hi, i love you. this is the official patron-funded video for "drowning in the sound", directed by long-time art-brother michael pope & choreographed by my new-found friend, coco karol. dancers: effy grey, alexi transparent, yeman brown, miguel angel guzman. to read more about the backstory & creation of this video, go here: i am going to be TOURING sept-december 2019 in the U.K., Ireland & Europe. please see for cities and dates.
“drowning in the sound” is from my second solo album There Will Be No Intermission, which came out march 2019. produced by john congelto, featuring musicians jherek bischoff, max henry & joey waronker.
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VIDEO CREDITS
Executive Producer: Amanda Palmer
Director, Producer: Michael Pope
Asst Producer, UPM: Christina Bryant
Choreographer: Coco Karol
Dancers: Coco Karol, Yeman Brown, Alexi Transparent, Effy Grey, Miguel Angel Guzman
Cinematographer: Benjamin Knight
Asst Camera: Dan Mason
Gaffer: Daniel Hourihan
Key Grip: Dan Peck
Grip: Matt Kehoe
Makeup Artist: Regina Harris
Hair Stylist: Gerald Decock
Costume Designer: Andrea Lauer
Hair and Makeup Asst: Harumi Yonemoto
Costume Asst: Anna Metelina
Props Master: Christina Bryant
Head Carpenter: Mike Cooter
Assistant Carpenter: Ngo'e Crossan
Key Production Asst, Driver: Bimini Wright
Production Assistant: Stephanie Bryant
Editors: Michael Pope, James Holland
Post Production Wizard: James Holland
Asst Editor: BriAnna Olson
Documentarian: James Holland
Stills Photographer: Krys Fox
Asst to Amanda: Michael McComiskey, Hayley Rosenblum
Lifeguard: Sam Burt
Lighting & Grip Equipment: FastLights
Craft Services: Provisions Woodstock
Piano Movement: Loren Rose
Manager: Jordan Verzar
Special Thanks: Augusta Ogden, Kim Ross, Janette Johnston, Assa Sacko Zarcone and Utopia Soundstage, Bill Young & 100 Grand Dance, Allways Moving
lyrics:
You worship the sun and you're aching for change
But you keep starving your heart
You used to have sisters
You don't anymore
You worship the sun
But you keep feeding the dark
And I'm out in the yard
With my son and my daughter
And the sky is all black and I think we should start running...
Running from the water
And everybody's yelling
Yelling that they're coming
But I don't see a single soul
They're all so busy yelling
Not one of them is hearing
The hissing from the bottom of the boat
I got some feelings up my sleeve
I got a compass in my arm
I got a needle in my heart
It's gonna tell us where we are
SXSW
Two miles from town
I can't get out
I can't look down
If you can hear
If you're around
I'm over here
I'm over here
I'm watching everyone I love
Drowning in the sound
You worship the sun
But the moon's in the way
So get your armaments out
She's always looking for trouble
She's gonna get what's been coming to her
She's switching the tides and we can't have that shit around
The television they're blaring out a warning:
That our natural state is drowning
That our natural state is burning
And you're trying to help
And you're clicking for change
And you're calling it out
And you're adding your name
And you're marching for peace
But you're lynching the bitch
That got up in your face
How else they gonna to take you seriously?
SXSW
Two miles from town
I can't get out
I can't look down
If you can hear
If you're around
I'm over here
I'm over here
I'm watching
Everyone I love
Drowning in the sound
And your body is a temple
And the temple is a prison
And the prison's overcrowded
And the inmates know it's flooding
And the body politic is getting sicker by the minute
And the media's not fake
It's just very
Inconvenient
Do you ever feel like this should be officially the end?
And that you should be the one to do the ending but you can't?
And do you ever feel that everyone is slowly letting go
Do you ever feel that... that incredibly alone?
And they're saying not to panic
And it's like a broken record
As if anybody knows what that is
And they're saying that we'll manage
It's the hottest one on record
And they're saying that that's just the way it is
Now I can taste it coming
I can taste it with my tongue
And my children are so heavy
But I pick them up & run
And I know I'll have to swim soon
When the water gets too high
I'll keep on holding them above me
I'll keep on holding them & crying
SXSW
Two miles from town
I can't get out
I can't look down
If you can hear
If you're around
I'm over here
I'm over here
I'm watching
Everyone I love....
Drowning in the sound.
(repeat first verse).
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