Lovers Know, by The Mynabirds

Lovers Know

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1.	All My Heart 04:09	lyrics	buy track
I don’t want half of anything Not a whitewashed love Or heaven on a string And even when it’s hard to breathe No, I don’t regret it I don’t regret a thing Cause when I love I love with all my heart When I love I love with all my heart When it’s over this hole here Might tear me apart But when I love I love with all my heart I’d walk through hell For just one kiss I’d give everything I have For a minute more of this And even if that’s all I get No, I won’t regret it I won’t regret a thing Cause when I love I love with all my heart When I love I love with all my heart When it’s over this whole year Might tear me apart But when I love I love with all my heart When the fates start shaking And the choirs stand to sing When I’m laid down I won’t regret a thing If they say love Is all I did No, I won’t regret it I won’t regret a thing I don’t regret it I don’t regret a thing I won’t regret it I won’t regret a thing I don’t regret it I don’t Cause when I love I love with all my heart When I love I love with all my heart When it’s over this hole here Might tear me apart But when I love I love with all my heart Oh when I love I love with all my heart When I love I love with all my heart When it’s over this whole year Might tear me apart But when I love I love with all my heart I don’t want half
2.	Believer 02:59	lyrics	buy track
This hole So tired of filling up Lost nights Hangovers And easy loves I don’t know what I’m doing You’re gone I swore I wouldn’t miss you much Such a shame Keep changing my addictions up I don’t know what I’m doing I don’t know what to say When you ask what’s in my Heart these days You say you’re a believer But you don’t have any faith Not even in me It’s the hardest to take So long It’s taking us So long To make this road Wind back our way I don’t know what I’m doing I don’t know what to say When you ask what’s in my Heart these days You say you’re a believer But you don’t have any faith Not even in me Not even in me
3.	Semantics 04:20	lyrics	buy track
You say you always feel half empty And I’m just a little fool To think a change in my semantics Could ever break any rules Water, my love We could be changing like water But sometimes you’re as hard as The ice in Siberia You say, “Water or not, You can call us whatever you want, But in the light of a thousand suns, We’ll still dry up.” My cerulean baby has a way To make a blue sky feel like rain You say you always feel half empty And I’m just a little fool To think a change in my semantics Could ever break any rules You know I always feel half crazy A roman candle at the water’s edge Water, my love Just remember we’re water and blood It’ll help us see through Days that are thick As the London fog Whether or not We can weather any storm It’s just a matter of cooling down And lightening up You’re so boring when you talk that way Or maybe I’m a fool to stay You say you always feel half empty And I’m just a little fool To think a change in my semantics Could ever break any rules You know I always feel half crazy A roman candle at the water’s edge I’ve played with fire Keeps me warm You know I always feel half crazy I’m still here You know I always feel half crazy Half crazy, half crazy You know I always feel half crazy And I’m still here It doesn’t hurt to have a light It doesn’t hurt to have a light Tie it to the car again And drive it off the highest cliff TOO MUCH TO LOVE See the wreckage in the water’s edge You know there’s always something left TOO MUCH TO LOVE Come on, let’s tie to the car again And drive until the sun resets TOO MUCH TO LOVE You know our love is always such a mess I couldn’t love it any less TOO MUCH TO LOVE
4.	Say Something 03:51	lyrics	buy track
Struggle in silence to find your ghost You’re sitting half a world beside me Something lonely lovers know Say something, say something now I put our records on And played every song Don’t you remember how we got here? But now the needle skips My favorite words Say something, say something now Say something, say something now Fight a war or get back into bed If you mean it, say it I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing Spent a long time up in the air Been a long time waiting Say what’s on your mind I thought we’re changing I thought we’re changing Do we love to let it go? Say something, say something now Won’t you say something, Say something now Fight a war or get back into bed If you mean it, say it I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing But you don’t Spent a long time up in the air It’s been a long time waiting Say what’s on your mind I thought we’re changing But you don’t Fight a war, fight a war If we’re worth fighting for Say what’s on your mind I thought we’re changing But you don’t Listening, listening You’re never listening Won’t you say what’s on your mind? I thought we’re changing But you don’t One look and the only way I know We’re stuck when the only way to show Our love is holding back Is it love if it don’t come easily Stand scared with my heart In front of me It’s the only one I have I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing But you don’t I thought we’re changing But you don’t
5.	Orion 04:57	lyrics	buy track
Baby, you’re all I want I’ve known from the start Watched you from every window My light in the dark So many others fell But you never have I just need to get to you, love Any way I can Calling out your name But are you listening? Calling out your name Orion My strong man I dream of you As real as I am Oh baby, why? I been let down again Another heart Too human I’ll close my eyes And wait for the night to send These arrows to you Calling out your name But are you listening? Calling out your name Orion My strong man I dream of you As real as I am What’s wrong then With our secret Tied up safe in the night Where heaven can keep it We’ll meet by the Pleiades Every night at ten to three We’ll make eyes at the sisters And no one will see Calling out your name Calling out your name Calling out your name Orion My strong man I dream of you As real as I am What’s wrong then With our secret Tied up safe in the night Where heaven can keep it Who do you love? Orion My strong man Keep me safe in the night Safe in the night Keep me safe every night
6.	Velveteen 03:45	lyrics	buy track
Baby, go easy on me I’m fragile as fragile can be I been torn at the seams I been torn at the seams Baby, just say what you mean I’m threadbare velveteen Where lovers have been Where lovers have been Can you put me back, put me back Put me back, right back? Am I real yet, real yet? Am I real yet? Can you put me back, put me back Put me back, right back? Am I real yet, real yet? Am I real yet? Baby, go easy on me I need a soft touch Where the lions still feed I been torn at the seams I been torn at the seams Can you put me back put me back Put me back right back? Am I real yet, real yet? Am I real yet? Can you put me back, put me back Put me back, right back? Am I real yet, real yet? Am I real yet?
7.	Shake Your Head Yes 03:53	lyrics	buy track
Have I won the west? It’s anybody’s guess If we were ever wild Shake your head yes You ask me how I am I’m always such a mess Hiding a heart attack Under a party dress Shake your head yes Cover it up Cover it up in style Cover it up Cover it up I watch you hold your breath You watch me guard my heart A stand-off or a dance? It’s classic cinema Shake your head You ask me how I am I’m never satisfied But I just shake my head Am I a liar? Am I an optimist? If you just read my mind Cover it up Cover it up in style Wear your mistakes Like they’re your greatest disguise And if it tears you apart, it’s fine Cover it up Cover it up Have we won the west? It’s anybody’s guess If we can still be wild Shake your head yes
8.	Wildfire 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Hold your fire Hold your tongue Save your breath for What you love Ashes to ashes We’re born to rust But there must be a little iron left Left in us I’ll light a candle You fan the flame Kiss in the darkness Just to chase it all away I still believe in the choirs in the sky Singing, “Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!” We are a wildfire We are a wildfire We are wild wild wild wild We are a wildfire We are a wildfire We are wild wild wild wild We are a wildfire Into the night We’re burning Into the night Into the night Hold your fire Hold your tongue Save your breath for We are a wildfire We are a wildfire We are wild wild wild wild We are a wildfire We are a wildfire We are wild wild wild wild We are a wildfire Into the night We’re burning Into the night Into the night
9.	Omaha 05:42	lyrics	buy track
Omaha, will you still call me darling? Omaha, will I still be your girl? When I come home from the thrill Of hunting lions Mining ruby-throated riches From the world I don’t know if my cup Will ever be full But the moon, I know she will Hanging over our hearts So heavy they could break Like a thundercloud so full up It could spill I won’t blame you if you stop I won’t hate you if you quit You gave me your medicine Made me strong enough to leave you And I did Omaha, will you still call me darling? Omaha, will I still be your girl? If I never bring you back A single lion Find the ruby-throated riches Of the world So many miners In gambling cities So many miners I’ve seen Putting all their money down And panning for gold Fools with impossible dreams No, I won’t blame you if you stop And I won’t hate you if you quit You only turned your head Long enough to leave you And I did Again and again And again And if the whole thing Goes down in flames We’ll burn out bright And if my whole life Is a string of mistakes You’ll be one thing I got right Omaha, will you still call me darling? Omaha, will I still be your girl? Oh, your clouds they are so full Of silver linings You’ve got the richest sky I’ve seen In all the world
10.	One Foot 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Call up the roses Tell them I’m coming To the west Won’t be long Until we’re running See how my hands shake Everything’s changing I’m tired but still I’ll drive all night to you We’ll move on beyond the rain One foot in front of the other California, be my lover One foot in front of the other What keeps your heart beat? And where’s your North Star? Those clouds can hang back there This is a new start Over the mountains Like water running I won’t sleep again Until I’m laying with you We’ll move on beyond the rain One foot in front of the other Soon enough, soon enough I’ll be there soon, There’s no other One foot in front of the other We’ll move on beyond the rain One foot in front of the other Soon enough, soon enough California, you’re my lover One foot in front of the other
11.	Hanged Man 05:24	lyrics	buy track
I’ll paint the ponies I’ll paint the ponies If you ride I’ll paint the ponies I’ll paint the ponies If you ride August came on like a love song Like the way that she does Glint of gold in her hair All her devil-may-care But she never stays long I held her there by the light Of a dying sun She just smiled and said, “The golden hour Is only one.” I AM I AM THE HANGED MAN CIRCLING AROUND AGAIN LIKE A PAINTED PONY FIXED ON A CAROUSEL RIDE August looked up, said, “September will keep you Good company. You must treat her with kindness Even though you may miss me.” If not for the dawn, Oh, if not for what’s gone, We’d have nothing. For as sure as the sun Oh, as sure as it comes Is its going. I AM I AM THE HANGED MAN CIRCLING AROUND AGAIN LIKE A PAINTED PONY FIXED ON A CAROUSEL RIDE I AM I AM THE HANGED MAN PULLING ON THE REINS OF A WOODEN PONY NEVER DID HOLD TIME I’ll paint the ponies I’ll paint the ponies If you ride I’ll paint the ponies I’ll paint the ponies If you ride I AM I AM THE HANGED MAN CIRCLING AROUND AGAIN LIKE A PAINTED PONY FIXED ON A CAROUSEL RIDE I AM I AM THE HANGED MAN PULLING ON THE REINS OF A WOODEN PONY NEVER DID HOLD TIME I’ll paint the ponies I’ll paint the ponies If you ride I’ll paint the ponies I’ll paint the ponies If you ride
12.	Last Time 05:18	lyrics	buy track
Spring is just around the corner I can feel it in the dark A million diamonds pressed up Just beneath the soil From when the days were hard The watercolor sky in Venice Is breathing into dusk And as the color drains Slowly to the sea It swallows both of us Oh, if we’re wrong If we’re wrong We’ll wear our shock until it’s gone But if we’re right We’ll know we tried We held our love until it breathed For the last time And if the ocean wants the rain The storms will come The ships will shake And if we live for one more day Then wake me up For the last time Oh, if we’re wrong If we’re wrong We’ll wear our shock until it’s gone But if we’re right We’ll know we tried We held our love until it breathed For the last time

credits

released August 7, 2015

Lovers Know was produced by Bradley Hanan Carter and recorded all over the world: at Bedroom Empire in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California; Club Roar in Nashville, Tennessee; Dome in the Desert in Joshua Tree, California; Studio 153A in Auckland, New Zealand; Nick + Maiana's Sanctuary in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California; and all along the highways of America that stretch east and west and back again, from Sea to shining See.

All songs written and arranged by Laura Burhenn, copyright 2015 Origami Music (ASCAP) with Bradley Hanan Carter, copyright 2015 Loud As The Ocean (APRA/ASCAP).

All songs mixed by Bradley Hanan Carter, Djeisan Suskov and Laura Burhenn at Studio 153A in Auckland, New Zealand, except for "Believer," "Semantics" and "Wildfire," which were mixed by Jason Kingsland at Frenchtown Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, with assistance from John Rosser.

Lovers Know was mastered in 3D Technicolor sound by TW Walsh.

MUSICIANS:

Laura Burhenn: vocals, piano, percussion, synthesizers of all shapes and sizes

Bradley Hanan Carter: vocals, bass, synths, electronic beats, guitar, miscellaneous sounds and magic

Patrick Damphier: bass, upright bass, synths, backing vocals, drums

Nicole Childrey: drums, backing vocals

Rebecca Marie Miller: backing vocals

Reese Richardson: guitar genius

Album cover portrait by Jess Ewald; additional album photography by Bliss Braoudakis, Shervin Lainez and Laura Burhenn. Album design and layout by Jadon Ulrich.

This album would not be possible without the love and encouragement of my family and friends, the musicians who played, sang and influenced these songs, and all the unknown people and powers who've leant a helping hand along my way. There are not enough words to possibly express my gratitude. Special thanks to Saddle Creek for your steadfast love, to Bradley for his undying perfectionism, Vickie and everyone at Girlie Action for their fierce support, and for everything that changes and somehow, ever so gracefully, remains the same. Also, thanks to William Faulkner for reminding us to take the way of the uncharted odyssey, always:

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore."

GO WHERE THE WILD ROAD LEADS.

Love always,
Laura.

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The Mynabirds Los Angeles, California

American singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn is a shape-shifter who can’t sit still. Since 2010 she’s worked under the moniker The Mynabirds, releasing three critically acclaimed and stylistically different albums on Saddle Creek: What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) and GENERALS (2012), both produced by Richard Swift, and Lovers Know (2015). ... more

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