1. |
One Life
04:11
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One Life
(©2021 Anders/O’Bitz)
No blood of mine
But heart so fine
Now our own line
Flows so fine
Hold tight
My wife
Please stay close
Our life
One life
Don’t let go
The real’s in time
The end is nigh
Now’s our life
Before bells chime
Hold tight
My wife
Please stay close
Our life
One life
Don’t let go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Hold tight
My wife
Please stay close
Our life
One life
Don’t let go
Our life
One life
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2. |
Not At One (Revisited)
03:48
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Not At One
(Anders/Bohm ©2002)
Frame it as an ordinary view
Yet every time
I turn away
Something ... comes into view
It's nothing ... without you
It's hard to say ... anything
I'm not at one with many things
It's all out of focus as I sing
Taken back by all of this that's new
It's bound to break
If I fall
Something ... seems so true
It's nothing ... without you
I can't recall
The very thing
I'm not at one with many things
It's all out of focus as I sing
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Your leaving has split me into two
You held me so
Then turned away
Something ... comes into view
It's nothing ... without you
It's hard to say ... anything
I'm not at one with many things
I'm not at one with many things
Am I at one with anything?
It's all out of focus as I sing
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3. |
Family Song
03:58
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Family Song
(Anders, O’Bitz 2016)
Welcome new love and son
Welcome into my world
My world, now our world with our son
His world and ours are one
Three worlds as one
Welcome, welcome little one
Welcome to the world
Much more than three worlds plus one
Much more our new girl
More our new world
Hey, let’s get ready for our ride
Know I’ll try to be there by your side
Hey, one for all and all for one
Love to all of you
Family song
Welcome another little one
Love this gift to our song
Now Lilah, Finn and Evelyn
Play together all as one
We are five all as one
Hey, let’s get ready for our ride
Know I’ll try to be there by your side
Hey, one for all and all for one
Love to all of you
Family song
Hey family song
Hey family song
Family song
Hey, Hey
I love you so
Every one
Hey
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4. |
Set Our Fate
03:19
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Set Our Fate
(Anders/O’Bitz 2017)
We had a child
Was such good fortune
But for so long
Had to wait
Times were so hard
Heads bent low
Then on the floor once
But have our struggles gone away
Now that child
Didn’t live good fortune
Our pressured hopes
Set his fate
His times were hard
Head bent low
Below the floor once
Seems his struggles were here to stay
Had a child
He was our hope
He felt alone
That set his fate
Our haunted child
Of pressured hopes
Oh, that set his fate
They had a child
Was such good fortune
But for so long
They had to wait
I was that child
Of pressured hopes
Head on the floor once
My struggles thriving to this day
Was that child
I was their hope
But felt alone
That set my fate
A haunted child
Of pressured hopes
Oh, set my fate
Was that child
I was their hope
But felt alone
That set my fate
Then had a child
Of pressured hopes
Oh, now we know
What set our fate
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5. |
Wearily (Revisited)
04:04
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Wearily
(©2002 Anders/O’Bitz)
He is hers
He knows she is his
He’ll never forget
But it’s bedtime now
She tucks him in
Such a tired boy
Wearily
He watches on
As she closes
His bedroom door
Don’t go … away
Not now
Let me hear again
How you love me … so
And after time
He’s a grown man now
With so many lovers he lies
Still he believes
He can reach it
Wearily
He watches on
As his lovers
Let him down
Don’t go … away
Not now
Let me hear again
How you love me … so
The bittersweet years
Of his long marriage
He traded comfort for reaching it
But he is hers
He knows she is his
He’ll never forget
Wearily
He watches on
As they lower
Her body down
Don’t go … away
Not now
Let me hear again
How you love me … so
Wearily
He watches on
Wearily
He watches on
Oh oh
Oh
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6. |
Above Below
04:07
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Above Below
(©2019 Anders/O’Bitz)
From above
Can’t see the way
Can’t find a way to love or play
Who stays above
Judges away
Will judge away both love and play
Love and play
Above below
Two will be no one
Can’t see the love
Can’t find their way
I’ve known some
Said they find their way
Above below did win the day
They lost their way
From below
Can’t see the way
Can’t find a way to love or play
Who stays below
Are judged that way
To keep the judge above always
Above always
Above below
Two will be no one
Can’t find their love
Can’t find their way
I’ve known some
Said they find their way
Above below did win the day
They lost their way
Above below
Two will be no one
Can’t find a love
Can’t find a way
I’ve known some
Said they find their way
Above below did win the day
They lost their way
They lost their way
They lost their way
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7. |
Down the Southbound
02:32
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Down the Southbound
(2017 Anders, O’Bitz)
Trying to stay
Not leave my place
Down the southbound
It pulls me away
Headlong
Down the southbound
Time to stay
Hell awaits
It’s taking me from
Time to wait
I’ll stay home
I can’t stay
With them today
Down the southbound
Sliding away
Away from my home
Down the southbound
Time to stay
Hell awaits
It’s taking me from
Time to wait
I’ll stay home
Break
Time to stay
Hell awaits
It’s taking me from
Time to wait
I’ll stay home
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8. |
Young Eyes
03:33
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Young Eyes
(©2002 Anders/O'Bitz)
Lookin' back on the early years
Not seeing much at all
Wondering if I could make it clear
No …
She was a real beauty then
Seemed so sure of it all
And like a real superman
Seemed he never would fall
With my young and straining eyes
I was looking out to find
All there was that was mine
Fearing the loss
So much of what I've had
To overcome
Settled into their raising ways
He was rarely at home
When he was it's a workin' day
Oh …
She did her best to keep order then
There's too many that's all
Well we all had our time demands
No, never enough
With my young and straining eyes
I was looking out to find
All there was that was mine
Fearing the loss
So much of what I've had
To overcome
Am I lookin' back in vain
No not at all
I see now they weren't the same
As what I saw
As what I saw
With my young and straining eyes
I was looking out to find
All there was that was mine
Fearing the loss
So much of what I've had
To overcome
So much of what I've had
To overcome
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9. |
Our Load
04:24
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Our Load
(©2021 Anders/O’Bitz)
Should I know about some life
Comes after all we’ve done
Should I know about some Kingdom come
Should I know any different from
What’s been told us all along
Should I know any freedom from
Our load is to carry forth
On some path that’s way too long
Our load is to hear the cries
All daughters and all sons
Our load is a soul to come
After all is said and done
Our load is to lose it all
And love the loss we’ve won
Should I know somethin’ wise
After all is said and done
Should I know about the other ones
Should I know any difference from
The same that we’ve become
Should I know any freedom from
Our load is to carry forth
On some path that’s way too long
Our load is to hear the cries
All daughters and all sons
Our load is a soul to come
After all is said and done
Our load is to lose it all
And love the loss we’ve won
Loss we’ve won
Oh to love the loss
Love the loss we’ve won
Love always leads to loss
After all is said and done
Said and done
Our load is to carry forth
On some path that’s way too long
Our load is to hear the cries
All daughters and all sons
Our load is a soul to come
After all is said and done
Our load is to lose it all
And love the loss we’ve won
Loss we’ve won
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Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more
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