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B i o g r a p h y
(by Official Blog)
All
of the songs on The Bells of 1 2 were written and arranged over the past two
years by Michalitsianos, a classically trained pianist and cellist, but her
musical roots grow much deeper. Born in England, and growing up between there
and Australia (with bits of Greece and other parts of Europe scattered about),
she was raised with music in her blood, beginning to write songs as early as
five years old. No sooner had we settled in one spot, that it was time to up and
off to another. My one true constant was music. In the space between here and
there, music wrapped me up in comfort and wonder, surrounding me in anything I
wished to see and feel.
At sixteen, Sophie began writing music for television documentaries and swapping
her vocal abilities for free studio time at the EMI studios in Australia. For
the next few years, labels would approach her with offers, provided she shifted
her image to fit their ideals and sing the pop songs their producers wrote.
'Being irritatingly ideal at that time in my life, I politely declined and
continued on my own path of exploration'. Here Sophie reached a peculiar
juncture, and went to university with the intention of becoming a diplomat,
believing she could be of better use in such a role. She soon shifted courses
and was accepted into the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied
contemporary composition and orchestration. In due course, she began making a
name for herself as Australias improvising rock cellist, touring with numerous
acts, though the position soon wore itself out, and Sophie decided it was time
to move on.
She moved to the US at twenty-three, and not long after touch down received word
that Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse had heard her music and wanted her to join up
with them for their tour with Radiohead. Sophie obliged, and afterwards found
herself contributing on Sparklehorses albums, Good Morning Spider and Its A
Wonderful Life.
After her time with Sparklehorse, Sophie continued pursuing numerous musical
avenues, and eventually was able to afford moving to upstate New York, where she
could finally set up a studio of her own, though even this conjured up its own
burdens. Having the luxury of my own studio was great, but without an engineer
to stop me, I destroyed most of what I wrote. To my dismay, my beloved music was
turning into a gargantuan mirror and I couldn't stand it. Barely any songs made
it out alive; the studio was like a war zone. Unbeknownst to her, a major change
was approaching. One night, while Sophie was out, there was an explosion in her
studio, which promptly melted every piece of gear she owned, taking the whole
house and recordings with it. She relocated, and began rebuilding another studio
from scratch, and it was here that Sol Seppy began to manifest itself.
'I couldnt see myself putting out a record before this,' says Sophie. The
catalysts for The Bells of 1 2 had long been developing, but had taken time to
firmly materialize into a cohesive vision, apparent on the record. As the sole
voice and creator behind Sol Seppy, Sophie landed not only the role of writer
and performer for The Bells of 1 2, but also that of engineer and producer, with
some additional mixing duties by Paul Antonell; all in all, a very substantial
task for one person to surmount. As a result, the record is a true testament to
the kinetic power of ones own emancipation from the weighty trials that come
hand in hand with the creative gift. There was a strange joy around these songs
in the studio. This haunting, yet uplifting underpinning permeates most of the
songs on the record. |
Pssscheeow
Seems To Be My
Star
All night, I look for you
All night, I look for you
And you seem to be my star
I wonder where you are
I wonder where you are
All night, I look for you
All day, I look for you
That's the meaning of it
'Cause you seem to be my star
I wonder where you are
*** Thanx a lot to Jose
for this one ***
Dining Alone
Good evening
A table for one
Yes that’s right
I’m dining alone
What’s the big deal
Give me some wine
And then I’ll be fine
Dum dum di dum
I’m having much fun
I think it’s sexy
When ladies are dining alone
And here I am
What a turn on
Dum dum di dum
I'm having much fun
Whee!
Can’t you see by now how carefree I am
Waouh !
Dum dum di dum...
Whee!
Wholesome Way
Glimpse of heaven
On my back
Pickin' me up
Alakazaam
Let's stay like this
For a little while
My hidden planet
You're killing me
I shouldn't be you're way home
Say you'll never leave
Don't say you'll ever leave
I know I have sunshine
Say you can't let go
Don't say you'll ever leave me driving
Glimpse of heaven
On my back
Pickin' me up
Alakazaam
Let's stay like this
For a little while
My hidden planet
You're killing me
La la la la la
La la la la la la
A lucky girl on a wholesome way (?)
Oh, when it's real
It should feel (?)
Are you there
Alright
I shouldn't be you're way home
Don't say you'll ever leave
Don't say you'll ever leave
I know I have sunshine
Say you can't let go
Don't say you'll ever leave me driving
The moon is high on the sky
Come and talk to me
I can't ignore you
Don't say you'll ever leave
Don't say you'll ever leave
I know I have sunshine
Say you can't let go
Don't say you'll ever leave me driving
*** Thanx a lot to
Justin for this one ***
Don't
Sock The Tryer
I'd like to think
But I can sing my heart out
But I probably should wait 'til tomorrow
'Cause everybody looks mean and tired today
Don't sock the trier
It's only fair
It's only fair
Sing your heart out
*** Thanx a lot to Jose
&
Justin for this one ***
Hafiz A Mime
A mime stands upon the gallows for a crime he did not do
When given the last chance to speak he remains true
A crowd of hundreds has gathered to see his last performance knowing he will not
talk
The mime takes from the sky the circles of bright spheres
Lays them on the table
Expressing deep love for the companionship and guidance they have given him
For so many years
He removes his heart from his body
And seems to arouse all life on this splendid earth
With such a sacred tenderness
There for an extraordinary moment it looked like someone was giving birth to the
Christ again
He mounts his soul upon the body of freedom
And grave breeze comes by
And the sun and the moon join hands
And they bow so gracefully
For a moment
For a moment
Everyone knows that God is real
That God is real
The Bells of 1 2
1 2
The power of angels
You left at my door
I wrapped it up
In tinfoil
And hastened away
Towards hills
Begging for someone
to give me a sign
But my heart wrapped in silver
Could cry any louder
Hello, the silver hearts
That you cannot remark
Go on, go on
You shall never know
You shall ever be
Go on, go on
Human
Hello, my name is human
And I come from love
Here on earth it's easy
To forget our home
We all remember
From time to time
Bring forth the beauty of your heart
This unending love is who you are
Don't look down
To reasons on the ground
Love will lift you home
To unbelief
We all remember
From time to time
Bring forth the beauty of your heart
This undying love is who you are
Don't look down
You are not alone
Love will lift you home
Love will make us home
Love will lift you out
Love will make us home
Come Running
You call my name, come running
Come running in my friend
If I was ever in need
I would be calling your name.
And if it's a sunny day tomorrow
We can relax by the sand
And I won't fall away from your shadow
And it’s time to unveil those beautiful eyes
There's a whole lot more than you realise
There's a shift going on that you feel inside
And it's time to open you into the light
Can you see the love you are
It burns inside so bright
Can you see the love you are
And if you want your name
It's coming
It's simply love, my friend
That let's you in so come running
And I will be calling your name.
And if it's a sunny day tomorrow
We can bring all the friends around
And maybe we might go running
Through seas and skies about.
And it’s time to unveil those beautiful eyes
There's a whole lot more than you realise
There's a shift going on that you feel inside
And it's time to open you into the light
Can you feel the love you are
It burns inside so bright
Can you see the love you are
And you're looking on up to your home in the stars
Remembering what it's like to be safe and warm in your daddy's arms
And now it's you who can enfold your wings round a broken one
And it's you who needs your love
More than anyone
You into the light
Can you feel the love you are
It burns inside so bright
Can you see the love you are
Can you see the love you are
Move
Are you waiting for somebody else to move
Don't you know in your heart is the power to change everything
Don't you know in your heart is the power to change everything
Time to return in a circle
Bout' to miss anything
Come to me sometime
I've been waiting for a long, long time
Give me some of your shine, shine
Maybe for all mine
I need you now tonight
I need you now tonight
Oh tonight
Are you waiting for somebody else to move
Don't you know in your heart is the power change everything
Don't you know in your heart is the power to change everything
Oh now it is time to move in unity
Time to return in a circle
'Bout to miss anything
Up in the fungi
Until you girrate
In the fresh air
Like an air balloon
Only with you
I just wanna be there with you
I just wanna be there with you
I just wanna be there with you, Kay
Gold
And you might like the place where I have been
But I don't want to go there with you
All the sunset skies
Meant to blow your mind
And now your skin is gold
And the earth shall shine
Pour on, pour on what you need
You might like the taste of what you seek
Oh, if the sunset goes
You should take what you can
And you might like the place where I have been
I don't want to go there with you
Injoy
I've been around a long time
In search of home and heart
On cartoons and in aeroplanes
In paper chains and stars
And I am come to you
And I am one for you
And let the guards be terrified
I am my soul's belief
And now, there's nothing left to hide
I am wild and I am free
And I am come to you
And I am one for you
I'm injoy as the morning spirals open
And the clouds melt away into water
And I am come to you
And I am one for you
Slo fuzz
To be someone
To be someone
I wish I could say the same of myself
That I'm in perfect harmony
That I do not use the sword of my tongue
To lash out at the enemy
That I do not fear the light
That I do not stray from love as my guide
That I'm at peace inside
And all the pieces are fine
They dance and sing in unity
A dum dum dum dee daa da dee
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It’s not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
I wish I could stay in the present day
Not lapsing into vicious sleep
‘Cause it gives my bones a brand shiny new home
One that does not confine me
And I do not fear the light
And I do not stray from love as my guide
And I'm at peace inside
And all the pieces are fine
They dance and sing in unity
A dum dum dum dee daa da dee
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It’s not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
Slo fuzz in the morning
Where I can tempt you
To be my air
But it's not enough to be lovely
When I feel other things
I can not share
That I can't
Oh I wish I could fly
Through the sky
And the moon above me
Oh I wish I could talk
To the gods and the birds above me
It’s not fun to be so blind
To be so blind
Love's
boy
And she eats
Love's boy
And she purrrs
You’re gonna be okay
It's nothing but a good dream
Get back to your real life
And you’ll find you’ll forget
What it meant to be free
Really free
Whole towns and cities move
You're the king of the earth you choose
And you’ll find what it means to be free
Come on in, let it flow
This is real, can you feel
And she eats
Love's boy
And she purrs
And she goes here
Come on in, let it flow
This is real, can you feel
Farewell your
heart
Come here
Spare the end
Don't want to talk in metaphors
Your new hole is my head
I'm you holding me
Like you want a home
I'm really careful
That I hurt no one
Who really matters
So farewell your heart
And this is all
I've found no one
It matters not
Small man ornament
Fuck me up before you fly
No more little grey skies
I'm you holding me
Like you want a home
I'm really careful that I hurt no one
Who really matters
So farewell your heart
And this is all
I found no one
It matters not
Answer To The Name Of
Feel it coming and I feel ok
Oh, you may fly away
We're so happy
Don't you cry
I'm gonna catch us a lullaby
Gonna catch us a lullaby
We're so happy
Don't you cry
I'm gonna catch us a lullaby
I'm gonna catch us a lullaby
Wonderland
I found this picture the other day
It was so amazing I hung it up
My friends said "That's by the girl next door
She doesn't think she's very good at all."
And then one day Sarah came around
"Please would you take that thing down?"
She blacked it out and then she ripped it up
And hid herself in a paper bag
Roses are red and the dinner is done
They seem to be happy and so in love
But she had disappeared long ago
Waiting for Arthur to come through her window
Here I am, my love
But nobody came and the mist fell down
My friends transformed into cane toads
Sitting in a row blowing on cigars
And Arthur was replaced by a spacecraft
You want the kiss of life
Open up your heart
Then step inside
And you'll be alright
You want the kiss of life
Open up your heart
And step inside
And you'll be alright
And she can see a life by the shore
It calls her name it's pure and true
And she runs toward this unbelievable love
A love she's dreaming of
My child I am you
I am
Enter one
After a storm
I want to be brave
And keep you warm
And not fade away
As we float from the shore
Into the light
Into the unknown
Like thousands of lanterns
Glowing with grace
In glorious silence
Descending through space
To a friend
A sister in need
Who is not alone
And they are surrounding her
And they will enfold her outstretched hand
In our love
Into the light
It's hard to believe
It's always been ours to give
And to receive
I want to be shameless like the sun
Moving into you
Entering light
Welcome
Inch'Allah, Inch'Allah
Enter one amazing grace is pouring down
Fear not this light
We are of this light divine
So come
We move as one
Amazing grace is pouring down
Fear not this light
We are on this light divine
Welcome
Enter one
After a storm
I wanna let go
Of the things that I’ve done
Without any worry
I wanna come home
Into the light
Into the unknown
I want to be shameless
Like the sun
Moving into you
Enter light
Welcome
Inch'Allah, Inch'Allah
Enter one
Amazing grace is pouring down
Fear not this light
We are on this light divine
So come
We move as one
Amazing grace is pouring down
Fear not this light
We are on this light divine
Welcome
Enter one
I . /\ . /\ . Y . /\
MARK
Fortune is a pariah
And then I'll leave
Into deeper oceans
Not even
A graze
I played it safe
What a waste
All in working order
Zipped up nice
Time to get established
Furnish my
And then I'll leave
I will deeply breathe
Say this part is played
I am not come
Here to be stained
I am come to create
Into your heart fire
Say I am allowed
Swim with you right now
Said Cat To A
Phoenix
We are moving to a new day
We are rising from the brightest flame
Whose love never ends
And we all begin to walk
Lighter
On a path already laid by the sun
Around the rays of his heart
Yellow fields parched and dry
No one will tell me why I thirst
Why a seed is blackened in my hand
I just want the rain to come
My hands are things the past will not tell me
As I bellow at some guy down the road
He is bothered by something I cannot hear
Children on and on conveyor belts
Stretching all the way to a small flat yard
Where the news is still the same
As it was when I was throwing sand
People punching in and out
Telling her to establish herself in a boxed
Packaged on-the-shelf life
And we wonder why we've lost our self
And the battles cry to tired ears
On and on
To tired ears who pick up and carry on
Put down with rain
Sun shine down on me again
We are growing in a bright field
And there are many
We are rising from the brightest flame
Whose love never ends
And we all begin to walk
Lighter
Lighter
Explorers
Bewildered
At the sight
Of a great light
It spoke to them
Of fields
Of veins
Of familiar things
Passing away
Of watching time fire flying away
A flow the birds know
Beats beyond time know
Cocooned
In a pulse
In holy awareness
In the warm, shared joy
Of being
In sum
Music
Always you move with me
As if I have new born
You take my hand
And show me worlds
As if I have never
Shut you out
Oh music
Take me with you
Always you look at me
As if we are the same
I am not worn
I have no stain
I am your wing of beauty
Oh music
Take me with you
Oh music
Take me with you
Always you move in me
As if we are the same
You take my hand
And show me worlds
As if I have never
Turn away from you
Oh music
Take me with you
To where we are just beginning
To where I have no name
To where it's all our wave
Part Of
And it's beautiful to watch
It's an honor
To be part of
Your heart song, oh
Only in unison
They weave end
To beginning
And it's beautiful to watch
It's an honor
To be part of
Your heart song, oh
Only in unison
Mighty make
Only to hear
Our hands
Come together
T’s
Prayer
When tides are pulling
And familiar things are strange
And what was clear
Seems to break or start to melt away
And you hold on for dear life
To roads that once were free
But now are cluttered and exhausted
There is a home I belong to
And it meets us
Close as our heart beat
And no matter how hard I fight
To keep my armor on
No matter how much I try
To avoid the truth
That I am of this home
And so are you
We are not apart
Step by step
We are getting closer
When tides are pulling
To a beautiful place
And you stand in awe
As it calls your name
When your heart starts to race
And you pull away
Don't wanna make mistakes
And swim out through the break
There is a home I belong to
And it meets us
Close as our heart beat
And no matter how hard I fight
To keep my armor on
No matter how much I try
To avoid the truth
That I am of this home
And so are you
We are not apart
Step by step
We are getting closer
Live In Me
Have you ever seen a human
With hands of heart
Have you come here just to run from
All those things
One by one
Live in me
In all I create
In all I speak
Live in me
Have you come here to be done with
All the unknowns
Can you see yourself tamed and starry eye'd
Taken for a ride
One more time
Live in me
Live in me
In all I create
In all I speak
Live in me
Can you see yourself held and home
No matter where you are
Will you dare to let him love you
Will you dare to love as this
Live in me
Live in me
In all I create
Amazing love
Live
Mercy
I would not look at what I'd done
Or stare in the face of this reckless one
I kicked my life into the flames
And I would not look, I turned away
Oh, magnificent
Wings you see
Heading home
With him tonight
I would not look at what I'd done
I would not free this captured dove
We seem to choose this shield of pain
Within your peace I turn away
In the bloody bandaged mess
Just to kiss my head
All around me
A flow of Mercy
All around me
Into View
One night
In the tail light of the north star
I was sitting in my room
Wanting to talk to someone
And all of a sudden
There came a space
And sparkling on the wave
A little moon and my mother sun
"Sophie we have heard your call
Now what can we undo for you?
You already know
That I'm all you need"
Why is it so hard
Just to be kind?
And to love one another?
And to walk in the light
Why do we really care
If we're wrong or right
When we're all covered in tears
At the end of the night
You are afraid of losing you
In the ocean of my love
There is only one
In the ocean of my love
You have just begun
You already know
That I'm all you need
And she told me to gather my things
Gather all I know
And I summoned it all together
And put it in a box
And she took my little box
And threw it into the ocean
And there I stood
Without a face
Without a name anymore
And without a place
And I said "Lady!
I have no more to lose
No where to hide anymore
No more to bruise"
You are powerless my love
And the clearer this you see
And the greater the flame
Shall shine from thee
And you are my child
And you are one with me
But you are afraid of losing you
My heart has come
To save you from
The world of pain
And the words you speak
And the days you break
And the heart you ache
And the hand you hold
I am all you need
I am all you need
And when I am
Your only love
Our home is shared
Our hands are held
Our heart is one
Non Albums
Tracks
I Am Snow
( Love Cartier Advertising )
I am snow melting in your hand
Now we’ll never know
Never understand
How love can change the hardest things
Lift me up like a child on its swing
Oh, love will cover me
Forever
Oh, love will follow you
Forever
And ever
And I will come on time (?)
When we would know your answer be (?)
Alright (?)
I won’t always wander as a child
Through the stars that dance across the skies
And I don’t know how but I do know why
We are covered in beauty every night
Oh, love thank you for this
Always
Oh, love will follow you
Forever
*** Thanx a lot to Patrycja
for this one ***
Nice Car
( Herbie: Fully Loaded Soundtrack )
Oh
You know
I just can’t let you go
Yeah, it’s true
I really love you
And diamonds are forever
Say goodbye to never-never
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Above the stars in your eyes
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Diamonds are forever
Say goodbye to never-never
In a really nice car
In a really nice car
In a really nice car
And diamonds are forever
Say goodbye to never-never
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Oh
You know
I just can’t let you go
Yeah, it’s true
I really love you
And diamonds are forever
Say goodbye to never-never
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Oh, you’re very special
Oh, you’re very smoky
I love
Oh, you’re very silky
Aren’t you
Above the stars in your eyes
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Diamonds are forever
Say goodbye to never-never
Live your life to the full
In a really nice car
Really nice car
Really nice car
*** Thanx a lot to Patrycja
for this one ***
