We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Beads

by The Migrant

supported by
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €5 EUR

     

1.
The Lion 05:36
The Lion In the purple morning when the grass is wet and mosquitos bite my fingers and dive into my hair and someone starts snoring and I feel old then I see the lion at the end of the slope Underneath the lion is a bench of funny men I can't hear their laughter with the lion's snore in my head We walked down to drink the water and the fish and rocks appeared and I thought I had the answer to what I couldn't hear But then Hemingway came crawling with a spear through his back and he asked me 'bout my father and if I knew him well And he walks into the kitchen and grabs a kitchen knife while I'm in the sink with a fish that's still alive Then a thunderstorm rumbles and clouds my tired eyes my fingers pulling, deep in the mane of the lion
2.
Beads 05:12
Beads When the body sleeps and the mind is falling piecing together beads When the running stream twisting and dropping turning a hillside free From the daily bleeds (I know you've been) grabbing for battles (I know you've been) eager like seabirds to eat To the darkest deeps (I don't know the) circling secrets (I don't know the) strange combinations of beads
3.
Ask the Current Hear the big sea whisper up the stream let your big feet rest and come to me when the bright sheen's blinding and you bow ask the current where you wanna go Join the big fleet rafting to the coast ducks and old trees floating like they know where the blind meet you can hunt alone ask the current where you wanna go When you need me i'm by the coast salt for Gandhi, shanti for my soul schools of fly fish stirring up my poem ask the current where you wanna go
4.
Strangers 06:15
Strangers What's the answer to this where's the pillow I miss When you need my lips when you need my lips Like tumbling red leaves over tangled white sheets When you need my lips when you need my lips
5.
Through the Night Down to my room by the pier comes winter gloom lies here Drowned fishermen cold stones swirl through the night sail home In the dark I close my eyes I can feel the breeze I can hear the creaking walls and paintings shake I can count a million smiles on the windy beach and the smile I'm longing for is staying with me In the dark I close my eyes I can hear her breathe I can kiss her amber neck the sweat on her cheek I can hear a million cries filling up the boats and waves take them out away from the coast In the dark I close my eyes I can feel the breeze I can hear the creaking walls and paintings shake Love makes you high love dopes fall through the night fly home
6.
Days 03:18
Days Days are gone lie around us fly summer love warm and tender hearts shall stop breath and silence shy little dove save your letter who would wait for the answer every dream takes the answer back
7.
Nuts 03:36
Nuts Someone make my heart ache warm it up for good Take me off the highway plant me in this hood Let me keep a nut shop whistle me the news All nuts left to rotten what you gonna do When someone down the sidewalk could crack me amused
8.
Amsterdam 05:20
Amsterdam Amsterdam, Amsterdam you don't know what you're doing, an accident? you're stuck in the city and it pays you well you need your fix, you keep spinning Amsterdam, Amsterdam when they fill your mouth with sticky affairs and your pimp leaves you without a hair and the view from your window is narrow and clear just dance Pandering, pandering you don't know what you're doing, no way to complain you can hold your breath and keep swimming from a measured distance no one can tell just dance
9.
The Pony 03:23
The Pony I've been riding on a pony for a month and a half it's a sweet little creature that takes me back to the days in preschool when things went fast It is tiny but a speedily riding pony in love with the flowers by the side road and the Wizard of Oz it's a-dreaming, jumping and it don't look back it goes uuuuh It don't mind that sugar isn't out everywhere and it's laughing hard when the cows are staring and it cries every time that it hears a good tune It'll carry you and all the heavy things that you have putting smiles on peoples' faces yeah you give it something and it takes you back you go uuuuh it goes uuuuuh
10.
Carriage 07:39
Carriage When the bag is too heavy I stop when the bag is heavy I don't walk When the view is scenic, oh I lay down when the mountain's too steep I pass out And when I get up still sleepy I can find the way to your window like the wind through the door without bags or food can you believe
11.
Place to Rest It's October I would like to find a place to rest somewhere I can stretch myself for the winter lie naked on a bed Up by Oslo they got water that tastes so good wooden houses where the patients get waffles or you can hide in the woods No I'll walk the alleys laugh with all the people fashion holds and we'll all be crying shiny tears and praise our homes Don't you panic brother there is space for us to settle down you can be my neighbor we can build a town of clowns
12.
Kids 06:15
Kids Kids, water hose, garden crops up Tricks, the summer bugs you hold Look, your hat is gone, a trampoline Girls, the tallest grass, you have it all shade, to blossom and to drift away

about

Note: the tracks "Through the Night" and "Carriage" only appear on the CD + downloads, not on the vinyl.

credits

released February 4, 2013

All songs written by Bjarke Bendtsen, produced, played & recorded by Mads Hartmann, James Talambas & Bjarke Bendtsen, mixed by Mads Hartmann & Bjarke Bendtsen, mastered by Mads Hartmann.
Add. musicians: Malene Nielsen on violin, flute and backing vocals, Tamara Brown on violin, André Bak on horns, Darrin Kobetich on sitar.
Cover necklace by Mette Kuhlmann Nielsen, photos by Mads Hartmann, layout by Mads Hartmann & Bjarke Bendtsen.

HUGE THANKS to everyone mentioned above, especially Mads Hartmann and James Talambas. Also thanks to Marcus Lawyer, Carey McGraw, the Cph & Austin live bands, Morten Hvid (live sound) Anthony Erickson & Eye in the Sky Collective, Wild Child, Alexandra Hartmann, Thomas Svane & all the other dear people who’ve supported along the way.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Migrant Copenhagen, Denmark

The Migrant R.I.P. 2009-2016
The sequel is called Rainbrother

contact / help

Contact The Migrant

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like The Migrant, you may also like: