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Fata Morgana (Album 2023)

by Liz Davinci

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1.
Pain Reliever 03:26
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Blue candles, late string quartets White wine, strawberries & mimolette I remember that feeling of pure content A pack of red Gauloises cigarettes Dressed to the nines that night you were I felt fine, I became a believer It all aligned like a good pain reliever But don’t cry before you’re hurt You said don’t cry in my new sweatshirt Just months before I was such a mess I thought I’d die, I just couldn’t repent Landmines in my mind like a feverish bend They just wouldn’t relent They haunted me to no end I was losing the thread Chills down my spine that day you were Changing the lines with eyes and words It all aligned like a good pain reliever But don’t cry before you’re hurt You said don’t cry in my new sweatshirt You’re everything to me I’m just an apple, sweet off the tree You can have anything Your touch feels like a scream Don’t fall, geraniums, magnolias Line the walls It seems it’s just the two of us The crystal ball showed me our ruins but Don’t cry before you’re hurt Don’t try to know the dirt Don’t tell me what you’re worth I won’t lie and I won’t flirt I like sunshine and my vintage skirt Dressed to the nines that night you were I felt fine, I became a believer It all aligned like a good pain reliever But don’t tell me now you’re hurt Don’t tell me I’m the jerk I try and try to be as free as a bird
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Mirage 05:20
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She asked me where I’m from It’s a question I can dread I gave the compact answer – California “Oh from the sun,” she laughed and said I looked away for distraction I grabbed a piece of bread She kept asking me things one by one Till it was too much for her head I don’t know why my life story seems so Damned complicated I just let the wind blow me Then I would land and recreate it I feel like the mirage Is humming some tunes In the fridge in the garage There’s beer as cool as you I see the mirage at the wild lagoon Dive into its songs In a red bathing suit I’m making some coffee It’s been years since you saw me Devour the dolly Is the carnival ride The grass turned mossy And somewhere you lost me You know what you cost me But I’m done and I’m fine I feel like the mirage Is humming some tunes In the fridge in the garage There’s beer as cool as you I see the mirage at the wild lagoon Dive into its songs In a red bathing suit I stared at the plum tree Until I understood Then the broken and the faulty things Burned off like they should I was at a crossing I just let it be and that got me free It sounds easy it wasn’t but inevitably It got me back to the good Ten wild, barking dogs Sensation typhoon Sustained by the cause As madness recruits It’s no good way to dodge The things that bother you Temptation and response Can leave you black and blue But you know what to do
3.
One Silver Dollar 02:10
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One silver dollar, bright silver dollar Changing hands Endlessly rolling, wasted and stolen Changing hands Spent for a baby’s trinket Won by a gambler’s lust Pierced by an outlaw’s bullet And lost in the blood red dust One silver dollar, worn silver dollar Changing hands Love is a shining dollar Bright as a church bell’s chime Gambled and spent and wasted And lost in the dust of time One silver dollar, worn silver dollar Changing hearts, changing lives, changing hands
4.
Cherry July 04:54
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I’m at the In-N-Out At the drive-thru On Washington Boulevard about 10 minutes from where we Back in January Invited the walls to come down We went just south of town To the drive-in In your Toyota Crown This movie is scary The monster is hairy They’re fighting on the ground Cherry cream pie Cherry lips smile The fourth of July tonight The desert screams and shouts It’s five to twelve And I’m calling you no doubt In Vegas we can get married That’d be so very Exciting – I’m packing right now We’ve got all the windows rolled down Cigarette smoke And the music turned up loud I’ll be your baby Forever I’ll take thee We’ll make it a big blow out Cherry cream pie Cherry lips smile The fourth of July We searched and searched Cherry cream pie Cherry lips smile The fourth of July
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Another Lollipop 03:49
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I’ve never been to Switzerland Not even in the airport or a train station But I want it all Give me a ticket to an Island off the coast of Spain Give me a first-class seat In a small jet plane I want it all I can’t believe I found another lollipop On top of your day We were in your shop tying knots I can’t believe how you Showed up out of nowhere And now I’ve got my Blue, round, sweet lollipop Working long hours on my laptop Album drop You ask truth or dare Who cares I’ve never been to Sweden I’d like to go camping there Heard it’s like freedom I wanna do it all I tried to buy a ticket Go to Paris with the train Ended up as a big disaster Everything got rearranged But that’s okay I’ll get there anyway I can’t believe I found another lollipop On top of the day We were in your shop tying knots I can’t believe how you Showed up out of nowhere And now I’ve got my Blue, round, sweet lollipop Working long hours on my laptop Album drop You ask truth or dare Who cares Shine the purple light on me I stand up straight contemplating You never know just who you’ll meet Or who will like your energy I used to leave I’d always leave Please climb the ladder carefully It’s getting late, still we create You never know just who you’ll meet Life can always turn so sweet Sing me some Johnny Cash You’ve got it good You’ve got the passion And I’m just over here being me The only thing seriously I know I’m doing right and he Seems to think I move carelessly But I want it all
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I'm Through With Love 03:30
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I’m through with love I’ll never fall again Said adieu to love Don’t ever call again For I must have you or no one And so I’m through with love I’ve locked my heart I’ll keep my feelings there I have stocked my heart With icy, frigid air And I need to care for no one Because I’m through with love Why did you lead me To think you could care You didn’t need me For you to have your share Of slaves around you To hound you and swear With deep emotion and devotion to you Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me It can never bring the thing that used to be For I must have you or no one And so I’m through with love
7.
Purple Jesters 05:27
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I drove towards the Alps last night In an old brown Mercedes on the A99 Starry sky backdrop on my right In my mind your thoughts ricocheted For a while now they’ve stuck and stayed Old leather, coffee and music as I ride In anticipation on the A99 Those demons and purple jesters They were screaming Loud and with pleasure They surrounded me and circled steadily I closed my eyes and sang this melody It wasn’t long until I arrived At an old farmhouse with one outdoor light Parked the car, grabbed my keys And made my way To the room where I planned to stay Just a bed and a sink I think I’ll fade away To be ready for tomorrow’s escapade Those demons and purple jesters They were screaming Loud and with pleasure They surrounded me and circled steadily I closed my eyes and sang this melody Here I am, deep breath I risk it all There’s nothing left My heart pounding in my chest I throw my bag aside And we progress This was a silent chase It was a secret hunt and Now you even show up with a gun Those demons and purple jesters They were screaming Loud and with pleasure They surrounded me and circled steadily I closed my eyes and sang this melody
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Interlude - March 24 02:14
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I wake up in the morning I spill my guts to you and you And you and me Life is a construction site And I can’t help what I do Now that answers don’t matter to me I’m starting to find them I’m here to do good Even if you might question that It’s true, through and through And I am one billion and zero At the same time And all those philosophical thoughts But I’m best when I’m thinking about Nothing Doing nothing A light smile on my lips I’m thinking about you How deeply I love you No matter your weaknesses No matter your addictions I will always love you Through and through I pray to God by staring at the grass Worshipping the colour, the smell Walking in bare feet through snow Dancing through big dance studios With people I hardly know I love those moments I have so much to say Does it help you or just me? I have so many songs to play It’s like I know you have to know You have to know my truths You have to know my essence Do you relate? I think we’re the same And you have to know A light smile on my lips Spontaneous words spoken now Coffee drips in the pot And I’m thinking about you How much I love you
9.
Fly on the Wall 04:04
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So amazing on the fly I am a fly on the wall Invigorating is my life I want to try to call This every day, this high I am alive and full So amazing that mind I am a fly on the wall You make this epic I’ll drive the Buick, just get in Can you light my cigarette At Venice Beach We’ll watch the sun setting I’m on my knees for this obsession I tried to glorify my last downfall You don’t need to ask why It’s all under control This enemy this time I see as reasonable I read it in your eyes And in that southern drawl You make this epic I’ll drive the Buick, just get in Can you light my cigarette At Venice Beach We’ll watch the sun setting I’m on my knees for this obsession I think that Jeremiah and Jesus too Have something to say, they just ran to you I saw the next Messiah and she is cool I’d like to pray but I don’t know how to So amazing on the fly I am a fly on the wall I love to live this life And to fulfill my call Writing out my mind Looks more like chicken scrawl I’m so glad I dropped by Just like a cannonball You make this epic I’ll drive the Buick, just get in Can you light my cigarette At Venice Beach We’ll watch the sun setting I’m on my knees for this obsession
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After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It 02:54
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After you get what you want You don’t want it If I gave you the moon You’d grow tired of it soon You’re like a baby You want what you want when you want it But when you are presented with What you want you’re discontented You’re always wishing and wanting for something When you get what you want You don’t want what you get And though I sit upon your knee You’ll grow tired of me Cause after you get what you want You don’t want what you wanted at all Changeable You’ve got a changeable nature Always changing your mind There’s a longing in your eyes That is hard to satisfy And here’s the reason why After you get what you want You don’t want it If I gave you the moon You’d grow tired of it soon You’re like a baby You want what you want when you want it But when you are presented with What you want you’re discontented You’re always wishing and wanting for something When you get what you want You don’t want what you get And though I sit upon your knee You’ll grow tired of me Cause after you get what you want you don’t want what you wanted at all
11.
Body Lines 03:59
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It’s all renumbered, cropped and rendered Notoriety and clouds in the sky You’re thunder I’m under please Love me tender You’re the tempest I liked to find There was a day back in December I couldn’t lie to me and I knew why I began to shun and to dismember The society I’d built inside Baroque architecture Red staircase soft to climb Do I fit in this mirage of pleasure Or did I turn on a dime It’s hard for me to count or measure So I trace all through the night With a dance to mute The dogs and jesters And give the wisdom of the body lines Redundant, topped and severed Are over now, they did their time Disturbance is life so let’s Embrace the endeavor With chaos as the perfect design Baroque architecture Red staircase soft to climb Do I fit in this mirage of pleasure Or did I turn on a dime It’s hard for me to count or measure So I trace all through the night With a dance to mute The dogs and jesters And give the wisdom of the body lines
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Dixie Theatre 03:46
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The show started right on time you Do trick after trick A magician through and through The audience is captured The audience is full And I’m playing my role Even better than cool You roll up your sleeves for One last brilliant ruse I have to get in the cage how ironic A little demonic too This theatre’s dodgy The clientele not your average Guy on the street They’ve got streaks of something savage The bizarre and the strange They pay to see with spare change They’re right by the train It flies by once an hour They’re all ordering iced tea In this comedy And now I’m in the dressing room Show’s over it’s 10pm What should we do We go across the street for A drink or two Strange Days is playing on the stereo It really fits my mood I dance my way home in basketball shoes I feel free and happy too This theatre’s dodgy The clientele not your average Guy on the street They’ve got streaks of something savage The bizarre and the strange They pay to see with spare change They’re right by the train It flies by once an hour Order up your best remedy In this dark comedy Inside I drop the keys No one’s here but me And tomorrow we’ll take a ride On the Autobahn 995 But tonight I’ll take a ride in my mind Where I’ll escape from space time Align myself and live and die
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End of the Sea 05:44
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It seems there’s a path I always lead myself down To get hurt Every time it’s the same Like a game that I play A dark joke It’s the bitter dessert I write about me but I want you to feel Like it’s your ground I’m trying to see if it’s water or wine I don’t know how The cameras are rolling The coffee is flowing My life is a carnival ride Dancing not strolling’s The only way to keep going In a world of words making me sigh The guards are patrolling Their concerns are showing The only safety I know is in rhymes Let’s go casually to the end of the sea Now I know that You so cleverly slowly befriended me Because I was sad I was starting to play What I wanted to tell you Without words It’s a whole different plane In the grey you can show things Beyond these dimensions for sure My fingers start rolling On the black and the white You say you like the sound But you’ve got no idea What it cost me to be here I was alone but I stuck around The cameras are rolling The coffee is flowing In my dream I was given insight Dancing and rolling through space This is flowing This wordlessness is what I strive The dogs are patrolling Aggressively roaming The only truth I know is in rhymes Let’s go casually to the end of the sea Now I know that You so tactically slowly befriended me Because I was sad Everything’s so cliché In this madness parade For what it’s worth I’ll sing my two cents to the soldiers Or the youth Or down in Florida To the prisoners In the end if I’ve helped Even one person out That’s enough A good energy field If this is anyway real Helps no matter what The cameras are rolling The coffee is flowing My life is a carnival ride Romancing the holy Understanding that knowing Is the bestest most beautiful bride The guards are patrolling Their concerns are showing The only safety I know is in rhymes Let’s go casually to the end of the sea Now I know that You so cleverly slowly befriended me Because I was sad I’m not sad This wasn’t my plan man

about

1. „Pain Reliever“ – This was one of the first songs I wrote for the album and the final version is the demo, as was the case with every song on the album. I experimented a bit with form here. The song is stripped down – completely solo with no vocal doublings or other instruments added later. It represented the essence of what I wanted „Fata Morgana“ to become – basically naked.

2. „Mirage“ – I used a more simplified chord progression than usual for this song. I wanted the instrumental section to be over-the-top pianistically.

3., 6., 10. „One Silver Dollar“, „I’m Through With Love“ & „After You Get What You Want You Don’t Want It“ – These three songs were sung by Marilyn Monroe in the 1950s and I wanted to grace the album with these moods as a tribute to Marilyn Monroe and because I felt the atmospheres complimented my own songs and provided contrast.

4. „Cherry July“ – I decided to write a song about Los Angeles and the surrounding area and I wrote the lyrics directly and recorded the song shortly after.

5. „Another Lollipop“ – I got very inspired after I had decided the album was finished and wrote these lyrics quickly and recorded the song the next day, deciding it needed to go on the album.

7. „Purple Jesters“ – This was one of the first songs I wrote for the album and it’s partially about how music can be healing and powerful.

8. „Interlude – March 24“ – I kept writing spoken texts to create a track like this for the album but I kept throwing them away. At the end I got inspired to make this text and I spoke it in and played some chords and notes under it, spontaneously deciding that this was the right message that had been trying to make its way out.

9. „Fly on the Wall“ – I initially wrote this for a different project, not intending for it to be solo. This song also takes place in Los Angeles.

11. „Body Lines“ – This song was a passing thought that I created and recorded very quickly. Later it occurred to me that many of the rhymes in the chorus are the same as I use in Purple Jesters, which is funny because those songs are two totally different animals.

12. „Dixie Theatre“ – I wrote this song awhile ago for a different project. I played with some unusual chord progressions here. Vocally this song was also experimental for me and not without challenge.

13. „End of the Sea“ – I wrote this song as a pre-planned form as a poetry exercise out of utter boredom and never intended for it to be a song, let alone be on this album. It became one of my favourite songs on the album.

credits

released April 21, 2023

Composed, performed and produced by Liz Davinci except for "One Silver Dollar", written by Marilyn Monroe, "I'm Through With Love", written by Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck and Gus Kahn (lyrics) and "After You Get What You Want You Don’t Want It", by Irving Berlin.
Mastered by Kevin Carafa

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Liz Davinci Munich, Germany

Liz Davinci was born and raised in California and is currently based in Munich, Germany. Her evocative vocal style has been called "haunting and beautiful" and is often compared to Kate Bush.

Liz's first album, "Obstruction Destruction", was released in 2017, followed by "Pax Victoria", "QRASS" and an album of unreleased music and demos. Solo album "Fata Morgana" released in April of 2023. ... more

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