Here you will find the lyrics for my album Old Light… lyrics for other (previous) releases to be added soon!

AMETHYST SHOES

 I put down my book, I laid it on the grass

You were standing across from me, eyes closed

In a reverie, in a reverie

Wearing those amethyst shoes

Those amethyst shoes

You were so clear and free while I walked in a maze

I had followed your path, and found you in the shade

In a reverie, in a reverie

Wearing those amethyst shoes

Those amethyst shoes

Beneath your eyelids you can see strange colours

And every breath you take feels so alive

Through grounded feet you feel electric currents

And every step you take you have arrived

The further you go the more you stay still

Wearing those amethyst shoes

Those amethyst shoes

I put on those shoes, ready to depart

You faded back, the elements carried me

In a reverie, in a reverie

TURNING OF THE YEAR

 If we speak just to fill the silence

And if we write just to fill the space

We struggle to find perspective

As we move on from place to place

The turning of the year is ripe for change

Gather up all the plans we’ve made

It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,

Follow this breath to its full potential

And as the crow builds her nest by instinct

And as the lark sings his song through grace

The geese know to fly in formation

As they move on without a trace

The turning of the year is ripe for change

Gather up all the plans we’ve made

It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,

Follow this breath to its full potential

No we can’t fight our nature

No we can’t hide our love

We can’t fight our nature

No we can’t hide our love

Every new year brings new life

Every new dawn brings new light

Every new year brings new life

Every new dawn brings new light

And we circle around the question

As the earth draws her path around the sun

Though the lines of our live must wander

To depart from what we’ve always done

The turning of the year is ripe for change

Gather up all the plans we’ve made

It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,

Follow this breath to its full

The turning of the year is ripe for change

Gather up all the plans we’ve made

It’s time to set a new intention, focus our attention,

Follow this breath to its full potential

IF

 If it is broken you can try to fix it

And if it is lost you can try to find it

Cos everything has got its right place

And everything has got its right time

And everything has got a balance, balance

And everything will work out fine

And if you’re not feeling it don’t beat yourself up

And if life is dealing a poor hand it’s time to pick up

Cos everything has got its right place

And everything has got its right time

And everything has got a rhythm, rhythm

And everything will work out fine

And if you are harbouring doubts, then let them be known

And if you are holding a grudge, then let it go

Like a dew drop on morning grass

Or like a rainstorm, it will pass

Blossoms open and then they fall

Keep it in mind that this is all

A drop in the ocean

Cos everything has got its right place

And everything has got its right time

And everything has got a balance, balance

And everything will work out fine

Yes everything has got its right place

And everything has got its right time

And everything has got a rhythm, rhythm

And everything will work out fine

Work out fine, work out fine

Work out fine

ROOTED

According to physics we exist in one place at a time

But it’s hard to move on with old haunts still alive in our minds

I know it’s tough to find that we must

Leave these things behind

The past is another country, or so I heard, long ago

We did things differently there, oh it taught us all we know

I know it’s tough letting go

But that’s the way we grow

Do you want to get rooted with me?

Do you want to get rooted with me?

We could start a garden, plant a small grove of trees, if you please

We won’t need much to be true when we say we have all we need

It’s enough to love fully,

Freely, and with ease

Do you want to get rooted with me?

Do you want to get rooted with me?

We could grow together like those old twisted trees

Do you want to get rooted with me?

CARRIED BY THE BREEZE

 I watched you close your hand

On a seed carried by the breeze

I wondered how it all comes

So effortlessly

Ebb and flow, you come and go

Wax and wane, oh your song is still the same

Oh to live life as a dance

Like a leaf carried on a stream

In harmony with everything you see

Oh you are living in a dream

Ebb and flow, you come and go

Wax and wane, oh your song is still the same

And all that you need seems to float right into your hands

You say you don’t know what you want

Oh the next day you’ve got it planned

Cos it’s easy, it’s easy

Ebb and flow, you come and go

Wax and wane, oh your song is still the same

I watched you close your hand

On a seed carried by the breeze

DISPARATE

 Do you ever want to hold a secret tight

To keep something for yourself at the end of a long night?

And are you feeling stretched, oh life pulls you so thin

That you feel you’re getting close to physically breaking

And do you need to have some fun – you remember what that means

Just like we did before we were fraying at the seams

All this disparate shit that ties up our time

And our minds, how it tangles and binds

It made sense at the time to say yes to that smile

But now you’re navigating multiple lives

Just take one day at a time, that’s what people still say

And finish what you start, oh before your mind can stray

Put one foot before the other, oh walking clears the head

And ignore what’s left undone by the time you go to bed

All this disparate shit that ties up our time

And our minds, how it tangles and binds

It made sense at the time to say yes to that smile

But now you’re navigating multiple lives

Now you’re navigating multiple lives

Simplicity, solitude, quietness

Simplicity, solitude, quietness

Simplicity, solitude, quietness

Oh come simplicity, solitude, come quietness, come quietness

But it all comes back

Yes it all comes back

Oh it all comes back

Yes it all comes back

All this disparate shit that ties up our time

And our minds, how it tangles and binds

It made sense at the time to say yes to that smile

But now you’re navigating multiple lives

Now you’re navigating multiple lives

ALL YOUR ATOMS

 Do you need to write it down before you know how you feel?

And do you need to say it out loud before you know what you mean?

And if you do, yes if you do, well that’s ok, take your time

Let your busy mind unwind

And find what rings true

And when life gets too loud do you wish to go underground?

With the worms and the fungi, there’s a peace to be found

Underneath where they all speak

In silent inflections

A mycelium network is listening to you

And if you ever think that you don’t matter

Just remember all your atoms will be something else one day

We are custodians and janitors, it might not sound that glamourous

All my heroes go unsung

But if you lift your voice and sing tonight

Remember the power of a butterfly’s wing in flight

And it might take only one little movement to start a storm

And in a flash, a lightning bolt, something fresh might be born

We’ll take the old and make it new

Oh beauty unexpected

Everything is connected, and that includes you

And if you ever think that you don’t matter

Just remember all your atoms will be something else one day

We are custodians and janitors, it might not sound that glamourous

All my heroes go unsung

But if you lift your voice and sing tonight

Remember the power of a butterfly’s wing in flight

We have more power than we know

Both in our physical beings and our souls

And if you ever think that you don’t matter

Just remember all your atoms will be something else one day

We are custodians and janitors, it might not sound that glamourous

All my heroes go unsung

But if you lift your voice and sing tonight

Oh if you lift your voice and sing tonight

Oh when you lift your voice and sing tonight

Remember the power of a butterfly’s wing in flight

THE SKY TODAY

Blue, the colour of the sky today

But I find myself wishing for rain

It’s true, if there’s trouble, well I’ll stay with it

I won’t shy away, deny the pain

But I don’t know what to say

No I don’t know what to say just now

And you, well you’ll have to find you way somehow

Our path might diverge, might meet again

The future is partly what we make of it

And partly locked in by what already came

But I don’t know what to say

No I don’t know what to say just now

Oooh -----

Still I don’t know what to say

‘Bout the sky today

A RECKONING

Since you shone your light in the dark

There’s a reckoning, a reckoning to be done

There’s so much still to learn in this life

So let the light, let the light, let it burn bright

To learn and to unlearn

To learn how to unlearn

To learn and to unlearn

Oh I can feel this turning

Let your candle burn

I can feel this yearning

Let your candle burn

Since you shone your light in the dark

There’s a reckoning, a reckoning, a reckoning

To be done

OLD LIGHT

If we gather it up, all of this old light

Old light, it burns so brightly

And if we glean from the pearls of these pages

Pages from the library

Of those who came before

Wisdom is in your stories

And if we listen real close to the whispers

Whispers on the wind

And attention is king, stumbling on insight

Insight in the dark

All those who came before

Wisdom is in your stories

All those who came before

Wisdom is in your stories

Illuminate, illuminate!

With old light, old light, shining brightly

Illuminate, illuminate!

With old light, old light, shining brightly

Illuminate, illuminate!

With old light, old light, shining brightly

Illuminate, illuminate!

With old light, old light, shining brightly

Shining brightly

Shining brightly

Shining brightly