Avalanche EP

by Emily Asen

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released 03 January 2007

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tags: alternative folk indie neo-folk singer-songwriter Fairfield

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In the tradition of fiercely independent artists like Ani DiFranco and Jonatha Brooke, 27-year-old singer/songwriter Emily ... more Asen is her own creative engine. Surrounded by her loving family of instruments and pets, Emily writes, performs, records, and produces tightly crafted folk-pop music from her home studio in Fairfield, CT, infusing each song with her innate curiosity and unshakeable sincerity. less

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Track Name: Avalanche
Verse I:
Sifting through all my pictures of you
I tried so hard to get one right
But I should have just used my eyes

Verse II:
Put on your clothes, still smell familiar
‘Cause I haven’t lost you yet, you’re just six hours ahead
And when you return, we’ll be six months behind

Chorus:
While this avalanche of tears buries me here
Even though we tried to minimize
The sadness growing inside that we cannot hide
But who can keep a mountain quiet?

Verse III:
I wake up alone, see the world in a monotone
And I wish I’d said the things that made your skin turn red
Now I have to wait ‘til we’re face to face

Chorus

Verse IV:
Cross off the days, they keep getting longer
And this ocean isn’t getting any smaller
I send my love through telephone wires

Chorus
Track Name: Love Bruise
Verse I:
I waited with one wet rose
Look where the bench is worn
Where I waited and waited for you
While you were loving someone new

Pre-Chorus:
Oh, you left me, yah you left me here
There’s still some permanence here, so I am

Chorus:
Learning to let you go
But the hardest thing to show
Is this beautiful love bruise
Once red, now black and blue
It hurts but it’s all I have left of you

Verse II:
Check my pulse, it’s a skip away
From throwing away every last day
That I waited always in vain
Have you checked your conscience today?

Pre-Chorus:
‘Cause I’d do anything, anything for you
I’m crying your heartache for you, and

Chorus

Verse III:
Can’t fathom a better way
To break my heart, than to
Leave this mark, and just
Run away… so I am

Chorus
Track Name: Traffic Signals
Verse I:
My feet are sore from kissing the floor
Standing on tiptoe on the concrete below your window
I’ve been here before in front of an open door
But I must be lost ‘cause this one is locked

Pre-Chorus:
But I know why and I’ve come to apologize
To you for wasting your time

Chorus:
One of these days when the traffic signals change just for you
I swear I won’t be another disaster you’ve got to drive through

Verse II:
Now you know me as well as my hand knows the door
‘Cause I’ve been in and out so many times before
But I’ve never returned to a heart I broke and left
With no doubt in my mind that I’m ready to come in

Pre-Chorus:
But I know why and I’ve come to apologize
To you for wasting your time

Chorus:
One of these days when the traffic signals change just for you
I swear I won’t be another disaster you’ve got to drive through
And one of, oh, one of these days
A change of luck is sure to come your way

Verse III:
And I thought you would understand
That I can change if you give me just one more chance

Chorus
Track Name: Sounds Like It Feels
Verse I:
Must have hit my head last night
‘Cause I feel it gaping open
And I meant to keep this all inside
But you have made me so hopeless

Chorus:
And it sounds like
And it feels like
And it sounds like
It feels…

Verse II:
And I grieved for your numbness
Like a passing or death
Of a candle at its wick’s end
And the fear of feeling anything again

Chorus:
And it sounds like
And it feels like
And it sounds like
It feels…

Verse III:
In the dreamscape of our lies
We were so good at pretending
That I would be the one to change you
But you were fated to feel nothing

Chorus:
And it sounds like
And it feels like
And it sounds like
It feels…
Track Name: Icicle
Verse I:
It is the season for heartbreak
So I’m prepared for the worst kind of weather
Bought my heart a black and blue sweater
And a box of chocolates

Verse II:
It is the season for mistakes
So I am placing orange cones around my love
Where it’s been treaded on rough
Careful to touch frost bitten virgin flesh

Chorus:
And I am like an icicle left after a great big storm
Stiff, still numb, but dripping away in the warmth of the sun
That is you seeking to quench a thirst
And here is me melting into puddles at your feet

Verse III:
Her eyes are the color vertigo
So I am cursing my balance and the temptation to fall
Cause if I let go I will break
So I am trickling slow
But you’ll have it all someday

Chorus:
I am like an icicle left after a great big storm
Stiff, still numb, but dripping away in the warmth of the sun
That is you seeking to quench a thirst
And here is me melting into puddles at your feet

Bridge:
Falling asleep in like, in love with the ground
I am coming down from a very lonely place

Chorus:
I am like an icicle left after a great big storm
Stiff, still numb, but dripping away in the warmth of the sun
That is you seeking to quench a thirst
And here is me melting into puddles at your feet
Track Name: Underdog
Verse I:
I hope I’m among friends here
And if I’m bleeding down my back
You would step up and pull the knife out
Or say, “Can I help you with that?”

Verse II:
I walked among art savages
With my skin turned inside out
And my mind up on my sleeve
‘Til I was burned down

Chorus:
And I am just a lonely girl
With nothing to prove
And if you’re not the underdog
They’re not booing or rooting for you

Verse III:
They saw through my tinted eyes
And pervaded this virgin stare
When I stood too long in fascination
With the musical spheres

Verse IV:
A Renaissance man once said
When you’re bound to a star, you can’t turn back
And I was born into a constellation
So I’m not giving in, I’m not giving in

Chorus:
And I am just a lonely girl
With nothing to prove
And if you’re not the underdog
They’re not booing or rooting for you

Repeat Verse I:
I hope I’m among friends here
And if I’m bleeding down my back
You would step up and pull the knife out