2009-07-28 Los Angeles, CA | Morning Becomes Eclectic (KCRW)

The Calculation
Eet
Machine
Laughing With
Us
Blue Lips
Samson
Folding Chair

2009-07-24 New York, NY | Apple Store Soho

Recorded by Aaron Eshbach and available for download from RespektOnline:

The Calculation
Time Is All Around
Eet
Machine
Laughing With
Folding Chair
"carefully laid plans"
Apres Moi
Man of a Thousand Faces
Blue Lips
One More Time with Feeling
Us
Fidelity

This was the live debut for the unreleased, as yet untitled song "carefully laid plans". The show was also professionally recorded, with six songs (not including the new song) released as an iTunes exclusive "Live from Soho" EP.

2009-06-17 New York, NY | Beacon Theatre

Recordings made available by Dan at nyctaper and by Aaron at RespektOnline:

Folding Chair
Lucky Penny
Time Is All Around*
Eet**
The Calculation**
Machine**
One More Time with Feeling**
On the Radio**
Blue Lips***
Riot Gear****
Laughing With****
Bobbing for Apples
That Time
Aprés Moi
Human of the Year
Poor Little Rich Boy
Ink Stains
Consequence of Sounds
Man of a Thousand Faces

Samson
Us***
Fidelity****

This show marked the live debuts for "Eet", "The Calculation", "Machine", "Riot Gear", and "Ink Stains". Regina's accompaniment throughout the evening consisted of:

* cello + violin
** cello + violin + drums
*** cello + violin + cello + viola
**** cello + violin + cello + viola + drums

far

lithograph

The Calculation
Eet
Blue Lips
Folding Chair
Machine
Laughing With
Human of the Year
Two Birds
Dance Anthem of the 80's
Genius Next Door
Wallet
One More Time with Feeling
Man of a Thousand Faces

Special Edition-only bonus tracks:

Time Is All Around
The Sword & the Pen

Online-only bonus tracks:

Riot Gear
The Flowers (live / preorders only)

Regina's 5th LP is scheduled to be released in June 2009, along with a 2-disc CD/DVD "Special Edition" featuring 2 bonus tracks, 4 videos, and other bonus material.

The downloadable version (via iTunes) features 2 additional bonus tracks (one of which is available only on orders placed prior to the release date).

Orders for the "Special Edition" placed directly from Warner Bros. Records also receive a 14" x 14" lithograph (first 1000 numbered).

The Calculation

Written by: regina spektor

Available Recordings: Click to view

Lyrics (fan transcription):

you went into the kitchen cupboard
got yourself another hour
and you gave half of it to me
we sat there looking at the faces
of the strangers in the pages
til we knew them mathematically
they were in our minds until forever
but we didn't mind, we didn't know better

so we made our own computer
out of macaroni pieces
and it did our thinking while we lived our lives
it counted up our feelings
and divided them up even
and it called that calculation perfect love
didn't even know that love was bigger
didn't even know that love was so...

hey, this fire, it's burning, burning us up...

so we made the hard decision
and we each made an incision
past our muscles and our bones
saw our hearts were little stones
pulled them out, they weren't beating
and we weren't even bleeding
as we lay them on a granite countertop
we beat them up against each other...
we struck them hard against each other...
we struck them so hard, so hard, until they sparked

hey, this fire, it's burning, burning us up...