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Frame and Glass
08:02
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I remember the water
The splashing of the waves
When shimmering moonlight
Spelled the end of the days
The ducks and their chatter
The groaning of oars
The echo’s of laughter
Especially yours
I remember that summer
And that first longing kiss
When days didn’t end
They just slipped into bliss
It seems there are those
Who have forgotten those times
But me, well I still live there
Slipping in between the lines
Can you hear me
When I call you
When I’m talking to my past
Do you feel me?
When I hold you
Through the frame and the glass
Is there anything
Just some small hope
Anything at all
There’s no one for me
In this world
To catch me when I fall
I remember that winter
The glory of the snow
When ice replaced the water
And stopped the rivers flow
We were young and full of hope then
We didn’t think it strange
With eyes only for each other
We didn’t sense the change
I remember the morning
When I first began to fear
Our world had changed forever
That our future wasn’t clear
It’s hard to comprehend now
How we used to plan ahead
I live only in the moment
Replaying all the words you said
Can you hear me
When I call you
When I’m talking to my past
Do you feel me?
When I hold you
Through the frame and the glass
Is there anything
Just some small hope
Anything at all
There’s no place for me
In this world
No space that fits at all
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2. |
Guardian
05:17
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Watching ever watching
You’re the guardian of the light
There are changes deep within you
There’s something not quite right
You regulate your breathing
As you glide through Saturn’s rings
As the giant world below you
Starts to whisper all the things
You fear
That you don’t want to hear
You’re a darkness in the shadows
Those that seek you don’t succeed
The burden that’s within you is everything you need
Your history is complex
You have no name or age
But you tremble with uncertainty
That soon you’ll feel the rage
You fear
That threatens everything here
You thought you’d left that all behind
You thought those times had gone
A thousand years of solitude
For you to sing your song
They said they’d hunt you down again
They said they’d make you pay
They said time’s of no matter and they’ll kill you anyway
Thats all
Thats all
Thay want to see you fall
Moving out to Titan
Drifting down below the clouds
It’s time to make decisions
Should you fight or go to ground
You’ve had enough of running
You consider this your home
It’s beauty has beguiled you
You no longer want to raom
The stars
You carry too many scars
They’re moving in/ you’re waiting
But there’s something they don’t know
You can end this in an instant
You learned that long ago
You’ve always hated violence
Only wanted to protect
Your pursuers hate has blinded them
There’s nothing to collect
At all
You will rise and they will fall
You’ll never leave this place behind
Those times are now long gone
Another thousand years of solitude
For you to sing your song
They said they’d ravish everything
You’d loved all down the years
But they’re all in the past now
You wont be shedding any tears
At all
At all
They want to see if fall
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3. |
Inside The Frame
06:47
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This is what I see
I consume it with my eyes
This painting hanging on the wall
Depicting paradise.
It’s just a picture
But it draws me deep within
It unsettles and delights me
Always changing, changing
Changing again
Falling down the centuries
Falling to infinity
The silence owns
The only thing
The only thing I ever try to say
Falling through the centuries
Falling to infinity
The silence owns
The only thing
The only thing I ever try to say
This picture that I see
It bears no artists name
But it seems I’ve now transferred my soul
To mingle with the oils inside the frame.
It’s just a picture
But it’s drawn me deep within
Unsettled and destroyed me
Always changing, changing
Changing again
Falling down the centuries
Falling to infinity
The silence owns
The only thing
The only thing I ever try to say
Falling through the centuries
Falling to infinity
The silence owns
The only thing
The only thing I ever try to say
To fade
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4. |
Broken Skies
02:50
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The broken skies
Cast their light
Upon the heads
Of this line of broken men
Who think of all
The promises
They made to those
They’ll never see again
On they march
Through fields of gold
And fields of blood
And friends now lost to them
They temper fears
And hold back tears
And sometimes hope
But only now and then
This is a song for them
All on down the ages
A song for them
Remembered for a blink in time
A song for them
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5. |
Blossom Falls
07:29
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The blossom falls
As blossom does
And it covers the ground
Covers the mud
Covers the fallen
Covers the pain
On this field of battle
In the pouring rain
The tears they fall
Forever more
Onto your pictures
Then onto the floor
They rise into stromclouds
And drop to the earth
One day they’ll live on
In another Childs birth
Switch to another time
A fair few lifetimes on
When the dead are long forgotten
And the summers days are long
Switch to another life
I can see your face right there
A different generation
But I know those eyes, I’ve seen that stare
You’re a connection
A conduit
A wormhole, a link
Into your eyes
A nation could sink
It’s not the final hours
It’s not the tolling bell
The history’s been written
But you’re not alone
We’re here as well
We’ve always loved you
Though never known your name
Your memories live with us
Through every splash
Of falling rain
The blossom falls
It covers all the lies
The eloquence that brought you here
Blossom falling on dead eyes
Paint it white
Paint it gray
You can paint it
All your given days
The colours may change
But what’s beneath remains the same
We give our lives to progress
We pour them down the drain
Keep your head up
There’s nothing you can do
Decisions are made everyday
For me and you
The winter may come
As ice around your heart
Don’t let it be over
Before the start
The blossom falls
It covers all the lies
The eloquence that brought you here
Blossom falling on dead eyes
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6. |
Terracotta
05:00
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In a broken terracotta jar
That’s been on the shelf for years
I found a trove of letters
Where you wrote about your fears
You posted each and every one
Into this cracked and hidden pot
And with every word you spoke to me
I felt like I’d been shot
I never knew your feelings
Too trapped inside this shell
But I loved you more than life itself
I wonder could you tell
I return the vessel to its place
And close the cupboard door
One step forward two steps back
I’m not the man I was before
I’m sitting on the kitchen floor
I’m sitting on the kitchen floor
I’m sitting on the kitchen floor
Staring at that cupboard door
Sitting on the kitchen floor
Sitting on the kitchen floor
Sitting on the kitchen floor
I’m not the man I was before
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7. |
Tomorrow's Door
05:02
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Looking through the drawers
Your life is everywhere
There are no tears
There’s nothing left
Some people think that I don’t care
Looking back has never been
Something that I o
In the days I just
Get on with life
But in the night I dream on you
Seeing only yesterdays
At tomorrow’s door
You don’t want to turn the handle
You don’t know what you’re there for
It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do
But take that step inside
Leave behind your yesterdays
That’s where the ghosts reside
Echoes of the past
Are often burdens of today
Circumstance dictates
The course
And action of the play
You lick your wounds
And carry on
Don’t colour your life blue
Bridges blown, rebuilt again
But in the nights I dream if you
Seeing only yesterdays
At tomorrow’s door
You don’t want to turn the handle
You don’t know what you’re there for
It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do
But take that step inside
Leave behind your yesterdays
That’s where the ghosts reside
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8. |
Yesterdays
08:41
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It’s cold behind
It’s cold ahead
The world is now white winter
All that was is now long dead
There’s no time for reflection
The creams they have begun
For those that lurk in daylight
Stand tall when summers done
It’s not beyond the realms of possibility
That all you’ve been accustomed to is temporary
What lies beyond the corner of your street is never known
You’re not a god, not divine; you are just flesh and bone
The dripping water taunts you
Long deep into the night
The velvet darkness holds you
But it’ll not let you sleep tight
There are no safe havens left
Just a long march for a bed
You’ve got to keep on moving
All your yesterdays have fled
It’s not beyond the realms of possibility
That all you’ve been accustomed to is temporary
What lies beyond the corner of your street is never known
You’re not a god, not divine; you are just flesh and bone
The futility is breaking me
I’m losing all my family
But I can’t give up
I won’t lay down today
Tomorrow the sun may bring some warmth
As we journey onward to the north
I have to hope
That all our prayers are heard
Hold us
Hold us in your arms
Hold us
Hold us in your arms
We pray
We pray
You’ll never know
You’ll never understand
The world turn just so many times
Before it changes hands
They’ve taken what was yours
This land that was your home
Your gods will travel with you
Until there’s nowhere left to roam
You’ve been pushed into the margins
You’ve been replaced by something else
Your bones will be forgotten
Until their sitting on a shelf
Your ancient ways
Have had their days
Forwards the way the future plays
You had your time and lost the race
Living and dying in the ice age
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9. |
When Winter Comes
07:07
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When there’s nothing left to you but pain
And your memories drifting down the drain
Don’t let it show
Don’t let it show
When you live in fear each single day
And there’s nothing left but to kneel and pray
Don’t let it show
Don’t let it show
When winter comes a calling
And there’s nothing warm to hold
Winter does what winter can
Winter takes the old
Winter comes too quickly
To some it never goes away
The sun is just a simple sign
To tell them that its day
Who am I to question
Who am I to say
But something must be badly wrong
If I’m on my knees to pray
I’ve never held with gods and such
Never seen a reason why
But witnessing such suffering
I feel the need to try
When its all a jumble in your head
And you’re not sure if you’re alive or dead
Don’t let it show
Don’t let it show
When the faces all appear to stare
And you’re worried no one really cares
Don’t let it show
Don’t let it show
Just take a look into my eyes and come inside
The spaces are so open here
There’s nowhere you can hide
It’s not the end of knowing
You’ll find out who you are
We’ll sit and wish upon a star
When every day the noise it pounds
But you crave silence not the sounds
Don’t let it show
Don’t let it show
When weeks and days turn into years
And there’s no one left to wipe your tears
Don’t let it show
Don’t let it show
When winter comes a calling
And there’s nothing warm to hold
Winter does what winter can
Winter takes the old
Winter comes too quickly
To some it never goes away
The sun is just a simple sign
To tell us that its day
Who am I to question
Who am I to say
But something must be badly wrong
If I’m on my knees to pray
I’ve never held with gods and such
Never seen a reason why
But witnessing such suffering
I feel the need to try
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Mike Kershaw Wakefield, UK
My music is for the most part atmospheric progressive rock but I leave myself free to drift in any musical direction I
choose within the structure of an album.
The songs explore a range of emotions but have a melancholy core whilst still remaining powerful and lyrically interesting.
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