Each to Each
by Varnish
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Digital Album
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Believe It
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Not Complaining
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Bruise Me
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Slipping
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Tied to My Chair
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Wanna (Live)
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about
Songs about the hopes we cling to and the regrets that cling to us. Rooted in rain-soaked cities and dry mouths, Varnish want to stand by you when the lights go out and occasionally point out the stars.
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released 01 December 2011
Amber Bird: Vocals
Jason Cope: Guitar, Keys
Johnny Straube: Bass
Ben Crosby: Drums (Tracks 1-5)
aNdi pUzL: Drums (Tracks 6-8)
All lyrics by A. Bird
All music by Varnish
Produced, mixed, and recorded by Mark Clem (Tracks 1-5)
Recorded at London Bridge Studios and Soul Kitchen Studios (Tracks 1-5)
Mixed at Soul Kitchen Studios (Tracks 1-5)
Mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering, Seattle, WA (Tracks 1-5)
Photos by Varnish, Chris Woods, Gabrielle Fine, Scott Smith, Rebecca Crosby
Layout and Text Editing by A. Bird
Amber Bird: Vocals
Jason Cope: Guitar, Keys
Johnny Straube: Bass
Ben Crosby: Drums (Tracks 1-5)
aNdi pUzL: Drums (Tracks 6-8)
All lyrics by A. Bird
All music by Varnish
Produced, mixed, and recorded by Mark Clem (Tracks 1-5)
Recorded at London Bridge Studios and Soul Kitchen Studios (Tracks 1-5)
Mixed at Soul Kitchen Studios (Tracks 1-5)
Mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering, Seattle, WA (Tracks 1-5)
Photos by Varnish, Chris Woods, Gabrielle Fine, Scott Smith, Rebecca Crosby
Layout and Text Editing by A. Bird
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Varnish is steeped in the influence of dark, jangled pop via post-punk UK music that was dressed to kill and to do it fabulously, as well as "pre-punk" NYC bands that set the stage for the modern and alternative rock scenes that came next. Music where confusion becomes clarity and the extremes of human emotion are separated by a precariously thin tightrope, all backlit by a beautiful dissonance. ... more
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- Track Name: Believe It
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Believe It
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
You know all my pieces
You believe it
You know why I'm leaving
You believe it
You know she hides reptiles
You believe it
You know why I don’t smile
You believe it
Home is where they test your limits
Why resist? Let's just begin it
Take me in and ruin my image
You know where my heart is
You believe it
You know I can’t stop this
You believe it
You know dad was famous
You believe it
You know they all hate us
You believe it
Home is where they test your limits
And I wish you’d just begin it
Take a chance and ruin our image
You know I will fight this
You know this is worth risk
You know I'm past human
You know that we won’t win
You know why my hands slip
You know this is worth risk
You believe it
You believe it
You know hope is toxic
You believe it
You know I can’t stop this
You believe it
You know where I'm sleeping
You believe it
You know why I'm leaving
You believe it
Home is where they test your limits
Worth the chance; one kiss begins it
Take my hand and ruin your image
Home is where they test your limits
Can’t remember what begins it
Take you in and ruin your image
You know this is worth risk
You believe it
You know this is worth risk
You believe it
You believe it
You believe it
Believe it - Track Name: Not Complaining
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Not Complaining
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
I'm not complaining
It’s as much hope as fear
And when I can’t stop raining
You’ll keep me near
You find your way into everything
The clothes I choose and songs I sing
And you were meant to last one life
Instead I find you every night
I'm not complaining
It’s as much high as low
And when I can’t stop raining
You’ve still got hold
You slip yourself around everyone
Behind my eyes, back of my tongue
And you would never breathe my air
Instead I find you’re always there
You’re first to stay while the others slip
You pulled me back and made me stick
And you weren’t one to be possessed
Instead I find you’ve pierced my breast
I'm not complaining
It’s as much feast as fast
And when I can’t stop raining
You’ll be my last - Track Name: Bruise Me
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Bruise Me
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
You should have been a final kiss
I should have wallowed in your bliss
Anticipated fireworks
Left out instead to scratch the dirt
I dig for promise, dig for hope
Press through the earth, kaleidoscope
You never move, I can’t stand still
And pieces fall beyond my will
This is where I meant to stay
This is where I’ll die someday
I have no choice but cling to you
And lose my dreams, my skin is blue
You suffocate and suffer me
This bruise the band that sets me free
This is where I meant to stay
This is where I’ll die someday
This is where I meant to stay
This is where I’ll suffocate
Suffocate and suffer me
Bruise me
Bruise me
Set me free
Bruise me
Bruise me
Bruise me - Track Name: Slipping
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Slipping
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
I don’t understand your words anymore
How they slide past my ears and sink through the floor
I grasp them with fingers on nothing but air
If I read them I'd know how to keep myself here
Just a moment
I'll forget
Just a moment
And I'll slip
Just a moment
To lose grip
Just a moment
And I’ll slip
I don’t remember my face anymore
What colour my eyes when I met you before
I slide them unfocused and stare into space
If I don’t blink I'd know how to stick to this place
Just a moment
I'll forget
Just a moment
And I'll slip
Just a moment
To unhinge
Just a moment
And I'll slip
I envy the fragment who’ll slide in behind
If I'm shaking I'll know how to keep it all mine
I don’t inhabit this skin anymore
Who wears it tomorrow is who you’ll adore
I envy the fragment who’ll slide in behind
If I'm shaking I'll know how to keep it all mine
Just a moment
I'll forget
I'm scrabbling at ice
Slide life to life
Just a moment
And I'll slip
I don’t understand your words anymore
How they slide past my ears and sink through the floor
I grasp them with fingers on nothing but air
If I read them I'd know how to keep myself here
Just a moment
I'll forget
Just a moment
And I'll slip
Just a moment
To lose grip
Just a moment
And I’ll slip - Track Name: Tied to My Chair
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Tied to My Chair
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
I am the gun on the dance floor
Muzzle in ribs, pushed out the door
Don’t really care where I've seen you before
Tied to my chair, pressing for more
I don’t need you
I've already got them
I don’t need you
Come on in
I am the bug in your system
Buttons to press, data condemned
Don’t really care what you think about them
Tied to my chair, kissing my hem
I don’t need you
I've already got them
I don’t need you
Come on in
I am the polygraph question
Liar and thief, hide this mess then
Don’t really care that you’re a projection
Tied to my chair, insurrection
I don’t need you
I've already got them
I don’t need you
Come on in
I am the nails on your backbone
Staking my claim, setting the tone
Don’t really care about dying alone
Tied to my chair, dragging the moan
I don’t need you
I've already got them
I don’t need you
Come on in
I am the needle, the promise, the end
Coming upstairs, finding your friend
Don’t really care when i make your thumbs bend
Tied to my chair, screaming pretend
I don’t need you
I've already got them
I don’t need you
Come in come in come in
My gran would be so proud
My boys want you around
My guard is finally down
Come in come in come in
I don’t need you
Let’s crash networks
I don’t need you
Deal with my quirks
I don’t need you
Tied to my chair
Tied to my chair - Track Name: Insignificant Other (Live)
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Insignificant Other
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
Love is persuasion, not force
Except with you, of course
Bullied and battered my heart
Pulled my pieces apart
Boys who persuaded with fists
Gentler to me than this
I count the lessons learned from you
How I’m better now that we’re through
And the pages I could fill
On the other side I’m better still
It’s not nasty what I meant
When I said you’re insignificant
Words that should surely leave scars
Soon become what we are
Damage I won’t take again
Now that I’ve claimed our end
Won’t build a future on fear
Calmer the next who’s near
I count the lessons learned from you
How I’m better now that we’re through
And the pages I could fill
On the other side I’m better still
It’s not nasty what I meant
When I said you’re insignificant - Track Name: Wanna (Live)
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Wanna
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
Oh, finally,
This is
What I want
What I want
What I want
What I want in me
Cutting through the disbelief
I gasp inhale at last relief
Then exhale screaming public fights
I wanna keep you up all night
This is what I want
What I want
Finally
It’s what I want
Drank too much for interviews
Then took too much and trashed the room
It makes a hole where just we float
I wanna curl up in your throat
I wanna tap into your veins
And decorate you with my chains
It’s what I want
What I want
Finally
It’s what I want
I wanna move into your flat
I'll share your clothes and use your stash
We'll take turns going starry-eyed
Then worship when we haven’t died
It’s what I want
What I want
What I want
Oh, finally
It’s what I want
Wide awake is twice as sweet
Behind my eyes we never meet
We never shoot up, never fall
You never nail me to the wall
Let’s cancel sleep and swallow spite
I wanna keep you up all night
This is
What I want
What I want
What I want
What I want in me - Track Name: Pinned and Needled (Live)
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Pinned and Needled
(Lyrics by Amber Bird, Music by Varnish)
Wind me down and set the wings aside
Glitter-caked in fairy tale we hide
Lost you once and dreamed you every night
Resurrect, repent, and set it right
Move the house and decorate my face
Ring you up to predicate our grace
Come to bed and study my defeat
Only you could stitch me so complete
Pinned and needled in your arms
Dress your wounds and shine your charms
Talisman to spare you harm
Pinned and needled in your arms
Paint your eyes and find my other ring
Raining down your blood and stars all sing
Born out there and improvising home
Raised, redeemed, reclaimed, and not alone
Pinned and needled in your arms
All forgiven with your charms
No more past to serve us harm
Pinned and needled in your arms
Wind me down and set the wings aside
Glitter-caked in fairy tale we hide
Come to bed and study my defeat
Only you could stitch me so complete
