Everything Comes With a Price

by Phoebe Silva

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an elderly man in a turban
stared right through my very soul
foretold of my future and saw through my past
told me good fortune would be mine at last

there's two men that love you
but only one who captures your fancy said he
I nodded my head and he smiled and said
now will you please pay my fee?

see the magic was free
but we've got mouths to feed
and wise is worth far more than nice
and everything comes with a price

my heart opened wide as the ocean
after my last great despair
the music I played was my lighthouse
it drew you to me and you made a home there

I had room for a while in the warmth of my smile
and the softness that cradled your head
but the weather turned blue and the ocean ran dry
and you made a cage of my bead

see the magic was free
but then you got greedy
and wise is worth far more than nice
and everything comes with a price

I've wandered the plains and the deserts
I've wondered out loud at the sky
if love's truly free then what's draining me
the answer it came from inside

we think that we're owed something special
we put faith in the stories of old
but the game's an illusion and love is the truth
and truth can't be something we're sold

see the magic's in loving and loving is free
but try to possess it and it always flees
you couldn't bribe me so you tried to buy me
and since you can't love me you'll get no more of me
and wise is worth far more than nice
and everything comes with a price

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released November 21, 2020
Written by Phoebe Silva
Produced by Bryan Dedlow + Phoebe Silva
Mixed by Bryan Dedlow
Mastered by AJ Pillette, Biscuit Town Studios

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Phoebe Silva Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles based indie artist Phoebe Silva blends classic American songwriting influences with a contemporary folk-pop sensibility. A multi-instrumentalist and powerful vocalist, she evokes comparisons to artists including Linda Ronstadt, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Fiona Apple, Ingrid Michaelson, Haley Reinhart, Lily Allen and Gwen Stefani.

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