1. THOSE WE DON’T SPEAK OF

They come at night
Brush gently by
And while you sleep
Your dreams they weave
Those we don't speak of

They'll find the souls
Of both young and old
And fears you kept
They'll serve you cold
Those we don't speak of

They'll lead you through your childhood scenes
Untimely falls of hearts pristine
And more
They stab at your core

You run you run until you bleed
You try to hide but onto you they keep
Until you burn
They return
Those we don't speak of

And finally
As dawn pours in
They let you step
Across the morning's sill
But oh, come night
Your dreams they find
Those we don't speak of


2. THE VALLEY

You came down, walked with me fallow
You alone came to visit the lonely wanderer
Solely wandering
From which wind, I do not know, you arrived
On a tiny cat's feet, fragile dancer
With a lonely wanderer

Hear my friend, in the valley
Time crawls, but it's a merry wait
There is a tune to catch before I come

The creek is the drone, fire sets the tone
Spring tune, there you are, come visit the lonely wanderer
Solely wandering
I've invited the moon, memories, too
Endless cares and needs, for now, shoooo
Spring tune, so glad you came
To the lonely wanderer

Hear my friend, in the valley
Time crawls, but it's a merry wait
There is a tune to catch before I come

Hear my friend, in the valley
Time crawls, but it's a merry wait
There is a tune to catch before I come

Lost to the world until tonight
The needless claptrap made you hide
There's a valley ahead
To greet us with the journey's end

Hear my friend, in the valley
Time crawls, but it's a merry wait
There is a tune to catch before I come

Hear my friend, in the valley
Time crawls, but it's a merry wait
The tune has come, I'll play it once we meet


3. THE DUTY OF DUST

Knees are grazed digging soil for the soul
Nails are cracked by the widening hole
And the clouds pour in, to the silent blue
Warm pool of memories lost

It is the duty of dust
To remind us that which must
Never, ever, be forgotten
The trance of fire we never tire

Bright knives of memories, memories now lost

Knees are grazed digging soil for the soul
Nails are cracked by the widening hole
And the clouds pour in, to the silent blue
Warm pool of memories lost

Call out to the empty street and ask where it's going
And if you're welcome, welcome all that it holds

This song of memories lost, it is the twilight
Mood music of ancient, ancient stories told

Remind me of our time
With your wonderful dark breath
Tuning to waves from distant suns
You see, now, where we have gone?
Drowning in memories lost

It is the duty of dust
To remind us that which must
Never, ever, be forgotten


4. PEARL DIVING

I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
My family sextant is the filling moon
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
A free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Shocked and pulled from a nice dull sleep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)

I know you're down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Through rings of black roses I'll move
Slow, scared, alive

The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
A springboard dance with no last chance
As I gasp for air, it's there

The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
Am I a man upon the land or a selkie on the sea?

Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
I'm launched

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
I hope that you are there
I hope to find you there

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
Anchor, away
Aweigh, anchor, away!

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
I hope that you are there
I hope to find you there

I will not resist you
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
Anchor, away
Aweigh, anchor, away!


5. KISS THE MOUNTAIN

Wind
Sing me soft your secrets
Beguile chant of heights so with you I may soar
Bring horizons
Bring music
And do tell

How
To begin a journey
With feet
Never introduced to open road
Could the sage earth know
How to quell this howling surf

Calling mountains
Calling seas
Our hearts were never meant to kneel
Fill a sentence your birth began
Imagine you're already there
A voice so feeble yet all-knowing
I must heed and find my path

Silent bound by voices
Too long
Shackled under yoke of not enough
Let me hear you roar
Roar of everything you're for
Scream out years your silence cost
Catch a spark and light a beacon

Calling mountains
Calling fields
Our hearts were never meant to kneel
Fill a sentence your birth began
Imagine you're already there
A voice so feeble yet all-knowing
I must heed and find my smile


6. LIGHT AND FLOOD

(Instrumental)


7. IT TAKES ME PLACES

Bare feet landing soft on wet grass
Whiff of Winter, Autumn's last dance
The secret words written on your back
Greenhouse glass, nettle stings, tea shop
A rope on a tree, deathlike heat
Finding your face in a crowd
I close my eyes

And suddenly it takes me places, a treasury
At the door to a heartache
I turn the key and arrive
At a merry-go-round

Crackles and heartbeats, green gates
Wet castle walls, stiff nightmare feet
The scent of fresh baked buns at the door, one more
Raindrops pounding the bedroom roof
New sheets, first wave of Christmas mood
A walk in easy silence
I hear a tune

And suddenly it takes me places, a gallery
At the door to a heartache
I turn the key and arrive
At a merry-go-round

All the hurt, every kindness, shame
Every thrill of youth down memory lane
A point of interest on the map of me

All the hurt, every kindness, shame
Every thrill of youth down memory lane
A point of interest on the map of you

And suddenly they take us places, to treasuries
At the door to a heartache
We turn the key and arrive
At a merry-go-round

And suddenly they take us places, to galleries
At the door to a heartache
We turn the key and arrive
At a merry-go-round

And suddenly


8. THE LONG WALK

Gravel road
Far reaching sky
No sleep tonight
We walk a lonely pilgrim
Parade of plight

One more step before I yield
My life for this journey
Take my name and carve it on
A heart stone or a memory

Netherworld
Our tears collect
For the longest walk
Withheld from life
From years we left hollow

One more step before I yield
My life for this journey
Take my name and carve it on
A heart stone or a memory

One more step before I yield
All of life I yearn to feel
One more step for those who fell
If go I must I shall go well
One more step to fabled farm
One more step...


9. SCATTERED TO THE FOUR WINDS

Scattered to the four winds
The cinders of the tide we lived
Memories of the work done
Of a proud son of silent Earth
Now you're a breath of a butterfly
Riding upon the wind by my side

Scattered to the four winds
The cinders of the tide we lived
Memories of the work done
Of a proud son of silent Earth
Now you're a breath of a butterfly
Riding upon the wind by my side

Scattered to the four winds
The cinders of the tide we lived
Memories of the work done
Of a proud son of silent Earth
Now you're a breath of a butterfly
Riding upon the wind by my side

Scattered to the four winds
The cinders of the tide we lived
Memories of the work done
Of a proud son of silent Earth
Now you're a breath of a butterfly
Riding upon the wind by my side

(Scattered to the four winds)


10. FIRESIDE BARD

Close is the port where you await uncoffin'd
Your call in the fire, and the crowd before me
This music is a naked man
Marking the world's milestones with stories
With kisses from The Earth herself

On go rivers
On goes the silent flow
Come, my love
Now it's calm enough to go
Close the chord of the song uncared-for

It won't be too long now
Dear crowd
By this hearth I leave my notes on repeat
And enter the deep with you

On go rivers
On goes the silent flow
Come, my love
Now it's calm enough to go
Close the chord of the song uncared-for

On go rivers
On goes the silent flow
Come, my love
Now it's calm enough to go
Close the chord of the song uncared-for