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With God And Her Sisters

by BIG SLEEP

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1.
Candle Burns 03:31
The candle burns In the breeze And in flames Is the sea In my dreams That were sent To heal my heart It is spring So I came To break glass And inject What was given To a boy In a dream I’m in love With the wounds In the sky That were made To see God When she waves From within I’m in love With the wounds In the sky That were made To see God When she waves I am thin Which is fine In the south Under birds Where the wind Blows your words To the sun And the light Is in love With the world And space And girls That scratch Their face And the world Wants a fuck By a boy Who was given To the stars With a name And a vision And the world Wants a fuck By a boy Who was given To the stars With a name and a vision And I’m already free I’m already gone I’m already free to travel on I’m already fine And clear as the sun I already did What had to be done Over bridges And below There’s space Your heart Is safe These days Are moments These moments Are real As dreams In space Where time Is like A flower I’m in love With the wounds In the sky That were made To see God When she waves From within I’m in love With the wounds In the sky That were made To see God When she waves And the world Wants a fuck By a boy Who was given To the stars With a name And a vision And the world Wants a fuck By a boy Who was given To the stars With a name and a vision
2.
Bring me to another world Bring me to another world I’m in love with acting girl I’m in love with acting girl And I can’t avoid to see her And I can’t avoid to want her And I can’t avoid to fall for her When I get thin the walls get thin When I get thin the walls get thin And will I ever eat again And will I ever eat again And she comes in slow vibrations And she comes in waves and quick And she comes in many colours Aih aih aih aih aih aih aih … She changes everything She changes everything She changes everything She changes everything She comes in waves, electric waves She comes in waves, electric waves The oceans sing and Jesus saves The oceans sing and Jesus saves And she comes in tears and kisses And she comes with sounds of spring And she comes and slowly changes everything Aih aih aih aih aih aih aih …
3.
Into Her 03:05
My girl is shopping She wants a cute thing To wear on Saturdays Ice-cream and sunrays Cool Days Help Me Believe Me She’s in a shoe-shop Next to a bus-stop Sunshine, no rain drop Down by the main dock Silk sock Sunshine Bleak sky Sunshine Bleak sky Silver sky Apple-pie Silver sky Apple-pie I’m on vacation Liquid and patience Through all these bright days Through all these light greys Out of phase And Into her Into her Into her Into her Into her Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
4.
I’m miles away From writing a song I’m miles away From writing a song I’m miles away from you I’m miles away from you I’m miles away From where my heart is I’m miles away From all that’s clear I’m miles away from you I’m miles away from you When the lemon trees grow I’ll see you again When the lemon trees grow I’ll love you again Call you up again I’m miles away From all the angels I’m miles away From all my friends I’m miles away from you I’m miles away from you Light years away
5.
The house is clean I cleaned all day I mopped the floors Threw trash away The house is clean And silence sings Out on the stairs I wait for spring My sister sleeps And so do I I’m not alone Under this sky Under these stars In your hotels I sang your songs And I did well
6.
Ashes Ashes 02:26
Gave up after the first line We don’t know who we are When I was 15 I ran away from home Open here And you were always with me And there was a tower there They were losing their identity Ashes ashes Bones clothes There are no laws Orange sunlight fell in from the left Another record was made Keep refrigerated I was totally bored and lonely Although I had everything I wanted The sinking sun fell in from the left Antennas were made to give the sky A look of disorganization We don’t know who we are I turned on the light No matter where you look You see people pissing and shitting We hitch-hiked to Avignon in 1975 What was the use of words? The moon never came up Structure I was lost Poems to the medieval French sky We don’t know who we are A blue building surrounded by earth I didn’t believe in it anymore We mixed our pain like dolphins Open here Inspiration is not where it’s at Hotel It is big and inside of you I could stand here for the rest of my life I wish I didn’t exist I did not make sense Because I didn’t believe in sense Friends were waiting with warm food In rented rooms driving machines Were waiting for young boys I tried to give up and I succeeded
7.
I’m a blue-eyed guy With a blue-eyed soul I’m gonna win the lottery Every loving day Under God’s blue sun ‘til the dream is done Under God’s blue sun ‘til the dream is done I’m a summer boy In a cool hotel I’m gonna stand here waiting ‘til you come and love me ‘til your make-up melts Under clouds of cream ‘til your make-up melts And the sparrows scream And I don’t wanna live in houses Cause I just can’t live in houses I’m a blue-eyed bird And I can’t be domesticated! I’m a blue-eyed moon In a suntan sky In this blooming wilderness Where everyone is free Under God’s blue sun You can sleep with me Under God’s blue sun You can sleep with me And the blue light falls from heaven And the nightingales they sing I’m a blue-eyed bird And I’ll promise anything Anything…!
8.
One for the money Two for the show Three to get ready Now go cat go Go into town To the girl I miss Tell her I love her And give her a kiss Kiss in the wind Wind on the bed Sleep in the corner Ice in your head Head full of heaven Speak no sound Soft wind blow Planet go round Sting my vein Lick my skin The sky is clear And paper-thin Blow my soul To the sun I was you And everyone Kiss in the wind Wind on the bed Sleep in the corner Ice in your head Head full of heaven Speak no sound Soft wind blow Planet go round One for the money Two for the show Three to get ready And four to let go
9.
The world was made in seven days And it’s windy out there, it’s a beautiful place And I see that you want somebody to hold Cause you painted your toe-nails metallic and gold God got laid and she came with shivers Under insects and trees down by the river The world is a planet in outer space Where a girl like you gotta paint her face You’re delicate delicious little sugar-pie And your hands are wet and your mouth is dry I’ll give you love and sex and sadness All through the summer on your ocean-matress I like you real bad and you know I do You’re a sweet little chicken and intelligent too God got laid and she screamed and squealed Under orange lights near a football-field The earth is a planet and it sings at night I’m gonna take you home and I’ll treat you right I’ll do anything to make you feel good If you don’t mind the cats that scream in the neighbourhood God got laid in a bra and sandals Surrounded by 24 pink candles
10.
Under the walnut tree My dear little sister and me The crickets were all around Big sound! We laid in the blue grass Watching the falling stars That say we’ll meet again In Paris by the Seine She whispered when she promised it to me Under the walnut tree Under the walnut tree We shared a cigarette We could not sleep In one bed She was so delicate And I was inarticulate But I know we’ll meet again In Paris by the Seine She whispered when she promised it to me Under the walnut tree Under the shallow sjky My dear little sister and I In summer behind the church Birds fly I was so glad to meet her One day I’ll eat her! In Paris by the Seine We’re gonna meet again She whispered when she promised it to me Under the walnut tree
11.
In November I was painting ‘cause I ran out of songs I was sitting at the edge of nowhere something had gone wrong I was talking and coughing and looking for the truth But I did not feel a thing I was just like a dead tooth I was hanging on the telly while the season turned to spring I was writing on my wrist and still didn’t feel a thing The stuff that I had painted was now falling off the walls My friends had all gone fishing there was no one I could call There was a picture of a field with the streetlights in a row The sky was slowly fading and the clouds were hanging low I was starving for a feeling an idea at least a curse I was drinking like a madman looking for a nurse There were still too many summers they were bound to crush me dead There was sunlight on my pillow and oceans in my head There were people in my room and they spoke without a sound While I dreamed I fell off buildings and never hit the ground
12.
On A Ship 04:33
I will go on a ship This ship will not touch land anymore For a long while I’m preparing a travel I’m speaking with God and her sisters In the sunshine Possibilities Are written in love and light And the music goes on Forever I’m sweating, I’m dreaming I’m flying with songs of home On the radio white noise And static I’m not holding on I’m happy and gone now that nowhere Shines before me There’s nowhere like home Some sweet aerodrome with scattered seashells Near the doorways Possibilities Are written in love and light And the music goes on Forever Beautiful were Vacations by the sea And I dream of the waves For a moment

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Big Sleep's third album, originally released in 2001.
Produced by Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts)

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released February 16, 2024

All songs written by Stefan Schwerdtfeger; except “Under The Walnut Tree” (music by Nikki Sudden & Stefan Schwerdtfeger); all songs arranged by Big Sleep.

Produced by Chris Eckman

Stefan Schwerdtfeger: voice, guitar
Panos Tolios: drums
Dimitris Baslam: bass
Kostas Pantelis: guitar
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Vassilis Goudaroulis: anaolg synthesizers
Chris Eckman: sampler, organ, piano & additional guitar on tracks 7; 8

Recorded at Magnanimous Studio of Yiorgos Pentzikis, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sound production assistance: Martin Eckman and Vangelis Filaitis
Additional atmosphere & hospitality: Natasa Symeonidou
Mastered by Rick Fisher at RFI Mastering, Seattle, USA
Engineered & mixed by Titos Kariotakis and Christos Harbilas

Cover design: Fotini Kariotaki

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BIG SLEEP Athens, Greece

Singer/Songwriter Stefan Schwerdtfeger spent his childhood in the U.S.A., and later moved to Germany, from where he began his lifetime project BIG SLEEP.

BIG SLEEP's debut album EVERYTHING FALLS INTO PLACE immediately became a surprising and great success in Greece. The single "Looking For A Girl With A Washing Machine" is still being played in rock radio and rock bars alike.
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