Life

Life
Written By: Louis Cole
Arranged By: Louis Cole

This is song 2 of 17 from my new album "nothing" (releasing Aug. 9 on Brainfeeder Records). Music performed with the Metropole Orkest, conducted by Jules Buckley. I overdubbed vocals on this recording.

Metropole Orkest: orchestra (personnel below)
Jules Buckley: conductor
Louis Cole: drums and vocals
Genevieve Artadi: vocals
David Binney: saxophone
Sam Wilkes: bass
Jacob Mann: keyboard
Reinier Baas: guitar
Vocal Section: Genevieve Artadi, Fuensanta, Marta Arpini, Sanem Kalfa
Liva Dumpe, Laura Polence

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Lyrics:
no not the end that I fear, its the not sure I am here
babel library I swear, my name isn’t there

I’ll airstrike my food if its cold, new things already tasting old
dropping nukes to clean room my room, see what I am doing?

yeah side by side, your disguise is the real look in my eyes
and my dreams are your trips, holy shit

be here, be lost
go through, a lot
pass on, forgot
yeah life, so hot

just level ground is a climb, freaking out and feeling fine
feeling bliss, feeling dread, reminds me I’m not dead

Your flooding flash is my bath, fucking wet as neptune’s ass
Black holes are used to clean my room, don’t like using brooms

the truest truths will live on, Ill still be here when Im gone
In our dreams, in our trips, holy shit

be here, be lost
go through, a lot
pass on, forgot
yeah life, so hot

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Metropole Personnel
1st violin
Vera Laporeva
Jasper van Rosmalen
Sarah Koch
Denis Koenders
Pauline Terlouw
David Peijnenborgh
Jenneke Tesselaar
Leonid Nikishin
Kaja Majoor
Arlia de Ruiter
Coleman Willis

2nd violin
Ewa Zbyszynska
Merel Jonker
Willem Kok
Ruben Margarita
Robert Baba
Xaquín Carro Cribeiro
Casper Donker
Esther Wustenhof
Petra Griffioen
Danna Paternotte Herman van Haaren

Viola
Norman Janse
Mieke Honingh
Julia Jowett
Iris Schut
Isabella Petersen

Cello
Annie Tångberg
Jascha Albracht
Thomas van Geelen
Susanne Rosmolen
Diederik Smulders
Joel Siepmann
Alexis Bove

Double Bass
Erik Winkelmann
Arend Liefkes

Harp
Joke Schonewille

Flute
Mariël van den Bos
Janine Abbas

Oboe
María Josefa Contreras Gámez

Woodwind
Marc Scholten
Werner Janssen
Leo Janssen
Sjoerd Dijkhuizen
David Kweksilber

French Horn
Pieter Hunfeld

Trumpet
Ray Bruinsma
Martijn de Laat
Nico Schepers
Rik Mol

Trombone
Jel Jongen
Maarten Combrink
Jan Bastiani

Bass trombone
Martin van den Berg

Percussion
Eddy Koopman
Murk Jiskoot

Guitar
Leendert Haaksma

Keys
Jasper Soffers

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Mixed//Mastered by: Louis Cole
Recording Engineer: Dirk Overeem
Mic Technicians: Rik Janssen & Pim Versteeg

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Davis Binney soloing. And the girls bopping like it's a little club somewhere.

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