She Tells Lies - The music of Jemima Rose http://shetellslies.com The music of Jemima Rose Bullock, a Bath based singer-songwriter. Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:15:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Three days to go… http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shetellslies/~3/496196337/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/27/three-days-to-go/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:15:52 +0000 http://shetellslies.com/?p=240 Hello. 

Hope you all had a very lovely Christmas. Mine was peaceful and relaxing, just as it should be. And I ate a little too many chocolate coins. Well, I’m suffering now. 

I’m looking out of my window at the beautiful day. I’m going to walk into town I think - I need to get some warm clothing for my trip to Helsinki. Oh! I am counting down the days! There are now three days to go… and then I will be where I want to be, which is with you.

A while back I wrote a post called Thirteen, with Thirteen things I wanted to achieve before the end of next year. Well I think I may have conquered my number Thirteen…

Have a wonderful New Years. 

X

]]> http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/27/three-days-to-go/feed/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/27/three-days-to-go/ Wheelbarrow of Happiness http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shetellslies/~3/492153232/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/22/wheelbarrow-of-happiness/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:41:55 +0000 http://shetellslies.com/?p=237 My inspiration seems to have gone on holiday with my Wheelbarrow of Happiness. I’ve not been short of it for a rollercoaster of a year, and now it’s dissapeared as if by magic.

So it looks like I’m just going to have to wait for it to come home…

And then me and my magic will be onto an amazing 2009. How exciting.

That’s all for now folks.

]]> http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/22/wheelbarrow-of-happiness/feed/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/22/wheelbarrow-of-happiness/ Sailing away http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shetellslies/~3/490609431/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/20/sailing-away/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:58:28 +0000 http://shetellslies.com/?p=235 I like to have these lazy days when it’s windy and wet outside and the sky looks like a great, grey blanket. 

I am watching 24 episodes back to back under a warm rug. My cat is annoyed with me and has gone off in a huff. He was watching it with me, but I gave him some flee treatment and so he got cross. 

I want Christmas Eve to come, and then I am home for a few days and can forget myself in all the loveliness. 

Missing someone is a strange sensation. 

Anyway, back to 24 and then to The Ship to sail the seas until midnight.

]]> http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/20/sailing-away/feed/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/20/sailing-away/ Clementine Christmas http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shetellslies/~3/487546483/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/17/clementine-christmas/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:53:31 +0000 http://shetellslies.com/?p=228 My friend Emily and I have been seriously overdosing on Clementines. Perhaps I am making up for the fact that I won’t be getting a stocking this year… my sister and her family of babies aren’t joining us until Boxing Day, so my brother and I get to miss out on the pillowcase of presents. I think we may have finally grown out of them.

Anyway, every year we’d all get a clementine and some chocolate coins amongst other things. Father Christmas always decided to leave us pillowcases instead of stockings. And he’d also always leave a drunken note to say thanks for the mince pie and glass of sherry we’d left for him. So I shall be sorry not to have that memory filled experience any more…

I think my  Christmas will be quiet this year. I’ll be off home on Christmas eve, after helping my brother do probably all of his shopping… and then coming back on the 27th to see my lovely girlies for wine and naughtyness.

And then I shall be heading to Helsinki to see in the New Year with a Beautiful Man. 

And then in January, my new EP will be out and it’ll be the start of a really exciting journey… filled with road trips and adventures and everything I ever wanted.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Keep on coming here to read my rubbish, and please sign up to the mailing list to receive nice things in 2009.

Light and love,

Jemima.

]]> http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/17/clementine-christmas/feed/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/17/clementine-christmas/ Jemima @ the Thunderbolt 18th December http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shetellslies/~3/487530653/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/17/jemima-the-thunderbolt-18th-december/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:31:30 +0000 http://shetellslies.com/?p=225 I’ve been asked back to the Thunderbolt this Thursday (18th) where I’ll be supporting the She Creatures - who are a highly entertaining and gorgeous all female band. So if you’re in the area, please come along. The Thunderbolt does lovely local ales and has a candle lit, intimate atomosphere. It’s in Bristol, 124 Bath Road. See you there. x

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Kind hearts racing and churning and sensing the start of something
The moonlight is a diamond tonight
Sparkling our darkness with light
And here we silently lie
Limbs lank and shy
Heavy weights of loving bones wrapping warmth wherever they go
Such intricate paths we weave
Whispering like lost leaves
Lips sweeten taste
Their shape to me, a great open space
Oh, how they make my heart race
My fingers tracing over with the blindness of love and lust undone
Here we sit under the tree with the wind and wine
Delirious bruises of love bites

And when I am driving home with my heart a balloon

It is with you I want to share this starry sky and its midnight moon

The orange burst over the ocean

My mind when I lay in bed at night
This start of something that sparkles our darkness with light

Where we lie
Limbs lank and shy
Heavy weights of loving bones wrapping warmth wherever they go

]]> http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/11/love-bones/feed/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/11/love-bones/ Bon Iver at the Apollo Victoria http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/shetellslies/~3/478753019/ http://shetellslies.com/2008/12/08/bon-iver-at-the-apollo-victoria/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:23:51 +0000 http://shetellslies.com/?p=213 I think I was vaguely warm once yesterday. I had also had about 5 hours sleep since Friday. And the train driver kicked us off at Reading where we waited for an hour or so for the next train.

But of course, I cannot complain, because we went to see Bon Iver play the Apollo Victoria in London - and they were inspiring and interesting to watch. It was encouraging to see that like me, Justin had several guitar changes, and so there were points of stage silence (which I was once told was a terrible thing) - but of course it isn’t - it’s real, and it makes it feel a little more genuine when everything is not seamless. 

The band set up was great. There were two drums kits, and it was cool visually to see in some songs the drummers playing the same thing. 

There were lots of things that made me like them even more - and I’ll definitely be getting the new record when it comes out.

I’m still a bit worn out. I think next weekend should be quieter. And I should avoid bashing my nose into a wall and achieving a nice, big bruise across it. 

Goodnight.

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I’ve recorded my new song, The Morning - and now I just have to add backing vocals and cello…. cello is going to sound amazing. 

Well I should go to bed. I’m really tired… so goodnight. Let’s all wish the rain will turn into snow and blizzard us all in for a day or two. 

Sweet dreams.

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A winter coat of thick skin so I won’t feel alone
Returning home without your soul to warm my bones
Love sank into madness on that morn
So fare thee well
Oh, It’s a hell I’ve bought on

Because I let my hair down
With G&T and rain
Well I had to dry down
And then the morning came
And then the morning came 

Red rose petals
The bright sun nestles like golden love vessels from you
Sweetness billows with the wind and willows
A scent that follows my nose from you

Still I love but I lost
Still I love but I lost

Because I let my hair down
With G&T and rain
Well I had to dry down
And then the morning came
And then the morning came

Love sank into madness on that morn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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