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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Rabbits On The Run Track Lyrics
« on: February 28, 2011, 04:04:43 am »
I've compiled the lyrics for the tracks from the upcoming RABBITS ON THE RUN just for the sake of convenience.


1. Carousel
For all you broken hearted lovers lost
Go find another one
'Cause you know time won't wait and you'll be late
White rabbits on the run

It's hard to know what's good for you
I know she let you down
But the fever breaks when it's too much to take
So you can put your weapons down

And all you'll hear is the music
And beauty stands before you
Love comes back around again
It's a carousel, my friend

Never too late to change the pace
While the days creep up on you
But the goodness is something you don't have to chase
'Cause it's following you

And all you'll hear is the music
And beauty stands before you
Love comes back around again
It's a carousel, my friend

Oo, oo, Oo, oo, Oo, oo, Oo

I thought I heard your voice in the thunder
Is the hour casting spells that we're under?
I thought I heard your voice on the thunder
Is the hour casting spells that we're under?
I thought I heard your voice in the thunder
Is the hour casting spells that we're under?
I thought I heard your voice on the thunder
Is the hour casting spells that we're under?
Under

Oo
And all I hear is the music
And beauty stands before me
Love comes back around again
It's a carousel, my friend

It's in the the music
And beauty stands before you
And love comes back around again
It's a carousel, a carousel
A carousel, my friend

And time won't wait, so don't be late
White rabbits on the run


2. I Don't Want To Be A Bride
I like your company, got a fresh philosophy
Never knew such a gentleman
You could take me on a cheap vacation
I don't want to have expectations
'Cause you could be the end of me

I don't need a house on a hill, a swing on a tree
A grandfather clock, porcelain for tea
A garden with rose and jasmine
Gonna get drunk on a bottle of wine
No better way to pass the time
Forever by your side

But I don't want to be a bride
Apologies to your mother
I wanna be your girl and spend this life with you
But I don't wanna wear white
You know it's too late for that
Can't we keep the ever after, love?
Could it be?

Don't need no golden ring
It'd be no match for the love you bring
From London to Tennessee
And we could catch a train to another life
On a whim under the moonlight
I promise you, will you promise me?

Our last names on a wooden sign
Arm in arm where the river starts to wind
Forever by your side

But I don't want to be a bride
Apologies to each other
I wanna be your girl and spend this life with you
But I don't wanna wear white
Oh, you know it's too late for that
But can we keep the ever after?
Oh, could it be?
Just you and me
Ah, ah

We will live like kings under lavender skies, skies
We will live like kings under lavender skies, skies
We will (live like kings under lavender skies, skies)
Built a poem we kept a rhyme
Wrapped our love in golden twine
We wrote, we wrote a legacy
Just you and me
(We will live like kings under lavender skies, skies)
Just you and me
We will


3. London
Waste away the days
Waiting on a new age
But time betrays me
And I get older one more year

Walk London's windy streets
Go anywhere but home
'Cause I'm looking for the secrets
That only cobble stones hold
Only the cobble stones know

And I've never been so sure
That after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never come

You've got a knife-throwing kind of love
But your silence cuts the deepest
And I know I've made a mess of things
And I'm sorry for all that
Wish we could get the time back

Because I've never been so sure
That after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never come
Wait for it
Wait for it

Now I'm staring at the sun
As if there's a riddle I'm not in on
'Cause the wolves howl to the Moon
And she never answers back
No, she never answers back

And after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never -- never been so sure
That after all these years, I'll never learn
That heavenly creatures never come, oh

Waste away the days
Waiting on a new age


4. Fair-Weather Friends
Say you see through the folly
But you do it for the fame
And I'm fighting a jet stream
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
And you're in L.A., not Chicago
Key under mat, I walk the dog, order in, home alone

I found your letter on a full moon Sunday night
Some other girl in your spell casting plans for her life
Pour the vodka and it dulls sharp fights
Breathe the words, of diamonds on rings

And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If you didn't really mean it
Then magical thinking gets us by
Oo

Sing for the after show, those candy colored lips
Your age is showing and you gotta work harder for it
It's always easier with freshmen
I'm not as clever, it should bring you to life

And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If you didn't really mean it
Then magical thinking gets us by

My fairweather friend
My fairweather friend

Live for the folly
But you did it for the fame
Now you're fragile as porcelain
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
And did I ever leave Chicago?
I got your message, glad you're doing well

And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If we didn't really mean it
Then magical thinking gets us by

Gets us by
Gets us by

Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame

My fair-weather friend


5. Hear The Bells
...When no one ever comes
Kneel and pray to a grave stone
But the grave stone never tells
Hear the bells
Hear the bells
December, crossing (through?) Chinatown
As the wind starts to cut through
Always, always on the look out
But the poison's running through you
My stomach aches, trying to concentrate
Up the stairs another floor
Now I'm asking a witch doctor
But the witch doctor won't tell
Hear the bells
Hear the bells
Hear the bells (Mmmmm)
Hear the bells
Fighting along the sea
Stars are watching me
Current takes me out
What will be, will be...


6. Dear California
As usual, I'm in a tricky predicament
Weather in my thoughts, on the roof sneaking a cigarette
Dear California, it's been nice to know ya
Tell me will you miss me when I'm gone?

Cause he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go
And I'm not in company's when you feel it most
And you keep my memory, I hope ya keep me close
Would you love me as I leave?

This alchemy is making me suspicious
Oo, as if I slipped you some belladonna
That I crossed town to get, don't you know?
Yes, my grand friend checks it

Oh he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go
And I'm not in company's when you feel it most
And you keep my memory, I hope ya keep me close
Would you love me as I leave?

Ever changing as the sea, it's my only hope
It's just me and my pup in the open road
But your face is like a paper cut to the heart
Slip away while you sleep

It's easy, it's easier
Than it seems
It's easy, it's easier
Than it seems

Just go, I'll go, don't cry
Don't go, don't go, you still cry
I don't cry

Oh he loves me as I leave, so I'm gonna go
And I'm not in company's when you feel it most
And you keep my memory, I hope ya keep me close
Would you love me as I leave?

Ever changing as the sea
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California
Would you love me as I leave?
Dear California

7.Tall Tales for Spring
God rest his head Sunday afternoon
And the wicked in me is surely the wicked in you
We pray to a ghost that we never met
Time turns for a cure, from the scientists for
Madness, madness of the heart
But you knew it, you knew it from the start

And Hawking will tell us no tall tales this spring
When mine's all the chaos that started everything
And maybe it's faith, when the sadness takes hold
Still stars through a window, will they ever know this
Madness, madness of the heart
But you knew it, you knew it from the start
There's a madness, a madness of the heart
But you knew it, you knew it from the start

Stare a sleepy smile into a sunbeam
Is this nothing more than a daydream?
Color stained glass cathedral
Confess a past that will let you go

God rest his head Sunday afternoon
And the wicked in me is surely coming through
And pray to a ghost that I've never met
Don't kill for someway out of this mess

It's the heart
It's the heart
And there's madness, a madness in the stars
But you knew it, you knew it from the start

8. Get Good
Are the echoes coming back to you?
Is wisdom seeing patterns on the gloom that rope around you?
And you will be the colors, when I saw you
Catching velvet on the moonlight,
Or you lost your constellation eyes?
Well, you could give it time

And I wish I could be there
Wish I could make it right

And don't you worry, you'll soon be on the mend
And that's no trick, that flicker of radiance
And you'll feel lucky, darling, I'm sure of it
We'll figure it out and get good again
Na na na na na na, Na na na na na na na

A stone wall running there's a breeze
A golden dust, a dandelion sea, a bout of sorcery
I know it's been so long, since fall is so serene
I know it's been so long

And don't you worry, you'll soon be off limits
And that's no trick, that flicker of radiance
And you'll feel lucky, darling, I promise you this
We'll figure it out and get good again
Na na na na na na, Na na na na na na na

You said you don't know why you don't feel free
No, it's not true, but I know what you think
I want to thank you for being so good to me
I just wanted you to know

Are the echoes coming back to you?
Is wisdom seeing patterns on the gloom that rope around you?
And we'll look out for each other and I'll look out for you
And we'll look out for each other

And don't you worry, you'll soon be off limits
And that's no trick, that flicker of radiance
And you'll feel lucky, darling, I'm sure of it
We'll figure it out, yeah, we'll get good again

Well I'll figure it out and then we'll get good again
Well I'll figure it out and get good again
Na na na na na, Na na na na na
In a dream, a dandelion fields in a dream,
A dandelion fields in a dream


9. The Marching Line
Boots on concrete...

…. clouds, like cathedrals
The night hits the sea
And I walk to the highline
Ships gonna take me at midnight
The storm's sounding (heading?) out like an overture
It's time to join the marching line

Take back your vest
Don't know what love is like
A bullet in the chest
And I never say it
Never known a day without
The quiet regret

And so I walk to the high line
Ships gonna take me at midnight
Storm's sounding out like an overture
It's time to join the marching line
And leave it all behind
And join the marching line

And there's no captain, no calls
What's your name?
An army of one...


10. In The End
And in the end
Begin again
It's the way of all things
Your body's like
A wishing well
A million diamonds
Bones to dust
Bursting into a million diamonds
Carry on
In the end
It's the way of all things
And it will be beautiful

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Creative Endeavors / Sara Bareilles Sheet Music
« on: January 31, 2011, 02:01:19 am »
Does anyone have sheet music for her songs, particularly for "Hold My Heart" and "Breathe Again"?

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Completely Off-Topic / A Sweet Message to V I Found.
« on: January 09, 2011, 07:12:55 pm »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciM9XGkJO8M

I think it's the very sweet of the uploader to spend time just making this.

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Completely Off-Topic / Happy New Year, guys!
« on: December 31, 2010, 02:57:33 am »
Just saying

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Creative Endeavors / Artistic Piano Interpretations
« on: December 29, 2010, 05:07:37 am »
This piano artist really inspired me. Check it out and you'll find treasure:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SunnyChoiMusic

This gave me an idea: Does anyone would want me or anyone to make piano sheets of artistic interpretations of V's songs?

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Completely Off-Topic / Merry Christmas, everyone!
« on: December 18, 2010, 07:19:42 pm »
Thought about dropping by to wish everyone a happy Christmas!

This years had been a fast one.

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http://spoiledlittlelagirls.com/?p=3799

Check that out. Just random stuff.

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Creative Endeavors / Sheet Music Booth
« on: October 12, 2010, 03:09:57 am »
I thought of bringing up this post for sheet music makers out there to share their non-V sheet music and for requests. Is there anyone who cares? (:

Anyway, here are some I have:

Can't Stand It by NeverShoutNever.pdf

Forever And Almost Always by Kate Voegele.pdf

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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / V on Tumblr
« on: August 30, 2010, 03:21:33 am »
Well, actually, it's a fanpage dedicated to V. Here's the link:

http://fyeahvanessacarlton.tumblr.com/

I think it's pretty good. If there would be more stuff, it'd be better.

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I found some a Capella of some V songs. I thought they were pretty cool. No instruments involved (since it's a Capella), but still great. Here are the links:

Hands On Me

Private Radio

White Houses

Ordinary Day

A Thousand Miles

Who's To Say

The One

Hope everyone will enjoy. Just something to discuss about cause the forum is soo quiet.

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Creative Endeavors / You Don't Have To Be A Bride
« on: June 30, 2010, 03:05:50 am »
While making a sheet music for the song "I Don't Want To Be A Bride," I just realized that the song can't be sung by a guy due to the references in the song. So, I decided to make a cover of the song customized for guys. Here it is:


You Don't Have To Be A Bride

I like your company, never need another thing
And never knew such a beautiful face.
We could go on a cheap vacation, it doesn't matter where's our destination
Cause you could be the end of me.
And we don't need a house on a hill, a swing on a tree,
A grandfather clock, a porcelain for tea.
A garden with rose and jasmine.
Together, we can sit under the stars, no better way to pass the time -
Forever by your side.

You don't have to be a bride. Apologies to your father,
But you could be the girl to share this life with.
And you don't have to wear white, you know it's kinda late for that.
But can't we keep the ever after, or could it be.

Don't need no golden ring.
It'd be no match for the love we bring,
From London to Tennessee.
We could catch a train to another life
On a wing under the moonlight,
I promise you. And will you promise me?

Our last names on a wooden sign,
Arm in arm where the river starts to wind.
Forever by your side.

And you don't have to be a bride. Apologies to each other,
But you could be the girl to share this life with.
And you don't have to wear white, you know it's kinda late for that.
But can't we keep the ever after? Or could it be just you and me?

Ah, ah, ah

We will live like kings under lavender skies, skies
We will live like kings under lavender skies, skies.
We will build a poem we kept a rhyme, wrap our love in golden twine
We wrote, we wrote a legacy. Just you and me.
Just like kings under lavender skies, skies.
We will live.

LOL. I don't mean to plagiarize or anything.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoU-tA2nAuY&feature=related

This is my first time hearing it, and it sounds so awesome.  ;D

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...that maybe the reason why V has not been playing "Spring Street" and "Come Undone" live is that these songs have been written on  guitar, with the piano just an accompaniment?? Just a random thought.

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Hey there.  :D

V  always speaks before performing a song live, usually about the idea behind of the song. I wonder what are the other notions behind the other songs. I already found out the meanings behind the following songs:


Demo Tape
Little Mary - based on the stereotypes surrounding how V is supposed to be this perfect little girl when she states herself that she is far from it.
10.Faces - how important it is to be yourself instead of playing parts.

Rinse
3.Superhero - waiting for someone (i.e., a superhero) to come and rescue her
All I Ask - insecurity about holding on to what you have; coupled with the feeling that you're moving backwards (I'm in the wrong direction)


Be Not Nobody
1.Ordinary Day - based on a dream V had; being able to do anything your heart desires (divide and conquer this land) with the one you care about by your side.
2.Unsung - __________________
3.AThousand Miles - love that so consumes you so much that you could walk that you would walk a thousand miles just to see that person.
4.Pretty Baby - about being in a relationship where the feelings of one is not reciprocated by the other.
5.Rinse - about having a point of stalking in every girl's life.
6.Sway - __________________
7.Paradise - __________________
8.Prince - __________________
9.Paint It Black - cover
10.Wanted - written when a boy liked V just because she's good at playing piano, to prove she's got more than what he wanted.
11.Twilight - letting go of past and starting over again


Harmonium - Complete
1.White Houses - a song about rites of passage.
2.Who's to Say - for relations disapproved by 'the government or mothers.'
3.Annie - about a girl V met named Victoria
4.San Francisco - a slap in the face to Stephan. (I, I know what you did, like a boy of summer gives his first kiss); also about how V feels at home in the city (this is our utopia) and should be considered a precursor to 'Home'.
5.Afterglow - letting go anchors of pain.
6.Private Radio - insomia (Find me out of my pillow).
7.Half A Week Before The Winter - Darwin's theory of evolution; metaphoric reference to the fight in music industry bet. artists and music labels.
8.C'est La Vie - a post-break-up song; V used the term as a substitute for f*** it.
9.Papa- about someone who puts on a fake face towards a relationship even though he doesn't really care about it.
10.She Floats - about a ghost in her closet and the euphoria one gets from being tortured to death.
11.The Wreckage - how she wants to start a car crash.
12.Where The Streets Have No Name - cover; about how it feels free from the prejudice that is based on the name of the street you live in.


Heroes & Thieves
1.Nolita Fairytale - about what's really important in life, setting aside the idea of glitz and glamor.
2.Hands On Me - about putting faith on your loved ones
3.Spring Street - about the circle of life and the changes it brings.
4.My Best - be the best version of yourself to those you love. (V thinks it's a big, fat lie)
5.Come Undone - __________________
6.The One - based from V's talk with Stevie regarding the one; about taking things from past relationships & using them to shape you for the future.
7.Heroes & Thieves -  about assessing which things are which (heroes and thieves in exaggeration) in our lives.
8.This Time - recovering
9.Fools Like Me - all are fools for love and remaining a fool for love is important.
10.Home - feeling of being at home with the person you love the most.
11.More Than This - true happiness can be achieved if at this moment, we declare we don't need anything more than what we have now.

Rabbits On The Run
1.Carousel - about how good things come around again, despite the down side of life.
2.I Don't Want To Be A Bride - not against marriage but rather about living life to its fullest.
3.London - "why the moon doesn't speak back when you talk to it," pertaining to the heavenly creatures. Most probably, about V's atheism (as she revealed in the live stream).
4.Fair-Weather Friends - magical thinking, in the sense that the brain can only let in so much reality until it starts to create things to fit the pattern of the "norm."
5.Hear The Bells - written as a reflection of the time when V got sick
7.Tall Tales for Spring - "a song for Stephen Hawkings"
8.Get Good - based on a Sylvia Plath poem, it is a song written for a friend who was contemplating on divorce.

Misc.
All Is Well - about insecurities in a relationship.
Best Behavior - about wondering what went wrong in a relationship, despite of best behavior.
Carnival - about chasing down the person you love without success.
Dark Carnival - a precursor to 'Half A Week Before the Winter', with more awesome and less unicorns; modified version of Carnival.
Morning Sting - emotions being raw on mornings.



I still have a lot to fill up. Can anyone help me out? ???

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Spring Street is one of the most unique songs I've ever heard. I like how the way Vanessa put the idea of how the cycle of life goes.

And the 'na-na-na-na-na-na-na' part is contangious. LOL  :D

Anyway, what do you guys think?

And by the way, I made a transcription of this song. I'm not sure how accurate my cover to how V really plays it, but I hope those who want it will like it. Here's the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zdvzim2mhhq/Spring Street.pdf

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