We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

In Love Alone

by Emily Ritz

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $9 USD  or more

     

1.
I know its hard to face yourself, shine the light It's hard to open up and look deep deep down inside But you gotta try To feel the weakness Fight out from the deepness It's all in or all out Closed eyes open mouth It's all over and done now and done now and done Easy on me when you let me down Easy on me when you let me down Easy on me when you let me down Easy on me Easy It's all heart or all hands Free fall or quick sand Don’t say you can’t when I know you can, I know you can, I know Doesn't matter won’t get it back again Doesn't matter won't get it back again Doesn't matter won't get it back again Doesn't matter or does it I know its hard to heal yourself, find the light It's hard to open up and mend the wound deep down inside But you gotta try To treat the weakness Lie down in the deepness I have to be til I’m gone Feel to get strong I’ve been tender since I was born, since I was born, since I I've loved and lost now its time to mourn I've loved and lost now its time to mourn I've loved and lost now its time to mourn I've loved and lost I've loved I know it's hard to love yourself, beam the light It's hard to open up and feel safe deep down inside But you gotta try To welcome the weakness Pry open the deepness Find the light Shine the light Grip the light Spit the light Splash the light Flash the light Feed the light Free the light Beam the light Dream the light I'm the light You’re the light We're the light Be the light, Be the light, Be the light, Be the light
2.
These hands are to love These hands are to hold These hands I’m keeping All for my own I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I made a double I made a mirror I made a lover out of my figure I made a double I made a twin I made the best of this body I'm in I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I've got the most tender texture Inside and out Baby I'll make the most ginger gesture When you come around Lay down let me hold me Lay down let me hold me Lay down let me hold me Lay down let me hold me I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I made a double I made a mirror I made a raindrop into a river I made the treetops Out of a splinter I said I'd give love and I will deliver I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone I'm In Love, I'm Alone
3.
How do I get it out How do I know if I’ve healed I can only hope the fruit is ripe Before I cut before I peel How do I take it slow Too cold too sweet to savor Will I ever even get to taste The fruit of my labor Will it be bitter or sour or sweet or rotten Will i be loved or craved forsaken or forgotten How will i know How will i trust Myself to grow And to stay soft How did you get in How do I know if you’re real I can only hope the ground is soft before I bend before I kneel How do I keep it going Too dark too tough to handle Will there be enough light burning From the one single candle Will it be lit or dim, romantic or glowing Will I be warm or cool or hidden or showing How will i know How will i trust Myself to grow And to stay soft To grow and stay soft To grow and to stay soft To grow and stay soft To grow and to stay soft How do we get down How do we know how to feel I can only hope my eyes aren’t closed For the big reveal How do we just give up Too weak too young to stay strong Will everything end up alright Even though something feels wrong Will it be quick or slow or silent or spoken Will I be cruel or kind or better or broken How will I know How will I trust Myself to grow and to stay soft To grow and stay soft To grow and to stay soft To grow and stay soft To grow and to stay soft
4.
I’ve been the servant I’ve been the serpent I’ve grown relations I’ve grown impatient I’ve died and come back It's all light and all black It's all forth and all back It's all light and all You can’t be all stay and all roam i can’t be all lost and all home All flesh and all bone All cream and all cone All sand and all stone All scream and all moan All babe and all grown Which is it now which is it now which is it now Which is it now which is it now which is it now I'll be your woman I'll be your lemon I'll grow a child I'll grow so wild I'll die and come back It's all light and all black It's all forth and all back It's all light and all One or the other Which would you rather Be free or tethered Concrete or feather
5.
I need the glow, the hum I need to hold someone' I need the noise, the mess I need to take a guess If I could get it right just once And let my light shine like the sun On everyone I feel the past the shame I feel brand new, the same I feel it all or nothing I feel the end coming If I could get it right just once And let my light shine like the sun On everyone I will get it right one of these days I will let my light shine shine
6.
i felt it then it was genuine whats missing now is evident i want it again that same feeling nothing to do with you and everything i know you came in light hearted you left not knowing what you started now I’m open i can’t close down i’m just hoping you’ll come back around i felt it then it was medicine my good body was the evidence i can feel it now if i think of then something to do with you but not everything i know you came in light hearted you left not knowing what you started now I’m open i can’t close down i’m just hoping you come back around nothing to do with you nothing to do with you nothing and everything
7.
stay and talk love me tender make it soft see the splendor skip the rock send the letter beat my heart make it better switch it off trip my tremor stop my clock stay forever cut the tie wrap the wound rest the why blast the tune bite the door ladder the moon poke the core slide down the dune salt the sore kiss my gloom keep the glow kill the swoon melt the snow lick the spoon grip the light suck the flavor choke the tight trouble the danger fade the night crush me later spit the knife dirty the bather follow the dark aim your laser made your mark stayed a stranger shook my heart stayed a stranger held my hand stayed a stranger made some plans stayed a stranger cried a tear stayed a stranger disappeared stayed a stranger i'm watching the door forgetting who for my eyes sink to the floor i can't wait anymore i don't know you now i didn't know you before i don't feel you now your waves left my shore i don't see you now though your face i look for i don't need you now but i still watch the door cause i'm a door watcher you're a door jam i'm your door mat you're my door man i keep my door open you're the door slam now my door's closing my door's closing i'm a door watcher you're a door jam i'm your door mat you're my door man i keep my door open you're the door slam now my door's closing my door's closing credits
8.
glitter in water sinking slow mo gaze through prism watch the shape show sand in the glass watch the time pass gaze through the eyes the crystal ball the marbled glass i can’t remember the future it’s always all about to happen i can never be too sure i’m still trying to break my own patterns and we don’t know better or do we wanna know about what we can’t see i don’t know better or do i i let it build up then i have a good cry like glitter in water sinking slow mo gaze through prism watch the shape show sand in the glass watch the time pass gaze through the eyes the crystal ball the marbled glass the crystal ball the marbled glass
9.
Off On 03:27 video
what am i doing now what will happen next if i don’t hurry up will there be any left i want to be seen but don’t look at me i want to be loved but don’t get too close i want to be heard if you won’t respond wish i had a switch turn it off turn it on what are you doing now what will happen next if you don’t hurry up will there be any left you just wanna touch don’t wanna fall in love you just wanna win don’t wanna play the game you wanna feel it all instead you try to get numb wish you had a switch turn it off turn it on off on off on off on
10.
I’m not so lonely when I’m alone No one to hold me here in my home When I go out there, arms all around None of them reach out, I feel alone I bring the flowers in from the garden Knowing that they will just last awhile I bring a lover into my heart and I know that they could set it on fire When the flames burn down and the smoke clears Will I look over and see you’re not here I’m not so lonely when I’m alone I’m here to hold me, I am my home I’m not so lonely when I’m alone I’m here to hold me, I am my home

about

Recorded in Inverness and Oakland, CA 2018

credits

released January 1, 2021

All songs written by Emily Ritz
Produced and Engineered by Luke Temple
All songs performed by Emily Ritz and Luke Temple
'One or the Other' and 'The Light'Engineered by Robert Shelton
Drums on 'One or the Other' and 'The Light' by Andrew Maguire

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Emily Ritz Hudson, New York

Musician and visual artist, Emily Ritz makes tender, exploratory work which draws as much on the harmonious swells and hollows of the natural world, as on personal experience.
While classic elements of jazz and R&B can be heard, Ritz's sound is enticingly off-kilter due to her subtly unusual melodic choices and inventive use of electronic manipulation.
... more

contact / help

Contact Emily Ritz

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Emily Ritz, you may also like: