Torches

from Bodach by The Sheiling

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Written by Blaquire/Jones
Recorded, mixed & mastered in The Garden Studio, Cnwch Coch
by The Sheiling
Steve Blaquire - fretless bass, guitars, effects pedals
Dylan Jones - vocals, backing vocals, percussion

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TORCHES

When the night is over
and morning comes around
all the dreams you held inside
slip away on their own without a sound

Waking slow in winter
there's no energy around
and the torches wandering through the night
what they're searching for is never found

emptiness surrounds you
you pick & then you choose
all the days that let you down
all the lives you know were born to lose

that's the way it goes
that's the way of everything you know

Everyone around you
is painted like a clown
and the jokes you never find
pack a punch before they've fallen down

frail the notes you're singing
with spaces in between
and the light from all the things you've loved
flickers like you know it's never been

that's the way it goes
everything but feeling shows
it's what you know

when the day is over
and your dreams have just begun
and she leans in shade & shadow
she paints a moon as yellow as the sun

waking slow in winter
there's no energy around
and the torches wander through the night
what they're searching for is never found

emptiness surrounds you
you pick and then you choose
all the days that let you down
all the lives you know were born to lose

that's the way it goes
that's the way of everything you know
learn to let it go

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from Bodach, released January 1, 2021

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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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