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Backyard

by Fiona Daniel

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1.
Prolog 04:08
2.
Backyard 02:55
Sometimes Time is unfair Changes hearts And changes our care I’m hiding myself out there I’m hiding but I do care I care about it The stream flows against your wills It’s the raging current that kills But to find a way back on track You better dive in it and save your neck
3.
Letter 03:16
Night oh night There is a bright, bright light lightning up your sky Sets the hill on fire It burns, burns, yearns For no reason why Oh my, oh my All you own is on fire The fire, the hungry fire Is devouring its way to the old chapel It expands for no reason why Oh my, oh my, all you own is on fire My head, my head Was so distracted while writing your letter Scattered words for no reason why Oh my, oh my , all you own was on fire Love, my dearest love I’m helpless but I’m going to make you feel better Time is going to calm down this crime Oh my, oh my, all you own was on fire My head, my head Was so overwhelmed from reading your letter Scattered thoughts for no reason why Oh my oh my, all you own was on fire
4.
Adelaide 04:24
Adelaide Please come home You’re the meaning of my soul After all We’ve said and done I could’nt stand it if you’d be gone Adelaide Please come home You’re the guardian of my soul And yet still You’re my grave If you’re not here I don’t feel safe And the minutes go by 1, 2, 3... The door opens You Step out The door closes You Step in You don’t hear me calling Calling out your name Again and again Adelaide Please come home I’m disappearing on my own And while it’s breaking dawn I count the minutes one by one And the minutes go by 1, 2, 3...
5.
Nostalgia 04:42
Je resens mon enfance dans le séjour je danse en cercles des pirouettes Je resens mes doutes dans tes bras Je resens l’odeur de la pluie Et dans la rue Je marche pieds nus En fermant les yeux j’ imagine la suite Les années passent tellement vite L’enfance les pertes les doutes et l’amour chacun son tour
6.
Er hät sini Chleider a Und sin Pass idär Hand Das isch alles woner bruucht Er setzt sin Fuess vor dä anderi Isch aber immer scho en Schritt voruus Aber wo blibt sis Heimweh Äs git scho lang känn Grund meh Dänn i sim Chopf und Härze Weiss er scho lang nüm Vo wohär er würklich chunnt I minere Erinnerig Hät er scho alli Sprache gredt Und alli Wältmeer befahre Hät Stürm überläbt Sich i Länder verliebt Hät trotzt allne Gfahre Aber was isch wänn ich ihn ader Hand nimm Und füehr über d’ Gränze i euses Huus Dänn i sim Chopf und Härze weiss er scho lang nüm Vo woher er würklich chunnt Är lauft dur d Stadt wonär gross worde isch Nur dass ihn jetzt niemert meh kännt Är winkt und grüesst mit mä lächelnde Gsicht Nur dass ihn jetzt niemert meh bim Name nännt Aber was isch andersch sit er furt isch vo üs und em grosse, rote Huus I sim Chopf und Härze weiss ers nöd und Chunnt nümme druus Er hät sini Chleider a Und sin Pass idä Hand Das isch alles woner bruucht Er setzt sin Fuess vor dä anderi Isch aber immer scho en Schritt voruus Aber wo isch sis Heimweh Es git jetzt gar kein Grund meh Dänn i sim Chopf und Härze Weiss er langsam wider Vo wohär er würklich chunnt
7.
Am I weak enough To let you go And let go of it Are you weak enough To just let it fall apart Are we fair enough And have we thought about it Aren’t we men enough To just give it a try Cause I don’t want to loose you I just want to keep on driving
8.
In Memoriam 06:39
We do live in a brave new world while outside it breaks intwo To be the one who stays untouched is not new to you While outside they’re standing up for their rights and pay a prize We watch the daily news and stay informed about their fights So raise your voice Thoughtful mind You have no choice Cause you’re not blind In memoriam all the losses we didn’t see In memoriam our system how good it might be In memoriam in fact we are all one In memoriam if we don’t change we are soon done With time and glorious years we got more and more quiet lost our voices down the road erased our bursting lights It seems there’s nothing left to be worried or upset about I say, instead of being afraid to talk, we should be screaming out loud So raise your voice Thoughtful mind You have no choice Cause you’re not blind
9.
All My Life 04:26
All my life I will hold a treasure inside my chest All the unspoken words Oh I will see That there are things I can’t be And it will burden me Until the end Hold on Hold on All my hope Will be spent on a day When I’ll find a way How to fill my lack of home Oh I’ll see That there are things we can’t change It’s beyond our range Until the end Hold on Hold on
10.
Epilog 02:41

about

“I followed my wild heart and travelled backward – welcome to my Backyard”

Written up North during an artist residency in Stockholm (SE) and recorded in the Swiss mountains in the Villa Wilhelmina in Grisons in collaboration with Swedish producer Katharina Nuttall (Ane Brun), the second album, comprising ten compositions with string arrangements and cineaste sounds, invites the listener to travel and explore the meaning of nostalgia, family, and home.

“Fiona Daniel’s throaty sounds spill over with happiness and sorrow”, Albert Kuhn, DER SONNTAG (CH)

What critics write:

“…Daniel cuts the connection to the outside world in ten songs, to listen deep inside herself” Bernhard Flieher, SNSTAMM (AU)

“In search of rootedness. Fiona Daniel impresses with her new songs” NZZ, Markus Ganz (CH)

“Often of beguiling beauty and idiosyncratically arranged” SONNTAGSZEITUNG (CH)

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released August 24, 2012

Music and Lyrics by Fiona Daniel / Produced, recorded by Katharina Nuttall / Mixed by Fabian Brunner / Slingandstonestudio Zurich / Mastered by Hoffe / Cosmos Studios Stockholm / Released by Kuenschtli.ch / Publishing Mymusicrights

In collaboration with following musicians: Fréderic Bürki, Lionel Gafner, Benjamin Hartwig, Emeli Jeremias, Katharina Nuttall

Artwork by Laura Jurt

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Fiona Daniel Switzerland

Fiona Daniel is a musician, composer, and vocalist.
She lives and works in Switzerland.
Since 2007, she authored and co-authored a variety of projects to critical acclaim.
As a performer, she shares the stage with established musicians in Switzerland and abroad, while also composing for film, for advertising and other art forms.
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