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Outsiders

by Anna Tivel

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1.
Outsiders 03:54
Imagine the very first man on the moon, watching the earth rising up Out of the darkness cerulean blue, water and thunder and dust Floating like magic alive in the air, his body a weightless machine Farther away than a plane or a bird or a dreamer had ever been Outsiders, look up It turns out we are not so different Gray and deserted, the landscape is strange, holes on a desolate road Holding the camera, he pauses to say, “Would you look at our beautiful home” All of the angry and all of the lost, painting a circle of blue Only a moment to lean back and watch the silvery rise of the moon Outsiders, look up The night is dark but brilliant and it turns out we are not so different Imagine the very first man on the moon, watching the earth rising up Out of the darkness cerulean blue, water and thunder and dust Hundreds of thousands of miles away, the endless expanse of a dream Pausing the burning of cities to say we are beautiful when we believe
2.
Under a black umbrella, you were keeping to yourself And the rain came down like diamonds on the sidewalk where you stood Another lonely town across the endless bible belt Nothing big enough for headlines ever happened here until today Looking like a stranger in your older brother’s coat You were watching from the corner, as the day slowly unfolded A ringing bell against the door of Frank’s Savings and Loan And you saw it all, the teller ducking down, the gun exploding Like an old bronze statue, you were frozen there in place One man slumped on the counter while the other filled a pillowcase And suddenly your feet were running, rain all in your face Across the street, the ringing bell, the door, the engine roaring Blood was on the floor, the teller reaching out his hand You felt his pulse, you called for help, you tried to stop the bleeding Sirens on the boulevard, a rush of blue motion Like a wave came on, their weapons drawn, the teller’s soul just leaving Hands over your head they said, and you tried to tell the truth The pillowcase, the getaway, the car, the blood and you In your older brother’s coat, your stocking hat and worn out shoes But to them, you were just some punk kid cracked out and skipping school Anger like a freighter pulling punches in your head And you tried to push your way past all the uniforms and the dead man But they pulled you to the ground your face pressed on the wet cement Like an animal, spreadeagle, the umbrella in your waistband Gun, somebody cried, and you kicked your legs and broke the window In a chaos of confusion, raining glass like diamonds loosed and you were On your feet again and then a bullet danced right through you And the ground came up like some great flood and then you were not moving Under a black umbrella, you were keeping to yourself And the rain came down like diamonds on the sidewalk where you fell And nothing in the headlines even mentioned you at all Just a corner note about a cracked out kid who broke the law
3.
Astrovan 04:13
I love you, I’m nervous, my heart beats imperfectly, sometimes I act like a clown In bright colored makeup, to hide my mistakes and the fear that you’ll figure me out The deep purple sadness that washes my eyelids I lift them up trying to look at you now With love on my fingers, I move to deliver, the powerful thing that I felt I love you, don’t worry, it’s just temporary, my back turned against you at night A magnetic heat, it released all my demons, I dream that my dreams are on fire The cool of your breath pulling in pulls me back, I uncurl like a flower in the yellowing light Your eyes slowly open, two bluebirds arriving to land on the branch of my mind I love you, forgive me, my suitcase is empty, I lost all the things that I am Like kissing you tenderly, right off the highway, the back of a gold Astrovan The best that I have are all things that you gave me, I’ll find a way baby to give them all back The sky up above and the kindness of love and the truth even when it hurts bad
4.
Heroes 02:59
In the back of a downtown dive bar, on a wooden stage in the corner You stand with your beat-up guitar, already halfway gone The din of the drunken dreamers who staggered in from the real world They lift their glasses skyward, and turn the TV on You’re singing about a bar fight, a shot and a can of High Life The tears of a girl you just might leave before too long A lonesome crying coyote, a sweaty held out high note A cowboy riding backroads away from everyone But who are you gonna become if all of your heroes died young You wake in a stranger’s bedroom, awash in last night’s cheap booze And she don’t pretend to know you, she just pulls her work clothes on You stumble through the weekend, til you finally call your girlfriend I guess it’s just not working, I guess I’m just a dog You sit at the kitchen table, a six-pack and a capo An artist and an asshole, you write all of your wrongs And your heroes grow unruly, they overdose or just leave Their lives are fucked up movies and you’ve studied every one But who are you gonna become if all of your heroes are gone Who are you gonna become if all of your heroes died young
5.
Two dark horses just appearing, early morning fog Breath like engines overheating, rising up and gone Holy light across the pasture, barbed wire fences built to trap them Two dark horses running faster than they’ve ever run Two dark horses, sweating, leaning, thunderous and wild Flanked in low mist slowly leaving, red sun on the rise Scars where darker forces whipped them, filled their mouths with blood and bit them Two dark horses flying, lifting, weightless just this once Two dark horses, hallelujah, watch them disappear Powerful as dancers moving, low against the air Thunder on the black horizon, rolling wild electric skyline Two dark horses, storm behind them, freedom finally come
6.
Royal Blue 05:09
Emily, I finally found the edge No one could’ve told me but I knew it when I saw it so I leapt The air was cool across my chest Falling was so beautiful, I brushed my spirit off and fell again Emily, I think I am in love Everything I ever knew is woven through the fabric of a touch I lie awake and wait for god A weary unbeliever finally feeling something greater taking off But what if flying doesn’t take, will I always feel this way Emily, I cannot be alone Something deep inside of me is full of straining wire and bullet holes I lay down on that sinking boat Land on the horizon but the doves are blind and flying way too low Emily, it’s everything at once Bad news in the morning and an orchid blooming by the wall out front It’s looking down, it’s looking up A mattress by the highway or a mansion, marble lions line the walk And what if flying doesn’t take, will I always feel this way Emily, the rain is on the roof The corrugated metal and the rattle of each drop it tells a truth A morse code, a royal blue A letter to a lover lost somewhere between together and just you Emily, I’m scared of getting old Losing every battle with a body slowly growing still and cold I want to free my fearful soul Climb above the buildings til I’m filled up with a heaven I can hold But what if flying doesn’t take, and we’re alive only to ache Running wild and tempting fate A brilliant fire, a silver blade Will I always feel this way, will I always feel this way, will I always feel this way
7.
Ruins 05:11
The old house is vacant, the tall grass has taken the last of the garden away Holes in the windows where kids throw in stones just to hear something shudder and break It’s hard to say sorry, it’s humbling and scary, a gust of wind tearing your mask away Leaving you lonely inside of your body, a ghost in a hollow embrace A crumbling table, a broken cup handle, an animal running the walls It’s hard to believe we were dreaming and graceful, or that we were lovers at all A burn on the counter where, moving in anger, you danced like a stranger all strange and small Then covered in blankets and holding me later, you said it was nobody’s fault Oh, the whole thing down in ruins, alone, a ghost in an empty room Walking on eggshells and dust on the bookshelf, and catching your face in the glass An angry destroyer, a hurt little boy, a man in an iron mask Forgiveness is easy, you just have to kneel, and then promise to take it all back But beautiful words are not real without something to heal where the glass is cracked Oh, the whole thing down in ruins, alone, a ghost in an empty room A vase with no flowers that burn on the counter, the curtains all dirty and worn A crack in the staircase and birds in the fireplace and paint peeling off of the door All out of chances, a sorry ghost dancing a pattern of dust on the floor Forever a memory, a lonely house empty, where nobody lives anymore Oh, the whole thing down in ruins, alone, a ghost in an empty room
8.
The Dial 03:01
Sometimes I get to thinking there’s a hand upon the dial Every time I move forward something turns me back around A warpath worn into a soft white cloud A dream catcher lying on the roadside shoulder And state line comes again, I pass through flying Got to keep on top of it, it’s almost night The gas station hopping and the motel light Flicking on and off again, a flare before me And it just keeps turning around Feedback burning in a dark blue sky The theater curtains and the bar crowd forming Sweat on the microphone, I lean back blind In a state of unraveling a stolen story Oh my god I go around again There’s a heavy wind and the rain keeps coming Sing it soft so they all lean in, give them everything, give them all you got It just keeps turning around Sometimes I get to thinking there’s a hand upon the dial Turn it down, let the truth come crashing If I don’t believe it then no one will So I brace myself, til the next town passes
9.
Invisible man, you’re an asphalt dancer Cinematic, backward talking fool Don’t reach for my hand with your madman laughter I am scared to become like you I awoke, in the early morning, in my own apartment, up above Where you stood, in a bed of flowers, telling no one real to shut up Get out, get out, I don’t want you in my brain A seed, of doubt, it gets planted anyway Invisible man, you’re a radiator Burning up the pavement in the dark Don’t reach for my hand, I am not your neighbor I am scared to be like you are I got up, made a cup of coffee, got my shoes and car keys and I left To my job, down the elevator, out the door where you were yelling Get out, get out, you’re not welcome in my brain A seed, of doubt, well it haunts me like a plague Invisible man, you’re a tightrope walker An obscene applauder in the street Don’t reach for my hand, I am not your brother You are not a thing like me Invisible man, your electric laughter Running addled circles on the loose And the truth is that I’m just another madman And I see myself in you
10.
The Basement 03:22
I’m alright, just working, what a trip, to see you again That night, in the basement, I’ve been trying to forget How’s life, or whatever, I’m not sure what to say Are you still in that apartment, by the freeway Sweet disbeliever, you’ll never change, and I guess that it’s not you I blame I’m just trying to get through the day It’s fine, it happens, and we both had too much You know, I’m not mad, I just have to run You laughed about it after, said you always get what you want And I left, while you were sleeping, and that’s the last we talked Sweet disbeliever, you’ll never change, and I guess that it’s not you I blame I’m just tired of feeling this way Please believe that it’s not a game, and you got all of the cards anyway, and I hate you for making me hate
11.
The Bell 03:24
You came in like a roll of thunder, trying to change the shape of love Looking for somebody to believe in you for once How’d the world get so confusing, how’d the ache inside your chest Go from something beautiful to something dangerous But now I guess the rain is coming, and it’ll rain like hell But nothing ever changes til you ring the bell Lit up like a firecracker, you’ve been burning out for years Nothing left but ruined plastic shells and helpless tears But once you were a brilliant flash, a crash of silver light Don’t forget the way you felt, all hungry and alive But now I guess the rain is coming, and it’ll rain like hell But nothing ever changes til you ring the bell I know you’re a crazy dreamer, I know that you still believe Something good is just beyond the darkness of this dream And time will tell a softer story, how you climbed above the wire Held that hammer high above and made the damn thing chime But now I guess the rain is coming, and it’ll rain like hell But nothing ever changes til you ring the bell

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All selections written by Anna Tivel
Produced by Shane Leonard
Engineered by Brian Joseph
Mixed by Brian Joseph (tracks 1,5,7,9,10,11) & Shane Leonard (tracks 2,3,4,6,8)
Mastered by Huntley Miller
Cover Art by Chris Frisina
Album Design by Vincent Bancheri
Recorded at Future Apple Tree 2 in Rock Island, IL and The Bungaleau in Eau Claire, WI

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released August 19, 2022

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Anna Tivel's 6th studio album, "Living Thing" will be released May 31 on Fluff and Gravy Records

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