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Walking Trees EP

by Gardienne

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1.
Boy you're gone, your eyes give you away Your surreptitious smile protects you from the anger of the day Yeah you are gone, with every word they pray You wonder if you really feel the one Who's so near, they say Let me see your face, little one Let me hear your voice, I love your song And it's like you've been living your entire life Thinking the man on the moon was your savior Oh and it's like you've been living your entire life Thinking the man on the moon was gonna save you Boy come home, you're not so far away You're entertaining angels now with just the idea of praying Yeah boy come home, don't have to run away Don't have to hide what you don't know and fake it You're so close today And it's like you've been living your entire life Thinking the man on the moon was your savior Oh and it's like you've been living your entire life Thinking the man on the moon was gonna save you I cannot hide myself from you I cannot hide myself away from your gaze And it's like you've been living your entire life Thinking the man on the moon was your savior
2.
The Garden 04:13
I was awakened when you were asleep And I laid at your side like a bird's little wing Formed in the image of a king where love knew no shame I heard you praying in the garden for me Said you wanted me with you, you always believed That love is so much stronger than the grave... Oh no there's someone else in the garden You were my master and I was your queen And we reigned in the garden before there was pain Our love became a violent thing that took our breath away You were firm like a soldier, make ends meet With a man-made grace and eloquent speech Wild and free from ruling kings or so it seemed... Oh no there's someone else in the garden Where have you gone Why can't I feel you Why do my eyes see men like walking trees Where have you gone Why can't I feel you What do my eyes see Oh, how can you carry on Your cold heart is bleeding Oh no there's someone else in the garden
3.
Storm 04:11
Thunder is crashing But I don't hear a sound Peace in my heart's interrupted By your screaming silence Surrounding me Am I enough for you Am I just a storm on the sea Are you a fisherman just passing through Lightning is flashing Wish these eyes could see I'm panning for gold in the ashes Of the burning bridge you crossed When you came for me Your troubled mind on your sleeve Your broken heart in your pocket With your plastic cracker-jack ring But what would you do if I gave you up this time My sun'll come through and the storm will bring new life Oh everything's wet, but everything's well Everything's new without you Oh everything's wet, but everything's well Everything's new What would you do if I gave you up this time My sun'll come through and the storm will bring new life Oh everything's wet, but everything's well Everything's new without you Oh everything's wet, but everything's well Everything's new You are making me new
4.
Surrender 04:44
Running, so tired I could faint I've got to get away From this thing on my trail It's closing in on me And I feel so alone So helpless in my strength I'm giving it up I'm giving it up I surrender, I surrender I'm giving it up I surrender, I surrender To the pain that I feel when my eyes close This reoccurring dream That I'm not quite alone But something's after me Slam the door, lock the key But it's breaking in on me I'm giving it up I surrender, I surrender I'm giving it up I surrender, I surrender Then I see it was you all along I'll see it was you all along I'll see it was you all along You are the jealous one... I'm giving it up I surrender, I surrender I'm giving it up I surrender, I surrender
5.
Be still my heart Lay yourself down in this bed of Four-leafed clovers And dream of a star The second one goes on til morning But my eyelids betray me with visions of you I fly away and I'm safe within your arms Somebody told me that lost boys aren't true And I'd agree never seems like a long time You're a wandering star Running around with your lost boys And tiger lilies You love from afar With marrow ever thin But my eyelids betray me with visions of you I fly away and I'm safe within your arms Somebody told me that lost boys aren't true And I'd agree never seems like a long time If only waking up Meant I still could hold you If only growing up Meant the end of loneliness I'm out of dust But I'll love you as I wake... But my eyelids betray me with visions of you I fly away and I'm safe within your arms

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Gardienne is Kansas City-based artist Alyssa DeGraff.

Her debut release, the "Walking Trees" EP features an indie artist's dream team: impeccable guitar tones and overall production by Josh Scott (JHS pedals,) the string-quartet stylings of Jeremy Larson (Sucre, Sleeping at Last, MUTEMATH) and a stellar mix by Chad Howat (Paper Route, Kye Kye.)

“You’d be hard pressed to hear a more refreshing voice in alternative music with such range and simultaneous heartfelt honesty..." - John Weirick

"Gardienne does an exceptional job of finding the goldilocks zone of 'grand' strings arrangements without overdoing it. Walking Trees is polished in the best way, balancing performative pop with indie artistry.” -Indie Vision Music

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released January 7, 2014

Produced by Alyssa DeGraff & Josh Heath Scott
Recorded at HiFi Records, Kansas City, MO
Mixed by Chad Howat, Nashville, TN
Strings by Jeremy Larson

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Gardienne is Kansas City-based artist Alyssa DeGraff.

Her debut EP, Walking Trees features an indie artist's dream team; impeccable guitar tones and overall production by Josh Scott (JHS pedals,) the string-quartet stylings of Jeremy Larson (Sucre, Sleeping at Last) and a mix crafted by Chad Howat (Paper Route, Brooke Waggoner, Kye Kye.) ... more

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