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Overture
04:14
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Sifting through myself again
as if to find a song, or any words at all
and filtering it through my sores
all that’s left is this,
just another redacted thought
These notions seem to feed nothing
Yours is an overture of wonder
And I can’t hear myself talking
Was I even talking?
Yours will be all I hear forever
And I don’t mind…
If it means I never look in again,
Am outside my skin again
Well I’ll stay inside your glow
If I lose my way again
at least I know that I am
obscured by your light
I find some peace in knowing that
These contributions were
not worth much at all
In the end
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2. |
Let Your Love Subside
03:43
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Comfortable inside this
fog on the hill
They blur their edges lightly
lie and pretend to be still
But truth inside them surges
inward and down
to where few have ever seen them
not as they’d love to be seen
They tell themselves:
“sleep inside this hole. for now
and let your love subside
before it shows
and every time you draw a line
be on the other side
safe and warm”
Silver-sheened the doorway
a guilt-ridden bed
and time that doesn’t matter
but feels like a storm in your head
For all we know there’s light
searching for a pore
for all we know there’s light
too soft…
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3. |
Follow the River
05:10
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Found a way to forge my own name
sign it with a smile
Let myself be bound in contract
as I slip away to find
a form that I’ve never been before
I’ll follow the river through the snow
don’t look for footprints
they’ll be gone
under the cover of the new
and you’ll never find them again
Just follow the wind down
through the snow
don’t be afraid to travel slow
and when you feel like letting go
trust, it’ll find you a home
Thoughts return
despite my leaving
I can’t hold them here
They escape through every pause,
they all return to you to find
a warmth, where I expected frost
Night expands away
from my shrinking sense of self
Dark but never black
and it touches everything
but rests on home
bathed in light
the clang of pots
and movement
and life…
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4. |
We Could've Asked
03:45
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It’s funny if insane
play your winners game
I’ll try not to rain on your dance
No it’s okay, smile and nod and wave
I’ll be the black cloud overhead
I know you far too well it seems
I’ve seen it all strewn along behind you
at least it’s present inside a thought…
And so just the same
I’ll play my teaching game
always knowing somehow
the right paths for you to take
just listen to me…
Now the time has come and passed
yet here we still sit. Knowing that once
there was a time we could’ve asked
but we pretended we knew
and now it shows that by our hands we’ll
always fall in silence
over and over and over and so….
don’t wait around
perhaps I’ll be sorry tomorrow.
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5. |
I Could Learn to Believe
03:28
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I could learn to believe
that it all went to plan
but easier to believe that it’s failing
I could try catching the beads as they
fall from your hand
but they’ll make such a pretty mess
if I leave them
if I let them fall….
We’ll never be on that golden ledger
that heaven’s filed away
we’ve signed with the losing side again
if we only could know for certain
but I haven’t found a way
to find out if it’s worth my time
or not any more
‘cos I could do something else…
I could try telling myself
that I’ve done all I can
and know you’d never suspect
that I’m lying
I’d say: it’s hard telling the truth
when it feels like a lie
I just hope you believe that I’m trying
‘cos I’m not trying at all
God I hope I can do something else
cos we all could do with…
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6. |
Endless Resolve
05:36
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We are right behind you
choosing souls for you to love
to take the pressure from you
We are fighting for you
so you never feel alone
we guide your thoughts so you
can feel it, only every time you love
you fear it, deep down all you are is us
we’ll feed you…
Lies we’ve made from love
that fall on your endless resolve
Nothing’s changed my will to learn
so please don’t change your will to love
So wrap yourself inside us
and held in comfortable restraints
you won’t need to fear us
Cos we are fighting for you
know you’re never in control
we’ll take care of it…
I know I’ve been careless and worse
but I’ve put you first
and though you have tried pulling away,
seems I’m your curse
And in these confines I hold you close
in a crumbling embrace
Lost again,
and who’s to blame
the choice was yours
to feel ashamed
just lay back
and we’ll feed you…
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7. |
The Fog
04:24
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My world:
a watercolour veil, my senses blunt
the sounds whir, from left to right
as the hum of a distant car, in the night
Everything touches,
there is no space between,
and so we wade….
Eyes, forward, eyes...ever forward
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8. |
Falselight
08:44
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Wring your hands
and close the door
Let the tension fall now from your skin
onto the floor,
and just say if you need me
I’ll be standing right over here
Scraping up an awkward phrase like
“I wish I could have seen you in the sun,
in brighter days”
but it’s all over now red rover
It’s a strange thing
to see your….
Time is flowing slower now
and fading breath releases
light that burns in every one
A light I might have seen
but I was lost in me
This moment’s not for us
keep your thoughts in check
and be engaging, be engaging
contain
And hide your heart ever deep my dear
your love is not welcome here
I could click my heels forever
and still be far from home
where the cost of dignity it seems
is to feel alone,
but it’s all over now red rover
A little more, couldn’t you hold on?
it feels like I finally see you
I finally know you
A little more, couldn’t you
take these questions they’re yours now
‘cos I don’t want to know
A little more, couldn’t you hold on?
it feels like I finally see you
I finally know you
A little more, second more
won’t you give me your answers
now before you go?
Any objections,
well fire away I’ll be standing by the open door
a champion of the free
In any way I could, I’d share it all
but I’m shackled to the open door
beholden to the free
Please know that I would
let my heart dissolve here inside you
but I’m strangled by the free
am I still the free?
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9. |
Familiar Silhouette
03:57
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Stranger at the door waits
night seeping in
a familiar silhouette
has found my door again
soft steady mists of breath
soak up the air
won't you take another step
show me all of you is here
I'd love you to stay
if you could
I need you to wait
so I know I'm alive
so I know you're real
The valley holds me in
the walls that I can't climb
but now that you are here
will you sing my lullaby?
and I'll listen....
listen
To the sound
coming through the fog
I've been found....
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Isaac Gee Hobart, Australia
Multi-instrumentalist musician from Hobart, Tasmania.
In 2018 I'm releasing my debut album
of original music: ‘Falselight’, which represents almost a decade of music that has bubbled away in the background while I worked on other projects. The album is an intimate presentation of proggy/folky/pop tunes. Sometimes gentle and introverted, sometimes brooding and heavy, sometimes lively and upbeat.
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Isaac Gee recommends:
Harry Edwards Trio
by Harry Edwards Quartet
Bit biased as I play bass on this one. But Harry's original music is stunning: sensitive, dynamic, and otherwordly.
go to album
Ah, Winter
by Christopher Coleman Collective
Christopher Coleman is one of my favourite Tassie singer-songwriters and 'Ah, Winter' is my favourite album of his. Lyrics often dark and reflective but always beautiful.
go to album
Take Care, Take Cover
by The Maes
I adore this album. Beautiful Australian folk music. Brilliant songwriting with a lot of heart.
go to albumIf you like Isaac Gee, you may also like:
This posthumous record by the lead singer of the Tragically Hip, containing both electric & acoustic takes, showcases his songwriting gifts.
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Stay Inside – Songs from The Great Indoors
by Stay Inside
featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 21, 2020
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Nina Nastasia & Jeff MacLeod join forces as Jolie Laide, playing noir-y songs that glow soft as moonlight.
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