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Talking Loud

by Ajay Mathur

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SOONER OR LATER 03:35
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SOONER OR LATER (Mathur / von Wyl) You've been the owner of a broken heart. It hurt to be deserted. Someone tore you all apart. You never knew the right words to say. That's just what you expected. Until you threw your past away. Sooner or later. Gonna come and save ya. Gonna love you all night long. Get you strong. Sooner or later. Love will come to save ya. Live inside you a whole life long. Keep you strong. Now you're the master of your open heart 'cause of all that you've accepted. From the only place to start. Sooner or later. Love will come and save ya. Gonna love you a whole life long. Keep you strong. You don't know where your broken heart is. You don't know where your broken heart is. You don't know where your broken heart is. You don't know where your broken heart is. You don't know where your broken heart is. You don't know where your broken heart is. You don't know where your broken heart is now! Sooner or later. Love will come and save ya. Gonna love you a whole life long. Keep you strong. Sooner or later. Love will come and save ya. Sooner or later. Love will come and save ya.
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REAL 03:40
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REAL (Mathur / von Wyl) Hey, seems like I have known you so long. Telling stories now, sharing memories how we've been dealing with our lives. And I want to tell you something. There is something you got to know. I am real, I am real. You can look into my eyes. You can walk with me. I am real, I am real. You can feel my hands are warm. You can talk to me. But I want to ask you something. There is something I need to know. Are you real? Hey, sometimes it seems I don't know you at all. Faking stories now, making memories how we're wishing, we could build our lives. And I want to tell you something. There's something you got to know. I am real, I am real. You can look into my eyes. You can walk with me. But I want to ask you something. There is something I need to know. And I want to tell you something. There's something you got to know. I am real, I am real. You can look into my eyes. You can walk with me. I am real, I am real. You can feel my hands are warm. You can talk to me. But I want to ask you something. There is something I need to know. Are you real?
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DON'T WANT THE PHONE TO RING 04:16
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DON'T WANT THE PHONE TO RING (Mathur / von Wyl) It's Sunday morning. Churchgoers on the street. But I'm still wrapped up in blankets. I'm trying to warm up my cold feet. Lately I'm thinking. Must be something more than this. I've been trying so hard to fit in. It's a game of hit and miss. For all that you know. It's all just a show. I may be more than a million miles away. I don't want the phone to ring. Feeling better where I am now. I don't want the phone to ring. I don't want the phone to ring. Come Monday evening. Sky is pouring down with rain, yeah. Just skipping around all the puddles. I am with myself again, yeah, yeah. For all that you know. It's all just a show. I may be more than a million miles away. I don't want the phone to ring. Feeling better where I am now. I don't want the phone to ring. I don't want the phone to ring. I've been mistaken for somebody else now. How can it be, it can't be me. 'Cause I'm a million miles away. I don't want the phone to ring. Feeling better where I am now. I don't want the phone to ring. I don't want the phone to ring.
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AIN'T GOING NOWHERE 03:53
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AIN'T GOING NOWHERE (Mathur / von Wyl) You know that I love you. You know that I care. All the time we try to move on but we ain't going nowhere from here. You know that I need you. You know that I do. Something 'bout you I keep holding on to and I ain't going nowhere from here. No I ain't going nowhere from here. Don't you know that it's your love that keeps me running too. Around the wall that you're building that I can't break through. You know you're my dream, girl. You know that it's true. Every morning I wake up without you I know I ain't going nowhere from here. No ain't going nowhere from here. Don't you know that it's your love I keep running to. Move in circles all around you while you play it cool. If you look away too long. Turn around and I'll be gone. 'Cause we ain't going nowhere, ain't going nowhere from here. Hey! While you're twisting your hips. Gonna give you the slip. I'm moving out to live in my own story. While you're shaking your head. Gonna climb out of bed. I'll be out the door, down the road, I'll be free. And you'll be sorry. No I ain't going nowhere from here. Don't you know that it's your love I keep running to. Acting like you are my lover while I play the fool. Don't you look away too long. You'll turn around and I'll be gone. 'Cause I ain't going nowhere, ain't going nowhere from here. No I ain't going nowhere, ain't going nowhere from here. No I ain't going nowhere, ain't going nowhere from here.
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TALKING LOUD 03:14
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TALKING LOUD (Mathur / von Wyl) Drive (drive). Talking loud 'cause nobody hears you when you hide (hide). There's something' wrong with the way you're thinkin 'bout your pride (pride). Hangin' on to the people that you're thinkin' are your tribe (tribe). I'll tell you this! There is nothing wrong with you (says who). Nothing like it seems. What have you got to prove? Just take one for the team. Could you be right or wrong? Say just what you mean. Spend your life believing that there's something wrong with you. Maybe it's your pride (pride). Hangin' on to the people you're thinking are your tribe (tribe). Talking loud 'cause nobody hears you when you hide (hide). There's something wrong in the way you're thinking 'bout your pride (pride). I'll tell you this. There must be something wrong with you (it's true). You're not what you seem. You don't even try to move. And take one for the team. You could be right or wrong. Say just what you mean. Spend your time on dreamin' that there's nothing wrong with you. Maybe it's your drive. Everyone knows about you (hide). No one knows who you are (tribe). Maybe you dream about it. Spend your life believing, that you're a superstar! Ha ha ha... yeah! Maybe it's your drive (drive). Talkin' loud 'cause nobody hears you when you hide (hide). There's something' wrong in the way you're thinkin' 'bout your pride (pride). Hangin' on to the people that you're thinkin' are your tribe (tribe). I'll tell you this! Spend your time on dreamin' that there's nothing wrong with you. Maybe it's your drive! Everyone knows about you (hide). No one knows who you are (tribe). Maybe you dream about it. Spend your life believing, that you're a superstar. Maybe it's your drive. Drive! Maybe it's your drive. Drive! Maybe it's your drive. Maybe it's your drive. Drive! Maybe it's your drive.
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ANYTIME AT ALL 04:27
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ANYTIME AT ALL (Mathur) Any time at all, I'll be there, I'll be by your side. She could hear the sound of voices. She could hear the cry in vain. Paralyzed, her body numb and cold. She could feel a lifeline fading. And a crowd of lookers on. Inside her head his words kept coming back. Any time at all, he said, all you gotta do is call. And I'll be there, I'll be by your side, yeah. Any time at all, my love, all you gotta do is call. Forever girl, I'll be by your side. Yeah any time at all. Any time at all, yeah, yeah. All you gotta do is call. Any time at all. Love had died within a second. As he bowed his head to sign. Insanity had feigned a lethal mind. In an aftermath of silence. She had kissed her open world goodbye. All over now, yet she couldn't cry. Any time at all, he said, all you gotta do is call. And I'll be there, I'll be by your side. Any time at all, my love, all you gotta do is call. Forever girl, I'll be by your side. Any time at all
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STOP THE SHAME 03:38
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STOP THE SHAME (Mathur / von Wyl) Is there a way we could stop the shame we're feeling every day? If there's a way, I could ease the pain you're feeling day to day. In the cities cold at night. Holding back the things that you should say. Pass the fortune forward. Filling up the hats that beg for change. Take away the hunger. Tell me why it always feels so strange. Talking 'bout another human, not so different than you and me. Is there a way we could stop the shame we're feeling every day? Out in the alleyways It's loneliness that keeps us company. After all the years we've spent. Still don't know that nothing comes for free. Pass the fortune forward. Filling up the hats that beg for change. Take away the hunger. Tell me why it always feels so strange. Talking 'bout another human, not so different than you and me. Is there a way we could stop the shame we're feeling every day? So many questions and the answers they are clear. But we don't look, we just walk away. Down on the streets there are voices we don't hear. But they're loud enough to carry us away. Pass the fortune forward. Filling up the hearts that beg for change. Take away the hunger. Tell me why it always feels so strange. Talking 'bout another human, not so different than you and me. Is there a way we could stop the shame we're feeling every day? If there's a way, I could ease the pain you're feeling day to day. Ease the pain you're feeling day to day. Stop the shame we're feeling every day
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I NEED YOU NOW 03:17
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I NEED YOU NOW (Mathur) I wanna hold you, I want you by my side, I got feelings for you I can no longer hide. it's been a long time, and now I'm back again, can't stop me now, this love will never end. I need you now, like a little child. The way you touch my soul, I'll never let you go. Wo wo wo wo wo.... I need you now, I need you now. Wo wo wo wo wo... I need you now, I need you now. I need you now, like a little child. The way you touch my soul, I'll never let you go. I need you now, so come and take my hand. I'm runnin' out of control, never let me go. Oh yeah! A celebration, I wish you all the best, let's come together, bring love and happiness. I need you now, just like a little child. The way you touch my soul, I'll never let you go, yeah, yeah! I need you now, so come and take my hand. I'm runnin' out of control, never let me go. I need you now, so come and take my hand. I'm runnin' out of control, never let me go. Yeah! A celebration, I wish you all the best, come together, come together. Bring love ……. and happiness!
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DEEPER THAN YOUR SKIN 03:39
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DEEPER THAN YOUR SKIN (Mathur) I see you're hurting! Take a look inside you, it'll make you feel better again. Hey, you've got the looks and you're smart. You've got that sparkle in your heart. Yes, you're one of a kind! When some words just bring you down. Take a look inside you. Your beauty goes deeper than your skin. That's where love begins. In your heart you're so beautiful. Your beauty goes deeper than your skin. Your life-force from within. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. Words can be so cruel! Make you feel kind of small and hurt your self-esteem. You go hiding into sadness. Some words that are spoken carelessly or for lack of sensitivity. Or when you're caught in the line of fire. When your world feels upside down. Take a look inside you. Your beauty goes deeper than your skin. That's where love begins. In your heart you're so beautiful. Your beauty goes deeper than your skin. That force of life within. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. Let's make faces at the mirror and laugh all the hurtful words away, because you're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful, in your heart you're so beautiful. You're beautiful (deeper than your skin), you're beautiful (deeper than your skin), you're beautiful, in your heart you're so beautiful. You're beautiful (deeper than your skin), you're beautiful (deeper than your skin), you're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful.
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COMMON MISTAKE 03:19
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COMMON MISTAKE (Mathur / von Wyl) Do you fill yourself with fear? Of all the things you cannot buy. There's someone whispering in your ear about the things that make you high. Can you ever be alone? Has your desperation grown? Of all the things we need to shake. Still make the common mistake. Oh, making the common mistake. Yo di yo di yo di yo. Yo di yo di yo di yea. Yo di yo di yo di yeah. We make the common. We make the common mistake. You can blame it on your fate. Believe it's written down in stone. Imagining that it's too late and all your choices have been blown. Could it be that you are wrong? And you've known it all along? It's the mold that's hard to break. We make the common mistake. Oh, making the common mistake. Yo di yo di yo di yo. Yo di yo di yo di yea. Yo di yo di yo di yeah. We make the common mistake. I see it written in your face. Something's turning in your mind. But you get caught up in the race. And make the common, make the common mistake. Oh, making the common. Oh, making the common. Oh no, making the common mistake! Yo di yo di yo di yo. Yo di yo di yo di yea. Yo di yo di yo di yeah. We make the common mistake. Because you're caught up in the race. Nothing's moving in your mind. I see it written on your face. You'll make the common, you'll make the common mistake.
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STUCK ON 75 03:10
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STUCK ON 75 (Mathur) Stuck on 75, no matter how hard I try. Years go rolling and the days go by, still I'm stuck on 75. Sitting on a runaway plane, and the pilot has long gone missing. I think I'm gonna get sacrificed for being stuck on 75. I see you moving fast, trying to catch that early train. Got to beat that clock, running out of breath. I see you running and you see me running on the wrong side of the track. Trying to beat my best scares me to death. Then we get down to playing the game. We go looking for somebody to blame. Just when I should be looking out, I look away. Stuck on 75, no matter how hard I try. Years go rolling and the days go by, still I'm stuck on 75. I see them moving fast, getting closer every step I take. Getting beaten on my track scares me to death. You see me running I can see them coming from both sides of the track. They're gonna beat my best, I'm running out of breath. We're getting to the part of the game. They go looking for somebody to shame. Just when they should be looking out, I slip away. Yeah! Stuck on 75, no matter how hard I try. Years go rolling and the days go by, still I'm stuck on 75. I'm sitting on a runaway plane, and the pilot has long gone missing. I think I'm gonna get sacrificed for being stuck on 75. Stuck on 75, stuck on 75, I don't wanna be sacrificed for being stuck on 75
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COMEDIAN 03:02
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COMEDIAN (Mathur) Somebody said that the world is a stage, we play a part on it. I think it's true, when I think of you and the plots you constrict. Won't really mind if a change of the heart brings you back to me. A love affair is a simple play when you act naturally. I play the part of comic relief and the joke was on me from the act number one to the last curtain call. Comedian! A tragedy couldn't drive you to tears, you know all the moves. I was so sure till you threw me a line to confuse and miss my cue. Now I'm playing the part of comic relief and the joke was on me from the act number one to the last curtain call. Comedian! I'm playing the part of comic relief and the joke was on me from the act number one to the last curtain call. Comedian!
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REASONS TO CRY 06:43
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REASONS TO CRY (Mathur / von Wyl) Do you know where you've been. On all the roads that you've taken so far. Are there things that have seemed off in the distance but were really quite near. Were you crippled by fear of all the time that was passing you by. Now you're standing right here, you have a chance to leave it behind. Now you're learning to fly. Now you're learning to live. Your heart is open now to forgive. You've lost your reasons to cry. Since you've been learning to give. With your eyes wide open now, you live. Now you know where you've been, names of the roads that have brought you this far. All the things that have seemed far in the distance but they're really right here. Now you're free of the fear of the time life was passing you by. Now it's forward from here. You took the chance and you left it behind. Now you're learning to fly. Now you're learning to live. Your heart is open now to forgive. You've lost your reasons to cry. Since you've been learning to give. With your eyes wide open now, you live.
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ANYTIME AT ALL (AFTERMATH OF SILENCE) 04:22
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ANYTIME AT ALL (Aftermath of Silence) (Mathur) Any time at all, I'll be there, I'll be by your side. She could hear the sound of voices. She could hear the cry in vain. Paralyzed, the body numb and cold. She could feel a lifeline fading. And a crowd of lookers on. Inside her head his words kept coming back. Any time at all, he said, all you gotta do is call. And I'll be there, I'll be by your side. Any time at all, my love, all you gotta do is call. Forever girl, I'll be by your side. Yeah any time at all. Any time at all, yeah yeah. All you gotta do is call. Any time at all. Love had died within a second. As he bowed his head to sign. Insanity had feigned a lethal mind. In an aftermath of silence. She had kissed her open world goodbye. All over now, yet she couldn't cry. Any time at all, he said, all you gotta do is call. And I'll be there, I'll be by your side. Any time at all, my love, all you gotta do is call. Forever girl, I'll be by your side. Any time at all.
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TALKING LOUD (Remix) 03:28
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Eclectic, grounded and always surprising - that's how the extraordinary trademark sound of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Ajay Mathur can be described. A musical cosmopolitan and smooth shifter between the stylistic worlds, the Swiss by choice with Indian roots now presents with his fifth longplayer "Talking Loud" probably one of the most multifaceted albums of the year!

Ajay Mathur does not allow himself to be pressed into any stylistic pigeonholes. Instead of limiting himself to just one genre, the charismatic singer and musician fearlessly lives out his almost childlike joy of experimenting and exploring. A quality that earns him well-intended comparisons with legends like Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Tom Petty, Leonard Cohen or the Beatles.

"Talking Loud" was recorded and produced by Ajay Mathur in his studio near Lucerne. The tracks were created with the help of his longtime co-songwriter Mary Lou von Wyl. Ajay received musical support from his drummer Fausto Medici, bassist Richard Hugener and guitarist Christian Winiker. Three Grammy winners were responsible for the production: the US American Austin Asvanonda (The War On Drugs, The Rolling Stones) and the London-based Dane Philip Larsen (P!nk, Soft Cell, Erasure, Moby) mixed the songs, while the New York Grammy Award winner Emily Lazar (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Beck, Coldplay) took care of the mastering.

"`Talking Loud` is my metaphor for self-confidence and self-esteem," Ajay. says, exuding an artistic confidence and self-awareness that Ajay has already demonstrated on previous albums "A Matter Of Time" (2011), "Come See Conquer" (2013), the Grammy-nominated "9 to 3" (2015), and "Little Boat," released three and a half years ago, which was awarded "Germany's Best English-Language Album of 2018" by the German Pop Foundation.

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released April 1, 2022

TALKING LOUD produced and performed by Ajay Mathur
All songs published by Ajay Mathur Music www.ajaymathurmusic.com
Artist representation Yakketeeyak Music www.yakketeeyak.com

All songs written by Ajay Mathur and Mary Lou von Wyl , except
Anytime at All, I Need You Now, Deeper Than Your Skin, Stuck on 75, Comedian written by Ajay Mathur
Ajay Mathur – all vocals, electric & acoustic guitars, e-bow guitar, organ & keyboards, field recordings
Fausto Medici – drums and percussion
Richard Hugener – bass
Christian Winiker – lead & rhythm guitars, lap steel guitar, horns arrangement, bass on Common Mistake
Antonia Gasser – backing vocals on Sooner or Later, Talking Loud, Deeper Than Your Skin
Adriana Husy, Patrizia Scarnato – backing vocals on I Need You Now
Samuel Blättler – trumpet on Talking Loud, Stuck on 75
Rolf Ambauen – saxophone on Stuck on 75, Talking Loud
Kalyanjit Das – sitar on I Need You Now, Reasons to Cry
Sandip Banarjee – tablas on I Need You Now, Reasons to Cry
Toni Nesler – string quartet arrangement on Comedian, orchestra arrangement on Reasons to Cry
Yulian Heroim – strings and string arrangements on Sooner or Later, Deeper Than Your Skin
Michael Dolmetsch – piano on Anytime at All
Steve Birrer – pedal steel on Anytime At All
Gregory Schaerer – bass on I Need You Now
Stevie Blacke - string quartet on Comedian
All songs recorded by Ajay Mathur at The Lounge, Stans, Switzerland
All songs mixed by Austin Asvanonda, Ventura, CA
All songs mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, NYC, assisted by Chris Allgood, except
Anytime At All and Reasons to Cry mastered by Austin Asvanonda
Phillip Larsen remixed Anytime At All (Aftermath of Silence) and Talking Loud (Remix)
Album artwork and design by Ajay Mathur

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Ajay Mathur is a Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and a citizen of the world. Born and raised in India and residing in Switzerland, Ajay Mathur’s talent as a singer-songwriter and seasoned musician blends both pop and rock genres with Americana and traditional Indian instruments into something radically new and genre-bending. ... more

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