Tess Wiley
by Tess Wiley
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Digital Album
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Something Sweet & Real
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All For You
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Breathe
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Crying for you
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Not Quite Me
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How does silence feel?
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Nice n' Warm
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Delicate Skin
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Anette
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this Shadow
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Revelry
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Same Old Way Out
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about
Tess Wiley performs her hits live in the studio, trio-style.
credits
released 02 September 2010
Tess Wiley - acoustic guitar, melody
Tim Potzas - electric and resonator guitars, harmony
Miriam Adameit - harmony
Lars Plogschties - tea crate ("Sad Clown", "Not Quite Me", "this Shadow", Anette"), piano solo ("All For You")
Recorded by Karsten Böttcher
Tess Wiley - acoustic guitar, melody
Tim Potzas - electric and resonator guitars, harmony
Miriam Adameit - harmony
Lars Plogschties - tea crate ("Sad Clown", "Not Quite Me", "this Shadow", Anette"), piano solo ("All For You")
Recorded by Karsten Böttcher
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Jun 01Frankfurt, Germany
discography
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Sep 2010 -
Aug 2010
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- Track Name: Sad Clown
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Sad clown, won't you settle down
You're wearing your smile like a crown.
It comes when you're feeling glum-
it's your frown turned upside-down.
I know that's the way you show
your heart when your head says, "Don't".
I think the sadness you feel inside
is all those feelings you're trying to hide.
I wish you'd frown when you're down so your smile
can last a while.
Feel free when you're talking to me
to be the you that nobody should see.
Let out all that worry and doubt
so you can enjoy your own company. - Track Name: Something Sweet & Real
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Warmer than any summer noon in June
It's the comfort in the moment right before you fall asleep.
Watch my eyes - I'm speechless otherwise
Inside I'm tongue-tied by something sweet and real
Love the moon, love the stars and watch them shine
Learn to love the miracle of life,
holding every breath like a newborn child.
Oh, you shine as bright as the full moonlight
Inside I'm tongue-tied by something sweet and real
All along I have known you this well
Now you've got me under your spell - Track Name: All For You
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I'm waiting for you and getting ready.
I'm changing the way that I feel day-to-day 'bout this life.
I've made it through winter still going steady.
I'm taking it easy and tryin' to do right.
And it's all for you.
Sometimes a change can cause me trouble-
bring worry or sadness or a fear that I had myself figured all wrong-
but this time the difference ain't even subtle.
I don't even know you, and I'm writing happy songs.
And they're all for you.
Nature's workin' with me, birds are singin' a new tune.
The flowers and trees with some help from them bees put on their prettiest bloom. - Track Name: Breathe
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I feel like the more I know you,
the more I'm who I wanna be.
But I'm caught in a willingness to be
however you might want me.
Be with me, breathe with me.
I'm turning blue 'till I can be with you.
Feel my hands - they're growing colder,
colder without yours.
Feel my heart - it's ready to explode.
This distance takes its course. - Track Name: Crying for you
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I wrote you a letter, I should've known better -
I knew it would never get through.
I could've called, but baby, there's all this
static that scatters my groove, and now I'm
Crying for you. I don't know what is getting me through,
but I'm willing to do what I have to do.
Lately the trees are losin' their leaves,
and I've been losin' heart.
If only I went with you and spent
the summer, we'd not be apart.
Crying for you. I don't know what is getting me through,
but I'm willing to do what I have to do to get back to you.
If this is the end, then I'm givin' in
'cause I don't like to annoy.
But words such as "please" and "down on my knees"
are screamin' to be employed. - Track Name: Not Quite Me
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Another day gone, another sun I was frightened to see -
a spotlight on me, the stage is much too big for me.
Now that's poetic imagery that only a teenager can write.
Such pathetic chemistry, turning blessing into plight.
We all cry for something more
but stop just short of heaven's door.
Somewhere right outside the lines that I'm drawn to be,
it's not quite me.
The ground keeps turning,
one day the tears are a pity to cry.
You wanna start learning how to keep them in your eyes.
The years I've wasted feigning self-sufficiency;
the weaker the better - there's more room for God in me.
We all cry for something more
but stop just short of heaven's door.
Somewhere right outside the lines that I'm drawn to be,
it's not quite me.
Another year gone,
just singing the old songs time and again -
a little bit surer of the person I have been,
and who I will be, when each song is through with me.
A little bit clearer all the things that I'm supposed to see.
We all cry for something more
but stop just short of heaven's door.
Somewhere right outside the lines that I'm drawn to be,
it's not quite me.
Another day gone, another lesson learned. - Track Name: How does silence feel?
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I heard you sing your song last night -
the one where you cry right on cue to drive it in.
It never was in your blood.
You keep it clean, as if senses equal sin.
How does silence feel? Does it scream?
When the spirits kneel do you dream
of letting armor down?
How does silence sound?
Unlucky not to feel a thing,
but lucky to live unhindered by the weight of life.
You've learned your lines so well;
the movies you watch - so full of drama and so ripe
with extraordinary flair for the ordinary girl. - Track Name: Nice n' Warm
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After all this, after all the things she said,
you should believe her - you're not her lover or keeper.
She's not falling for it, she's not smaller than your thumb.
You're just burring deeper underneath her skin.
Behold the love she's given, and take it as it comes.
The fire's no longer burning, but the ember's nice and warm.
You're smothering what little she has left for you.
Don't you make her feel as miserable as you.
You might never get her back, but surely not like this.
She's got something else in mind,
and it's not fair - she's chained to your side. - Track Name: Delicate Skin
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How long can this go on?
How long before you don't want to get up out of bed?
Where are the angels?
How can they leave you so alone-
so weary and worn inside and out?
Peeling back layers, I'm feeling the weight this far away.
It's stealing the favor from me fast.
I am with you, holding your heart.
It's too heavy inside your delicate skin.
I'm with you, but this thing just tears me apart.
I can't hold you to blame for somebody else's sin.
Don't wait any longer, you're not gonna hear apologies.
Just swallow the bullshit with a spoonful of salt to kill the seed.
It's gonna get better when you learn to love you like I do.
You're worth the trouble it takes to pull you through.
I am with you, holding your heart.
It's too heavy inside your delicate skin.
I'm with you, but this thing just tears me apart.
I can't hold you to blame for somebody else's sin.
You should know I've got my own,
and I can't hold you up alone.
I can't mend or heal your heart,
but I can be your welcome home. - Track Name: Anette
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Dich zu ertragen in den pre-menstruellen Tagen
ist manchmal wirklich fies.
Du bist manisch, vegetarisch oder alternativ depressiv.
Entsetzlich ersetzlich sagst du sei er –
seine Gefühle unmöglich, Beziehung unwirklich
Und überhaupt ist auf einmal alles plötzlich.
Und dann nennt er dich Anette obwohl du Silke heisst,
Weil er so gern eine Freundin hätte, die Anette heisst.
Wie Werner Metzen, auf Konkurs anderer setzend, erscheinst du ihm auf dem Parkett.
Du nennst ihn ländlich, verständlich
und kabarettistisch adrett.
Du sagst erobert willst du werden,
willst nicht vor den Herd hin,
Du bist bloß `ne Gefährtin, leg du ja sein Herz hin.
Denn da war noch nie mehr als ein Liter Blut drin.
Anette, die versteht ihn, und Silke tut das eh nie.
Anette, die ist ganz anders,
wenigstens so lange man die Finger von ihr lässt
Du erwähnst häufig beiläufig ich sei geläufig,
doch lauf ich, bleibst du plötzlich stehen.
Du sagst irren sei männlich, Emotionen dämlich -
im Requiem Beziehung nie bequem.
Doch du schwitzt, wenn du lächelst,
weil heuchelnd gehechelt Gefühle nicht echt sind,
umarmst was dich umbringt, und mit Augen zu,
ist ja jeder plötzlich ein Wunschkind. - Track Name: this Shadow
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As I lie here in my bed, I can tell it's gonna be
another grey day by the way the sun isn't dying to get through my blinds.
I can't help but wake up early anymore.
I feel my ambition on the other side of this door.
Begging me to get up out of bed,
and give him two good reasons to feel welcome here instead.
So I'm finding my own sun, this day has just begun.
I'm not hiding in this shadow anymore.
And if sorrow should appear, I'm showing him no fear.
I'm not hiding in this shadow anymore.
No comparing me to winners. It only breaks me more.
No comparing me to sad ones to even up the score.
I could swallow spirit pills until I turn a ghostly white,
but I've got to learn to let myself learn to love my life. - Track Name: Revelry
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This is a blessing, not a burden.
You aren't getting in the way.
We'll tie a bow around the third and final year that we're apart and
in the meantime I'll cling to it.
Revelry and happy things
can wait until you're back again.
That summer flew before I knew it,
so fast I tripped into the fall.
Bloody knees and hands and other badges that I wore with sadness but
my heart ate it most of all. - Track Name: Same Old Way Out
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There are times in my life when I feel strong -
I know what’s wrong from what’s right,
but I mostly am weak
Jesus give me strength to believe that you are real
I want to hide myself,
it’s the same old way out, but I can’t help it
You see what’s hurting me,
and you want me to feel your love
Please help me see the need in me
Not just the sadness that comes from shutting you out
This is the sound of a girl who’s given up
I want to hide myself,
it’s the same old way out, but I can’t help it
You see what’s hurting me, and you want me to feel
You see what’s hurting me, and you want me
