Vienna Teng - Recessional video free download


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Uploaded: 2009/12/29

Recessional

Artist: Vienna Teng

Album: Dreaming Through The Noise (2007)

Lyrics

It's so beautiful here, she says,

This moment now, this moment now.

And I never thought I would find her here,

Flannel and satin, my four walls transformed.

She's looking at me, straight to center,

No room at all for any other thought.

And I know I don't want this,

Oh, I swear I don't want this,

There's a reason I don't want this,

But I forgot.

In the terminal, she sleeps on my shoulder,

Hair falling forward, mouth all askew.

Fluorescent announcements beat their wings overhead:

Passengers missing, we're looking for you.

And she dreams through the noise, her weight against me,

Face pressed into the corduroy grooves.

Maybe it means nothing,

Maybe it means nothing,

Maybe it means nothing,

But I'm afraid to move.

And the words, they're everything and nothing.

I want to search for her in the offhand remarks:

Who are you, taking coffee no sugar?

Who are you, echoing street signs?

Who are you, the stranger in the shell of a lover,

Dark curtains drawn by the passage of time?

Oh words, like rain, how sweet the sound.

Well anyway, she says, I'll see you around

Comments

9 years ago

Renn Keel

lmao all these homophobes claiming that she's singing from a man's perspective (hahaha what??) are gonna be really pissed when i use it as the first dance song in my gay wedding...

9 years ago

tukikagami

This is quite possibly my favorite song ever. It is just so haunting. 

9 years ago

Kettle Mase

Idk something weird about this song. I've listened to it so many times and just can't seem to remember any of the lyrics. I can hum the tune perfectly but when she starts singing I just get lost in the music.

9 years ago

TheRealFlurrin

Basically "Oh No She's Hot", the song

9 years ago

averageturtle

aww it's kinda a backwards love story.

9 years ago

jesus christ

Lol all the comments are saying "she's singing from a male perspective" as if there is something wrong if she were to be singing from a female perspective singing about another female. Ah homophobia is live and well in the comment section. 

9 years ago

李卓穎

Well anyway, she says, I'll see you aroundBeautiful ending.

10 years ago

pamaluv33

She's talking to a younger version of herself. 

10 years ago

rebecca C

My favorite part of this song is the last line. The rest of the song is so personal, and so heavy and introspective, and that end line snaps it back to reality with the most casual good bye:. "Anyway,I'll see you around."

10 years ago

AquaticFerret

People never assume that a dude singing about a girl is personifying himself as a lesbianso why is it that when a song sung by a woman comes along that straightforward seems to express a lesbian crush, people readily assume she must be projecting a male persona??Like okay have your own take on the song, but it seems extremely problematic that we can't all just admit it sounds like a lesbian crush when taken at face value.

10 years ago

Antonio Alvarez

1k likes and 3 dislikes? That's amazing, isn't it? 

10 years ago

Artimis Lunar

i love listening to vienna teng and sewing. i just finished making a blanket for my first nephew!

10 years ago

Maddison Dale

this song reminds me of my grandmother.

10 years ago

夢 中里

Beautiful ♥(≧∇≦)♪

10 years ago

TheSilverfish2

Does anyone else think she sounds a little bit like Gillian Anderson (Scully from X-Files). Just the intonations. It's like if Scully was a really good singer.

10 years ago

Matt Pimley

Does anyone know where I can find a good Version of "Now Three" by her?

10 years ago

smoshluv123

i love this so much

10 years ago

Nga Phạm

Bạn từng hỏi tôi, kỷ niệm nên cất vào đâu?Tôi bảo, kỷ niệm cất vào một góc phố.

10 years ago

ClassicCartoony

vienna just paints a story with her words and melodies. i really love her songs, they are so beautiful and calming.

10 years ago

Kitty le Fay

Makes sense. Her voice kind of reminds me of summer rain: soft and sultry.

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