I DREAM
MUSIC & WORDS BY STONE & KIM EDGAR

I dream we learn to fly 
No more you and I 
Freely flutter
No tears from the sky

We yield like water 
Water’s strong
Flow like water
And know we belong

Release anxiety 
Nature leads the way 
Accepting quietly
All life’s disarray

This carefree spirit 
Finds delight 
Feels compassion 
Love taking flight

I dream we’re everything 
No more them and us 
Simply living
Happy emptiness

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Stone: vocals, acoustic guitar, production

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

CONSEQUENCES

9 I Dream (written by Stone & Kim Edgar)

CORNERSTONE
MUSIC & WORDS BY JAMES GRANT & KIM EDGAR

You, you are my roof
And my cornerstone
You are the proof I am not alone
You explain me
Teach me where I’m from 
Entertain me
Help me to belong
You sustain me...

You, you are my hope 
When I feel confused
You help me cope
When I’m sad and bruised

Just one more before bed 
Calm all the mess in my head 
And we can pretend
Things work out in the end 
Weave and mend and darn 
Each fable and yarn

You, you lift my mood 
Help me make a plan 
You do me good,
Do the best you can

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
James Grant: vocals, acoustic and electric guitar

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

8 Cornerstone (written by James Grant & Kim Edgar)

VENT FOU
MUSIC BY KIM EDGAR | WORDS BY SANDRA LE COUTEUR

Quand le brasier se lève
Qu’il boit le nectar, la sève 
Quand l’arbre se dessèche
Il hurle au ciel sa détresse 
Quand la mer vidée s’écroule 
Que les déchets noircis la soûle 
Le vent murmure sa peine
La colore d’un noir ébène

Souffle souffle, vent de folie 
Souffle souffle, sur ma terre 
Souffle souffle, sur ma mer 
Souffle, sur nos vies

Je veux revoir mon ciel
Le prendre dans mes bras 
M’enivrer de son miel
Son nom comme un mantra 
Tu es belle ma terre
Tu es tendre ma mer
Je te veux comme amant 
Comme tu étais avant

When the inferno rises
Let him drink the nectar, the sap
When the tree withers
He howls to the sky his distress
When the empty sea collapses
That the blackened waste makes her drunk 
The wind whispers its pain
The color of an ebony black

Blow blow, wind of madness 
Breath breath, on my land 
Breath, blow on my sea 
Breath, on our lives

I want to see my sky again 
Take him in my arms
Get drunk on his honey 
His name like a mantra 
You are beautiful my land 
You are tender my sea
I want you as a lover 
Like you were before

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass
Sandra Le Couteur: vocals

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

7 Vent Fou (written by Sandra Le Couteur & Kim Edgar)

IT ONLY TAKES A SILENCE MUSIC & WORDS BY J-P PIIRAINEN & KIM EDGAR (except the spoken word section, gathered from old traditional Finnish poems about silence and being quiet)

Small, yet heavy
Form unsteady
Not quite ready, lacking voice 
Strains and stresses
Silence presses
Heavy burden, weighty choice

It only takes a silence
To sense no one has seen us 
To stand by and do nothing 
When tragedies begin
It only takes a silence
To build a wall between us
A moment of inaction
And then divisions win

Jo mie kaik’ virret unohi 
Kaik mie laulut lakkaelin 
Hiljaa, hiljaa nuohinainen 
Hiljaa, hiljaa hiitelästi

[The Finnish text could be translated as follows:
I’ve forgotten all the hymns
I’ve stopped singing all the songs
Quiet, quiet young woman
Quiet, quiet quietly]

Fretful, guilty
Cannot un-see
Bystander regrets abound
Be the ones who
Rise, speak out to
Lift each other, make a sound

If we can break the silence
We’ll know that they have seen us 
We’ll rise up and do something 
When tragedies begin
If we can break the silence
No walls will come between us 
United voices gaining traction 
Division cannot win

Kim Edgar: piano, synth, vocals
Mikey Owers: brass, vocals
J-P Piirainen:  vocals, guitele, programming, production

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

6 It Only Takes A Silence (written by J-P Piiarainen & Kim Edgar)

FIFTY TO ONE
MUSIC & WORDS BY LOUISE MCCRAW & KIM EDGAR

Oh the people would gamble 
Their own wife and children 
Oh the people, indiscreet
Vivid dreams of velvet riches 
Cloaking all that’s incomplete

Penny arcade 
A fantasy that keeps on fading

Fifty to one, look at them all lined up 
The girls in fur coats, 
Stuck in Travolta Falls and 
Always leave them wanting more

Vacant eyes in empty faces 
Tired fingers feed machines

Kim Edgar: piano, synth, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass, guitars, synths, vocals
Goodnight Louisa: vocals

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

5 Fifty To One (written by Goodnight Louisa & Kim Edgar)

THE ROLLING SEA
MUSIC & WORDS BY DAN BETTRIDGE & KIM EDGAR

You stifle, I cannot breathe easy
You use me, I can find no rest
You want to walk this line beside me? 
Tread lightly, tread lightly...

I am the rolling sea, you are the heavy stone 
This is the highest tide that I have ever known

I wish you’d treasure what we have here 
There’s only so much I can take
I love you, still I need to warn you
Tread lightly, tread lightly...

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass, guitars, synths, vocals
Dan Bettridge: vocals, electric guitar

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

4 The Rolling Sea (written by Dan Bettridge & Kim Edgar)

THE EDGE OF SHAME
MUSIC & WORDS BY BOO HEWERDINE & KIM EDGAR

A corridor of tiny rooms 
Vespers floating up the stairs 
Hearts that beat within a womb 
Loneliness has its own prayers

We are on the edge of shame
We are told what’s right and wrong 
When we let conscience decide
In the end, the shame is gone

A lock of hair kept in a box
Time didn’t mend - time has been cruel 
Her voice still wavers when she talks
It wasn’t her who made the rules

Nothing hurts my heart as much
As when you cannot meet my eye
It’s all of us who have done you wrong 
Looking back, we question why

Kim Edgar: synth, vocals
Mattie Foulds: synth, drums, percussion

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

3 The Edge Of Shame (written by Boo Hewerdine & Kim Edgar)

SAVE MYSELF (RUN AWAY)
MUSIC & WORDS BY HORSE MCDONALD & KIM EDGAR

Silent, still, to survive
Words in my mouth I cannot speak 
I ache to go, I yearn to thrive 
Through these tired eyes,
The path looks steep
But I’m still alive

No one here but me 
I’ll do this on my own 
Maybe fly away
I save myself

What came before I cannot say 
I carry with me loss and lack
A life that’s left in disarray
A journey on an endless track 
Trudge it every day...

Can I sit and hold my past a while? 
Can I feel and not succumb?
Can I look into this open wound
Or just keep existing, tethered, numb 
Can I process pain, begin to trust
In the person I’ve become?

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass, guitars, synths, vocals
Horse McDonald: vocals, programming

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

2 Save Myself (Run Away)(written by Horse McDonald & Kim Edgar)

IN THE LONG RUN
MUSIC & WORDS BY WILLIAM CRIGHTON & KIM EDGAR

As if somehow they’d kept him safe 
They fastened it with two small locks 
Three letters, and a sketch he’d made 
They sent his things home in a box

She builds a box inside her head 
She packs herself up safe within 
No violation touches now
No desecration counts as sin

Time moves fast in the long run, don’t it 
Time moves fast in the long run
Time moves fast in the long run, don’t it 
Time moves fast in the long run

Bodies float upon the sea
That once hoped for a better life 
Human, just like you and me 
Daughter, father, brother, wife

Another sacrifice to war 
Collateral, a little child
They laid her in a tiny box 
Another life destroyed, defiled

It’s not enough to ask the question 
When will these horrors cease? 
Boxes pile up all around us
’Til we commit to peace

Come rest a while
Beyond the pain and fear
Find warmth and comfort here

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass, vocals

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

12 In The Long Run (written by William Crighton & Kim Edgar)

MUSIC BY KIM EDGAR
WORDS BY RON SEXSMITH (except “starlight, starbright,” a late 19th century nursery rhyme)

I wish for the world its wounds to heal 
That soon we feel as one
I wish for the world, for eyes to meet 
Our hearts to beat as one
Build a life worth living
Where forgiveness is for giving 
And banishment forbidden
For kindness is our mission
I wish for the world

It’s so easy to get downhearted
Trouble everywhere you look
But we have to finish what we started 
Write a different ending to the book
It‘s so easy to feel defeated
When the day ain‘t even started yet 
Many dreams still need to be completed 
Many promises we can‘t forget

You may not have gone the farthest 
But far enough to see the light
You may not have caused the darkness 
But it‘s up to you to make it bright

Any wishing star that comes to light 
Wish for things to turn out right
That everyone has what they need
So when they try their dreams succeed 
For sun to shine and rain to fall
May thoughts be kind, wish love for all

You may not have gone the farthest 
But far enough to see the light
You may not have caused the darkness 
But it‘s up to you to make it bright

Be the wishing star that comes to light 
Work for things to turn out right
So everyone has what they need
And when they try their dreams succeed 
For sun to shine and rain to fall
Let thoughts be kind, show love for all

Starlight, star bright
First star I see tonight
Wish I may, wish I might 
Have the wish I wish tonight

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass, guitars, synths, vocals

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

11 Whisper Pink (written by Louis Abbott & Kim Edgar)

RIPPLES
MUSIC & WORDS BY RACHEL SERMANNI & KIM EDGAR

An open door, a cup of tea
I sit down and you sit with me
A touch to reassure
It’s a mountain, not a contour

Leave be, though broken 
No words need spoken 
Just listening

Not much to look upon 
A moment, then it’s gone
A space to hold 
To let unfold

Not a great grand gesture 
No shining armour
No final answer

Kim Edgar: piano, vocals
Mattie Foulds: drums, percussion
Kevin McGuire: bass
Mikey Owers: brass, vocals
Rachel Sermanni: vocals, guitar

Produced, recorded and mixed by Mattie Foulds @ Caribou Recording. 
Mastered by Mattie Foulds. Cover design by Gillian Gamble.

10 Ripples (written by Rachel Sermanni & Kim Edgar)

Fragile

Here's Kim Edgar's third solo album, Stories Untold. 

Album Launch:
8 pm
Saturday 13th August
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
Tickets £10/8
www.kimedgar.com/gigs

Find out all live dates at www.kimedgar.com


Stories Untold

Tether Me

Well Worn

The Seamstress

Things Crack, Then Shatter

Here's Kim Edgar's third solo album, Stories Untold. 

Album Launch:
8 pm
Saturday 13th August
Stockbridge Parish Church, Edinburgh
Tickets £10/8
www.kimedgar.com/gigs

Find out all live dates at www.kimedgar.com
Hear other work by Rachel Fox at https://soundcloud.com/rachel-fox-943717487

Significant Other Deceased

The Whole Rainbow

Anchor In The Sky

Twa Magicians

HELD was recorded at Castlesound Studios (Scotland) and remotely, produced by Mattie Foulds and mastered by Stuart Hamilton. 

The album features:
Kim Edgar - vocals, piano, synths, acoustic & electric guitar, 
Kevin McGuire - acoustic & electric bass, 
Mattie Foulds - drums, 
Mikey Owers - brass, backing vocals, synths, guitars, 
Su-a Lee - cello, 
Fergus Kerr - French horn, 
Karine Polwart - vocals, 
Rachel Sermanni - vocals, 
Ava Edgar, Joe McIntyre & Orla Edgar - backing vocals.

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“Heart stopping…our very own Tori Amos” (Sunday Herald)
“Probably one of the best songwriters in Britain today.” *****(Spiral Earth)
Contact: kim@kimedgar.com

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