"And her songs, as well as her piano playing, seem to reflect an earthiness and passion for the visceral moments of life that define what makes us all human."
-Bennington Banner
"Facciolo wants to show her true self on this album and it shows."
-Divide and Conquer
"Her first album, Dear House, is a brilliantly written set of soulful songs about home & family, sadness & joy - it invites listeners into the hearth of Siena’s heart, and it absolutely does not hold back."
-Musicians of Rochester
"The songs, each presented in a fairly slow pace, are like sonatinas with words."
-The Times Argus
LYRICS
DEAR HOUSE
these wooden floors have held our weight,
they’ve heard our fears
and the love we create lines the ancient doors,
which tend to be so near
our house resting strong, on the hill all along
wears its heart out, wears its heart out
outside these windows snow piles high,
everything is calm
and the house begins to sigh as the stillness grows,
kneeling in a psalm
our house resting strong, on the hill all along
didn’t mean to be here, didn’t mean to be here
I know my mother through the sound of her feet
treading
I know my father from the echo of his sun
sets
I know you from the breathing of your space,
from the way your walls feel
and Dear House, Inside of you we rest,
Inside of you we kneel.
our house resting full, on the hill all along
didn’t mean to be here, didn’t mean to be here
constructed alive and left behind,
stillness and stains and giving.
the lifetimes flash by and rewinding
joyful and growing we live!
our house resting strong, on the hill all along
wears its heart out, wears its heart out
our house resting strong, on the hill all along
wears its heart out, wears its heart out
WE CRY
save me, I cannot breath
in this world, we cannot see.
uncover the stains in our carpets, we pray we don’t find ourselves.
hoping and waiting for something worth begging for:
aren’t we all beggars here?
begging for change, straining our race
taking no chances, bone-dry romances with ourselves
this feels like captivity, but what are we meant to be?
staring ahead at blank infrared,
we cry, we cry, we cry, we cry.
prisoner of society:
what’s that? who do you want to be?
layered between the despair find your dreams go nowhere, funny.
buying and turning on shit we don’t really want:
what do we want, anyway?
maybe it’s change, straining our race
taking no chances, bone-dry romances with ourselves
this feels like captivity, but what are we meant to be?
staring ahead at blank infrared,
we cry, we cry, we cry, we cry.
just sit back.
they’ll figure it out for us.
don’t freak out.
this riddle is not dangerous, dangerous.
this feels like captivity, but what are we meant to be?
staring ahead at blank infrared,
we cry, we cry, we cry, we cry.
HOUSE IN A FIELD
I don’t know where you came from
but I know where you’re going
we’ll build a house in a field
beside the river flowing
you may be oceans away,
all the more reason to say:
you can go anywhere, and I’ll go with you
you could be anywhere, and I’d be home too.
no matter where, I really don’t care
I’ll be home with you.
help me to learn to be loved
show me that loving is easy with a good man
I’ll teach you all that I know
seeing the one who sees me
you may be oceans away,
all the more reason to say:
you can go anywhere, and I’ll go with you
you could be anywhere, and I’d be home too.
no matter where, I really don’t care
I’ll be home with you.
no matter where, I really don’t care
I’ll be home with you.
MORNING
stumbling down the stairs, I chase the silence to your smile
we sit in a pool of kitchen sunlight, and sip green tea for awhile
the stillness surrounds us, becoming our song
the morning unfolds, and we don’t have long
our mugs grow lighter, and our laughs are fuller
with a few kisses, we relive this moment over and over again
the world is our oyster, we have so much to do
as we sit here in the morning
no need for words, we listen to the morning
we don’t need frills, we just need the stillness
but I know, the gold in the sunlight won’t last
in a blink, morning will pass
make the moment freeze, I have no other melody
every second counts, but we have all the happiness that we need
maybe someday we’ll think back to the sunlight
our beautiful memory of the morning
no need for words, we listen to the morning
we don’t need frills, we just need the stillness
but I know, the gold in the sunlight won’t last
in a blink, morning will -
everyday I feel free
your embrace is all I need
I am so damn happy
everything is harmony
we’re still here, just you and me
stumbling down the stairs, I chase the silence to your smile
we sit in a pool of kitchen sunlight, and sip green tea for awhile
the stillness surrounds us, becoming our song
the morning unfolds, and we don’t have long
LOVE ME RIGHT
take your time, take your fight
all that’s left to do is kiss until we bite
take your cool, cool eyes, and your February hair
oh, you love me right
take my mind, flip it upside down
one of us is lost, one of us is found
take your cool, cool eyes, and your February hair
oh, you love me right
show me, don’t own me
hold me, don’t need me
make me sigh, make me stir
not gonna waste my time, so show me what you’re worth
take your time, take your fight
all that’s left to do is love me right
METEOR
sit with me
gaze into space
can you feel
the stars embrace
stay with me
on the bridge
blankets up
to the edge
of our faces
of our chins
breathing places
you’ve never been
I know, I know you
I know, I know it’s hard
the meteor may never come,
but there are songs yet to be sung
the meteor is slow to fall,
but you and I talk through it all
take in
the night sky
as it bows
its head to cry
walking past
the morning birds
they understand
how much it hurts
to know you can’t
go back and change
who you were
or who you hurt
I know, I know you
I know, I know it’s hard
the meteor may never come,
but there are songs yet to be sung
the meteor is slow to fall,
but you and I talk through it all
I know it’s sad
but have no fear
I know it’s sad
but I’m here
we’ll lift up
our heads tonight
and won’t look back
on who we might have been
I know, I know you
I know, I know it’s hard
the meteor may never come,
but there are songs yet to be sung
the meteor is slow to fall,
but you and I talk through it all
BITTERSWEET
I love you, and I haven’t a clue what to say
these words are true, this feeling isn’t going away
why can’t I make believe we’re through?
please let me do it over.
I would give anything for you
please say it isn’t over.
I guess you’re the one who never cared, and always knew just what to do
why you chose the separation (when you know I love you so),
I will never know
‘cause anytime you’re on my mind,
yeah it’s a bittersweet symphony
I cannot set myself free
‘cause yesterday I realized I lost myself in your eyes
and baby you’d find it harder to breathe
without you, there is no me
I guess my heart is bound to melt into your tender touch
yeah I think about you all the time, I think about you way too much
(but you will never know)
what happens when you think about me?
is it a bittersweet symphony?
have you tried to set yourself free?
‘cause if you took the time to see you lost yourself inside of me
then baby you’d find it harder to breathe
without you there is no
bittersweet symphony
I cannot set myself free
‘cause yesterday I realized I lost myself in your eyes
and baby you’d find it harder to breathe
without you I can’t be me
DRAGON
I always imagined you as a dragon
who fell from grace
always insisting on dragging your violence
across the floor
give me your shoulders I’ll keep them from sagging
give me your sadness I’ll stumble around it
bearing it
when you wake up, I’ll still be here living in fear of your fire
when I wake up, I’ll find me hiding from everything I should be
and you’re not
what do you mean you’re hungry again?
you’re never full
ask for a morsel and I’ll give you ten
appeasing you
don’t you remember that winter we spent?
going mad
starving and broken and not knowing when
to feel again
when you wake up, I’ll still be here living in fear of your fire
when I wake up, I’ll find me hiding from everything I should be
and you’re not
I always imagined you as a dragon
who fell from grace
always insisting on dragging your violence
across my face.
PHISH FOOD
I wanna be your first bite of Phish Food
I wanna be your constant good mood
I wanna be there when you’re feeling blue
I wanna be there when the Red Sox lose
fly with me, be the side of me I’m still discovering
share your life with me, and your kiss will be the only thing I’ll ever need
so I’ll be soundtrack to your words
I’ll share the pain when it hurts
I’ll build a house inside your heart
green shutters keep out the dark
and if the ground gets colder now,
I’ll be by your side to let your heart thaw
just believe in me, and I’ll never let you down
‘cause I believe in you, oh won’t you stay around?
and fly with me, be the side of me I’m still discovering
share your life with me, and your kiss will be the only thing I’ll ever need
so I am your sweetest melody
and you are my favorite harmony
I nestle my heart in your hands
ask me to run and we’ll begin
to fly, fly, fly with me
fly, fly, fly with me
ALL OF THESE YEARS
she’s not a queen
but she’s got the world at her fingertips
I see her running towards me, a little girl, just a little girl
grass in between our toes
we play among the tall trees, tall trees.
she holds my hand
and speaks with a voice that can carry me
through all the broken frames, she understands, she understands
growing up never comes easy
it never goes as planned, she taught me to stand.
I’ll be here with my fear of darkness and baby dolls
she’ll pretend that she doesn’t need me, but through the walls
I can hear her crying,
I can feel her tears, all of these years, all of these years.
she takes the stage
letting her hair flow freely down
she carves the air with her fingers, a woman now, a woman now
she paints my days just by living
we’ll take on the world we see, my sister and me.
I’ll be here with my colored pencils and lost loves
She’ll pretend that she doesn’t need me, but through the walls
I can hear her crying,
I can feel her tears, all of these years, all of these years.
I’ll be here for her, always have been, since we were young
no pretending, we’ll stick together, forget the walls
we can cry together, I can feel the years
my sister dear, my sister dear
we can cry together, I can feel the years
my sister dear, I love you, Dear.
MOM SONG (look for it on the next album)
tuck me in and turn off the light
pull the blankets to my chin
snuggle in with the night
but there's something else I wanna say
oh, mom come back in
oh, I gotta question
why can't I sleep, why can't I sleep, why can't I sleep now?
why is the sky so blue?
why do you try to tell the truth?
why do the waves escape my feet and
are you proud of me?
drop me off at my first day of school
you look right into my face
everyone here seems so cool
the playground is a scary place
oh, mom come back in
oh, I gotta question
how do I play, how do I play, how do I play now?
how do I find a friend?
will you be here when school ends?
why are these people so sure of themselves and
are you proud of me?
you look up when I come home and cry
ask me what is wrong
I sob and say its a guy
and say I wanna be alone
oh, mom come back in
oh, I gotta question
how do I love, how do I love, how do I love now?
why am I so confused?
why do I want to kiss him?
why did he make me do those things and
are you proud of me?
you've always known everything to be known
you've always known what to say when everything comes to pieces
oh, how do I tell you?
oh, mom I got something to say
you're the best in my life, best in my life, best in my life now
you're the strongest I've known, strongest I've known, strongest I've known now
look at this whole wide world
look at me now, I'm ready to take it on
you've shown me what it's like to be loved
now let me go out, and see what I can do
oh, mom come back in
oh, thank you for being you
© 2019 by Siena Facciolo