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Archive of Illusions (Album 2012)

by Xoe Wise

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1.
Home 03:24
All that I knew of love before now Was a bad dream left inside the train December came to your door And all I ever asked for Was a ride to this city And I moved there and There began a lovetree All my mistakes And that one month where it was hard for me to say I need you I might need you Paris, New Orleans You’ve got my heart and You can drive me car and I never knew home So un-teach me let go I never knew love so, love The hills we walked down Redwood forest ground We talk over red wine And I’m feeling just fine Last month on the plane And Berlin in the rain You showed me San Francisco San Francisco and Paris, New Orleans You’ve got my heart and You can drive me car and I never knew home So un-teach me let go I never knew love so, love Oh how it feels to come home
2.
Written By: Imaginary Friend Late in June, everybody seemed to leave the room And you were all I saw A bolt in love On the bridge, hiding where the water never hit You told me not to try And I knew why But you came around It was hard enough to talk you down Was it worth the toll Or was it too much for the role? It comes and goes Before you know It comes and goes And Paris knows I replay everything I said to you that day And I was wrong from the start And that’s what’s hard But you always knew It was never love to you We would leave alone We would live in separate homes Oh, it comes and goes Before you know It comes and goes And Paris knows Oh Oh
3.
Your Love 03:53
We might be staying here too long Singing the same song Green eyes are bringing me to the edge Bring me to the edge And theyre so open to my ways On a Tuesday How you heard I had a bad day And drove from 3121 Clydeplace just to say Your love your love your love your love oh Ill take Ill take Ill take my time so Your love you love your love your love oh Your love will follow me And I want to be the melody that’s in your soul The one that drifts in and falls asleep Only to wake at your heart beating And I want to be the daydream inside your head How we danced and all the words we said So easily And if somehow oh if somehow oh if somehow You lose your words Ill help you find your way because Your love your love your love your love oh Ill take Ill take Ill take my time so Your love you love your love your love oh Your love will follow me La la la la
4.
Oh how you made me so nervous and pulled me to I cant slow down And all that I knew was your name and a daydream And I felt like yours The whole month of July it took me To give you my number so nervously And Ill race you down To the topic of love And oh That was the night that I was falling for you How did we kiss shaking the way that we loved Love, love, love, oh my Love, love, love, love And Oh in the way that you worried so early That I was leaving And oh how you made it so hard to go I remember waking up that Thursday morning Caught up in the way that the world was pouring Your name on mine And oh in the way that I walked home Going directly to my phone Just to tell somebody all about you And oh That was the night that I was falling for you How did we kiss shaking the way that we loved Love, love, love, oh my Love, love, love, love And on the way out I meant to say wont you stay On the plane ride now And on the way out I meant to say wont you stay On the way home now Can you hear me now?
5.
Providence 03:55
We talked of love breaks I meant to tell you wait I never meant to leave in time to get back home to Providence I lost you on the phone I lost you way before I remember playing tag And letting you catch me Providence in the dark I’m gonna start the truck now just to be pretending that I’m coming home I’m gonna put the seat back just to be pretending you were there before You were there before Never thought id be here saying goodbyes here in such an empty house Something about the minute hand and your hand makes me want to leave this town So I’ll go back to the boardwalk one last time And lay there in the paint silhouette where you first traced my lines Let’s talk about the road That bloomed with sunflowers dead in the summer And all our friends knew to find us Drive up and down up and down I drew a tight rope from Atlantic to the back of my house I drew the words I love you I drew them in the dirt in the dirt I’m gonna start the truck now just to be pretending that I’m coming home I’m gonna put the seat back just to be pretending you were there before You were there before We talked of love breaks I meant to tell you wait I never meant to leave in time to get back home to Providence
6.
All You Gave 03:58
You know it’s bad When you have to go to sleep Just to feel safe inside a dream Oh you know it’s hard Letting someone in I could say it twice And again All you gave to me was love And all you gave to me was love All you gave to me was love All you gave to me was love Flowers on the stand Coffee by the bed You didn’t understand When I turned my head Oh I apologize for timing I shouldn’t have held you hand Until mine were clean All you gave to me was love And all you gave to me was love All you gave to me was love All you gave to me was love Lay your hands on mine slowly Lay them on let’s wake up Oh the way you said that all the lighting changed Right when you heard my name Right when I felt the same And all the words all the words that we spoke And all the silly pep talks we’d give each other When we were broke All you gave to me was love And all you gave to me was love All you gave to me was love All you gave to me was love
7.
I want to hold the hand inside you I want to take a breath that's true I look to you and I see nothing I look to you to see the truth You live your life You go in shadows You'll come apart and you'll go black Some kind of night into your darkness Colors your eyes with what's not there. Fade into you Strange you never knew Fade into you I think its strange you never knew A stranger's light comes on slowly A stranger's heart without a home You put your hands into your head And then it's smiles cover your heart Fade into you Strange you never knew Fade into you I think its strange you never knew I think its strange you never knew
8.
Ooh, youve got me looking at the sunrise In a nighttime sky Somehow found it in your eyes And ooh, why are we talking about tomorrow? When we’re Nighttime doves Teaching loving to this town And ooh I walked like left, right, right Stumbling in your sight Cross my fingers when I dont smile And ooh you’ve got me wishing for a cold night Call you up real late Then I’ll see you in time And ooh let’s talk some more about tomorrow Because we’re nighttime doves Teaching loving to this town
9.
Uh Oh 02:19
46th day of love I saw you there On the street for the second time that week And your eyes are the best thing Of my winter so far You're so far You left to see your brother For modernism week In a town of sunshine and sidewalks And oh all our long talks How we laughed and Uh oh, Uh oh Its been so long since Uh oh, Uh oh Make me want to Write it all down How we laugh and Uh oh, uh oh I liked laying on my bed Thinking about the things you said And all the words And maybe even just the words Like ‘piano’ and ‘people’ that ‘worry’ This is where I apologize That my hearts in such a hurry Uh oh, Uh oh Its been so long since Uh oh, Uh oh Make me want to Write it all down How we laugh and Uh oh, uh oh Uh oh, Uh oh Its been so long since Uh oh, Uh oh Make me want to Write it all down How we laugh and Uh oh, uh oh
10.
I met you Corner of Asbury Avenue Middle of May Sky the deepest blue Do you believe in weather changing our mold? My palm shape of yours, left side walking me home Do you know that your heart glows in the dark Do you know that your heart glows in the dark Im watching your lips move and talk of inferior love Perfection philosophy and love has to grow to stay Greeks never called themselves Greeks anyway When did it become cool to think of the alphabet as an acronym list If so my fingertips are standing for all of yours Do you know that your heart glows in the dark Do you know that your heart glows in the dark

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released May 1, 2012

Xoe Wise: Vocals, Guitar
Dee Wilson: Vocals, Piano
Cody Copeland: Harmonies on “Nighttime Doves”
Matt Ryd: Bass, Percussion, Guitar
John Schieber: Violin
Dominic Johnson: Viola
Shannon Lee Hayden : Cello
Josh Severs: Additional bass composition
Chris Bennett: Additional guitar composition
Justin Lack, Brendan McCalinden: Additional percussion composition




Music and Lyrics by Xoe Wise
Music and Lyrics for “Comes and Goes” by Imaginary Friend
Music and Lyrics for “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star
Produced by Matt Ryd and Xoe Wise
Arranged by Matt Ryd and Xoe Wise
Recorded and Mixed by Matt Ryd at RydMedia, Inc.
Mastering by Collin Jordan, Boiler Room
Artwork and design by Emily Brearey at EmilyBrearey.com
Photograph artwork inspiration by Karin Winslow

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Xoe Wise Chicago, Illinois

Xoe Wise is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer and activist originally from a small town in NC, now based in Chicago. Her releases have spanned from folk to rock, to electronic. Her forthcoming (3rd) release Air features Xoe’s folk repertoire with lush yet intimate horns by Martin Wenk (Calexico, Nada Surf), string and synth arrangements. ... more

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