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Bassless

by StanLei

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1.
Dr Sunshine 03:38
When bad things happen in life Our minds block them out to make space to remember only the good This phenomenon works the other way round too So being with you I’ve blocked out all I knew before I’ve given up searching for explanations darling Cos they don’t really matter at all Not knowing what it is that causes this connection Makes no difference to how we do How did we get it so right You blew my mind every night How is it everything feels so true When it’s between just me and you oooh ba da ba ba da Nights without sleeping Academic weekends Basking in the sunshine of your smile Counting myself lucky every day For the sweetest times of my whole damn life When you go away I run through every cliché Ever written about missing someone And whenever I’m blue you know exactly what to say and do To let me know you understand my mood How did we get it so right You blew my mind every night How is it everything feels so true When it’s between just me and you oooh you knew exactly what to do you knew exactly what to do
2.
Run 04:02
I’m light and darkness Walking on the surface Where shadows crawl And good intentions fall Stuck in a circle tightning Closed in by my vices When that black cloud comes over me Darkness is all I see My tears live close to my eyes And though I don’t have to tell you why I cry Its those old classics they make you realise Just how precious is this old thing we call life Cos we all are what we are Somehow I grew up scared Of my own shadow / and what was in my head Telling me run, run / All I want is to be free To cherish that strength made from my own speed It told me run, run / We’ve got to be free To use that strength made from our own speed Life kills us slowly And death means we were alive And yet mostly we live as if Death means another life Me I’m living aimlessly Caught between Comfortable slumps And ego rushes My tears live close to my eyes And no I don’t have to tell you why I cry Those old classics they make you realise Just how precious is this whole thing we call life Cos we all are what we are Somehow I grew up scared Of my own shadow / and what was in my head Telling me run, run / All I want is to be free To cherish that strength made from my own speed It told me run, run / We’ve got to be free To use that strength made from our own speed
3.
Left my baby behind and I went away Crossed the world searching them perfect waves When I got there I found I couldn’t even stay up I’d left all my treasure behind Mama Mar taught me things I didn’t wanna learn Like you can never keep that which you didn’t earn Left my soles on the hot sand I’m feeling the burn Let the tide take me far far away O si Mama Mar, I’m still hoping on you If I can’t drop in on you I can still sing the blues When I’m feeling down never mind what I do I know one sweet far off day I know I will drop in true Now the palms whisper secrets I can’t really hear Cos old Mama Mar she has blocked up my ears She took all my strength & threw me back over here And still my yearning goes on … Goes on and on For what I was searching I know now I’ll never find It’s all that I had and it’s all on the inside All I can do now is keep on trying to be kind Hoping I’ll get that feeling again some day Oh sea, Mama Mar, I’m still hoping on you If I can’t drop in on you I can still sing the blues When I’m feeling down never mind what I do I know one sweet far off day I know I will drop in true Cos I know that these white walls are all but in my mind You can rush muscle but not memory The best ones I got they are now haunting me I know these white walls are all in my mind They are all in my mind
4.
The keeper of keys sits by the water Smelling the breeze off the estuary The river keeps flowing fresh and wide Under the glowing sky and into the sea The keeper of keys knows That home is where the heart goes The keeper of keys aint got no home Sees the countries and blesses the trees The keeper don’t mind being alone Wipes down the counter and goes to sleep The keeper of keys knows That home is where the heart goes Home is where the heart goes It could be where the birds drift home up a salty river It could be where the raptors sail on the thermal highs It could be a room where no one knows your history It could be a space where you crawl in to hide It could be where the sorrel springs like flames from the green green grass It could be where the birds and bees are the only sound It could be where the rolling hills are topped with three leaf turbines It could be where the city lights shine out all the stars around But when your soul sings the home song you hear its cry And when those loving arms open you crawl inside It could be where the birds drift home up a salty river It could be where the raptors sail on the thermal highs It could be a room where no one knows your history It could be a space where you crawl in to hide It could be where the sorrel springs like flames from the green green grass It could be where the birds and bees are the only sound It could be where the rolling hills are topped with three leaf turbines It could be where the city lights shine out all the stars around But when your soul sings the home song you hear its cry And when those loving arms open you crawl inside

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Bassless is the debut EP from singer songwriter StanLei.

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released April 26, 2019

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Engineering, mix & master: Sam Bradley (Sonic Sculpture Recording)

Dr Sunshine
Ukulele: Sam Bradley

Oh Sea (Mama Mar)
Guitar solo: Rotem Sivan
Background vocals: Chris Diedeszak

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StanLei Toulouse, France

Folk roots, bedroom beats + cello.
UK-made, Toulouse-based 🇫🇷

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