Awoken by Owls (Home Sessions)

by Xs & ARROWs

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1.	Doin' Time 03:37	lyrics	buy track
Well, I've been growing restless Waiting for a change Tomorrow's caught in the turnstiles All tattered and frayed I know you've seen me smile But I can't today Rolling over, trying to hide To keep the sorrows at bay Feels like I've been doin' time Feels like I've been doin' time What will it take to break From a cage of your own making? Gathered songs and stored up words And a plan for escaping Feels like I've been doin' time Feels like I've been doin' time Feels like I've been doin' time Must be time to stop trying to hide Well, I've been growing restless
2.	Little April 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Come on, April Won't you come on in Come on, angel We're counting on your win I hear you have a remedy You see we have been suffering We all need a little respite We all need a little sunshine Won't you come on in Won't you come on in Bring us colour Brighten up the road Arrive with levity Lighten up our load We all need reassurance We all need a guide Won't you come on in Won't you come on in Come on, come on Come on, April We have been burned We have been hollowed by fire We have been lied to We have been separated, inundated We have been denied We have been left to die We have been broken down We have been broken down I hear you have a remedy You see we have been suffering We all need a little April We all need hope to rhyme So come on in Won't you come in Come on in Come on, come on Come on, April
3.	Call You Home 03:41	lyrics	buy track
When I wake in the night with my fear running wild I've come to call you home Recall the light that you gift and my senses shift I've come to call you home Ooh, I've come to call you home Ooh, I've come to call you home Follow me out 'neath the stars where I shout I've come to call you home Past the shadows and doubt there's a freeway out I've come to call you home Ooh, I've come to call you home Ooh, I've come to call you home When I'm lost in uncertainty, struggling to believe Come to call me home Waiting to be free from this relentless loneliness come to call me home Ooh, come to call me home Ooh, please, call me home
4.	Raise Your Heart 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Words never made it to paper Like punching at the glass of a two-way mirror It's I who's in my way Blood's still pumping if you open a vein Truth will bleed out if you put it to page And I, I hear you say Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit more Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit higher, higher The message comes as a thought, as a rule Rise up, rise up, turn pain into fuel And I, I must obey Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit more Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit higher, higher I never wondered, I never wondered how to bleed I only wondered, I only wondered how to breathe We all will suffer, we'll always suffer But maybe... Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit more Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit Raise your heart just a little bit more, a little bit more Raise your heart just a little bit, a little bit more
5.	Go Deeper 04:51	lyrics	buy track
All the doubt that weighs upon me All the failures that have scarred me All the reasons I've stayed hidden I am rethinking, I am rethinking Through the noise that wakes the demons And the static come between us I'll let you know me, I'll let you know me We embark this road unknown Heretofore we can't be sure Let's go deeper, you said Let's go deeper, you said All the songs we are not singing All the words we haven't written Rise from depths we now are digging We'll let them rain out, let them rain out We will map roads overgrown Here and on we must be sure We'll be clear in response We will sing our truest song Let's go deeper, you said Let's go deeper, you said Rise out, rise out giving I'm ready for the receiving I'll rise out, rise out giving I'm ready for the receiving The receiving

about

As it has for many others, the pandemic produced the longest stretch of time I've spent at home (or in one place) in 20 years.

Living in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains situates me up against 1,000 square miles of harsh wilderness. The delineation between the wilds and our neighbourhood is blurry at best. Bears in our backyards, deer in the streets, coyotes like sirens, owls talking softly from tree to tree.

The recordings on this EP were born from the stillness of being nowhere but in nature, and the space it freed to allow me to create. No more hours on a freeway, in doctors' offices, or in a white box room with six computers. Just the wind, the snow, the rain, the sun, the smoke, the fire. Just the sound of midnight birdsong, and the owls.

- Courtney

credits

released September 17, 2021

Courtney Lavender...... Vocals, Guitars, Ukulele, Synths
Jeff Gross.................... Lap Steel, Percussion, Backing Vocals
.................................... Engineering, Mixing & Mastering

Music............................ Xs & ARROWs
Lyrics............................ Courtney Lavender
..................................... Raise Your Heart by Xs & ARROWs

Recorded at................ Hacienda JJJ & 144 Studios
Produced by............... Jeff Gross & Courtney Lavender
Cover Art and Photo... Ken Klaus

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Xs & ARROWs Los Angeles, California

Xs & ARROWs is a trio of native Los Angelenos bound by teenage friendship, a love of Irish rock, and commitment to artistic creation.

The group began as rock quartet EXIT, and in their incarnations with various singers, have had some truly noteworthy experiences.

Today they have found their identity fronted by guitarist Courtney Lavender, favouring an acoustic vibe with warm, vulnerable vocals. ... more

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