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The Glorious Ache

by Sills & Smith

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1.
Hold Tight 04:01
Looming deadlines Disturbing headlines Gas on the red line Concentric circles Don’t meet Straight lines Signs on the freeway Traffic delay Constant reminders Obstacles in Your way Hold tight Hold firm Stay the course Breathe in deep Steady hand On the tiller Avoid the crash Fire wall In the city Embers and ash Frazzled to breaking Wolves on the taking Cut-throats awaiting Can’t save a drowning Man With a stone Hold tight Hold firm Stay the course Breathe in deep Steady hand On the tiller Avoid the crash Fire wall In the city Embers and ash
2.
Ready Set Go 03:31
Ready, set, go Get your ducks In a row Gentlemen Start your Engines Stand your ground With a Vengeance The walls are Closing in now There’s no way To win now Deal with it Deal with it The walls are Closing in now There’s no way To win now Deal with it Deal with it A stitch in Time Saves nine They’re always Crossing That line Blood is Thicker Than water In the trenches You’re just Cannon fodder The walls are Closing in now There’s no way To win now Deal with it Deal with it The walls are Closing in now There’s no way To win now Deal with it Deal with it Deal with it Deal with it Deal with it
3.
Be Careful 04:05
Be careful What you wish for Be careful Where you tread This world’s Not built For sissies Or fools Be careful You’re not a dreamer Because dreamers Are not Welcome here You’re not allowed To break Or bend The rules Be careful My child Be careful Be careful My child Don’t stray Be careful Be careful Be careful Be careful You don’t love Too much Or trust Too deep Hearts are Meant For breaking You see Be careful You don’t strive too high Because winners Pay the price Of jealousy And anger And scorn Be careful My child Be careful Be careful My child Don’t stray Be careful My child Be careful Be careful My child Don’t stray Be careful Be careful Be careful
4.
Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control There’s a look In your eyes They’re wild, your hurt Catastrophe struck Things from bad To worse Pull up a chair Sit yourself down I’m not moving An inch I’m here for you now Just take it Don’t forsake it This advice Is given for free I’m not selling used cars This is honest Can’t you see? Just take it Don’t forsake it This advice Is given for free I’m not selling used cars This is honest Can’t you see? Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Your spinning out of control Just take it Don’t forsake it This advice Is given for free I’m not selling used cars This is honest Can’t you see?
5.
Take that leap In total Free fall Whoosh of wind All around Sign the pledge To not pull The cord early Body tumbling Towards The ground Parachute love It’s such a rush Parachute love Maximum G-Force Body Crush Parachute Love Parachute Love Parachute Love Parachute Love Hey, Hey, Hey Hey, Hey, Hey Parachute love It’s such a rush Parachute love Maximum G-Force Body Crush From a plane At great Dizzying heights Feel the swoon Clutch your gut Grab a pen And paper Sign your Last will And testament Parachute love It’s such a rush Parachute love Maximum G-Force Body Crush (x2) Parachute Love Parachute Love Parachute Love Parachute Love Hey, Hey, Hey Hey, Hey, Hey
6.
Too young to be Tormented Too young to be Defeated By all those Cowardly Bullies With no Human feeling Amanda why did You leave us? Why did you Go? There’s a hole In our hearts That will Never heal If we’d only Known We would have Held you tight We would have Mended the wounds That tormented Your days And chased Away demons That haunted Your nights No high school graduation No university degree No wedding day No children to raise She was daddy’s Pride And mother’s Soul Amanda you’ll Never grow old Amanda why did You leave us? Why did you Go? There’s a hole In our hearts That will Never heal If we’d only Known We would have Held you tight We would have Mended the wounds That tormented Your days And chased Away demons That haunted Your nights (chorus x 2)
7.
A church In the country On top of A hill Folks gather From miles around They sit Very still In the pews In the sanctuary They sing Hymns of praise For the one They believe Is their saviour Their voices Are raised If they don’t Have faith If they don’t Have belief How can they Possibly deal With their Grief? If they don’t Have faith If they don’t Have belief How can they Possibly deal With their Grief? Cemetery grounds Neatly kept Around the holy Cathedral Mourners Have wept Sunlight through Stained glass Piano music Floats In the air Colours of autumn Leaves waft from The spire Their spirit Burns Bright like A fire If they don’t Have faith If they don’t Have belief How can they Possibly deal With their Grief? If they don’t Have faith If they don’t Have belief How can they Possibly deal With their Grief?
8.
It's Wrecked 03:29
Mirrors on the ceiling In her room Track marks on her arm Feel the doom Bruises in places She fears To tread Decisions A disconnect Friends are Dead It’s wrecked It’s all lost It’s wrecked It’s all lost It’s all lost Meet the man Do the deed Then weep Hand it over To your pimp Then bleed These roads are dusty These roads are dark Options under-scored So stark It’s wrecked It’s all lost It’s wrecked It’s all lost It’s all lost (x2)
9.
A new day Dawns A still, eirie pall Fell over The town There was no Warning That’s what Those bloody sirens Were for A sleepless Night He tossed and Turned Knew something Wasn’t right A pretty Place They were Rightly proud Now it’s such a sight A mighty wind Ripped and tore And flattened It all to the ground And the rain Fell in buckets Rushing Like a river Flooding the town A freight train Sound But the tracks Don’t go This far A deafening roar We should never Have let down Our guard We can re-build But we did that Last time And it was So damn hard He held his wife Until she was wrenched From his Weary arms Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh, oh A mighty wind Ripped and tore And flattened It all to the ground And the rain Fell in buckets Rushing Like a river Flooding the town A mighty wind Ripped and tore And flattened It all to the ground And the rain Fell in buckets Rushing Like a river Flooding the town A new day Dawns A still, eirie pall Fell over The town
10.
If You 03:17
Cobble stone Path-way Deep green Hedge Leaded glass Bevelled Near the Ledge Wicker basket Perched On soft, wet Ferns Sweat on The spade The soil Turned If you only Understood me If you only Understood me If you… If you… If you… Cast iron Railing Flecked with Rust Corvette In the drive Plate says: “In God, We trust.” If you only Understood me If you only Understood me If you…If you… If you…
11.
Single status On Facebook Nervous glances But not, one caring look Ivory towers And white lies The politician’s Chameleon eyes Text me I’ll text you Busily, anonymously Turning the screw It’s all such a Great mess How did it come To this? We’re living on An Island We’re living on An Island (chorus x2 ) My god Is better, than Yours' Kinder and gentler His love Will endure Blow ‘em, all away In the name Of religion At the end Of the day It’s all such a Great mess How did it come To this? We’re living on An Island We’re living on An Island (chorus x2 )
12.
Promises 03:25
One surprise Here it comes Out the back On the run Two mistakes Whose counting now? The key was hidden I’m asking how? Three moving signs On a lonely road Was I to stop? It’s hard to know If you waver If you fall Sleep will come To still it all If you waver If you fall Sleep will come To still it all To still it all Four bottles Empty on the floor One life lost It could be more Five little promises In a row So hard to keep Let it go Three moving signs On a lonely road Was I to stop? It’s hard to know If you waver If you fall Sleep will come To still it all If you waver If you fall Sleep will come To still it all If you waver If you fall Sleep will come To still it all To still it all To sill it all To still it all
13.
Did someone Turn down The heat? It’s freezing In here Ice clinks In my glass Pour the whisky Two fingers Deep Burn the Candle at Both ends Shaking Like a leaf Battered And bruised Too numb To sleep Every time I pull Us out You pull me right Back In Every time I find The joy I just know It’s a Hollow win (x 2) Did someone Turn down The heat? It’s freezing In here The tension So thick Like a London Pea soup fog If I write It all Down, will I work Things through Will it Fill the space Will it Form The glue Every time I pull Us Out You pull me right Back In Every time I find The joy I just know It’s a Hollow win It’s a Hollow win It’s a Hollow win
14.
Fill My Cup 02:25
Torquoise stone In the locket I gave you Chain of Gold for your Slender neck Wear the dress That makes me Think of summer A scent of Hyacinthe In your hair Each step taken Simple splendour Each breath drawn I’ll soak it up You are as tender As a child And so wise Fill my cup The sweet ache Of a cello Playing A violin In the wings You blush You smile You hum along Ah, the simple things Each step taken Simple splendour Each breath drawn I’ll soak it up You are as tender As a child And so wise Fill my cup Each step taken Simple splendour Each breath drawn I’ll soak it up You are as tender As a child And so wise Fill my cup
15.
In Memory 03:55
Brush away The sleep From my Tired eyes I'll go to A place Where memory Holds you dear The frame Is old The photo Is hazy grey But the smile Of life is Crystal clear Bright light I thought that There was time Soft gaze I thought that There was time Balance tipped It's over No reason, no rhyme Place the Prayer beads On the clothes line To chase away The rain that Forever pours Open up The shade Just a crack I remember Your voice Cool ointment For the sores Bright light I thought that There was time Soft gaze I thought that There was time Balance tipped It's over No reason, no rhyme Bright light I thought that There was time Soft gaze I thought that There was time Balance tipped It's over No reason, no rhyme

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The Ottawa indie rock group's third full length studio album. 15 tracks of alternative and rootsy rock from Sills & Smith, with a dash of prog. to keep things interesting. Melodic, trippy and engrossing music recorded and produced by Jonathan Edwards at Corvidae Music in Ottawa.

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released July 10, 2013

Songwriters: Frank Smith (words, music), Jeremy Sills (music), Jonathan Edwards (music). Frank Smith - vocals; Jeremy Sills - vocals, acoustic guitar; Jonathan Edwards - electric & acoustic guitars, mandolin, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals.

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Sills & Smith Ottawa, Ontario

Sills & Smith is a band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with 6 studio albums. The first 3 were recorded and produced by Jonathan Edwards at Corvidae Music in Ottawa. For the albums Uncertain Vista (2011); No Way In, No Way Out (2012); The Glorious Ache (2013). the band members are Jeremy Sills, Frank Smith, Jonathan Edwards. More albums by Sills & Smith: sillsandsmith.bandcamp.com/music ... more

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