Adrianne Lenker - Anything (Live from Greenwich Village with Nick Hakim)

'Anything' is taken from Adrianne's 2020 album, 'songs and instrumentals'.
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Filmed at Electric Lady Studios - January 31, 2024
Adrianne Lenker - Vocals, guitar, piano
Nick Hakim - Vocals, piano
Production Company: Anima Works - www.animaworks.nyc/
Directors of Photography: Hil Steadman and Jake DeNicola
Additional cameras: Tiff Pritchett and Jayla Smith
Editors: Tiff Pritchett and Jayla Smith
Color: Michael Speed
Audio recording and mix: Philip Weinrobe
Audio engineering assistance: Lauren Marquez for Electric Lady Studios
Lyrics:
staring down the barrel of the hot sun
shining with the sheen of a shotgun
carol has a little if we need some
joa has a ride if we wanna come
hangin’ your jeans with a clothes pin
skin still wet, still on my skin
mango in your, juice drippin’
shoulder of your shirt sleeve slippin’
christmas eve with your mother and sis
don’t wanna fight, but your mother insists
dog’s white teeth slice right through my fist
drive to the ER and they put me on risk
grocery store list, now you get pissed
unchecked calls and messages
I don’t wanna be the owner of your fantasy
I just wanna be a part of your family
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I wanna kiss kiss your eyes again
wanna witness your eyes lookin
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I wanna sleep in your car while you’re driving
lay in your lap when I’m crying
circle of pine and red oak, circle of moss and fire smoke
fan on the ceiling like a wheel spoke
push the clutch and i pull the choke
wanna listen to the sound of you blinking
wanna listen to your hands soothe
listen to your heart beating
listen to the way you move
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I wanna kiss kiss your eyes again
wanna witness your eyes lookin
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I wanna sleep in your car while you’re driving
lay in your lap when I’m crying
weren’t we the stars in heaven
weren’t we the salt in the sea
dragon in the new warm mountain
didn’t you believe in me?
You held me the whole way through
but I couldn’t say the words like you
I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to
I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I don’t wanna talk about anything
I wanna kiss kiss your eyes again
wanna witness your eyes lookin
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I don’t wanna talk about anyone
I wanna sleep in your car while you’re driving
lay in your lap when I’m crying

[@alejandro288]

Actually the greatest song ever written

[@JilesBeaver]

Kinda true yeah

[@TheWisdomer]

Better than Nick Drake's Northern sky?

[@Herr.Mitternacht]

Slow down cowboy. Anyone who claims that something is "the greatest" is a certified fool.

[@gabrielqueteimportante8499]

Doubt it 😂😂

[@catesandy]

@TheWisdomer few can beat Nick!

[@kyrahirsch4367]

my best friend growing up, she was like my sister, would blink so loudly. i’ve still never heard someone’s eyes blink audibly. when adrianne says, “i wanna listen to the sound of you blinking” i think of her every time, my katelynn lee.

[@isaacfrigotto6943]

that is the most wholesome and cute and beautiful thing i've ever read on a youtube comment. thank you for writing this!!

[@notthatimhere]

this is so sweet i think i would cry if someone wrote this about me

[@kurageh1me]

what the fuck this is the cutest comment ever

[@maow-]

this is adorable i love humans

[@tringelmervin8855]

My ex wife used to do this too, good buddy. She called them butterfly kisses Be well be good ❤

[@ellbell_88]

listen closely and u can hear me sobbing hysterically in the background

[@louist913]

the line "i was scared, indigo, but i wanted to" makes me feel like i've got a pit in my stomach, i can't explain why.

[@SammyMakepeace]

Me too. I wish I had been stronger back then, stronger than my fears

[@phf-official]

been thinking it was "scared into go" this whole time oops

[@jacquelineajucum1222]

biggest gutpuncher was when i found out indigo was the name of her ex wife

[@Shaw4Life]

being in the situation, conversating about a breakup and not being capable of wording while your partner can but you want to is the worst feeling

[@maemoonie]

Adrianne is the songwriter of our generation.

[@Bloodbarn]

she truly is and it's unreal to watch this unfold in real time.

[@adamp2935]

She's at a level few reach. The beauty and rawness of her music kills me everytime. She could release an album a month and it wouldn't be enough for me,

[@eduardolevi4188]

she and mitski

[@fulbol11]

how can this song simultaneously punch me in the gut with longing and comfort

[@tj03297]

that sounds like love

[@growing.flowers]

😭

[@blueovine]

i get a deep sense of yearning everytime i listen to this song. it's the most powerful piece of art i have ever heard and i can't even do it justice by trying to put it into words. but it's my everything.

[@kyrahirsch4367]

me too

[@jb0482]

can’t let gang know i fw this

[@Absoulte_cheese_eater]

Let gang know. They ain’t gang if they don’t fw you.

[@Riokool-pe4fp]

Fax

[@wasteloner]

Real bruv

[@lemmah12]

She is a master of lyrical vulnerability and strength at the same time.

[@user-dk8zb9il3f]

"i wanna witness your eyes looking" ... no words.

[@lassostan]

crying because i’ve lost my anything

[@rrhubarbb]

same and it was my fault I regret it every day

[@emmad-ul4tn]

crying because I'll never have one

[@rot-amr]

@@emmad-ul4tnForreal

[@nillasoup]

i like to believe the universe has everything all planned out for us-if you’re going through something particularly tough it means the universe knows you’re strong enough to handle it. :) what my sister told me is that you can never say the wrong thing to the right person. it wasn’t destined to be and that’s okay. the right person will fight for you to stay. hope ur doing well !!

[@lightningbug276]

😢

[@connie4641]

this song is so gut wrenching, longing and comforting at the same time. the part that gets me is “weren’t we the stars in heaven weren’t we the salt in the sea?”

[@someb0dysbabyy]

I don’t wanna be the owner of your fantasy

[@starrzy222]

i js wanna be part of ur family

[@tj03297]

I just wanna be the owner of your family

[@xxursolovelyxxX]

@@starrzy222 and i dont wanna talk about anything

[@xandramarin-zb5vb]

@@xxursolovelyxxX i dont wanna talk about anything

[@Leyr-yr8rh]

​@@xandramarin-zb5vbI wanna kiss kiss your eyes again

[@soph3137]

im begging for this to be released on spotify

[@lesley3732]

“i wanna witness ur eyes look in” i haven’t seen my mom face to face since i was 14 and even when i did the older i got the more she was just looking thru me and not at me, i wanna look in her eyes and feel love and connection like i did when i was a child. so real.

[@pizzelle2]

omg this is making me tear up

[@xen_x27]

This song’s lyricism and imagery blow me away. I’ve always been a fan of art that offers vignettes of a life, little vibrant moments distilled into a succinct gut-punch of emotion. Adrianne uses words in a way that injects those moments into my goddamn bloodstream and i’ll never get over it. Absolutely gorgeous version of the song. Second only to the Steve Fisher cover for me.

[@IreneCAbry]

as a musician and guitar player, I’m simply amazed by how talented adrianne is. not only is she playing a VERY complicated finger picking pattern with a couple of the chords being INSANELY difficult, but she’s also able to sing along so beautifully while playing it. i’ve been trying to learn this song on guitar and i can’t even comprehend how she’s able to sing while playing it. genuinely one of the greatest musicians ever to exist

[@weezzerr]

im currently using this to get over a mental breakdown and her voice sounds like an accepting mother craddling me telling me everything will be okay

[@tipps8217]

It will be okay. Ride it, you will hug yourself on the other side I promise. Well done for finding a safe home in this song...if it speaks to you you must listen. ❤

[@marcussmith3934]

Happy 33rd Birthday Adrianne Elizabeth Lenker!(Born July 9, 1991)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🩵🎀🌷🌹💐👍👏🙌

[@Liri.R]

Feels like soft rain

[@emmaheartstate]

tour is going to be magical

[@nerolilaine9973]

can't wait!

[@mercurio2948]

im so jealous of people who get to see it ☹️ enjoy !!

[@nerolilaine9973]

@@mercurio2948 I will try to post some vids. I'm catching her twice.

[@mercurio2948]

@@nerolilaine9973 thats so nice!! 💗 enjoy yourself

[@BrentZahradnik]

The hype is on. Shes coming to Paris!!!!

[@lisahautekeete9906]

This song represents pure love to me. The softness and gentleness. The love between two people who feel safe around each other. This song made me realise what i want in a relationship.

[@MichitismIDV]

Its sad that it took us this long to give this girl the recognition she deserves.

[@rudy490]

Loved Big Thief since I heard them for the first time in 2017.

[@charishenglish185]

And Adrianne still deserves so so much more recognition. So under hyped

[@patrickisawsomeness]

“Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burning coal Pouring off of every page Like it was written in my soul From me to you” -Tangled Up In Blue, Bob Dylan. Written in my soul - that is how I feel about this song alright.

[@Tragz]

This song is a masterpiece.

[@vlxaa]

it's been a horrible month without you. I've been in the worst pain of my life. crazy, sometimes I forget how to eat or sleep, I hardly even function right. I miss you so so much. it's so weird not calling you every day, making sure you're okay, making sure i tell you that i love you, Sometimes we'd talk for hours, sometimes we'd talk for minutes, talk about all types of things. Sometimes we'd joke around, sometimes some deep conversations. To being at your house every weekend for hours on end watching one piece, to hanging out at lunch with mari and axel, to being at the park watching the view, and just talking about life and have so many ideas just bouncing back to each other. sometimes we’d just sit in silence, it would kill me to not hear your voice but i never said anything. You taught me so much this past year. You taught me how to be a woman, how to assert control. how to get better. Taught me how to deal with certain things that i wouldn’t ever know how to be deal with if you were never here. , how to block out the negativity, and all that energy I didn't need. I could go on and on forever, for all the memories we had, but damn. i think I've shared so much, it's like every time we got off the phone, the last time, the last time we talked, the last thing you said was, "I love you my beautiful angel" I love you, Yasmine. Thank you for everything..

[@audreygvlogs]

i am begging you please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please release this on spotify

[@sleepycakes]

Adriannes words and voice are pure treasure. Generational songwriter. I get so wrapped up in her music. Like no other. Treasure!! ❤‍🔥

[@kellyhre9173]

Agreed! I could listen to Adrianne's voice all day...

[@allyson--]

Whenever this song pops onto my feed, it's time to set everything aside to listen

[@eliieam]

a song so full of beauty and emotion i cannot wait to hear this live

[@skrufdy9688]

Nick Hakim's expression in this is batshit insane, somehow gentle and strained at the same time - Gorgeous. New fan right here

[@shaheen9317]

this song means everything to me

[@carlocarosi7075]

I hope new videos from this particular performance show up once a week for the rest of my life.

[@atsu0ka]

PLEASE PUT THIS ON SPOTIFYYYYYYY

[@tylerlevibald420]

Breathtaking and life-giving. One of my favorite artists and I feel like that will remain true for many years to come ❤

[@yellowbase]

bawling my eyes out

[@atknhoy]

It’s time to let your feelings out. Don’t hold them in. Don’t yearn so endlessly. Brace yourself, express them, feel the greatness of this little love you hide. Then you can finally let go

[@atknhoy]

I will cut my hair once I’ve learned to love it

[@variantxxru]

everytime i listen to this song it gets even more gut wrenching than the last

[@possumtimetm]

I found this song shortly after I lost my ex. I won't get into how it ended or why, but I will say this song helped me get through it. Now, months later learning he cheated on me, used me for only my body and I also realized he was using the pain he felt from past friendships to make our relationship harder, I'm still having a hard time letting him go. I'm having a hard time hating someone who only used my for their own pleasure. I hate it. I wish I was strong enough to let go. I dream of you every single night and I don't even fight it anymore, instead I use it to cope pretending it was reality. But because of Adrianne I find it a little easier to bare with it. Her captivating lyrics hold a soothing rhythm and comfort me in a way only he could. I don't wanna be the owner of your fantasy, I just wanna be apart of your family The family we made together that died many months ago 0:54

[@user-eu4hq8vb5x]

this is a bullet to my heart

[@tylerlevibald420]

Your music makes me feel human again 😢❤

[@flowersoup2692]

greatest musician to ever exist

[@bedazzledgal777]

ive never felt a song so deeply

[@joseantoniorodriguezrodrig2293]

Everytime i'm listening your songs, my heart and my soul fly into an inner journey trying to help me understand who really i am. Thanks for exist.

[@aryavox182]

This song makes me miss her. . .

[@Lanadelreyloverr]

Crying

[@TheHypotheticalSkater]

I would love to see her work with Phoebe Bridgers!! ❤

[@MT_199]

i would explode

[@roseeleni7696]

She’s too good for Phoebe Bridgers

[@gracemikles5667]

This song sounds like what floating would feel like

[@bridgetwiese2986]

Tears Immediately

[@gabiloveskyla]

hearing this live would heal me

[@patrickdoyle85]

Has to be the best live version I have heard.

[@cchhnew]

anything could have you bawling and sobbing, anything could also have you appreciate life and it's beautiful features while listening to it on your way home on the train with the sun hitting your skin, anything could have you feel less lonely while you eat dinner alone. anything could have you think about your favorite person before sleeping. anything = masterpiece

[@sophiamartinez2449]

I love my mom with all my heart she sacrificed her youth her life for me , what do I repay her with? Talking back, phone calls from schools, always going to alternative. My mom is a great amazing mom. She’s beautiful strong and smart. She doesn’t deserve a monster like me. She will be okay she has my sister. I pray she doesn’t end up like me give my mother the daughter she deserves.

[@kioworin]

you deserve love

[@pizzelle2]

She worked hard so you could make your own mistakes and learn how to be a better person, just like she did. That’s one of the privileges of having your own life to live, learning and growing and making the most of it. I’m a mom, and I can only imagine she just wants you to be safe and happy.

[@gabbyperez8450]

everytime i hear this song i feel like my heart just dropped to my stomach but this peace and comfort. truly a masterpiece.

[@marty3139]

I don't think I'll be able to listen to this song without thinking of him..

[@amiela4263]

Fr.

[@someoneunknown7102]

I love this version more

[@JordanLeyva-uf6ow]

sobbing

[@Iadoretravisphelps]

if you look real close you'll see me in the corner having compulsive gasps for air

[@spisbob1400]

im a grown man and i love adrianne lenker so much dude

[@miacoleman9071]

so so beautiful

[@joybird144]

Aaaah we love Adrianne and Nick

[@maddogx55]

- DJT?

[@Hannas_hiatus]

Make me cry in real time

[@desireegaleski9257]

I couldn't say the words like you... The relation of the inner world to the other. It's where the self is made. Such a beautiful and humbling sharing of this.

[@trupi3174]

could even sob to this busted into tears IMMEDIATELY 😂

[@nerolilaine9973]

such a good song

[@ohhh_]

this is genuinely one of the most beautifully written and beautiful performed songs of all time it will always be one of my favourites

[@karyllespiritu]

it's like a diary entry, i love it

[@spacadet.]

she’s so talented. i look up to her a lot

[@youngoriginalband]

we love u adrianne omg

[@Marshmallow_1111]

I can’t believe I used to survive without her music

[@lanajadeja5668]

amazing, thank you adrianne ❤‍🩹

[@indigo_q]

she has the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard in my fifteen years of life.

[@bjadov]

could listen to this forever

[@rosiemiddleton5932]

Staring down the barrel of the hot sun Shining with the sheen of a shotgun (shotgun) Carol has a little if we need some Joa has a ride if we wanna come Hanging your jeans with a clothes pin Skin still wet, still on my skin Mango in your mouth, juice dripping Shoulder of your shirtsleeve slipping Christmas Eve with your mother and sis Don't wanna fight but your mother insists Dog's white teeth slice right into my fist Drive to the ER and they put me on risk Grocery store list, now you get this Unchecked calls and messages I don't wanna be the owner of your fantasy I just wanna be a part of your family And I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about anything I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again Wanna witness your eyes looking I don't wanna talk about anyone I don't wanna talk about anyone I wanna sleep in your car while you're driving Lay on your lap when I'm crying Circle of pine and red oak Circle of moss and fire smoke Fan on the ceiling like a wheel spoke Push the clutch and I pull the choke Wanna listen to the sound of you blinking Wanna listen to your hands soothe Listen to your heart beating Listen to the way you move But I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about anything I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again Wanna witness your eyes looking I don't wanna talk about anyone I don't wanna talk about anyone Wanna sleep in your car while you're driving Lay in your lap when I'm crying Weren't we the stars in Heaven? Weren't we the salt in the sea? Dragon in the new warm mountain Didn't you believe in me? Yeah, you held me the whole way through When I couldn't say the words like you I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to I was scared, indigo, but I wanted to And I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about anything I wanna kiss, kiss your eyes again Wanna witness your eyes looking I don't wanna talk about anyone I don't wanna talk about anyone I wanna sleep in your car while you're driving Lay in your lap when I'm crying (ooh)

[@stijnvereecken3253]

Grateful for this!! Magical song!

[@Marshmallow_1111]

Such chills

[@autumn_fall6607]

This song genuinely has such a deep connection with my heart.

[@helena-gz4bh]

just love this so much

[@sillygoober0]

“werent we the stars in heaven werent we rhe salt in the sea” hey so im actually sobbing

[@Erickd87]

Thank you for writing music Adrianne ❤

[@asthasvideojournal]

Keep coming back to this ❤

[@Love_Love333]

I have this vision, it’s me my daughter and my husband I had this vision months ago but I vividly remember and I felt it the love the joy.

[@Love_Love333]

Maybe one day it’ll happen

[@lolno6665]

Bringing tears to my eyes

[@starxastra]

i love this song so so much it's crazy

[@jinseng1232]

ive been waitinggg thank u for posting

[@who2405]

be blessed, dear Adrianne 🙏🏼

[@maeflwerz7995]

i love her so much i can’t even

[@liv.210]

i can literally feel this song

[@DoctorJoanieTool]

So beautiful.

[@francescoromano1985]

Magic ✨✨✨

[@cecropia3523]

This song is a universally true masterpiece on what it means to be human.

[@LunA777._.]

Gracias, tu música toca el alma!!!

[@lindabard3811]

UGH i CAN'T with how BEAUTIFUL this is

[@ShinyHaunter666]

thank you! thank you! thanks

[@emiliecharbonneau3435]

quite literally the best lyrics ever written

[@oneshoej3]

I love the dark warmth of this arrangement

[@VioletPrism]

So beautiful 😢 ❤

[@diadotcom]

thank you ms lenker!!!!

[@bl00dyraven]

Breathtaking

[@willows5395]

such a special piece of music