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Rising Rising Rising

by rorie kelly

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1.
i've been good i've been really good i've been shedding my slave skin & i am packed, & i am ready so come on baby... let me in said you wanted to know how bright moonlight could go i'm your lady of the harvest moon, so come on turn me up said you wanted to hear well i'm loud & i'm clear & the moon's gonna rise tonight, right here you said, "do you believe in fate?" & i said "i don't know, & i don't care. i believe in where my heart is & i just make sure my fate follows me there." said you wanted to know how bright moonlight could go i'm your lady of the harvest moon, so come on turn me up said you wanted to hear well i'm loud & i'm clear & the moon's gonna rise tonight, right here thank you for moonlight & fire, fire thank you for all that inspires, spires thank you for the love of my life & no compromise said you wanted to see through that big mystery well it's driving through your every day, so come on open your eyes said you wanted to hear well i'm loud & i'm clear & the moon's gonna rise tonight, right here said you wanted to know how bright moonlight could go i'm your lady of the harvest moon, so come on turn me up said you wanted to hear well i'm loud & i'm clear & the moon's gonna rise tonight, right here
2.
The Weather 04:46
they're giving out diagnoses like they're halloween candy they're building a market & a nation of addicts & we all owe our smiles to the company all dressed up & no one to care about you ask me how the job is going it's going, it's going, don't worry, i say so how d'you deal with the weather up here? it's always bright & a little frenetic it's always dry & cool & clear it always makes my heart beat off beat & i'm flipping off the guy on the subway who's angry 'cause men walk down the street with other men he says, "god is pissed, & he's coming, he's coming..." & on the train with nice shoes & shiny nails something in your hair to make it stay like that you look sharp & ready, so i guess the pills are working so how d'you deal with the weather up here? it's always bright & a little frenetic it's always dry & cool & clear it always makes my heart beat off beat it's always sunshine earlier & earlier these days can't you see it baby, this is what you get for being so good sunshine, sunshine can't you see it, keep trying, keep trying it must be you it must be you we all can see it it must be you so how d'you deal with the weather up here? it's always bright & a little frenetic it's always dry & cool & clear it always makes my heart beat off beat
3.
i'm not gonna pay big pharma to make me sicker i already pay the president to make nice with them i'm not gonna pay the beauty industry to make me feel ugly call me crazy i've got better ways to spend my money it never ends, it never ends, it never ends, it never ends don't give in, don't give in, don't give in don't give in, don't give in, don't give in, you're beautiful i'm not buying your white suburban boys club just because you're a democrat sorry mister, i'm not gonna buy into that i'm not gonna obey-bey-bey your facebook ad to change my tummy i'm not gonna hand over my self esteem or any of my money it never ends, it never ends, it never ends, it never ends don't give in, don't give in, don't give in don't give in, don't give in, don't give in, you're beautiful they want to delete your heart they want to control your mind they want to possess your body, body, body they'll never get your heart they'll never get your mind they'll never get your body, body, body don't give in, don't give in, don't give in don't give in, don't give in, don't give in, you're beautiful
4.
if you teach a bird to sing she's gonnna learn to fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly away if you teach a bird to sing she's gonnna learn how to fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly away you think you've got it, cage of brass & a lock & a key you think she's too dumb to set herself free but the fact that you're locking her up shows you're the dummy you think you're all of that & a bag full of chips but you've gotta control just to get your kicks & the fact that you like it like that shows you're the dummy if you teach a bird to sing she's gonnna learn to fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly away if you teach a bird to sing she's gonnna learn how to fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly away singing is 50% confidence & when i'm confident i won't be content just to hang around & be your pretty little plaything & you try to pretend it's the way that i am that i'm built this way, just to wanna please but i've got some ideas of my own that don't include you 'cause i see sky out my window & the sun is rising rising rising just like i will 'cause i see sky out my window & the sun is rising rising rising just like i will if you teach a bird to sing she's gonnna learn to fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly away if you teach a bird to sing she's gonnna learn how to fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly if you let her sing, she's gonna fly away & i see sky out my window & the sun is rising rising rising just like i will
5.
Searchlights 03:00
stella is the drink of choice for young ladies in brooklyn as usual, i play harder & sing louder as usual, i don't mind i've got a staring problem in the subway, at the bar want to make sure that i don't miss the one that i'm supposed to meet throw on the searchlights throw on the searchlights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i'm gonna find you throw on the search lights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i know you're somewhere will they be dressed in black & singing under their breath hey summer, where you been? or b-13 will they be ordering a guinness even though they really don't mind stella at all, like me throw on the searchlights throw on the searchlights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i'm gonna find you throw on the search lights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i know you're somewhere minor chords & lots of words for young ladies in brooklyn i would have felt at home five years ago as usual, i'm still driving around looking for home throw on the searchlights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i'm gonna find you throw on the search lights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i know you're somewhere throw on the searchlights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i'm gonna find you throw on the search lights, peer with my bad eyes i know you're out there baby, i know you're somewhere
6.
Coyote 03:09
coyote faced down the gods, she said: y'all throw things at me & you call it lessons. & i'm big enough now to find my own path on. it's a conscious choice, it's my own little voice between my cute, pointy ears. & i'm gone on the road, road, road it's a long way go, go, go so i'd best be getting on you know the world's the same color when you lose your faith & time marches on when you lose your place & i'm just about done now hiding myself away so i'mma make the rounds, i'mma paint the town all the colors in my pretty little head. & i'm gone on the road, road, road it's a long way go, go, go so i'd best be getting on sometimes people have issues with guilt 'cause they're secretly jerks & then they try to make you feel bad when you start to figure it out coyote don't play that game no more coyote don't play that game no more no fear, no regrets, just a settled score coyote don't play that game no more & she's gone on the road, road, road it's a long way go, go, go & i'm gone on the road, road, road it's a long way go, go, go so i'd best be getting on
7.
everyone's wearing the same lovely face suddenly my eyes scan the contours of the crowd for something new distractions, revisions of bullet points must be kind, must be feminist, must be smart & engaging like you but must live close to my city, too now here comes the glare of the sun again what's my excuse this time? i'm stumbling over my words again trying so hard to find something mine i'm principled, i am not made of stone, it is not the same thing everyone else just forgets this about me now i wanna feel like myself again but i smile & laugh this stupid social laugh; there is nothing that's funny at all i only wanna tell the truth now, anymore now here comes the glare of the sun again what's my excuse this time? i'm stumbling over my words again trying so hard to find something mine the city, the water the pull, this is who i am so confusing to others alone in a crowd again there i go leave it unsaid again what's my excuse this time? you're being cute & i've fled again saying there's just no time here comes the glare of the sun again what's my excuse this time? i'm stumbling over my words again trying so hard to find something mine
8.
Supermoon 04:25
supermoon above my head, summer's trying to call me but my ears are still too deaf from the bands after me she's trying to guide me home but the closest thing i ever found to home is just the LIE just me & nancy driving on the LIE, maybe 1:30 too tired to watch my speed i got a place i keep my cat & my guitars, i've got a key but when's the last time one of these apartments felt like home to me turn the key go to sleep i'm good at living anywhere i fall in love with art & then reality disappoints me & i am such an american, i do my best living in dreams she's trying to guide me home but when i am actually at home i am alone, & i'm not really home turn the key (it's almost morning) go to sleep (i hear them calling) i'm good at being temporary oh, oh, always never really oh, oh, always never really my car alone in the parking lot, speakers mic stand & CDs windows down 'cause it gets so hot, 'cause i never fix the AC you try to teach me home but ohio never did it for me & you know new york is never faithful to anybody turn the key (it's almost morning) go to sleep (i hear them calling) i'm good at being temporary so i will take the road less traveled, 'cause that is what i do best & keep looking for kindred spirits, for help when i need to rest
9.
i don't wanna feel this way i don't wanna know what's happening i want the future like a bright certain thing & the night wind to carry me away on wings but did you know that everywhere i go, i see you now everywhere i go go go still i want it, just a little, can we work it out out out do you dream to get away or do you dream to make something happen do you wanna make your life one big game of i don't wanna feel this way doesn't really matter either way, i already know my own way everywhere i go, i see you now everywhere i go go go still i want it, just a little, can we work it out out out everywhere i go, i see you now & it's getting so so so still i want it just a little, can we work it out out out do you think about me at night, or do i even enter into it you don't like my brand new jealousy, & let me tell you babe: you're not the only one i'm not trying to, trying to trying to feel this way say say say it'll be be be all right right right right say say say it'll be be be all right right right right & the hardest time to be kind is when you're hurt & that's why when you fight it only gets worse & the hardest time to listen is when you're yelling & we both know but we did it anyway & we both know but we did it anyway & we both know but we did it anyway, anyway everywhere i go, i see you now everywhere i go go go still i want it, just a little, can we work it out baby? everywhere i go, i see you now & it's getting so so so still i want it just a little, can we work it out out still i want it just a little, can we work it out out still i want it just a little, can we work it out out out
10.
I Got This 03:22
i wanna be the future of a movement all my life's been leading up to this i wanna be that important to someone i got the kiss, i got the kiss you wanna see me just change, change, change you wanna love me just rearranged i wanna see you just smile at me, yeah no corrections, no complaints everything i want to do i got inside of me, side of me everything i got to do i got in front of me, front of me i got this i got it on my own i wanna be right square in the moment meditating like it's buddha night but i don't think it's desire that's killing us it's the taint of self denial i wanna lose all that shame shame shame i want the power all rearranged i wanna see a true partnership, yeah all connected, not the same everything i want to do i got inside of me, side of me everything i got to do i got in front of me, front of me i got this i got it on my own i wanna show you the light my sunshine i wanna teach you how to be unsure i wanna hold out my hand to you show you things you've never seen before i wanna see us both change change change thinking so hard it hurts our brains i wanna see you just smile at me, yeah no corrections, no complaints everything i want to do i got inside of me, side of me everything i got to do i got in front of me, front of me i got this i got it on my own (everything i want, i got everything i want, i got i got this)
11.
everyone's saying the same words to each other different permutations of an old conversation everyone's throwing up their hands ready to take the blame i've got a car & you don't have a plan so i'mma drive around some & see what happens i'm gonna throw up my hands leave it all to fate only when does it end, when does it end, when does it end? when does the world start to make sense again? when does it end, when does it end, when does it end? when do i see you again? i'm gonna tell you the next time i see you thoughts that rearranged themselves inside my head relating to you i'm gonna tell you all the things you thought you already knew i've got a plan & it might not be a good one but it beats whatever else i might be doing anyway the more i drive around, the more i know what to say i say when does it end, when does it end, when does it end? when does the world start to make sense again? when does it end, when does it end, when does it end? when do i see you again? don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car i've got a car & you've got a CD full of pretty songs about which you wanna tell me i know it's true 'cause that is the story of me & you but when does it end, when does it end, when does it end? when does the world start to make sense again? when does it end, when does it end, when does it end? when do i see you again? don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car don't worry baby, you make it an art you bring the music, i got the car
12.
Eyes of Gray 03:18
time won't do it alone you've gotta learn to heal yourself look into the mirror don't wait for someone else you gotta wanna talk to yourself like your best friend you gotta take yourself in hand the future is now; don't wait for starting bells come on, princess, gotta try today the sun's shining but your eyes are gray don't give it all away go on take some for yourself babe you know you do it too well don't feel weird baby you always were the one if you're going crazy it might as well be fun you gotta wanna step up like your knight in shining armor never did, leaving you to your dragons & dragons ain't so bad, they sail into the sun come on, princess, gotta try today the sun's shining but your eyes are gray don't give it all away go on take some for yourself babe you know you do it too well you know how to treat somebody right even the people you don't like you give them too much time & then you wonder why turn your gray eyes on your sweet beating heart doesn't she deserve a new start? whoa whoa whoa, with eyes of gray (so try today, so try today) whoa whoa whoa, with eyes of gray come on, princess, gotta try today the sun's shining but your eyes are gray don't give it all away go on take some for yourself babe you know you do it too well, my dear you've got the whole world waiting for you here just think what you could be baby if you set yourself free
13.
Vulture 03:26
i got a vulture in my heart feeds on pain she feeds on scars tries to make me think we're one & the same but i am not i am not i am not i am not you i am not i am not i am not i am not oh mother, the sky is calling me what else could i do? oh father, i held on long as i could but the choking loyalty i had to let it go too i learned it before i had words to say no i learned it slipping under my skin in the summer & i built myself around the paradox but i am not i am not i am not i am not you i am not i am not i am not i am not oh mother, i'm sorry i don't know what to give you oh father, i'm trying anyway 'cause i learned that from you but i had to let it go too what do these words mean to you, what do these words mean: a bridge & a bird & a diamond at its throat & the glittering stone keeps it close to the boat & the sun goes down every day around 3 & it rains & it storms & it pours & the bird don't ever break free though it is not held by a leash & the grey wrapping up your mind i do not intend to make mine oh mother, the sky is calling me what else could i do? oh father, it's waiting there for me & i can only do what i can do

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Long Island indie artist Rorie Kelly is ready to start 2016 with a bang! Rising Rising Rising is the singer/songwriter's 2nd studio album. "This is an album about rising up from the dark place and being your own hero," Kelly explains. "I wrote these songs about my own journey, and I hope they will inspire others to find their inner strength and befriend themselves."

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released January 30, 2016

All songs © Rorie Kelly (BMI) 2016.
For bookings and more information please visit www.roriekelly.com.

All photos © Bryan Downey (www.bryandowneyportraits.com)
except inside flap performance photo © Ian Darson.
Layout and design by Rorie Kelly and Alex Pinheiro.

Produced by Rorie Kelly.
Tracks 1,2,3,6,10,12 produced by Kevin Kelly & Rorie in various locations.
Tracks 4,9,13 produced by Riley McMahon & Rorie at New Warsaw Studios.
Tracks 5,7,8,11 produced by Peter Kuperschmid & Rorie at Ocean Analog Studios.

Musicians:
Rorie - vocals, guitars
Kevin Kelly - bass, keys, many other things
Dan Gluszak - drums (1,3,6,10,12)
Peter Kuperschmid - guitars (5,7,11)
Riley McMahon - guitars, miscellaneous fanciness (4,9,13)
Katie Pearlman - drums (4,9,13)
Joe Rende - drums (5,7,11)
Claire Raby - vocals, clairification (3,4,10)
Pauline Salotti - vocals (3,10)
Jon Preddice - cello (5,12)
Sean Virag - guitars (6)
Martha Trachtenberg - vocals (4)
Kirsten Maxwell - vocals, sassy dancing (you can hear it if you listen (4)

This album is about being your own hero.
Please don’t forget that you deserve a hero and also that you are one.

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rorie kelly New York

rorie kelly is on a quest to bring her songs to ears around the world through the cunning use of the internet and a small blue Toyota with over 200,000 miles on it.

rorie writes songs that are melodic and catchy but more thoughtful and introspective than the average pop tune. Her vocals are bigger than you would expect out of her small body and her guitar playing is powerful and percussive.
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