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The E​-​String Album

by Anne Feinsod

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1.
Light 04:39
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You've got the light Over your head and then some Over your head All that white is coming in We'll come see you We'll come visit After you get started on your own We'll be seeing you We'll be watching you After you get started You've got the light Over your head and then some Over your head All that white is coming in
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Victoire 04:35
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Nobody loves you Somebody hates you somewhere Unfold your instrument Your cold cement victoire Slip on those tired shoes Forgotten blues, bon soir And now the trick is dear To close your ears and hear Suture your ballast and Abandon land again Nobody loves you Somebody hates you somewhere Gather up your chords of wood Your broadcast good, bella Muscle a patient face Your estranged grace, stella Maintain the furnace please And burn with ease, amen Lay out your frozen frame And break the ice again Nobody loves you Somebody hates you somewhere
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What's <3 Got to do with it? 06:05
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To nourish the genius you must first torture the child. After the torture, you must then stand aside and watch the flowering blossom of genius grow. This has nothing to do with love. As the growth continues you must remember to stunt the child so that there will be more room for the genius to grow. This has nothing to do with love. At an accelerated rate this will allow the genius to take over the job of torture. Any outside interference will not be necessary. The genius is strong enough to continue to grow while feeding on the body independently. This has nothing to do with love. The genius is not like a virus or a parasite. It does not need a living child to ensure it’s life. The genius will kill the child, inhabiting the body and live, as it were, as befits a living genius. Having disposed of the child within it may find a great relief in the devouring of others. This has nothing to do with love. The genius cannot go on forever. At the height of its strength and power, it is weakest. When the genius begins it’s ascent there is a limit. When it’s reached its limit there is nowhere to go but down. In the end, the body will die. Not enough within itself. The body takes the genius to death as well. Thus we see the genius a self-fulfilling prophecy of doom. Nourishing not the child, which ultimately is capable of knowledge that will never die, but itself, which is but a shadow which from the knowledge falls. Nourish the child, not the genius. Nurture the child.
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Won't Wait 04:54
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One day I will see true love coming after me One day I will have true love spinning on myself Won’t wait, here I come Hoping that you’ll agree with me Won’t wait, here I come Hoping that you’ll agree with me to stay Don’t have a problem you’ll agree Just want to keep my feelings far along from me Don’t have a problem you will say Just got to keep those feelings very far away Won’t wait, here they come Hoping that I’ll agree with me Won’t wait, here they come Hoping that I’ll agree with me to stay One day I will know true love come and then go Won’t wait, here we come Hoping to explore the great unknown Won’t wait, here we come Hoping to explore the fragile world we’ve known The precious gift we’re shown The garbage that we’ve thrown The part of us that’s grown The emptiness of home
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mmmhmmuahhh 02:53
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Pick up the Pace 04:26
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Why am I looking when I know nothing’s there What can I be feeling when I am not aware I must not be reading the situation right It’s spinning inside me and buzzing like a hive I can’t even begin to fall in love until you set a pace The wilder my dreams are my stomach hits the ground My hope ever higher, my head’s gone spinning round I’m not sure I want this, in fact, I think I don’t These things always happen even when I pray they won’t I can’t even begin to fall in love until you set a pace I don’t see a signal, unsure of where to go This tightrope of tension is leading I don’t know I must be out of my mind or in it I can’t decide whether to destroy or begin it I must be out of my mind I feel so out of my time I don’t want to continue this I’m not sure that it’s such a good idea I smile in amusement as if I’m in a show The shorter the fuse is I know it’s going to blow Please take it slowly, I don’t know how to swim Steady your footsteps and tell me when to begin I can’t even begin to fall in love until you set a pace
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Goddamned Beautiful 03:02
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From way up here I cannot see things down there so well I believe that I have reached a pretty point And I’m squinting my eyes to get a glimpse of my joy But I’ve been so lonely until now Biting my lip and writing it down I made garbage into bread And I’ve been choking it down to feel fully fed Way up here I grin and swear My happiness is killing me I am aware In a permanents state of bliss My eyes are in the light and my mouth is on a kiss But I’ve been so careless until now Seeking my end, my beginning, my now Here I’m standing in my love My heart slamming in the door with a thud Up here things can’t get much worse but it’s gotten so Goddamned beautiful my feet ain’t reaching the ground I weigh my hair and I weigh my hands My butt is getting bigger but that wasn’t planned As light as a feather, as dense as an ox I’m up here floating in my bitch of a box But I’ve been so driven until now Rutting myself right into the ground My feet planted, my shoulders in the clouds Scared like hell of ever coming down Up here things can’t get any better but it’s gotten so Goddamned beautiful my feet ain’t reaching the ground
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Opened up his Mouth 04:14
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Seems like the night I was walking in Was walking right out of me You feel yourself go and the lights dim And you’re part of the scenery A man stepped out of a pool of black Dressed to kill or just attack I didn’t see him coming, I was miles away when He opened up his mouth to say Hey sweet thing honeypie sugarlips nice tits Come on give a daddy the ride of his life Babycakes great shakes dollface no mace You want it bad and that's no lie This is the man for me What do you do when you’re tossed out of time and Someone bumps by to throw you a line How do you react when you’re thrown out of whack With a streetside how-do-you-do He opened up his mouth and he opened his mouth to say Hey sweet thing honeypie sugarlips nice tits Come on give a daddy the ride of his life Babycakes great shakes dollface no mace You want it bad and that's no lie This is the man for me Reeling back my mind to remember a time When you could walk down the street With no back feet I threw myself away in a bit of a daze I had forgotten if this life had worth In a calm realization, there was never a place When a woman could stroke the avenue And not fear for herself From a dangerous stealth I am alive and I know it’s true He opened up his mouth and he opened his mouth to say
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Big Eye 03:45
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I’ll tell you something My big head is lolling right off of my shoulders My gut caterwauling The big eye is off me now From my body, a hissing sound Watch as I crumple The air is escaping The shape of me rumples My roundness deflating Light from a morning sun Clamped to a branch out the window of someone Streaming onto this bed Filtering through a polylaminate veil The head isn’t smiling It’s just been attached The muscles remember The lips pull up slightly Placed on the pillow so Thrashed by a nighttime serial show The watts burn down sweetly The body is rotating Sockets are open The clockwork is chunky An arm makes an appearance Grasping at the conveyance The subject in view is alert The animation is not overt I’ll tell you something My big head is lolling right off of my shoulders My gut caterwauling
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Take Care 04:26
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I can be the one who opens me up I’ve got the sharpest knife in town So take care Watch out Make sure I don’t hurt myself I have worked so long to make a difference Just when I gathered momentum I lost everything So take care Watch out Make sure I don’t hurt myself Take care Watch out Make sure Help me to remember myself
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Forfeit 06:41
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It all makes sense to me “The will to live is overrated, The will to get even is all you really need” A reverie defensive of my past, scattering my present Threatening to look into my future and find nothing Instead of success, I choose failure Instead of seriousness, I choose whimsy Instead of something I choose something else How can I decorate myself when all I really want to do is forfeit O seriously, I believe I have been pounded By the way that I perceive life Misunderstood and celebrated, imprisoning and captivating Barrel of fun when the monkeys are done impersonating It all makes sense to me Forgetting is an evil practice Though it’s surely comforting not to remember The muffled hurt, the aching shock, no shelter Shutting down, setting aside to the periphery Voila, a forfeit I want to forfeit Please let me forfeit When will I be allowed to forfeit life It all makes sense to me Even when I’m weary Even when I’m bitter Even when I’m hopeful

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Songs conceived on the E string, written between 1995-2004.

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released May 5, 2019

Songs by Anne Feinsod.
Produced by Anne Feinsod, John Geiger & Steven Bolinger,
except where otherwise noted.
Engineered by John Geiger & Steven Bolinger,
except where otherwise noted.

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Original art by Leslee Feinsod, design by Anne Feinsod.

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Zelda Koznofski (Anne Feinsod) has been composing songs since she was a wee lassie. She has worked in rock, pop, prog, jazz and musical theater genres. Zelda is the other half of musical duo Gelb Rot Blau. Zelda loves bacon.

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