Dark clouds behind me
Rain on the other shore
Nothing stands before me
I’ll be home before it hits my door.

We’ll search along the shoreline
Leave our footprints in the sand
But there’s nothing left for me to say
There’s no one to command
No one speaks a language 
Only we can understand
I understand.

I cannot speak a language 
That I used to understand
We have sailed across the water
Put our feet upon the land.
We built our house upon the rock 
While others built on sand
They built on sand.

Do you remember every place that you have been
Do you think of all the things you’ve done
And all the things we’ve seen
The lightning and the thunder and the silence in between
Do you remember
Everything?

Dark clouds behind me
Rain on the other shore

You’ve stared into the darkness
Seen the Devil at the door
You still love one another
Heart to heart and to the core  

All of your shiny cars get rusty in the end

Shiny Cars

The towers are falling
Torn apart by lies
It’s all come true for everyone to see
Before our very eyes.
The bride’s at the alter
The wolf’s at the door
Nature in time
Will make fools of us all.

But if it gives you comfort
Try this on for size
First you’ve got to learn to compromise.
The real and the imagined
The truth behind the lies
You know that only time
Will make you wise.

They ran around the garden
Sat underneath the tree
That sharing of all knowledge
Marked the end of you and me.
We tried our best to tame it
Give it meaning, give it form
But in the silence of the morning
Something terrible/beautiful was born.
You didn’t see it coming
Or see through his disguise
You know that only time will make you wise.
You know you’ve gone and broke her
By the sadness in her eyes
You know that only time
Will make you wise.

We climbed the highest mountain
Reached out for the stars
We had to leave this planet
Just to find out where we are.
Through endless years of searching
Through this history of thorns
There’s still a thought that drives us
Everything will be reborn.
So if it gives you comfort
And you learn to empathise
You know it’s only time that made you wise
And if you learn to hold her
So the pain within her dies
You know it’s only time that’s made you wise.

Only Time Will Make You Wise

Do you stand on heights
Looking hard to the horizon?
While she sings like a siren
Lilting through the lonely night.
Can you steer by the stars? 
Outrun her wild emotions
Do you hope that she’ll provide 
Some kind of guiding light?

We marked a map 
Where contours meets the currents
She was wary of the water 
He was lost upon the land.
We’re stood apart
Defined by the distance
There were days when she shone brightly
When she held him in her hand.

Tides drew us together
They tore us apart
We were born to be divided from the start.

I’m longing to be lost in the arms of the ocean
Not in the chains upon the land.
I’m counting the cost of which I could never fathom
The pearls that I let slip right through my hand.

The storm inside her rages 
and she will not let you go.
She’ll haunt the hidden space 
between the tide and undertow.
She will bind you to her torment 
cast doubt on what you know.
She will drown you in your sorrows 
if you do not let her go.

Tides drew us together
They tore us apart
We were born to be divided from the start.

I’m longing to be looking at the first light of the morning
I’m hoping that the dawn delivers me
I’ll set a course and journey
to a place that’s undiscovered
to the sky that stretches out against the sea.

Sailor

Forces diverging
Gonna close the door
We do not agree
Like we did before.

We are done talking
Trying to read the signs
Over time
In time.

Rain falls down and the waters rise
I see the storm 
deep within your eyes.

Rain falls down and the waters rise
I see the storm 
deep within your eyes.

Everything must fall
I turn my back to the garden
You put the blame on me
I put my faith in you.
There are too many voices
And I don’t understand
How to be apart
And still share the table.



Rain falls down and the waters rise
I see the storm 
deep within your eyes.

Rain falls down and the waters rise
I see the storm 
deep within your eyes.

Rain falls down and the waters rise
I see the storm 
deep within your eyes.

Sometimes we fall sometimes we fly
Sometimes we dream about bluer skies

The Distance Between Us

What will you do when the rains come down
And the roof starts leaking on you    
What will you do when the barn burns down
When there’s no one to come rescue you

Why would you cry
Why would you cry 
Why would you cry all alone at night time
No one’s gonna hear you
Why would you lie
Why would you lie
Why would you lie into the mirror
Nobody’s looking at you

So sad for me
So sad for you
So sad that you can’t do what you need to do.

Will you watch as the waters rise
As it makes an island of you.
Will you sail on the rising tide
Cos nobody’s sailing with you.

Don’t know the tune
Don’t know the tune
You don’t know the tune that you keep singing
And you don’t know the rhyme
Don’t know the words
Don’t know the words
You don’t know the words
but you keep singing
and we’re both out of time

So sad for you
So sad for me
So sad that you can’t be what you need to be.

Over in the corner
Someone’s crying to be heard
It takes a child to educate the man.
Of all these saints and sinners
Who have robbed you of your time
I took your wings
And you took mine.

So sad for me
So sad for you
So sad you can’t do what you need to do.
So sad for you
So sad for me
So sad you can’t be what you need to be.

So Sad - work in progress

We sent the bare bones of the recording to our friend Kevin on the other side of the world from NZ(Cumbria to be precise)and he gave it the orchestration which made a huge difference. Thanks Kevin. One day we will actually meet!


What will you do
when you find out it’s true
Do you still love him
Isn’t he good enough for you?

And what will you say
Now it’s over
Will you remember
All of his sad songs
Weren’t they good enough for you?

Why are we so alone
Why did we let it go?
A troubled road
With an old idea
A troubled road
Chasing old ideas.

And what do you see
From where you’re standing?
Lifting the veil
There’s another one
Isn’t it beautiful for you.

Why are we so alone
Why did we let it go?
A troubled road
With an old idea
A troubled road
Anew.

What will you do?

When I think of what has come to be
And how it ends for you and me
It’s not with words we’ll stem the tide
The truth is plain for us to see.
Shouting on opposing hills
Reaching out but standing still
Aren’t we meant to be as one
A shell is all that’s left of me.

He said “It’s not that I don’t love you
You know I always will
But while time’s been moving
We’ve stood still 
And I hope that heartache fades away
But I know it feels 
So real today”.

In that house there is a room
And in the corner lies a case
Where he puts the things that cause him pain
With all the things he cannot face
And he cries at the last
For those he burned
And all he broke
And can’t replace.

She said “It’s not that I don’t love you
You know I always will
But while time’s been moving
You’ve stood still.
It’s not that I don’t love you
You know I always will
But while time’s been moving
You’ve stood still.

Standing Still

Little Giant (Roo Panes song)

Out in the ocean
Spent his whole life drowning
No ones gonna to save him
Elephant in the room

Praying for an angel
Pull him from the water
Time is moving slowly
And he’s hoping you come soon.

You move slow
Nobody would ever know
Watching on as Neptune turns the screw
The crowd is gone
Everyone is moving on
Believe me I’m not the one for you.

Watched you fall 
When you lost it all 
Need to love so badly
But you’ve never done it well 

Another town
Drink your demons down
Here’s to calmer waters
Do you hear the warning bell

All alone
your heart is sinking like a stone
Watch the evening colours turn to blue
Let it go
Nobody need ever know
Let the rising tide wash over you

Sink or
Swim . .  .maybe

Time is moving quickly
Praying for an angel 
No one’s going to save him
Out on the ocean

Warning bell
Evening blue
Spent her whole life drowning 
but she’d give it all up for you

Still alone
are you sinking like a stone
Watch the evening colours turn to blue
The crowd is gone
Everyone is moving on
Believe me I’m the one for you.

I’m the one
When your hope is gone
Believe me
I’m the one for you

Elephant2

He’d carve a path across the open sea
By the fire side 
He’d tell us stories of his majesty. 
The might and splendour
Of the kings and queens
The rule of empire 
And what that means.

Children born of earth and sky.
Descendants of the ancients
On whose land they lie.
Separated from the cord
Everything that holds the centre 
Will surely die.    

Time will wash us out to sea
Remove us from this history
She will kiss him in the morning
He will miss her when she’s gone
When she’s really gone.

Severn stars
And a song of love
To trace the patterns of the starlink
In the sky above.
It’s the biggest stage 
on the smallest screen
We’re the clown, in the royal court
For the king and queen.

Time will wash us out to sea
Raise the mountains from under me
She will kiss him in the morning
He will miss her when she’s gone
When she’s really gone.

You’ve a guilty hand

There’s an angry sky 
On the desert road
An exile who is caught between two histories.
He’s weighed down by a heart of gold
He cannot see
Or understand each others mystery.

Time will wash us out to sea
Remove us from this broken history
I will kiss you in the morning
I will miss you when you’re gone
When you’ve really gone.

You’ve a guilty hand
You’ve a guilty hand
Such a guilty hand

Such a guilty hand
A guilty hand 
Of a guilty man

Guilty Hand

Silent lullaby
Tears in your eye
Saw you were leaving
When you should 
Have stayed with me

Far from new frontiers
not knowing why we’re here
if I knew the answers
I’d share them all 
with you

do you know me   
can you show me
when the moment has gone
Gently roll me
And carry the song

Aah, let the moonlight sigh
dim the evening sky
treat my heart lightly
fold me in your arms
and
fold me in your arms

from the inside
looking outside
how do you know
in the darkness
don’t let me go

Tired eyes and the morning sun
Tired eyes and the morning sun
Tired eyes and the morning sun
To sleep . . .

from the outside
looking inside
what do you see
won’t deny you
I’ll hold you to me

blue skies through apple trees
warm feel of the breeze
afterglow and memory
lying here
with me.

Tired Eyes and the Morning Sun

Saw a tall ship sailing
on the bluest sea         
Taking my true love
Far away from me.

Saw a tall ship sailing
on the cruelest sea     
Didn’t understand the ocean
Til you sailed away from me. 

Time’s no healer
Time’s no healer
Time’s no healer
To me.

Time is like an ocean
Washing over me   
You won’t know the depths of sorrow
Til you walk a mile with me.

Time’s no healer
Time’s no healer
Time’s no healer
To me.

You won’t know the depths of sorrow
Til you walk a mile with me.

Time's No Healer

sold a new idea 
in an ancient world of lies;
hounded from the start 
and rendered down to size

one small simple act
no witness to your crime
I’m the smoking gun
but I’m shaped to your design

a candle lit, a shadow made  
Know what’s hiding in the shade
that’s the price you pay for fire

Something buried deep inside
She’s not gonna take the fall
Won’t be victim to the flame

Buried in the box 
a world of hurt and pain
curiosity
won’t put it back again

Vilified, sanctified 
none of it is justified
couldn’t change it if I tried
and you hunt me like a fox

a candle lit, a shadow made  
Know what’s hiding in the shade
that’s the price you pay for fire

Something buried deep inside
She’s not gonna take the fall
Won’t be taken for a ride 

liquid earth
solid sky
won’t feel nothin on the other side x 4

When the centre falls apart
you can’t blame your broken heart
that’s the price you pay for fire

Something buried deep inside
She’s not gonna take the fall
Won’t be taken for a ride 

fire has a way of making all things new
fire has a way of coming back to you
fire has a way of making all things new
fire has a way of coming back to you

Jayne and Sam's Greatest Hits

Pandora's Box (first mix) - 30:06:24, 10.43 PM

I’m not the one to tell you
Bout the things you mean to me
When I try to all the words
Just catch my tongue.
I wish I could make more sense
Of the thoughts inside my head
I wish I could be more right than I’m wrong.

I’m not looking for excuses
I’m not hiding in the past
I’m searching for the reason to believe
I’m looking for the answers
Something good that’s going to last
In time.

I’m always going some place
Always leaving somewhere else
I’m never where I truly need to be
I only see the writing 
Never read between the lines
I’ll never understand the mystery

I’m not looking for excuses
When it doesn’t go as planned
And the answers don’t present themselves to me
The things you hold so tight
Just tend to slip right through your hands
Each time.

I know that you will hold me
When I’m fractured from the fall
You teach me what it means to share
When I would take it all
I know you’re there beside me
When my back’s against the wall
The wall.

I know in you there’s someone
Who can make sense of my life
To help bring out the better part of me
It took so long to find you
But you’ve always been right here
By me.

Don’t talk when the road is dark
And full of compromise
Don’t talk of things not made to last
About a dream that dies
I only need to see the lovelight
Shining in your eyes
Your eyes
Your eyes.

Looking for Excuses

If everyone drank from the foot of the fountain
Bathed in the water that’s fed by the mountain
All with the idea of each for the other
Father’s and daughters and sons with their mothers.

If everyone stood at the top of the mountain
Circled by stillness confused by the shouting
Tumbling and sliding we’d  cling to each other
Fathers and sons and daughters and mothers

We’re falling
We’re falling

Moment by moment we slide through the ages
Treading the tightrope of freedom and cages
Misunderstanding the pain for the healing
Suffer the sadness the true gift of grieving.

Falling

Hi Tyla , this is the track with a solo on it

Untitled - 10:10:24, 12.19 AM

Untitled no guitar solo on this one if Nick wants to have a play

When the rains come down with kazoos -work in progress - 17:10:24, 12.10 AM

Sisyphus Alone- 27:10:24, 11.32 PM

Out in the ocean
Spent his whole life drowning
No ones gonna to save him
Elephant in the room

Praying for an angel
Pull him from the water
Time is moving slowly
And he’s hoping you come soon.

You move slow
Nobody would ever know
Watching on as Neptune turns the screw.
The crowd is gone
Everyone is moving on
Believe me I’m not the one for you.

Watched you fall 
When you lost it all 
Need to love so badly
But you’ve never done it well 

Another town
Drink your demons down
Here’s to calmer waters
Do you hear the warning bell

All alone
Watch the evening colours turn to blue
Let it go
Let the rising tide wash over you

Sink or
Swim . . .

Time is moving slowly
Praying for an angel 
No one’s going to save him

Warning bell
Evening blue
Spent her whole life drowning 
but she’d give it all up for you

Still alone
are you sinking like a stone
Watch the evening colours turn to blue
The crowd is gone
Everyone is moving on
Believe me I’m the one for you.

I’m the one
When your hope is gone
Believe me
I’m the one for you

Elephant

There’s mask
that I wear just for show
I’m not who you think me to be
On the bridge where I seem so assured
I hold on to what’s left of me

This is not what you want to hear
but Jeffery, I want to come home
There’s a price I paid
with the choice I made
that I own

In my bed when I turn out the light
run through the lines in my head
I recall every hero’s lament
The nuances that I misread

This is not what you want to hear
but Jeffery I want to come home
Theres’s a price I paid
with the choice I made
that I own

On the edge where I sit with my thoughts 
below me a heavenly blue
I concede  you’re the one thing I need
my heart still beats strongly for you

This is not what you want to hear
Drifting from black into blue
that’s the price I paid
with the choice I made
I choose you

Black and Blue

Tears on your pillow
Where you lay your head
World full of troubles
The silence of the bed.

You are an exile
Stranded by the shore
Tired of the conflicts
You can’t fight anymore.

When old lovers have left you
No one new comes to call
You don’t have to be lonely
Fall Molly, fall Molly
Into my arms.

I was a sailor
Somewhere lost at sea.
You are the lighthouse
The thought that comforts me.

You rock, I’ll roll
Carry me home
You’ll rock, I’ll roll
Slow

The world gently turning
The sighing of the trees
In a sky, full of starlight
I’ll dream you back to me.

When old lovers have left you
No one new comes to call
You don’t have to be lonely
Fall Molly, fall Molly
Into my arms.

Fall Into My Arms

Can’t see the rhyme or reason 
( You’ve ) commited no crime
The shelf is high 
you’re running out of time

Are you watching the embers dying 
You afraid of the dark?
Does it feel that your magic 
has lost its spark

For everybody who’s hurt somebody
every lover who lies
Everybody who needs another
You’ll see it clearer in time

Are you watching the big wheel turning
Are you still in the game
The faces change
the feelings are the same

Are you hoping to find the answers
While you’re standing alone
do you think his heart 
is like a stone  

For everybody who’s hurt somebody
everybody who cries
Everybody who needs a lover
You’ll see it clearer in time

Everybody who’s hurt somebody
Every lover who lies 
Everybody who needs a lover  
You’ll see clearer in time

Every lover who needs another
Everybody who cries
Everybody needs everybody
You’ll see it clearer in time
You’ll see it clearer in time.


Clearer in Time

Lately
In my mind
These are things I can see
I found you
Taking from me
Memories belonging to me.
There’s nothing to say
That will do any good
The past is falling away.

Brother
Here’s a picture
That you do not want to share
The camera
Smiling on you
It feels like you are not there.
These are the things
Children learn to regret
I’ve seen no
Contrition
In you yet.

Here’s another memory
We’re laughing on top of the roof
Of an old bus
Up in the mountains
To the valleys and river below
We are lost in this moment
You really have caught the sun
We are closer, sort of happy
Nearly one.

You are lying
On a table
The strangest smile on your face
Your hands seem
So big and clumsy
There’s questions
Running through my head.

And only wish I had the answers
But you only smile back to me
There is no closure
Or revelations . . .

But I know we’ll be together
I have heard about this boy
And he is swimming
With his father
In the place where once he was whole.
I’m still sitting
On that bus roof
There are things that I still need to clear
But I’d settle
For your laughter
In the sun.

Brother

Sunshine after the sorrow

The first time I made fire
Gave you protection
Provide warmth and light.
We forged songs 
By the fireside
Gave substance to the night.

Days chase time
Falling apart by design
In time.

Running  (into the sky we are falling)
Running  (into the light we are running)
Days run away from you.
Running  (into the sky we are falling)
Running  (into the light we are running)
The past fades away from view.

A sailor, on the high seas
I found new worlds
For you and for me.
A trader, I crossed frontiers
Charted new maps
But could not foresee.

Days chase time
Leaving the scene of the crime
This time.

Running . . . 

Starlight
Bathed in moonshine
On the water
The sound of the sea.
Standing
By the shoreline
I remember
What you said to me.

Days chase time
Falling apart by design.

Running  . . .

Days Run Away

Our amazing friend, Kate (as many of you will know)is walking the length of New Zealand. This will hopefully encourage her to plough on when she's feeling all done in.

The journey’s just beginning
I can see the open road
Two steps forward one step back
That’s how it is I’m told.

When something old has ended
And the new has just begun
Weave the fragments of your life
And turn to face the sun.

A time to laugh a time to sigh
And think what came to pass
Dance in golden shadows
Lying gilded in the grass.

In the quiet of the morning
Like a memory comes the song
The hills rise up to meet us
And the road leads ever on.

At night you look up to the stars
In the crowded sky
They light the way
Or so they say
Feels like you’re flying high.
It isn’t fate or circumstance
That brought you to this place
It’s something deep inside you
It’s something that you faced.

Can’t tell if you’re up or down
Or if we’re right from wrong
If you cannot hear the music
Let the silence linger on
But sing for me, I’ll sing for you
And let this be our song
The sun will rise to greet us
In the morning we’ll be gone.

This thing ain’t over
Till the last one beats the track
The lashing rain and burning sun
Won’t be no turning back.
Looking homeward through the haze
You will clearly see
The chains have gone
So carry on
Finally you’re free.

When something bad has gone and the good has just begun. . . .

Something Good

Consolation and acceptance music. Sort of....

Everything Will Be Alright

Jayne and Sam mostly. We write and play music together at the bottom of the world surrounded by the big blue ocean with an expanding group of friends and collaborators.

Arthur Road Collective

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