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by Birdy Bardot

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1.
Either Way 03:37
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Had my ear to the ground My head up in the clouds So sick of every sickness And I need an answer now If I walk a righteous way Will this world do right by me It doesn’t matter What you say I keep a coin in my hand And flip it when I can Heads I’m heading home But I think it’s tails again But it doesn’t really matter Either way it lands I will make my choices when I can I’m not sure what waits for me I’m not so sure that you know But either way I’ll take the long way home I never got my answers But you know how that goes So either way I’ll take the long way home We’re all in this parade We’re marching every day Don’t you ever fail to smile Cause In a mile you’ll get made Don’t think you’re the only one who’s wounded in some way One more actor in this play So we all tow the line With our minute hands we try To reach the slightest second As we tip toe over minds If caution’s what your cautioning you lost me this last time Can’t keep quiet not tonight I’m not sure what waits for me I’m not so sure that you know But either way I’ll take the long way home I never got my answers But you know how that goes So either way I’ll take the long way home You can have the last word if you want it I prefer the silence either way When you speak I hear a nest of hornets I won’t let your words lead me astray I’m not sure what waits for me I’m not so sure that you know But either way I’ll take the long way home I never got my answers But you know how that goes So either way I’ll take the long way home
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Fortune 03:02
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You read my fortune You read my fortune You read my fortune And got it wrong You said that dark days Were all behind me You read my fortune And got it wrong And got it wrong I have been tortured Yes I've been tortured Oh I know torture And it is love After it leaves you You best believe you You will know torture And name it love You’ll name it love Born into wrong We don’t belong Said to be strong And now you’re gone And now you’re gone I have seen heaven Oh I've known heaven Such fleeting heaven Was in your eyes Like copper desert With streaks of green earth Yes I've seen heaven Deep in your eyes Deep in your eyes Born into wrong We don’t belong Said to be strong And now you’re gone
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Wake Me Up With Fire 03:01
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Easy sinkin Too much thinking Every single subject but myself Self fulfilling Trigger pulling Gotta keep these guns up on the shelf Downward spiral Been a while Screens are sad reflections of a soul Don’t believe in What I’m seeing Seems as if we’ve givin up control   Wake me Wake me up with fire Shake me I’ve been blind I need to see a change before I die Lightening striking On the highway Finally see the night for what it is For a second Nervous wrecking I saw clear and then I saw eclipse Hard to learn with Bridges burning Turning every path to dust and ash Every last fear How’d we get here Chaperoned by bones of broken glass   Wake me Wake me up with fire Shake me I’ve been blind I need to see a change before I die What’s the purpose Sunday service All I need is breathing through the trees That’s my sermon When the ground is burning it’s Probably best to stay up off your knees
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Slowly Know Me 03:10
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Slowly Know me Kerosene eyes looking back Lightning Striking Everything we’ve never had Moving Forward Always onward and away My twin The wind Tethered to another day I tried to try I don’t ask why Anymore Just open up another door Wake up Early Before the sliver of the sun Mornin Warnin Another day that’s never done Every Single Stray will wind up deep and down In dust We trust In the fallen things we’ve found I tried to try I don’t ask why Anymore Just open up another door Drawing patterns in the clouds I got my destination now Doesn’t matter anyhow I tried to try I don’t ask why Anymore Just open up another door
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Only Need You to Love Me 03:33
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All things for a reason All things come at once Just another season Underneath the gun I've been bad at breathing So much on my mind I might own the currency of courage but that don't buy me time I only need you to love me And lift this weight from above me Give me something Give me everything Or Nothing at all I'm caught in the cross fire Caught Out in the storm Life will get you from both sides At least you have been warned Out there walking tight ropes Over burning coals And I'm fine with this island but I don't want to be alone I only need you to love me And lift this weight from above me Give me something Give me anything Or nothing at all Give me something Give me everything Or nothing at all
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Take it all Away 04:55
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Captive audience  Captured by the glow And the phantom rings Of a lifeless phone It's a napalm dawn  And a bloodshot sky When your favorite song's Broken lullaby Give me open road Give me setting sun Before I overdose Rhetoric and guns I can't take the weight Of another word Though I'll wait for you Like a dream that's been deferred Deferred  Will you save me from All you can think of Will you show me some Something strong as love Maybe just distract Me from all the print If the papers bleed Will you let me squint I'm so tired of New distopia And I'm fired up And I hope you just Cool and calm me down Tame my flame and crown Put this fire out  But don't let me drown Take this all away Take this all away from me History repeats Like a lunatic  Running through the streets Shouting at the bricks And they pray for change Yet they act the same Sit and watch and wait Lightening strikes again So if this is it If we're going down On a sinking ship With corroded crowns Will you hold me close Watch the sun catch fire And remind me why It was worth a fight Take this all away Take this all away from me
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Had My Doubts 03:39
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Are those wolves you’ve been raising It’s been years with no rain and This drought is contagious With my currency of dust I’m the queen of this nothing Though rust counts for something Said a storm has been coming But you never had my trust I have my doubts I have my doubts I hear advice That I could go on without I have my doubts I keep my doubts I hear a whisper when you’re hearing a shout Are those clouds you commune with Are they loud, with their promise Is a flood a fair option Cause it’s always sink or swim Is the sky black as envy Nothing is the new plenty Though the thought of rain tempts me And the sky’s getting dim I have my doubts I have my doubts I hear advice That I could go on without I have my doubts I keep my doubts I hear a whisper where you’re hearing a shout And I’m caught Between Desert and sea And it’s all The same to me I’m caught Between Awake And dream And it’s all the same to me I have my doubts I have my doubts I hear advice That I could go on without I have my doubts I keep my doubts I hear a whisper where you’re hearing a shout And I’m caught between Desert at sea And it’s all the same to me And I’m caught between Awake and dream And it’s all the same to me
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Tell Me When It's Done 05:19
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You said I wasn’t ready for You put it in a metaphor Said everything beneath the sun Except one So what are you waiting for You used to give the truth to me You gave and took my youth from me Standing by the violent sky With no light No guide as far as I can see So tell me something matters Underneath the sun Tell me something matters Or tell me when it’s done Tell me it’s a waste of time Whisper me another lie And why does crashing catch your eye When you drive Reminds you that your still alive So just what are we running from Cause we can’t outlast the sun And it seems that every man with a plan has his hands on a gun I think you know what will become So tell me something matters Underneath the sun Tell me something matters Or tell me when it’s done So tell me something matters Underneath the sun Tell me something matters Or tell me when it’s done
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Black Mirror 03:30
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I've come to terms with who I am Not sure that I give a damn today My black mirror on the wall Will not catch me when I fall away   As tired of the constant stares As I am when no one cares for me I don't feel home beneath the lights But it's too dark beneath the night to see   But you Yes you You know my secret And you Just you You know to keep it   And in the end if right was wrong I only lived this way so long to say Some choices you don't get to make Like who is gonna take your heart away   I've been proven poison true But I was medicine for you one time And though you made me doubt my aims I learned pain could be the same as tryin   And you Yes you You know my secret And you Just you You know to keep it   Speak my bad advice in tongues When I'm talking to myself Staring at the setting sun Seems to blind me from all else  I'll take my coffee black as sky Then I will take on the night above And every time you wave goodbye's the moment I remember all my love I hope it's not too late to learn something from the things I've burned away Haunted by your whispers even when there isn't anything to say But you Yes you You know my secret And you Just you You know to keep it
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Last Night 03:02
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Last night I said My peace To you It was underneath my breath Cause I do not know what’s next I made My choice Not to raise up my voice Been here a long long time But we learn to draw the line And all the years Have got so far behind There’s nothing left but leaving But memories keep me trying This life Will carry on Despite A love long gone This is The life That we try to get right The years may give us wisdom Nothing harder than decisions Last night I made My peace with this Been coming round the corner It’s back to California And all the years Have got so far behind There’s nothing left but leaving But memories keep me trying This life Will carry on Despite A love long gone
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Through The Dark 05:49
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Escape’s a lonely ritual The last I can afford We paint the cliffs with autumn’s ease These gold leaves are my reward A set of footprints in the sand Silence makes the most of man These waves will roll through tombs and tomes And we all know the cost It’s night Are you ready To pull Something heavy as a heart Through the dark All the quiet has a cost The loss we try to grab The river veins that spell our names Our arteries are maps It’s cold on coffee colored coast And under mist we make the most And by the blood red rocks of rust The lone cold sun for us It’s night Are you ready To pull Something heavy as a heart Through the dark Through the dark Through the dark Love’s an art We moan for all the roads we’ve known The ghosts that come and go The memories that always keep For breath we’ve never owned We trace the path we’ve walked before That’s passed through love and war And though I’ve never understood It makes me need you more It’s night Are you ready To pull Something heavy as a heart Through the dark Through the dark Through the dark Love’s an art
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Right Back Here Again 03:22
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We wet our beaks in blood and love We try to starve away the rust What’s enough It never is enough We sink our teeth and watch the flood We’ve built our walls high enough to crush When they fall When they fall on us And I’m Right back here again And you You always hold me when We break the glass of present past We sweep it neath the rug with ash In a flash We place our flags half mast We aim to tame our former fires Before they claim our homes and hearts With desire Jesus Christ I’m tired And I’m Right back here again And you You always hold me when Why can’t we both go down together Why can’t we both go down together Wind and rain and hurricanes And weather’s always bound to change Ain’t it strange The way we stayed the same Ain’t it strange The way we stayed the same

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released March 18, 2019

Birdy Bardot - Vocals
Matthew Molarius - Guitar, Backing Vocals, Omnichord
Jason Littlefield - Bass
Alfred Howard - Percussion, Circuit Bent Radio
Jake Najor - Drums
Daniel Schraer - Keys
Josh Rice - Keys
Shelbi Bennet - Backing Vocals
Rebecca Jade - Backing Vocals
Dani Bell - Backing Vocals
Lyrics by Alfred Howard
Marta Z - Viola, Violin, Cello
Produced by Matthew Molarius and Alfred Howard
Engineered and Mixed by Jordan Andreen
Additional Engineering by Matthew Molarius
Mastered by Dave Schultz at D2 Mastering
Photography by Kristy Walker
Layout Design by Nilou Naghdi

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Birdy Bardot San Diego, California

Garage psych, haunted lullabies, California Soul.

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