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diff --git a/album/love-letters.yaml b/album/love-letters.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57f3200 --- /dev/null +++ b/album/love-letters.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,288 @@ +Album: Love Letters +Date: April 15, 2024 +Date Added: June 12, 2024 +URLs: +- https://circlejourney.bandcamp.com/album/love-letters +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqjsH1EWm__OzRoZeT1fdZr7OaeeMre-U +- https://open.spotify.com/album/72KpHh8L9ZloORVQdnY11K +- https://music.apple.com/album/love-letters-single/1741295942 +Cover Artists: +- Circlejourney +Cover Art File Extension: png +Color: '#EB53BF' +Groups: +- Circlejourney +- Beyond +Commentary: |- + <i>Circlejourney:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://circlejourney.bandcamp.com/album/love-letters)) + Three songs about three times I was in love. +--- +Track: Return to Sender +Duration: '03:43' +Referenced Tracks: +- Petite Suite IV. Ballet - for Piano 4 hands +URLs: +- https://circlejourney.bandcamp.com/track/return-to-sender +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJCcw4ejmZU +- https://open.spotify.com/track/4k6Gnw7ZmIHyqiDHRxfgRA +- https://music.apple.com/album/return-to-sender/1741295942?i=1741295943 +Lyrics: |- + Here falls a light rain + A brush, a spark + I see her take her aim + Watch her hit the mark + And from her fingers + It makes a perfect arc + Out of her hands and into my heart + + We pick a piece + And sneak to the wing + She doesn't notice + How my heart is racing + And when our hands cross + The keys are ringing + Love is a cage and how my heart sings + + Here falls a light rain + A brush, a spark + I see her take her aim + Watch her hit the mark + And from her fingers + It makes a perfect arc + Out of her hands and into my heart + + (Yeah) + + I learned young, sometimes + You fall for people out of reach + Love's a song where the rhymes + Don't match or fall on the beat + But sing it, even vain + Life is fleeting, heartbreak won't be this sweet again + + Here falls a light rain, a brush, a spark + I see her take her aim, watch her hit the mark + And from her fingers, it makes a perfect arc + Out of her hands and into my heart + + (She falls asleep) + We pick a piece + And sneak to the wing + (Right next to me) + She doesn't notice + How my heart is racing + (Each song I write) + And when our hands cross + The keys are ringing + (Keep me up at night) + Love is a cage and how my heart sings + + Night sky, ocean stirs + We stargaze together + Somewhere untamed + I name the stars for her + Moonstruck, I look away + As always, nothing stays + But eight years, still I + Dream of her at night + + Here falls a light rain + Oh, what have I become + She falls asleep again + I want her in my arms + She takes me home + She looks me in the eye + And says she has a boy + + Does she remember + The hall in evening light + Every December (Does she remember) + The songs I used to write (The hall in evening light) + And all the letters (Every December) + My love was waking (The songs I used to write) + Return to sender (And all the letters) + My heart was breaking + + My heart's a bird that's learning to sing + + (Won't you look this way) + Here falls a light rain + A brush, a spark + I see her take her aim + Watch her hit the mark + And from her fingers + It makes a perfect arc + Out of her hands and into my heart + + (Won't you look this way) + We pick a piece + Hall piano playing + (Right next to me) + She doesn't notice + How my heart is racing + (Return to sender) + And when our hands cross + The bells are ringing + Love is a cage and how my heart sings + + Young love is such a bittersweet thing +--- +Track: Lost in Transmission +Duration: '04:27' +Contributors: +- D. Taylor (editing for Japanese lyrics) +Referenced Tracks: +- The Wind Forest +Sampled Tracks: +- SCORE Audio +URLs: +- https://circlejourney.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-transmission +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD-Rnc61jS8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/5AB2xvuvr0kpG6jVH4teSX?si=8d8851238e6e48ec +- https://music.apple.com/album/lost-in-transmission/1741295942?i=1741295944 +Lyrics: |- + We stood and watched the satellites fly + And we held hands but never kissed goodbye + I will name a planet, tell me how far it lies + Tell me how it will die, tell me where in the sky it is + Three stars stand in a line + Our sign on the celestial sphere + One end points to Spica, and one to Arcturus + We tried to cry but no one could hear us + + We were tears running in the rain + On a one way plane, on a runaway train + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me + We were just two lovers lying on the ground + Watch the sky turn round, watch it die and drown + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me + + We saw our reflections in a window + And we looked like a king and queen though + I will name the stars, tell me how bright they burn + Tell me how they will die + Tell me how they will turn for us + Vega, Deneb and Altair + Read our fates in the star-crossed lovers + We were just too young, I was just too broken + But our eyes were closed, and our hearts were open + + We were tears running in the rain + On a one way plane, on a runaway train + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me + We were just two lovers lying on the ground + Watch the sky turn round, watch it die and drown + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me + + Every word was like a signal from a satellite + However hard I tried, I couldn't find a way to write + An ending for our tale, so stops and starts without a fight + It was to no avail, I took a flight and vanished in the night + + (Through the marvels of planetary advancement + My voice is coming to you from a satellite + Circling in outer space + My message is a simple one) + + We were tears running in the rain + On a one way plane, on a runaway train + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me + We were just two lovers lying on the ground + Watch the sky turn round, watch it die and drown + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me, yeah + + Ame wa futteta + Anata no kao ga + Watashi no me ni + Munashiku utsutteta + Hoshi ga kawatteta + Sora ga mawatteta + Waratte naite + Futari ga kawatteta + + (<i>We were tears running in the rain + On a one way plane, on a runaway train + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me + We were just two lovers lying on the ground + Watch the sky turn round, watch it die and drown + Was it love or envy, love or envy + That kept him with me, that kept him with me</i>) +--- +Track: Signal Flare +Duration: '04:00' +URLs: +- https://circlejourney.bandcamp.com/track/signal-flare +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSo-hvLnTrM +- https://open.spotify.com/track/6kkdGiYQsFpHTEOIcQeVLf?si=8bbb3966833c4adf +- https://music.apple.com/album/signal-flare/1741295942?i=1741295945 +Lyrics: |- + By the time you hear this, you'll know the ways I'm in pain + You'd've seen me curled on the floor screaming for help again + I'm never hoping that anyone will come + But you did, whoa + Sometimes I'm a capsizing boat firing a flare + Certain that the towns on the mountain can't see me up there + Cities and ports in the storm, blinking for help that won't come + But you did, whoa + + Why did you choose me? I don't know + When thousands of people come and go + And all the ones that we lose, we love till death or goodbye + All will die, but God, it's worth a go + + Hold me in your arms like it's forever + Let's forget the past but never ever + Say it was a waste, for the taste of love, I'll have the pain + If I gain nothing, still you were always worth the go + You know, I love you so + + Do you still remember we sat at tables + And talked the evening over + And drank and mourned and walked + Your plans for dinner that week, my fear of falling asleep + I went home, whoa + Bridges where we stood and decided where we would go + Pictures in the neighbourhood lights and cars going slow + Trading the night for the day, the passing ships in the bay + Where I roam, whoa + + Why did I choose you, I don't know + When old doors are closing, new ones open + Love is a ride, in time we all must alight + Hold on tight, you know it's worth a go + + Hold me in your arms like it's forever + Let's forget the past but never ever + Say it was a waste, for the taste of love, I'll have the pain + If I gain nothing, still you were always worth it + So raise the sail, we answer to no nation + Freedom means we need no destination + So say, "We do it scared," 'cause we dared to brave the deep unknown + Though I know nothing + Still you are always worth the go + You know I love you so + + When the signal starts to fade, I'm afraid to start a war + Am I sending Morse to someone who's reading semaphore? + Still we try to hear each other, each rhyme and metaphor + Restring the lines each time, let's try once more + + (One, two, three) + Hold me in your arms like it's forever + Let's forget the past but never ever + Say it was a waste, for the taste of love, I'll have the pain + If I gain nothing, still you are always worth it + So raise the sail, we answer to no nation + Freedom means we need no destination + So say, "We do it scared," 'cause we dared + To brave the deep unknown + Though I know nothing + Still you are always worth the go + You know I love you so |