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Animals (Acoustic) feat. Becca Leigh

by Ben Hermanski

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1.
A blade of streams is cutting throught the sky Endless drops of water, particles so fine And I wonder, will it be tonight? Racing through the city with animals alike And I feel them so deep As the rain’s falling down on me By the fountain, in the water, in a made-up estate In an hour, I’ll be over, I must be on my way A flock of sparrows, led there by the blind Is sitting on the fountain, dirty from their flight I am watching, I wonder where I’ve been And my heart is the anchor of my sins I am watching, I wonder where I’ve been And my story is written on my skin I am thinking thoughts about myself I write them down and put them on a shelf
2.
All the animals are far from here if they haven’t all died You got nothing to show for I don’t care if you tried (2x) There’s a feast going on over there There’s a groom and a bride They got nothing to show for I don’t care if they tried (2x) There’s a president sleeping so fine Told the truth and he lied He’s got nothing to show for I don’t care if he tried (2x) All the sadness we bought with our gold All the tears that we cried We got nothing to show for I don’t care if we tried (2x) All the animals are far from here If they haven’t all died And I got nothing to show for Please don’t mind if I try (2x)
3.
It’s soft and warm by your side – Eiderdown, Eiderdown And I’m so tired tonight – Eiderdown, Eiderdown So meet me tonight, in your loveliest gown Eiderdown, Eiderdown Your knees are poking my back - Eiderdown, Eiderdown The sky is falling in black - Eiderdown, Eiderdown Your eyes so blue, your feathers are brown Eiderdown, Eiderdown You offer nights in the spring - Eiderdown, Eiderdown And I love everything - Eiderdown, Eiderdown I race in my sleep, you’re slowing me down Eiderdown, Eiderdown
4.
With my head on a window pane minutes are travelling by All the souls in a traffic jam stuck in their bodies inside My thoughts, they are flying – a blood sweating horse in the night I am staring in silence at all of these lights in the sky (2x) I am witnessing heart-attacks coming from too many smokes You are speeding and riding, forcing the engines to choke I am calling a doctor, emergency line in my head I am driving the ambulance, racing the horses to death (2x) I am trading my diamonds for bread and for water instead And the future’s on Fridays, the kids say it least you forget I am having a lemonade in a lawn chair on your grave I can’t let a horse die, there is too many people to save (2x) I won’t let a horse die, there is too many people to save
5.
Some say it’s the fault of our fathers Some say it’s the fault in our dreams Some say it’s the cold, for whatever that means A wild horse is better than no horse The winter will tear at the seams And I like the cold, for whatever that means It’s bitter cold and white A candle on a table I drink the poison wine A friend inside a stable Some met with their lovers at leisure Some met with their lovers at night Some met with the devil by candlelight A blind horse is better than no horse I stay with what’s left to atone We crucified silver on houses of stone

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Well, to make an extra "acoustic" EP of my songs seems rather preposterous... However, this EP is just that.
These songs include only my guitar playing, my singing voice and the amazingly beautiful backing vocals of South Carolina songwriter Becca Leigh.

So, thank you Becca for making my tracks so much more beautiful.

A big cheers goes out to Alina Amt who drew me a horse with human features and made it look like Amelia Earhart.

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released April 9, 2020

Credits:

Becca Leigh - backing vocals

Ben Hermanski - main vocals and guitar

Julian Rocco Lepore (Rocco Recordings) - mixing

Fritz Fey (Double-D Mastering) - mastering

Alina Amt - design

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Ben Hermanski Ibbenbüren, Germany

Ben likes to hold on to moments and give them away on stage. To you.
In his songs and the stories that he tells.

Ben Hermanski is an observer, a sensitive writer. A finder of melodies both engaging, catchy and familiar; a teller of stories both true and remote at the same time.

He keeps his eyes closed on stage, because these moments are for giving. To you.
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