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Patchwork Fantasia

by Ebonnie

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1.
Beautiful 05:56
If I was beautiful would you notice me? Through laughing eyes so carelessly Oblivious to my love that I can’t show As I’m not beautiful so you will never know You’re so casual ‘bout your disdain The colour rose can masquerade what’s vain Cos underneath I know there’s something more But I’m not beautiful so you will see no more Can you imagine I’m the prettiest girl you’ve ever seen? My hair any colour, eyes blue brown or green Imagine just for a moment That I am beautiful and that you love me If I was beautiful you’d see my face Take me away from this place Sleepy eyes and a lost memory Loneliness is my favourite enemy You’re so apathetic bout your disregard Your ignorance makes it so hard Cos I’ve grown tired and you don’t see Anything further than skin deep
2.
Close To You 05:40
In the dark in the hope you heard I just switch on the light to write these words And I now that it’s too late so little time I’ll never be yours you not mine But if you hear this song Will you know it’s yours Your voice, your eyes, your face Your perfect flaws And I can’t sleep tonight When you’re in my head I can’t deny that she’s in your bed Next to you, holding you Loving you, so close to… Where I wanna be If you could only see All the best of me Then you would know Where I wanna stay Whatever they say Close to you baby Now I realise I’m destined to be alone I pretend that I am strong but you are gone You could never know or understand When you’re standing there Holding her hand Next to her, holding her Loving her, so close to you… Next to you (her) Holding you (her) Loving you (her) So close to…
3.
Broken Tiara 05:32
Can’t stand to feel this way Hope is just so far away She’s standing by your side Don’t you know this love is bona fide? I love you more every day But no you’re so far away I wanted you to be there I needed you so bad I’m lost without you This dream was all I had (Beside lipstick and mascara All I have is a broken tiara) There’s nothing else That I can say I never predicted It would end this way And I don’t want to believe it Why did you keep her a secret? I wanted to run away with you Like all princesses do I know now you’re only Mine in my fantasy You left me all alone I’m searching on my own I’m lost now, lost in This lonely dream So it would seem You were never Mine at all I’m lost now Lost in this lonely dream So it would seem You were never Mine at all
4.
Angel 05:17
If, if you could Would you hold me now? Where you are Can I get there somehow? In strawberry fields Never see the rain Just take my heart And you take the pain Cos I don’t deserve No I don’t deserve Your love, your love Your love Just close my eyes Hold me against you My halo is slipping Is an angel always true? When her wings are Dipped in mud And she’s too heavy to fly So I lay alone Hear the echo as I cry Silence, don’t let me hear The silence Or the voices in my head Screaming guilty At this stranger In my bed Saying you’ve never Listened to what I’ve said Never, never, never I wanna be Standing in the rain Wash me clean let me Start over again Start over again Start over again Let me start Over again Cos I don’t deserve No I don’t deserve No I don’t deserve I know that I don’t deserve Do I deserve your love? Your love
5.
Open the book, turn each page No sooner than I write the words fade away And I don’t know how I’ve come this far When will I learn I’m gunna crash and burn some day? When will I see perfect isn’t me no ay? And I can be strong And I can move on An open book is my life you see I wear my broken heart on a torn and tattered sleeve And I get hurt and I get burnt Ahh ahh ooo Close the book, burn each page Put it back on the self Never open it again Blow the embers into the wind And I can be strong Yes I I’m movin’ on Ooo ooo ahh
6.
Kiss 03:44
(kiss) Nobody said love was meant to be easy And given the chance I wouldn’t be here Everyone knows how it goes When you fall in love and they don’t know Do you feel the way I do? Do ya feel this feeling too? If I told you it’s like this Would you hold me in your arms and then we’d kiss? Baby would we? Nobody said you were the one But it feels I’ve loved you since time begun Everyone sees the stars above But they can’t see unrequited love Ooo (do feel it?) mmm Nobody said I’d fall for you So why do I feel this feeling so true? Everyone wants to love someone Find their place, shine in the sun Baby, baby would we… kiss?
7.
You promised me the world and gave me nothing Promised me a heaven and gave me hell If I could just forgive you, I could just forget you How could it be true? You showed me paradise, what I couldn’t have Told me of three wishes you couldn’t grant One’s a lonely number, alone’s a lonely word Oh haven’t you heard? I want to sing your song Sweet as sorrow, bitter as sin Lost is where you fit in You and I bittersweet goodbye Deceit is weakness, truth’s an art You won’t corrupt my crystal heart You threatened me with love and I surrendered Made me lose my mind but I remember Temptation lead you astray, faithfulness made me stay Trust is so far away You brought me joy and love now turned to sorrow Yesterday was blue, now is tomorrow Honesty can make you, greater heights can take you Or it can break you Just walk away tell myself to just walk away Why is it always so hard to, to walk away (just walk away) Tell myself to walk away just, just walk away (just walk away) Why is it always so hard to walk away (just walk away) Beginning to see that you will, you’re gunna lose this game (just walk away) You’ve lost this time (just walk away) I want to sing your song You and I bittersweet goodbye
8.
I saw you looking at her The way you used to look at me If it’s over let me know Baby you know I can’t do it alone Here I am Standing alone Look there I go Along with yesterday Welcome to my grey You keep me thinking that this Pretense is something I can do But in my heart I know the real truth I’ve all the evidence less the proof, still Memories, photographs Tryin’ to make them last All but over now Can we go back to where we were Somehow? I still remember how we used to be Time can’t take that away You’ll always be there in my heart No matter what you say I’m here alone I’m here alone Goodbye to yesterday And welcome to my grey Today is just Another day
9.
Love Is Gone 04:27
Here we are Whoever though that we’d make it this far Against the odds We’ve defied expectations of us but Borrowed time is a gamble you cannot defy and I can see the love you had is no longer for me But we’re Holding on Praying love can be strong But love Is gone We are moving So many tears so much happiness all of these years It seems like yesterday a memory that is so far away Do you remember when we made love all through the night? Now it’s always, always a goodbye or goodnight But we’re The lights go out The curtain’s down And it’s the end of the show Deserted stage And empty seats We both know it’s time to go home Ahh So here we are Did you think that we’d make it this far? I will always remember and be All alone
10.
Innocence 05:40
Little girl wide eyed big dreams The evil in the world Hidden by smoke screens Open hopeful bright eyes Never seeing the flaws Or the hurtful lies So much to live for And everything to gain Nothing to lose No hurt no pain What happened to Our innocence? Where did it go? I close my eyes (I cry my tears) Prisoner to the passing years Little girl with nothing wrong Lullabies to sing along Delightful little song Sitting on the old rope swing Hear her voice Sweet as she sings Not a worry, and not a care Nothing can hurt her here Nothing to fear I wanna be that little girl again I don’t want to grow up I wanna be young and free And innocent forever And ever and ever
11.
In the dark I was waiting For a dream to appear Midsummers eve fated Let go of all my fear Years they passed and I waited For a dream on his horse Distantly it faded And the dream was no more I waited for you You never came I fell hard for you You went away And the years they slipped by Still I was wondering why Was our love not strong enough? Or was it too strong for us? Heartbroken I saw you Brought you back from the dead Holding on to the virtues Til the day we were wed Perfect bliss I promised It was not just a dream Never knew nor felt that You were not all you seemed I couldn’t touch you I was so young Thought I knew it all Never come undone He was so mysterious And every night I had cried After you left all I had Was the gift inside Then he said he loved me I believed it to be true How could I be so used Think he could replace you? You couldn’t touch me I was your shame I couldn’t deny I was to blame You left me with a love Of all I cared for But you weren’t there To share with me the little girl You stumbled across her In your travels one day Only to find that not to you I was with child again Still I followed You thought me a whore You were so hard So much colder than before So the years they slipped by There were no tears left to cry Pretending I was strong enough Holding onto that dream of us Then one day it happened You held her like your own We both made mistakes but Oh how we had grown All the hurt the fear Seemed like a distant dream You were not alone moon raker On that midsummers eve Only ever you Made me complete You gave such passion You gave such heat And the years they slipped by I no longer wonder why How our love was strong enough Lies, deceit, weakness, fear, lust
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about

Patchwork Fantasia.

This album will always be very special to me for a number of reasons. It was dedicated to my grandfather, Alan Hewett, long before he passed away, my album being the last thing he heard in his final hours.

I've been songwriting with the intention of doing it professionally since I was 12 years old. As a songwriter, I listened to many different genres of music and wrote across them, developing an eclectic taste that was strongly encouraged by my parents. I loved music. I didn't care what box it fit into.

I focused on my vocal performance and lyrical content, playing the piano only with the intention of recording a few chords here and there to support my melodies.

I was unfortunate enough to work with not one but two people who would go on to stake a claim in my songs, misleading a naive 16 year old me to believe that despite having lyrics, melodies and chord structures that playing the piano for me meant legally having ownership, at least in part, of my works.

It was then I decided to develop the confidence to record my own piano work. This was the album that resulted. I've never known what genre to call it because I wasn't working from an idea of what I wanted to end up with. I experimented with the piano and I sang what came to me in my darkest times, at that point in time.

I decided to donate $1 for the sale of each album, both physical and digital copies, to mental health in my home state of Western Australia, because the album was therapy for me over a number of years. Break-ups, difficult relationships, self-doubt and insecurities, romance - it was the relationship I formed with my $500 piano that refused to stay in tune that got me through the downs - and ups.

On a couple of tracks, my fantastically talented producer (Phil Tweed) has reinterpreted my piano in order to give the songs the justice they deserve. He is an amazing musician and I am incredibly thankful to work with such a wonderfully gifted, genuine human being. Thank you so much Phil.

Also thank you to the other fabulous musicians who have played on the album, as well as Steve Smart for the mastering.

I hope you enjoy this album and that it brings something to your life, whether it be reminiscing over lost love or love that never was or something else entirely.

Thank you for supporting me as an independent musician and joining me on my journey through life. I also thank you for supporting mental health.

Until the next album,

Ebonnie xox


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Album review by Jerry Ewing (UK) - Classic Prog Rock Presents:

"Apparently, young Western Australian Ebonnie has been told that she’s not contemporary enough to be popular with mainstream listeners. Now that’s the sort of thing we here at Prog would normally take to be a compliment, and, having listened to her own self-financed Patchwork Fantasia, her first full-length release so should she.

True, there are moments when the stark female vocal/piano combination leads her into the more obvious Kate Bush/Tori Amos territory that is blatantly contemporary (Crystal Heart), but for the most part this is engaging, piano led, progressively inclined and almost always quite beautiful music.

Always led by Ebonnie’s distinct vocals and her excellent piano work, the Bush comparisons are evident, although both Kiss and Close To You rock things up a bit. However the sometimes frail beauty of Ebonnie is clear on opener Angel (With Dirty Wings) and the dynamism compounded by a splendid finale of Innocence, Midsummer’s Eve and the elegiac title track which closes things with a dazzling blend of classical music and piano-led prog that displays just what a talent Ebonnie is".


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Acknowledgements:
I’d like to thank so many people that I could easily fill every page in this book with names of those who have inspired, assisted, pushed, helped, encouraged, supported and loved me over the past twenty something years.

Firstly, thank you to the person reading this right now. You’ve gone to the trouble of purchasing an old fashioned actual CD and you’re interested enough in me and what I do to read my acknowledgements, and I really do think that is awesome. I hope you enjoy this album and it speaks to you when you listen to it, as it did to me when I wrote it.

My family have always been supportive of my musical ambitions and to them I am forever grateful and encouraged. Mum & dad – you always keep me going when I am ready to pack it in. Luke & Carey, I couldn’t ask for better brothers, you guys rock.

I have a wonderful extended group of peeps that I feel very lucky to have as friends and you all know who you are. Sarah, Amy, Chele, Helen, Mel – thanks for being amazing friends and for being the the ones who come to my shows on a wet and windy night when only 2 people have braved the winter weather for the sake of live music!

Phil Tweed – this album would not be the album that it is without your inspired ingenuity and remarkable talent. You are brilliant. Thank you for taking my songs and doing what you do.

Scott and the team at Replicat – thank you for your patience and assistance. I am very grateful!

Studio 301 – you guys are fantastic at what you do, and you are also friendly and helpful when I stuff something up! Thank you for everything.

Elliot – soon to be husband, roadie, assistant, researcher, photographer, and anything else I need – you’re always there for me. You were the reason for my reignited passion for music, the reason I released this album. Thank you for believing in me, inspiring me and making me wake up wanting to be a better person than I was the day before.

To everyone who has doubted, judged, rejected or hurt me – you only ever make me stronger. Thank you.

credits

released March 30, 2014

All tracks* written & composed by Ebonnie
Piano: Ebonnie~
Backing Vocals: Ebonnie and Phil Tweed
Bass, Keyboards, Loop and Orchestral Programming: Phil Tweed
Electric and Acoustic Guitars: Nathan Eshman
Drums: Pete Drummond

Vocals recorded at Style Music+
Mixed by Phil Tweed at Style Music - philtweed.com
Mastered by Steve Smart at 301 Studios, Sydney
Produced by Phil Tweed, Angell & Ebonnie

~Piano on Beautiful, Midsummers Eve, Close To You and Innocence: Phil Tweed
*Orchestral arrangement on Patchwork Fantasia: Phil Tweed
+ Vocals on Close to you, Angel & Welcome to my grey recorded at Soundbaker Studio by Rob Baker soundbaker.com.au

Hair, makeup and styling: Ebonnie
Photography, artwork & graphics: Elliot Cottrill
Very special thanks to Jonatan Xavier for the use of their original type
Pressing and duplication by replicat.com.au

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Ebonnie Perth, Australia

According to an IMDB profile I didn't write, I have an honest degree in cross pollination & I am a qualified horse psychologist - nothing I write in this bio section will be that entertaining.

On a serious note I'm a singer/songwriter. I call my style alternative. Sometimes alternative pop/rock, other times alternative country, frequently classically infused and often a combination of all these.
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