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Locomotion
03:41
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Introduction
I feel locomotion, I feel it everywhere.
I feel locomotion, it echoes into the air.
I feel locomotion…
Verse 1
I feel locomotion ‘though the earth is still.
I feel locomotion ‘though I’ve had my fill.
I feel locomotion in everyone that I meet.
I feel locomotion in the evening heat.
Chorus 1
I am the loner – just one voice in the crowd.
I am confounded - lost before I was found!
Verse 2
I hear desperation in the sounds of the day.
I hear desperation in the midst of the play.
I hear conversation, only shadows of words.
I hear conversation like the crying of birds.
Chorus 2
I am the outcast – driftwood on the shore.
I am exclusive – like a lock on a door!
Soft Chorus
I am the loner – just one voice in the crowd.
I am confounded – lost before I was found.
Chorus 3
I am the outcast – walking alone on a lonely shore.
I am exclusive – like a lock on a great big door!
Ending
I feel locomotion ‘though the earth is still.
I feel locomotion ‘though I’ve had my fill.
I feel locomotion…
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2. |
You Walk Beside Me
04:48
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Chant
There’s walking, there’s talking.
There’s a wondering and a sundering -
A sense that there’s a turning.
Verse 1
You walk beside me,
You seem to walk on air.
I look around me
To find that you’re not there.
Chorus 1
These aren’t the days I knew -
The meaning’s not the same.
I wish I knew why all that’s left is the shame.
Verse 2
You walk beside me,
You even know my name.
There’s something going down ‘round here
and I just know I’ll get the blame.
You walk beside me deep into the night,
Until all sense and reason are simply taking flight.
Chorus 2
These aren’t the days I knew -
‘Cause the meaning’s not the same.
Won’t someone show me how to play this game?
Verse 3
You walk beside me,
Like a debt that’s fallen due
I look more closely
and I see right through you.
Repeat Chorus 1
Verse 4
You walk beside me,
How come you know my name?
There’s something scary happening here
and, of course, I’ll get the blame.
You walk beside me deep into the night
Until all sense and reason are simply taking flight.
Chorus 3
These aren’t the days I knew -
And I guess I’m not the same.
Won’t someone show me the secret rules of the game?
Repeat Chant
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3. |
A Twilight Tale
04:17
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In your twilight, you’re looking for reasons
When the night falls - turning the seasons
You’re taking the time
Taking your time to find your way.
In the forest, hidden in the trees
On your path and on bended knees
You pray for light
Praying for light, to light your way…to find your way.
In your twilight, as the shadows fall
Your heart answers, as you hear the call
You give it all
Giving all you have to find your way.
In the night-time, so dark and lonely
If you’ve a choice, there’s really only
Walking the ways
The sacred ways that lead you home…that lead you home.
You’ll find your way. You deserve to find your way.
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5. |
At the End of Days
04:28
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Introduction
In the old days, I see you everywhere
In the old ways, you are always there for me.
Verse 1
I feel strong now. Watch me work and play.
I have no need for plans, about tomorrow
But your strength can wane, though the will obey,
It can fall away to my sorrow.
Verse 2
I am brave now. The way I mean to stay,
And so, I stride away towards tomorrow.
But the bold still fail at the end of day,
When it falls away…away!
Chorus (repeated)
Here…at the end of days
The gathering of ways
As twilight nears -
With those twilight fears.
Verse 3
I am strong now. Watch me forge my way.
Face down those fears about tomorrow.
But yet I falter, I guess I’ve fallen prey,
It can fall away to my sorrow.
Conclusion
To my sorrow…at the end of days.
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6. |
The Siren's Song
08:00
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Verse 1
It seemed to happen without warning
I was making my own way
In an ordinary day.
Then in the early hours of morning
I knew something was wrong
When I heard the Siren’s Song.
Chorus 1
What is this place?
Don’t leave me, don’t leave me
I hear your song, I need your grace
Don’t leave me, don’t leave
Love can be blind
Don’t leave me, don’t leave me
Don't leave me way behind
Don’t leave me, don’t leave!
Verse 2
My walls came down in just a second.
There was really no defence,
Not even vain pretense.
I had to go where I was beckoned.
I had somewhere to belong
When I heard the Siren’s Song.
Chorus 2
What is this place?
Don’t leave me, don’t leave me
I hear your song, I need your grace
Don’t leave me, don’t leave
Love can be blind
Don’t leave me, don’t leave me
I couldn't stand to be left behind
Don’t leave me, don’t leave!
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7. |
Time for Letting Go
04:10
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Verse 1
These days I seem always to be chasing rainbows
- a mysterious trick of the light…
My truths revealed as mere fantasy,
That's how it seems to me.
Chorus 1
As the world turns strange to my eyes
Maybe now it is time for letting go.
Verse 2
Those days I thought I knew where I was going
- a mysterious trick of the mind…
I controlled the fate of all that I saw,
Thought my word was Law.
Chorus 2
While the world turns strange to my eyes
Maybe now it is time for letting go.
As the world slips through my fingers
Maybe now it is time for letting go…letting go…letting go.
Verse 3
These days I no longer need to find those rainbows
They were just a trick of my sight…
And I, it seems, am not too old to learn
As the wheel of time turns.
Chorus 3
As the world is made new in my eyes
Maybe now it is time for letting…
As the world slips through my fingers
Maybe now it is time for letting go.
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8. |
Watching and Waiting
03:50
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Me: Verse 1
Maybe, I’ll sit and write another fancy song.
It seems a strange pathway to belong, to find something grander.
One day, I’ll try to bend it all into some sense,
Into a point of major difference – another kind of answer.
Other: Chorus 1
Tell me why you let your days go by
In this most peculiar way.
You’re watching and waiting
At the end of the day.
Me: Verse 2
Maybe, I’ll go and I’ll try to save the world,
That is how my thoughts just swirl and swirl and end up going nowhere.
One day, I’ll know all there is to understand.
The truth will be here at my command, at my humble prayer.
Other: Repeat Chorus 1
Me: Soft Chorus 2
All I can say is that it’s just my way,
It just makes sense to me.
I’m watching and waiting
For my chance to be free…
Other: Chorus 3
But at the sound of the chime,
You’ll have run out of time
as the sky turns twilight blue
We’re watching, still waiting,
For you – just for you.
Me: Repeat Verse 1
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In your twilight when the colours fade,
Are there signs here or are you afraid?
That there’s no time -
No time left to find your way.
In the forest, in your secret place,
You remember your original face.
You walk the path -
The blessed path that takes you home…that takes you home.
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JB Fairfield Brisbane, Australia
JB Fairfield is my solo musical project.
As a solo artist I find inspiration in many places - from
medieval music to the present - and across prog, electronic, classical, psychedelic and post rock genres.
Various haphazard (and surprising) combinations of these styles occur as I try to understand myself and my world through the magic of music!
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JB Fairfield recommends:
The Industrial Force
by Ola Lindqvist
Ola's music invites you into a magical world, like a Scandinavian saga. It is clever music because of the time signature changes and chord progressions, but there are also really wonderful melodies.
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Rolf Zero are hard to describe, because they can play almost anything. In this release they show their affinity with medieval music, catchy rock and contemporary prog. A heady mix!
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The Generator of All Infinity
by All India Radio
I have enjoyed this artist's assured electronic work over the years, but because of my love of early prog/space rock, this album especially resonates with me. So atmospheric!
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