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Originally appeared on the Ballad of Paper Ships. re-imagined here for String Ensemble.

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Kill The Lights
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it’s bright white
won’t you kill the lights

retrace steps
moving right then left

blown the leaves
see the swingset swings
everyday pulled down like paper shades

damn the day
how it hurts to leave a trace
miles conspire to erase
but i still see your face

majesty, threadbare beauty
no where town
clotheslines blown down

oh!
backways by the trains
the sky spills the last grim light
shadows roll from my feet
like bolts of fine black silk

pale birds
there where the heart was
come close and they fly

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from Invisible Stories, released April 24, 2013
Songs written by Odessa Chen
Arranged by Jonathan Russell

Jeff Anderle – bass clarinet
Alexa Beattie – viola
Lucas Chen – violincello
Odessa Chen – voice, guitar
Rich Douthit – percussion
Natasha Makhijani – violin
Emily Packard – violin
Jon Russell – bass clarinet
Max Stoffregen – piano

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odessa chen San Francisco, California

Cinematic and spectral, Odessa Chen’s music is a journey, intimate as a long held secret. Each song, like a tiny rowboat maneuvering in the dark, transports us to the deepest part of the lake where the stars shine brightest. Through despair towards transcendence each snapshot in time speaks of the romance of heightened experience, pivotal moments, and the rush of love. ... more

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