The Heart of You - Anna Calvi

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The Heart of You Lyrics

There is a darkness
A heaviness that is concealed
Inside these boundaries
Inside a plain of frozen fields
There are no weapons
No sharpened blows to be sustained
No, only malice
And the tapping of the rain

But there's a dream I keep
In a world so dark and deep
The one true paradox
I'm terrified to meet
There's a dream I keep
I go in when I sleep
There's nothing they can do
No one will keep me from the heart of you

You are illicit
You are the shield against the fire
Of all that's hollow
Of all the bodies on the pyre

I am unshaken
I am the one who will appear
As a long rising sound
That trembles in your ear

But there's a dream I keep
In a world so dark and deep
The one true paradox
I'm terrified to meet
There's a dream I keep
I go in when I sleep
There's nothing they can do
No one will keep me from the heart of you

Oooh Til we hear the sound
Til we see the white horses
Oooh
It's gonna break me down
It's gonna break me down
Til we tear up the ground

I am unshaken
I am the one who will appear
As a long rising sound
That trembles in your ear

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Half Italian singer/guitarist Anna Calvi grew up being exposed to a multitude of genres of music by her music-loving father. According to the Suzanne and I Songfacts, she cites the classical composers Ravel and Debussy among her influences and her music has been described as "brooding melodramatic goth-pop."

At the age of 17 and after eschewing art school in favor of a music degree, Calvi began to learn her trade and started to assemble musical partnerships. In 2006, she met percussionist and harmonium player Mally Harpaz and later recruited drummer Daniel Maiden-Wood. Her initial gigs took place in and around London in late 2008 and 2009. The release of her debut single, "Jezebel," in the fall of 2010 was an electric cover version of the Edith Piaf standard.

The young Calvi soon captured the attention of Domino Records' boss Lawrence Bell after a glowing reference from former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones, who had witnessed one of Calvi's gigs in Manchester. Bell quickly signed her to his label. Ryder-Jones was not the only celebrity admirer of Calvi's, an acquaintance with the aforementioned Brian Eno similarly urged him to listen to this emerging talent. After hearing Calvi's raw and unplugged performances on The Attic Sessions (the early demos that she recorded on an 8-track in her parent's attic), the distinguished producer soon became her mentor and unofficial cheerleader.

Calvi entered Black Box Studios in France with the much-lauded producer Rob Ellis to record her self-titled debut album in 2010. Using vintage analog equipment, Calvi created a velvet Wall of Sound that justified the hype in the buildup to its 2011 release.

Her second album "One Breath" was released in October 2013. It was produced by John Congleton across two locations - Box Box Studios in France and Elmwood Recording Studios in Texas. The first single taken from the record was "Eliza".

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