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Or Die

by BY ELLY

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1.
So I came to see you With your white bandages And a machine to pump you full of oxygen The very thing that measures my distance from you Your wounds are healing, and morphing into scars Maybe someone will fall in love with them One day, one day outside of this room This room in that world, that world That world that tried to take you away from me And should I mention this? And should I mention this and to whom? That you were always bound That you were always bound to end up here On a cold day in March I had come to visit you With your favourite snacks and flowers A surprise! A surprise! Well imagine mine! To call your name upon silence Well that's you, yes you You're always the fighter, you're always the fighter It's always a battle with you
2.
Mother, Can you teach me how to be right? I want to learn how to correct myself away From this road I am travelling down But this is not me, this is not your daughter speaking I am falling, falling out of control Father, can you teach me how to fight The many battles raging inside of me It's growing like a cancer in me But this is not me, this is not your daughter speaking
3.
Little Child 03:31
You find me all over this place, because I am I colour-coded my favourite parts of you And your body But none of it worked And I stand! When I understood enough of this I felt ready to change but I was never ready to let go of you You're like an addiction, you're like a prescription And it was fun until we got hurt And I stand!
4.
Rain Song 04:09
You are water veiled Emotion and, emotion and You are sprinkled lightly On my skin, on my skin You are like a rose With petals dimpled Watery lumps Survival food in this drought And when I look you were always here And when I look you were always here And when I look I see patterns now And when I look I am, well I am taken back You are like a rose With petals dimpled Watery lumps Survival food in this drought And when I look And when I look You let it rain You let it rain down
5.
It comes and it rises Like chemicals in my brain It comes and it erases The particles in my veins So when you close your eyes I'll be standing close to you Always, always I'll touch your skin as you crumble down Stay true to size player, stay true to size player You are the same! You are the same! I'll be the same as tomorrow Oh I'll be the same, I'll be the same as tomorrow The sun rises on time that's borrowed Oh I'll be the same, I'll be the same as tomorrow You are the same! You are the same!

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The first release of Melbourne Electronic artist, By Elly. Her second EP, Or Else, is out now.

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released July 18, 2011

Written and performed by BY ELLY
Produced by BY ELLY and Darren Cameron
Mixed by Darren Cameron
Mastered by Luke Hill

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BY ELLY Melbourne, Australia

By Elly is a Melbourne based electronic musician who draws inspiration from BBC documentaries and caffeine.

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