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Megiddo

by Lauren Hoffman

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Gabriel Lauren Hoffman’s music has been one of the very few positive things that I have received from the pandemic. Being home more than usual I have had the chance to explore more music. I was lucky to “find” her and to listen to her. I have enjoyed her musical journey and I am not done!
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1.
Blood 03:21
She's got a window It's got a small frame She's got a view Of what she always sees What she believes is there But there's blood in the basement Blood in the alley There's blood on her hands she can't see He's got mirror A crack in his door He peers through to see The world is ugly But there's nothing he can do about it The hole in the roof These crumbling walls This house is falling apart There's nothing we can do Nothing we can do If there's blood in the basement Blood in the alley There's blood on our hands We can't see No I can't see No it's not safe And no i'm not proud of this blood There's heat in my mouth There's blood in my veins My love
2.
They put a shrine for you in Rolling sStone And sixteen servants weeping at your throne Yeah and I love you ten times more dead than alive I want to hold your kid and make love to your wife I want to be a rock star too yeah I want to be a rock star just like you I'm never gonna see you old or see you wise Forever young as jesus crucified I want to put my mouth on you and make you breathe Open up wide and sing for me I want to be a rock star too yeah I want to be a rock star just like I want to be a rock star too yeah I want to be a rock star just like you Fame, I'm gonna live forever
3.
Lolita 03:32
Burning Still faithful And smoking cigarettes he falters Yearning Fr one taste-full Soft brown skin Cool water He said I'll keep you clean He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita He said don't ever fear for I'll be ever near my Lolita Turning To danger And taken in by lovely strangers My thirsty Little angel Are you sleeping in the devil's manger? He said I'll keep you clean He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita He said don't ever fear for I'll be ever near my Lolita She's sleeping So peaceful She's everything She's everything, But she's awaking And my heart's breaking She's taking all her pretty things away He said I'll keep you clean He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita He said don't ever fear for I'll be ever near my Lolita He said I'll keep you clean He said I'll feed you my sweet Lolita He said don't ever fear for I'll be ever near my Lolita
4.
Fall Away 04:09
I fell and felt the wind outside And I didn't have a thing to say The moon and the stars released the sky And I watched them fall away I called on gods to light my way And they whispered softly in my mind And still I praise the dawn of day When they crawl and fall behind I heard the warning of the sun Remember all the days I strayed I found you The moon fell down and made no sound Watch her fall away Where's my mind I lost it too And you put my love away I lifted all my thoughts and flew And you watched me fall away And you watched me fall away I heard the warning of the sun Remember all the days I strayed I found you The moon fell down and made no sound Watch her fall away I heard the warning of the sun Remember all the days I strayed I found you The moon fell down and made no sound Watch her fall away
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Silver daisy Life drawn still Mister's gone crazy He's out on the windowsill Pick for him flowers Red as blood Mean as he scowls He's soft as mud This is the longest night And it's dark all day like old cold and gray Well maybe I'll meet him one day Peaceful stone-man You terribly alone man Were you a bad-to-the-bone man Or just never quite grown, man You were no wonderful man to me Were you ever good? You were no wonderful man to me This is the longest night And it's dark all day like old cold and gray Well maybe I'll meet him one day Is it just loss of will that makes it better to me still And rotten away like old cold and grey? Well maybe I'll meet him one day
6.
Not so long ago I was a little thing With dolls and stars and dreams Not so long ago I didn't know much of anything But love, love, love Yeah, mama don't go away and daddy come home I'll be waiting in the backyard with my high-heels on Tell me a story about a girl and a shoe While I'm waiting for my dream to come true Yeah daddy won't you tell me what it means to be alive I've got blood and bones and love and guts And things I can't describe Daddy always shot it straight He said girl don't you know? We've got to try and find ourselves some peace Before we all go and I hope you don't mind The world's fucked up and we're all gonna I hope you don't mind The world's fucked up and we're all gonna die I love the way the sun goes round And lights up the moon I love a lazy morning When I sleep well past noon I love it when we kiss all day We roll around all night I love it when the moon peeks in And hits your eyes just right It's just right but I hope you don't mind The world's fucked up and we're all gonna I hope you don't mind The world's fucked up and we're all gonna die
7.
Strange Man 03:13
The room is spinning And I feel dizzy like a rat trapped On one of those things that goes Round and round and round All I can see are neon lights And the silhouette of man He's sitting to my right His hand is on my knee His hand is on my thigh His hand is on my arm His hands are covering my eyes The boom, boom of the bass drum Is like the thudding of my blood It's mixing with re wine and nicotine It's pumping through my heart like mud His eyes are closed His mouth is open His eyes are closed His mouth is open I don't remember what he looks like But he smells like a man and Marlboro reds His face is coming closer His fingers on my chin He smells like whiskey He smells like sin And now it's over And i know exactly where I am In a familiar bed With a strange, strange man I'd seen him around before And I said I'll see you around, man
8.
Persephone 03:34
Man walk beside me In shadows sidelong glance Never dead-on stare For your razor tease My arms are bare Persephone Teeth sting sweet and eyes closed In the love of blood Stupor of a quaalude dream Ride tequila acid wave Hold my hand in powder-stream To get me through Mortality alone Or eternity with you Mortality alone Or eternity with you Persephone And if you kiss me forever If you kiss me with your forever lips If you kiss me forever I'll be forever yours Persephone Man walk beside me In shadows sidelong glance Never dead-on stare For your razor tease My arms are bare Persephone Teeth sting sweet and eyes closed In the love of blood And if you kiss me forever If you kiss me with your forever lips If you kiss me forever I'll be forever yours I'll be forever yours I'll be forever yours I'll be forever yours I'll be forever yours
9.
Alive 03:05
I came in bloody and screaming I came in bloody and screaming Not alone I'm not alone I fell down dirty and bleeding I fell down dirty and bleeding Not alone I'm not alone There's something behind my sight It's keeping me alive It's drifting behind the light It's keeping me alive The devil in me The devil's in me I fling him to the ground And he moans Like a man So hey angel Hey angel Lift me to your sky And teach me how to fly There's something behind my sight It's keeping me alive It's drifting behind the light It's keeping me alive Oh, my gemini Oh, I'm a gemini Oh, my gemini You know I'm a gemini They said girl be good They said girl do what we tell you you should But I won't hide I won't hide I wanna feel alive There's something behind my sight It's keeping me alive It's drifting behind the light It's keeping me a There's something behind my sight It's keeping me alive It's drifting behind the light It's keeping me alive
10.
The cannibals are out long after good kids are in bed They're coming through the window And they're coming for my head I'm fattened up for killing season Helping god to find a reason Just to feed me quickly to The cannibal named Ed The wintertime was long But the warm winds are a-blowin now And I'm looking to the sky Like an optimistic summer sow The walls here aren't sturdy And songs of freedom fill my head As I befriend The cannibal named Ed Feeding time is dangerous Don't touch the beast unless you must He's grinning through his shiny teeth He's dreaming of his bloody feast So try to find the safest distance Or the path of least resistance Lest you be fed to the cannibal named Ed The cannibal named Ed
11.
Build A Home 04:20
I need to be alone tonight This city and her streets A cardboard sign reads Help me And I walk on And I run I touch you and you feel me I'm a river, I'm burning, I'm a thief I leave you and your skin and your beauty I leave you and your beauty and your teeth Can you see this blaze flared up From the spark of you Now this trick I've played Makes me your slave I'll burn you out I'll start again I saw my name in your hand I turned around and ran But to you or from you It's all the same To you or from you It's the same thing He says we're all alone He builds himself a home He builds it out of hair and teeth and fingernails and bones He hides it in his heart Then tears it all apart He plasters all the pieces up with glue and calls it art He's a man with two left shoes He's a pretty cockatoo His song is full of sadness But he's beautiful in blue And I need to be alone tonight I need to be alone tonight
12.
Ashram Song 04:54
Swamiji lay your hands on me That I might be healed Bring your light up close to me So that I might see om shanti om shanti om shanti om om shanti om shanti om shanti om Swamiji i'm your devotee Won't you come to my room I'll make sacrifices dear Get me in with God om shanti om shanti om shanti om om shanti om shanti om shanti om Preacher, prophet, deliver me I'm a sinful girl Can I buy back my chastity With these rubies and pearls? om shanti om shanti om shanti om om shanti om shanti om shanti om

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released May 20, 1997

Produced by David Lowery and John Morand
Mixed by Ethan Johns

All songs by Lauren Hoffman

Recorded at sound of music, richmond, va
Mixed at sunset sound factory, hollywood, ca

'Lolita' produced by Ethan Johns, recorded at Audities, Burbank, CA.
Additional recording by Ethan Johns on 'Blood', 'Rock Star', 'Fall Away', 'Cold and Grey', 'Build A Home', and 'The Ashram Song'

Assistant engineers: Richard Hasel, Brian Kehew, Brian Soucy, and Joe Zook

Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab

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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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