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Lillium

by Andra Taylor

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1.
Queen 02:50
My arms are open wide Why don’t you come inside Because you make me feel like a Queen You make me like a Queen I’m tired, I am broke I’m the butt of this very funny joke But you won’t let me fall to my knees No you won’t let me fall to my knees My winter’s cold and it is long I’m an empty shell walkin ‘round, humming a song While you out in the cold While you out in the cold But summer’s here and I am free Don’t really know what’s to become of me Distract me while I am here Distract me while I am here Because….. My arms are open wide Why don’t you come inside Because you make me feel like a Queen You make me feel like a Queen
2.
8 04:21
I’ll tell them I was raised by wolves I’ll tell them How they ate my heart and kept some in a jar And they used my bones to pick their teeth And they drank their wine and lived on grief And I buried myself So I wouldn't die I’ll tell them When I was in my grave I’ll tell them How I sang so sweet but made no noise And I didn't write, because, what was the choice? And the drums above my head Would loosen stones I've seen my trials I've seen my death And a well-oiled machine Is burning through the night In my dreams Burning through the night In my dreams You only need a small reason To Be I’ll tell them What they want to hear I’ll tell them Of bubbling glasses; of silk and cream Of all the money to live out your dreams I’ll tell them I’ll tell them I’ll tell them I've seen my trial I've seen my death And a well-oiled machine Is burning through the night In my dreams Burning through the night In my dreams Just give me a reason Give me a reason I have a reason To Be
3.
Slumber 03:29
From me You can expect The unexpected Desperate for love For contact Can you feel me reach? The action The lights To be all aglow And all signs tell me They tell me Tell me I am a different breed All your assumptions Your judgments A blockage Chop Chop Cut my heart in two I am awake And I am in my place I won’t take My choice My choice My choice The slumber’s run its course From you I would expect A new tradition Open arms After all Ain't that family? Out of the darkness The negative Against all odds To make something beautiful I am awake I am in my place I won’t take My choice My choice My choice The slumber’s run its course
4.
Chicago 05:40
I think I’m moving to Chicago I hear the winters there are mighty cold But I don’t care; I stole your sweater I’ll build a fire before I play in the snow Because everything here isn't fine Everything here’s been gentrified and hipstafied Forty dollar thrift store shirts; condos and order Everything costs a buck and nothing’s good with our love I don’t think I can hang on Hang on I realize the potential in us that you don’t see Partner in crime, here we go again So shame on me I can’t find the door So I’ll leave quiet through the floor boards You do you And I’ll do me You do you And I’ll do me I think I’m moving down to Nashville Hitch up my crazy dog and put him in the car He’s gonna pant and whine He’s gonnna bark at other drivers He’s gonna drool on my arm, and I’ll think Where have I gone wrong? But at least he’s good to me, at least he’s faithful And he knows wherever I am That’s home That’s home I let go of this great idea because You don’t see Partner in crime, here we go again So shame on me I know I broke your heart So you’re breaking mine And all I can say is, why this time? Why this time? So I think I’ll move to San Francisco New York is far too gray I need Technicolor I’m gonna shave my head Find a girlfriend Plant a garden and learn to paint I want to make a new dream and I want to see it through And if you look back you’ll see that’s all I’ve asked of you That’s all I've asked That’s all I've asked That’s all I've asked I see so much potential in us Tell me, do you see? Partner in crime, here we go again So shame on me I might not know this story But I’ll walk the page As I’m dreaming Dream of better days Dreaming, dream of better days As I’m dreaming Dream of better days
5.
Lillian Pink 03:10
I think I’m going to change my name to Lillian Pink And when I find my love lost at sea I will lay down I will lay down While you wait While you wait You say you can’t find another who’s as good as me Look at you spoiled, your hands folded, foiled All your plans in the line of me While you wait While you wait So close Yet so far away But there’s some sun, is what you say While I wait While I wait Anything I want is at my fingertips If anything and everything Created equally and fine Anything I want is at my fingertips If anything and everything Created equally and fine While I wait While I wait
6.
I am flower That grew up from the pavement Some type of anomaly, still you don’t see the beauty in me Life is a poem Your words are the prose You've gotta pick your players and craft your lines And try to walk a million miles With some holes in your shoes I don’t think you’re on the same road as me But I've got a map and a key And I’ll begin my… Long Walk Home I am a poet Alone on my lonely isle I pick my players and craft my lines Still I can’t seem to find my kind With these holes in my shoes Time is my distance Humbled from where I ran And if I was a better woman If I was a better man I would know it’s not about shoes So if you feel like you’re falling down I've been that way and I've come around I begin my… Long Walk Home All this time what have I been searching for? All this time All this time I've been searching for Love Love Love Love Love I know I don’t know you But I've always known your name And if I could take your worry If I could take all your pain I would stand in your shoes I would stand in your shoes I would stand in your shoes I would stand I am a flower Time is my distance Life is a poem Love Love Love Love Love
7.
Neg. 05:06
I am representing everything I've ever learned And deep down under my skin Deep inside, from within That disease hasn't conquered me Away from me Away from me Away from me Away from me Negativity Like a babe afraid, I’m looking for comfort In my mother, in my sisters But these days I find, I am my own And everything’s wrapped up in you My lover, my friend My lover, my lover Part from me not Always with me stay Away from me Away from me Away from me Away from me Negativity It’s a tired conversation Endless questions filled with doubt A stifled scream, I can’t find my way out Of the piece, you never gave me mine to say And I was quiet all those years Never got in your way So now your ignorance is lost in bliss Swooping in to feel my kiss And hear my stories, so long as, they are brief A colder heart would say goodbye Instead I’ve chose to pacify And build my world around a lie that eats at my brain Away Away Away Away Away from me Away from me Away from me Away Away Away

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The Lillium flower genus represents a reclaiming and rebirth of the creative feminine. The creation and development of these songs have been, without a doubt, a journey.

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released September 9, 2014

This album was recorded, produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Andra Taylor & Nate Dodge in their tour bus in campgrounds and driveways while on tour across the U.S. All songs written by Andra Taylor. The photograph on the album cover is an award-winning science photo, taken by U.K.-based photomicrographer, Spike Walker. The photo, titled "Lillium," is the cross-section of a lilly flower bud. To view more of Mr. Walker's photomicrographic images and to learn more about his technique, please visit: www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct10/sw-gallery5.html. Mr. Walker's stunning images are also easily found by searching: "Spike Walker" "Photography."

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Andra Taylor & Nate Dodge Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In 2012, Philadelphia-based duo, Andra Taylor & Nate Dodge packed up their instruments, sold everything they owned and moved into a bus. They toured the country non-stop for 3 years, merging her Indie/Americana with his Progressive/Alternative as a collaborative effort. In 2016 Taylor and Dodge continue their musical journey under the band name Pit Folk. Visit: Pitfolk.com for info. ... more

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