Austin City Limits

-Austin City Limits presents a powerhouse singer with heart and soul to match, Sienna Spiro.

- And as you lie here, wishing for last week You'll never get back what you What you spent on me I crave a real connection I like to turn the page With my hands and my nails That match my summer shade Some call that superficial To want touch the cover But I'm a material lover Yeah, material lover -Thank you, Austin City Limits!

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-From the live music capital of the world, it's Austin City Limits.

-Now a showstopping singer with an uncompromising artistic vision, Sienna Spiro.

- We lay on towers, on rented time I'm yours for hours, you're always mine All things expire, I know you won't stay But I seem to inspire you to say Say that you love me, say I'm all you need In the back of my mind, I know I'm temporary You're holding me for the night For some pleasure if that's all we are Know I'll always be a visitor, mm In your arms [ Cheers and applause ] It's in my nature to be cynical I want to be remembered, so I get hysterical I wanna be that one thing, something special to you Say you won't forget me, but you always do Then say that you love me, say I'm all you need In the back of my mind, I know I'm temporary You're holding me for the night For some pleasure if that's all we are Know I'll always be a visitor, mm In your arms In your arms Oh, yeah No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no In your arms Say that you love me, say I'm all you need In the back of my mind, I Know I'm temporary You're holding me for the night For some pleasure if that's all we are Know I'll always be a visitor No, no, no, no, no Know I'll always be a visitor In your arms [ Cheers and applause ] My name is Sienna Spiro.

This is my first time ever here in Austin, ever in Texas.

So I'm so excited to be here!

[ Cheers and applause ] How we feeling?

[ Cheers and applause ] I like these things you can buy with money On a day that's wrong, but a day that's sunny Pick it up with my hands, put it out on sale They can't do it like me, can't do it like me When it's all going up like a burning fever My feet on the ground like a super feeler And I don't know much, but I know this one thing They can't do it like me Can't do it like me I crave a real connection I like to turn the page With my hands and my nails That match my summer shade Some call that superficial To wanna touch the cover But I'm a material lover, yeah Material lover, unh When I step outside and I see what's happening It's not fair, not fair, not fair, it's a pattern When I go too far, but come back quickly They can't do it like me Can't do it like, can't do it like me I crave a real connection I like to turn the page With my hands and my nails That match my summer shade Some call that superficial To wanna touch the cover But I'm a material lover, yeah A material lover I want a real thing now, mmh I want a real thing now I do, I do, I do Material lover, yeah Ooh, tu-ru-ru, tu-ru, tu-tu Oh-oh-oh Materi-eria-al, say it when you don't want I could give a real thing to you, oh Materi-eria-al, say that you want more I could give a real thing to you [ Cheers and applause ] I stand on my own two feet We could die on the same page next week If you don't do what you want, say what you mean Don't do it at all, don't do that to me I think of the stain and know it is long The way that someone is leaving this world Can be so sentimental Maybe I'm too sentimental And as you lay here wishing for last week You'll never get back what you spent on me Time waits for no one - Time waits for no one - Naturally If we could be no one - If we could be no one - We could be free Time, you and me He'll waste the days 'til 45 Then say, "How lonely am I, how lonely am I" And regret the time as he waits to die 'Cause he never did what he thought he might And everybody rides the carousel, that's what it cost To get on again and off again, to lose the ones you love But to have them for the hours and the minutes that there was Hours that there was And as you lay here wishing for last week You'll never get back what you spent on me Time waits for no one, naturally - Naturally - If we could be no one - If we could be no one - We could be free Time, you and me Time, you and me, oh Come on, walk with me Tell me something now - Tell me something And as you lay here wishing for last week You'll never get back what you, what you spent on me Time waits for no one - Time waits for no one - Naturally And if we could be no one - We could be no one - We could be free Time, you and me [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause ] -I only want to be there to kiss you.

As you want to be kissed, when you need to be kissed.

Where I want to kiss you.

'Cause it's my house, and I plan to live in it.

- My house I'm not going anywhere For now Mm Yeah Come in through the blue door In and out of my thoughts You can talk to the neighbors They'll tell you that it took me ages Step into the swimming pool - Step into the swimming pool - I built it with the tears you put into my eyes Every time you tried to leave me I'm not coming to you, that was all that I knew Before I was someone And I built every wall, they can't break They can't fall down for no one Baby, this is my house, my house - This is my house - Baby, this is my house, my house - This is my house - Baby, this is my house, my house For me Come into my kitchen I built it with my bare hands I bled into the foundation I'll be here till I'm cremated And, Lord, when you take me Lord, when you take me, Lord, you can take me But you can't take my house, my house You can't take my house, my house Baby, this is my house, my house - This is my house - Everything you had is mine now - This is my house - Baby, this is my house, my house For me My house - This is my house - Oh - This is my house - Oh My house, yeah [ Cheers and applause ] The falling leaves Drift by the window The autumn leaves Are red and gold I see your lips The summer kisses, oh The sunburnt hands I used to hold Since you went away The days grow long And soon I'll hear Our winter's song But I miss you most of all, my darling When autumn leaves Start to fall But I miss you most of all My darling When autumn leaves Start to fall When autumn leaves Start to fall Fall, fall Fall Start to fall Start to fall, fall Fall, fall on me Start to fall No, no, no, they start to fall Start to fall Start to fall Yeah.

Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause ] This next song is a very sad song off my album.

It's a song called "Pure."

And I hope you like it.

Used to do it all so pure For the love of the song, no more Now I think about an applause When I open my mouth I've abandoned my emotions, I've isolated myself When I see my mother in pain Wish I could feel what she felt And I don't know what this all means What this all means It don't feel like me And sometimes I get insecure So I wear a dress on the town Hope a man notices me I don't know, it makes me proud I get jealous, and I see myself in my sister's eyes At least she can have a good time At least she can calm down And I don't know what this all means What this all means It don't feel like me And you won't give me the deal I wish I was real, I wish I was I think about it all the time What I've been doing with my life 'Cause when it calls me back again I hope it meant something I hope it meant something I've been losing all my friends Stepping up on to the ledge Thinking I can be an angel, but keep falling instead Find it hard to stay connected when I wanna feel protected So hold me, won't you?

Just hold me 'cause I think about it all the time What I've been doing with my life 'Cause when it calls me back again I hope it meant something, oh I think about it all the time, no What I've been doing with my life 'Cause when it calls me back again I hope it meant something I hope I meant something I don't know the meaning of Anything in this song Just wanna feel special I just wanna feel [ Cheers and applause ] All I wanted was to be your hostage For you to tie me up and never let me leave If we're honest, it took the longest Time for you to even notice I was here You said you'd take me places Then you kept me waiting How the hell could I be so wrong?

But now I'm feeling jaded I thought I was your favorite I believed in you for so long Well, maybe this time You'll hurt like I do You won't get no sympathy 'cause I got none from you Couldn't make up your mind Well, mine's not confused Nothing left in me that wants to leave a space for you So maybe this time Maybe this time Maybe this time, you'll feel like I do And it don't feel so good No When it's your turn in blue No, no Oh, oh I don't want this You make me nauseous Can't believe it gave me butterflies to look at you You think I'm bleeding You must be dreaming You slept on me while she slept under you Makes me laugh, guess we want the things we can't have You focus and I fall back You've always been the same Well, maybe this time You'll hurt like I do You won't get no sympathy 'cause I got none from you Couldn't make up your mind Well, mine's not confused Nothing left in me that wants to leave a space for you So maybe this time Maybe this time Maybe this time, you'll feel like I do And it don't feel so good No, when it's your turn in blue No, no No, don't call my name 'cause I'm not yours It's not the same as it was before Don't fantasize when you picture me When you close your eyes, and I'm in your dreams Don't matter to her, don't matter to me Think I care, I don't Maybe this time You'll hurt like I do You won't get no sympathy 'cause I got none from you Couldn't make up your mind Well, mine's not confused Nothing left in me that wants to leave a space for you So maybe this time Maybe this time Maybe this time, you'll feel like I do It don't feel so good No When it's your turn in blue Thank you so much.

[ Cheers and applause ] I wait all Sunday For him to come for me When he don't by Monday, cry myself into a hunger And he's twice my age It's a guilty pleasure For a man that seems like he should know He should know better He talk, talk down to me Don't know what he want, want, want from me He could have it all so easily But instead, he make me, make me go Oh He got me in the bag, but he won't take it home I like it when he says I'm too young to know To know what this is - Know what this is 'Cause he ain't about a thing - Ain't about a thing - Come down to business - Down to business - He's not my baby, I'm his Not my baby, I'm his No, no Stroking my hair To stroke my ego And no one feels quite as seen as when a child gets chosen And I'm half his age It's a rite of passage To know it's wrong but not quite care Don't care what happens He talk, talk down to me Don't know what he want, want, want from me He could have it all so easily But instead, he make me, make me go Oh He got me in the bag, but he won't take it home And I like it when he says I'm too young to know To know what this is - Know what this is - 'Cause he ain't about a thing - Ain't about a thing - Come down to business - Down to business - He's not my baby, I'm his He got me in the bag, but he won't take it home And I like it when he says I'm too young to know To know what this is - Know what this is - 'Cause he ain't about a thing - Ain't about a thing - Come down to business - Down to business - He's not, he's not, no He got me in the bag, but he won't take it home I like it when he says I'm too young to know To know what this is - Know what this is - 'Cause he ain't about a thing - Ain't about a thing - Come down to business - Down to business - He's not my baby, I'm his Let's go, Austin!

[ Cheering ] Baby, here I am, I'm the man on the scene I can give you what you want But you got to come home with me I've got some good old lovin' And I got some more in store But when I get through throwin' it on you You got to come back for more Boys and things will come by the dozen That ain't nothin' but drugstore lovin' Hey, little thing, let me light your candle 'Cause, Mama, I'm so hard to handle now, yes, I am No Action speaks louder than words And I'm a man with great experience I know you got another man But I can love you better than him Take my hand, don't be afraid I'm gonna prove every word I say I'm advertising love for free So won't you place your ad with me, I said Boys and things will come by the dozen That ain't nothin' but ten cent lovin' Pretty little thing, let me light your candle 'Cause, Mama, I'm so hard to handle now, yes, I am Yeah Boys and things will come by the dozen That ain't nothin' but ten cent lovin' Pretty little thing, let me light your candle 'Cause, Mama, I'm so hard to handle now -You ought to know this one.

Yeah No Right now Guys, you know you better watch out Some girls, some girls are only bout that thing That thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Guys, should know you better watch out Some girls, some girls are only about that thing That thing, that thing That thing, that thing, that thing Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, no Ah, no I said watch out, watch out Watch out, watch out Watch out, watch out, watch out, watch out I said, watch out, watch out Watch out, watch out Watch out, watch out Watch out for me [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.

I just released my debut album.

It's an album called "Visitor," and -- Thank You.

And this whole album is about this, like, massive fear of impermanence I had and this big fear of feeling temporary and learning to navigate, I guess, being in love whilst knowing it won't last.

And I guess it's just an overwhelming feeling of just being a visitor in people's lives and knowing the fragility of yourself and the fragility of relationships and your identity.

And I went into a whole 10-song deep dive about that which you can listen to.

But, um, this next song is a song called "Mono No Aware," which is the last song on the album.

And the phrase is a Japanese phrase that means the gentle sadness of knowing everything beautiful is temporary and loving it more because it won't last.

And when I found that phrase, it just changed my life.

It changed the way I saw things.

It changed the way I approach things.

It allowed me to be so much more open and allow so much more love into my life, and allowed me to love myself a lot more than I did.

And yeah, it's just... [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

It's amazing, and it's so beautiful, and it's such a beautiful philosophy that I feel like we can all -- we can all really learn from.

You know, everything is temporary, and we should really treat each other with a lot more kindness and give each other a lot more grace than we do.

So, um... Thank you.

This is my -- This is my favorite song I've ever made.

It's a jazz song, and I love it.

It's called "Mono No Aware."

So I really hope you like it.

I see it everywhere The way things start to end Mono no aware I used to get so scared For flowers to expire For love to lose desire For you to get too tired I'm scared of getting tired How rivers dry and tears subside Nights will end and come again It's okay to fall and turn to blue It's okay to love and okay to lose But the beauty is, you don't have to choose Everybody dies And I still ask why Why people still make themselves cry But mono no aware It's gentle, but it's scarce To find someone you You truly care about Our rivers dry and tears subside Nights will end and come again It's okay to fall and turn to blue It's okay to love and okay to lose So as rivers dry and tears subside Nights will end and come again It's okay to fall and turn to blue It's okay to love and okay to lose But the beauty is, you don't have to choose But the beauty is, you don't have to choose [ Cheers and applause ] You don't have to choose No, no, no No [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.

Thank you.

[ "You Stole the Show" plays ] You stole the show, got a standing ovation I lost control, from the stage, from your face, and You don't say hello, I can't wait, I'm impatient Yeah, you stole my show, so I chase you to the pavement Wrap me in your arms again The adrenaline makes me shiver Show me that you're genuine, that I'm safe again That you came here different No time to define, but before we get closer I ask if you love me, and you just Shrug your shoulders No You stole the show Now the crowd's coming through, I just sink into you We're just blowing smoke 'Cause this moment will end, I'll be back at the scene You left cold, my love turns green, and oh, you Made me hate myself, mm-mm You stole it all, so I wait, just to save this Wrap me in your arms again The adrenaline makes me shiver Show me that you're genuine, that I'm safe again That you came here different No time to define, but before we get closer I ask if you love me, and you just, won't you just Wrap me in your arms again The adrenaline makes me shiver Show me that you're genuine, that I'm safe again That you came here different No time to define, but before we get closer I ask if you love me And you just Oh, you just Shrug your shoulders [ Cheers and applause ] Maybe it's the hour Maybe it's the way you looked at me Now I've been devoured There's no way that I could ever leave I'm burning to keep you warm You leave I'm waiting at the door We're not in love, but we make love And that don't make no sense You're right here But you're not here when I'm laying on your chest I'll keep coming back to you anyways I'll get close to you, not enough to break We're not in love, but we make love No Maybe it's your power Maybe you don't need me anymore You love to stick around just to push me up the wall You say I'm pretty, but you're semi-hard Oh, I'm laughing, but I'm in the dark We're not in love, but we make love And that don't make no sense You're right here But you're not here when I'm laying on your chest I'll keep coming back to you anyways I'll get close to you, not enough to break We're not in love, but we make love, oh You go down while I'm up in my head And you left after I got undressed And that's, that's unbelievable You're unbelievable We're not in love, but we make love And that don't make no sense You're right here, but you're not here But I could just pretend I'll keep coming back to you anyways I'll get close to you, not enough to break We're not in love, but we make love [ Cheers and applause ] I wrote this song about the time I was living in New York last year for like a month, and I was talking to this guy who promised me he would -- he would come and visit me, and he never did.

And I think I made this whole big fantasy in my head.

And I fell in love with this idea of someone, which I feel like is such a thing we all do sometimes.

And I lowered my expectations a lot, and I started thinking about expectations, and I wrote this song, and I really think we should never rely on other people for our own happiness, which is something I learned through this.

[ Cheering ] And can't trust a man.

What can I say?

Anyway, this is "Great Expectation."

In my head, you lay down next to me Kiss my lips, hold me carefully Say good-bye and feel all the withdrawals But it's not the same in reality I say your name, but you don't get back to me Till you got something you need me for So I sing just to know I'm alive And I cried all the tears I could cry If happiness is just an illusion You were the best I ever had If you can't be what I want And the things you say aren't true All I need is the great expectation of you Expectation of you The tracks of my tears go back for years When I was young, I've always had the fears One would leave, so I held on so long But to each their own, you come and go a lot It's black and white, but I go back and change the plot Just to have you in the way I want, so I Sing just to know I'm alive And I cried all the tears I could cry If happiness is just an illusion You were the best I ever had If you can't be what I want And the things you say aren't true All I need is the great expectation of you, oh - Cry my tears and let 'em dry - Expectations of you - Cry my tears and testify You exist inside my mind - You, so, so I sing just to know I'm alive And I cried all the tears I could cry If happiness is just an illusion You were the best I ever had If you can't be what I want And the things you say aren't true, oh All I need is the great expectation of you Oh All I need is All I need is You [ Cheers and applause ] This has really been like, such a special show.

[ "Die On This Hill" plays ] Thank you.

[ Laughs ] Got me to stay, said that you need me Starved 'cause his words don't have a meaning No, they don't At least not to me There'll be a day I'll be more creative A poetic way to say I'm not leaving To the world Not to your face, oh I'll take my pride, stand here for you No, I'm not blind, just seeing it through You take my life just for the thrill I'll take tonight, and die on this hill I always will [ Cheering ] I know that I look stubborn, impatient But you wrote the book, I just took a page out To be loved To be loved and nothing more And you kept your word, do you want a medal?

The way that someone leaves this world is all just levels To me now, now, to me now I'll take my pride, stand here for you Know I'm not blind, just seeing it through You take my life just for the thrill I'll take tonight, and die on this hill I always will I'll be here the whole night I'll be here 'cause I can Yeah, I know you don't care I know nothing could matter God, I wish something mattered to you I'll take my pride, stand here for you Know I'm not blind, just seeing it through You take my life just for the thrill I'll take tonight and die on this hill I always Always I always [ Cheering ] Will Thank you so much, Austin.

This has been so incredible.

Thank you.

Nice to meet you all.

Have a beautiful evening.

Go home safe.

Please give up for the band.

[ Cheers and applause ]