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Lady King

by Honey & Soul

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mrfb Happened to be in Burlington last January and stumbled into a live show by H&S, which was absolutely magical. Have been waiting for this album to come out ever since! Favorite track: Thunder.
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1.
Incantation 02:36
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I’m on the road to joy you say I’ve been here all of all my days Through canyons long and rivers wide To oceans buried deep inside With undulating colors true And stillness when I speak to you There’s music found in every sound Be dark and dim and underground I’m on the road to joy you say I’ve been here all of all my days Through canyons long and rivers wide To oceans buried deep inside With undulating colors true And stillness when I speak to you There’s music found in every sound Be dark and dim and underground
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Stuck In The Middle 04:27
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What did I do That ended me and you I’m crying in my room You’re out there How could I How could I have known My love would be so wronged You act like you don’t care I’m stuck in the middle I’m trapped in this riddle I’m frozen solid Don’t know how to Find my peace of mind How can you love me When you can’t love yourself Love Love ain’t a passive thing It’s as active as the spring You’ve got to love me We We could make the flowers bloom Make the young birds swoon We could mmmmm I’m stuck in the middle I’m trapped in this riddle I’m frozen solid Don’t know how to Find my peace of mind How can you love me When you can’t love yourself I’m stuck in the middle I’m trapped in this riddle I’m frozen solid Don’t know how to Find my peace of mind How can you love me When you can’t love yourself
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Separate Her Heart 04:06
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Honey and sea water Honey and sea water Can you see my water October rain, I hear you knocking on my window Asking me, where did my lover go Where did you go You said, you hold me like a little bird When I’m ready to sing, yeah I’ll say the word You said, I’m an ocean of roses and you’re sitting on the bank Your words like the rain I so eagerly drank This jumping from lover to lover Ain’t so good for me I ain’t someone who can separate Her heart from her sleeve From her sleeve I’m seeking liberation But I give into temptation I try to govern what is sacred But my young heart’s impatient Yeah I feel my body move away from me My strength and my softness marry tenderly Oooh, ahhhh This jumping from lover to lover Ain’t so good for me I ain’t someone who can separate Her heart from her sleeve From her sleeve You said, you hold me like a little bird When I’m ready to sing, yeah I’ll say the word You said, I’m an ocean of roses and you’re sitting on the bank Your words like the rain I so eagerly drank This jumping from lover to lover Ain’t so good for me I ain’t someone who can separate Her heart from her sleeve From her sleeve Yeah
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Katrina's Interlude 01:58
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To me, vulnerability is something that doesn't have a particular look, but it does have a shared feeling across different people, cultures, communities. And I think that feeling is one of truth. There's a sound, there's an energy that is truth, and that is the embodiment of vulnerability. Because ultimately, for me, vulnerability is revealing one's truth, which is always a risk. Sharing yourself, sharing the truth, often comes with retribution or backlash. And so to be, I don't know, brave enough might not be the right word, but to be willing to take that risk in an effort to restore or reinforce connection is a certain kind of transformative magic for me that also creates itself. It invites others to also share their truth. It's something that propagates, if you will. And I think that's my favorite thing about vulnerability is that it's not captured in one person. It actually requires some level of connection to another being.
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Thunder 03:19
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Oh thunder, when I’m ready for you I won’t run, no I won’t run I won’t run, no I won’t run I go down by the water to forget my sins To wash them away by the river bend When it’s time, I will rise, when it’s time But for now I lay waste beneath the salty depths And let moons pass so I can catch my breath When it’s time, I will rise, when it’s time Oh thunder, when I’m ready for you I won’t run, no I won’t run Oh thunder, when i’m ready for you I won’t run, no I won’t run I won’t run, no I won’t run If you want you can join me in this sea of blue We can learn all the voices that the sun speaks through When it’s time, I will rise, when it’s time Oh thunder, when I’m ready for you I won’t run, no I won’t run Oh thunder, when I’m ready for you I won’t run, no I won’t run I won’t run, no I won’t run I won’t run, no I won’t run
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Violet Undertone 04:13
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You and I got so much in common Hangin’ on by a thread You and I both drip drip drip like honey Listen to all the things I haven’t said I got a hunger in my bones To hold my own I hold thunder when I’m alone My visions have a violet undertone I feel the rain slippin’ out of my mouth And drippin’ down my chin like water over stone Oh warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls You and I both need some medicine What is that gonna be for me A song from the deep, bright depths of my heart Laying on grass and the rustle of the leaves I got a hunger in my bones To hold my own I hold thunder when I’m alone My visions have a violet undertone I feel the rain slippin’ out of my mouth And drippin’ down my chin like water over stone Oh warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls Warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls It’s time to stop taking on everyone else’s Time to take care of all my own Time to stop taking on everyone else’s Time to take care of my own Oh, it’s time to stop taking on everyone else’s Time to take care of all my own Time to stop taking on everyone else’s Time to take care of my own Oh, warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls Warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls Warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls Oh, warm sun, bird calls I’m safe here in my lilac walls
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Tower 03:50
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It’s hard to watch you with her My heart’s been wrung out like a dish towel in the rain On guard for arrows to come My god is it brave, I don’t wanna run I don’t wanna run Four, three, two, one Maybe I’m afraid of My capacity to love Maybe at the heart of it all I fear my power I don’t want to shrink myself no more I want to tower I want to tower It’s hard to see my own growth With shaky hands and a kaleidoscope We walk to the corner store You know what you want but baby I’m not sure One, two, three, four Maybe I’m afraid of My capacity to love Maybe at the heart of it all I fear my power I don’t want to shrink myself no more I want to tower I want to tower We go down deep As deep as we can go I’ve got your hands in mine And you’re holding me tight I tell my mind To let my heart talk I’m like the brave purple flower On top of the rock We go down deep As deep as we can go I’ve got your hands in mine And you’re holding me tight I tell my mind To let my heart talk I’m like the brave purple flower On top of the rock I’m like the brave purple flower On top of the rock I’m like the brave purple flower On top of the rock I’m like the brave purple flower On top of the rock
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Duncan's Interlude 00:24
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Vulnerability is a bear shoulder in half light. It is old scars and fresh wounds across eggshell skin. It is the tender water washing them. The trembling steadfast hand that looses the wild animal from the trap.
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Lady King 05:20
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Hijacked by the bloody night I reach out for your heart and find a whispering Whispering Quiet wind whistling Ocean giants turn around They seem to follow different sounds, they’re listening Listening Soft, wet skin glistening You were born, you will die, you don’t know why I was born, I will die, I don’t know why I was born to be a lady king I was born to sing Get up off the floor and come on in You’re a miracle and life’s a steady sin A sin I know where you've been To have a friend like you could make anyone feel fine You’re the soothing tea on my winter mind My mind We will be alright You were born, you will die, you don’t know why I was born, I will die, I don’t know why I was born to be a lady king I was born to sing You were born, you will die, you don’t know why I was born, I will die, I don’t know why I don’t know why I was born to be a lady king I was born to sing
10.
You Picked Too Many Sunflowers 03:11
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I woke up with Lavender in my hair The scent of your love Hangin’ everywhere Don’t know where we’re going but I’m gonna be okay The sun is on my right cheek Please, please, please don’t go away My arms are heavy and my back Is a balloon We morph into our animals On the half moon I close my eyes and Hear the cries of the loon I lay like a lion and Tenderly lick my wounds You picked too many sunflowers I picked only one flower You picked too many sunflowers I picked only one flower
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Once 04:45
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Open my back Fall into ocean Down and down and down Until I drink in the potion Follow the flowers Leads me to ice Carved into a hand Hold me like a vice, singin’ I once was a girl Always in the in between Pulling time out of a dream I once was a man Dandelions in my mouth Eating berries from her hand Mind over matter Mind doesn’t matter I tear it all to pieces Yeah I’ve never been madder I’m back in her house She’s nowhere to be found Ashes to ashes We all fall down, down, down I once was a girl Always in the in between Pulling time out of a dream I once was a man Dandelions in my mouth Eating berries from her hand I’m afraid of dying But death is all around me I’m afraid of living With the evil that surrounds me I’m afraid of dying But death is all around me I’m afraid of living With the evil that surrounds me I once was a girl Always in the in between Pulling time out of a dream I once was a man Dandelions in my mouth Eating berries from her hand I’m afraid of dying But death is all around me I’m afraid of living With the evil that surrounds me I’m afraid of dying But death is all around me I’m afraid of living With the evil that surrounds me But I’ve been dead before To touch your heart is magical In the waves I'm vulnerable And the sea can see what I'm for
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Beth's Interlude 01:06
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Hi Hannah, Beth here. As for your question about what it means to be vulnerable, I would have to say that it means to be able to be humiliated. And the word, which unfortunately carries such judgment and negativity, actually comes from the word.. I think it’s “of the ground,” so it's basically, humus or earth. So to be brought to the ground. And yes, I think in answering your question, do we want or is being vulnerable a good thing, I would say yes, it's how we grow. Love you, Bye.
13.
Eye Of The Storm 05:56
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April came and knocked me on my knees In May I closed my eyes and watched you leave I caught you by the leg of your jeans And pulled you into, into, into me It’s not too late to turn around, turn around It’s been a while that I’ve been down Come on home, come on home I’ve watered the seeds that together we’ve sown The lungs in the garden are overgrown We stretch into bodies we’ve always known It’s not too late to turn around, turn around It’s been a while that I’ve been down It’s not too late to turn around, turn around It’s been a while that I’ve been down Walk two miles home Want something unknown Undress for a poem Sail into the eye of the storm I’m broken and tender and altogether im whole I’m letting in sunlight between my bones My arms are open and ready to enfold And my deepest waters you gently behold It’s not too late to turn around, turn around It’s been a while that I’ve been down It’s not too late to turn around, turn around It’s been a while that I’ve been down Walk two miles home Want something unknown Undress for a poem Sail into the eye of the storm
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Open 04:11
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Sitting on her hands buried deep in the dirt Ripping up the roots even though it may hurt Her chest is red and raw But it’s open to the new rainfall Finding space in her breathing with her eyelids closed Dancing in the mirror wearing nothing but her toes Cause when she moves her body You can’t separate her from the flow It hurts to be open But it’s much worse to be closed Oh, don’t it feel so good To stand out in the sunny cold I’m a lover, yes I’m a giver, yes It’s time to give myself, myself a rest Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh Naked in the rain that fell from her eyes Soft as the lavender growing on her thighs She waited for her hands To turn into grandmother wise Her heart is a hawk that fills up the sky Aching and shaking but fly, oh she is fly She’s made out of charcoal and words She is made out of light It hurts to be open But it’s much worse to be closed Oh, don’t it feel so good To stand out in the sunny cold I’m a lover, yes I’m a giver, yes It’s time to give myself, myself a rest Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh Hold onto Hold onto my palms and we’ll dance Hold onto my palms, hold on Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Hold onto Hold onto my palms and we’ll dance Hold onto my palms, hold on Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
15.
Home 06:48
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Time traveler Young child In an oversized tee Your hand On mine And you say to me Where did you go My dearest friend I’ve been alone And broken You’re my home You’re my home Home Home I am home I Am a weeping willow I’ll die Before I ever change In a breath as fresh as winter I’ll come alive In the holy flames I’ll come home I’ll come home Home Home I am home The road before us Can be hard to see I let the water Take and carry me I’ve been split open It can be hard to breathe I bless the water In all its mystery Headaches, heartaches Why can’t I be free with you beside me Hope my mistakes Help me find the home that lives inside me Help me find the home that lives inside me Help me find the home that lives inside me Help me find the home Home Home I am home Oooh
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Sue's Interlude 01:41
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Thoughts on vulnerability… Really just “thought” on vulnerability. I'm gonna say, listening. Listening was the message and the lesson of the pandemic for me. I have a beautiful kind of feeling in my chest when I realize I'm really listening. Like I’m sitting, and I'm receiving, and I'm listening all the way through. Whether to music, or to a person, or to myself, or to nature. There's just a receptive kind of calm that I have come to love so much. And to me that's practicing vulnerability in the simplest way. And along with that, I think about boundaries a lot. Because I think when you're really working with vulnerability, you also really need to be working with boundaries. Because there's the right kind of protecting of yourself, you know, the taking care of yourself that also is a beautiful thing.

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released May 5, 2023

Music and Lyrics by Hannah Hausman
Produced by Honey & Soul, Ian Steinberg, and Daniel Kruglak
Recorded At Future Fields in Burlington, Vermont, USA
Engineered and Mixed by Ian Steinberg and Daniel Kruglak
Mastered by AC Mastering
Joy of Music Productions 2023 (Copywrite)

Players:
Hannah Hausman Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Cleo Flemming Vocals, Cello, Bass, Percussion
Danica Cunningham Vocals, Violin, Banjo, Chimes, Percussion
Ezra Oklan Drums, Percussion
Danny James Piano, Keyboard, Organ
Dan Bishop Bass
Avery Cooper Saxaphone
Margot Vanhorne Trumpet
Deborah Kraft Trombone
Dwight Richer Lead Guitar
Ian Steinberg Guitar
Jack Hanson Chorus Vocals
Ari Hausman Chorus Vocals

Interludes:
Katrina Marie
Duncan Gamble
Beth Kellc
Sue Coffee

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