This song concerns an intimate moment between a couple as the guy confronts an issue from the past that has finally caught up. The song never delves into the details of the issue as such, but rather deals with the overriding karmic principle.

Released 01 October 2013  
All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Electric guitar: Brett Hamlyn 
Drums: Richard Craker 
Harmony vocals: Georgie Lole 

Recorded July 2012: Karma Sound Studios, Bang Saray, Thailand 
Production: Rob Yeatman 
Creative direction: Chris Craker (Craker Media, UK) 
Artistic direction: Chris Porter (Craker Media, UK) 
Recorded, mixed and mastered: Bobo Ekrangsi, Tony Trisadi 
Suttitanakool & assisted by Brendan Davies 

Remixed August 2013: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 

Rob Yeatman – Wheel Of Life (From 'Wheel Of Life' EP)

Hey darling draw up a chair
Sit yourself down
You look amazing as you always do
Sit yourself down 

Cast your mind back you were still single
In this dusty old town
Out of nowhere from another world
Lay my suitcase down

The wheel of life just keeps on turning
What goes round is what comes round
A big city or a one horse town
What goes round is what comes round

Every day breaks a new day
Slides from the darkness before
From the deep dark fathomless sea
Waves crash on the shore

Rob Yeatman – Wheel Of Life

The storyline of this song is about a guy driving to the coast in the middle of the night, needing to get away from the pressure he was facing. I guess we all need that space every now and then. As the song progresses it becomes apparent that he was embroiled in a relationship that had its' problems, and would love to turn the car around and head home but the uncertainties he was facing kept him driving on. The reference to Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music in the latter half of the song indicates the profound influence Ferry has had on my music over the years.

Released 01 October 2013  
All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Electric guitar: Brett Hamlyn 
Drums: Richard Craker 

Recorded July 2012: Karma Sound Studios, Bang Saray, Thailand 
Production: Rob Yeatman 
Creative direction: Chris Craker (Craker Media, UK) 
Artistic direction: Chris Porter (Craker Media, UK) 
Recorded, mixed and mastered: Bobo Ekrangsi, Tony Trisadi 
Suttitanakool & assisted by Brendan Davies 

Remixed August 2013: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 

Rob Yeatman – Turn Around (From 'Wheel Of Life' EP)

Head to the coast stealing some time
Need a break from the telephone line
Drink some beer waste some time
Need a break from the telephone line

Four in the morning approaching the sea
Another hour and the sun will rise
Turned on the radio to keep me awake
Dragging in sound across the black sky

If I could hold you in my arms tonight
I’ll turn around
If I could only just hold you
I’ll turn around

Bryan Ferry crooning in the half dark
To my surprise I fell apart
Roxy Music brought up tears from the past
Speared my defences straight through the heart

Rob Yeatman – Turn Around

This song is based on a lyrical structure I heard in old English folk songs. In order to achieve certain gains we often have to transform ourselves and at the end of the day, do we get what we want?

The beauty of the 12 string guitar fully shines without the normal bass and drums accompaniment. However, I felt that the song needed the strength of the toms which add depth and awe.  I love this song for its sheer simplicity.

Released 01 October 2013  
All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Synth: Jeremy Pierce 
Tom-toms: Belle Stewart 

Recorded July 2012: Karma Sound Studios, Bang Saray, Thailand 
Production: Rob Yeatman 
Creative direction: Chris Craker (Craker Media, UK) 
Artistic direction: Chris Porter (Craker Media, UK) 
Recorded, mixed and mastered: Bobo Ekrangsi, Tony Trisadi 
Suttitanakool & assisted by Brendan Davies 

Remixed August 2013: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 

Rob Yeatman – If You Change (From 'Wheel Of Life' EP)

If you change to a thundering cloud
I'd be a wild wind and blow you all about
If you change
If you change to a Siamese cat
Weave a basket and stroke down your back
If you change

Seem to have waited seven millions years
Find my feet on the ground
Seem to have held it and then I lost it
If you change 

If you change to a blind one on the street
I'd wrap you up and take you home to keep
If you change
If you change to a creature in the sea
I'd dive in, dive in deep
If you change

If you change to where you cannot be found
I'd find some deep place and lie myself down
If you change 

Rob Yeatman – If You Change

Some things in life just cannot be contained. Love is one of these. In this song I saw the parallel between trying to hold a handful of water and a handful of love that is slipping away.

Released 01 October 2013  
All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Electric guitar: Brett Hamlyn 
Drums: Richard Craker 
Harmony vocals: Georgie Lole 

Recorded July 2012: Karma Sound Studios, Bang Saray, Thailand 
Production: Rob Yeatman 
Creative direction: Chris Craker (Craker Media, UK) 
Artistic direction: Chris Porter (Craker Media, UK) 
Recorded, mixed and mastered: Bobo Ekrangsi, Tony Trisadi 
Suttitanakool & assisted by Brendan Davies 

Remixed August 2013: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 

Rob Yeatman – Slips On Through (From 'Wheel Of Life' EP)

The last time we drove to Melbourne 
From the country and the dry 
Laughing crazy wild 
Blood running dry 

The last time I saw your face 
As you caught that midnight train 
Felt like at the gates of hell 
Blood running dry 

Then I knew in my heart it was true 
Love slips through like water 
In my heart I just knew 
Love slips through like water 
Slips on through 
What it always seems to do 
Love slips on through 

The last time we drove to Sydney 
From the country and the dry 
Laughing crazy wild 
Blood running dry 

When I think of all the time we had 
Time gone by the by 
Dreams were castles built on sand 
Blood running dry

Rob Yeatman – Slips On Through

The flow of history can be likened to the flow of a river that twists and turns as it slowly meanders towards the sea. The lyrics in this song consider how empires exploit other countries and peoples in order to strengthen their own material base. Specifically referring to recent Australian history.

All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Drums and harmony vocals: Belle Stewart
Electric bass and harmony vocals: Jeremy Whitehead

DarkLight – World Is Like A River

Here we sit my friend
Drinking beer down by the water	
We talk of all that’s gone down 
And wonder is there hidden order 

They sailed in ships long ago 
To steal what they could plunder     
The morning watch gave a yell
Saw the land of the big down under

The world is like a river, it keeps on flowing on
Never knowing where it’s going
Keeps on flowing on
I seem like a river, I keep on drifting on
Never knowing where I’m going
Keep on drifting on

They laid out anchor and strong cable
To hold the ship from drifting
A boat was rowed ashore
Black angels weeping 



DarkLight – World Is Like A River *FREE DOWNLOAD*

This song was written after nearly losing a dear friend. The symbolism and imagery have to do with notions of passing from this world to the next.

All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Drums and harmony vocals: Belle Stewart
Electric bass and harmony vocals: Jeremy Whitehead (Guest)

DarkLight – Millions Of Bells

That was the blood
They were the times
Walked over that bridge
For the very last time

The river was dry
Nothing but stones
Looked to the horizon
Saw another world

All that I saw
Was a light
All that I heard
Were millions of bells

All that I saw
Was a light
It looked like you
All that I heard
Were millions of bells
They sounded like you



DarkLight – Millions Of Bells *FREE DOWNLOAD*

One of my favourite live songs. This track discusses the topic of how easy it is to find oneself inadvertently in the wrong place at the wrong time. Could happen to anyone.

Released 10 February 2014  
All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Electric guitar and programming: Brett Hamlyn 
Sax: Joe Landers 

Recorded, mixed and mastered August 2013: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 
Production: Rob Yeatman 

Rob Yeatman – Crash The Gates (From 'Wheel Of Life' EP)

Lady sleeping 
Sleeping on a concrete floor 
Not a hotel 
Barricades and steel door 

If I, If I 
Wielded power or great might 
I'd crash, I'd crash
Crash the gates and fly you home tonight 

Big bird soaring 
Cross the limitless sky 
Hidden somewhere 
Hidden somewhere out of sight 
I see, I see 
Shadows slipping through the night 
I'd crash, I'd crash 
Crash the gates and fly you home tonight 

Lady sleeping 

Rob Yeatman – Crash The Gates

This thing called Love is such an amazing force...... when it hits it can completely reorientate ones' outlook and life.

All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Backing vocals: Belle Stewart
Programming: Brett Hamlyn 

Mastered May 2015: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 
Production: Rob Yeatman 

Ten Thousand Miles

I have a fire, a fire deep inside
Tried everything to put it out
Poured on water, threw water all around
Nearly drowned but I couldn’t put it out

I’d fly 10 000 miles to be back in my city
Fly 10 000 miles to hold you in my arms again
Fly 10 000 miles to be back with my pretty
Fly 10 000 miles to hold you in my arms again

I’m coming home
Darling again

There’s a tree, like a flame tree
Growing inside of me, taking all the space
I took an axe and I took a sharpening stone
Cut it down, cut it down to the ground

DarkLight - Ten Thousand Miles

This track was written by the very talented Andrew Hinton and J.D. Summerfield. From the first moment, it touched something deep inside me..... A DarkLight version became inevitable......rare for us, being an originals band, but this song just screamed "Do me"!!

12 string guitar, vocals, keys, bass: Rob Yeatman 
Drums and harmony vocals: Belle Stewart

Proudly dedicated to Hinton Summerfield! 

DarkLight - Who Knows (Hinton Summerfield Cover)

An earlier DarkLight composition that has stood the test of time. This one has always been a crowd favourite at live gigs. Featuring the astounding talents of Scott Page on electric guitar.

All music and lyrics: Rob Yeatman, excepting: 
Electric guitar, drums and backing vocals: Scott Page

Production: Rob Yeatman 
Mastered October 2015: Brett Hamlyn, Deva Studio (Australia) 

Lyrics:
Didn’t sleep last night, tossing and turning
All my hopes and dreams, slipping away
Like two jets in high altitude collision
Like two jets in collision

All my words stumbled out like some drunk falling
All my words stumbled out like some drunk
Like two jets in high altitude collision
Like two jets in collision

Standing on hollow ground
Sinking through that hollow ground 
Swallowed by that hollow ground
Suffocated by that hollow ground

Lord of the living are you deaf, dumb and blind
Or do you listen
All my hopes lie scattered, slipping away
Like two jets in high altitude collision
Like two jets in collision


DarkLight - Like Two Jets

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY MUCH LOVED AND WONDERFULLY TALENTED HUSBAND ROB YEATMAN WHO PASSED AWAY 02.02.2016.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR KINDNESS AND SUPPORT. BELLE XX 


Contact: robyeatmanmusic@hotmail.com

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DarkLight is an Australian alternative rock duo who perform powerful original songs, fuelled by Rob’s street-cred voice, majestic 12 string guitars in open tunings and orchestral keyboard drones.

To reflect their live performance DarkLight records their music without sequencing or looping. What you hear is essentially what you get live.

DarkLight is Rob Yeatman (12 string guitars, vocals, keys) and Belle Stewart (drums, harmony vocals)

Songs from Robs’ solo EP “Wheel Of Life” are also featured.

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