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Fool

by Annie Stela

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1.
It's You 03:58
So when we all took our first breath We lined up in a row outside and passed around the cigarette Just babies squinting up at the streetlight Whipsering about what 's coming next And you said, "Just say you will, just say you will You will, you will" Oh, I may be young but I know when I love someone When I love someone, and you said "Oh, I may be young but I know when I love someone When I love someone, and it's you." Our ankles intertwined and then Your hands were a beginning to my body's end We kicked our shoes off and laid down in the grassy lawn Still new enough to play pretend And you said, "Just say you will, just say you will You will, you will" Oh, it's you Why did I choose these mistakes, these mistakes to make? Because it's you, oh, it's you It never changed for me, it will always be.
2.
A list of my qualities to look over if you want I'm trying to please you but if you won't I guess you won't I can relax and have a good time And wait for hte moment that you realize you should be mine Keep me around, keep me around I'm good for you Keep me around, keep me around You'll love what I do Though it may not seem like it now It's good for you to keep me around My smile has its ups and downs but I"m generally a laugh And you can bet I won't skip town and leave you with the aftermath I can be possionate but not hang on And if you feel you need your space just turn around and I'm gone My smile's been trampled a time or two So merely a footprint and I'm out the door on you But play your cards right and one night I could belong to you
3.
Fool 03:09
I am sure this place is ruining me All missed opportunities and looks across crowded rooms And I never eat the right thing I have silent nights with the tv And conversations with my future as it looms But most of the time, I just feel like I'm failing All of my moments they don't add up, they just pass through Most of the time, I just feel like a fool A fool for leaving you I am sure that I am brave and smart with pleasant smile and open heart But that doesn't guarantee And I can pick it up all on my own and prove it through my telephone Shouting, "I'm a big girl, look at me" For leaving you And it's sunny all the time, and I cannot make it through.
4.
Over You 05:06
We're in your car, no heat in the cold I'm waiting for you to tell me this has gotten old I listen to the grind, the grind of the road below Honey, I can't afford to make another mistake So swallow your words because my heart's not gonna break I'll get over you I'll get over you I just need a night to get over you But does it have to be tonight while you're driving me back home? My hands are out the window and the wind just blows and blows them And we're faster than the highway, but my brain, my brain will not slow Honey, I can't afford to make another mistake So swallow your words because my heart's not gonna break I'll get over you I'll get over you I just need a night to get over you We're in your car and the sun's coming up I'm waiting for you to tell me you are giving up My eyes are closed, when do I know if enough is enough? I'll get over you I'll get over you I just need a night to get over you.
5.
And the medal goes to you, my life is falling apart. You always said it would be true if I didn't take your heart. And you are nowhere to be found, but you're still laughing. Every time I turn around, I'm backtracking. I don't know a thing. No matter what this brings, my heart can't stand to sing. Oh, just a couple streets away, you sleep through the night. You're all out of things to say. Honey, that don't feel right. The toast is yours today, my heart is going back to the choice I could have made, to the balcony at night and the blanket of black. I didn't know a thing. No matter what this brings, my heart can't stand to sing. Oh, just a couple streets away, you sleep through the night. You're all out of things to say. Honey, that don't feel right. The sun's gonna set on this and I won't put up a fight. I'll pace and I'll fret and still the horrible heat of your light will be gone. Oh, no, just a couple streets away you sleep through the night. You're all out of things to say. That don't feel right.
6.
Lovesong 03:33
This is the love song you'll never hear Just a warm breeze between my mouth and your ear I know the look of a girlfriend I know the hanging by I know the "Hey, are you coming?" It takes the whole of me to choke down my sigh This is the love song you'll never hear Just a warm breeze between my mouth and your ear Just admit that for once there is no appropriate thing to say By the look of you I think that maybe you enjoy it this way Boys, you'll see here to your right our age old example of masochist Hand me off the nametag and I'll take your place as first on the list This is the love song you'll never hear Just a warm breeze between my mouth and your ear Just tell me when you're ready See my shine in the corner of your eye Can't you see you're bored already But you just keep me on standby This is the love song you'll never hear Just a warm breeze between my mouth and your ear.
7.
Believable 04:26
Sitting in the car, talking with the window down See the bottom of your pant leg as it brushes with the ground And I feel sick with this thing I have to swallow and pretend to look around This is a fiction I've created I am cutting down a forest of words I'm not allowed And I have fields of propositions that I've gated And I only let them go if I can sing them to a crowd I guess that I wanna be believable But the catch in my throat is the consequence of being full Of choices I can't make And levers I can't pull Just across the table you're feeding me with talk of inner confidence You're taking me upstairs, introducing me to people I have not seen since And I'm wearing these bracelets to weigh down the shaking in my wrists I'm trying my best but sooner or later you'll notice this I guess that I wanna be believable But the catch in my throat is the consequence of being full Of choices I can't make And levers I can't pull You'd say that I deserve this, you'd say I'm asking for it Will I choose to hold it back Or will I pound this wall until the surface I guess that I deserve this, I guess I'm asking for it Will I choose to hold it back Or will I pound and punch until the surface cracks.... Sitting in the car talking with the window down See the bottom of your pant leg as it brushes with the ground And I feel sick with this thing I have to swallow and pretend to look around.
8.
Past Due 03:04
I don't have the strength My heart breaks after the standard length of time And I don't need a constant complication Or your quiet ruminations On an us that tests my patience So just give up on me Just give up Just give up on me It's warm with his skin against my arm And I can close my eyes against the ways I did you harm I'm so sick of apologies and poor, poor you But look at me Is this the way you want our last hour to be? So just give up on me Just give up Just give up on me Oh, just say what you need And I will pull it off me even if it makes me bleed Oh, I'm no longer yours to persuade You keep holding up my light And insisting it won't fade Just give up on me Just give up Just give up on me Give up, give up.
9.
I'm Around 04:12
Home In my old bed With the new sheets I suppose I could have known That my new life Would bleed out onto these old streets Where the trees hang to the ground And there's never any sound After nine And my dad watches the news On a couch that's worn and used And he laughs at the wrong times Oh, the wrong times She's letting go In a cold snow On a windy day And we line the streets below And despite my coat I feel like I could blow away I am swallowing the air That only tastes this way out here In this town And all that I can do Is just stay in her view So she knows that I'm around I'm around I get back home And this new place has an old feel Out on the porch I'm still alone But if I look, then they're real All around me they appear Coming on a night so clear, falling down They're the ghosts of me and you Open up and let them through 'Cause they'll always be around. I'm around.
10.
Can I pull this from the air? Do I have the strength to fight? Or will I hold my tongue till it passes through the long and balmy night? And a mother sets the table, cleans the dishes with her hands Passed down through the poking and the prodding And the "don't let this get in the way of your plans" Oh, when it hits me all I can do is just breathe again and breathe through Oh, when it hits me all I can do is just breathe again and breathe through Can I hope for the something more? Can I hope for something real? Standing tall in the backyard, praying to my trees for something to feel And I hear him pulling up, I hear the door slammed in The slow whistle of his cigarette and all I want is to peel the paint from his skin Oh, when it hits me all I can do is just breathe again and breathe through Oh, when it hits me all I can do is just breathe again and breathe through And I Can't let it go, can't let it go This is the last time I'll feel it there Can't let it go, because I know Even if I shut my blinds he's still out there, Still out there. Oh, when it hits me all I can do is just breathe again and breathe through Oh, when it hits me all I can do is just breathe again and breathe through And forget the me and the you.
11.
Pull Back 03:47
My heart will not slow Bringing it home, keeping it home And darling you know I only shine when I'm alone When no one can see the sparkle I light up my own dark, I'm full I'm full of throb and sway But I can't give you much today Pull back, just pull back Cause all of my shields eventually crack Can I hold a candle To late night bar talks To flying off the handle To flip-flop shuffle when you walk When beautiful moments come around I'll do my best to knock them all down I am full of build and collapse But I can't stay because of that Pull back, just pull back 'Cause all of my shields eventually crack Pull back, 'cause all of my shields eventually crack And it's too close and it's too real And I'd let it pour out at my throat But I'm too scared, too scared to feel I am pressed against your face And all I can think is where is my hiding place?
12.
Carry It All 03:59
Hold me up I'm going to fall, stumble and fall 'Cause I've had enough Of trying to carry, carry it all A pile of blankets A row of prayer books My silence thanks him With slow smiles and long looks Keep me close Or I'll get away, just slip away And there's so much more You need to know if you stay A floor of white And a bed of red And a house to hold All the words we've said A pile of blankets A row of prayer books My silence thanks him With slow smiles and long looks I move on I move on And I am so happy, now I can see where I've gone. I'll hold you up And you'll never fall, you'll never fall Cause we have enough to carry it all Carry it all.

credits

released March 1, 2007

All Songs copywritten 2007 Saint Zola(ASCAP)
Produced, Engineered and mixed by Bill Bottrell
Assistant Engineer: Mimi "Audia" Parker
Musicians:
Brian Macleod: Drums on all tracks
Dan Schwartz: Bass on Tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 12
Bill Bottrell: Guitar on Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; Bass on Tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 11; Synth and Mellotron; Drums on Track 11
Annie Stela: All Vocals; Piano; Xylophone on Track 2; Synth on Tracks 4 and 8
Lyle Workman: Guitar on Track 7
Sonus Quarter: All Strings, except Viola on Tracks 7 & 9 by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and additional Cello on Track 9 by Thia Saxton

Recorded at The Pass Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Except Track 10 recorded at Kung Fu Gardens, North Hollywood, CA
Mixed at The Pass Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC

All Songs Written By Annie Stela.

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