LYRICS
Against the Current
So they say
There are other fishes in the sea
But the only one that's missing
is the one that swims for me
And so you say,
"Oh dear just wait patiently,
Love will come along, eventually"
So I tried to swim against the current
To live my life and let me be
So don't cast me a line
'cause I've run out of time
To live a lie
I can't deny
You've hooked me so deep again
With your smart and witty lines
You have spoiled my disguise
and then the waves
oh the waves they come crashing down
when I see the look in your eyes
when you're watching her walk by
"If you're looking to fit
in then join the rest
'Cause you know you'll
only end up second best"
They said,
If you want to swim along the current,
then act and speak the way we do
You may be untrue
but if you'd rather be us
Then why be you
What a beautiful lie
What a beautiful lie
What a beautiful lie, to live.
So I've learned to swim
against the current
To live my life and now I'm free
Because honestly,
there's no one else I'd rather be.
So watch me leave
Daydreamer
You
You came as you are
Spilling all of your stories
Hoping I'd fall to your arms
"Dear,
Let play with your heart"
Said the dark in the door-frame
"Yes sir, I know who you are"
Fear
The shake my bones
Threatening all that I stand for
Questioning who I've become
Feel the warmth in the sun
Winding all of your worries
and all of your troubles undone
Fears
clutching my heels
Trying to pull me down under
and teach me what's right and what's real
Here,
with my head in the clouds
some say that maybe I'm dreaming
but I'd rather fly than be found
Atmosphere
I've been walked upon
Tell me I'm wrong
But I know that you're already late
Guess it's true
I won't blame it on you
Since you were my biggest mistake
Thanks to your
I am bitter now too
I trace all the lies on your face
It's not about
who was right or who's wrong
Just knowing your place to stay
For I'm just a bird
From a flock or a herd
Of these wild animals
Or I'm just a molecule of air
Drifting in the atmosphere
In the atmosphere
In the atmosphere
Force a smile
Let it sit for a while
Hoping to sink in a stain
For the blue and the black
Of the darkest of colors
Are all that remain
Take your fall
And watch me wreck it all
It's always what you claim to say
It's not about all the sorrows you make
Just knowing that I'll fade away
For I'm just a bird
From a flock or a herd
Of these wild animals
Or I'm just a molecule of air
Drifting in the atmosphere
In the atmosphere
In the atmosphere
In the atmosphere
Of the Trees
I haven't said
The lines that read
You haven't read the lines upon my face
For you I've traced
The lonely space
For you, my feet have lost their place
Lost their place
Lost their place
Lost their place
So don't fall on me
So don't fall on me
So don't fall
On me
I haven't tried
To break the ties
For all I've done is lie and lie
To you the leaves
That fell from trees
To you their life has come to leave
Come to leave
Come to leave
Come to leave
So don't fall on me
B
Breathe Easy
Summer
Come around
Lift me off my feet
Winter
Turn away
Melt away from me
Sorrow
Follows me
Wants to bring me down
Heartache
Breaking me
Force me to the ground
We're not
Falling down
We are
Stronger now
Dreaming out
Loud
Breathe easy
Now
You Are
You, you look like an angel
You look like an angel, tonight
You, you look like an angel
You look like an angel, tonight
But I know, I know that they lie
Saying the world spins on its side
Cause I'm only aligned with your eyes
You, you speak like an angel
And you sound like an angel
When you sing
You, you talk like an angel
And you sound like an angel
When you sing
But I know, I know that they lie
Saying the moon is pulling the tide
Cause I am only aligned with your eyes
Thank, thank God for gravity
For pulling you back to me
So I'll write it all down
And I'll sing it all out
For the world to see
That you
you are an angel
to me
Grow
Tell me how
How to live on the edge of my seat
Teach me how
How to stand on my own two feet
Cause I'm tired of falling and I was a fool
You taught me that love is a game without rules
Tell me how
How you'd like to walk in my shoes
Teach me how
How to look on the bright side of life
Tell me how
How everything will be alright
Cos the whole world is changing
And I'm standing still
Small talk and stories are making me ill
Tell me how
How to believe in myself
I'm just a kid and I want to fit in with the crowd
Mother and father, I just want to make you proud
Maybe it's time that I
Grow
Grow
But I'm too scared and the water's too cold to jump in
Mother says dear no one's ever been ready to live
Maybe you just have to
Grow
Grow
Grow
Grow
On Your Own
You were a lucky boy
To see and watch her grow
You were a lucky boy
To know her like they don't
Softly she wept
For the feelings she kept
Bottled up inside
With tears in her eyes
From the heat of the lies
Burning her up from inside
All she wanted
Was someone to value her thoughts
To love her truly
And take her with all of her flaws
I'm starting to think
That from what I can see
That I can't have my way
At least not here
So while the road is still clear
I've got to get out of this place
"Farther!" she cried
As she lost and divided herself
From the rest of the world
I'm just not cut out
To fit in with the crowd
I'm ready to hit the road
Oooh
Oooh
I hope you regret when I'm gone and I left
That you didn't say hello
All of the while
With no one by her side
So you miss me
But you're on your own
You're on your own
You're on your own
Goodnight & Goodbye
Oh how I love how the sun lays upon us
Staining the inches of skin
Oh says the clouds as they whisper above us
Oh what a life it's been
And all of the lies we've lied
And all of the time that's timed our lives
How do we know what's wrong or right this time
When all of the trees falling down to the ground and
Fall to your knees like a child that is crawling
All the while we never stop to smile
Oh how she loves how the spring comes to greet her
With lands overflowing with green
All of the drops pulling down 'till they meet us
Latching themselves onto me
We may not have missed this time
But then when they all run dry
And that beautiful light that lights our eyes is gone
What have we done?
When all of the trees falling down to the ground and
Fall to your knees like a child that is crawling
All the while we never stop to stare
Do we even care?
When all of the tears from her eyes have collected
Form in the skies and leave us unprotected
I can't fathom why we say goodnight
When we mean to say goodbye
LINER NOTES
Written, recorded and produced by Mree ©℗ Mree Music (ASCAP)
Mixed by Mark D. Conklin at Music City East Studio, NJ
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtle Tone Studio, NYC
Additional recording by Anthony Krizan at Sonic Boom Studios, NJ
The Players:
Mree - Lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, programming, cello, banjo, vibes and mallets, percussion
Mark D. Conklin - Bass guitar
James Hencken of Vows - Drums
Mark Beasley - Vocals on "The Search"
Matt Ryan of Your Gentlemen - Backing vocals on "In the Morning"
James Loewen - Clarinet on "To See the Light"
Alan Hsiao - Trombone on "Night Owls"
Album cover artwork by Lina Hsiao
Photograph by JoeySee
Thank you to:
Mark D. Conklin, Lou Takacs, David Jacobs at Mark Music and Media Law, Joe Delerme and Rebecca Jordan at Rights Management, Marc Emert-Hunter at ASCAP, Ruby Marchland,
The Grammy Foundation, Lydia Kanuga and Patrick Ehrlich and everyone at Effective Immediately PR, Ellen Schwartz, my friends and professors at ReMu-NYU, my family and my fans
All songs written by Mree © 2013 by Mree Music (ASCAP) except "Lift Me Up" and "Monsters" © 2012 by Mree Music (ASCAP)