Alice Phoebe Lou

thumb|Alice Phoebe Lou at Rocken am Brocken 2022 Alice Phoebe Lou (born 19 July 1993) is a Berlin-based South African singer-songwriter. She has released three EPs and four studio albums. In December 2017 her song "She" from the film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story was included on the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song. Lou spent her childhood on west coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa and attended a Waldorf school. Song lyrics Written by Alice Phoebe Lou, unless otherwise noted And there is a place where we one day will delveWhere there's no more walking on eggshellsWhere ideas are for free, oh it's the place to beYour great mind's no longer the minorityI'll see you there with your hands in the airWhere the canvas is bareAnd there's no more despair...and I'll see you there Berlin Blues, Track 1 on Momentum - EP (2014) thumb|I swim out of the window and into the night, I am smiling... I am glowing from inside But don't leave that fiery heart behindTake it along for the rideAnd don't leave that fiery mind behindTake it along for the ride And...I'll have to say fair well so long Fiery Heart, Fiery Mind, Track 3 on Momentum - EP (2014) She looked out out to the horizonShe didn't have much left to seeGreed had taken the trees awayGreed had taken the bees away ...She looked up to where there should've been stars She, Track 9 on Live at Funkhaus (2016) Oh society... You took it away from meWhen you brainwashed me with formulas of how I should beShaped me and raped me of my individualitySchooled me and fooled meTold me what I could and could not seeTook me and shook meOf my urges to be free Orbit, Track 2 on Orbit (2016) Music came back to your earsAnd you danced and you dancedFor all of the yearsYou’d forgotten howTo live for the now Haruki, Track 5 on Orbit (2016) It's all liesAnd my limbs have danced for the Amsterdam sunriseWith not one restriction and not one disguiseMonotony is what I despiseIntegration to society would be my demiseIt's all lies Amsterdam, Track 7 on Orbit (2016) Days move on and times they changeIn a blink of an eye things rearrangeWe're movingWe're sucked in and we're spat outOn the other side of the rabbit holeBut we find our wayFind our wayDo you want to be just a machine in this crazy society?Pick the lockGrab the reignsForget there ever were chains'Cause there never were chains Orbit, Track 8 on Orbit (2016) I stand here with all my loveUncover the windowsLet in the lightGrab the hand that's reaching out...This world can cater for us allWhen the sun rises, it rises for us all Paper Castles, Track 10 on Orbit (2016) On days you'd sail awayI would try to find my own wayOn days you'd sail awayI would try to find my own way home Drive By, Track 1 on Sola - EP (2017) The moon was full and it left me howlingMy head was spinning and my heart was growlingI received crimson stains on my sheets that morningThe world felt big and the tides were moving My Outside, Track 2 on Sola - EP (2017) I saw you throw your hands in the air and say a prayerYour eyes closed, your nose breathing in the salty airThere was nothing you could do to make me love you anymore Ocean, Track 4 on Sola - EP (2017) All you had to do was see meReally see meRecognize the workings of my mindAnd then touch meLike something holyAnd then touch meLike something that is now but could never beSomething Holy, Track 6 on Paper Castles (2018) Oh, remind me of your name againAs you take me on that train againBack to the pavements that we walked, and walkedOh, the drugs that made us talk and talkAnd I'll take you dancing, I'll take you round and roundI'll lead you to the hilltops, and I'll take you on the groundNostalgia, Track 2 on Paper Castles (2019) Every plant given life by His handsEvery stone placed to build pathways in the sandThere was a magical feeling surrounding that landA mystical feeling surrounding that landFynbos, Track 5 on Paper Castles 2019 I've got so much to sayAnd yet nothing comes closeTo the way we communicateWhen we don't say a wordI hear you clearly without soundsOh, I don't need these ears when you're aroundUnderworld, Track 1 on Child’s Play (2021) There's an empty space whеre you once offerеd yourself to meMy mom knows I'll be alright, but she'll be glad I'm homeShe's always casting spells for meKeeping guard for me, working hard for meI swim out of the window and into the nightI am smiling, I am screaming, I am glowing from inside Glow, Track 2 on Glow'' (2021) External links Category:Singer-songwriters from South Africa Category:Women from South Africa Category:Women singers Category:Women songwriters Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Women guitarists