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The Antler King

by The Antler King

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1.
Satchel 03:49
Satchel - The Antler King She met him on a bad day This man with two hands and ten dirty fingers He said: “Enjoy your sunday evening, the barren sheet and please enjoy me” She tries to stay awake And she counts time Night is coming soon now I hear somebody breathing I’m sleeping Please believe me He said: “You can leave your satchel over here Close your pretty eyes for me You can hear the sound of birds and bees Don’t put all the blame on me” Let a silent night surround me The sun will break through The day will conceal every truth Only God knows I have had better days Thousands of better days before Time has taught me Not to ask for more “You can leave your satchel over here Close your pretty eyes for me You can hear the sound of birds and bees Don’t put all the blame on me You can leave your satchel over here Close your pretty eyes for me” I woke up on a sad day A mad day A cold day An early monday morning
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Heroes 04:15
Heroes - The Antler King She stood up my oh my She was ready for love Fairly and squarely on her shoulders, She felt such a sense of pòssibility Filled her pockets with some rocks Every morning at dawn We’ll be heroes of built bitterness We’ll turn stones into flowers Flowers into stones, We won’t shed a tear and… •We could be heroes we could be heroes… She stood up my oh my She was ready to leave Had no morphine to ease her pain And she felt such a sense of possibility ‘filled her pockets with some rocks Getting ready to drown We’ll be heroes of built bitterness We’ll turn stones into flowers Flowers into stones, We won’t shed a tear We could be heroes, we could be heroes…
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Silk Sounds 04:16
He saw his fate reflected in a pond A paper plane passing by Will it make a difference if I stay? Hummingbird pointed out where to go walk a path, unknown places far away Will they ever notice that I’m gone? Strange ‘cause there is no emotion at all Silk sounds and circus smiles are gone Oh that’s the way it goes I suppose Bells toll for time to rewind She found him there asleep, an image in the lake A paper plane passing by Some things change, others never She threw a coin and changed into a fish Swimming in the pools of his eyes That one time it was different, it all changed Strange ‘cause there is no emotion at all Silk sounds and circus smiles are gone Oh, that’s the way it goes I suppose Bells toll for time to rewind Strange, ‘cause there is no emotion at all Silk sounds and circus smiles are gone Oh, that’s the way it goes I suppose Bells toll for time to rewind
5.
Alone 03:31
Alone - The Antler King At the end of the day It’ll always the same At the end of the day Nothing has changed The sound of slamming a door A glass of wine or something more Doesn’t make any difference You’re still on your own And nothing will change Silence of walls ‘till the end of your days You try to find something That lights up your life But you’re all alone Time tick tocks away I’m gonna die but not today The silence, the fall Frightens us all There’s an easier way to live life But it’s not what I had in mind Don’t want an easier way to live life When there’s nothing to strive for And nothing will change Silence of walls ‘till the end of your days you try to find something that lights up your life and there’s an easier way to live life But that’s not what I had in mind… And nothing will change Silence of walls ‘till the end of your days you try to find something that lights up your life… But you’re all alone
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Does Anybody Care - The Antler King Don’t care where you come from Don’t care what you’ve seen Don’t care to know your name Don’t ask me for mine Don’t care about your past Don’t care how long it lasts Don’t care if I’m not the only one Don’t need to be special to you How bad can it be When it feels this good What you don’t find at home You’ll get from somewhere else I won’t apologise ‘cause there are no regrets Does anybody care at all… Don’t care about the guilt Don’t wanna talk about it Don’t ask me for tenderness I’d rather it was rough Not going to sleep between your sheets I’ll be gone before sunrise I might make you smile But I won’t make you happy How bad can it be When it feels this good What you don’t find at home You’ll get from somewhere else I won’t apologise ‘cause there are no regrets I would do it again in a heartbeat Does care at all… You say that I’m foolish You’ll learn that I’m selfish Your girlfriend will blame me We’ll change that in a heartbeat I couldn’t care less when your all mouth no trousers Feel free to enjoy me to try to surprise me Does anybody care at all… I don’t care at all
7.
Morning Bell 04:14
Morning Bell - The Antler King The morning bell spoke up Got a meeting with my sins We gotta line up all our men Don’t worry blow a kiss Builder left his tower “We won’t cut and run we’ll stay the course” She’s claiming her daydreams Climb the stairs and draw my castle in the air The sniper lost his soul We’re in a state of mourning Send your horses to hell Silence has become betrayal Builder lost his power “We won’t cut ’n run we’ll stay the course” She’s taming her daydreams Climb the stairs and wipe out my castle in the air Builder lost his tower “We won’t cut and run we’ll stay the course” She’s blaming her daydreams Climb the stairs snipe at my castle in the air
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Easier To Conceal - The Antler King On a cold rainy day It is easier to feel, What’s left, what’s gone away Too many things to reveal When the day has closed its gate It is hard to realize What you’ve dissipated Too many things to reveal Time has taken away my purity Has taken away my beauty Life offered me her cruelty Now it’s too late To trade I wonder how to seize the day To find a way To move on I wonder how to overcome Possibly when flowers bloom It will be easier to heal Harder to roam Easier to conceal
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Hunter 03:51
Hunter - The Antler King Come out of there Out of my head It’s roaming my brain, Creeping up and down, Like fishes picking holes and pulling wires of a tree It’s chasing glimmers from my soul Tracing back my lonely senses I’m going round in circles I am chasing my tail I’m going around in circles Running hard, standing still Going round around around Lonely Hunter Travelling my head Unquiet and sad corroding my veins, melting my brain Smothering my love Eating my soul I’m going round in circles I am chasing my tail I’m going round in circles Running hard but standing still Going round around around I’m pacing up and down I’m biding my time While I’m choking my mind Forever always more Whatever what for Always my arms of war Lonely hunter Travelling in my head I’m lonely and sad
11.
The Ship 03:22
The Ship - The Antler King (original by Luc Van Acker)
12.
Roll Over 06:53
Roll Over - The Antler King Roll over roll over dear Come closer, come closer to me I’ve been waiting patiently So let my desire embrace you ‘cause I’ve been saving all my love for you Roll over dear, roll over dear, come closer dear to me Keep your arms around me Hold me close, hold me tighter The stars will shine even brighter Than a pearl All day I have toiled Many hours I have spoiled All because I was longing for you to come home Roll over dear, roll over dear, come closer dear to me Time will change our youthful faces Our hair will turn a shade of grey Lines in our faces will reveal our age Our folded hands will betray the tide of time Roll over dear, roll over dear, come closer dear to me

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released April 21, 2011

Esther Lybeert: Lead and backing vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, Moog Little Phatty, cutlery and kitchen utensils, percussion, Stylophone, acoustic guitar.

Maarten Flamand: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, mandolin, Dobro guitar, piano.

Karel De Backer: drums

Maarten Standaert: electric bass

Mark Plati: electric bass

Eva Schampaert: percussion, backing vocals, cutlery and kitchen utensils.

Frank Duchêne: Mellotron, backing vocals, Hammond, piano, programming.

String quartet:
Luc Degezelle (violin)
Annelies Flamand (violin)
Esther Lybeert (viola)
Maaike Organe (cello)

Woodwind quintet:
Jan Vercruysse (flute)
Dirk Boiy (oboe)
Ivo Lybeert (clarinet)
Rogier Steel (horn)
Cian O’Mahony (bassoon)

Children’s choir: Valerie Lybeert, Matthias Lybeert en Magali Lybeert.

Additional backing vocals: Vus’umuzi Nhlapo, Vuyo Tshuma, Duduzile Majola, Abueng Mkhonza


String Arrangement on “Satchel” by Lucy Wilkins
String Arrangement on “Roll Over” by Luc Degezelle
Woodwind Arrangement on “Does anybody care” by Peter Vermeersch

Produced & Recorded by Frank Duchêne for frankduchene.com

All music written by Esther Lybeert and Maarten Flamand
“Satchel” written by Esther Lybeert, Liza Verhaeghe and Maarten Flamand. #4.48 by Maarten Flamand. “Does anybody care”, “Easier to conceal” written by Esther Lybeert. “The Ship” written by Luc Van Acker.

All lyrics written by Esther Lybeert. “Satchel” written by Esther Lybeert and Liza Verhaeghe. “The Ship”written by Luc Van Acker.


Recording Studios: Studio Datcha, Studio On the Moon, Red Tape Studio, Track Studio & Bijlokestudio.
Recorded by Frank Duchêne, Jan Chantrain, Filip Goris, Arjan “Barefoot” Bogaert, Wannes Gonissen.

Mixed by Werner Pensaert & Frank Duchêne @ Audioworkx (NL), Mastered by Uwe Teichert @ Elektropolis.


Art direction and photos by Nathalie Teirlinck
Coverdesign and illustration by Philippe De Vuyst

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