Allison Russell / The Weather Station
Season 48 Episode 4805 | 53m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Allison Russell and The Weather Station offer an hour of intelligent, impassioned music.
Montreal-to-Nashville singer/songwriter Allison Russell and Toronto indie rock act The Weather Station offer an hour of intelligent, impassioned and acclaimed music. Russell performs numbers from her renowned album Outside Child, while the Weather Station, AKA songwriter Tamara Lindeman, plays tunes from the widely lauded LP Ignorance.
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Allison Russell / The Weather Station
Season 48 Episode 4805 | 53m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Montreal-to-Nashville singer/songwriter Allison Russell and Toronto indie rock act The Weather Station offer an hour of intelligent, impassioned and acclaimed music. Russell performs numbers from her renowned album Outside Child, while the Weather Station, AKA songwriter Tamara Lindeman, plays tunes from the widely lauded LP Ignorance.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship-"Austin City Limits" presents critically acclaimed singer/songwriters Allison Russell... ♪ 'Cause I'm stronger than eggshells ♪ ♪ I'm tougher than luck ♪ ♪ Never been despised so much ♪ ♪ Or hit so hard ♪ ♪ Or hit so hard ♪ ♪ I couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ Couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ I couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ Couldn't get back up ♪ -...and The Weather Station.
-♪ And though it cannot be measured ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪ Would it kill you ♪ ♪ To believe in your pleasure?
♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ [ Spoon's "Hot Thoughts" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering and applause ] -Recorded live from the Moody Theater, it's... -Now, the resilient, inspiring songs of Allison Russell.
-♪ Ah ah ah ♪ -♪ Well, I had to run ♪ ♪ To run ♪ ♪ To run ♪ ♪ From Mont Royale ♪ ♪ Aux Portes des Lions ♪ ♪ But no freedom ♪ ♪ Would come my way ♪ ♪ Yeah, no freedom from ♪ ♪ What he'd done ♪ ♪ To me ♪ ♪ Then I heard that rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ Outside the South Hill candy store ♪ ♪ I felt myself ♪ ♪ Walking in ♪ ♪ I was up above me ♪ ♪ I was standing right beside me, oh ♪ ♪ And I saw my deliverance ♪ ♪ Deliverance ♪ -♪ Ah ah ♪ ♪ Ah ah ah ♪ ♪ Ah ah ah ♪ -♪ Well, I had to sing ♪ ♪ To sing ♪ ♪ To sing ♪ ♪ From the western sea ♪ ♪ To the old country ♪ ♪ And I had to bleed ♪ ♪ To bleed ♪ ♪ To bleed ♪ ♪ 'Til his poison left ♪ ♪ My veins ♪ ♪ Left me ♪ ♪ Then I heard that rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ Outside the South Hill candy store ♪ ♪ I felt myself ♪ ♪ Walking in ♪ ♪ I was up above me ♪ ♪ I was standing right beside me, oh ♪ ♪ And I saw my deliverance ♪ ♪ Deliverance ♪ -♪ Ah ah, ah ah ♪ ♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪ -♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ -♪ Ah ah, ah ah ♪ ♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪ ♪ Ah ah ah ♪ ♪ Ah ah ah ♪ -♪ Now I still run ♪ ♪ Still run ♪ ♪ Still run ♪ ♪ To catch a song ♪ ♪ And cheat ♪ ♪ The gun ♪ ♪ Come, freedom, come ♪ ♪ I pray ♪ ♪ I pray ♪ ♪ You can't stop me now ♪ ♪ You can't steal ♪ ♪ You can't steal my joy ♪ ♪ Then I heard that rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ Outside the South Hill candy store ♪ ♪ I felt myself ♪ ♪ Walking in ♪ ♪ I was up above me ♪ ♪ I was standing right beside me, oh ♪ ♪ And I saw my deliverance ♪ ♪ Deliverance ♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Playing "All the Women" ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ She's been a fixture ♪ ♪ Long as I've lived here ♪ ♪ On the corner most every night ♪ ♪ For the last six years ♪ ♪ When she's not there ♪ ♪ When she's not there ♪ ♪ When she's not there ♪ ♪ I worry about her ♪ ♪ Think of all of the women ♪ ♪ All of the women ♪ ♪ All of the children ♪ ♪ Who disappear ♪ ♪ Who disappear ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We made friendly acquaintance ♪ ♪ Sometimes we talk ♪ ♪ She likes the way that I smile ♪ ♪ And sing as I walk ♪ ♪ I like her fabulous outfits ♪ ♪ The proud way she moves ♪ ♪ She says, I used to be a dancer ♪ ♪ Some grace you don't lose ♪ ♪ Some grace you don't ♪ ♪ Lose ♪ ♪♪ ♪ She said, I've made some choices ♪ ♪ Some were made for me ♪ ♪ For the way I survive ♪ ♪ I make no apology ♪ ♪ Everybody, somebody ♪ ♪ Don't always meet up ♪ ♪ I'm the salvation ♪ ♪ For those left without ♪ ♪ Those left without ♪ ♪ Living small lies ♪ ♪ What I provide can't be measured ♪ ♪ In nickels and dimes ♪ ♪ In nickels and dimes ♪ -♪ Ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪♪ -♪ I ask, What about the bad dates?
♪ ♪ Don't you ever get scared?
♪ ♪ Well, I've had my share, honey ♪ ♪ But it's fear I can bear ♪ ♪ It's fear I can bear ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm stronger than eggshells ♪ ♪ I'm tougher than luck ♪ ♪ Never been despised so much ♪ ♪ Or hit so hard ♪ ♪ Or hit so hard ♪ ♪ I couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ Couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ I couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ Couldn't get back up ♪ -♪ I couldn't get back up ♪ ♪ They couldn't get back up ♪ ♪ Back up, back up ♪ ♪ Back ♪ ♪ Back up ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering and applause ] [ Whistling ] ♪♪ ♪ She's been a fixture ♪ ♪ Long as I lived here ♪ ♪ Corner most every night ♪ ♪ For the last six years ♪ ♪ When she's not there ♪ ♪ I worry about her ♪ ♪ Think of all of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the women ♪ -♪ All of the children ♪ ♪ Who disappear ♪ ♪ Who disappear ♪ ♪ Who disappear ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Playing "Poison Arrow" ] ♪♪ There's a part in French on the next song that I wanted to translate for the non-French speakers listening here and at home.
What it says is, "I wish for you peace.
I wish for all of us peace.
I wish for us acceptance and second chances.
I wish for us all to feel and remember and bring back that wonder and joy of a child in our hearts because we're all still children in our hearts.
We are all travelers for a brief time in this human experience and we travel through these turmoils and these troubles and these tragedies and these losses, but we can sing as we go.
And, in the hour of miracles, in the hour of miracles -- comes more often than we might think -- in the hour of miracles, poison can be medicine, too, if you only drink one drop."
This is "Poison Arrow."
-Whoo!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Poison arrow ♪ ♪ Be kind to me ♪ ♪ And I'll be kind to you ♪ ♪ It's not just your poison ♪ ♪ It's the bow, the string ♪ ♪ Shaft and feather, too ♪ ♪ The rush of the wind ♪ ♪ The blue sky above ♪ ♪ The rain that soaked the ground ♪ ♪ To give the ♪ ♪ Oleander love ♪ ♪ Go in peace, be ♪ ♪ Not afraid ♪ ♪ Roll 'em easy ♪ ♪ Namaste ♪ ♪ All you sad and broken travelers ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Poison arrow ♪ ♪ Broke in my chest ♪ ♪ But I'm in my finery ♪ ♪ At Le Divan ♪ ♪ On Boulevard St. Laurent ♪ ♪ Sipping dry sherry ♪ ♪ The sun is bleeding slow ♪ ♪ She dies in pink and blue ♪ ♪ Etta's on the radio ♪ ♪ Singing trust in me ♪ ♪ In all, all you do ♪ ♪ Go in peace, be ♪ ♪ Not afraid ♪ ♪ Roll 'em easy ♪ ♪ Namaste ♪ ♪ All you sad and broken travelers ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Yeah!
-♪ Je te souhaîte la paix ♪ ♪ Je te souhaîte l'acceptance ♪ ♪ Je te souhaîte une deuxième chance ♪ ♪ Et le coeur ♪ ♪ Le coeur d'un enfant ♪ ♪ Routier, routier ♪ ♪ Chanter, chanter ♪ ♪ L'heure des miracles est arrivée ♪ ♪ Le poison peut-être médecin ♪ ♪ Si t'on bois une goute seulement ♪ ♪ Go in peace, be ♪ ♪ Not afraid ♪ ♪ Roll 'em easy ♪ ♪ Namaste ♪ ♪ All you sad and broken travelers ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Go in peace, be ♪ ♪ Not afraid ♪ ♪ Roll 'em easy ♪ ♪ Namaste ♪ ♪ All you sad and broken travelers ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Playing "You're Not Alone" ] I myself am a mostly confused, hopeful agnostic, but I do have one strong and firm belief, and that is that love never dies.
[ Cheering and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey, my little evening star ♪ ♪ How bright you are ♪ ♪ Anywhere you go ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ Rocks and bugs and angel wings ♪ ♪ Every little shiny thing ♪ ♪ Anywhere you go ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ You're the North Star and the compass ♪ ♪ Always finding something wondrous ♪ ♪ Anywhere you go ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Wish that I could keep you from ♪ ♪ Sorrow and harm ♪ ♪ None of us is here for long ♪ ♪ But you're not alone ♪ ♪ In the cradle of the circle ♪ ♪ All the ones who came before you ♪ ♪ Their strength is yours now ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ Sparrows in the morning ♪ ♪ Crows at dusk ♪ ♪ Singing with your daddy ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ De l'Afrique à l'Acadie ♪ ♪ De l'Europe aux Amériques ♪ ♪ La musique nous réunis ♪ ♪ Une famille, one family ♪ ♪ La musique nous réunis ♪ ♪ De la Louisiane à Sans Souci ♪ ♪ Tigallum tigalli on arrive ♪ ♪ Une famille, one family ♪ ♪ Hey, my little evening star ♪ ♪ How bright you are ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ We have love ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ ♪ You're not alone ♪ [ Cheering and applause ] [ Whistling ] ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Cheering and applause ] [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] -Next, with songs that draw from the natural world...
The Weather Station [ Playing "Robber" ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ I never saw nobody climb over my fence ♪ ♪ No black bag ♪ ♪ No gloved hand ♪ ♪ I never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ I figured ♪ ♪ Everything he took was gone ♪ ♪ Nothing to do ♪ ♪ Nothing to be done ♪ ♪ I never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ Oh, I never believed in the robber ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ You thought a robber must hate you ♪ ♪ To wanna take from you ♪ ♪ The robber don't hate you ♪ ♪ You never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ But the robber never believed in you ♪ ♪ You're two halves of the same piece ♪ ♪ Divided into two ♪ ♪ No, the robber don't hate you ♪ ♪ No, the robber don't hate you ♪ ♪ He had permission ♪ ♪ Permission by words, permission of thanks ♪ ♪ Permission by laws, permission of banks ♪ ♪ White tablecloth dinners, convention centers ♪ ♪ It was all done real carefully ♪ ♪ Make real imagination ♪ ♪ Make unreal that which can be taken ♪ ♪ Turn your gaze from the window's light ♪ ♪ Turn your attention to the sharp knife ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ When I was young ♪ ♪ I learned how to make love to the robber ♪ ♪ To dance with the other ♪ ♪ To wring from his hand the touch of a lover ♪ ♪ I never believed in the robber ♪ ♪ Nobody taught me nothing was mine ♪ ♪ If nothing was mine, then taking was all there was ♪ ♪ Looting at dawn, looting at dusk ♪ ♪ Hold open the gates for the want of lust ♪ ♪ All I saw was the dust kicked up ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering and applause ] [ Whistling ] [ Playing "Atlantic" ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ My God, I thought ♪ ♪ My God ♪ ♪ What a sunset ♪ ♪ Blood red floods ♪ ♪ The Atlantic ♪ ♪♪ ♪ With a wine in my hand ♪ ♪ Laid back in the grass ♪ ♪ Of some stranger's field ♪ ♪ Shearwaters reeled overhead ♪ ♪ Thinking ♪ ♪ I should get all this dying ♪ ♪ Off of my mind ♪ ♪ I should really know better ♪ ♪ Than to read the headlines ♪ ♪ Does it matter if I see it?
♪ ♪ Oh, really?
♪ ♪ Can I not just cover ♪ ♪ My eyes?
♪ ♪ In the half-light ♪ ♪ Soft wind on my skin ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Pink clouds massing ♪ ♪ On the cliffs ♪ ♪ Thinking ♪ ♪ Can I touch this?
♪ ♪ Can I touch the softest petal?
♪ ♪ Softest stem ♪ ♪ Softest leaf ♪ ♪ Bending ♪ ♪ Green ♪ ♪ In my palm ♪ ♪ Thinking ♪ ♪ I should get all this dying ♪ ♪ Off of my mind ♪ ♪ I should really know better ♪ ♪ Than to read the headlines ♪ ♪ Does it matter if I see it?
♪ ♪ Oh, really?
♪ ♪ Can I not just cover ♪ ♪ My eyes?
♪ ♪ Oh, tell me ♪ ♪ Why can't I just cover ♪ ♪ My eyes?
♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] Thank you so much.
This is such an honor and I'm very overwhelmed.
[ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Playing "Parking Lot" ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Waiting outside the club in a parking lot ♪ ♪ I watched some bird fly up and land on the rooftop ♪ ♪ Then up again into the sky ♪ ♪ In and out of sight ♪ ♪ Flying down again to land on the pavement ♪ ♪ It felt intimate to watch it ♪ ♪ Its small chest ♪ ♪ Rising and falling ♪ ♪ As it sang the same song ♪ ♪ Over and over and over and over again ♪ ♪ Over the traffic ♪ ♪ And the noise ♪ ♪ Is it alright if I don't wanna sing tonight?
♪ ♪ I know you're tired of seeing tears in my eyes ♪ ♪ But are there not good reasons to cry?
♪ ♪ I swear I'm alright ♪ ♪ Maybe you could just let it slide ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I confess I don't wanna undress ♪ ♪ My feelings ♪ ♪ I am not poet enough to express this ♪ ♪ Peeling ♪ ♪ Was I not yet naked enough to the world?
♪ ♪ I was too quick to blush ♪ ♪ Already, I am too much ♪ ♪ In love ♪ ♪ Is it alright if I don't wanna sing tonight?
♪ ♪ I know you're tired of seeing tears in my eyes ♪ ♪ But everywhere we go there is an outside ♪ ♪ Over all of these ceilings ♪ ♪ Hangs a sky ♪ ♪ And it kills me when I ♪ ♪ I know it just kills me when I ♪ ♪ I know it just kills me when I ♪ ♪ See some bird fly ♪ ♪ Know it just kills me and I ♪ ♪ Don't know why ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] Thank you so much.
I always like to, you know, take a second to just talk about everybody's favorite topic -- climate change.
[ Laughs ] [ Cheering and applause ] We don't talk about it enough.
We don't know what to say.
It's so hard to face it.
It's so heavy.
It's this thing that brings up so much shame because, just by being born into this country, into this time, and having this knowledge, we have to carry with us this sort of role that we didn't ask for, of almost being the wrongdoer.
Whenever we're shaming ourselves for our choices or shaming other people for theirs, we're not able to see the reality of the predicament that we're in and the reality of the systems that we're living in, that are causing us to have to play this role that we don't want to ask for.
We want a beautiful world for ourselves and our children and I've never doubted that anyone doesn't feel that way deep in their hearts and I think that, when we talk about climate change, we get really scared and we get really shameful and we blame and we freak out, but we forget to talk about love and how we love each other and we love the world, obviously.
So, I just always like to bring it up because we don't talk about it enough and it's here and we got to just keep talking about it and being kind to each other in all of the reactions that word brings up.
-Yeah.
[ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Playing "Stars" ] ♪♪ ♪ How is it that I should look at the stars?
♪ ♪ I drove out in the desert in a rental car ♪ ♪ And I turned the headlights off ♪ ♪ And lie in wait ♪ ♪ For my eyes to adjust ♪ ♪ For some peaceful state ♪ ♪ When I was a child ♪ ♪ My mother'd send me outside ♪ ♪ On a moonless night ♪ ♪ To see the light ♪ ♪ Cast out in some ♪ ♪ Ancient storm ♪ ♪ With a woolen blanket ♪ ♪ To keep me warm ♪ ♪ And I was overwhelmed ♪ ♪ By the beauty of the sky ♪ ♪ How could I not be?
♪ ♪ But how should I look ♪ ♪ At the stars tonight?
♪ ♪ At a million suns ♪ ♪ None of them mine ♪ ♪ When nowhere up there ♪ ♪ Is a place like this ♪ ♪ Not one waterfall ♪ ♪ No river mist ♪ ♪ I felt dizzy, my chest clenched ♪ ♪ Cold and tight ♪ ♪ It'll be 2020 ♪ ♪ Tomorrow night ♪ ♪ From Salton City ♪ ♪ I hear fireworks go off ♪ ♪ As though they're celebrating ♪ ♪ All another year has cost ♪ ♪ Or is it carelessness?
♪ ♪ Send another star into the sky ♪ ♪ Only to watch it die ♪ ♪ Fall across the black ♪ ♪ In a shining arc ♪ ♪ I swear to God, this world ♪ ♪ Might break my heart ♪ [ Applause ] Thank you.
-Yeah!
[ Cheering and whistling ] [ Playing "Tried to Tell You" ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It was getting late ♪ ♪ You were afraid of yourself ♪ ♪ Afraid that you might call her ♪ ♪ That you could not help yourself ♪ ♪ And what could I say?
♪ ♪ It lived in you all day ♪ ♪ I watched her in your eyes ♪ ♪ And pass across your face ♪ ♪ Like the wind in the water ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪ That is the way that you want her ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You were so afraid ♪ ♪ To try and pull apart ♪ ♪ The endless rain ♪ ♪ You thought of as your heart ♪ ♪ With blood on your hands ♪ ♪ From the river inside ♪ ♪ You try to deny it ♪ ♪ You never felt the tide ♪ ♪ Of the moon pulling closer ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪ That is the way that you want her ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪ The wind in the water ♪ ♪ I will not help you not to feel ♪ ♪ To tell yourself it was not real ♪ ♪ And only fools believe ♪ ♪ Those things ♪ ♪ This is what the songs are for ♪ ♪ This is the dirt beneath the floor ♪ ♪ I cannot sell you on your own need ♪ ♪ Some days there might be ♪ ♪ Nothing you encounter ♪ ♪ To stand behind the fragile idea ♪ ♪ That anything matters ♪ ♪ I'll feel as useless ♪ ♪ As a tree in a city park ♪ ♪ Standing as a symbol of what ♪ ♪ We have blown apart ♪ ♪ You know you break what you treasure ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you, but I'm ♪ ♪ I'm not sure you remember ♪ ♪ So I tried to tell you ♪ ♪ And though it cannot be measured ♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪ Would it kill you ♪ ♪ To believe in your pleasure?
♪ ♪ I tried to tell you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] [ Playing "Better Now" ] ♪♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the first line that I wrote down ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the second line that I wrote down ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the third line that I wrote down ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the fourth line, I tore the page out ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I almost feel pity for you ♪ ♪ When you tell me you love me ♪ ♪ 'Cause I would've done anything for you ♪ ♪ But I won't do anything for you now ♪ ♪ On the first day ♪ ♪ I try to look up at the mountain ♪ ♪ Because it's there ♪ ♪ On the second day ♪ ♪ I try to look up at the mountain ♪ ♪ Because it's there ♪ ♪ On the third day ♪ ♪ I didn't look up at the mountain ♪ ♪ Because it's there ♪ ♪ On the fourth day ♪ ♪ I saw the mountain, I saw it everywhere ♪ ♪ All I needed was a room with a window ♪ ♪ And a door to close behind me ♪ ♪ And a piano ♪ ♪ All I needed ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I don't want it to be you who's calling ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I think we've done quite enough talking ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I don't want to be here when you walk in ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I never thought I'd get done with wanting to hear you out ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ You know I never thought about it 'til now ♪ ♪ But it's better now ♪ ♪ I fall asleep so easily now ♪ ♪ I strike the keys and the strings resound ♪ ♪ I press the pedal down ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the first line that I wrote down ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the second line that I wrote down ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ I crossed out the third line, I tore the page out ♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪ Is it better now?
♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering, whistling, and applause ] Thank you so much.
[ Cheering and applause ] Will Kidman, Kieran Adams, Ben Whiteley, Johnny Spence, Karen Ng.
Thank you.
[ Cheering and applause ] [ Whistling ] -♪ No, the robber don't hate you ♪ ♪ No, the robber don't hate you ♪ ♪ He had permission ♪ ♪ Permission by words, permission of thanks ♪ ♪ Permission by laws, permission of banks ♪ ♪ White tablecloth dinners, convention centers ♪ ♪ It was all done real carefully ♪ ♪ Make real imagination ♪ ♪ Make unreal that which can be taken ♪ ♪ Turn your gaze from the window's light ♪ ♪ Turn your attention to the sharp knife ♪ ♪♪