Carla Bruni — I Felt My Life With Both My Hands
Album: No Promises
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Released: 2007
Length: 2:52
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From the depths I called you, Ma
For your breath and breast so warm and fabled
Your hands reached inside
Grabbed my heart, enlarged, disabled
Hailed for your mercy
An ear that cares
How the blues sound from up there?
With my wet hair, I wipe the blood off of your feet
Carry me through these shark infested waters
Well, you spared me from slaughter for sure
But these sharks are equally in need of a martyr
Oh, kindness shared
Undeserved purest gift, this life you've spared
How the blues sound from up there?
Teeth gnashing, masticating this dumb tongue
Quiet now, quiet now, hear that supplication
Echo into the void
Been received by no one
Oh, my sweet dear
Cold alone poisoning ourselves
Engulfed in our own tears
Signed, blues from down here.
Pull the pin, drop it in, let it wash away your
Time for your favorite story
Of how to achieve golden glory
Wash yourself all squeaky clean
All in white on Hallow's eve
Lessen your desire
Hold your breath so patiently
Never inquire how to be free
Just stay on your knees
You might doubt it
Think there's nothing left for me
To do but stomp my feet
And shout about it
From the depths I called you
Now I'm waiting for an answer patiently
Stuck here in the bottom of this well
It's not the last you've heard from me
Eyes wide mine, suddenly everything
Flies by fine, mind goes on holiday
In its stead, clicking along the curb
Clucking tongues, how could they have the nerve?
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
It's a broken poem, started up yesterday
And it came true now, mind was on holiday
It's an open road will we soon see the end
It's an open book, a story to tell the band
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
I'm a storm faced cloud, hanging in dystrophy
I'm a cold, base clown laughing at enemies
It's a rough wild world, could you please chaperone?
It's a mind field trip, oh leave it the fuck alone
This is hardly the method you know
This is hardly the method you know
There's a purple pain strangling yesterday
There's a purple stain spattered on interstates
It's an awkward stage grasping at anything
'Cause it's lost the page, can't find a word to say
But they want you to
Oh, they want you to
Yes, they want you, too
Oh, they want you, too
Broken plates on dirty highways
Pave the way for alien grace
There is hardly a method you know
Broken plates on dirty highways
Pave the way for alien grace
There is hardly a method you know
Stick around greenleaf, now that she's gone
Take my time when I got to bed, and I sleep long
I'm getting over, mulling over
I said, "Could you just wait to tell me in the morning?"
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I know that you would like, like to change me
Make me softer to your voice like a baby
I'm using caution, but you're warning
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions, like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
And I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
Struggled for many years just to get here
To learn humility and be my own teacher
I guess it backfired 'cause my motive
Was just to take and never care 'bout what I give
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
Laying low, save it for the morning
But I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
I felt my life with both my hands
To see if it was there
I held my spirit to the Glass
To prove it possibler
I turned my Being round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
I judged my features, jarred my hair
I pushed my dimples by
And waited, if they twinkled back
Conviction might, of me
I turned my Being round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
I told myself, "Take Courage, Friend
That was a former time
But we might learn to like the Heaven
As well as our Old Home!"
I turned my Being round and round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
I felt my life with both my hands
To see if it was there
For your breath and breast so warm and fabled
Your hands reached inside
Grabbed my heart, enlarged, disabled
Hailed for your mercy
An ear that cares
How the blues sound from up there?
With my wet hair, I wipe the blood off of your feet
Carry me through these shark infested waters
Well, you spared me from slaughter for sure
But these sharks are equally in need of a martyr
Oh, kindness shared
Undeserved purest gift, this life you've spared
How the blues sound from up there?
Teeth gnashing, masticating this dumb tongue
Quiet now, quiet now, hear that supplication
Echo into the void
Been received by no one
Oh, my sweet dear
Cold alone poisoning ourselves
Engulfed in our own tears
Signed, blues from down here.
Pull the pin, drop it in, let it wash away your
Time for your favorite story
Of how to achieve golden glory
Wash yourself all squeaky clean
All in white on Hallow's eve
Lessen your desire
Hold your breath so patiently
Never inquire how to be free
Just stay on your knees
You might doubt it
Think there's nothing left for me
To do but stomp my feet
And shout about it
From the depths I called you
Now I'm waiting for an answer patiently
Stuck here in the bottom of this well
It's not the last you've heard from me
Eyes wide mine, suddenly everything
Flies by fine, mind goes on holiday
In its stead, clicking along the curb
Clucking tongues, how could they have the nerve?
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
It's a broken poem, started up yesterday
And it came true now, mind was on holiday
It's an open road will we soon see the end
It's an open book, a story to tell the band
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
There is hardly a method you know
I'm a storm faced cloud, hanging in dystrophy
I'm a cold, base clown laughing at enemies
It's a rough wild world, could you please chaperone?
It's a mind field trip, oh leave it the fuck alone
This is hardly the method you know
This is hardly the method you know
There's a purple pain strangling yesterday
There's a purple stain spattered on interstates
It's an awkward stage grasping at anything
'Cause it's lost the page, can't find a word to say
But they want you to
Oh, they want you to
Yes, they want you, too
Oh, they want you, too
Broken plates on dirty highways
Pave the way for alien grace
There is hardly a method you know
Broken plates on dirty highways
Pave the way for alien grace
There is hardly a method you know
Stick around greenleaf, now that she's gone
Take my time when I got to bed, and I sleep long
I'm getting over, mulling over
I said, "Could you just wait to tell me in the morning?"
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I know that you would like, like to change me
Make me softer to your voice like a baby
I'm using caution, but you're warning
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions, like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
And I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
Struggled for many years just to get here
To learn humility and be my own teacher
I guess it backfired 'cause my motive
Was just to take and never care 'bout what I give
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
Laying low, save it for the morning
But I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
I felt my life with both my hands
To see if it was there
I held my spirit to the Glass
To prove it possibler
I turned my Being round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
I judged my features, jarred my hair
I pushed my dimples by
And waited, if they twinkled back
Conviction might, of me
I turned my Being round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
I told myself, "Take Courage, Friend
That was a former time
But we might learn to like the Heaven
As well as our Old Home!"
I turned my Being round and round and round
And paused at every pound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
To ask the Owner's name
For doubt, that I should know the Sound
I felt my life with both my hands
To see if it was there
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Servo wrote:
She's currently married, to someone not famous.
President of France.
I just discovered Carla Bruni and love her! That soft voice and sexy accent is sooo easy to take on a lazy afternoon.
Why did a different album cover get posted?I don't think the resonator guitar was all that distracting.
meydele wrote:
I think she's Italian but grew up in France. This is ok, but I like her songs in French better. Possibly because I can't understand what she is saying, so the incredibly goofy things she says go right over my head.
She's half-Italian and half-French. She's an heir to an Italian tire company's fortune. AFAIK that would be Pirelli. She went to private school in France, and became a professional model at 18. She was in the top 20 list of supermodels, as far as how much she got paid. Not that she needed it...
During her modeling career, she was linked to several rich and famous men, including Mick Jagger and *shudder* Donald Trump. She's currently married, to someone not famous. She retired from modeling and took up chanson, an traditional French style of song. Apparently she excelled at that as well, and thus began her singing career.
All I know about her songs is that so far I like them very much. Perhaps it's the chanson influence, perhaps it's just her style. Frankly I don't care what the lyrics say. I like the way they sound. Specifically I like the unusual way that she emphasizes certain syllables. I also like the music itself. It seems to defy any specific genre. No matter, I like the melodies.
carla is positively 4th street!
en français :"sois belle et tais toi"
in english :"be beautiful and shut up" ??
Like the song alright, like her voice....but she kinda sounds like she's on ludes or something. Would much rather hear her sing in her native French.
Very ee cummings.
nothing against Ms. Bruni and merely a suggestion for Bill, can we please have a little more time between Bob Dylan and this...9 out of ten of the segues here are divine..this one doesn't seem up to par...from the master wordsmith and poet Dylan to this pop wannabe second hand english gave me a bad case of the WTFs...thanks
DebateG wrote:
Is that a Dobro on the floor?
Yup, looks like a dobro resonator.
DebateG wrote:
Is that a Dobro on the floor?
It's a woman. I think her name is Carla
I think she's Italian but grew up in France. This is ok, but I like her songs in French better. Possibly because I can't understand what she is saying, so the incredibly goofy things she says go right over my head.
Anita Lane with a french accent. But I guess the song is better than a kick in the guts.
A Jane Birkin wannabe. Isn't Carla the one who got pregnant with Mick's baby and then Jerry Hall left him? (yes, I'm ashamed that I know this)
If this lady hasn't a sexy voice, WHO has!?
to me carla bruni sounds italian not scandinavian
she's french, young man!
Mari wrote:
good old scandinavian country indie i like it!
to me carla bruni sounds italian not scandinavian
good old scandinavian country indie i like it!
Is that a Dobro on the floor?
A listenable Sia?