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Bells In Our Stomachs

by Maya Johanna

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1.
Turn It On 03:32
Countdown to the sun You can turn it on Falling one by one Soon they'll all be gone And you can turn it on You can turn it on You can turn it Turn it on You can turn it on Your hands touch the sky Lighting up the spark Keep them held up high Keep us from the dark And you can turn it on You can turn it on You can turn it Turn it on You can turn it on Countdown to the sun You can turn it on Falling one by one Soon they'll all be gone
2.
Catch it put it in a jar To have and to hold To save for later You cannot trust it to come again To wait for you to find a pen And fill the paper with the message That it wants to send Grab it hold it by its tail Before it escapes You know its ways And you cannot lose it Thats what you fear So hold it up against your ear And very carefully listen To what it wants you to hear Find it sleeping in its nest Before it wakes up Touch it gently You want it feeling completely calm So you can hold it in your palm And help it grow Just like it was born to become Come, come, come!
3.
Shallow waters Don't jump, don't try to swim Tongue tied and left alone, drowning Words are too slim Sometimes I want to drown I want to dive head first But shallow waters Too clear to be mysterious Too calm and clean I'd like to have something to say But sentences build up Build up and float away In my ocean mind Not so deep anymore Shallow waters Sometimes I want to drown I want to dive head first But shallow waters Too clear to be mysterious Too calm and clean I think It's time I opened my mind I think I'ts time to see what I find Maybe I lost part of my brain That would explain
4.
We build our prisons Holes in the walls Sunlight we hide from To cover our faults We alter actions To suit what we fear The colors slowly fading Seals in our ears But we can hear now We can hear Loud and clear Bells in Our stomachs When truth is here Now we can hear Loud and clear Bells in Our stomachs When truth is here Possessions hold us Full to the brim The weights they keep us From flight or from swim How vast the fields are The oceans and skies We lose our sight of Cover our eyes But we can hear now We can hear Loud and clear Bells in Our stomachs When truth is here Now we can hear Loud and clear Bells in Our stomachs When truth is here
5.
Good Girl 06:01
Here comes the good girl You'll drown slowly with her in command Beautiful ships sink quietly As You helplessly stand Watch her as she takes hold Of your lips and your tongue The kiss of kindness is never In anyone's eyes wrong She's the queen of this courtyard She never will fold All the men, clowns and the horses Their breaths they all hold To her quiet but ever so carefully taken steps She grabs any desire and chokes it to death And you bow and say thank you To the mistress of neat For your soul feels unworthy to lay down at her feet But the red fiery flames and the winds that blow colder The blackness of devils that sit on your shoulder Are all that the good girl will ever request Yet her own presence keeps her from ending her quest All the holy and white are her curse and her fail Denied of all pleasures of going to hell Here comes the good girl Butterflies tied to the edge of her dress Hovers above the black ground Without making a mess Dirty your hands send to hold her As she brushes your skin Never the distance between you and God Has seemed this thin And you bow and say thank you To the mistress of neat For your soul feels unworthy to lay down at her feet But the red fiery flames and the winds that blow colder The blackness of devils that sit on your shoulder Are all that the good girl will ever request Yet her own presence keeps her from ending her quest All the holy and white are her curse and her fail Denied of all pleasures of going to hell
6.
When The Sky 04:27
If you take one step Then you will be A little closer to your dream Than if you stayed just where you are Keep that chin held up And fight your battles With your feet and heart both bare You'll find a path that has your name Here I am I'm ready to go again Ready to say goodbye When the sky is high No reason to stay on ground Lift your hands and you can touch it Fly The minute you felt you found Understand that you can have it all The wings are in your soul Let go of the need To be an image that you've sketched On pages of your mind Just watch it fade away And give your powerful consent To be a traveler Guided by your gift You'll find that you're a guide yourself Here I am I'm ready to go again Ready to say goodbye When the sky is high No reason to stay on ground Lift your hands and you can touch it Fly The minute you felt you found Understand that you can have it all The wings are in your soul When the sky is high No reason to stay on ground Lift your hands and you can touch it Fly! For glory is where you're bound Understand that you can have it all The wings are in your soul Take courage Take strength Take resilience Keep on moving
7.
Song For Tom 04:14
Oh, Fear not the cold For riddles shall unfold And we were young and bold We had our secrets Pull up your shades and see The seedling's now a tree And all that's wild is free And so are we now Our home lies dark and dead Our kitchen and our bed These knives they cut and shred Inside my stomach The wind will heal and mend And though the story ends Remember we were friends And that I loved you

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Maya Johanna - Debut Album

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released August 18, 2015

Lyrics, Music and Lead Vocals: Maya Johanna
Production, Arrangements and Acoustic Guitar: Sun Tailor (Arnon Naor)
Electric Guitar: Maor Wiesel
Bass: Nitzan Eisenberg
Viola: Alex Gat
Drums & Percussion: Issar Tenenbaum
Backup Vocals: Arnon Naor, Michal Guy, Alon Lotringer, Yaniv Horovitz
Recorded at Ha'Ogen Studios and Pluto Studios
Sound Engineer: Shlomi Gvili
Assistant Sound Engineer: Eyal Mahabad, Ofer Eshed
Additional Recordings: Sun Tailor Studio, Olier Studios (Sound engineer: Barak Olier)
Mix and Mastering: Ryan Freeland // Stampede Origin Studios

Cover Photos: Yanai Menachem
Album Artwork: Anna Dubinsky // Yafo Creative
Print Manager: Victor Levin
Creative Guidance: Shelly Goral
Booking: mayajohanna.music@gmail.com

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Maya Johanna Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel

Maya Johanna is a Tel Aviv based singer-songwriter. She released her debut album "Bells In Our Stomachs" in 2015.
Today she is releasing new songs from a new EP in Hebrew, featuring a captivating combination of lush, airy arrangements with Maya’s effortless and moving delivery. The result is a clean yet rich soundscape, and a type of naivety that evokes feelings of sweet and soothing nostalgia.
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