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sincerely, e

by Elizabeth and the Catapult

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1.
read the news in california hope my family’s okay looks like those beaches are as full as ever just another perfect summer day an old boyfriend called from arizona said he was sick but no complaints asked if i could sing a song right over the phone so i sang him “purple rain” and he coughed and sang along lately there’s an old man smoking on my doorstep when i leave my house for work most days says don’t judge me for smoking honey who am i hurting now this air’s gonna kill me anyway this air’s gonna kill us this air’s gonna kill us all anyway so tell your boyfriend that you love him and tell your girlfriend you wish her well ‘cause the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree that no one’s gonna save them now and tell your mother not to visit there’s no more use in going out ‘cause the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree that no one’s gonna save them no one’s gonna save them no one’s gonna save them now standing at the corner deli a girl asked me out but i decline but underneath my mask i smile as big as ever hope she knows that i was flattered by the creases in my eyes reminds me of a song i’d written but forgotten the chorus goes we’re all together but alone sometimes a nod is all that i can manage before returning to the lighthouse of my phosphorescent phone we are beloved stranded here in space we are beloved i wish i said it to her face alone together, and together we’re alone we are alone alone so tell your mother that you love her and tell your boyfriend you wish him well ‘cause the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree that no one’s gonna save them now and tell your best friend not to visit there’s no more use in going out yeah the birds and the bees they’ve all come to agree that no one’s gonna save them no one’s gonna save them no one’s gonna save them now
2.
my friend clio doesn’t care if its placebo if you open up her mind really let the blood flow she talks in crystals always sitting down to give ya unsolicited advice tarot cards and rainbows and my friend wheeler he’s been talking to a healer ever since his wife left home and now when i visit he speaks in dialects of mystics ‘bout the prospects of my soul says he knows more than i’ll ever know mmmmm if you say so ‘cause i don’t care how i get there darling name the cure and i’ll come running i don’t care how i get there darling say the words with enough conviction ‘cause i don’t care how i get there as long as i arrive and i met a surgeon said he’d rather work on patients who believe they will survive grateful for all they got and just the same the perfect medicine won’t save you if you’re confident you’ll die if you made your mind up ‘cause i was taking sugar pills and i didn’t even know it ‘til the doctor finally told me he said i had to prove you didn’t need those drugs at all and someday soon you’ll thank me he said you’ll thank me for lying and i thanked him for lying what a thought thanked him for lying for lying for lying ‘cause i don’t care how i get there darling name the cure and i’ll come running i don’t care how i get there darling say the words with enough conviction i don’t care, i don’t care i don’t care how i get there i don’t care how i get there as long as i arrive
3.
the muse 03:27
you woke me while you were sleeping when i heard you talking out loud i heard just what you were thinking better than you knew it yourself said you were the playing the muse, babe and now it was time to move on this was all just a ruse, babe just to have your name in a song everyone’s singing, someone’s singing everybody’s singing along you only call me to break my heart so i could write your name in a song so you wanna be famous a name that’s ringing some bells, hun wanna get with an artist make a hit before you kiss and run, run you perfected your smile, babe making love for your turn in the sun was it worth all the guile, babe just look at all the damage you’ve done everyone’s singing, someone’s singing everybody’s singing along and was it all worth it, nobody knows just to have your name in a song and everyone’s singing i hear someone singing everybody’s singing along you only call me to break my heart so i could write your name in a song got my attention then took it for granted on a good night gone wrong (i hear) got my affection then took it for ransom on a good night gone wrong (i trusted you, trusted you, trusted you) you’re an expression a representation of a good night gone wrong (da da da da) got my attention then took it for granted it’s a good night gone wrong (i hear everybody singing along) everyone’s singing, someone’s singing everybody’s singing along was it all worth it nobody knows just to have your name in a song everyone’s singing, i hear someone singing everybody’s singing along you only called me to break my heart so i could write your name in a song
4.
thirsty 03:43
thinking of you makes me twitch makes me itch and now i’m sick in all the wrong places, kid ‘til it stings like a bitch and your fingerprints are faded tattoos on my porcelain skin when i feel like a guest in my own queen bed when i soak and i scrub but i’ll never forget you despite all my friends and their better judgments yes nevertheless, i’m still thirsty, thirsty, thirsty thinking of you makes me twitch makes me itch and now my pants don’t fit like they used to fit and i feel a bite like your teeth in my side and i can’t heal the wounds even if i try to think that you’re tame or you moved far away i can see your face even when i’m half-baked and it’s not even fair what i feel down there when i’m trying to feel so easy, easy, easy but i’m thirsty, thirsty, thirsty you wrecked my heart said you’re sorry first you spilled my drink and looked up my skirt your feigned honesty means shit to me i think i’d prefer an insult want another kiss then you’re outta luck you know i can’t stand a pity fuck if this what you call making up well god knows you’re not worthy, worthy, worthy but i’m thirsty, thirsty, thirsty thinking of you makes me twitch makes me itch and now i’m sick in all the wrong places, kid ‘til it stings like a bitch and your fingerprints are faded tattoos on my porcelain skin when i think of all the time i wasted on trying it feels like a lifetime spent doing nothing oh my my, it’s just so damn appalling when god knows you’re not worthy worthy, worthy, but i’m still thirsty you wrecked my heart said you’re sorry first you spilled my drink and looked up my skirt your feigned honesty means shit to me i think i’d prefer an insult want another kiss well you’re outta luck you know i can’t stand a pity fuck if this is what you call making up if this is what you call making up you wrecked my heart said your sorry first you spilled my drink and looked up my skirt your feigned honesty means shit to me you know i’d prefer an insult want another kiss well you’re outta luck you know i can’t stand a pity fuck if this is what you call making up well god knows you’re not worthy worthy, worthy, worthy but i’m thirsty i’m still thirsty i’m still thirsty i’m still thirsty
5.
when did it happen i still can’t recall it life wasn’t enough until after i typed it tell me a secret i still won’t believe it ‘til after you shot it ‘til you make it public and you said, elizabeth i am just phoning it in quite literally i lost the poetry texting without feeling a song without meaning a dog without a bone i’m talking without speaking together, alone together my brain is connected to my hand is connected to my phone one more photo of a wedding or a picture perfect home lying in bed late in the evening you’re never alone even when you are sleeping my brain is connected to my hand is connected to my phone i fell in love with a boy on the screen he looked so real in my digital dream i heard the sound of a bluebird singing a song closed my eyes when i woke he was already gone flesh and blood when i look at the sun not just a fact, but a figure to become closed my eyes all the people were singing i once wrote a song to the sound of your heartbeat da dum dum da dum dum do you remember the feeling? da dum dum da dum dum of a true heart beat do you ever think that you’re too young to be complaining ‘bout your memory i’ve often wondered do you ever think that you’re too young to be forgetting where to go i’ve often wondered does your potential make you feel bitter? throw your computer in the hudson river oh, my brain is connected to my hand is connected to my phone ‘cause no one stops anymore always ready for that next big thing no one rests anymore always searching for that new beginning so worried about what could be missing that we miss out on the life we’re living and the kiss you’re about to give me now and the kiss you’re about to give me now, now, now, now i fell in love with a boy on the screen he looked so real in my digital dream i heard the sound of the bluebird singing a song closed my eyes when i woke he was already gone flesh and blood when i look at the sun not just a fact, but a figure to become closed my eyes all the people were singing i once wrote a song to the sound of your heartbeat la da da da da da da the sound of your heartbeat la da da da da da the sound of your heartbeat too tired to speak to bored to go home too apathetic to listen too brash to be bold i think i’m just phoning it in and i don’t even know it let’s all yawn in unison together, alone
6.
being human is a rare a condition get in line now, here’s the test to have patience, when your ambitions must surrender to the truth at hand to get it right is a contradiction to act as tough as you’re fragile within but little lady, i know someday you’ll rest easy, easy in your own skin da da da da da da da da does your soul have a cold? rest easy, let it be known that the high and the low it don’t last forever, sweet chariot from the moment that you opened your eyes i knew i’d love you ‘til the day that i die we swing high we swing low but i’ll always be there, sweet chariot ba ba baba baba badada ba ba baba baba badada ba baba bababa bada being human is a rare condition even for you, my perfect little one just one false move, you’ll start believing you’re not so deserving of the ones that you most love this might sound strange but long after you suffer i bet you’ll miss the pain when it’s gone ‘cause every heartbreak brings you one step closer to the kind of person you’re truly deserving of does your soul have a cold? rest easy, let it be known that the high and the low it don’t last forever, sweet chariot from the moment that you opened your eyes i knew i’d love you ‘til the day that i die we swing high we swing low but i’ll always be there, sweet chariot does your soul have a cold? wise up, let it be known that the high and the low it don’t last forever, chariot chariot, chariot it won’t last forever, no chariot, chariot but i’ll always be there, chariot
7.
sha-la-la 03:28
me and my tokyo we go out walking walking the block sundown ‘til sun up dog and his mama collecting cans out by the freeway a girl and her best friend we don’t make a killing but it’s still a living to me sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la me and my tokyo we go out walking walking the block sundown ‘til sun up it’s only a burden when we think too much about his cup verses our cup their luck verses our luck then again what isn’t if you look hard enough, i say we don’t make a killing but it’s still a living to me sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la and in the morn when we go down to bed we snore so loud we could scare off the dead la-ya-ya-ya sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la me and my tokyo walking the block collecting cans sundown ‘til sun up greetings manhattan, you smell like the weekend we’ll get our paws dirty then cash all our chips in and out on the boardwalk the kids call you skinny but you just ignore them you’re the king of the city and we don’t need anyone to think we’re pretty guess i don’t need much if i got you, baby you and the big new york city skyline that’s all my kinda something ‘cause we don’t make a killing but hey, it’s still a living to me don’t make a killing but it’s still a living to me sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la to me sha-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la-la sha-la-la-la-la
8.
lilacs and perfume laces and linens the touch of a silken scarf on his head late in the evening when everyone’s sleeping he stands in the mirror and holds out his hands standing before him is a beautiful woman sharing his heartbeat, his almond shaped eyes his lips are a palette, his body a canvas these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life, this rose comes to life sometimes he dreams of red roses in summer imagines his wife like a child in the sun she says dear peter, i’ll now call you petra as petra’s the true name of the one that i love and when he awakens he still tastes the summer smells of daisies she braided like beads in his hair can’t tell her today, but we’ll tell her tomorrow for now it’s the hum of new hope in the air these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life these are the moments, these are the moments this rose comes to life, this rose comes to life
9.
if by chance or an accident a comet fell down on this fair continent golden embers fill the sky and cut through the tunnel between you and i armoires, footstools, grandfathers clocks parade down that river accepting their lots while old cowboys sit in their old cowboy towns dug deeper and deeper into the ground all is meaningless suddenly meaningless would you know to find me? when you don’t believe anything would you know to find me? when heaven comes down and if by some celestial plot we miss that whole showdown by one lucky shot inside a plane that soars so high we reach out our hands as the comet flies by and just like that we know it is done we have survived but the rest of them gone looking out at the celestial tomb all we once had of all we once knew just like that we are two lucky accidents would you know to find me? when you don’t believe in anything would you know to find me? when heaven comes down, down
10.
the stranger 04:08
when did it start when did it start to change when did i notice something was kinda strange you shuffle through the kitchen staring off, sipping at your cup where lies the difference between you and the one i loved ‘cause i’m staring at the light but i’m seeing darkness staring at the light but i’m seeing darkness who’s that taking my love hostage who’s that taking my love hostage must be a stranger standing in your place i can’t recognize a single word that you say it’s all upside down and i went to bed with a dozen roses went to bed with a dozen roses woke up they were dead and frozen woke up they were dead and frozen all the neighbors seemed to run away what did you do to them what did you say straight from a stranger’s mouth you’re not the anti-hero and this is not a film noir scene or so i’m meant to think, yeah or so i’ve been led to believe but what’s coming down the airwaves yeah, the floorboards are shaking again who’s flipping switches and who’s stopping up this dam ‘cause you’re yelling at the tv like the box is listening just pass the chicken when you’re done blowing up at me ‘cause you’re tossing in your sleep like a stranger in my dreams what’s the stranger look like are you lying right next to me ‘cause i don’t need no encore keep holding your bouquet i’m troubled by the worst of you my darling ‘cause i’m staring at the light but i’m seeing darkness staring at the light but i’m seeing darkness who’s that taking my love hostage who’s that taking my love hostage must be a stranger standing in your place i can’t recognize a single word that you say it’s all upside down and i went to bed with a dozen roses went to bed with a dozen roses woke up they were dead and frozen woke up they were dead and frozen all the neighbors seemed to run away what did you do to them, what did you say straight from a stranger’s mouth it’s straight from a stranger’s mouth it’s straight from a stranger’s mouth
11.
my old hope my pal my sometimes friend i was sure you’d gone and left me for dead remember when you said before you left last spring think more with your heart and less with your head my darling hope, my sometimes friend my old hope, my pal, where have you been i say luck is not enough when the wolves dig in in my darkest hours when the moths eat at both ends where am i to find you when my thoughts are just spiraling hope hope, my sometimes friend oh, my old hope, my record’s all worn down for years the same old songs until i barely made a sound since you’ve been away oh, my heart is black and blue don’t give up on me, no and i won’t give up on you hope, hope, hope, my sometimes friend
12.
you can tell me, i will understand try and break me, i’ll take it best i can you let me down dear time and time again but love always wins yeah love always wins you can tell me, i have not a tear ‘cause the more you hurt me i guess the more i know you care ‘cause nothing’s lawful in this lost affair but love always wins love always wins and if we’ve lost our chance to act like starry eyed young silhouettes skating cross the surface of the wind let your bruises show their colors i would never love another even if it makes no sense to bid i know in the end love always wins so, you’re the only one it hurts to feel just squeeze me harder and i’ll squeeze harder still, still, still i know you’re sorry, let’s wait it out until i know you’re sorry, let’s wait out, let’s wait it out i know you’re sorry, let’s wait it out until the night creeps in oh once again guess love always wins mmm, mmm

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sincerely, e was conceived of and recorded in singer-songwriter Elizabeth Ziman's living room as a way to try and reach beyond the isolated bubble of her home to connect with others, during quarantine. It was also a personal reckoning with solitude, helping her explore new layers of herself. This juxtaposition -- the anxiety of loneliness coupled with over stimulation, chaos and the urgency of numerous global crises converging -- is present in so much of her writing as she grappled with connection and existence.

sincerely, e showcases two sides of the same Elizabeth and the Catapult coin: thoughtfully peppered through the album are intimate, live, solo-piano songs that tremble, raw, with the intimacy of their making; the other half, songs that required a larger sound, fully display Ziman’s film scoring and composition background. Producing tracks from her home provided new opportunities to work remotely with a few talented friends and the decision to explore rhythm without percussion, proved to be a constraint that enabled her lyrics to properly breathe. With the desire to connect at the core of this collection of songs, lush background vocals prominently express sincerely, e’s “together, alone” sound - a symptom and product of the time in which she, and we, find ourselves.

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released March 5, 2021

Produced and engineered by Elizabeth Ziman
Co-production on “the muse” by Dan Molad
Additional engineering on “pop the placebo”, “thirsty” and “the stranger” by Alex Sherba
Mixing by Stephen Kaye on “birds and the bees”, “pop the placebo”,
“together, alone”, “hope, my sometimes friend” and “love always wins”
Mixing by Dan Molad on “the muse”, “thirsty”, “sweet chariot”, “sha-la-la”,
“this rose comes to life”, “apocalypse in A major” and “the stranger”
Mastered by Joe Lambert

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