moonlight speak your name We’re a long way hidden form the cold tonight I see the dawn star falling where you are You knew the cause You knew the undertaking You fought the law Theres always something else we need But our love is gaining speed Gaining speed Now love is gaining speed When the weather was young the landscape out of reach And i was lonesome for your love Well we’re a long way from somewhere we have ever been And I am thankful what we have is enough And won’t be ashamed to wear it on the outside wear that on the outside of my dreams Our love is gaining speed gaining speed gaining speed love is all we need love is gaining speed
7.
Falling 04:22
I hear you bout a million miles from here i’m with you but i don’t know if its clear i don’t look down what I see is what i get So i close my eyes and i feel you better there And I’m falling back wards I’m falling sidewards I’m falling backwards from your arms And it looks like our harvest didn’t come in It feels like we are losing everything Now my phone book is filing up with dead friends and i wonder who would answer if I called them And I’m falling backwards I’m falling sidewards I’m falling backwards form your arms from your arms Works like a charm I’m falling back wards I’m falling sidewards I’m falling backwards form your arms And I’ve fallen so hard I’ve fallen so low and i can’t get back get back to where we were Ohhh I’m falling falling Ohh I’m falling falling Ohh I’m falling from the sky Love brought me right round to you When I was falling so hard When I’d fallen so low that I can’t get back to where we were I got back to where we were
8.
There is that I can only hear by the moon I lay still enough to hear the trees grow I listen for the creak of thier thoughts And I hear your corduroy legs running up the stairs And all the kindest words are held in reserve For you And all my gentlest thoughts A hand reaches to me Across the banished sea and holds me Holds me holding you It holds me Holding you There is that I can only hear by the moon I lay still enough to hear the trees grow I listen for the creak of thier thoughts and all the wisdom their age bestows I hear your corduroy legs running up the stairs All the kindest words reserved For you All my gentlest thoughts Are yours A hand reaches out to me Across the vanished sea and holds me, Holds me Holding you
9.
Gonna lay my cruelty down Getting tired of the sound All the ways I use to hurt myself All is sky and all is sea Our days are spaces Between dreams She'll be your first I could be your last Ever it is I'm not going to change it Ever it is I’m not gonna name it What will be I’m certain I don’t know We have today And that is forever Life after life’ When we are together An endless sky The light in your eye A little feel in the dark For the beautiful spark And now I’m grateful for the storm That ever brought me to your door Any breeze that brought me to my knees Theres always been a beautiful sky Its just theres some clouds in my eyes I was wild but i need you to be free Ever it is it ain’t mine to name it Ever it is it ain't mine to claim it What will be I’m certain I don’t know We have today And that is forever Life after life’ When we are together An endless sky The light in your eye A little feel feel in the dark For the beautiful spark Big blue sky Behind the clouds of our eyes A little feel in the dark For the beautiful spark whatever this is whatever this is whatever this is
10.
Kidsticks 01:16

credits

released May 27, 2016

Produced by Beth Orton and Andrew Hung

Lyrics written by Beth Orton. Music composed by Beth Orton and Andrew Hung

Beth Orton: Vocals, keyboards & synthesizers

Andrew Hung: synth programming & drum programming

Additional musicians:

George Lewis, Jr.: electric guitar

Bram Inscore: bass

Guillermo E. Brown: drums

Lucky Paul: drums and percussion

Chris Taylor: backing vocals on “Wave” and “Falling,” bass on “Snow”

Dustin O’Halloran: piano on “Corduroy Legs”, string arrangement on “Flesh And Blood,” “Falling” and “Dawnstar”

Shahzad Ismaily: bass on “Moon,” bass and Moog on “Flesh and Blood”

Szela Thompson: backing vocals on “Petals Pour” and “Flesh and Blood”

Mixed by David Wrench

Mastered by Mike Marsh at The Exchange - www.exchangemastering.co.uk

Andrew & Beth made the initial tracks in Kaveh Rastegar’s garden. After that: bass & drums recorded by Jake Aron at Dave’s Room. Electric guitar recorded by Chris Taylor at (?), and Dustin added his strings and piano in Berlin at (?)

Vocals recorded by Alain Johannes at(?), except for “Snow” recorded by Oli Krauss and “Flesh And Blood” recorded by Thomas Bartlett at Saltlands

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