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Unreleased, Alternate Takes, Demos (Album 2022)

by Liz Davinci

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1.
Introduction 00:32
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2.
17 Rhymes 04:52
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Seven rhymes and seventeen times everywhere I went saw good signs Got your letter glad you settled made me feel so much better Not your kind but on your mind trying times undying lies But how’s the weather in the nether grab my hand let’s go together Out of your cage the one you made You find some time to tell some lies look in my eyes look at the skies Get ready to jump on the train Now trying to climb in warning lights shining The thrill is what it became Instead of inviting you go into hiding You wouldn’t take any blame and now it’s pouring rain Sadness binds and anger winds me up with my unread replies Soft as a feather so whatever got a customized oppressor I do unwind but not on time when out I climb outside my mind I start to measure this endeavor now I’ve got to find my clever Out of your rage out of the shade You find some time to tell some lies look in my eyes look at the skies Get ready to jump on the train Now trying to climb in warning lights shining The thrill is what it became Instead of inviting you end up igniting You say I’m not at all tame You know I don’t play the game and now I’m faced with what it became I can’t find it anywhere
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The Twisting 03:50
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Four o’clock blue light on the fields Red hat backpack black crow backdrop Alps it’s surreal Six tightly wrapped haystacks attract me I climb up to sit and think and cross my heels Starry night red moon above the twisting You can tell me anything cuz I’m listening These times are strained no champagne But there’s no sense in blame no resent Just fire to keep persisting Stillness stops dog barks white snow patch Striped cat slips through the crack In an act to conceal Realities built on fallacies deconstruct and show The classic tale between good and evil It’s all revealed Starry night red moon above the twisting You can tell me anything cuz I’m listening These times are strained no champagne But there’s no sense in blame no resent Just fire to keep persisting
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With The Freaks 03:10
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I wasn’t tired I took the keys and went out to ride I never met him never felt it never ever tried And he was fired up and hung up in the local dive In the shadows, I know what he knows, we go back Sitting here I want to swim in the water in the middle of the night And maybe you’ll paint me baby In blue streaks on the beach Had a headache, had a cupcake and a purple lighter Felt the earthquake made my heart break it backfired Hit me hello we go way back we go fast And maybe you’ll paint me baby In blue streaks on the beach At midnight at the traffic light as we drive to the beach Mystic firelight We’re staying over night until the twilight with all the freaks You’re the King and I’m the Queen and he’s the Friar And we hold hands and dive right down into the satire Fit me you really fit me hijack feedback I’ll be back Maybe you’ll paint me
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Eat This Demo 02:24
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And I said I’m running and I heard her coming and they told me not to And I hear the fanfare and I slept the night there while they rigged the hardware And they told me not to eat this at home and they told me not to drink this alone And I’m finding out here how we need to stack here going down the hollow And I don’t want a nightmare awaken somewhere elsewhere that purple pill she swallowed And they told me not to eat this at home and they told me not to drink this alone Come to a grinding halt here but they have all got no fear going down the sorrow I know you do care I know you do dare and why I wallow I don’t know And now they’re right about near just close your eyes dear we’re going down the hollow And they told me not to eat this at home and they told me not to drink this alone
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While They Prey Demo 04:50
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The Aftermath Demo 06:04
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I put my fake eyelashes on get ready getting ready to blaze the dawn I feel like the summer was somehow wrong In the corridor on the second floor elevator comes While you were lying there I got to thinking about the laws that keep repeating And how I finally seem to be agreeing with it all You called me up to tell me that I’m fun I don’t know why you bother doing this because we’re done In the end I’m just someone you used to talk about and dream about but now I’m numb While you were lying there I got to thinking about the flaws in me that keep repeating And how I finally seem to be meeting and believing in my call I’m so brave I never thought that I’d go up and down and all around Till it’s bright green sound Everywhere you go the audio is gonna blow you all around Give me 10 give me 20 give me honey give me plenty Give me happy give me funny give me 10 give me nothing I put my fake eyelashes on is this a remedy an identity to play along Is this a song I was lying there and I was believing that the world was good and even No longer a need to keep grieving it was flung Taking my time away to have some fun I call it sanity refashioning everyone Pack my lightening diamonds to see the sun They’ll shine everywhere light up everyone And I was lying there and I was feeling this kind of peace a kind of heaing Staring up at the ceiling singing this song
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Joni Blue Alternate Version 04:16
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Steve Alternate Version 04:03
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I can feel you, Steve you're comin' through No one sent for you and now you're blue The rosemary's hung and dried in the pale daylight And I tried and I try to ease your mind In that pale daylight Spring will take the gloom and make a debut That's not too far that's what we are livin' to The rosemary's hung and dried in the pale daylight And I tried and I try to ease your mind In that pale daylight I can't free you, I can't reach you Boo-hoo I'm just real too and I deal to get me through The rosemary's hung on the line The night is beautiful moonlight And I tried and I try To give you everything I try I can feel you, Steve you're comin' through
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Downfall Demo 04:43
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He drives real fast in his car He frequents dusty bars He dresses to kill and maybe he does He’s such a thrill, it’s like a drug And baby when you call I just can’t help it I’m right there when you call You’re gonna be my downfall He wears so many scars So cool and so hardened He dresses to kill and maybe he does I love him still, I need my fill And baby when you call I just can’t help it I’m right there when you call You’re gonna be my downfall I knew it from the very start The danger waged inside me I could see that you lived in the dark But I thought that if you came with me I could help you see Let you free But now I see that really Baby when you call I just can’t help it I’m right there when you call You’re gonna be my downfall
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Birds Demo 03:13
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In tennis shoes outside With coffee I recline To have some peace before I leave To busy streets and concrete scenes Little highs in tennis shoes outside Two minutes more I lie, watch the birds fly by They’re just being, God that’s freeing Now they’re singing sweet sweet sweetly Move through bruises and seasons We all have our reasons Blue moods start me singing We all have our reasons
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I Can't Get Started 02:54
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I’ve flown around the world entertained Thought up illusions changed my name The North Sea I have parted but I just can’t get started with you Tried my hand at guitar Acted like a movie star Bought me a house a nice nice place but I don’t get no place with you You’re such a dream Poems I write of you beam at the very sight of you Stream sad songs is all I ever do because it helps me through In 2019 I knocked at your door You know I’m not just a simple troubadour But you’re so guarded that I just can’t get started with you
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North Beach Demo 04:25
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Wakin’ up in my ripped up old jeans Honestly I just didn’t bother You can read into what it means But honestly I just couldn’t bother Everything is just as it seems I could go on and on here But instead I started thinking about San Francisco And eating Chinese food upstairs In that little dive right next to North Beach By City Lights Bookstore, I liked it there It was July day 17 In the year with the hot, hot summer Time to get out and get free Gettin’ ready to have some goddamn fun here Or at least try, after all it’s July And then I started dreaming about San Francisco And eating Chinese food upstairs In that little dive right next to North Beach By City Lights Bookstore, in that smoky air I’m satisfied with all I’ve seen Although I’ve never been down under yet You read books about the scenery And write down your dreams so you don’t forget And maybe we’ll fly there or at least try And then I started talking about San Francisco And eating Chinese food upstairs In that little dive right next to North Beach By City Lights Bookstore, I liked it there
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Somewhere Over The Rainbow (improvised text) 04:50
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15.
High Rise Demo (improvised text) 04:58
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about

17 Rhymes was the first song for Pax Victoria that Underhatchet and I worked on. We worked on it for ages and very passionately, not knowing we would kick it off the album. We both always liked the song.

The Twisting was a song I wrote for QRASS because I didn't initially want the album to end with Rollout. It became clear to me that The Twisting did not fit on QRASS even though it is a fine song.

With the Freaks was written by both Underhatchet and I and it was basically a jam session. It was intended to be the title song of the album which became QRASS.

While They Prey - I had such a strong idea for this song in general and I worked all day on it one day in July 2020, playing in the demo using the string sound on my keyboard to try to capture the idea before I forgot it.

Eat This - I got the idea for this song whilst driving and fumbled to find my phone and record it. I sang it so out of tune that I was almost in a different key so I decided to compose it like that, as if I had meant to drop into the odd key change for the chorus.

The Aftermath - I wrote this song during the Pax Victoria period but I somehow knew it wouldn't be on the album. I tried to develop it and changed some lyrics and sped it up, but this first version has always been my favourite and to me captures the mood and feeling I wanted.

Joni Blue Alternate Version - This was the initial concept but neither Underhatchet nor I could accept it as a final idea. It's a good example of process though and shows how incredibly different a song can become in its development.

Steve Alternate Version - Very, very early on I had planned for the album now known as QRASS to be called Steve and to be based on my movie idea. This was the version intended for the album.

Downfall Demo - This demo isn't all that different from the final version but it's stripped down.

Birds - I intended for this song to be on QRASS but it never really called out to me to develop it further than this demo.

I Can't Get Started - In my story about Victoria from Pax Victoria she sings this jazz standard so I made up my own lyrics and sang a version to perhaps put on the album and to feel the role of the character.

North Beach Demo - This is a really slow demo.

Over the Rainbow - This was a very early "demo" for a song that will be on the album we are working on now. The song has changed a lot but I thought it was nice to share something recent and very raw.

High Rise - I had forgotten about this experiment because I never developed the song further. I put it in this collection because it is so raw and it is a good example of process.

credits

released September 2, 2022

All tracks written by Liz Davinci except With the Freaks, which was written together with Underhatchet (texts by Liz Davinci).

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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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