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Listen to 'Vacation' on your favorite music platform: 🎧 For exclusive livestreams, unreleased music, and a free gift, join The Levitators here: Music and Lyrics by Eli Lev & Austin Bello Recorded and Produced by Austin Bello Lyric Video Design by Adnan Khalid ---- Lyrics to Vacation: I wake up in the morning Open the shades Letting all of the light in The sun is shining I can smell the coffee, you made me The songs that you’ve been singing Tell me how much you love me You love me I don’t want to go to work When you’re wearing my shirt Need more than a weekend to be here and I’m feeling like I’m on vacation When I’m with you Everyday I wake up You’re my ocean view I’m on vacation When I’m with you Everyday I wake up On an island for two Ay Yay Ya Yay ya Yay ya I don’t want to go to sleep It’s just you and me Need more than a weekend To be here and I’m feeling like I’m on vacation When I’m with you Everyday I wake up You’re my ocean view I’m on vacation When I’m with you Everyday I wake up On an island for two Ay Yay Ya Yay ya Yay ya I don’t want to go to work When you’re wearing my shirt I don’t want to go to sleep When it’s just you and me I’m on vacation When I’m with you Everyday I wake up You’re my ocean view I’m on vacation When I’m with you Everyday I wake up On an island for two ---- Rising singer-songwriter and global citizen Eli Lev is making the world a smaller place, one song at a time. Eli pens lyrics and melodies for everyday enlightenment—songs that resonate because they’re heartfelt, earthy, and offer the wisdom he’s gained through lifelong travel and self-discovery. Prior to becoming a full time musician, the Silver Spring, MD native spent three years as an 8th grade English teacher on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona. The indigenous traditions he learned during this time are the inspiration for his Four Directions project. Just as each cardinal direction holds unique characteristics in the Navajo tradition, so do each of the albums in Eli’s ‘Four Directions Project.’ Together, the series imaginatively and intrepidly connects spheres and generations within a body of work that is irresistibly uplifting, emotionally resonant, and down-to-earth authentic. Eli explains, “We are surrounded by four directions, and each has distinctive attributes, powers, and teachings according to Navajo traditions. For example, because the sun rises in the east, it is the first direction and source of new ideas and inspiration. With that in mind, I started my EP series in 2017 with All Roads East, echoing the sounds of my youth and upbringing (Alt-Country/Americana). I released Way Out West the following year, where I experimented with the frontiers of folk tropes and melodies (Indie Folk). For 2019’s Deep South, I went back to my southern roots with a truly modern and powerful sound (Folk Rock/Pop). The final piece in 2021 is the more introspective True North (Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter).” The northern direction in Navajo belief is that of the black night, of reflection, of quietude, of completion, and the stage where we get the highest amount of understanding from events and actions. Eli said, “This project holds and projects all of my life experiences from growing up in Maryland, studying in Indiana, my time as a teacher in Arizona, living abroad in Israel and Andorra, and finally coming back home to Maryland and becoming a full-time independent musician.I felt it important to follow the order and the characteristics of the four directions belief system as it holds deep wisdom and kept me on track and guided me through the entire project.” Join Eli's Levitator Community for FREE here:
