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So here we are with the much-anticipated GRATITUDE EDITION of Music From Between The Worlds! YAY!

Thank you to everyone who requested a dedication in the post previous to this one. It was a lot of fun to put this together, with some of the songs being dedicated because they had meaning, and some because I just thought you’d like the song.

Below are lyrics and some of these videos, you HAVE to see! They are SO good!  Make sure you leave a comment, choose a subscription method, and share this podcast with your friends.  If you’d like to support the show, please use the e-Music links to purchase the artist albums.

I hope you enjoy the show!  -Love CocteauBoy aka Troy

SHOW NOTES

TRACK ONE
AU REVOIR SIMONE -- Only You Can Make You Happy
http://aurevoirsimone.com

LYRICS:
Only you can make you happy, oh
Only you can make you happy, oh
Only you can make you happy, oh
Only you can make you happy, oh

Only you can make you happy, oh
Only you can make you happy, oh
Only you can make you happy, oh (la la la la la la la la)
Only you can make you happy, oh (la la la la la la la la)

(la la la la la la la la)
(na na na na na na na na)

(na na na na na, oh, oh, oh)

TRACK TWO
TEAM9 vs STEREOGUM -- Good After Time
Mashup of Cyndi Lauper/Lykke Li
Time after Time + I’m Good, I’m Gone
http://stereogum.com [FREE ALBUM]

[original cyndi video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5LmQmQZqg]

[original lykke li video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vwFlTAhiQA]

LYRICS:
Steppin’, stormin’
I’m all gone
Give me a tone and I’m all gone
Yeah, I’m walkin’ by the line
I hear that in my mind

I’m workin’ a sweat
But it’s all good
I’m breakin’ my back
But it’s all good
’cause I know I’ll get it back
Yeah, I know your hands will clap

Yeah, I’m workin’
Yeah, I’m workin’
To make butter for my piece of bun

And if you say I’m not OK
Then that’s the goal
If you say there ain’t no way that I could know
If you say I aim too high from down below
Well, say it know ’cause when I’m gone…
You’ll be callin’ but I won’t be at the phone

And you’re hanging around ’til it’s all done
You can’t keep me back once I’ve had some
Wasting time to get it right
And you will see what I’m about

Yeah, I’m workin’ a sweat
But it’s all good
I’m breakin’ my back
But it’s all good
’cause I know I’ll get it back
Yeah, I know your hands will clap

And if you say I’m not OK
Then that’s the goal
If you say there ain’t no way that I could know
If you say I aim too high from down below
Well, say it know ’cause when I’m gone…
You’ll be callin’ but I won’t be at the phone

TRACK THREE
BEACH HOUSE -- Used to Be [for nick]
http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgdPXp5phNY]

LYRICS:
you are coming home
are you still alone
are you not the same as you used to be

as the sun grows high
and you serve your time
does each day just feel like another life

now you know
is it just for show
just a foolish game that you hide behind
dont forget the nights
when it all felt right
are you not the same as you used to be

used to be

in an endless night
could you feel the fright
of an age that wasnt
could never be
so we hold it close
when we feel the most
like a love that we could not leave behind
we turn the wheel
to which way we feel
till im lost and
i cannot find you there
don’t forget the nights
when it all felt right
are you not the same as you used to be

used to be

even if i try so hard
would we still be coming to an end
even if we spoke the same words
would we still be termed as friends
even if it’s simple from the start
we will give up pieces of our hearts
and when there is nothing left to pretend
we will know its coming to an end

even if we try so hard
we will give up pieces of our hearts
its always good to see you again
even if it’s coming to an end

*We could wait until the summer
see what happens to the other
we could stay inside all summer
see what happens to the other*

TRACK FOUR
AIR -- Sing Sang Sung
http://en.aircheology.com

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuSPRu4lzag]

LYRICS:
You are such a workaholic boy
That you kill everybody’s joy
Fill your head with some time to lose
With some time to lose

Sing sang sung sing me a song
Do did done don’t be so down
Ring rang rung give me a ring
Please please please don’t be so long

What are we doing here my friend?
Take a breath push your pain away
Nothing lasts it’s better that way
It’s better that way

Sing sang sung sing me a song
Do did done don’t be so down
Ring rang rung give me a ring
Please please please don’t be so long

Sing sang sung sing me a song
Do did done don’t be so down
Ring rang rung give me a ring
Please please please don’t be so long

TRACK FIVE
ANNA TERNHEIM -- What Have I Done [for kate]
http://www.annaternheim.com

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwgdFMnkAKE]

LYRICS:
You are my everything
My head and my heart my mind my wing
i could it give all again
I’m never sure
of anything
with you

The jokes the laughs the teardrops too
The games the fun the travels too
Yes I go through it all with you
All good things now come from you

I hope you feel the way I do
I hope you give yourself up too
I’m damned to feel the way I do
What have I done
to fall so hard
for you

You are my everything
My head and my heart my mind my wing
The past the present tomorrow too
I’ll spend my final day
with you

I hope you feel the way I do
I hope you give yourself up too
I’m damned to feel the way I do
What have I done
to fall so hard
for you

I hope you feel the way I do
I hope you give yourself up too
I’m damned to feel the way I do
What have I done
to fall so hard
for you

TRACK SIX
KLEERUP - Until We Bleed (feat. lykke li)
http://kleerup.net

LYRICS:
I’m naked
I’m numb
I’m stupid
I’m staying
And if Cupid’s got a gun, then he’s shootin’

Lights black; heads bang
You’re my drug
We live it
You’re drunk, you need it
Real love, I’ll give it
So we’re bound to linger on
We drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleed
Then fall apart in parts

You wasted your times
On my heart
You’ve burned
And if bridges gotta fall, then you’ll fall, too

Doors slam
Lights black
You’re gone
Come back
Stay gone
Stay clean
I need you to need me
So we’re bound to linger on
We drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleed
Then fall apart in parts

Now we’re bound to linger on
We drink the fatal drop
Then love until we bleed
Then fall apart in parts

TRACK SEVEN
ARTEMIS - Beautiful Life [for cyprus]
http://www.artemis.fm

LYRICS:
Nothing really dies
Nothing’s ever lost forever
Nothing really dies

It’s a Beautiful Life
A Beautiful Life
Caught in this gravity of Being

A child swallowed in questions
drifting through the universe
with no compass to guide
but a tiny ember burns like a star inside

It’s a beautiful life
caught in this gravity of being
this soul’s fire
makes diamonds of the darkness in me

One black bird chases after another
blindly too secure
a little bit of real estate
a corner of the sky to conquer

And it’s a beautiful life
caught in this gravity of Being
this soul’s fire
makes diamonds of the darkness in me

We’re casting a silent spell
immobility
frozen under ice and stone
mountain wraps its arms round me
pressing diamonds of this heart of coal

and it’s a beautiful life
beautiful

nothing really dies
nothing’s ever lost forever

TRACK EIGHT
SILJE NES - Ames Room
http://www.myspace.com/siljenes

LYRICS:
We go ashore
found a place where it’s warm
where there are holes of light
swimming in the water
we walk to the end of the state
just to find
fast state trains appear
with this room in the air

how would it’ve went
couldn’t do wouldn’t might
if we took all this gray away from the sky
cus we walk to the end of the state
just to find
fast state trains appear
with this room in the air

TRACK NINE
BLACK BOX RECORDER -- Child Psychology [for ryan]
http://www.myspace.com/blackboxrecorder

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_O0JKsJzIg]

LYRICS:
I stopped talking when I was six years old
I didn’t want anything more to do with the outside world
I was happy being quiet
But of course they wouldn’t leave me alone
My parents tried every trick in the book
From speech therapists to child psychologists
They even tried bribery
I could have anything, as long as I said it out loud

Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it

Of course this episode didn’t last forever
I’d made my point and it was time to move on
To peel away the next layer of deceit
And see what new surprises lay in store
My school report said I showed no interest
‘A disruptive influence’ I felt sorry for them in a way
And when they finally expelled me
It didn’t mean a thing

Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it

(“At that time she stopped what she was doing, she stopped playing…
she stared, she had the facial grimacing…
and then the psychiatrist was saying, “Julie, Julie, can you hear me?
Can you open your eyes? Can you stick out your tongue?”
And all of a sudden, Julie struck out”)

The November Day I came home the Christmas decorations were already up
Spray-on snow, coloured flashing lights
And an artificial tree that played Silent Night
Over and over again
My parents welcomed me with loving arms
But within an hour were back at each others throats
Normal, happy childhood back on course
Batteries not included

Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it
Life is unfair, kill yourself or get over it

TRACK TEN
BASEMENT JAXX -- My Turn
http://www.basementjaxx.net

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEAoaNiZ3UA]

LYRICS:
When will this all start?
When did i fall apart?
When is it my turn?
My turn?

Working on your heart,
Trying but i’m falling right apart,
When will this all start?
Tell me, when will this all start?

Girl, I’m tryin’ to finish

Broken down forever now
we are losing what we found
My heart is left, alone in pieces, pieces
When will this all start?
Tell me, when will this all start?

What is left, of us?
I am kept in my shell
I will never run away,
you could never get away
All of this love that we’ve lost, has left me in pieces, in pieces

Girl, it’s true, we have lost us…

I could never get away
you could never run away
Like a butterfly

TRACK ELEVEN
POLLY SCATTERGOOD -- Please Don’t Touch [for jonah]
http://www.myspace.com/pollyscattergood

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwS8bXAhtk]

LYRICS:
Can’t play pretty tunes
My head is always messy and
I can’t walk in a straight line,
My path is always, always gritty and
I like to play piano but it’s often out of tune and
There are lots of broken fingers
In the dark parts of my room

Please don’t touch
Please don’t stop and stare
Yes, I thank you for your kindness
But there’s sadness in the air
Please don’t touch
‘Cause it makes me jitter, and

Although I lost my mind, sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don’t Touch

Love me tender,
Love me true,
Show your colours, black and blue
Make another cuppa, on the sofa eating marmalade
And I hate to brag, now it’s forgotten
Feeling strange and looking rotten
Fighting like a soldier over skinny jeans and pick and mix

Please don’t touch
Please don’t stop and stare
Yes, I thank you for your kindness
But there’s sadness in the air
Please don’t touch
‘Cause it makes me jitter, and

Although I lost my mind, sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don’t touch

Fickle like a foo machine
Playing with the cruise ship queen
Taking all his apples,
And then going to play hide and seek
And unless you feel me,
Please don’t break me,
Please don’t let the rat man take me
‘Cause he thinks I’m weird,
Well what’s a girl to do?

Please don’t touch
Please don’t stop and stare
Yes, I thank you for your kindness
But there’s sadness in the air
Please don’t touch
‘Cause it makes me jitter, and

Although I lost my mind, sir
I think you lost yours quicker
Please don’t touch
Yes, I thank you for your kindness
But there’s sadness in the air
Please don’t touch

TRACK TWELVE
GLASSER -- Glad (Delorean Remix)
http://www.myspace.com/glasssser

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMLsXfuyISY]

LYRICS:
Somebody said
“Hey, slow down. Wait for me.
Why wait for me at all?”
Then I said, “There’s a person willingly will lead.
We’ll all follow him too far.”

While we’re marching in a circle
There’s a fire in your eyes
Fire’s come but the truth burns all
While we wait around to die

Hold me closer, break your trembling
Never thought I’d see you cry
Now I steal a kiss young ladies
And prepare to watch them fly

TRACK THIRTEEN
AU REVOIR SIMONE -- Sad Song (RAC Remix) [for martha]
http://stereogum.com [FREE ALBUM]

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFG-cUQ1a8k]

LYRICS:
Play me a sad song
‘Cause that’s what I want to hear
I want you to make me cry
I want to remember the places that we left
Lost to the mists of time

I know that you’ll go soon
You’ll find out so take me with you always
I know that you’ll go soon
You’ll find out so take me with you always

On buses that move through the night
We sleep on and on
We got off at Memphis
Black-top heat will make us thirsty
We’ll never get sick anymore

I know that you’ll go soon
You’ll find out so take me with you always
I know that you’ll go soon
You’ll find out so take me with you always

Play me a sad song
‘Cause that’s what I want to hear
I want you to make me cry
I want to remember the places that we left
Lost to the mists of time

TRACK FOURTEEN
REGINA SPEKTOR -- Laughing With
http://reginasplash.warnerreprise.com

[video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rov3pV9PsRI]

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God when the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one’s laughing at God when it’s gotten real late and their kid’s not back from that party yet

No one laughs at God when their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one’s laughing at God when they see the one they love hand in hand with someone else and they hope that they’re mistaken
No one laughs at God when the cops knock on their door and they say “We’ve got some bad new, sir,”
No one’s laughing at God when there’s a famine, fire or flood

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or
Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they’re about to choke

God can be funny
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie
Who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’ve lost all they got and they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize that the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party while listening to a good God-themed joke or
Or when the crazies say he hates us and they get so red in the head you think that they’re about to choke

God can be funny
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie
Who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God in a hospital
No one’s laughing at God in a war

No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God

We’re all laughing with God

TRACK FIFTEEN
TUNNG - Bullets [for khoa]
http://www.tunng.co.uk

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1NgFYJCN4]

LYRICS:
Green hills and enemies
These things they make us sentimental inside
Your words are gelignite
Or just another sentimental aside
We’re catching bullets in our teeth
And though it’s easy if you know how it’s done
They split the secret up six ways before they gave it to us just before dawn
And now we don’t remember
Our blood and guts are out
We spread our bones across the table at night
We cut our fingers off
To give ourselves those little extra insights
We’re catching bullets in our teeth
And though they try hard not to say how it’s done
They always do
They spill the secret out six ways
And beg for our forgiveness
Just before dawn
And now we don’t remember
We’re catching bullets in our teeth
It’s hard to do but they taste sweet
And if they take a couple out
We try to work things out
We catching bullets with our
Heads and hearts and all the darkest parts of us
It’s strange to find such light
In such endless night
So sweet to lose a friend
You leave the church and taste
The air in your lungs
Old lies and fireflies
Carve angels on your eyes
And all is undone
You whisper prayers into the dark
Up to a god in whom you’ve never believed
You always do
You split the secret up six ways
But it won’t make it any easier to see
And now we don’t remember
We’re catching bullets in our teeth
Its hard to do but they’re so sweet
And if they take a couple out
We try to work things out
We’re catching bullets with our
Heads and hearts and all the darkest parts of us
It’s strange to find such light
In such endless night
We’re catching bullets in our backs
We sent the undertaker back
Into the garden in the drought
To try to work things out
We’re catching bullets with the best resources that we’ve got
We’re happy then again we’re not
We shout -- through the endless doubt
Na na na na na na

TRACK SIXTEEN
SINEWAVE - Exploded Nodes
http://www.sinewavemusic.ca

LYRICS:
Turns out it’s nothing after all
It’s under control
Started out big, but then got small

It gets in your head
they gave it a name
that you would call
something to do
if you’ve got to move
then let’s keep it smooth

use it for anything at all
you’re running the show
made it so big that you feel small
they mess with your head
setting you up to take the fall
something to prove
if you’ve got to move
then let’s keep it smooth

TRACK SEVENTEEN
HUMAN HIGHWAY -- The Sound [for dave]
http://www.myspace.com/humanhighway

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk5DLSklSlw]

LYRICS:
Got nothing left but it ain’t bringin’ me down
I’m just gonna follow the sound

And the sound is pleasing
When it sounds like it is breathing
There’s no one around
To hear the notes falling down
Nobody seems to care
The feeling isn’t there
Like it was all a bad dream
Now we’re looking everywhere

You keep searching
You keep on searching
You’re flirting with it now

Got nothing left but it ain’t bringin’ me down
I’m just gonna follow the sound

That ringing in my ears
Oh whats that sound
It’s the cold death knell
Of the big ships bell
See the strings unwound
See them lying on the ground
Can’t pick up your guitar
Cause you’ve forgotten the sound

We’ll keep searching
Keep on searching
We’re flirting with it now

Got nothing left but it ain’t bringin’ me down
I’m just gonna follow the sound

TRACK EIGHTEEN
AMANDA BLANK - Leaving You Behind (feat. Lykke)
http://www.myspace.com/amandablank

LYRICS:
So ambitious baby always on the road
too relentless I can’t ever let it go
Give it up sit down and do what you’re told.
So wrong ain’t I the coldest bitch you know.

They take your number but they never call
Don’t want nothing but you take it all
Feel my resistance got a grip on tight
Using my legs because my head ain’t right

Leaving you behind
I’m leaving you behind.

I heard your secret and it’s just too sweet to keep
I’m telling everybody you can’t take the heat
Don’t it sting, salt got in there deep
And I can’t help you cause I’m just so fucking mean

Go ahead and try me like you wish you could
You’re too small for how tall I stood
Don’t it hurt to know you ain’t that tuff hot stuff
It ain’t enough and now nobody gives a fuck

Leaving you behind.
I’m leaving you behind.

I know you saw it coming
Said I was always running
Don’t act so surprised
You knew the whole time
I’d leave you behind
I’m leaving you behind
You behind.
Leaving you behind

TRACK NINETEEN
ENDLESS BLUE -- Doubt [for suz]
http://www.endlessblue.com

LYRICS:
Staring at the empty room
was there ever a reason to stay in
strangely familiar this whole place feels
(she doubts herself again)
she fears that today might finally be the day

she’s packing up her memories
just a few things she should keep
it doesn’t even pay for her to bring
such torn and tattered things
glistening tears surround the truth
(she doubts herself again)
a meaningless collection and all the pain it brings

have the streets always been this cold at night
suffering hearts wouldn’t know
has she really been all alone this time
letting sorrow grow

is she gonna to make it out tonight
out to clear her mind
let go of what she thought was right
and leave despair behind

(she doubts herself again)

control her trembling fingers
she fumbles with the key
she’s trapping all the things inside
she’ll never have to see
her shallow breathing fills the hall
(she doubts herself again)
she tells herself it is the day
that she will be free

have the streets always been this cold at night
suffering hearts wouldn’t know
has she really been all alone this time
letting sorrow grow
is she gonna to make it out tonight
hard to clear her mind
let go of what she thought was right
and leave despair behind

step into the morning glare
contrast to the day
sunlight brings her back to life
she doubts she’ll come again
she drops her things down on the ground
and slowly walks away

staring at the empty room
(is there ever a reason to stay)
was there ever a reason to stay
(strangely familiar this whole place feels)
strangely familiar this whole place feels

she doubts herself again

today is the day
today is the day

TRACK TWENTY
HIGH PLACES -- Stardust To Sentience
http://www.myspace.com/hellohighplaces

[video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwBH7qe2jS0]

LYRICS:
From small speck of stardust to wondrously sentient
Revolving and spinning in space
Waking and sleeping and yielding to gravity
It starts to show on your face

Millions of forces of physics and providence
Teamed up and brought us all here
Waking and sleeping and yielding to gravity
Pointless to measure in years

Out in the desert your thoughts are as clear as the stars
You feel golden
You’re billion year old carbon.

TRACK TWENTY-ONE
CHROMEO - I Can’t Tell You Why [for anjibee]
http://www.chromeo.net

LYRICS:
Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren’t we the same two people who live
through years in the dark?
Ahh…
Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay

And I can’t tell you why

When we get crazy,
it just ain’t right,
(try to keep you head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely, too
You don’t have to worry
Hold on tight
(don’t get caught in your little world)
‘Cause I love you

Nothing’s wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be

and I can’t tell you why
no, baby, I can’t tell you why
I can’t tell you why
No, no, baby, I can’t tell you why
I can’t tell you why
I can’t tell you why