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Quiet After Midnight

by Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer

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1.
Watermark 03:32
I grew up where the river runs into the sea Water flowing cold and slow and deep Dreaming of the city where I thought that I should be Rehearsing for my life there in my sleep The streets are so exciting in the moonlight The sound of cars and people fills the air But when the city's quiet after midnight I think of home and wish I could be there Well I never stopped to wonder at the choices I had made The places where the roads I chose would lead But the beaches and the breakers say I should have stayed Where the lazy river flows into the sea The streets are so exciting in the moonlight The sound of cars and people fills the air But when the city's quiet after midnight I think of home and wish I could be there I grew up where the river flows into the sea The river left a watermark on me
2.
I've read the story, seen the photographs But it's still so hard for me to imagine things then Buried before us for two thousand years Here at Tower Pier, who know what we'll find? Uncovering all these lost ways of life In the objects washed up on the shore They were discarded and disregarded In centuries before Streetlamps providing a faint orange glow Twisting alleyways round here lead to places unknown Uncovering all these lost ways of life In the objects washed up on the shore They were discarded and disregarded In centuries before Treasures are shining in the soft moonlight Tide is out tonight and we'll escape from this world
3.
Floating 04:12
Daydreams, nights under skies lit by moonbeams Shining bright on your face in a moment in time and in space Captured, struck to my soul and enraptured As we sit hand in hand, and at last I think I understand Something you said all along, thoughts are like bubbles in air Sometimes the words come out wrong, sometimes they’re not even there Blue as the night bright as the morning, lost in your light Soft as your skin the day that you let me in Here as we lie watching the colours dance in the sky Hoping we stay forever to feel this way Floating, drifting along and not knowing That one day cross the sea we would be where the other would be And somehow I knew it was you, you were the light that I’d seen And all that I hoped would be true, everything I dared to dream Blue as the night bright as the morning, lost in your light Soft as your skin the day that you let me in Here as we lie watching the colours dance in the sky Hoping we stay forever to feel this way
4.
Cobblestones lead us far from home In the morning there's cinnamon and coffee So follow me through these winding streets And we'll sit by the harbour for hours Golden sunset seems unreal, they call it Beauty on Water And I don't think that we should leave Let's walk until the night falls Fourteen islands spread over the sea Sunlight falls on the city hall As boats drift under bridges Then a sky full of stars like a bright Christmas card The buildings glow orange tonight Golden sunset seems unreal, they call it Beauty on Water And I don't think that we should leave Let's walk until the night falls Fourteen islands spread over the sea
5.
Rain in the morning, brought in with the tide Trees bend sideways as we rush to get inside As bare as the branches, as leaden as the skies We let the day go by Wait here beside me, we'll watch the hours go Morning till evening, till the sun is getting low Before you can say it, faster than you know We've let the day go by Have we lost our way, are we still the same? Because summer seems so far away since the winter came In the evening light as we wait for night We pray the storm will pass us by Rain in the morning, set in for the day We have to let go of the plans that we had made All that we hoped for getting in the way We let the day go by
6.
Thinking of another time In control and the words were mine I woke up to a brand-new city There were voices in the crowd There were things I said out loud And I got through to the other side I'm not sure why it's come to this A sudden change and I can't resist Maybe I'll never find out the reasons why But somebody said that it's all just in your head And changing those bad thoughts will bring you back to life So you see that some things change Rows of faces all arranged A waiting room that's never busy Finding something else to say Focus on a different day To make it through to the other side I know I didn't ask for this A sudden change and I'm powerless Maybe I'll never find out the reasons why But somebody said that it's all just in your head And changing those bad thoughts will bring you back to life
7.
Street lights come on, night settles down Your breathing is all that you hear Traffic is gone and the clock doesn't sound People outside disappear I arrive as the last of my kind Following avenues, lost in my mind Nothing ahead and nothing behind Gone like a lost souvenir People may come, people may go No one remains very long I got in the habit a long time ago I never expect to belong I arrive as the last of my kind Following avenues, lost in my mind Nothing ahead and nothing behind Gone like a lost souvenir And even the friends that you made They all give you excuses now No one's around when you need them to hear you Street lights come on, you're heading for home Nobody catches your eye An evening in silence, a night spent alone Watching the hours go by I arrived as the last of my kind Following avenues, lost in my mind Nothing ahead and nothing behind Gone like a lost souvenir
8.
You see me so differently The choices I've made have led me further from you Will you recognise me? I'm so relieved you're still there Hoping you won't need more time to prepare Wait and let me sit a while with you I won't talk about the things we used to do No reminders and no regrets Just silence instead I know this is my home But somehow the rooms just seem to be so small You're surprised to see me, but please tell me that you're still there That there are photos in a box somewhere Wait and let me sit a while with you I won't talk about the things we used to do No reminders and no regrets Just silence instead
9.
Sleeping 03:53
Where am I supposed to go when everyone is gone To houses filled with love and filled with light? Here where darkness swallows me and no one else can know The places that I see alone at night When everyone is sleeping, clouds fill up the sky I just wonder why we said goodbye What am I supposed to do with days that never end And no one here to help me pass the time? The further that you get from me, the less I can pretend That anything I had was really mine When everyone is sleeping, clouds fill up the sky I just wonder why we said goodbye I felt the wind that brought you here to me But never saw the storm that took you home I'd find a way to keep you near to me And you would never make the choice to go When everyone is sleeping, clouds fill up the sky I just wonder why we said goodbye
10.
It's time to leave this room, I know I should I'd talk about it if I could Let's empty the days, let the night drift away No need to travel too far I'll be wherever you are Trying to find this perfect situation But filling my head with too much information There's more I can say But I'll close my eyes and let my thoughts fade away I'm uncertain what this week will bring But still I must have three good things It's hard to predict but if you insist There's just one thing I know I'll go wherever you go Trying to find this perfect situation But filling my head with too much information There's more I can say But I'll close my eyes and let my thoughts fade away

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released March 31, 2023

Melanie Crew - acoustic guitar, vocals
Ross Palmer - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, drums, vocals

with:

Yo Zushi - harmonica, vocals
Adam Beattie - double bass
Nick Frater - piano, Hammond organ, electric piano

Recorded and mixed at home by Ross except:

Double bass recorded by Adam Beattie
Piano, electric piano and Hammond organ recorded by Jon Clayton

Mastered by Jon Clayton.

Cover art by Peter Vinten.

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Ross Palmer London, UK

London-based multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, recording engineer and mixer. He plays live as a solo artist, as part of a duo with Melanie Crew and in James McKean and the Blueberry Moon. Formerly he played drums for Sumner, guitar in Carterhaugh and fronted the Fourth Wall. ... more

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