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-Lilium : Short Stories-

Pascal Humbert: bass, guitar, keyboards, melodica
Jean-Yves Tola: percussion, keyboards

Guest musicians:
Kal Cahoone: vocals
Daniel McMahon: vocals
David Eugene Edwards: vocals
Jim Kalin: vocals, guitar
Tom Barman: vocals
Kelly O'Dea: violin
Dana Colley: saxophone
Billy Conway: drums
Stewart Kimball: electric guitar
John Grant: vocals


01. If They Cheered (3:25)
02. Locked In Tight (3:42)
03. Whitewashed (5:20)
04. Lover (4:45)
05. Miles Away (2:36)
06. Sorry (4:42)
07. Sense And Grief (6:39)
08. Cavalcade (3:39)
09. The Trap (4:27)
10. Angels (5:51)




If They Cheered

If They Cheered. Click for bigger picture

Didn't mean to cause such a scandal
you were the bull I tried to handle
and when the trumpets started to play
it was moving I must say

But if they cheered it wasn't for me

I learned to chase
and it wasn't my style
you'd outran me by many a mile
if you brought light
I blew out the candle

But if they cheered it wasn't for me
and all I feared you came to be

Here I stand full of vertigo
it was moving I must say
when the horns began to blow
the saddest song of all

But if they cheered it wasn't for me
oh what did you come to be



Locked in Tight Go up

Locked in Tight. Click for bigger picture

Underneath the wheels
well water steals

We are united by trickery
akin low lion swell

Underneath the heel
read by everyone
you are in your ear
if you brought light
so many times before you're done

I was invited
her spirit spilled the shell
she keeps me well
she keeps me well

Here they come again
here come the singing birds
circling round the incident
we circle round the birds

We are united by injury
in your tree, up the hill
who keeps you well?
who keeps you well?




Whitewashed Go up

Whitewashed. Click for bigger picture

Kiss a velvet doll
strung high on the wall
oak and pine
mahogany mine
the eyes of mercy they are thine

We look for the better angels of our nature
we look in vain
speak truth
cost as it may
every seeking a narrower way
ever weak
however strong
they are most beautiful before they're gone

Whitewashed
given foothold and license
you snuck in here on a folk song
try yourself
do something
rise from the ground like a flower
prove to be
be found to be

What does the lord require
to do justly
to love mercy
to walk humbly on his ground
he does set straight with a glance
guilt washed down in weeping

Don't come around my dreams no more
with a fist full of stick
come in the smile of Elijah
he is the lord and healer of the sick

Les absents ont toujours tort
les absents ont toujours tort



Lover Go up

Lover. Click for bigger picture

She got dresses and left that morning
in her hair the autumn rain
she didn't leave a number
wouldn't tell me her last name
she said don't fall in love with me
if you want to be my lover

Chased her up through Johnson City
led a bloodhound by the trail
I followed her to Harlan
where the coal dust showed her trail
she said don't fall in love with me
if you want to be my lover

Her heart ain't stuck on Dixie
where the roads are paved in bone
her heart don't hinge on Dixie
and her words are sticks and stones
she said don't fall in love with me
if you want to be my lover

Caught that girl up on mountain
fed her earth beneath the clouds
I didn't hear the thunder
through her pleas, they weren't too loud
she said don't fall in love with me
if you want to be my lover



Miles Away Go up

Instrumental



Sorry Go up

Sorry. Click for bigger picture

Quise decirte y no pude
Quise besarte no lo hice
Te digo la verdad
Yo no puedo mas
Querer asi
Yo no soy capaz

Get her to call and ask for me
Get her to call and say I am sorry

Quise dejarte no lo hice
No te llamo
Hay que protegerme

Get her to call and ask for me
Get her to call and say I am sorry

Get her to call and set me free
'cause seating here just makes me horny

Te digo la verdad
Yo no puedo mas
Querer asi
Yo no soy capaz



Sense and Grief Go up

Sense and Grief. Click for bigger picture

Collections yes,
you're a dutiful horse
made cluttered by
my feathered course

Anywhere, any room
windows I've been crawling through

Threw your arms
saw you shake your hands
gestures and broken English
yeah, I understand.

Lying down in sense and grief
inventiveness
like buying something sweet

Born to nurse, quip and stick
to what you say
spinning thread to what I said
yesterday

Anywhere, any room
tell me something I can use



CavalcadeGo up

Instrumental


The Trap Go up

The Trap. Click for bigger picture

It's gonna take a little time
I'll tell it like it was
It is a nice scenario
But creating it was rough

Is it any wonder
I've fallen in love
With falling in and out of love with you
And watching you burn

While waiting you become so numb
You had to calculate
And when you realize you can't
It always way too late

Is it any wonder
I've fallen in love
With falling in and out of love with you
And watching you learn

You were already there



AngelsGo up

Instrumental


Music by Pascal Humbert and Jean-Yves Tola except "Lover": music by Jim Kalin.
Lyrics by Kal Cahoone: "If They Cheered" and "Sorry"; by Daniel McMahon: "Locked In Tight" and "Sense and Grief"; by David Eugene Edwards: "Whitewashed"; by Jim Kalin: "Lover"; by Tom Barman: "Sorry"; by John Grant: "The Trap.



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