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Lovespirals “Used To Be” Single Out Now

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Lovespirals return with their third single of 2024, “Used To Be,” a captivating new track that intertwines 90s-inspired dream pop and electronica with unexpected hints of soulfulness. Evoking the early Love Spirals Downwards era, band leader, Ryan Lum, combines atmospheric textures, acoustic strums, and a goth-tinged guitar hook, building to an epic solo that closes the song with emotive resonance. Anji’s expressive blend of earthy and ethereal vocals, layered with harmonies, brings the song’s emotional depth to life. The result is an immersive, haunting, and reflective soundscape, pairing raw honesty with lush instrumentation.

“Used To Be” is available on Bandcamp, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, Pandora, Juno Music, and TIDAL now and will soon be available on Apple and more digital music services.

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Noumenon (Lyrics)

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Lovespirals/Love Spirals Downwards “Noumenon” (2024)

Love is just a noumenon
Noumeon

Every day I wake up tired
Only do what is required
My emotions have been mired
So completely uninspired

Love is just a noumenon
(Love is just a noumenon)

And I know its all my fault
Hits my heart like an assault
Feelings locked inside a vault
Waiting for the pain to halt

Find a way to carry on
Trying my best to be strong 
There’s nowhere that I belong
Love is just a noumenon

Love is just a noumenon
(Love is just a noumenon)
Noumenon
Love is just a noumenon
(Love is just a noumenon)
Noumenon

Noumenon
Noumenon
Love is just a noumenon

And I know its all my fault
Hits my heart like an assault
Feelings locked inside a vault
Waiting for the pain to halt

Find a way to carry on
Trying my best to be strong 
There’s nowhere that I belong
Love is just a noumenon

Love is just a noumenon
(Love is just a noumenon)
Noumenon
Love is just a noumenon
(Love is just a noumenon)

Love is just a noumenon
Noumenon

— by ANJI LUM (BMI)

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The Call (Lyrics)

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"The Call" - Lovespirals (2022)

Your timing is no good
I’m not free today
But if I could you know I would 
Go outside to play 

You’re calling out to me
I see it in your eyes
full of curiosity
Such a sweet surprise

But I’m chasing you away
Well what else can I do
‘Cause if you stay another day
I might fall in love with you        

You’re calling out to me
I see it in your eyes
Full of curiosity
Such a sweet surprise


So I’m chasing you away
What else can I do
‘Cause if you stay another day
I might fall in love with you 

I can’t answer your call
Can’t afford to take the fall

-- ANJI BEE (BMI)

Lovespirals “The Call” was released July 1, 2022

NOTE: I don’t have a big back story on these lyrics as the only record on file is an acapella recording made on my iPhone December 12, 2017.

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Down Low (Lyrics)

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"Smile" from Lovespirals 'Smile - Single' 2022

Drop me a line 
Send me a sign 
A little something 
Let me know that you’re alive  

But keep it on the down low 
(Down low) 
I said keep it on the down low
(Down low) 
Just keep it on the down low  
(Down low) 
Gotta keep it on the down low 
(Down low)  

Write me a text 
Baby I’m vexed
I don’t know what’s going on now 
But what can I expect said we’d  

Keep it on the down low 
(Down low) 
We said keep it on the down low 
(Down low) 
Just keep it on the down low  
(Down low)
Gotta keep it on the down low 
(Down low)  
Keep it on the down low 
(Down low) 
I said keep it on the down low 
(Down low) 
Just keep it on the down low  
(Down low) 
Gotta keep it on the down low
(Down low) 
On the down low 
(Down low) 
(Down low)
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Smile (Lyrics)

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"Smile" from Lovespirals 'Smile - Single' 2022

I been having a hard time lately 
If I’m honest it’s been quite awhile 
But I keep it mostly to myself, yeah
I just nod and smile 

My smile may be pretty but it’s 
All filled with lies 
And you if look closely, see it 
Doesn’t reach my eyes 

Ha ahh ahh oh ooh smile 
Hoo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh smile 

I been really going thru it lately
 I wasn’t honest, I was in denial 
Should’ve asked for help but instead 
I just nod and smile 

My smile may be pretty but it’s 
All filled with lies 
And you if look closely, see it 
Doesn’t reach my eyes 

Smile 
Smile 
Smile 
Smile 
Ha ahh ahh oh ooh smile 
Hoo ooh ooh hoo ooh ooh ooh
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“Why Not Today” (Lyrics)

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"Why Not Today" from Lovespirals 'Smile - Single' 2022

When does the happiness begin 
When does the love come flooding in 
When does the pain fade away  

Will it be tomorrow  
Why not today 
Why not today  

When will my grey skies turn to blue 
When will I take on a different hue 
When will the sun come out to play again 

Will it be tomorrow  
Why not today 
Why not today 

 I’ve waited patiently (patiently)
But I have yet to see (yet to see) 
Joy wing its way to me 
So I’m left wondering  
  
Will it be tomorrow 
Why not today 
Why not today

NOTE: This song was originally released July 3, 2020 as a single and music video on Bandcamp and YouTube. Many listeners asked us to add “Why Not Today” to Spotify and Apple Music so we included a new mixdown in our 2022 single.

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‘Destiny’ Lyrics

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‘Destiny’ by The Grooveblaster & Anji Bee (2016)

The sky is still
No clouds are overhead
My head still reels
From all those things you said

Do you believe in magic
I think you do
Do you believe in something
Pulling you
To your destiny
It’s you and me
We’ll see this thru

No rest until
Our path has been well tread
And we fulfill
All of our dreams unsaid

Do you believe in magic
I think you do
Do you believe in something
Pulling you
To your destiny
It’s you and me
We’ll see this thru

Destiny was released as a single on June 8, 2016.

NOTE: The text document for these lyrics was created in August 2005, but I can’t find any mention of them in my diary, and I don’t remember anything about writing them. That was a really busy time for me, as I’d just gotten married, overseen renovations on my house, and was releasing my second album with Lovespirals – this time on our own label, which I’d just started that year. I was so busy with so many things, it’s no wonder I forgot writing this song! As for this recording, Gerry and I began work in September 2014. He sent me an instrumental demo, simply titled “Pop2Mixdown,” and the very next day I sent him back my first vocal demo, with the note, “oh yeah i like this one. just whipped up a quick demo.” Pleased, Gerry replied, “I love it. This is one of those demos that is pretty much finished. I listened to it again first thing this morning. All I can say is wow.” I went ahead and bounced my vocal acapellas down and sent them over immediately, to which he responded,  “Great melody. Great Lyrics, Soulful singing. Perfect.”

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Naive (Lyrics)

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“Naive” – Karmacoda & Anji Bee from ‘Love and Fate‘ (2015)

You’re so naive
The way you reach out to me; naive
And all you think we could be
Sweetly naive

With your brown eyes
And boyish sighs
Quietly plead; naive
You almost make me believe; naive

I wish we could leave
Our innocence retrieved
But then again
That’s just me being naive
Ooohhhh oh oh…
Naive

With your brown eyes
And boyish sighs
Quietly plead; naive
You almost make me believe; naive

You’re so naive
The way you reach out to me; naive
And all you think that we could be
Sweetly, sweetly
Naive

‘Love and Fate‘ was released March 10, 2015 on Sola Musa Music.

NOTE: Apparently I wrote this lyric in late January 2014,  but its one of those rare times where I don’t recall the moment of creation. I discovered an acapella vocal recording on my iPhone, sung in an old school jazz style which ended with me musing, “That sounds kind of 50’s, huh?” B had originally sent me his musical idea in 2010 as a potential collaboration for my ‘Love Me Leave Me’ album. At that time I was singing a totally different lyric and melody, called “Secrets.” While it was interesting, I’m glad now that we didn’t pursue the idea, as it wasn’t nearly as sensual or well thought out as “Naive” turned out to be.

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Foolish (Lyrics)

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“Foolish”  Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

I really can’t explain
What’s come over me
I’m still not sure if it’s
All just my fantasy
But yet I feel like this
Was somehow meant to be
Even if it seems like
Impossibility

Am I foolish?
To believe this is real
Can I trust the way I feel?

Will I wake up one day (wake up)
Will I wake up one day (wake up)
Will I wake up one day and say
I was foolish?
(x2)
I was foolish

In my life I have never
Fit the mold
To be different you
Must make your choices bold
Coz in this world it seems
Our future’s bought and sold
When you find something good
You must grab a hold

Am I foolish?
To believe this is real
Can I trust the way I feel?

(Chorus)

Foolish
Foolish

(Chorus)

NOTE: These lyrics were originally written in 2003 for a collaboration with Realm that never happened, so this is the first recorded version of them. I vaguely remember writing down them after a session of posing for some art students. I used to write a lot of lyrics in my head while I was working as life model.

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Saudade (Lyrics)

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“Saudade”  Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

In every crowd I see your face
In every face I see your eyes
In every place I hear your voice
In every voice I hear your sighs

Like a vine clings to a tree
How your memory clings to me
Pulling me back
Like a ship out to sea

(repeat)

Note: While many of the songs on the Love Me Leave Me album were new productions of older collaborations with various online musicians, this was a brand new song written during the album recording sessions. Anji had long wanted to write a classic style Brazilian song, so she was thrilled when her long time musical partner, Ryan Lum, offered to help write a vintage Bossa Nova track with her. Not only did he perform all of the music, but he added in backing vocals, too, to recreate that Joao and Astrud Gilberto feel. The lyrics were taken from some poetry Anji had written years earlier, which she set to Ryan’s music.