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SAADI

by Saadi

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1.
Blinder 04:10
Blinder take my time, the remainder take it now while i can bedazzle the gifts that i have left hold you tight in my mind's eye shining nightfly bright cause there’s nothing for miles all around (BLINDER) Have I savored every minute till now (BLINDER) Have I paid for every minute till now Right now, right now right now, gone when it’s sighted sinking slowly, slow enough to know all is holy, loving and leaving and frothing in some way i want only what i so deserve what is that though shoving and pleading just beyond the blinders (BLINDER)Have I savored every minute till now (BLINDER)Will I pay for every minute till now right now. right now right now, gone when it’s sighted take my time, take my time, take my at this altar of altercations bleeding nations busted up bodies just beyond the blinders they want only what they know what is that though world without sorrow just beyond the blinders (BLINDER) have i savored every minute till now (BLINDER) have i paid for every minute till now take my time, take my time, take my © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
2.
Wounded Knee 04:27
Wounded Knee once when i was fine watering my feed i scrolled into a nightmare scene i saw a man get broken up his face it was resigned no ordinary blow his death it was divined by a pilgrim’s dream seared indelibly can’t shake that image free i was here, i was not there something dark has woken up we all know the drill try and get your fill it’s just another battle at wounded knee all is make believe all is fake until it’s real all is make believe there are waves beneath all this hate they speak all is make believe what dislike demands poor and bloody hands barely living in that skin thinking you’ve been woken up everyone is here and everyone is fierce everyone believes in their wooden dreams you think you want too much when you look around standing on a very tall chair wanting to get woken up don’t you want to leave something to believe are you just resigned to wounded knees no more white delays fight or flight delays no more white delays there are waves beneath all this hate you speak all is make believe © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
3.
Bootheel (Song for a Soldier) god goes underwater, underwater sometimes all the tired watchmen in the world can’t keep him out you say unfortunate it had to be done we both taste the dust of clay today, boot heel proof right there a horrible commotion bodies grey and red dig through news and so much slimy rubble and you’ll read it said the world is crying but your eyes are dry tell me, do you have friends who died, boot heel? could i be imagining confusion behind your stare only young a swagger with a sweetness in the coffeeshop stairs the room is louder but not your voice tell me, do you think you have a choice, boot heel? © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
4.
Mephisto 03:43
Mephisto I WAS LOOKING FOR A HOME WAS SHADOWED BY THE SHADOW OF MEPHISTO AGAIN I WAS LOOKING FOR A REASON I COULD NOT STAY ANGRY WITH MEPHISTO AGAIN WHAT IS MY MOVE WILL I BE MOVED STUCK INSIDE AN ISLAND GROOVE AGAIN I WAS LOOKING FOR A STATION STANDING IN DEFIANCE OF MEPHISTO TO WIN TO WIN A MAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA SAID TO FIND THE HELPERS THEY CAN FORM A FIST IN THE AIR WIPE THAT SMILE OFF YOUR FACE YOU THINK I’LL NEVER FIND MY PLACE MEPHISTO I’LL MAKE A MOVE I CAN BE MOVED FROM A LAZY AFTERNOON AGAIN HOW CAN I BE WORTHY WHEN MY HOUSE STILL BEARS THE TRACES OF MEPHISTO AGAIN AGAIN A WOMAN OF THE CLOTH TOLD ME A BIT ABOUT YOUR KRYPTONITE MEPHISTO LOVING SINNERS ISN’T EASY I CAN BARELY LOVE MYSELF MEPHISTO ALWAYS UNMOVED ALWAYS CONFUSED FEEDING ON A TOXIC STREAM ALL DAY HOW’D YOU DO IT HOW’D YOU PUT AN EXPIRATION DATE ON ALL MY FEELINGS MEPHISTO I WAS SHADOWED BY A SHADOW I WAS SHADOWED BY A SHADOW I WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY I SAW THE SHADOW OF MEPHISTO AGAIN AGAIN © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
5.
Chico Yearns 03:11
Chico Yearns i want to occupy i want to blow your mind you know it would be it would be so rightful when we cross our lines an ultraviolet crime i know you can feel you can feel the lights pull why won’t you hang with me when you know it would be it would be so delightful why won’t you stand with me when you know we would be we would be we would be something righteous was it in your mind the molecules were binding slowly at first till you drank a glassful was it in your mind now you’re occupied by all of your thirst for centrifugal violence why won’t you hang with me when you know it would be it would be so delightful why won’t you stand with me when you know we would be we would be we would be so righteous round round round round round round round the wheel it can feel like your typical violence round round round round round round round the wheel it can spin all your insides outward why won’t you hang with me when you know it would be it would be so delightful why won’t you stand with me when you know we would be we would be we would be so righteous © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
6.
Entertainer 03:15
Entertainer you’re no friend of mine, i get a dozen for a dime does it make you feel better to type out that lie you’re no pal of mine i’ve seen your sentiment a hundred times it doesn’t make me feel better to know your state of mind wait and see you won’t look away ones and zeroes blowing pictures in your face feeding in a toxic stream, oh have a little look at me wait and see a faker meet a faker wimpy little giver make a big strong taker entertainer please entertain me you don’t have to cry this sort of thing happens all the time doesn’t it make you feel better to eat up that pie you don’t have to try if you’re not getting rich you’re getting by nobody reads the letters of those with cause to cry blinking dumb in the nuclear sun who’s gonna save us from that lily white glove entertainer please take from me blinking dumb the opposition won scum on the waves but the game is on entertainer please take from me again you’re no friend of mine i get a dozen of you at a time you’ll never eat what’s bitter or swallow that sigh you’re no pal of mine you’re just a superego in disguise i’m looking at you to forget it so entertain me © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
7.
Pearl 02:31
Pearl imperial venereal fighting a war on 2 fronts while all the world is speaking binary code monkeys and children on a tiny pearl i don’t recall the ones who told me i would have to hate you a message in a bottle sent from the depths passed on from someone to someone else forget with me long days of unrest baby chew up regrets baby chew them up spit them out i see a glimmer hiding in the nastiest of corners i know that i can find it every other time sent from the heights to capture my mind i know sometimes i see long days and nights of a rest that will come when you chew up regrets baby spit them out it speaks in synchronicity and patterns where there were none a golden mean that haunts you in your sleep golden mean golden man golden harness forget with me © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
8.
Oh Zero 02:54
Oh Zero oh zero i see you for seconds at a time with eyes half-lidded, and lips stained grey with wine i hear you pushing stones up against the shore it's time to stuff the dead leaves in a black trash bag handsome hands and pretty heart hold out your handsome hands and pretty heart it hovered saw its reflection moving round long black wings tipped rushing from rock to sand then rested there on my prickled white arm a sliver from a wing gone electric green body long heart stop listen to the voice of a big zero handsome hands and pretty heart hold out your handsome hands and pretty heart © all rights reserved Boshra AlSaadi
9.
Song for Jane Love, love A ya habibti, hub, el hub that's at the end In the beginning and in the middle but most of all.. Love she said in a loud voice white strands across her face don't you see that's all we give anyone at the end

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This is the first LP from songrwriter/multi-instrumentalist Boshra AlSaadi, known as SAADI. Created over the course of a decade, the album chronicles a fool's journey in the digital age.

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released July 13, 2020

A lot of magical people contributed to the making of this album over the years.

Special thanks to:
Matt Chiaravalle, Parker Kindred, Eliot Krimsky, Russell Kotcher, Jojo Glidewell, Annabel Liebert, Jane Morris, Ahmed Janka Nabay, Daniel Schlett, TEEN, David Seigel, Heba Kadry, and the inimitable Roada AlSaadi

Produced/mixed by Boshra AlSaadi/Matt Chiaravalle
except track 9, mixed by Boshra AlSaadi/Daniel Schlett
Mastered by Heba Kadry
Cover photo by Alberto Milazzo
Cover art by Kaylan Michael

Vinyl is on its way, available in the next few weeks (shipment delays for obvious reasons).

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Saadi New York, New York

Boshra Al Saadi is a songrwiter/multi-instrumentalist hailing from Damascus Syria and living in New York City. With her solo project SAADI, her sound shows traces of her vast and diverse influences ranging from dancehall to traditional arabic dabke, from Brian Eno to Lady Saw, resulting in a real fusion of sound that would lend itself to a sweaty dance floor or a darkened bedroom. ... more

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