# Alice Phoebe Lou

Alice Phoebe Lou (born 19 July 1993) is a Berlin-based South African singer-songwriter. She has released three EPs and four studio albums. In December 2017 her song "She" from the film Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story was included on the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song. Lou spent her childhood on west coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa and attended a Waldorf school.

## Song lyrics

Written by Alice Phoebe Lou, unless otherwise noted
* And there is a place where we one day will delve Where there's no more walking on eggshells Where ideas are for free, oh it's the place to be Your great mind's no longer the minority I'll see you there with your hands in the air Where the canvas is bare And there's no more despair... and I'll see you there
** Berlin Blues, Track 1 on Momentum - EP (2014)
* But don't leave that fiery heart behind Take it along for the ride And don't leave that fiery mind behind Take it along for the ride And...I'll have to say fair well so long
** Fiery Heart, Fiery Mind, Track 3 on Momentum - EP (2014)
* She looked out out to the horizon She didn't have much left to see Greed had taken the trees away Greed had taken the bees away ...She looked up to where there should've been stars
** She, Track 9 on Live at Funkhaus (2016)
* Oh society... You took it away from me When you brainwashed me with formulas of how I should be Shaped me and raped me of my individuality Schooled me and fooled me Told me what I could and could not see Took me and shook me Of my urges to be free
** Orbit, Track 2 on Orbit (2016)
* Music came back to your ears And you danced and you danced For all of the years You’d forgotten how To live for the now
** Haruki, Track 5 on Orbit (2016)
* It's all lies And my limbs have danced for the Amsterdam sunrise With not one restriction and not one disguise Monotony is what I despise Integration to society would be my demise It's all lies
** Amsterdam, Track 7 on Orbit (2016)
* Days move on and times they change In a blink of an eye things rearrange We're moving We're sucked in and we're spat out On the other side of the rabbit hole But we find our way Find our way Do you want to be just a machine in this crazy society? Pick the lock Grab the reigns Forget there ever were chains 'Cause there never were chains
** Orbit, Track 8 on Orbit (2016)
* I stand here with all my love Uncover the windows Let in the light Grab the hand that's reaching out... This world can cater for us all When the sun rises, it rises for us all
** Paper Castles, Track 10 on Orbit (2016)
* On days you'd sail away I would try to find my own way On days you'd sail away I would try to find my own way home
** Drive By, Track 1 on Sola - EP (2017)
* The moon was full and it left me howling My head was spinning and my heart was growling I received crimson stains on my sheets that morning The world felt big and the tides were moving
** My Outside, Track 2 on Sola - EP (2017)
* I saw you throw your hands in the air and say a prayer Your eyes closed, your nose breathing in the salty air There was nothing you could do to make me love you anymore
** Ocean, Track 4 on Sola - EP (2017)
* All you had to do was see me Really see me Recognize the workings of my mind And then touch me Like something holy And then touch me Like something that is now but could never be
** Something Holy, Track 6 on Paper Castles (2018)
* Oh, remind me of your name again As you take me on that train again Back to the pavements that we walked, and walked Oh, the drugs that made us talk and talk And I'll take you dancing, I'll take you round and round I'll lead you to the hilltops, and I'll take you on the ground
** Nostalgia, Track 2 on Paper Castles (2019)
* Every plant given life by His hands Every stone placed to build pathways in the sand There was a magical feeling surrounding that land A mystical feeling surrounding that land
** Fynbos, Track 5 on Paper Castles 2019
* I've got so much to say And yet nothing comes close To the way we communicate When we don't say a word I hear you clearly without sounds Oh, I don't need these ears when you're around
** Underworld, Track 1 on Child’s Play (2021)
* There's an empty space whеre you once offerеd yourself to me My mom knows I'll be alright, but she'll be glad I'm home She's always casting spells for me Keeping guard for me, working hard for me I swim out of the window and into the night I am smiling, I am screaming, I am glowing from inside
** Glow, Track 2 on Glow (2021)