Name: Paper Planes by Caroline Gilmour in Edinburgh Fringe Festival: The Merhcants' Hall Programme Playlist
Duration: 4 min 13 s
Description: Anthemic ballad driven pop tune reflecting back on simpler times when we were children.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival: The Merhcants' Hall Programme Playlist

Anthemic ballad driven pop tune reflecting back on simpler times when we were children.

Paper Planes

Lyrics and music: Alberte Sofie
All instruments and lead vocal: Alberte Sofie
Background vocals: Levi Rauff
Producer and mix: Levi Rauff

Fisherman

'Deed I Do

From the upcoming album by Aon Teanga:Un Çhengey.

Mary Ann Kennedy (Alba – Scotland)
Ruth Keggin (Mannin – Isle of Man)
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin (Éire – Ireland) 

Featuring Ultan O' Brien (viola)

Ròin is Míolta Móra (Seals and Whales)

The Groove Band @ the Audio Lounge, Maryhill

Once In My Life

Tumlaren

Fire/Hangups/Thankful

Lyrics and music: Alberte Sofie
All instruments and voice: Alberte Sofie
Producer: Astrid Gotlieb

Thanks to Morten Østerkjerhuus and Sonni Sander Jensen
Den Rytmiske Højskole spring 2012


Down on me

If you’re free to leave, it's easy to stay
But it's not always simple to do
Show off your weaknesses, misunderstand
& be the worst version of you

A leaf from a tree in the autumn will fall
Like a feather, floats to the floor
Be a new one next year, we grow strong over here 
So hold on, you’ll be back for more 

It’s never the end of the world
It just stops for a minute while you unfurl 
It goes on without you, whatever you do
So, stand up for something, all the way through

Take a leaf from my story
Don’t disappear ‘til its time
I used to be sad, and then I forgot
I remember who’s on my side

They say that you’re larger than life
So, you live like maybe it’s true
But don’t take it from me, wait & you’ll see
Life is much larger than you

It’s never the end of the world
It just stops for a minute while you unfurl 
It goes on without you, whatever you do
So, stand up for something, all the way through

Never The End Of The World

I love the taste of my own blood in my mouth
Burning like tears on my tongue
It’s dried on my teeth, my nails & my clothes
I’d rather be stubborn than stung 

My hands are too full, too tired & too cold
If I leave now, I’ll be home in time
To hide from the weight of the world on my own
I need space to be hung out to dry

I’ll survive in a vacuum but I’m only human
I’m an animal, drowned in a box
Thrown in a lake, worn by the wake
Beaten by the waves on the rocks

When the wind in my hair falls from my sails
My hands have been burned before
But, what else can I do? I’m not leaving at you
I’m free to walk through the door

Leaves

When the time for talking’s over & the silences begun
You can’t come up for air & the words have all been done
When you’re out of time, losing every breath
Out of your mind & out of more than only depth
You can’t face the music so let it fade
You can’t win or lose if you don’t play
When the only sound that’s left is the blood rush in your ears
& the phone-lit face of a stranger who won’t hear
Who leaves you speechless for anything you say 
For all your useless power, you’re angry and afraid
You can’t hear the sentence if you don’t wait
You can’t do the time if you’re away

Use safe mode, it’s easy that way
Cut loose & hide away
Pull the plug & pretend that you can’t hear
It’s bad advice that won’t save your life 
I’m sick of losing losing fights
Close your eyes and turn away from your fear

Where’s the sense in messages, let them all stay blue
If you try to answer, you’ll have to use words to tell the truth
It’s not worth the time, bury your head
Hole up in the sand, pretend you’re dead

Use safe mode, it’s easy that way
Cut loose & hide away
Pull the plug & pretend that you can’t hear
It’s bad advice that won’t save your life 
I’m sick of losing losing fights
Close your eyes and turn away from your fear

Safe Mode

Lyrics and music: Alberte Sofie
All instruments and voice: Alberte Sofie
Producer and mix: Levi Rauff

I'm Leaving

Caroline Gilmour is a songwriter, musician, podcast presenter and creative from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Caroline's music has featured on television, radio, podcasts and online video content. As a solo singer-songwriter, Caroline achieved a UK No.1 Single in the Official Charts Company Vinyl Singles Chart with her independently released EP ‘Electric Waterfalls’ on UK Record Store Day 2016.  The EP also reached No. 2 in the Physical Singles Chart
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She is now one half of pop duo The Eves with Marissa Keltie.   Their explosion onto the music scene as a combined force in 2018 has established them as one of the UK’s most promising and exciting songwriting duos.

In the charity sector, Caroline is Patron of the 6VT Edinburgh City Youth Cafe - an Edinburgh-based charity specialising in providing support for young people from all walks of life.  
 
She also assists the dog rescue charity 'Pico's Pack' with her Eve's partner Marissa - helping to raise awareness and funds to care for the street dogs in Belgrade, Serbia.

Programmers for The Merchants' Hall's Edinburgh Fringe Festival programme (a historic, majestic, A-listed building in the heart of the Scottish Capital's New Town), Cooperage Connections have curated 56 performances by 29 of the top artists within the jazz, folk, classical, funk, soul, hip hop, pop, americana, reggae and latin-music genres.

To view the full programme brochure: http://www.admevents.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/A-Club-Main-Brochure.pdf

To buy tickets: www.admevents.co.uk 

Paper Planes

Caroline Gilmour

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