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Blue River EP

by Trevor Bachman

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1.
Oh I know sorrow Honorably with all my being Pain, like joy, has made me grow And through my veins, Endless Life will flow Distant lands are calling, People I don't know To read every book, I am burning I am learning to fill my life with yearning I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy I would merge with the rivers And cosmos up above Living is a gift given to life Life is a gift of love Of love, of love, of love, of love, of love Hayat yaşama sunulmuş bir hediye Yaşam hayata sunulmuş bir hediye Bir bardak suyun keyifne hic bir şeygi deigstirmem Yaşam aşktan bir hediye I am spinning in every direction I can change my shape and without question Try to catch my shadow, I am nowhere Cannot pin me down, I'm running somewhere I am spinning in every direction I can change my shape and without question Try to catch my shadow, I am nowhere Cannot pin me down, I'm running somewhere I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy Bir bardak suyun keyifne hic bir şeygi deigstirmem I would exchange nothing for a glass of water's joy I am spinning in every direction I can change my shape and without question Try to catch my shadow, I am nowhere Cannot pin me down, I'm running somewhere
2.
Gone Missing 02:55
My brother has gone missing Has anybody seen him? He walked away some many days. Has anybody seen his face? They say he may come back real soon They say he may incite a riot by the next full moon They tell me that my flesh and blood will try to tear me down But I don't care, as long as he's around Come on back around, Come on back My sister has gone missing Has anybody seen her? (Where do they go?) Has anybody seen her? (Does anybody know, where do they go?) She's locked up somewhere far away (she is gone, she is gone, she is gone) Now, everybody knows her face. Does love so unrelentless end a war? How quickly stubborn love turn violent evens out the score And if love is a destroying force, then what good is love for? Well I don't know anymore. Come on back around, Come on back around, Come on back Brother brother brother What have we come to Sister sister sister Please take me with you Come back around Come back around Come back around (where do they go?) My brother has gone missing Has anybody seen him? Has anybody seen him? He walked away some many days. (he is gone, he is gone, he is gone) Has anybody seen his face?
3.
Uprooted 03:55
I stand at the apex I live on the cusp A voice out of nowhere (echo, echo) Tells me I must (far beyond me, we are, we are) At this great height Staring into the night I wonder how far away from the next star My voice my echo (echo, echo) echo so far Echo echo, echo echo Echo so far Echo so far I howl to the dark And the mountain wolves bark Like striking a match And watching it spark Like tearing through skin And watching the stark Change between living and not I am living and not With a howl to the moon He will come for me soon As I set his soul free He will find me, he will find me With a howl to the grave To the whole world I'll say Bow down to me Bow down Echo echo, echo echo Echo echo, echo echo Echo echo In my face, in my hair He is everywhere I am hotter than sun I can't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I won't run, I won't run I might be losing direction What won't I do for my own protection? I might be losing direction What won't I do for my own protection? I might be losing direction What won't I do for my own protection? I once was a seed, just a joke, just a child But now I'm a weed that's uprooted and wild No rules can restrain us No trap can contain us Just watch as this joke Fills the night time with smoke With a howl to the moon He will come for me soon As I set his soul free He will find me, he will find me With a howl to the grave To the whole world I'll say Bow down to me Bow down Echo echo, echo echo Echo echo, echo echo Echo echo It once was a seed, just a joke, just a child But now I'm a weed that's uprooted and wild
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LZ 02:39
5.
Oh the wind is blowin' Cross the stormy sea Oh I feel you pullin me Under water, under water I feel you pullin me Oh the wind is blowin' Cross the stormy sea Oh I feel you pullin me Under water, under water Yo ho, wind blow Breeze, calm, waves, low Keep float, sailboat Pray for my soul Yo ho, wind blow Breeze, calm, waves, low Keep float, sailboat Pray for my soul Yo ho, wind blow Breeze, calm, waves, low Keep float, sailboat Pray for my soul Conjuring a storm from a hundred feet below She'll sink you down into her angry undertow The ocean's only daughter lost her heart up in the sky She's wept the seven seas and that is why She's waging war in the water A crashing tidal wave War in the water And no one's gonna save you while she Breaks the surface, rips the tide up above Steals her heart out of the sky from the man who stole her love (Oh, the wind is blowin' cross the stormy sea) Electric like an eel, she's sharper than a shark Vicious as a viper fish who's lurking in the dark A monster and a myth you'll never live to say you found Do you want to know the legend of her deadly siren sound? She's waging war in the water A crashing tidal wave War in the water And no one's gonna save you while she Breaks the surface, rips the tide up above Steals her heart out of the sky from the man who stole her love (Oh I feel you pullin' me under water) -- Siren Call -- Yo ho, wind blow Breeze, calm, waves, low Keep float, sailboat Pray for my soul Yo ho, wind blow Breeze, calm, waves, low Keep float, sailboat Pray for my soul She's waging war in the water A crashing tidal wave War in the water And no one's gonna save you while she Breaks the surface, rips the tide up above Steals her heart out of the sky from the man who stole her love Yo ho, wind blow Breeze, calm, waves, low Keep float, sailboat Pray for my soul Pray for my soul
6.
Blue River 04:19
Trapped inside in the daylight Breathing the same air til I go for a walk at night Gotta stay alert, sometimes people try and hurt you Never know if I'll be alright It's a world full of violence While the planet spins around, I stay shut up in bitter silence We lock up our front doors to keep out the world wars Right outside, I wish that I was Like the Blue River I wanna run When the sky turns black I'll be coming on back To my bed, after kickin' in the sun I wanna bathe myself in creation Gaze at constellations in the night Oh, I would rejoice, raise my hands, raise my voice I'd be like you if I knew I was gonna be alright Am I gonna be alright? Got a ticket to nowhere Wish that I could say that I belong somewhere Wish that I could know why my parents let me go Then I could rest, like all the rest Then I could be someone like you Whole life ahead of me, so much left to do And all the things I'd be If I could let the world see The price I'd pay To spend a day And walk the world In my own way I would run till my legs grown tired Til my breath was all run out I would dance in the city square And sing, and yell, and shout I would swim against the current, Up the steam to the river's end I wanna know I got just what I ought: I wanna know I've got a friend Like the Blue River I wanna run When the sky turns black I'll be coming on back To my bed, after kickin' in the sun I wanna bathe myself in creation Gaze at constellations in the night Oh, I would rejoice, raise my hands, raise my voice I wanna know in my soul Like the Blue River I wanna run When the sky turns black I'll be coming on back To my bed, after kickin' in the sun I wanna bathe myself in creation Gaze at constellations in the night Oh, I would rejoice, raise my hands, raise my voice I wanna know in my soul That I'm gonna be alright I think we're gonna be alright I think I'm gonna be alright

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BLUE RIVER
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'Like the Blue River, I want to run'.

Beyond skin, beyond glass screens, beyond years and distance, who are we to one another?

Songs are like crystals, creating worlds, prisms, and beautifully warped reflections. Bending our perception of light, allowing us a closer, perhaps abstracted, glimpse at reality. The theatre, for me, has always been a haven. It is a civic space, and an activist space. It reflects and continually challenges my strongest notions of who we are and how we perceive each other.

'BLUE RIVER' lies at the intersection of theatre and song. From adapting classics, like ‘Antigone’ in my opera ‘PYRE CANTATA’, to questioning the internet’s role in teen life (‘In Real Life: A Slenderman Musical’), I am creating a collage of the characters I see to better understand how we arrived at this moment in our history.

Who are we to one another?
It is my delight to share 'BLUE RIVER'.

Trevor Bachman

www.trevorbachman.com

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released December 10, 2016

All Music & Lyrics by Trevor Bachman

Orchestration by Ryan Kerr

"LZ" arr. Trevor Bachman, original music and lyrics by Elizabeth Swados.

Produced by Trevor Bachman and Sam Palumbo.
Recorded and Mixed by Sam Palumbo at Dubway Studios, Manhattan
Mastered by Matt Stillo at Brooklyn Session, Brooklyn, NY

Additional Vocals: Elijah Caldwell, Stevi Incremona, Zachary Infante, Travis Kent, Teri Madonna, Luke Marinkovich, Andrew Martin, Grace McLean, and Josephine Spada

Drums + Percussion, Noel Brennan
Keys, Jane Cardona
Guitar, Stephen Flakus
Winds, Andrew Halchak
Bass, Ethan O'Reilly
Cello, Jessica Wang

Album Design by Trevor Bachman + Cem Kocyildirim
Album Photography by Cem Kocyildirim

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Trevor Bachman Brooklyn, New York

Trevor Bachman is a New York City-based composer, musical director, performer, and vocalist. Best known for his use of the human voice's extremes, his pieces fuse classic traditions of opera with storytelling practices of the modern theatre. Original musicals: PYRE CANTATA a rock opera based on the Antigone story, IRL: A Slenderman Musical, The Lobotomist, Detentionicide, Piano Bar, Chasing Fear. ... more

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