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Absence EP

by The Sheiling

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1.
Badlands 05:48
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Bad Lands This body has taken more than it may deserve emptied & shaken every sinew & nerve It was never a good thing the poor thing we had we gave away freely all the good & the bad But now I see you sitting alone Over the bad lands beaten with light the glow of each headlamp grows into the night But now I see you dreaming alone Loosen the seat belt the harness is tight search the horizon to the left & the right There's a glow from the dashboard like the green of your eyes and there's shelter in silence of those wide open skies But now I see you out there alone If there's comfort in moving (shadow road flashes on) a glance in the mirror shows the world that is gone this body has taken more than it may deserve emptied & shaken every sinew & nerve But now I see you standing alone
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Absence Leaves a Needle 05:10
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ABSENCE LEAVES A NEEDLE Over all the sun has set Over all the moon has wept night of tears we both can understand in every drop small worlds remain fixed in harmony & pain absence leaves a needle in your hand give me now & every day forgive me all I took away everything I ever said drachms & scruples of my head how you watched these dull things replay silent in custody defendants without a plea forgive me all that I retain forgive me everything And when the light comes in delay BREAK Over all the sun has set Over all the moon has wept night of tears we both can understand in every drop small worlds remain fixed in harmony & pain absence leaves a needle in your hand absence leaves a needle in your hand absence leaves a needle in your hand
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Summer Comes Around 05:03
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Summer Comes Around I know I'm given all the signs I know what tenderness implies I know more than I can say I choose to be living here this way In the morning give us burdens that we bear In the morning keep those promises we share - the shadow in a smile I know you'll be living here a while I know there's mercy in your hand I think I'll never understand in the morning show the world that we are here in the morning what we need is drifting near - trust & then betray I know what you choose to give away I know summer comes around I know how distances abound In the morning there's a debt we have to pay In the morning lift the latch & slip away - the beggar girl is crowned I hear silence in a sound It's just another season come around we know how distances abound in the morning I will rise & rise again in the morning I will find another friend - dreams are on my mind your emptiness is kind your words are so refined - how can our trust be blind? in the morning break those promises we share in the morning lift the burdens that we bear -seasons come around the lost are nearly found there's silence in a sound distances abound summer comes around summer comes around summer comes around
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Every Moment Gone 05:23
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EVERY MOMENT GONE When I was first aware you looked at me there was nothing I could do or say in the bitter aftermath I think I drew a brief & clear transcription of that day There's a sweet connection that we hope we're travelling to - But what are we moving through? I dream reflections in a mirror now all your tears are dry & brushed away Blinded by distraction show us how we might care how we care Lost in contradiction show us how we might share only share All seasons all summers every moment gone evenings folding into night and awake in dawn When I was first aware you looked at me there was nothing I could do or say There's a sweet connection that we hope we're travelling to - but what are we moving through? There's a sweet connection but perhaps it's not for you What are we moving through what are we moving through what are we moving through
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Broken 05:26
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BROKEN I raise a ladder to the broken tree I know the fruit I'm taking was never meant for me all around there's a rumbling and the clouds are tumbling across the sea It's true the sweet turns sour she picked a lonely flower gave it to me In my head I travel to some other level is it too far for me? is it too high to see? I choose the way you've chosen I rise where you have risen the heavy door falls open is it ever our decision? ties of love were never stronger yet I still feel a hunger inside of me dark lines across your face night darkens every place shadow walkers still desire brief peace beside the fire but nothing lies unshaken the deepest sleep is woken by a shuffling at your door at dawn your lamp is broken uninvited around your bed rest on your sleeping head white hands of misery INSTRUMENTAL uninvited around your bed rest on your sleeping head white hands of misery I raise a ladder to that broken tree I know the fruit I'm taking was never meant for me all around there's a rumbling and the clouds go tumbling across the sea
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Dark Wolf of a Dream 05:39
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Dark Wolf of a Dream The dark wolf of a dream will slip its noose & run the arrow that you spared for me casts a shadow on the sun Whenever we're alone all my senses lean on the dark wolf of a dream the dark wolf of a dream I watch you when you hurry through twisted rose & thorn in the woods behind you lie the broken & the torn The error of my ways keeps returning in the night in the pools & canyons of this world some are born to fight Oh, the strong they're born to fight some just born to fight INTERLUDE The dark wolf of a dream will slip its noose & run the arrow that you spared for me casts a shadow on the sun whenever we're alone all my senses lean on the dark wolf the dark wolf of a dream the dark wolf of a dream I watch you when you hurry through twisted rose & thorn in the woods behind you lie.........

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Further offerings from the shed, ranging from climbing ballads to visions of the dreamlike wolf at the gates.

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released February 19, 2023

Steve Blaquire: fretless bass/guitars/effects
Dylan Jones: vocals/backing vocals/drum pedals/percussion

All songs Blaquire/Jones

Recorded, mixed & mastered in The Garden Studio, Cnwch Coch
by The Sheiling

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The Sheiling Aberystwyth, UK

Formed in 2000, THE SHEILING have primarily been a recording band and have produced a number of albums on their miniature UMBRELLA HEAD label – ranging from the folksy ‘A Touch of Rain’ (2000) to the entirely self-penned 'Undiscerned' (2014) . Currently THE SHEILING is
the songwriting duo Steve Blaquire & Dylan Jones.
Work emanates from a wooden shed in mid-Wales, serenaded by owls & robin-song. ... more

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