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Breaking Clouds

by Frau KARO

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1.
♦ Didn't you wanna move the stars for me, cause I didn't see them shiver? Didn't you hide away the beams from me? I felt them slivers! Didn't you wanna heal those scars for me, they still keep on reminding? Didn't you wanna fight with burning shields? Didn't you wanna pave the way for me, cause I think, I went astray? Didn't you wanna gild my dreams for me, when the night becomes the day? Didn't you wanna keep away from me, what saddened my plain heart? Didn't you wanna fight with burning shields? ♦ Oh Land, did you see? Oh Land, could you feel? The trust we are giving, the love we are sharing steam up high! We can't be ruined this way! ♦ Break them up, the clouds! Break them up, the clouds! Shades of grey will turn into green. Break them up, the clouds! Break them up, the clouds! Let them hear the whisper of the knight! ♦ Verse ♦ Didn't you want someone who stands up high, who keeps his word for us? Didn't you ever want to touch the sky, multicoloured and full of lust? Don't you want to feel the love again without deadness in your eyes? So better let him fight with burning shields! ♦ We ask you to move the stars for us, we already saw them shiver! Please, hide away those beams from us, we felt them slivers! We beg you, heal those scars for us, they still keep on reminding! We pray to you to fight with burning shields! ♦ Here comes the proud knight with grace and through dark light. He swallows our sorrow, let him go forth! Here comes the proud knight, let flambeaus burn bright! He'll bring back our colours, please go forth! ♦
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♦ There are stones emerging from the ground. There are rivers rushing over land and mound. Now there it blows, the strongest of all storms and it leaves me in shambles. I was bursting with sunrays in my heart. Once more my memory restarts. Now there it cuts, the deepest of all wounds and it leaves me with blankness. ♦ You leave footsteps on water and on ice. You leave them with fiery desire. I know that I've been blind at the bottom of my loving heart. Your footsteps on water and on ice. ♦ The falling leaves keep spinning around my hair. When did the seasons dare to reduce me to despair? Now there it fades, the finest of all colours and it leaves me with greyness. ♦ Footsteps, footsteps. You leave footsteps on water and in ice. You leave everlasting, deeply buried, forever crying, never fading footsteps in me. ♦
3.
The Root 03:33
♦ There's a stone inside of me and it's cold, it's cold. It's there, because you took it there and it's cold, it's cold. There is poison ivy growing, it's cold, it's cold. And it's there, because you planted it and it's cold, it's cold. And there's a light arising soon and it's warm, it's warm. So don't you push it back to the freezing stone, the stone. And there is a hopeful intuition, it's warm, it's warm. So don't you leave it disregarded and cold, and cold. ♦ We are, we are the root of tomorrow. We are, we are the truth. We are, we are the root of tomorrow. We are, we are the truth. ♦ And then, then you pushed my head under water, under water. You disappointed me, hell you disappointed. And then you drained my blood and sold it for glory, false glory. You disappointed me that much! ♦ We are, we are the root. ♦
4.
♦ You will never quite know, if tomorrow will bring you soppy days to your door. You will never quite know, if the night will freeze you down to bones, chained to the floor. ♦ Throw the dice, keep fingers crossed! Doobeedo doodn' doo. Throw the dice, keep fingers crossed, you can only lose! ♦ And you will never quite know, if you're essentially playing the clown tonight, please entertain! You will never quite know, if your words will get a hearing, please don't explain! ♦ I am dancing in flames, flames! Forever until the end of day! (dancing, spinning round in flames) I am dancing in flames, flames! Don't worry, 'caus I won't burn my feet! (dancing, spinning round in flames) ♦ You might never find out, if they will pull the rug out from under you, so step on it! And you might never find out, if them voices will try to overturn your government! ♦ You thought that you coul never find out, how it feels to dance with burning feet, spinning round in blazing flames! ♦
5.
♦ I was losing my pride again. Your presence was a curse. You flooded me like waves, but I was fighting to emerge. You were sneaking up on me, wounding intimacy. Don't you dare to imprison me, 'cause I'm , I'm blowing up the walls. ♦ You made me spinning around and around. (I was losing my pride that time). For a short time I was losing my bearings. I did finally come back around. (I won't be losing my pride next time) I won't allow you to own my whole freedom. ♦ Bring it back, bring it back! Bring it back, my self! Bring it back, bring it back! (losing my pride that time, not losing my pride next time) Give it back, give it back! Give it back, my self! Give it back, give it back! (Losing my pride that time, not losing my pride next time) ♦ I used to paint my world with glorious colours. You cut my fingers off and stole blue, green and red. I continued all in black, even with bleeding hands. My ink came back to life, you won't stop me from painting! ♦ You made me spinning around and around. I was losing my bearings. I did finally come back around. You made me spinning around and around. For a short time I was losing my bearings. But I did finally come back around. I won't allow you to own my whole freedom! ♦ Bring it back! ♦
6.
♦ Word for word and noise for noise, please stop telling me, I'm losing my poise. They're going under my surface and destroy. Breath for breath and sight for sight, they're looking daggers at me and my plight. I'm feeling thunder and lightning inside. ♦ From far behind... ♦ They are carrying stones to keep me away from my place. They are bringing them close, so close just to wall me in pain. But they won't break me! No, they can't break me! My planted tree is made to grow. ♦ I can still feel those warming hands, they were playing both sides of the fence, trying to bilk me of my 'only' chance. Empty lines and delusive signs, would you deliver my shoulders from grime? Oh I forgot, ''all in good time“! ♦ They won't break me! No, they can't break me! ♦

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Frau KARO. deep words. mellow sounds. broken beats. Indie Pop.

Frau KARO takes you on a journey through musical worlds of emotion - both vocally and compositionally.
The 26-year old German is a musician to the core. She is a singer (English lyrics), songwriter, and pianist, equally at home in pop, rock, and soul.
The focus being her stunning voice that pulls all the strings, dictates the arrangements, and orchestrates the songs.
Years of studying (at the renowned ArtEZ school of music in Arnhem, Netherlands), live performances, and her exceptional love for music have resulted in her debut album: "Breaking Clouds" - written by Frau KARO, put into form with the help of Los Angeles based producer Julian David, redefines the genre of indie pop in Frau KARO's unique style.
Her songwriting gives a new twist to universal themes with fresh imagery. From intimate piano ballads to cinematic indie anthems, the sounds and arrangements build the foundation for her vocals while big drums and rich textures create an energetic contrast.

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released February 21, 2014

Vocals by Frau KARO
Backing Vocals by Alexandra (Ola) Chmiel
Backing Vocals by Anna Maria (Mareike) Voß
Backing Vocals by Madeleine Garzorz (Zamani) (5)
Drums by Hardy Fischötter
Percussions by Julian David
Programmings by Julian David
Bass by Gregor Sonnenberg
Piano and Rhodes by Holger Schwan
Guitars by Jonas Hemmersbach (4, 9, 10)
Acoustic guitar by Thomas Mühlhoff (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,)
Electric guitar by Felix Tersteegen (2, 6, 7)
Guitars by Douglas Showalter (1, 6, 10)
Guitar, banjo, mandolin by Anders Mouridsen (1, 3)
Cello by Beate Wolff
Violin by Mirco Wessolly
Double Bass by Benjamin Tai Trawinski
String arrangements by Julian David

Recorded at Maarwegstudio 2, Cologne
Assistant Engineers Matthias Gamm, Janis Carbotta

All tracks mastered by Alex Kloss at Time Tools Mastering
Photography and illustrations by Thomas Berger
Design by Jonas Holland-Moritz

(p) + (c) 2014
Hey!blau Records (LC22792)

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Frau KARO. deep words. mellow sounds. broken beats. Indie Pop.

Frau KARO entführt auf eine Reise durch musikalische Gefühlswelten. Im Zentrum ihrer Musik steht die Stimme, die alle Fäden zieht, die Arrangements bestimmt und die Instrumente orchestriert. Das vorläufige Fazit ihrer Entwicklung durch Studium und viel Liveerfahrung und ihrer Liebe zur Musik: ihr Debütalbum „Breaking Clouds“. ... more

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