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Nobody Knows Us

by Anna Cordell

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1.
You are learning more than I, could learn in a lifetime, in these final days, oh teach me how to pray. And I face my mortality, as I see you loose your own, we are all tied together, and these strings are pulling. Home to the fight how do we do it right? I sit here and watch your eyes fill with tears and fright My womb tightens as, I see your shaking hands, and my baby moves inside, Just to let me know she's alive. Home to the fight, How do we do it right? I sit here and watch your eyes fill with tears and fright I guess we're all just passing through, don't know where from or where to, hope what they say is true, and I'll see you after tomorrow.
2.
Nobody knows us but the spirit of the sky Wake in the morning to the leaves on the trees they speak to us as they blow in the breeze place my feet down on the earthen floor pass through the sheet you hung for a front door Nobody knows us but the spirit of the sky No one watching me as I sit down on my knees listen out for God as I drink my morning tea there's a river at the end of the street we swam there together then you baptised me Nobody knows us but the spirit of the sky.
3.
I tried so hard, to see life through your lenses, you looked at me, in black and white, but I saw you in colour. Like you made me a movie, with a beginning and end, nothing in- between. If I cannot see the way that you see will you still love me? I tried to follow, your straight and narrow but I'm a sinner and it's been a long, cold winter. If I cannot believe, All that you believe, will you still love me? And if I cannot feel, the way that you feel, will you still love me? Kyrie Eleison Kyrie Eleison Kyrie Eleison
4.
You 05:30
You I wrote, wrote your name, wrote it down, on a little scrap of paper the fire took it up in its arms and sent it to the heavens. And I thought that I would never see you again, I thought that I’d be living with a lifetime of loving you in vain. Without you. You. And then I saw you walk through that door, My heart and my hope, it was restored. Maybe I’ve been given one last chance. Maybe I could ask you for one last dance. I was a fool To leave You. You. But then a figure steps in by your side, She holds a little boy with dark hair and deep grey eyes, And he looks so much like you. You
5.
Lie Awake 03:46
Lie awake Roses blooming in the dark Petals open to the moonlight Doors creak and windows bend I lie awake and wonder, Will you ever be mine again? Did you expect me to be sin free? Don’t you think the thorns add something to the roses beauty Like a coin I thought you knew I had two sides, Maybe I tried too hard to hide what I was ashamed of, But why’d you have to go and put my pedestool up so high? The legs were so thin and so brittle, There was nothing left for me to do but fall. I lie awake and wonder, will you ever be mine again. A life of hellos and goodbyes, From the day we’re born, To the day we die. I lie awake and wonder, I lie awake and wonder.
6.
Lay your head When the weather turns cold When you feel older than you should. When you’re tired of trying to get it right, And you feel like giving up the fight. Come and lay your head down on me, Look up at the stars, Listen to the trees. When you feel nothing but alone, In a room full of your friends, When your heart is overflowing, With a sorrow that you cannot share. Come and lay your head down on me, Look up at the stars, Listen to the trees.
7.
The Soul 04:07
You want it your way, want it your way, want it your way And I want it my way, want it my way, want it my way. All I wanted to say, Was what I said yesterday. All I wanted to do Was talk to you. Have you got the soul? Have you got the soul? You want it your way, want it your way, want it your way And I want it my way, want it my way, want it my way. All I wanted to know, Was how far you were willing to go. Stop speaking those words to me And show me what you mean. Have you got the soul? Have you got the soul?
8.
Between two eternities Tired am I of falling down at the feet of the lord, Tired and I of clambouring on my own again And I know, you think that I should leave well enough alone, But I know, if I did it’d mean a lifetime of grief, And here’s this moment, Between two eternities And will we make it? Or will we freeze? Tired am I of the changes that I never seem to make, And tired am I of how long the gaining of wisdom of wisdom can take, And I know you think I worry too much about everything, And here’s this moment between two eternities And cold was I when I heard what happened on the news today, All those eyes of sorry staring at me from the screen as my children play, Outside I see you watching me from the roof Where you fix out leaks And I know just what you’re thinking, You don’t have to speak.
9.
Wintertime 04:14
If I step onto this boat I say no, To all of those other journeys, And the madness is born, In the wondering – what if? So I try to keep my head facing forward, Because when I look back, How it burns. So I won’t turn around, I won’t turn around. I won’t be dragged down, You can’t drag me down. The beauty it creeps in through these mistakes, That I will never cease to make, If I could only have the eyes to see, I would know, God is still with me. So I won’t turn around, I won’t turn around, I won’t be dragged down, You can’t drag me down.
10.
Turn 05:15
Turn If I step onto this boat I say no, To all of those other journeys, And the madness is born, In the wondering – what if? So I try to keep my head facing forward, Because when I look back, How it burns. So I won’t turn around, I won’t turn around. I won’t be dragged down, You can’t drag me down. The beauty it creeps in through these mistakes, That I will never cease to make, If I could only have the eyes to see, I would know, God is still with me. So I won’t turn around, I won’t turn around, I won’t be dragged down, You can’t drag me down.
11.
Ahead of your game Did you chain your heart to the bottom of the ocean? In a fit of rage and darkened emotion? Did you swim away back to the shore, Full of relief you wouldn’t feel anymore? Did you see a life ahead that was going to be easier? Well if I could have been just one step ahead of your game, I would have begged you to stop acting so insane. But baby, You’d have done it anyway. So you spent the day below the sun, walking through crowds and staring at everyone, And you had the strange sensation that you were watching from above, But you realised you no longer recognised the difference between hate and love, You couldn’t see the difference between the devil and God above. Well if I could have been just one step ahead of your game, I would have begged you to stop acting so insane. But baby, You’d have done it anyway. It’s not that easy to go back to the start, Once you’ve decided to throw away your heart, No it’s not that easy to go back to the start, Once you’ve decided to throw away your heart. Not that easy

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Written and recorded by Melbourne artist, Anna Cordell, in Lyttleton NZ with Producer Ben Edwards (Marlon Williams, Aldous Harding, Julia Jacklin, Nadia Ried)

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released February 14, 2020

All songs written and performed by Anna Cordell
Produced by Ben Edwards
Bass and sounds by Ben Edwards
Drums by Ryan Fisherman
Cello by Richard Vaudrey
Additional sounds by Robin Waters

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Anna Cordell Melbourne, Australia

Anna Cordell has always been a ‘maker’. From her youngest years spent singing and writing folk songs, to the first stitches of her design work, and all the way into motherhood, Cordell has a natural flair for creation.
‘Nobody Knows Us’ is an album that wears its heart on its sleeve.
Anna has created a collection of songs that stay true to her belief in the value and power of art.
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