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Choreography

by Lauren Hoffman

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) If Lauren Hoffman writes that this is the album she's most proud of, it must be something special. And, in fact, it is, but still I can't decide which of the three I've purchased so far I like most. Well, fortunately, I don't have to. :-) Favorite track: Reasons to Fall.
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Daniel C. Nelson jus,a,lil...yes :(smileys): T.G.

Pandora our mutual palz intro to you dear sweet girl,dDream stirring lass,1knight pulled from deep2CU linger on me old'lg, singN words that stir,Bn morn or late Eve,anyway a moment scene. T.G a video2 instant:)swayNsoft, stare trough&pasTme, she sings, rocking behind her guitar.eyes,fingertips,farout of sleep,wishful things I AM un'D seen then "Writes a~nother f'n song about the dDark...a video left twisted and wrapped2 g.a.f. yah, i know...btw, diggin you "daN" Favorite track: Another Song About The Darkness.
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1.
Broken 03:45
You’re a little bit damaged I’m a sucker for that I wanna take you in my hands Wanna bring you back You’re a little bit damaged I’m a sucker for that I wanna fill up the spaces And be everything you lack You’re a little bit jaded And you’re closing the door And all that you felt then You don’t feel it anymore I’m the picture that’s faded I’m the love you don’t trust Take the girl out from under glass And she’ll always want too much I know You’re just Broken I know You’re just Broken You’re just Broken You’re a little bit damaged I’m a sucker for that So in the moment I lost you I wanted you back But that’s a feeling that’s faded And I’m closing the door And all that I felt then I don’t feel it anymore I know You’re just Broken I know You’re just Broken You’re just Broken You’re just Broken You’re just Broken You’re just Broken You’re just Broken
2.
As The Stars 04:47
Baby put a record on I’ve been waiting all night long to touch you Standing in my pretty dress If you asked me I’d say yes So take it off Love, turn out the light And hold me like tomorrow might not come Fall upon my breast and let Your fever find its death against my skin And slowly As the summer breeze and Silent as the stars This night is ours Baby, tell me everything With your hands You know we don’t need words Yeah you talk about forever with your fingers But you know I’m already yours Already yours And slowly As the summer breeze and Silent as the stars This night is ours And sometime when I’m asleep You’ll curl up next to me Thinking, I know what I’m doing here Soon the sun will come to part The curtains of the night And slowly As the summer breeze and Silent as the stars This night is ours This night is ours
3.
White Sheets 03:32
White sheets I can’t believe I’m Still asleep, still beneath He’s come to rest Head and heart He’s on my chest He falls so hard I’m crushed It’s what I asked for Some kind of weight to hold me down I’m lost, I’m in his mouth Cradled by his sounds… Soft light A perfect dawn A moment held, a moment gone And all day This will be my Secret place Where I can taste him Long gone It’s what I asked for Some kind of space to float around and Eyes wide I am awake now Cursed by the freedom that I’ve found I’ll come when you least expect it Close your eyes you won’t regret this Love comes when you least expect it Warm night A silent breeze And I’m up against the wall Strong hands And hips to hold me Still I’m afraid that I will fall I’m crushed It’s what I asked for Some kind of weight to hold me down Eyes wide I am awake now Cursed by the freedom that I’ve found I’ll come when you least expect it Close your eyes you won’t regret this Love comes when you least expect it Close your eyes you won’t regret this Love comes when you least expect it
4.
There’s a room in my house where I stumble Over a memory There’s a light in the night and I wonder If you’ve come back for me Well it’s a little too late to say sorry But don’t be so hard on me Ghost, you know I can’t go back Come like a whisper in silence A brush on my skin A shadow that flies by door But I’m wanting more Well it’s a little too late to say sorry But don’t be so hard on me Ghost, you know I can’t go back Like a song in my ear you are near me Here like a time machine Ghost, you keep Pulling me back If you’ve been here all the while Watching me drift by and by Waiting for something to fill me up Ghost, close your eyes I can silence the voice in my head And hear you instead Whisper and sing for me again Rise from the dead Well it’s a little too late to say sorry But don’t be so hard on me Ghost, you know I can’t go back Like a song in my ear you are near me Here like a time machine Ghost, you keep pulling me back Sometimes you lose everything Or gave it away Well it’s hard to say now
5.
Solipsist 04:09
Here in the dark Dizzy from the stars that light your face The winter makes you shake Let me be the warm place 'Cause I burn with the fire of a lifetime Waiting for you If nobody sees us Do we exist? Don’t ever fall in love with a Solipsist If I'm falling to pieces Can he make me whole? If nobody sees me break Will I make it on my own? You burn through the film In shades of the sunrise And I am the moon Ablaze in the first light You burn through the film In shades of the sunrise And I am the moon Ablaze in the first light I’ve been watching their faces I’ve seen through their eyes Wandered through places Where the desperate tell their lies And they pass like an ocean Over my skin I’ve been holding my breath for years So they won’t get in You burn through the film In shades of the sunrise And I am the moon Ablaze in the first light You burn through the film In shades of the sunrise And I am the moon Ablaze in the first light You burn through the film In shades of the sunrise And I am the moon Ablaze in the first light Ablaze in the first light Ablaze in the first light
6.
Well you don’t fit in Thank god But you don’t know what you’ve got So you try to be like them But you’re not And you’re almost dead Almost dead You’re almost dead And I wish I could hang out up in the sky And be the light to shine you home So I write another song about the darkness And how you’re not alone So you try to find a hole Deep enough to lie in There’s comfort in the cold I know When you’re almost dead Almost dead When you’re almost dead And I wish I could hang out up in the sky And be the light to shine you home So I write another fucking song about the darkness And how you’re not alone
7.
Like a master of disguise in a torn-up old dress I’ve been Hiding in plain sight And making a mess, Bring me back my heart This is it I am ready for the cure I am sick of being sick Come to my senses And feel the things I've never felt I can’t pretend this is anything but love itself So don’t go tonight Stay make everything all right Like a veteran of war Haunted by day I’ve been trying to ignore what never goes away Visions in my head Blind as I’ve been I try to shut them out b But they already got in Come to my senses And feel the things I've never felt yeah I can’t pretend this is anything but love itself So don’t go tonight Stay make everything all right Something in my chest A sound I’ve never heard I’ve been living in my head And it's always the same words Save me from myself This is my disease The ringing in my ears and body in deep-freeze Come to my senses And feel the things I've never felt I can’t pretend this is anything but love itself So don’t go tonight Stay make everything all right
8.
Don't want to go where they are cruel and cold Turning me into stone Making me dry Give me this warmth A sunbeam to live in A window to look out of Misery blooms on the stem of suppression The world that you see is the one you believe Sleeping in poppies Lost in the forest Out of the sky, into the sea Disappear under here pulled by the tide Give me an island I am an island Don't want to go where they pull out the mold Casting me out of clay Making me dry Give me this warmth A sunbeam to live in A window to look out of Shut out the sights And pull tight the sheets They live in the dark and their faces you see By the sliver of light through a cracked open door Castles and kings await you my sweet Dragons will fly you Far, far from here Where the concrete enfolds you And they mold you of steel Out of the sky, into the sea Disappear under here pulled by the tide Give me an island I am an island Out of the sky, into the sea Disappear under here pulled by the tide Give me an island I am an island
9.
We’re on a wire But it’s better than drowning And I don’t care if I fall 'Cause I’ve never been higher Everything's changing but I don’t care For sameness Cuz safety makes graves of the fearful I find A ride on a wave A home on a wind-blown cloud Make your body loud For me Could you be safe in my arms And scared at the same time Running towards and away ’Til you’re standing still The mystery’s calling Come if you dare And find what is there When you tear down the walls No you’re gonna wait 'til the moment is certain While I’ve been out searching for reasons to fall Hard is the ground You’re wrapping your arms around Could you be safe in my arms And scared at the same time Running towards and away ’Til you’re standing still Could you be safe in my arms And scared at the same time Running towards and away ’Til you’re standing still
10.
Sleepwalking I’m running On automatic Like Prozac-girl Indifferent Nothing much matters What is this Clinging to images sacred? No longer making love Just getting naked Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? As if it’s all in you Hand to hold Raison d’etre Romantic notion Like beautiful swimming in love like an ocean What is this clinging to images sacred? No longer making love Just getting naked Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? As if it’s all in you I’ve got to crawl out of this whole I’ve got to crawl out of this whole I’ve got to crawl out of this whole What is love? I want to feel something real Like a car crash When I land I will be shaken Awakened to Now Like a flash In a dream of the waking world Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on To a love gone wrong? Why am I still Holding on?
11.
Joshua 03:15
Whenever I fall Taking all the chances I can I put my world in your command I'm back in the dark And far from taking that path Again To where we Shine in the face of all that’s to come Saying my love, this song is for you I lie in a space of daydreams gone wrong Thinking my love, what happened to you? And standing up tall, taller Learning my glow Living in light I made on my own You do as you please Go be a slave to your mind All of the while I’ll be Holding this moment Remember me When we’d Shine in the face of all that’s to come Saying my love, this song is for you I lie in a space of daydreams gone wrong Thinking my love, what happened to you? Love isn’t thought And it’s not Just a place to call home Love isn’t pain Or a face you can own Love isn’t touch Not the crutch of a shoulder to lean on You’re gone But it’s not

about

i think this is the album i am most proud of, it is the most 'me'. i had immersed myself in a different world, the world of modern dance and choreography (hence the name) for nearly two years, and through that lens i learned so much about what it means to be an artist. although the music *business* drove me crazy and still does, after those two years i knew that songs were my language, not dance, and that i had a lot still to say...

to make the record, i reunited with john morand at sound of music studios in richmond. after stepping away, returning to songwriting and producing felt like home. this being my third record, i had a different kind of confidence than before; i heard this record in my heart and knew how to translate it so that everyone could hear.

credits

released January 6, 2006

Produced by Lauren Hoffman and John Morand
Recorded and engineered by John Morand
Mixed by Alan Weatherhead and John Morand
Recorded and mixed at Sound of Music, Richmond, VA

Except "Broken" produced by Ron A Shaffer and Lauren Hoffman
Recorded and mixed by Ron A Shaffer at Atlantic West Studios, Brooklyn, NY

Mastered by Brent Lambert at Kitchen Mastering, Chapel Hill, NC

All songs by Lauren Hoffman/Amrit Music (BMI)

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Lauren Hoffman Los Angeles, California

music is exceptionally useful for communicating the nuance and complexity of the human experience because it is an emotional language, we process and respond to it in a different way than thoughts, beyond the limits of linguistics. that's why it's special and mysterious and i love it. that's why i write and sing and play instruments and make records. that's why i share my songs with you. ... more

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