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Stories After Bedtime (2014)

by Antonia Vai

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Intro 00:59
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Don’t you let the bedbugs bite They grow like giants in the night Told in stories you’ve tried to wash away There is nothing wrong with us Love is legal angel dust Some still coming down, some lead astray Well, I’m the worst good trouble you Could ever get yourself into Mushroom clouds move in above your head So stop the rambling in my sleep The sound makes slumbering babies weep I’m the bug, I’m the bug that lingers in your bed Oh, that lingers in your bed ‘Cause I’m a lonesome soul Baby, my eyes are nocturnal You’ll see me clearly when I’m down, down, down ‘Cause I’m a lonesome soul Baby, I’m losing my control I see you near me when I’m down, down, down, down Oh, don’t you let the bedbugs bite They can’t be seen in candlelight No romantic bubblebaths this time Well, there is nothing wrong with us Love is legal angel dust Whispering tremendous things to your mind Hey, I’ve been bit myself, you know The curse is passed from long ago Heartaches never leave a womans head So we might be scum of the earth Well, here I am, for all it’s worth I’m the bug, I’m the bug that lingers in your bed That lingers in your bed ‘Cause I’m a lonesome soul Baby, my eyes are nocturnal You’ll see me clearly when I’m down, down, down ‘Cause I’m a lonesome soul Baby, I’m losing my control I see you near me when I’m down, down, down, down
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hey, it’s hard to think that long ago a few hundred years or so, my heart was open, unbroken like a childs I had been looking for a ray of light for many days and many nights oh, with nothing but the waves roaring in sight see, I made friends with the fires the sirens and the liars desired someone to trust, heard them say; burst and dive, start over your life with us, before you give up let yourself go for your love and now I can’t see anyone coming that close to me not that easily, that easily and that night my town saw me go with a feeling I couldn’t show held my hands on the wind, I let it blow I was moving with the speed of light for many days and many nights to escape or to survive the biggest love of my life I never questioned the waves or the thousand of ways I moved with the ghosts of my past but one day winter froze my lonely little boat in the middle of the sea and we had to wait ourselves free the ghosts and me the ghosts and me and now I can’t see anyone coming that close to me not that easily, that easily
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People 02:38
People, with your drinks Dancing in this room While you had your fun He left me like a fool Now I watch the skinny girls I envy all their bones I envy all the women That won’t go home alone People, please, rejoiche Raise your glasses high Revolve ’round me like planets Like I’m your open sky This club is just a jungle I was meant to pass by Oh, look at all the lions The tigers, bears, oh my I told him what I mean I said I’ll be his queen I said I’ll be his slut And all thats in between I told him I’m a slave Bound to walk this earth And nothing ever matters If you don’t know its worth, so…. Baby, I don’t need you to be mine forever That’s too long for me to keep myself together Baby, I don’t need you to be mine forever That’s too long for me to keep myself together People, please, let go Raise your glasses high The ground is for the deadly The rest are in the sky
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Sorry i’m late, didn’t mean to delay But I sold my soul to the devil today Stood by the highway and he offered me a lift The road to hell was short for his car was swift He played real heavy tunes, some old recorded tapes He said he drops new beats every time he kills or rapes I said I write new songs every time I love or leave When passion is my vision and I can’t get any sleep Behind those ironbars I get claustrofobic They drug me with rules and this cage is atomic I’m tired of slaving from nine to five and this will pay our bills for as long as we’re alive I spit out my soul on his face and he looked pleased My body felt lighter and my mind felt at ease I’ve given away all those stones I used to drag And got real diamonds for it in a really precious bag So love, no more stress, I did it my way I sold my soul to the devil today So love, no more stress, I did it my way I sold my soul to the devil today Now baby, don’t you argue, it’s not like it seems Who cares of a soul if it pays for our dreams? Do you remember that night long ago, all those fees and payments made you shattered and low I said; finish your humble pie, lets pack light and drift But everything we packed was to heavy to lift And you said you’ld do everything to have a new start, Someone heard your praire and went to capture my heart The devil gets a sticker for each sin he collects I’m full of them thats why he treated me with respect We had a few drinks and got obnoxiously drunk He almost drove of the road with all my shit in his trunk What would they have said on the morning news on tv? that they found a man in black with no identity And happily ever after, none of us fuckers would die and God would think it’s cool til he’ld run out of supplies So love, no more stress, I did it my way I sold my soul to the devil today Yeah, no worries, love, I did it my way I sold my soul to the devil today
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Arkansas 04:49
Got to think of you the other day, love When thousands of birds Came crashing down through the sky, love The strangest thing i’ve heard Though you were always the one to stay in winter And disappear with the sun Don’t know who we are trying to fool, here You, me, everyone? Now I can not believe you, no I can not believe you, no I can not believe you, no I don’t believe a single word You know, They say the birds find home through the stars, love They follow their light So while we’re sitting in our skyscrapes Shining up in their clouds, love We blind their sight You were always the one who should have been there You were always the one that never came You were always the burden of the evening You were always the bird that lost its way Now I can not believe you, no I can not believe you, no I can not believe you, no I don’t believe a single word A single word And you do not even have to be a loss for me And you do not even have to be a loss for me And you do not even have to be a loss for me And you do not even have to be a loss for me A loss for me
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Don’t you know the trouble with you Is that you can’t find the trouble with me You grab my hand as if it fits perfectly into yours Like we’re meant to be You’ve never had such an unchained night Down by the river and the neon lights I’ve been here many times I’ve loved this way ‘Til the sunrise You know, they keep sayin’ The Danube is blue But where I’m from we all know It’s not true I know just how to taste your kind You’re the man that keeps this town alive From your pockets, the doves will fly And you’ll pay them to fly high Well, this boulevard was built for fools Old romantics and prostitutes And the business it runs on your worn-out dreams is Filthier than it seems You know, they keep talkin’ The Danube ain’t blue And where I’m from we all know It’s not true, no It’s not true, no It’s not true, no It’s not true, no And you say you like what you see Now you say you like what you see Now you say you like what you see Well, my dear What you see is not me What you see is not me What you see is not me
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What if we would tie a rope to the moon, climb right up, let the wind give us a push? Sway to lands far away Over night It would be like falling without hitting the ground And you would say hey, look at that jungle Could it be the Amazon? We must be far from home I would watch your head for you Spaceships, skyscrapes Are not worth crashing into Hold me while we’re off the ground Hold me until the moon comes down What if we would not know how to stop Dangling from the moon ’til the sun comes up Maybe we’ld end up in magazines Firemen would have to take us down Like kittens in trees And you would say that the world is a smaller place now, thanks to me And I’ld realise I’ve got nothing left now for you to see Hold me while we’re off the ground Hold me ’til the moon falls down Hold me while we’re off the ground Hold me ’til the moon falls down
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All I wanted was a bit of fun ’Cause my days got worn out And the streets got even colder, they got even colder All I wanted was a bit of fun A spark and a kiss To bring the sun back over some distant borders All I ever want is fun But I play with boys that play with guns The triggers pulled, the bullets shot Click and bang, it has begun I never see them load their guns I just wake up to the sound and run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run All I wanted was a bit of fun Tossing and turning and burning with desire, with desire All I wanted was a bit of fun Blushing and shaking and taking it up higher, up higher All I ever want is fun But I play with boys that play with guns The triggers pulled, the bullets shot Click and bang, it has begun I never see them load their guns I just wake up to the sound and run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run So I’m escaping in my underwear Kissed off lipstick, ruffled hair He’s just two steps behind Roofs collapse and cars collide And we’re pushing ourselves through the crowd and It’s freezing outside Well, all I ever want is fun I play with boys that play with guns The triggers pulled, the bullets shot Click and bang, it has begun but I’m not scared of any gun But wise enough to know that I should run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run Here we go again, I think to myself and I light another cigarette While I try to catch my breath He’s lost track of me and I’ve lost track of him And sooner or later, we’ll forget Oh, fuck, all I wanted was fun Play with boys that play with guns The triggers pulled, the bullets shot Click and bang, it has begun I never know when they load their guns All I know is when I need to run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run Baby, I bet you know how to aim though But baby, you bet I know how to run

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"Stories after bedtime" was recorded in a ruinpub in Budapest in 2014.

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released September 20, 2014

Antonia Vai - Vocals
Felix Gröndahl - Guitar
Adam Zdosek - Bass
Adam Gilinger - Percussion
Krisztian Muhari - Trumpets

Production and mastering: Felix Gröndahl
Recording studio: Szimpla Studio, Budapest
Soung engineer: Richard Brückl
Album art: Patil Balian

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Antonia Vai Stockholm, Sweden

Antonia Vai is a singer-songwriter from Sweden. 2012 she released the albums "Lovers and Prophets", and "Dirt from when the Earth was flat".

In 2013 Antonia moved to Budapest and recorded the album “Stories After Bedtime”.

The album "Tightrope", released in March 2016.

The album "Ritual", released in September 2017.
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