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Tip Of A Tiny Bell

by Tendon Levey

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(Oh, my teacher Do you see me Oh, the details Should I trust it So, my lover Is it happening Slow my dreaming Will I leap off Am I just a silly seeker Am I just a silly seeker) Ring on my Ring on my No, no Ring on my Ring on my No, no Ring on my Ring on my No, no Ring on my Ring on my No, no Soon, I... Soon, I... Soon, I... Soon, I... Why would you Come a couple years before You allowed The room inside your life for All the gifts I Would come to bring to you
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I finally found one who doesn′t laugh at me Cause I believe in a fantastic love You can call it [fairytales] but you must know what I call it The only kind of love I will accept Does anyone know what that is? Does anyone else know what that is? Does anyone know what that is? Oh anyone? They know what it is It's a reason to eschew people Back to their houses Everyone is smiling underneath their straight skin It′s my job to go find the ones who don't But they don't understand how I can see under their skin I may not be a psychic but I′m close Does anyone know what that is? Does anyone else know what that is? Anyone? Oh anyone
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The Low Part 01:09
No I won′t take the place of you No matter how much I enjoy myself It's not enough to live my life complete To love my life entirely No I won′t, no I can't If I had the chance to sing a song That happened to be between us as a couple No I won't, I can′t But if I ever had the chance I wouldn′t mind singing the low part
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Untruth 01:43
If I had love I would assume the best That is not true at all I would accuse you That′s not my fault, but that's not my fault That′s just how I am, that's just how I hound you If we had love we could work it out I'm not paranoid all the time That is untrue, that is untrue
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I’m doomed, uh huh I’m doomed, uh huh I’m doomed, uh huh I’m doomed, uh huh Are you? (I’m doomed, uh huh) Love is something (I’m doomed, uh huh) I wish to get (I’m doomed, uh huh) My hands around (Uh huh) I don’t recognize the feelings when they’re there But two years after that, I have a fit Because I know that I could have had a door To... this only normal goal of mine All I did is let my body grow tall All I did is let my body know Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon for my body Soon
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Spidora 00:44
Come and watch my love for evening Come and watch my love for evening I will only play for evening
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Work The Saw 01:54
Don’t you be surprised If I come and take you away That is a safe place to be I’m a tall clock Wednesdays, Thursdays Wind it up Surely that’s how no one else would be Don’t you be surprised If I come and show you my face You will know you’ve been talking to me, too Don’t you be surprised If I realized I did okay The only one that works the lock is you Down this backwards path Pat me down before I become A thin, evil beastie, too Taste my fondest tears If I come to comfort again Thinking we could work the saw I’d be the last to know If I figured out how I feel for you
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No Sun 03:21
No sun, no sun, no sun, no sun No sun, no sun, no sun, no sun Power and love and the sounds in my mind Power and love and the sounds in my mind The trials of love have come to end me on time The trials of love have come to end me on time
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Why do you keep running around All the time you spend with me Why do you keep running around All the time you spend with me Bees! Bees! Here in my house I watch Nothing can flatten me Here in my house I watch Nothing attached to me Hide in my home Die in my home
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Your rope I pull Your rope I pull If I have to go Would you come Could you follow close Come

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The thirty-eighth release from Tendon Levey.
All music, lyrics and artwork improvised and executed by Tendon.

“On the afternoon of December 31st, or New Years Eve, during which I had initially planned to commit suicide, I went for a nap to pass the time and to alleviate my nerves and this resulted in a meaningful dream. Within this dream I found myself in a dangerous military camp where I received a letter from Anita in which she assured me that she had not abandoned me and then urged me not to end my life. After waking from the dream I sat before my easel and painted what would become the cover of Tip of a Tiny Bell, and by the time I had completed my work it was already past midnight and my chance to end my life—at least by my preferred means—had passed me by.

Resolving to fight, if for the sake of fulfilling my promise to Anita, I spent the month of January analyzing and researching my condition and trying to get a handle on what was happening to me. My search parameters (having to do with ‘frequent choking’ and ‘throat tightness’) yielded to results having to do with ‘globus’, which was most often associated with somatization and conversion disorder—meaning that anxiety was considered a common culprit behind throat-related ailments. And as difficult as it was for me to believe that this could all be chocked up to something so simple, I couldn’t deny that my past year had been one of unfathomable stress which had already done a number on my body and mind and, all in all, I suppose that I was relieved to think that it could all be within my control, not requiring some horrid and invasive surgery. I consequently decided against medical attention in the belief that I would be able to get everything under control on my own by managing my anxiety and improving my nutrition. Unable to consume solid food, I started drinking several nutrition shakes daily. Some of the symptoms from the winternecine ended up clearing up over time as my nutrition improved and, while still a long way off from baseline, I felt myself hopeful for the first time in what seemed like an eternity.” - an excerpt from The Songs and Symbols of Tendon Levey.

The title was used as an expression of hope, like the first rays of the sun peaking over the horizon following a long, dark night.

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released January 23, 2010

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Tendon Levey

Private, diarial recording project of reclusive occultist Choir “Tendon” Leviyey recorded over a period of four years (August 2007-June 2011) and disrupted by vocal injury. Finally released to the public for the first time in 2017 to commemorate the project’s ten year anniversary. Please visit bit.ly/leviyey and bit.ly/leviyeytwo for more. ... more

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