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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.

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Love Will Turn Your Head Around (Lovespirals Remix) Lyrics

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Love Will Turn Your Head Around (Lovespirals Remix) by Karmacoda + Beth Hirsch + Anji Bee Love Will Turn You Head Around – The Remixes (2013) + Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

Love will turn your head around
Turn turn turn… (x6)

Turn the lights down low, light a candle
Turn my stereo on
I’m turning circles, here by myself
Dreaming of turning you on
Dreaming of turning you on
Dreaming of turning you…

Love will turn your head around

You always give your very best away
And it doesn’t matter who can see
You’re the only one that counts for me
Love is holy
When the tension gathers all around
And you feel like something’s coming down
Hold your head up, walk your ground
Love is holy

Love will turn your head around

Love
Stay
Love
Stay

What do we want its the tip of the tongue
I’m here with you now, its the song that we’ve sung
Stay
What do we want its the tip of the tongue
I’m here with you now, its the song that we’ve sung
Ooh stay
Turning in circles
Here
What do we want its the tip of the tongue
I’m here with you now, its the song that we’ve sung
Ooh stay
Turning in circles
What do we want its the tip of the tongue
I’m here with you now, its the song that we’ve sung
Love will turn your head around
Turn your head around
Stay here
Turning in circles
Take it all
Turn your, turn your head around
Stay here
Turning in circles, here by myself
Take it all
Dreaming of turning you on
Love will turn your head around
Turning in circles dreaming of turning you on
Stay here
Turn your head around
Turning in circles, here by myself
And I will lay here
Dreaming of turning you on
Don’t you stay, and I will lay
Love will turn your head around
Head around
Dreaming of turning you
And I will stay here
Love will turn your head around
Head around
Don’t you stay
Dreaming of turning you
Dreaming of turning you
Dreaming of turning you

[Lyrics in bold by Anji Bee (BMI)]

Note: The original mix of this song appears on the 2011 Karmacoda album, Eternal, as well as a single released that same year. The single also includes a radio edit. The radio edit is the version included on the limited edition blue vinyl release of Eternal. Also of note is that Anji re-recorded her vocals for this new version of the song, whereas Beth, B, and Heather’s vocals are all taken from the original recordings. Anji arranged the vocal samples for the Lovespirals mix, set to new music created by Ryan Lum, including lovely dream pop guitar work..

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Got All I Need (Lyrics)

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“Got All I Need”  single (2012) + Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

Got all I need
Here with me

(x2)

I wake up
Open my eyes
Feel you in bed
I’m reluctant to rise

Coz if the whole world
Should end today
Well that’s alright with me
I’ve got all I need
Here with me
I’ve got all I need
Here with me

You wake up
Open your eyes
Smile so warm

Like a thousand Julys

So if the whole world
Should end today
That’s alright with me
I’ve got all I need
Here with me
I’ve got all I need
You’re here with me

Got all I need
Here with me
(x2)

*chorus*

NOTE: This song was released as a free single on SoundCloud for 24 hours to celebrate the end of the Mayan calendar on 12-21-2012. Anji created a special single artwork for it, using one of the alternate boudoir portraits by Aga Furtok:

Got All I Need

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“Try To Forget” Lyrics

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“Try To Forget” – Lovespirals – 5 Years of Chillin’ (2011) + Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

I’ve been thinking about my life

Wondering why its so filled with strife
Things should be easier than this
That is my wish, oh yes it is

Let’s get away
Just for today
Try to forget
Let’s get away
Just for today
Try to forget

When I lay in my bed at night
Wondering why nothing’s going right
Things should be easier than this
That is my wish, oh yes it is

Let’s get away
Just for today
Try to forget
Let’s get away

The Chillcast with Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin'
The Chillcast with Anji Bee: 5 Years of Chillin’

Just for today
Try to forget

Divided by the seasons
Divided by the tides
The days become the reasons
And the meanings of our lives
Divided by the seasons
Divided by the tides
The days become the reasons
And the meanings of our lives

Try to forget
Try to forget

— Anji Bee (BMI)

NOTE: This song was originally released under the Lovespirals moniker, but after work commenced on Anji’s debut solo album, the duo decided the single was a much better fit for ‘Love Me Leave Me’ than the next band album. The album version is subtly different than the compilation cut, as Anji and Ryan had upgraded their recording studio since the original recording, specifically in the effects chains. Listen closely for subtle differences in Anji’s vocal production, as well as the overall ambiance of the song.

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“Put Some Music On” Lyrics

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“Put Some Music On”  5 Years of Chillin’ (2011), Out Of The Past by The Grooveblaster (2011), Put Some Music On Remixes EP (2012), Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

Put some music on
Put out the lights
Put your cares behind
We’ll have a party tonight

Put some music on
Put out the lights
Put your cares behind
We’ll have a party alright

I’ll loosen my hair
You’ll loosen your tie
Let’s loosen up
We’ll laugh and drink some wine

I’ll loosen my hair
You’ll loosen your tie
Let’s loosen up
And have a real good time tonight

(repeat x3)

Note: These lyrics were originally penned in 2006 during a Lovespirals songwriting session. 2 versions of this song were created in 2010, the first one for The Grooveblaster and the second one for my debut solo album. I released by version first on the ‘5 Years of Chillin’ compilation, created to celebrate the 5th anniversary of The Chillcast with Anji Bee. Shortly thereafter, Grooveblaster’s album came out with his version. In late 2011, I began working with 3345 Music on a remix EP, which resulted in 2 excellent mixes by Intensity of Sound and one more by 3C. The original mix was also featured on my debut solo album, “Love Me Leave Me,” released in late 2013.

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“Buddhahood” Lyrics

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“Buddhahood” Benoit Cassar Danai, Vol. 2 (CD 1 : Camera Rolling) (2010)

Know ye not that this life is deceit?
Know ye not that enjoyment is illusion?
Know ye not the world is a passing show?
Know ye not that happiness is a dream?
Know ye not that praise and blame is insubstantial?
Know yet not that appearance is the mind itself?
Know yet not that the mind itself is Buddhahood?
Know yet not that the Buddhahood is the body of truth?

When ye reflect, all appearances are compacted out of mind
Contemplate the mind by day and night
From contemplation of the mind comes beatific vision
Abide in that beatitude
Know yet not that the mind itself is Buddhahood
Know yet not that the Buddhahood is the body of truth
Know ye not that the body of truth is truth itself
When ye meditate upon these things assiduously
Though ye do not succeed in rooting out desire and hatred
Know that whatever appears is your own mind-stuff
And that the mind itself is void
If ye dwell in wisdom inseparably
All the observances of the law, oblations, and the like
Are thus perfectly fulfilled

Know ye not that this life is deceit?
Know ye not that enjoyment is illusion?
Know ye not the world is a passing show?
Know ye not that happiness is a dream?
Know ye not that praise and blame is insubstantial?
Know yet not that appearance is the mind itself?
Know yet not that the mind itself is Buddhahood?
Know yet not that the Buddhahood is the body of truth?

Note: These lyrics are an adaptation of one of the Songs of Milarepa, a classic Tibetan Buddhist text. I recorded these vocals originally for the CC Asia Band Creative Commons project, where the song was called “Crossing The Pond.” My vocals were made available on the ccMixter site, where Benoit discovered them and created this version of the song.

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“Perfect Boy” Lyrics

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“Perfect Boy” Bitstream Dream Connected (2003)  + Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

Angelic in statureAB-LMLM-Cover
Graceful and thin
Raven black hair
Pale silken skin
Serious brow
Classic strong chin
Twinkling eyes
And a childlike grin

The most perfect boy (x4)

See you in cafes
Out on the street
See you in clubs
In the smoky heat
I get so upset
I look at my feet
I know deep inside
One day we’ll meet

The most perfect boy (x4)

I found out your name
And your number, too
But now that I know
What am I gonna do
Give you a call saying
“Hi guess who
And oh, by the way
I think that I love you”

The most perfect boy (x4)

“There he is now, he’s coming my way.
Oh god, what am I gonna say?“

Angelic in stature
Graceful and thin
Raven black hair
Pale silken skin
Serious brow
Classic strong chin
Twinkling eyes
And a childlike grin

The most perfect boy (x6)


Note: This lyric was originally written in mid-1994, though I don’t recall recording it until the Bitstream Dream song was created in 2000 and released online as a single. A totally different version with a new arrangement of the same vocal files was created by Chukimai in 2001, called the “Plastic Chair Mix.” Bitstream Dream released their version on a short-run CD called “Connected” in 2003. The Chukimai mix was only released in mp3 format. The version that appears on Anji’s ‘Love Me Leave Me’ album is an all-new recording with additional vocal harmonies and new main melodies for some portions.

 

“Perfect Boy (Plastic Chair Mix)” single (2001)

“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before…”

Angelic in stature
Graceful and thin
Raven black hair
Pale silken skin
Serious brow
Classic strong chin
Twinkling eyes
And a childlike grin

The most perfect boy (x8)

“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before.
His face looks familiar somehow…
There he is now, he’s coming my way.
Oh god, what am I gonna say?”

I found out your name
And your number, too
But now that I know
What am I gonna do
Give you a call saying
“Hi guess who
And oh, by the way
I think that I love you”

The most perfect boy (x4)

“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before…”

The most perfect boy (x8)

“Who’s that over there? I think I’ve seen him before.
His face looks familiar somehow…
There he is now, he’s coming my way.
Oh god…”

 

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“Love Me Leave Me” Lyrics

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“Love Me Leave Me”  Love Me Leave Me Remixes (2013), Love Me Leave Me LP (2013)

Love me, leave me

Devour me, deceive me
Is that the way that this is going to be
Between you and me

You say you want me, I’m sure that’s true
But how long will it be until you’re through
There’s something I don’t trust in your eyes
You speak to me with sugar coated lies

Love me, leave me
Devour me, deceive me
I know you’ll leave me alone
Love me, leave me
Devour me, deceive me
I know you’ll leave me alone

Ooh ooh ooh…

(repeat all)

— by Anji Bee (BMI)

Note: These lyrics were originally written in mid-2003 for a collaboration with a band called Realm that never panned out. The vocal files from that demo recording session were sent over to Rom di Prisco, who created a version of this song for the 2004 Bitstream Dream album, ‘Integration,’ which is no longer available. A brand new version was produced in 2013 by Anji and Ryan Lum (of Lovespirals) for my debut solo album released in late 2013. An 11 song remix single was also released in 2013, including the 2004 mix by Bitstream Dream plus all new mixes created from the new recording.