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Into the red kingdom

by Lady Queen Paradise

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W Phillips
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W Phillips really beautiful songs ♥️ Favorite track: Caught on the shoulder.
James Champion
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James Champion These songs make me feel like I can feel expansively. I am a rose bush feeling the touch of a sunset. My nervous system is in the clouds, caught like a kite in the telephone lines, I have a nerve in spruce tree. These songs feel like: “you were thinking of me? just then?” “yes” “I was thinking of you too” “I know. I could feel it” Favorite track: 1526.
Noraa Neither
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Noraa Neither If there was any doubt in my mind that Clara is one of the greatest songwriters of their generation, this album has exploded it into fireworks. Clearly, they are at the top of their game, with a voice so clear and confident it gives me shivers, lyrics sharp and masterful, guitar played spare and full, melody haunting and new. Lady Queen Paradise is still my favorite band. Gritty heaven, indeed. I believe in paradise. Favorite track: The safe.
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1.
Royal forest 03:06
I know what it looked like yesterday Fled from the yard all unsteady Wrent from the kingdom It was a bright start Much like a birthmark Here comes the melody La la la la la What do you engrave on all those constraints? The story that my blood hates It was a bright place Yes, it still glows But promises move along Once you let go Just an idea though By the way I made a mistake I know what it looks like That is just to say The story that your blood hates Sometimes you have to walk away
2.
1526 04:37
1526 The last time we saw Venus Our twin played along Bet she can’t explain it I tried to explain Hesitantly fidgeting with my phone I’m battling a sinking state I appreciate stimulation Existential conversations Telescopes they contain Sidereal expectations Only looking for a perfect ideal It’s educational I feel invisible It’s not material that I can’t see what’s in front of me Only you can reach What’s in my dreaming The transiting Venus Why can’t I see it Hung up on the usual stuff The dao fucked me up You’re driving drunk So come right down to my place I think I’ve got good taste But only one side of the coin Pertains to how we paint each other Pertains to what we break in others Sustain is what you need to mother And Venus is a long way
3.
It’s fucking crazy Being your baby Hummingbird parks Cuts make a mark Hours of tightening In my shoulders I’ve got a copper wire And I’m soldered to you Portioning out Skin is coarser now Don’t be alarmed Somewhere outside over there I swear It’s fucking crazy Being your baby How all the ecstasy Eats up a part of me Writ from the stone Don’t be alarmed Something about a baby
4.
Halloween 01:23
Is making words enough? Do you understand me, how? Is what I see not what you see? A parable despite the pull Unfuckable A festival It’s perilous My porousness I can’t quite get past it. Running down the street Pockets full of candy So sweet, baby Kiss me now
5.
Churning molten before dawn Resting my head all over Oregon Redwood trees exalt their meanings Mountains I’m so high above Just a moment On the shoulder Where do I go Wanna go home Caught in the snow Have I left behind things that I don’t like Where am I going? Round the corner faster faster Up to Seattle pastures on pastures I stop the car a severing sky Between the clouds a blackbird flies Fly
6.
The safe 07:11
It sounds about right I've brushed it all my life Like horses in wintertime The coats that they wear at night Instead of arising I cut my teeth on White sand and light Is it a surprise Say what you like I believe in paradise It seems about time I've waited long enough To hold it up Without calling it out Nothing to write home about Spark of the moment goes It all spills down The safe is so heavy now The fire keeps going out How could I write? Can’t see a way Nothing to say The safe It echoes Rearrange Stay the same It’s in the weight It’s all in the weight People don’t lie about It’s what it is now Companions you cannot help Publicity overdrive Fantasy of Jesus Christ All the things we don’t keep around All the things we don’t talk about Overpriced mysteries wear me out The safe It echoes It’s empty If there’s no pain It’s in the weight It’s all in the weight I believe in paradise I believe in one more time I believe in fireworks I believe the lock that turns
7.
Judy’s in my car Passenger side Blending highway lights Half asleep on the phone Driving up the west coast I’m an oar without stroke Wishing she was in the driver’s seat Driving The west coast is the most I’ve been alone Judy’s in my car She’s the open and close Of my devotion An occasional song Lights at dusk and dawn in the parking lot Like a pallet of stones All to keep me afloat Now and then I think of her Sink down around her shoulder Held me in the summer Oh I really love her now I know I left you But I didn’t mean to I didn’t leave you Just for something to do The west coast is the most Sometimes I don’t get it right But still she stays by my side Not a day goes by That she’s not on my mind
8.
The party 03:06
Canceled the party Cuz I thought The fold between Was meant to be A temporary piece Damn it was gonna Be the best party yet But a final act Limits the suffering First time uttering What felt permanent See how it moves to the side Praise the subtlety Tell me it’s not just me Once in a while Once in a while I don’t wanna be left at home Shut the door cuz frailty knows What comes always always goes Canceled the party Cuz I thought If the wine was strong I’d cast myself Into a different form
9.
I can hear Mississippi Crystal clear Lone black dog Guiding me home the words we don’t know the words we don’t talk Put your head on my shoulder Shirt touching the dirt Motherwort stirs Thinly I purr I’m hard at work It’s hard to learn I’m barely burning I can hear Mississippi Coyotes turn Just like a chapter in our book Just like the things we had to learn Just like the things we Don’t talk put your head on my shoulder

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released January 12, 2024

photo by Gaby Choiniere

My most heartfelt gratitudes to Joan and Judy.

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