Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people.

November 4th, 2008.

Pull Through.

Have you ever laid your back against the Earth and looked up through the pines Floating in the golden symmetry, you think you're doing just fine But you can pull through the darkness to the other side.

And I can't tell you just how many times I've damn near lost my mind.

And you can pull through the darkness to the other side.

instrumental...

When's the last time that you felt the cool water rise between your thighs, And is it ever any wonder why we wander with the sun right in our eyes But we can pull through the darkness to the other side, we can pull through the darkness, we can pull through the Oooh,...Oooh, instrumental.

My name is Sarah Krueger and I perform and release music under the name "Lanue" and I play songs that sit within the framework of the traditional folk/americana style of music but they kind of have an emphasis on singing, on vocals.

I've always been a singer and I always had music in my family growing up around my house.

I didn't start performing with a band until I was in my early 20's, and then I started writing my own songs after I graduated college and started performing my own original music.

July.

Folded in gold and falling in blue, and baby's got a brand new pair of jeans, Don't you remember when it was white and Pushing our demons into the sunlight, couldn't see the walls behind the leaves, all I see is blue.

And I'm, well, I'm, Yea, I'm back in the water again.

I'm back in the light.

And I'm coming up, coming up for air, And I'm coming up, coming up for air.

Don't you miss, don't you miss being young and full of drugs.

You could write it all off, Push it aside, and slip it under the rug.

And don't you miss, don't you miss being young and full of drugs You could write it all off, Push it aside, and slip it under the rug.

Well, I'm, Yes I'm, I'm coming up, I'm coming up for air, I'm coming up, I'm coming up for air.

All I see is blue, All I see is blue, All I see is blue, All I see is blue, All I see is blue, All I see is blue.

The first two records I put out under my name, Sarah Krueger and it had been a number of years since I'd released music and when I was wrapping things up in the studio and listening back through these songs most recently, I just kind of felt like I was in a new place, and I felt like I wanted almost a fresh creative start and decided to release my latest record under the name "Lanue" and started performing under that name.

I really felt like I had shifted as an artist and I was wanting a fresh start, I guess.

September You hung your demons out today, slow September.

When I almost left it all behind, but he had a way with me, way with me, way with me.

In the dying of the night, he had a way with me, way with me, way with me, somewhere in another lifetime.

Call off your burdens, won't you give me a little grace.

Call off your burdens, won't you give me a little grace, Please....

Pale November.

A giant winter on the rise, under shadows.

We might still make it out alive, But I had my way with you, way with you, way with you The snow is sleeping in your eyes and I had my way with you, way with you, way with you, Tell me, did I make it all alright.

I'll call off my burdens, and I'll give you a little grace Call off my burdens, I'll give you a little grace.

This record I actually recorded in two separate chunks, the first 4 songs we did in 2018, and then the 2nd set of songs we did in 2019.

Then I really just sat with it for a while, focused on some other creative projects and when I was ready to come back to it and mix it and get it mastered, the pandemic had started.

Then I felt like I sat with it some more, trying to decide where the trajectory of live music was heading.

I thought that it was an important time to put art and music out into the world even though it felt really different and scary, I think, for musicians.

I also felt like it was a time when people maybe needed music the most, and so holding on to that thought was part of the reason why I decided I would continue to release the album even though we were in the middle of a pandemic.

Mexico.

Up from Under, In from Out, When you're shaking your shadows, you might darken your doubts.

I tried to fight the cold and you fell back into the snow.

You said lets go down to Mexico, we'll put our bodies in the sun, forget who we are.

Find ourselves a couple bicycles, let's go down to Mexico.

Oooh, Oooh I dreamt of horses, Hot and free.

You dreamt of flying through air.

Like you swim through the sea.

I'm getting older now, and you're only gettin on.

Lets go down to Mexico, we'll put our bodies in the sun, find ourselves a couple bicycles, ride around the town and drink Let's go down to Mexico.

Oooh, Oooh, (instrumental) but I'm not feeling much like myself these days, I'm not feeling much like myself these days, I'm not feeling, I don't feel like myself these days.

So lets go back to the ice and snow, we'll cook our dinners in thekitchen.

it all seems so far away, take a walk and watch the in the cold night and remember who we are just to remember who we are.

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, ...instrumental.

Let's go down to Mexico.

Nothing Hits Me.

Take me to the party, I'm strung out on being lonely You can put me in the corner and I'll get lost inside the hum of everyone, inside the hum of everyone.

you can put me in the corner and I'll get lost in the hum of everyone, inside the hum of everyone.

I'll fix my hair up, put on my makeup, I'll smile pretty, when they all see me.

No, I'm not pretty, I'm just angry.

Cause nothing hits me like it once did, nothing hits me like it once did, nothing hits me like it once did, No, nothing Nothing hits me like it once did, Nothing hits me like it once did, nothing hits me like it once did.

So I'll fix my hair up, put on my makeup, when they all see me, No, I'm not pretty, well, I'm just angry.

cause nothing fits me like it once did, nothing hits me like it once did, nothing fits me like it once did, nothing fits me like it once did, nothing hits me like it once did.

So take me to the party.

Won't you take me to the party?

Oooh,Oooh, instrumentals, So take me to the party, won't you take me to the party.

I think the most enjoyable thing to me is just connecting with other people and I think music is the great connector, I think it serves as a bridge between people that you've never met or that you don't even know, and I think that that's a really powerful thing and I think that that is something, especially after these last couple years, that myself and so many others, I'm sure, have learned to appreciate even more and they say, like, don't take it for granted, and I think really, after releasing this album and performing these songs, that I feel really privileged to be able to do that and to connect with other people, more so than I felt before.

I think that's the magic of song.

Time can be so callous, it can let you down real slow, but tonight we'll sit out in the garden singing with our crows.

And I'll find you at the river, bowing to the shore, your hands under the water, forget you wanted more.

Some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost, Some days I spend all my time, hating what I love the most.

some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost some days I spend all my time, hating what I love the most, what I love the most, what I love the most.

Underneath the ridgeline, hanging from the sky, I saw a velvet lining, behind your champagne eyes.

Some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost, Some days I spend all my time hating what I love the most.

Some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost, Some days I spend all my time hating what I love the most.

Some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost, Some days I spend all my time hating what I love the most.

Some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost.

Some days I spend all my time hating what I love the most.

oooh, oooh, (instrumental) Some days I'm a martyr, some days I'm a ghost Some days I spend all my time hating what I love the most.

Oooh, Oooh, (instrumental).

Backroads is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money by the vote of the people.

November 4th, 2008.