Open Up Slowly - EP

by Hudson

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released 06 May 2011
www.facebook.com/hudsonofficial

e: trav@hudsonmusic.com.au

Special thanks to Joe Hammond on drums, Gideon Johannes Bosua & Duncan Yardley on strings and Madeleine Davey on keys.

Recorded and Mixed by Joe Hammond at Pots and Pans Studio
Mastered by Lachlan Carrick at Moose Studios

Cover image by Von McKnelly www.vonmcknelly.com
Artwork by Kirrily Anderson www.iandtheothers.com

Hudson is Travis Aulsebrook

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Track Name: Against The Grain
I'm asking questions time and time again
In a race that never ever ends
I'm waiting for a bus that never shows
I'm opening I gotta let it go

I'm searching for a place that don't exist
Need a map to find the end of my nose
Hanging from my limbs in the swaying breeze
I'm opening I gotta let it go

In my life the good and bad they come and go
Highs and lows are often all that show
Know it's time to go against the grain
Or it will kill me down below
To live in comfort and know it's warm embrace
Reminds me only to quicken up the pace
Know it's time to go against the grain
Or it will kill me down below

It's singing a song never heard
All of sudden I know every word
And I know there's no direction home
It's right here where all the wild things grow

In my life the good and bad they come and go
Highs and lows are often all that show
Know it's time to go against the grain
Or it will kill me down below
To live in comfort and know it's warm embrace
Reminds me only to quicken up the pace
Know it's time to go against the grain
Or it will kill me down below
Track Name: Lines
We sat on the beach only two feet apart
You were somewhere else you wouldn't open your heart
So lonely, so lonely, we draw lines in the sand
All I wanna do is reach for your hand

Waves roll in and puncture my thoughts
Shadows growing longer the sun runs its course
Calm lines of the ocean, we both clearly see
But what is to become now between you and me

Is my mind playing tricks on me?
Our words should just flow, oh so free
You keep on holding it down deep inside
Well i'm in neck deep and it's a rising tide
Whoa, it's what you do to me
Whoa, it's what you do to me

It seems we all live in shells within shells
But with you I thought I'd broken on through
If it's the way it is only time will tell
I miss knowing and feeling you oh so well

Is my mind playing tricks on me?
Our words should just flow, oh so free
You keep on holding it down deep inside
Well i'm in neck deep and it's a rising tide
Whoa, it's what you do to me
Whoa, it's what you do to me
Track Name: See Her Dance
She's got a thousand friends
but she still seems alone
It doesn't bother her
she just loves and gives wherever she goes
And when her soul shines through
oh it shines so bright
Like the sun hitting your face
down the beach at first light

Her sky blue eyes
The curl of her hair
Is more than enough, more than enough
to hold my stare
And gazing in her eyes
I see her grow old
I want to be around
To see her evolve

Underneath all the drinks and smokes
Is a little girl I used to know
Remember as she softly spoke
About what it is that made her dance

She's the evening elegance
I see her dance

Now she's headed out
to another place
Armed with nothing but her nature
And her smiling face
The people will adore her
wonder what makes her be
I just close my eyes
So I can clearly see

her dance
She's the evening elegance
See her dance
See her dance
See her dance
Track Name: Destination Blues
I woke up this morning
Got a thousand k's to drive
And as I turn I spy
A tear in my princess's eye

It seems I've got my destination blues
And as hard as I try I got no excuse
We all choose the path we choose

I woke up this morning
My house was breathing sleep
But there's money to grow
A lousy job to keep

The years keep ticking on by
Its hard to understand
You feel like you're in control
But life has other plans

It seems I've got my destination blues
And as hard as I try I got no excuse
We all choose the path we choose

I woke up this morning
Got a thousand k's to drive
there's bends in the road ahead
But that's all part of life
Track Name: Primo Levi
You were cornered, you were captured
But you didn't go without a fight
Took a train ride to a strange place
Friends and partners swallowed up in the night

You learnt quickly, found within you
Silent courage to keep going day to day
Stained a number, had to wonder
About that freedom that this work would bring

A sense of mans worth knocked down to the earth
There's what when and where, but there's still no why
Body's no longer yours, faces blend into one
The end draws close, but the fight isn't won
No the fight isn't won oh

Aha, you never let it fall
Aha, your scaffolds holding strong
Aha, you never let it fall
Aha, your building's standing, it's standing tall

Robotic moves in wooden shoes
The pain strikes relentlessly with every step
Lifeless shuffle, dead leaves rustle
As the marching band goes and plays its song

In came winter, brutal nature
Seven out of ten won't make it through
Your loose shirt, your only clothing
You're helpless as your wounded hands turn blue

A sense of mans worth knocked down to the earth
There's what when and where, but there's still no why
Body's no longer yours, faces blend into one
The end draws close, but the fight isn't won
No the fight isn't won oh

Aha, you never let it fall
Aha, your scaffolds holding strong
Aha, you never let it fall
Aha, your building's standing, it's standing tall

Aha, you never let it fall
Aha, your scaffolds holding strong
Aha, you never let it fall
Aha, your building's standing, it's standing tall
Track Name: Open Up Slowly
Don't lie sallow in the fertile fields that you call home
Don't stand dormant in the corridor in the time of need
Don't stay silent amongst the raucous chorus of your friends
Cos don't you know the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Been lying low, making mountains out of mole hills in your mind
Bad feelings grow, so they're manifesting all the time
But dry your eyes girl there's something magic about your soul
Don't you know the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Don't you worry that you're in this game all on your own
I'm right beside you, I'll catch you if you slip or trip or fall
So take my hand and we'll walk from this darkened room for good
And don't you know the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Most people manage to live their lives where dreams remain their dreams
But that's so selfish, to leave them where they simply can't be seen
So give it all girl, as you open up slowly to the world
And make some noise, cos the squeaky wheel gets the grease
Yeah make some noise, cos the sqeaky wheel gets the grease
Yeah make some noise, cos the sqeaky wheel gets the grease