Music and lyrics by Jane Cameron.
Performed by Jane Cameron, George Borthwick, Sebastien , Julian Swinnerton, Chris Webb, Nick Evangelou, Greg Steps, Xani Kolac, Andrew McClean, Matt Alford, and Ingrid.
Engineered, mixed and produced by Tristan Bird.
Mastered by Govindra ?.
Performed by Jane Cameron, George Borthwick, Sebastien , Julian Swinnerton, Chris Webb, Nick Evangelou, Greg Steps, Xani Kolac, Andrew McClean, Matt Alford, and Ingrid.
Engineered, mixed and produced by Tristan Bird.
Mastered by Govindra ?.
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1. Sharp Shock
They say I came into this world with a cold sharp shock. Filled my lungs with air 'til I learned to shout. Years spun by with wonders before my eyes. So tell me how is it you still took me by surprise? In one breath I knew myself but in the next I knew nothing else but you. You were a short sharp shock from the start. Will you bring me to life or stop my heart? When the old man died they say his wife was not the same. She crumpled into herself like an animal hurt and lamed. I've seen that hollow carved into another's soul. Never wanted to risk I'd be left so cold. But in one breath I knew myself and in the next I knew nothing else but you. You were a short sharp shock from the start. Will you bring me to life or stop my heart? They say I came into this world with a cold sharp shock. Still I never really breathed 'til you woke me up. 2. Autumn Bride
The working week's a memory when I open my eyes. Two whole days before I start back in that grind. Somewhere a bell is ringing for another autumn bride and I sigh, rollin' over to curl up on my side. Seems I've ached for you since I don't know when. Days turn to hours and years slip by again. Somewhere a bell keeps ringing for that damned autumn bride and I cry, 'cause time's never, ever on my side. Through the blue of the sky across the grey of the sea in the blackest of nights oh come to me! I throw the covers off, get to my feet stumble to the kitchen for that hit of caffeine. Somewhere a bell keeps clanging and I know that bride will smile, I can't lie the brew's bitter when you're on the other side. In the spring leaves I saw the echo of your gaze the colour that lured me so deep into this maze oh and I swear I see Aurora Australis in your eyes but that seeming tranquility, it lies oh it lies. I put my coffee down and pick up my strings. Hum this melody 'til I can sing. Somewhere a bell is ringing for ships that missed that tide so I'll try to forget you and your pretty autumn bride. That damned autumn bride. 3. In the Dark
In the dark I cannot sleep thoughts like sharks swim restless in me you hold me close and whisper my name saying 'Can't you sleep tonight again?' In your arms the world's safe and warm but that charm has been too well worn my blood it twitches where you lay my skin bare and something just doesn't feel right in the dark. Is it a passing moment or is it something true what changed inside me or is the change in you I don't know Sleep rolls in and you're gone on a wave leaving me wondering what I should say if morning comes and I'm stranded here gasping for a breath that won't come in the dark. 4. So Close
Mid-morning heading down to the lecture hall sun cruising by as all these moments form Turn the corner there you are so close and yet so far and I hear you say Hey there, whatcha doin' today? and your smile takes my breath away and my heart leaps in my chest but these words are for someone else. Sitting three rows down my concentration tattered and torn muddied voices clear I hear your laugh so deep and warm Turn my head and there you are so close and yet so far and I hear you say Hey there, whatcha doin' today? and your smile takes my breath away and my heart leaps in my chest are these words for someone else? Headin' for the door jostled in the rush to the street books fall to the floor our hands reaching finally meet Lift my eyes are there you are So close! My shining star! And I wish I'd say Hey there! Whatcha doin' today? You know your smile takes my breath away and my heart leaps in my chest Oh I wish I'd say Hey there! Whatcha doin' today? You know your smile takes my breath away and my heart leaps in my chest. Please don't say you're with someone else. Mid-morning Sun cruising by my room. 5. Landlocked
I went down to the hardware store on a mission to be free bought a bag of sand, a folding chair and a juvenile palm tree with the sand in my shoes I felt I could almost feel the breeze from the distant ocean washing over me I signed up for an online class set to be a better me tried to focus on the words of all the talking heads I see with the whispers in my ears I felt I could almost hear that far off sea waves rushing overland washing over me But I'm landlocked oh I'm landlocked aching for salt water I'm landlocked I bought another painting to hang upon my wall echoes of a golden reef fish swimming through it all with the tears in my eyes I felt I could see them flash and stall swirling in a current that could wash away us all But I'm landlocked oh I'm landlocked aching for salt water I'm landlocked I close my eyes and I see that wide horizon inside me I take another breath and sigh wonder when my friends I'll see I know it won't be one day soon but someday we'll roam free with the border in my rearview I will run to find that breeze the call of salt water washing over me But I'm landlocked oh I'm landlocked aching for salt water I'm landlocked For now I'm landlocked still landlocked waiting for salt water to come washing over me For now I'm landlocked 6. Bed of Lies
Side by side as the tram is rockin' through a darkening afternoon Your worried smile asks a question Has it come to this so soon? Honesty has no soft edges it's colder than the dark side of the moon I know you don't believe that but you'll know it soon. All the tears won't wash the pain away. All your fears come home to stay. I said we'd be forever and there was no turning back I'd like to say I didn't know better but the truth cuts deeper than that All the tears won't wash the pain away. All your fears come home to stay. Deception in the heart of me and it tears me apart You wanted a gentle truth all I could do was lie. Lie. Lie. I look past you into the twilight let you slip your hand in mine tell myself it'll be kinder if I just give it more time. All the tears won't wash the pain away. All your fears come home to stay. All those tears won't wash this pain away. All your fears come home today in our bed of lies. |
7. Forward and Back
Slip your hand from mine it's all fine if you must brush the dust from your face as you pace that path away from us. you'll be laughing when I cry I won't lie, it's hard to take everything we make together falls apart Let's go back to the start and walk away I want to move forward You keep turning back truth to tell we're just not a match. I'll be sleeping when you wake it just feels fake to say it's ok You want to stay in a memory that's long gone but fate's won, there's nothing more to say. I want to move forward You keep turning back truth to tell we're just not a match. It's time to stop. Look at where we are. We both know our dreams are far apart. There's just one way for us to stay friends so let's bite the bullet and call this the end. So take this ring from my hand a thin gold band was never going to hold. Before the cold descends deep in our bones in civil tones let's call it a day. I want to move forward you keep turning back. Truth to tell we never were a match. Before we get bitter 'bout all the things we lack. Let's call it a day, we're not a match. 8. The Blue of Your Eyes
Night sky in my hands Vincent's true sight I look for pieces that fit but nothing seems right The blue of the sky The blue of your eyes So far away from me I can't reach them but I try The puzzle falls to the floor at my feet pieces scattered a world incomplete The blue of the sky The blue of your eyes so far away from me I can't reach them but I try Mirror image of our home warped by all we have known it flutters in my mind crazed canary in this mine The blue of the sky The blue of your eyes so far away from me I can't reach them but I try Picking pieces from the floor matching colours that don't meet anymore clinging to this edge lying lonely in our bed The blue of the sky The blue of your eyes so far away from me I can't reach them but I try 'Cause the blue of the sky Like the blue of your eyes so far away from me I can't reach them but I try I can't reach them but I try I can't reach them but I try 9. Waiting for You
The crowd has left, the players have all gone home pom-poms on the ground lying where they were thrown and it's oh so clear to me this is not how it was meant to be I'm waiting for you Waiting so long Waiting for truth How could that be wrong I'm guarding my hope Guarding my heart Trying to cope as my edges fall apart Mistakes were made both on and off the field and blame was laid raw and bleeding at my feet what was there to say You wouldn't listen to me anyway I'm waiting for you Waiting so long Waiting for truth How could that be wrong I'm guarding my hope Guarding my heart Trying to cope as my edges fall apart Please believe me when I say these words I may be lonely but I'm not disturbed This love's not a suit you can strip from my skin You think you've got the aces but hearts always win. I may be forgetful but I was never unkind if it was something I said can't we just hit rewind apples or oranges, who cares? it never led us to a better pair I'm waiting for you Waiting so long Waiting for truth How could that be wrong I'm guarding my hope Guarding my heart Trying to cope as my edges fall apart Waiting for you Waiting so long How could that be wrong? I'm waiting for love Waiting for life The stars above know you're the only one I love Waiting for you Waiting so long You're the only one I love Waiting for you Waiting so long 'cause you're the only one I love 10. Bottle
I'm just an empty bottle clinking softly on the floor all I had was poured into you 'til there was nothing more still I held on tight kept on fighting hoped that we would be alright I closed my eyes to all the signs that you and I were just a lie. Just a lie. All that time the dregs cling to me habit crusted over my eyes no half full, no half empty absence was your long goodbye Years come and go wind and sun collide in me light dawning slowly sets me free. I stand alone, see things clearly wonder why it took so long life is strange - a thing of beauty in this joy I belong. I belong! It fills me. I belong! 11. Letters in the Hallway
I write a letter every winter to slip under the door of that old abandoned house where we stayed before I'm not writing it to you or to what might have been just sharing the memories with the ghosts in between and the chances are remote that someone will look through all those letters in that hallway to find the path we took Those days keep slowly fading old coats hanging in my closet I try to mend the memories but that never works, does it Time has slipped away and run off laughing down the road Hope left to dress as truth lights my lonely road and the chances are remote that someone will look through all those letters in that hallway to find the path we took Ever since we parted ways my dreams keep me awake it's not what I think will be it's the choices that I make one day I'll write it in a book tie our story down with fetters for now words drift unfettered into these doorstop letters and the chances are remote that someone will look through all those letters in that hallway to find the path we took still I keep writing and hope one day they'll see the truth of you and what you mean to me 12. All the Dreamers
I wrote this song to celebrate my friends all the dreamers finding meaning in little things Our words are dancing from our fingers to our lips spinning tales from memories we break into bits And every day's another chance to get things right find that perfect hook to let our songs take flight Through scraps and treasures, hints of blue and green you see the stories of places you've never been. Precious trash swells and accumulates bower bird fingers search for gems to take And every day's another chance to get things right find that perfect hook to let our songs take flight In our dreams you all know our names but that's not how this game will play. We lay out the mosaic of dreams and old regrets binding it in place with love for things we can't forget It makes us laugh more often than we cry hearts on our sleeves keep trying to fly Oh how they'll fly! And every day's another chance to get things right find that perfect hook to let our songs take flight Our songs take flight, oh yeah! I wrote this song to celebrate my friends all the dreamers finding joy in little things. |
