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Our Stories

by Twilight Fields

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Everyone’s trying to do what’s best for you But really what’s good for them After all the red tape and the war canoes All you needed was a friend But then I gave in Reached down Touched you That day The water was cold Your skin was warm The water was cold You were not Through my wake You jump Left for two days When I came back You were gone You were gone Followed you for years trying to save you Tell your story I tried my best not to ever look you in the eye Then I gave in Reached down Touched you That day The water was cold Your skin was warm The water was cold You were not Through my wake You jump Left for two days When I came back You were gone You were gone I'll tell your story
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Look in her eyes, she never had a chance Fighting for life with a lonely dance Northern skies, broken community Taken away their opportunity How can we find the help you need? No counting on authority Nowhere to go only broken dreams Drowning in sorrow down on her knees Don’t they ever want take away the pain And treat everyone the same Who really knows? How can we finally change our ways For better and brighter days Who really knows? Where are all our stolen sisters? We’ll never stop searching for you Left to die you’ll never say goodbye Taken away before your time It’s such a crime
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If your point of view's becoming cynical 'Cause you let the bastards get you down Take a break from the glass house hypocritical Take shelter from the stones they're throwing around This town Hang out where you matter tonight Don't believe the lies that they've been selling you We've kept your seat warm at the bar You can feel our open arms compelling you Everyone here says that you're a star Or they'll say that you are Hang out where you matter tonight We're the barstool prophecy personified We're the self-fulfilling chosen few We're the scene-creators of the deified Come exist outside the world you knew Well, who knew? Hang out where you matter tonight
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Stretch 05:21
Wake the sky, call the sun Stretch the clouds over the earth A feather fell, rippled lake The morning frost on scattered rocks... Tired bones, weary young heart... You will be here all the time Walking beside me Wake us up, we will rise Stretch the years over our lives... Tired bones, weary young heart...
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I came into town the other day What did I find to my dismay Those were the days when we were young Lost in the haze of a humid sun Day after day I'll make mistakes Heaven knows my head still shakes Getting back to you was hard to take You came to my games when I was young I'm older now but still your son I'll look up to you for years to come And raise up my glass when the evening’s done Day after day I'll make mistakes Heaven knows my head still shakes Getting back to you was hard to take But you found a way to change me To better make sense of this life You had a way of saying I’m too young to have to see you cry I learned a few things from you Right from the start of the age of two It's over now and through and through Gone are the days that we once knew Day after day I'll make mistakes Heaven knows my head still shakes Getting back to you was hard to take. But you found a way to change me To better make sense of this life You had a way of saying I’m too young to have to see you cry You found a way to change me To better makes sense of this life You had way of saying I'm to young to see you cry
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Fade Away 04:40
If it came down to what you see And the inside is just like me Would you silently turn away If it came down to what you say The sky is white and now it turns to gray If I were you would I say If you were me would it still be the same Canceled out Fade away If you know that the world is you And you know then that it's all true And you constantly turn to go You forget all the things you know Never thought this could be your fate You remember that it's too late And the ghost was you all along And the shadow is almost gone The sky is white and now it turns to gray If you were me would you say If I were you would I still be the same Invisible Fade away
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Boy at Heart 04:08
The boy set out that day For at his home he couldn’t stay To the road the open sky Waiting for something to pass him by Men he met in those days Searching too in their own ways Like the wind he floated on Through the land from dusk till dawn He went Over rocks and through the trees Like a bird pushed by a breeze Many years a sailor now Where he’s bound he cannot see All in time he found his bride Who remained forever by his side A child was born one August morn His heart was glad but his mind was torn Gone the days of freedom known The seeds of toil had all been sown A car was bought as well a home But all the while he longed to roam Over rocks and through the trees Like a bird pushed by a breeze Many years a sailor now Tossed and turned on raging seas Then one night the moon in sight He packed his bags and he took flight To the road that led him there A younger man without a care But that road was not the same As the one when he first came So he turned his car around For now he knew where he was bound Over rocks and through the trees Like a bird pushed by a breeze Many years a sailor now He was the man he longed to be
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Disappear 03:34
Sometimes you can’t bet on someday. Throw your baggage behind and let’s leave C’mon, let’s disappear This town is a flood of regret If you sink too low, you’ll forget C’mon, we got nothing to fear C’mon, let’s disappear All the promises you made, all those dreams, they fade away. No, it’s not too late, no, it’s not too far away C’mon, let’s disappear. C’mon, we got nothing to fear C’mon, let’s disappear
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You and me baby, let me tell you how it’s gonna be You and me baby, everyone around us can see We move cool and slow, like the summer wind as it blows We move cool and slow, it’s a secret that everybody knows You and me baby, let me tell you just how I feel You and me baby, this time I know it’s for real Moving in slow motion You’re the only thing my eyes can see Moving in slow motion You’re everything a person should be see You and me baby, it’s right You and me baby, tonight Travelled around this great big town and I know I know the score We were lost, now we’re found And you don’t have to be alone no more
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Good Enough 05:47
We haven’t spoken in a long time About the state of things We haven’t covered all old ground, no We haven’t walked out in a long time Down by the wishing well We haven’t been through all ruins so If there’s something I should know If there’s something new to show Why don’t you just tell me Are you good enough for me Are you better than a friend Are you gonna make my world go round and so Are you everything I need Are you in it to the end Are you good enough for me now We haven’t worried in a long time About the state of things We haven’t spoken of the silences We haven’t been for a long time Down by the willow tree We haven’t been down to the waterfront And I’m sorry For taking all your time I’m sorry For wasting your time I’m sorry For pissing away your life I’m sorry For wasting your life
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Snow isolates the small towns of the north Where the city's but a rumour Arctic storms batter the roofs and the wires Threatening to blow it all away Sometimes staring out the window At the void above I feel that I'm out there Not here Complex thoughts and morbid schemes disturb the lonely man Who's chosen to ignore his kind Disconnected, alienated from this world of steel He can't forget how it stole his dreams We're looking for a reason Beyond these towers and spires The symbols of our worldly arrogance I look out beyond the sky Trying to find something else The snow is piled up on the roof above It'll be three feet high before spring And when the thaw comes and the birds begin to sing The cycle turns again, never will it end I look out beyond the sky Trying to find something else
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about

On this album Twilight Fields has recorded a selection of great songs written by unexposed but talented songwriters (+ one famous song and one bonus track).

I have adapted the songs to my own indie/post-rock/psych-folk-influenced style without making changes that were too radical...some songs more than others. I think this is a collection of very moving songs, and I'm honoured to have recorded them.

See credits for info on the songs.

credits

released June 15, 2017

Tell Your Story: by Marc Stapleford. Marc was formerly with Canadian band Beautiful 2000 and is a great singer, guitarist, and songwriter. See: happypuppyrecords.ca

Stolen Sisters: by Sigrun Stella, an Icelandic singer-songwriter who beautifully expresses the sorrow of a tragic situation in this song. See: www.sigrunstella.com

Hang Out Where You Matter: by Sean Kelly. Kelly led glam-rock band Crash Kelly, whose song this is, and now plays with a bevy of pop and rock stars. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kelly_(Canadian_musician)

Stretch: by Ali Murray. Murray resides on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and makes wonderful atmospheric folk and rock (also with Seldom Few). See: alimurray.bandcamp.com

Too Young To Cry: by Michael Dilauro, a country-rock singer-songwriter from Toronto who released his debut solo album in 2016. See: michaeldilauro.bandcamp.com

Fade Away: by Charlie Nieland, who led shoegaze/dream-pop legend Her Vanished Grace and now is one half of Lusterlit. This is one of his best-known compositions. See: lusterlit.bandcamp.com and hervanishedgrace.bandcamp.com

Boy at Heart: by Dave Janveau. Janveau originated in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. His alt-country songs are few but of supremely high quality, like this number.

Disappear: by Neal Gardner, a versatile LA-based musician who records solo, with doom band Goliathan and with The Girl + the Glory. See: nealgardner.bandcamp.com

You and Me Baby: by Brian Asha. Asha has made groovy electronic pop/dance music in various genres in the UK and Canada. See: www.brianashamusic.com

Good Enough: by Dylan White/Alex McKee, former members of How I Won the War, a fine Toronto band that recorded a great album of British-influenced rock.

The Whole of the Moon: by Mike Scott (The Waterboys). This is a properly licensed cover of a song by a guy I've never met but admire. Just a longtime inspirational favourite of mine. I had the arrangement, so I went for it. See: www.mikescottwaterboys.com

A Northern Song (2017): by me. This is a rerecording of a song I released in 2009 on an album titled Shadowlands (thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/album/shadowlands), done to reflect my current style. It is my most popular song with listeners.

Bonus Track
Internal Landscapes: by Vincent and Daniel Cavanagh and John Douglas. This is a cover of a song (again, all properly licensed and stuff) by Anathema, the ambient rock band. I did the song a few years ago, not well enough, on a short EP that bombed and almost drove me in despair out of recording music altogether. However, clearly I didn't quit, and I've now spruced up my cover of this lovely song for your consumption. See: www.anathema.ws.


Everything played and sung by Allister Thompson

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Twilight Fields is from Northern Canada and makes "ambient rock" with influences from progressive rock, ambient, dream-pop, psych-folk and shoegaze. This music asks big questions about life and loss. Look for party-rock elsewhere. See also thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com ... more

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