‘BELONGING’

Album Lyrics and Credits

Galaxy
Belonging
Silent Warrior
Ghosts
My Heart
Kaleidoscope
The Evening
Under Water
Forgot
Change

Galaxy

Music written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitar)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Belonging

A red leaf between my fingers
Footsteps too close to linger
A pale hair has seen too much
Follows the leaf to find its touch
There’s no place that I can call home
There’s no place where I belong anymore
My roots are the wind in my hair
When I was young they wandered there
I’m longing to be safe somewhere
But be still, behold, beware
I miss places in my dreams
Misplace them till they find me
There’s no place I’d rather be
There’s no place I’d rather be
Than here
Be here with me
Be here with me

Music and lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird and Jon Lawton.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitars, bass, percussion, programming)
Amy Chalmers (violins and string arrangements)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Silent Warrior

The silent warrior holding together
Holding the world, holding herself
The silent warrior holding together
Holding herself, holding the world
The armour looks strong and glistening in the sunlight
But when you go closer you see
That it’s only written words on her skin
It’s only written words on her skin
Written with glitter ink
And the lines of the words leaning on each other
Hold me, I want to let go
Hold me, I want to let go
Hold me, I want to let go

Music and lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitars, programming)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Ghosts

The hours are forming thick knots of knowing
Yet we sit here timelessly
In the landscapes of our broken-down walls
We are determined to live
I’m flipping the coin in my chest
Making a wish what to feel
It seems that one side scares away the rest
So I keep it moving to keep you near
You’re a ghost in me
You’re a ghost in me
My thoughts of you rattle in the frame
They’re fantasmas burning night and day
You have been woven into my being, the loops are infinite
Yet dissolving in circles and you are fading and getting out of reach
You’re a ghost in me
You’re a ghost, please leave
Seek out to find
Another heart to bind
The hours are forming thick knots of knowing
Yet we sit here timelessly

Music and lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitar, programming)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

My Heart

The sun’s as bright as fire, and proud
The moon is quiet, a paler form
Its light a spray of stars in thousands
My heart is like them, both of these
The sky turns blue, it’s pure and clear
The cloud becomes a thunderstorm
One moment, then a dew of tears
My heart is like them, both of these
My heart, my heart
My heart is like both of these
My heart, my heart
My heart is like both of these
The nightingale that starts to sing
The rose that’s full of blooms and thorns
The winter followed by the spring
My heart is like them, all of these
There’s one thing on earth that it can’t be
Although I have longed for it all of my life
Peace and quiet are far off for me
‘Cause it’s never the same twice
My heart, my heart
My heart is never the same twice
My heart, my heart
My heart is never the same twice

Music written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird and Jon Lawton.
Lyrics ‘My Heart’, original poem by Theodor Fontane.
Translated from German into English by Alistair Noon.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitars, programming)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Kaleidoscope

All is full of wonder since you are around
You marvel ’bout everything
Pure beauty is what all new brings
Can you grasp the breeze out of the air
It’s luring you everywhere
And all you see mirrors your moves
All turning shapes, they become you
When you go into the world, kaleidoscopes are your whirl
I hope they compass you on your way
And guide you when you go or stay
Whatever may come with the breeze
One will stay the same, you can count on me
Don’t be afraid to be free everywhere
‘Cause each night that is dark still is home for the stars
All colours and patterns they feed into your hope and love
All rotates and so does your view
But one will stay the same, I’ll always love you
All rotates and so does your view
But one will stay the same, I’ll always love you

Music and lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitar, programming)
Natasha Jaffe (cello)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

The Evening

The evening takes the clothes the skyline holds
And puts them on, its rim of trees is old
Two continents depart as you look round
One’s headed heavenwards, the other down
They leave you and you’re not quite part of either
Nor dark as houses as the night grows quieter
And not as sure that what you sing will last
The way they do, each evening’s rising stars
Impossible to pull apart, that life
Of yours, that’s anxious, ripening, giant-like
And taking turns to be obtuse or wise
A stone within, an object in the skies

Music written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Lyrics ‘The Evening’, original poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Translated from German into English by Alistair Noon.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitars, keyboard, programming)
Amy Chalmers (violins and string arrangements)
Natasha Jaffe (cello)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Under Water

I am diving deep in the backlit
My eyes are open but cannot see
I disappear into nothingness
I’m covered by a dress out of haze
It floats away behind me. It floats away behind me
Shallow lights are staggering through
The closing cave
Particles parting creating my own air
I’m hunting underwater fern to wear
It floats away behind me. It floats away behind me
You changed like a butterfly
And I was sleeping stuck in this timeline
And I was sleeping stuck in this timeline
But I am not holding back anymore
It floats away behind me
It floats away behind me

Music and lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer)
Jon Lawton (guitars, programming)
Martin Spange aka Dezibalg (additional atmospherics)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Forgot

Glass hands, see-through heart, tender faces shivering
I am trapped in my own whims, I hope I didn’t clip my wings
How long can you hold, how long, how long
Flocks of birds drum their wings, they shift the shape of fear
They call for me, I hope I didn’t clip my wings
How long can you hold, how long, how long
Let’s break the glass, let’s drum our wings, let’s feel everything
Let’s break the glass, let’s drum our wings, let’s feel everything
Let’s break the glass, let’s drum our wings, let’s feel everything

Music and lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird.
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitars, programming)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.

Change

What was scattered gathered, what was gathered blows away
She’s trembling deep inside and falling on the ground
Tectonic plates shift again, inhaling the paths that she knows
A blanket of her memory is weighing her down
All these moments won’t keep still in your hand
All these moments won’t keep still in your hand
The brittle ground won’t unfold her hidden strength in the haze
Feeling all the previous falls, she’s drowning in midair
All these moments won’t keep still in your hand
All these moments won’t keep still in your hand
Nothing endures but change
Nothing ever endures
They won’t keep still in your hands
They won’t ever keep still
All these moments won’t keep still in your hand
All these moments won’t keep still in your hand

Music written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird and Jon Lawton.
Lyrics written by Julia Fiebelkorn aka Dorothy Bird .
Produced by Dorothy Bird & Jon Lawton.
Dorothy Bird (vocals, piano, synthesizer, programming)
Jon Lawton (guitars, programming)
Recorded and mixed by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios, Liverpool.
Mastered by Pete Maher.