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Ways to Move You

by Veronica Start

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1.
Chosen Ones 03:57
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CHOSEN ONES Remember the time When we were apart Nothing around but the sound of half of our hearts We are The chosen ones We’re virgins From the start of the silver moon up above We’re gravity bound but we float on an image of love Because The chosen ones will never get enough Was it your car or was it your clothes Maybe that beautiful diamond pierced through your nose Suppose The chosen ones aren’t really meant to Know about darkness whose blanket we trust It kisses our lips that eclipse all the sweet sighs of lust We must Be chosen ones We’re made of love and dust Remember all of the pretty words that you said In my bed We are chosen ones Don’t need to look ahead Was I just sleeping or am I still dead Where are your clothes and the dirty books that you read You said The chosen ones don’t ever have regrets about love Or the sorrow it leaves Were you in love or just Somewhere stuck in between Believe The chosen ones are still the last to see You’re such a soul shaker The magic is gone But when did it end Was I a fool just stuck in a world of pretend My friend Seems the ones that do the choosing are the men Remember all of the pretty words that you said In my bed We are chosen ones Don’t need to look ahead You know I promised I’d love you til the end And you said We are chosen ones Invincible
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Why the Sky 03:42
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WHY THE SKY Deep breath, OK Today is the day I’m gonna get it together I’m returning from the dead Through my muffled head I can hear you I wonder why the sky won’t fall down Are you the one that keeps it off the ground Are you the miracle, come to make me sober Are you the valiant fool, come to make me strong Wonderin’ why the sky (See the sun, it pokes) See the sun, it pokes through the sky Never ask how or wonder why You say, No way I’m the girl that’s gonna put you together I’m a burning Joan of Arc and through these ancient sparks I will heal you I wonder why the sky don’t fall down Are you the one that keeps it off the ground Wonderin’ why the sky (See the sun, it pokes) See the sun, it pokes through the sky Never ask how or wonder why
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Supersonic Wave 03:30
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SUPERSONIC WAVE I can’t take another day like this Without your steamin’ touch And your fever bliss You’re a straight shooter on a one way track I’m a roller coaster baby, better fasten your strap Come on in and wait for your instructions Hold on if you can Yeah babe I feel it comin’ on me Your love’s a supersonic wave The sky is crashin’ in around me (Fallin’) A lovin’ supersonic wave Baby why you wanna make me wait like this For your engine thrust And your screamin’ kiss You’re a straighter shooter You’re a straight shooter on a one way track It’s like a little death baby Yeah there’s no turnin’ back Come on in and wait for self destruction Hold on if you can Yeah baby feel it comin’ on me Your love’s a supersonic wave The sky is crashin’ in around me (Fallin’) A lovin’ supersonic wave I can’t believe I’m on a ride like this You know it’s been so long I don’t know what I missed You’re a super shooter I’m your holster pack That’s not a shot that you hear It’s my heart attack Hold on if you can Yeah babe I feel it comin’ on me Your love’s a supersonic wave The sky is crashin’ in around me (Fallin’) A lovin’ supersonic wave Yeah babe I feel it comin’ on me Your love’s a supersonic wave The sky is crashin’ in around me (Fallin’) A lovin’ supersonic wave Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah
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Mr. Ulterior 04:35
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MR ULTERIOR Cover me with veils of happy Cover me with smoke Cover your forced empathy With another joke Cover me with complimentary Samples of your love Did you think I wouldn’t notice You had to blow the dust off Keep me on your eggshell waiting For some light to spill Keep me here anticipating Like I always will You see my world, it’s getting smaller You’re so very smart Gee you’re lookin’ so much taller Standing on my heart Mr Ulterior You know I wanna be like you Mr Ulterior How do you sleep like you do No nasty feelings steering you ‘round Too much trouble just brings you down, oh Mr Ulterior Won’t you show me how Keep me on your eggshell waiting For some light to spill Keep me here anticipating Like I always will You see my world, it’s getting smaller You’re so very smart Gee you’re lookin’ so much taller Standing on my heart Mr Ulterior You know I wanna be like you Mr Ulterior How do you sleep like you do No nasty feelings steering you ‘round Too much trouble just brings you down, oh Mr Ulterior Won’t you show me how
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Save Me 05:13
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Save Me Driving In the rain Oh That's why she cries She'll get there soon High as the laughing moon Drink up the past The taste won't last but for a day Driving Is the pain Oh My mother cries One day soon Her smile will light the moon But she can't get past That empty glass inside her mind Save me, my baby I don't know where I am I don't believe I won't pretend to fight no more (repeat) Driving in the shame Oh Don't want to cry I'll curse the moon As I walk through the ruins Of all those days wasted away For fear to fly Save me, my baby I don't know where I am I don't believe I won't pretend to fight no more (repeat) Save me Save me I'm still a lonely child Whose sky crashed down, went spinnin' wild They thought I was too small to see All their faces who would be There to save me Save me Save me, my baby I don't know where I am I don't believe I won't pretend to fight no more Save me, my baby I don't know who I am I don't believe I won't pretend to fight no more Save me Save me
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Hard Song 05:19
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HARD SONG They were perfect days It used to go her way hey hey She had a perfect world A forever holiday She had her daddy’s money But it couldn’t save her anyway She hasn’t recognized him since her 17th birthday But we really shouldn’t talk about her now Cuz she went wrong They say it’s from that stuff she blew And everything that’s happening to her is A nursery song And it might get stuck in your head too Uh-oh, here she comes again Such a hard song To have to hear again She’s like a ghetto blaster playin her own top ten Uh-oh, don’t let her in your head She still has looks to spare with her Farrah hair, hey hey Without a shopping cart She doesn’t look the part of a crazy lady Now she’s trippin down main street In her own parade Got her own radio show And her favourites play all day But she doesn’t know you’re talkin to her now Cuz she went wrong She thinks that God makes mistakes too And everything she’s singing to her is A nursery song And it might get stuck in your head too Uh-oh, here she comes again Such a hard song To have to hear again She’s like a ghetto blaster playin her own top ten Uh-oh, don’t let her in your head We really shouldn’t talk about her now Cuz she went wrong She thinks that God makes mistakes too And everything she’s singing to her is A nursery song And it might get stuck in your head too Uh-oh, here she comes again Such a hard song To have to hear again She’s like a ghetto blaster playin her own top ten Uh-oh, don’t let her in your head
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Psychic Love 03:28
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PSYCHIC LOVE Falling down the watercade are Steaming drops of love we made I try to hold them but they seem to slip Trails of brilliant echoes climb up To the face you hide behind I can feel you lose your precious grip If you want to know me baby Show me some emotion Maybe when you’re psychic you can question all my notions Of love Just try, love You’ll find love This world’s not what you believe it to be Mm-mm-mm We are innocent and free Our eyes wet with uncertainty Reaching out but never looking in We can rise above it all Just look inside your crystal ball You’ll get there faster When you learn to swim If you think you know me baby Jump into my ocean Maybe when you’re psychic you can second my emotion Of love Just try, love You’ll find love This world’s not what you believe it to be Mm-mm-mm The ebb and flow of moon and tide Is more than murky shades of brine Umbilically tied by newborns blind I’m joined to yours like yours to mine If you think you know me baby Jump into my ocean Maybe when you’re psychic you can second my emotion When you’re feeling lonely baby Swim beneath my ocean Think you’d really like it Just give into devotion my love Just try, love You’ll find love This world’s not what you believe it to be Mm-mm-mm I know my heart It’s like a book Don’t be afraid to take a look I have a page that’s earmarked Just for you Just try, love You’ll find love This world’s not what you believe it to be
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Astrogirl 04:32
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ASTROGIRL Sleepytime is awake I can’t believe these wings are mine My thoughts, they look like strangers But act as if they know me They solidify, kiss me with their hands Oh I may never want to wake up Again But who is minding the store When astrogirl ain’t here no more Who is minding the store Without me Who is minding the store When astrogirl ain’t here no more Would you mind the store For me, baby? The top becomes the bottom My feet can’t touch the floor It may look as if I’m crashing but The walls turn into doors Those lullabies are meaning so much more Or maybe that’s what all this dreaming Is for But who is minding the store When astrogirl ain’t here no more Who is minding the store Without me Who is minding the store When astrogirl goes through that door Would you mind the store For me, baby?
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You're a Star 1999 03:57
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You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine through Livin’ in the darkness You think it’s gonna swallow your soul Oh, lonely darkness You need a light to find your way home That’s when I think of Ramona She’s the girl you can’t ignore Taught me to dance to the beat of the moment The only way to keep yourself warm You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine through Shine through Livin’ in the city So hard to find a lovin’ man And isn’t it a pity A love affair is only a one night stand But don’t you worry, Ramona Don’t you know we’ll always be friends You are the queen of your jungle baby No matter what this world says You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine through Shine through One day love’s gonna find you But will you you see it, still living in the past Just put that pain behind you And you get ready, cuz life ain’t built to last One day love’s gonna find you Ramona knows it don’t pay to be shy Don’t let their spotlight blind you You know the whole world is watchin’ Ain’t no time to ask why Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine and guide you You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are Forever shine through Shine through
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You're a Star - John Shepp Remix 05:09
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YOU’RE A STAR You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine through Livin’ in the darkness You think it’s gonna swallow your soul Oh, lonely darkness You need a light to find your way home That’s when I think of Ramona She’s the girl you can’t ignore Taught me to dance to the beat of the moment The only way to keep yourself warm You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine through Shine through Livin’ in the city So hard to find a lovin’ man And isn’t it a pity A love affair is only a one night stand But don’t you worry, Ramona Don’t you know we’ll always be friends You are the queen of your jungle baby No matter what this world says You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine through Shine through One day love’s gonna find you But will you you see it, still living in the past Just put that pain behind you And you get ready, cuz life ain’t built to last One day love’s gonna find you Ramona knows it don’t pay to be shy Don’t let their spotlight blind you You know the whole world is watchin’ Ain’t no time to ask why Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are forever shine and guide you You’re a star Be what you are Don’t let their spotlight blind you You’re a star Let what you are Forever shine through Shine through

about

Releasing my first and only album twenty years after its recording is the result of a twisted return to Vancouver in 2016. My mind still carefully navigates the corners of the past that turned me to now.

John Shepp was my partner in love and music for seven years during Vancouver’s glorious 90s. I was fortunate enough to be recording with him in the city’s first digital recording studio. (Yes, Pepperidge Farm remembers.) We ended our relationship amicably in 1999, yet the connection remained and the recordings felt safe. Honestly, I wasn’t thinking very far ahead at the time as I very preoccupied with beginning my life with a new partner in England.

With DJ culture firmly at the helm, England was a completely different musical planet to me. My Vancouver recordings were reflective of North American production themes but woefully out of touch for a UK/Euro market, driven by dance singles. For a UK re-invention, I selected “You’re a Star” as the most pop-friendly song in my little catalogue and the Star Mixes release became a reality, with more trance/house remixes to come. This became another trajectory entirely.

Now, 20 years later, I’m back in Vancouver, at the original corner. I realize I’d completely filtered out these origins of my own talent in favour of what I could become or what others could make me. The shiny, higher profile UK productions will always be one facet of my voice but now, it’s finally time to pay respect to the emerging vision.

Intensely personal and passionate, the songs on Ways to Move You prove to be a potent exploration on relationships, expectation, regret, addiction, and idealized devotion. I’m pleased to say I’m still the girl who wrote these songs, still reaching and growing but with much less regret and fewer questions.

The thrill of committing your writing to a recording and hearing the final mix remains unequaled. Feeling your songs come to life in unexpected ways is incredibly moving and even more so twenty years later. I hope that one of these songs finds its way to move you, too.


Veronica Start

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released January 1, 2019

words & music © 1999 Veronica Start. All rights reserved.
produced by John Shepp and Veronica Start
recorded at Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, Canada
mixed by John Shepp
vocals & programming by Veronica Start
programming & instrumentation by John Shepp

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