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Live in an Empty Theatre

by Fronz Arp

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1.
A Shy Bird 02:49
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A shy bird sat in an oaken tree And drawn like a man to the violent sea My heartbeat stilled as she sang to me I caught her with my hand outreached And held her, so she’s mine to keep And now her song will never cease Oh what a joy What a friend Lend me your love As though I intent Oh what a toy What a man I’ve become To hold for too long The moonlight fell on an empty scene A silence where she used to be A ghost left by the unreleased And like a lover lost will never be the same And as the sunlight from the sky must surely fade So does the singing of a shy bird in a cage
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More for a Woman to Lose 03:21
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lyrics I went down to the streets within this town That I probably didn't see until you fell Where whores and men burn the world as they descend And hand in hand dance their way to hell Despite the cares that war within my head I cannot turn away until I see The final deed as she goes down on her knees And at that moment our eyes meet But I don't worry Because its one thing for a man to choose Between the heart he believes and the lover he leaves But its more for a woman to lose Skin and bone as I turned from the unknown And ran before its teeth had sunken in And anger burned like a fire building slow And in that furnace my heart hardened So emerging from the stone came justice and her scales Blindfolded with vengeance, crying for repentance But oh how I despair for you, I despair for you Because maybe you're not the person you thought I would be But I don't worry Because its one thing for a man to choose Between the heart he believes and the lover he leaves But its more for a woman to lose I'm just a discarded wife I'll erase my old life And I'll come back ready to survive
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When We Were 17 (Jessie) 03:58
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Jessie took too many pills when we were 17 But she didn't mean to kill herself in my opinion Because in her hands the police found a gold engagement ring The type a teenage boy can just afford And there were 2 dead girls lying on the bed One I knew and one I never met And how I wish I knew you They took her to the hospital as fast as they could drive Although her brain was dead they tried to keep her heart alive A moment gave so they could save the baby left inside But soon enough they turned off the machine And there were 2 dead girls lying on the bed One I knew and one I never met But how I wish I knew you But you had to go And leave me alone Now I'm far from home What about our baby Jessie
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Just Because You Want it All 04:03
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Look at us love, unraveling Everything frayed like burning Tangled and tied by a spider And just because you want it all On your shoulders And just because you want it all I won't screw you over Look at us fall from our great height Tumbling down, crashing down We litter the ground like broken bones And just because you want it all On your shoulders And just because you want it all I won't screw you over Though we're locked inside There is no place to hide How I want you I was angry I was scared But covered in blood of our mistakes And just because you want it all On your shoulders And just because you want it all I won't fuck you over Though we're locked inside There is no place to hide How I want you And just because I want it all I won't fuck you over And just because it shines like gold In the morning I would not abandon you I would not abandon you Just because we're unraveling
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Tessa Hates Her Body 03:42
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Tessa hates her body so she traps in a bold disuise From behind it she can’t look me in the eyes And if it breaks when it falls Are the pieces left enough Why don’t you stay Why don’t you stay Tessa hates her body she attacks it with a cold despair And the lines she carves in her arms never disappear You were lying on the floor So I sewed your wrists close Why don’t you stay Why don’t you stay There’s a pressure on my chest There’s a pressure on my chest Why don’t you stay Why don’t you stay Look what I’ve become I’m just a strangers face in the mirror And I’m calling out I’m calling out I’m calling out behind you But you’re running like you can’t escape Why don’t you stay
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Like Any Other Man 03:37
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live recording, solo, sydney, australia, red box, self-produced, acoustic guitar, indie folk, - If I Ever (Crashing Down) 04:02
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There's a knife in my heart and a storm in my head where our consciences meet there our politics end in a candle of fear that explodes like a bomb and the aftershocks ring with a rhythm that beats like a drum It all came crashing down but I never meant any harm just wanted to get away and God help you if I ever come here again Carbon monoxide a cloud overhead that erases the sun and raises the dead how the blood on my hands bears the reassuring weight of a gun It all came crashing down but I never meant any harm just wanted to get away and God help you if I ever come here again Turn around now you've got to turn and run away
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Don't Let Go 03:36
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Don't let go, you've always got tomorrow To cry your tears out and tell me of your sorrow Hold your hands up for all the hurts you've borrowed Your loves and fears, your movements haunt me still You've always got tomorrow You've it's been running around your head It's all running around your head Don't flee the wolves from which you hide You may escape but it'll leave you on the outside I've been waiting searching through my sorrows And love I fear your movements haunt me still Cause it's been running around my head Your still running around my head Don't let go Don't let go, you've always got tomorrow To cry your tears out and tell me of your sorrow Hold your hands up for all the hurts you've borrowed Won't let go, so don't let go
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To Make Up For Lost Time 03:03
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I am trying to make up for lost time Though I only end up falling behind
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Love is a Cruel Machine 03:25
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Love is a cruel machine So get it out of my hands Winches sneeze my heart is pumping like a piston’s scream keeps me spinning round and round like wheels that are turning ‘til we’re Upside-down carbon, breathing lead and sound steel is bending under shifting walls tears are dry before they fall but it doesn’t matter much to me My blood is pumping like a train that is thumping Like a rhythm is jumping hear it… 1… 2… 1… 2… My eye is twitching like a whore who is twisting on the floor I can hear them Love is a cruel machine
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Car Crash 04:08
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Car crash on the freeway I'm rolling around in a hurricane But before you walk away Before you walk away If you care for me If you care for me If you care for me Get me out? Car crash on the interstate Words with the sound of heart ache But before you can escape Before you can escape If you care for me Get me out? Just a minute though Another love has grown bitter cold And silent like inertia we'll fall into place He stared into a mirror And found a life that was frozen still Blinded by the lights of oncoming disdain Just get me out Just get me out If you care for me Would you wait for me Would you cry for me Would you lie for me Would you die for me

about

In November 2011, I entered the Red Box theatre space in Sydney to record a live, solo collection of songs including material from all my releases, including several new songs.
I haven't done many shows through 2012, due to my on-going 2012 writing project, Fronz Arp is a Tiny Crooked Orchestra, in which I've been releasing a song every 2 weeks throughout the year. So I thought I'd make the audio from this recording available. Thanks to the wisdom and advice of industry veteran Sam Cutler and the visual genius of Sydney-based Cinematographer Steve Munro, the videos look amazing and are available to view on youtube

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjDtCX_VNkgENWSnWvhVcKLbn-DC1lM7&feature=plcp

Also check out Steve's work at wide-angle.tv
And some insights from Sam career in the music business at samcutler.com

credits

released November 30, 2012

All songs written and performed by Fronz Arp
Cinematography, camera operation and post production by Steve Munro
Advice and assistance from Sam Cutler

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Fronz Arp Brisbane, Australia

The strange machine which is Fronz Arp grinds like a tattered, angry little hurdy gurdy. With dramatic jaunt and seesawing melodies that have been compared to weird-pop wonders, such as David Bowie and Tom Waits

“...songs full of drama and action, designed to get pulses racing and yet still sounding both intricate and adventurous” Rave Magazine ... more

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