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Waterbirth

by Laumė

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1.
Catch yourself alone again It’s always there in the back of your head Automatic drive Meaning to keep you alive Ebb and flow The time comes and goes Making the most of whatever you know Automatic drive Feeling the wind in your hair They’re comforting ordinary lives Taking their toll Paying the price ‘til they’re satisfied
2.
Darkside 03:47
It started at loose end   with an honest look  into a splintered soul      Fill it with the ‘good stuff’  cause we can’t get enough   of being reputable     Get ‘em on board   Here’s to the good guys   on our side  Got no time   for blind eyes  no    We thought we’d found   the truth in kindness  but we forgot  we forgot the   downside    Don’t go slighting your darkside  and all the damage you could do   Don’t go thinking you’re all that  and assume you found the truth    You know your darkside  the shadows lurk beneath your heart  Know your darkside  the years of fears and aches that hide in you    You tell us that you preach love  that it’s the only way  but all we see is heat    And who will be  Eckles eyes  make sure we do it right  be respectable     So cutting us down  Call us the bad guys   Making sides   Got no time   to revise   no     You thought you’d find the truth  in ‘kind’ words  but you can’t see  can’t see the  downside    Don’t go slighting your darkside  and all the damage you can do  Don’t go thinking you’re alright  and assume you found the truth    You know your darkside  the shadows lurk beneath your heart  Know your darkside  the years of fears and aches that hide    I know you hurt  I see it   I do  But is this the way   to change it  Yeah, we all hurt  different ways  we do  Then what   pray tell   should we do   (god only knows)     Don’t go slighting your darkside  and all the damage you could do   Don’t go thinking you’re all that  and assume you found the truth    You know your darkside  the shadows lurk beneath your heart  Know your darkside  the years of fears and aches that hide in you    The shadows lurk beneath my heart  I know my darkside  The years of fears and aches that hide  in me 
3.
No wonder you’re the same  ignoring all the things   they told you were a pain  You’re not to blame no    Been living in a loop  ‘Round and ‘round   in your head  It’s about you  and everything you do    It’s all talk  when you come around  All bets are off  cause takes all kinds   And you think you’re high brow  upper echelon    I know you  and your family too  It’s the done thing  to get one up on  and raise the bar  keep reaching for—    You fell for it   Fell for it   You’re under the spell  It’s got ya little sucker you  You fell for it   Fell for it   You’re under the spell  It’s got ya little fucker  It’s you    Been acting all along  What is you and what’s me  I can’t tell   You’re wrong  Your parlour game’s tight    Been giving it try  Day by day  in my heart  And it’s dire  I better know why    It’s all talk  when you come around  All bets are off  cause takes all kinds   And you think you’re high brow  upper echelon    I know you  and your family too  It’s the done thing  to get one up on  and raise the bar  keep reaching for—    You fell for it   Fell for it   You’re under the spell  It’s got ya little sucker you  You fell for it   Fell for it   You’re under the spell  It’s got ya mother fucker  It’s you    When you’re holding on  sometimes there’s no way you can   face the honesty  So you turn a blind eye  Sideline the attacks   There is no getting thru to thee    There’s nothing to do   There’s nothing to say  Wait for it  I don’t think I’m right  No, but I’m here by your side  and you’re giving it up   for a fantasy    You fell for it   Fell for it   You’re under the spell  It’s got ya little sucker you  You fell for it   Fell for it   You’re under the spell  It’s got ya mother fucker  It’s you 
4.
Neglect 03:37
It’s easy when you’re gone  It’s easy when you’re outta your head  And everything’s a rush  And you don’t even need to be here    If I brush it off   it’s never there   Good god it’s easy to ignore       Not long ‘til I am back again    When I give in   to my neglect  it’s always as   one might expect  My hurricane heart looms     Running from it all your life you know   Gotta stay to feel the feelings though  You need to find a deeper reason to  ride out the heartache    Proud puppy  take a bow  You’ve been faking it  all ‘til now  gotta learn to   stick with it  its all you know  go on, go on  go on    If you don’t even   love yourself  None of this will   be enough  You gotta find a reason  to go on   go on, go on    If I brush it off   it’s never there   Good god it’s easy to ignore       Not long til I am back again     When I give in   to my neglect  it’s always as   one might expect  My hurricane heart looms      Running from it all your life you know   Gotta stay to feel the feelings though  You need to find a deeper reason to  ride out the heartache    You gotta   I’ve been neglecting you     Running from it all your life you know   (Oh you’re running)  Gotta stay to feel the feelings though  (You gotta feel)  You need to find a deeper reason to  ride out the heartache 
5.
Voyeurs 03:50 video
Who do you   open your door to  You can say   whatever to need to    I can read lips  So if you’re fighting   better believe I’m   trying   to work it out  Wouldn’t you too  You’ve got   your dark illusions     Twisting the tilt wand  ‘til I can see you  Everybody does it you know  screen or window    Look into your lives   and your souls  (we’re all voyeurs)    Who do you   stare through the wall at  Knowing you can’t have  whatever you’ve dreamed that  you want    These strange behaviours   they’re nothing weird or new  No innocents no saviours  are in our dark truths    It’s when we  all are strangers  One on top of two  Crammed in those cookie cutters  You haven’t got a clue    Looking into your lives   and your souls  (we’re all voyeurs)     (And you know what they say)  Don’t make things strange  Don’t give in  Keep your lips tight  Don’t speak a thing    Should I rat on my brother   when he can’t see  Take out my sister   with subtlety     Whisper in their ears  to quell your fears  so you’ll be free  Oh whisper in their ears  to quell your fears  so you’ll be free  (so you believe)    We’re all voyeurs  So what’ll you do with yours 
6.
Shy Kids 04:43
I’m the eyes in the shadows   the flower on the wall  sitting on the underground wondering  if we’d get along    I’m always chasing this   Will I ever fit in   I can’t say too much  or I’ll scare them all away    And it’s funny that it’s —  the very thing that turns them off  Why can’t I just be myself   and that be ok    I know  it worked once   for me  Feel like a   bomb’s gone off in me   There’s chaos in the way    Give it up for the   shy kids shy kids  that only lonely knows   Every turn   they say we’re brave   but we’re just getting on    Give it up for the   shy kids shy kids  So many turn away  Every time   they think we’re strange     so we’re the ones who change     See these woman with friends from school  forever young  I’m shrinking down  bow my head and look away    They all gawk from the wings  A first-row ticket to my misery   until they’re bored as hell    And it’s funny that it’s —  the very thing that turns them off  Why can’t I just be myself   and that be ok    I know  it worked once   for me  Feel like a   bomb’s gone off in me   There’s chaos in the way    Give it up for the   shy kids shy kids  that only lonely knows   Every turn   they say we’re brave   but we’re just getting on    Give it up for the   shy kids shy kids  So many turn away  Every time   they think we’re strange     so we’re the ones who change     I make art cause   I don’t know how to party  Won’t go to shows   for the fear of the   spotlight on my body    Roving eyes   I’ll dress right down   to blend right in  Hide my face   I’ll grow my hair  So you can’t see me     Shy kids  Shy kids    Give it up for the   shy kids shy kids  that only lonely knows   Every turn   they say we’re brave   but we’re just getting on    Give it up for the   shy kids shy kids  So many turn away  Every time   they think we’re strange     so we’re the ones who change     Shy kids oh woah oh oh   Shy kids oh woah oh oh 
7.
Conquest 04:44
Let’s go from the end   and work our way back  to the start again  where everything was clearer  I’m always everything   and never simply   singlely one thing    Is it a blessing  or what they like to say   to make you feel  I’m never gonna find another like me  They’re all ‘you’re different though’  They’re all ‘you’re crazy’  Give me half a care  I’m all fresh legs here   Oh    It’s anything you wanna be  Everything is calling me   Taking both my hands   and they’re pulling pulling  Won’t you try a little bit  Finish it you hypocrite  Aching just to find a piece   for conquest    Anything you wanna be  Everything is calling me   Taking both my hands   and they’re pulling pulling  Won’t you try a little bit  Finish it you hypocrite  And we’ll take this over     Try, if only you try   You can take it in your stride  if it feels right  Run (it’s a give in)  Whenever you run  You leave them all behind  and it feels right  One more time around   And it feels right    Never have a clue  if I’m wrong or right  Don’t know what they think  So ask me all the questions you’d like  I shrug my shoulders  or act I know it all  It’s just a feeling   in my bones though  Oh     It’s anything you wanna be  Everything is calling me   Taking both my hands   and they’re pulling pulling  Won’t you try a little bit  Finish this you hypocrite  And we’ll take this over     Try, if only you try   You can take it in your stride  if it feels right  Run (it’s a give in)  Whenever you run  You leave them all behind  and it feels right  feels right    Anything you wanna be  Everything is calling me    Anything you wanna be  Everything is calling me   Taking both my hands   and they’re pulling pulling  Won’t you try a little bit  Finish it you hypocrite  And we’ll take this over     Try, if only you try   You can take it in your stride  if it feels right  Run (it’s a give in)  Whenever you run  You leave them all behind  and it feels right  feels right  One more time around  and it feels right 
8.
Villians 03:53
Can you feel it  The heat is on     When all bets are off  who’ll call the shots   and take them down  They’ll draw the lots  You’re looking left and right   Not a goddamn car in sight  Everyone’s a fleein’ fleein’  There’s something on the TV  You got the message wrong  Keep seeing what you want to see  Makes villains of us all    And all know all is  I don’t know it all  All know all is    There’s no   pleasing all   Each to their own   as long as they’re   not hurting no one no    Lead by four letter words   Saying things you shouldn’t say  Fear makes you give in   Give in     There’s something on the TV  You got the message wrong  Keep seeing what you want to see  Makes villains of us all    All know all is  I don’t know it all  All know all is    Cruising through the city streets  Haven’t got a clue   what’s running us  (What’s running us)  We got to leave this city  A mass exodus     We got to leave the city baby  Get back to what we know  We got to leave the city babe  Back to the heart of all    There’s something on the TV  Only seeing what we wanna see  There’s something on the TV  Only seeing what we wanna see
9.
See me on the driveway   waiting for a sign   that it is time to run  Was hoping you’d   come back home  eventually    Did you think that I’d be okay   when you left the city that day  I guess Warsaw saw it coming    but they didn’t tell me    And I keep running   Looking back will slow me down   Ain’t that fast   I hope my legs will hold me now  Catching up to me  Wish you were here   Better luck to you      And I keep hiding  praying they won’t notice me  But they’re so close   I don’t dare to breathe   They’re catching up to me  Wish you were here   Better luck to you       Will never be home again  No dwelling   You gotta make the most of it  It’s true it won’t be the same  You got this  You gotta start over and over and over    Never home again  No dwelling   You gotta make the most of it  It’s true it won’t be the same  You got this  You gotta start over and over and over    Not the cheapest trick   to get your kicks  when you weigh the cost  Do they really know   what they’re fighting for   I keep running   Looking back will slow me down   Ain’t that fast   I hope my legs will hold me now  Catching up to me  Wish you were here   Better luck to you      And I keep hiding  praying they won’t notice me  But they’re so close   I don’t dare to breathe   They’re catching up to me  Wish you were here   Better luck to you       Will never be home again  No dwelling   You gotta make the most of it  It’s true it won’t be the same  You got this  You gotta start over and over and over    Never home again  No dwelling   You gotta make the most of it  It’s true it won’t be the same  You got this  You gotta start over and over and over    It’s so cowardly  to take fear out  on the unlucky    You’re taking lives  You’re taking lives  in order to fix yours    I won’t back down   I won’t back down   Whatever it takes us    Will never be home again  No dwelling   You gotta make the most of it  It’s true it won’t be the same  You got this  You gotta start over and over and over    Never home again  No dwelling   You gotta make the most of it  It’s true it won’t be the same  You got this  You gotta start over and over and over    (It will never be the same)  (over and over and over and over) 
10.
Best You 03:06
You can make anything now  Shimmering bodies of water  in desserts on the moon  From up above everything’s better    Disappointments weigh heavy  How do you love yourself  when you’re never taught to  quite the opposite       Only see  the best you   Not trivial   it’s topical  Only see the best you  Won’t ever know  the you at home    Only see  the best view     Not physical   it’s material   Only see the best you  Won’t ever know  the you at home    Hotels with rooftop   swimming pools   all lit up  Health spas   won’t you sit back  close your eyes  put your feet up  I’m of the generation  We’re never giving up  Can I please have my moment  Build me a cenotaph  Wait till I get back  Only see  the best you   Not trivial   it’s topical  Only see the best you  Won’t ever know  the you at home    Only see  the best view     Not physical   it’s material   Only see the best you  Won’t ever know  the you at home 
11.
Yeah you played those little games  back and forth  leading me on  When you’re only trying to   Look at you  making me happy    Here was I  thinking you  felt it too  That it wasn’t over  Or were you  teasing’ me, pleasin’ me  Keeping the order      Are you with me    Keep hearing you  calling me  soft things   just like we’re still lovers  Then you would throw me out,  calling her   from under our covers    I was still   thinking we  had this thing  you kept coming back to  Thought that I’d  make it thru   with half of you  but it nearly killed me    Are you with me    I should’ve run  while I could  and not look back  Been there before  You were playing me   for the fool   that I was  Didn’t want me no more    It’s funny how  the one who cares  ends it all  it’s over like that  where you couldn’t stand to see  the back of me  You wanted it all    Call us off or tell her no  Are you with me  Call us off or tell her go   Are you with me 
12.
What did I walk into   Who saw this coming   from the other side    All of this meaning  Twisted in patterns   I can’t describe    How did I get here   so far away  in the another atmosphere   out of phase with you    Calling on each other cause   it’s so easy to do   Being with you   stops the blues    Faces of light  Bubbles and dots  Oh yeah they’re here   when you’re not    And all of my family are sleeping  And all of my friends are asleep   Everyone I love is sleeping  Everyone I love is asleep  Everyone I love is sleeping  The one I love is asleep 
13.
Saints 03:27
They call you a saint  when you’re dead  There’s nothing wrong with that  You’ve been living on another   planet so long    It’s funny to you  how all the seasons change  and nobody admits   their hearts yearn to do the same   Call me from the road  Call me when you’re home     It don’t bother me  What happened with history  Whether I started off swimming   or whether I was bone    I don’t care    If I go on from here  as long as I have something that I  can leave behind    Call me from the road  Call me when you’re home    You have a hope  I have never felt need for  You have a faith   I could never have hoped for    Call me from the road  Call me when you’re home

about

On January 17th, the synth-pop project Laumė (rhymes with Pflaum) will deliver the aptly-titled new LP, Waterbirth, by way of Carpark Records, finally sharing her most lyrically complex and musically infectious body of work to date. The New Zealand-born songwriter and former Yumi Zouma frontwoman and co-founder, Kim Pflaum, worked with French producer Rude Jude to craft a 13-track LP that broadens the scope of Laumė. The irresistibly vibrant and funky sounds of each instrumental are inspired by visionary pop artists like Sade, Kate Bush, and Grimes, but sit in stark contrast with the ideas explored in Pflaum’s writing. “Spells (Oedipusi)” finds Pflaum knocking the antagonist down a notch, and doing so in style overtop a punching kick drum and groovy synths. Since releasing her debut EP, Bad Humors, under the moniker MADEIRA, Pflaum has renamed the project, had a stint in London, and spent the past three years working to better understand the complexity of the world around her. Her travels and new experiences shaped both the content and construction of her songwriting and recordings, giving way to this expansive new full length.

Between 2016 and 2019, Pflaum wrote and recorded new material for Waterbirth everywhere she had the space to–from Okie Dokie studio in Auckland, to flats around London, to even a train across Poland. “I began to question human nature and who we are.” Pflaum recalls. “We’re so complex and we have these dark sides to us—I’m equally reflecting on myself at the same time” as heard of “Darkside.” Each of her new tracks began to form like Russian dolls, filled with layers of meanings that are not easy to spot at first glance. Pflaum explains “Although at one level it might sound like I’m singing about a certain thing, I’m usually singing about something else altogether on another level.”

In late 2017, Pflaum traveled to eastern Europe, where her grandfather fled Poland during WWII, in an effort to learn more about her family roots firsthand, and examine the deeper parts of her psyche. ” Pflaum became more interested in lineage and the cycle of life, and the concept of birth and rebirth unified the new songs she was writing. “When I was a young child I drowned, so in a way the album is a reflection on getting another chance,” explains Pflaum, “The album is actually dedicated, in part, to the two people who rescued me from the water, as I’ve never been able to thank them.” Throughout the record Pflaum is constantly balancing the power of nature and the fragility of humanity, capturing the existential tension between both in songs like “Villains” and “Klara.” Slowly as Pflaum and Rude Jude worked together, each song they crafted would reinforce the record’s sonic and lyrical duality. Rude Jude’s production is reminiscent of the pop golden age of the ’70s and ’80s, but Pflaum’s writing and intentions make the album feel undeniably current.

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