Ache of Victory

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1.	Drinking 03:26	lyrics
Little ruin Dressed and ready Dig your heels in Not so steady Wine on the carpet Wait till you find it I don't have the strength to hide it I've been drinking again I've been drinking again I've been losing all my friends Go on travel in Travel in your sleep then You're going nowhere You're traveling Well travel in your sleep then You're going nowhere I've been drinking again I've been losing all my friends I've been drinking again All these faded colors of spring In the ache of victory I'm your happy little seed You're my tree Watch you fall To watch you start again While we're waiting for the rain I can't keep from crying I made the children sing I made up everything I can't catch the light Still i'll try every night I've been... I've been... I've been drinking again I’ve been losing all my Losing all my friends Drinking again I've been losing all my
2.	Earlier Days 03:33	lyrics
Faith will fade away Like it does When you need some Are you gonna call me back Or are you gonna run I know it's hard I know it ain't too easy Playing that part But I can't forget I can't forget those Earlier days When I was in your heart Those earlier days when I was in your heart Don't fade away Don't fade away when I need some You've been falling down I noticed When you tried to leave Now you take my hand And it's as cold As when you speak But I can't forget I can't forget those Earlier days When I was in your heart Those earlier days When I was in your heart Don't fade away Don't fade away when I need some When I need some But I'm a fool No no I know how to lose I taught myself When I found you You were in her In her heart While you were in her In her heart Those earlier days When I was in your heart
3.	For Now 04:18	lyrics
Treat me like the one you want Though I know you're coming up for air is all And I won't let them see you When you're down Treat me like the one you want Though I know you're coming up for air is all And I won't let them see you When you're down The trees are dying prettier than we do I've been digging down your throat to find the words before you choke Before you choke I don't wanna fight it When I don't know how I only wanna save you For now I know what you're thinking mother I know what you're thinking father I went and found the beauty for you If I gave you all I gave you All you asked of me Now you're wanting more Well go on Take my everything I haven't been alone enough to question The things you do to me I don't wanna fight it When I don't know how I only wanna save you I don't wanna fight it When I don’t know how I only wanna save you For now I know what you're thinking mother I know what you're thinking father I went and found the beauty for you Are we far Not far From hurting again Is it time No time To take time Are we far Not far From hurting again Is it time No time To take time I knew you when you ought to know I knew you when you ought to know You ought to know You ought to know By now
4.	Liza 03:02	lyrics
It don't look good It don't look good It don't look good It don't look good on you I wish you would I wish you would I wish you would Take it out on me Take it out on me I'm telling you About Liza I'm telling you About Liza I'm telling you about Liza Why don't you Falling in line You blame it on my ways You're falling in line You blame it on my ways Call me out Why don't you Call me out When the quiet comes And they don't know your name In the houses Where the money's made Where all your secrets don't mean a thing When the storm begins to win again It don't cost much to lose it It don't cost much to lose it all Take it out on me Take it out on me I'm telling you about Liza I'm telling you about Liza I'm telling you about Liza Why don't you Call me out Call me out Call me out Call me out Call me out Call me out
5.	Undone 02:18	lyrics
If I were to tell you The faces I put on The grins and sins and innocence Would you run with me I left you crying at the table Alone but not for long If chance takes you Don't look back for me I'll be hanging with my head down The same old dirty tricks I keep on falling for you Falling into The undone While you get wasted on dry memories And I can't help but let you be You get wasted on dry memories And I can't help but make you see You're not losing You're moving on You're not losing You're moving on So if I were to tell you The faces I put on The grins and sins and innocence Would you run with me

about

“Say zhhh like a phone on the table, like a bee says hush, then put on an ayla and that’s Zsela who cried so spooky as a baby that all the neighbor dogs would pace outside her house. But doesn’t the story of a voice get duller with every line of background? Pinch your nose and say “before hitting the road with Cat Power, Zsela Thompson, 25, recorded a cover of Bill Withers' 'Grandma's Hands' at the age of 10.” Did you see her in Vaquera? Seducing Whitney and MoMA? Haunting stages? None of that explains her 200-year-old voice. No TV soundtrack or best of 2019 list shows the ghost behind her eyes when she makes the sound of clouds moving.

About that sound: For three years, with producer Daniel Aged, Zsela refined her songs into recordings. “I was writing, but none of my friends knew I could sing,” she tells The New York Times. “Daniel and I built this world together.” They broke through quickly with a molten love eulogy called “Noise.” Turning heads bought them space to perfect the rest of Zsela’s song stash, but the odd anticlimax of fanfare also seasoned what was to come—an EP called Ache Of Victory. “OK, you won, now what,” she asks, in lieu of a title explanation, “victory is stagnant.” The paradox recurs in an EP that was as painful to make as it is pleasurable to hear. Same way that having the facts hits way different than wanting them. So shut this thing down and put Zsela back on. It’s not safe to read your phone while you’re driving around at night crying.”

credits

released April 24, 2020

All lyrics and melodies written and performed by Zsela.
Recorded at Daniel’s Studio (Los Angeles/New York) and Rarely Beagle (New York).
Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York).

'Ache of Victory' is produced by Daniel Aged, mixed & additional production by Caleb Laven, and mastered by Joe LaPorta.

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