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Past Your Past

by Raine Hamilton

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1.
Time 02:38
Time Oh the past is right behind you Right there to remind you it’s moving fast, it goes right past There’s the future bright and distant You’ll know it in an instant when its gone, it moves along Where’s the time, time, the precious time It’s a two-step in fast forward A rumble on the floorboard, and it steady, its here already There’s a circle running round you It will run you to the ground you need to move, what’s there to prove Where’s the time, time, the precious time It’s loud and its revealing Sometimes hurtful sometimes healing, it’s a mystery, one we don’t get to see Sometimes laughing sometimes crying, sometimes willful law defying, it goes onward Where’s the time, time, the precious time And I have dreamt it In the night’s most peaceful slumber I have heard it From the sky’s laugh, loud as thunder I have known it When my heart felt full with wonder East was west and up was under I have seen it, with my eyes But where’s the time, time, the precious time Life’s work is never ending When you’re broke you’re still stuck spending, it’s consistent, always persistent But the rules are made for breaking And these walls are made for shaking, can I slow it down Where’s the time, time, the precious time
2.
Knots in Wood Like knots in wood the hardest part of knowing you is cutting through And wish to know you as I might, I’ve set the course to throw the fight Like leaves that grow upon the tree, they whisper that they’re mostly free But freedom there can barely be, when she sees you and you see me Like water flowing down below, to depths one person cannot know The breath I’m holding I let go, it pulls us in the undertow Like earth that lays below our feet, at once abundant and discreet I cannot quell my heart’s desire, to blow the bellows, stoke the fire I told you that I would not, told you that I could not I told you that I would not, be your alibi You put me in a corner, I could not leave to warn her You put me in a corner, to be your alibi You may have had a way with words, but she has run away with hers Her promise was at best skin-deep, one she did not intend to keep Like water flowing down below, to depths one person cannot know The breath I’m holding I let go, it pulls us in the undertow
3.
Lay Me Down 02:27
Lay Me Down Bowing cedar take my breath, take it far away Take my spirit, take my flesh, should I cross today Lay me down, lay me down Mother maker, speak to me, tell me what I see Take me to the wild things place, between the land and sea Mother I will know the pain, and I will tell the tales I’ll tell them of the fish and birds, I’ll tell them of the whale Until you lay me down Sure of heart and fleet of foot, I walk the weary stones land my sight on broken white, and council with their bones Listen far and listen wide, listen cross the great divide Hear them whisper faint and high, they’re yelling on the other side Raise my body bleach my bones, set them far apart Dear ones worry not for me the day my soul departs Take me to the wild things place, take me there to stay Hear me whisper faint and high, I’m yelling on the other side
4.
January 02:59
January Though past your past you could not see, you knew that you would marry me And sure enough my heart could tell, I knew that I would love you well And I’d never break your heart I am yours, you are mine I knew not then what life would bring, see here my finger’s missing ring Where once our hearts entwined had laid, time a deeper fissure made But I’d never break your heart I am yours, you are mine A love like this is hard to find, harder still to leave behind And though I loved you far and deep, my promises I could not keep That I’d never break your heart That I am yours, you are mine And so the task upon me fell, to part our ways and wish you well And though I loved you far and deep, my promises I could not keep That I’d never break your heart That I am yours, you are mine A love like this is hard to find Harder still to leave behind
5.
The Strangest Thing It’s the strangest thing to close the door When the view is so sublime Here I trust my heart above my eyes lest they be blind I hear your shadow on the wall Built before the fall Bricks and stones and judgment there divide us Because you know right from wrong One is weak, the other strong Until the tilting of the earth becomes apparent Turning over That’s how time goes That’s how faith grows Where we all falter At the altar Where we fault ourselves Each is paid in kind Each one knowing the divine Where the safety of forgiveness knows us deeply Step the left foot then the right Dancing through the fear and fright Lilting to the edge of what is known Turning over That’s how time goes That’s how faith grows Where we all falter At the altar Where we fault ourselves Wave comes after wave Looking for someone to save Sweeping willing hardships out to sea Still, I can see into your heart I can see the broken part Where the mysteries of believing have betrayed you Turning over That’s how time goes That’s how faith grows Where we all falter At the altar Where we fault ourselves It’s the strangest thing to close the door, when the view is so sublime Here I trust my heart above my eyes lest they be blind
6.
Everything 02:59
Everything Everything that they told you is true All the stories, and the love stories too And the night time is the safest of times The night time, brings us quiet and still You will be joyful and courageous, a sight to behold And we’ve held you in the crooks of our arms You will be brilliant in the sunlight that catches your eye On a mountain or some high up place Chorus You will be painting all the forests a new shade of green Where we’ve seen you, we’re pleased to have seen you You will be counting all the sources of light in the sky Even then as you’re moving among them Chorus Show your strength in her hour of need Go to her with your heart on your sleeve Everything that you told her Everything that you told her Believe Chorus
7.
My Own Way 03:05
My Own Way I’m looking for a way to walk, a way to hold my head up high To chisel out the stars and then suspend them I’m looking for some way to talk, someone who will apprentice me In the art of conversation and arrival It’s hard to leave the comfort that the arms of strangers lend It’s hard to see a different way, instead of breaking, bend But I will make my own way When I cross the river Jordan, the veil pulled from my eyes I will see and face the many truths reflected When the tide that pushed me forward, flows back out to sea I’ll send with it all my postures and pretending And I’ll see what can happen when there’s no one left to be And I will walk a different road that suits the likes of me I will make my own way When the heartbreaks worthy of my worry I set down I will know the weightless wonder of forgiveness And everything that I regret, I will myself forgive The heart that I’ve kept broken will be mended It’s hard to leave a certain life I fit so tightly in It’s hard to see, a different way, instead of breaking, bend I will make my own way
8.
I Read Your Book You were careful in the telling of the stories of the people you knew None the less I read them and I recognized myself in a few Where you were the one, with all the answers And I was the one, with her heart held in her hand I read your book, I read it line by line I read it twice, reading between each time You said that she was the one, and that your love was true But I was the one you told your secrets to I read your book, I read it letter by letter There came a point, I realized I’d met her Some things I think, are better left unsaid While other things are better left unread I read your book I read it cover to cover And I began, to see how you could love her After all, her eyes were jewels rare and fine Her face that of an angel, left behind You were lonely you were loving I can tell its here, you wrote it all down But the places you were looking, all too often they let you down And you were the one, with all the answers You were the one, with all the verses in his pen I read your book, I read it on the plane What a joy, to hear your voice again Still, some things I think are better left unsaid While other things are better left unread
9.
Mes Mains 02:18
Mes Mains Chaque défi, déjà réusis Chaque point de vu, ils sont bien compris Chaque livre sur l’étage, déjà ecrit Chaque mot de chaque leçon, déjà appris C’ était clair au commencement reconnu dans un instant Mais à la fin, où on se trouve, c’est différent Et quoi faire avec mes mains Les garder vides, les garder pleines Tu ne sais non plus quoi faire avec les tiennes Toutes les histoires sont maitrisées Tout les voyages, déjà voyagés Chaque joie, chaque tristesse, déjà partagées Chaque surface, déjà naviguée C’est vrai, ça vaut la peine De voir ton Coeur, de voir le mien De les avoir, ensuite perdre, c’est mieux quand-même Peux-tu me pardonner Sachant tout ce que tu sais Que l’amour, trouvé tout seul, n’est pas assez C’ était clair au commencement reconnu dans un instant Mais à la fin, où on se trouve, c’est différent Et quoi faire avec mes mains Les garder vides, les garder pleines Tu ne sais non plus quoi faire avec les tiennes
10.
Paper Cranes 03:36
Paper Cranes Look towards the night’s full moon A silhouette’s stark wonder, illuminating Starlight tops the ever green, Shining through the in-between, captivating You can say it with your eyes You are the sayer of goodbyes You can heal it with your heart Even the one that’s torn apart The kindest hands with greatest care They read you books, they braid your hair The letters and the finding games a thousand folded paper cranes How much can one heart take How many loads to break it How much can one love make Enough to compensate it You didn’t have to say the words Silently the news was heard The meaning hung still in the air With each of us our hearts held there You can say it with your eyes You are the sayer of goodbyes You can heal it with your heart Even the one that’s torn apart

about

To you, dear reader, listener, appreciator, host and helper. Joyful thanks!

To all the musicians who played on this album, for the many hours and ideas and notes you contributed

To Quintin Bart and Julian Bradford for your significant contributions to the string arrangements

To Bill Hamilton, sound engineer, guitar player, producer and my very own Dad. For this life you gave me, the music you taught me, and for your phenomenal contribution to this project

To Rayannah, my friend, graphic designer, and all around amazing artist and human I am proud to know

To Megan Steen for her dynamite photography

To Heather Bishop, for modeling an artistic life authentically lived, and for daring me to make a plan

To Daniel Jordan, for believing in me, for somehow knowing me better than I know myself

To Friends and family, you are all wonderful!

Thank you always and in all ways <3

credits

released May 21, 2015

o Words and Music by Raine Hamilton
o Sound Engineered at Dream Directions Studio by Bill Hamilton
o Produced by Bill Hamilton and Raine Hamilton
Mastering by Resosound (HOW TO CREDIT THIS?)
o Quintin Bart, Bass (All except Lay Me Down)
o Julian Bradford, Cello (January, Time, My Own Way, Paper Cranes, Everything, Strangest Thing)
o Donovan Locken, Mandolin (Time, My Own Way)
o Daniel Péloquin Hopfner, Banjo (Time), Guitar and Mandolin (Mes Mains)
Bill Hamilton, Guitar, (All except Lay Me Down)
Shannon Little, Trumpet (Everything)
o Raine Hamilton, Lead Voice (All) and Fiddle (Strangest Thing, Time, January, I Read Your Book, Lay Me Down)
o Daniel Jordan, Drums and Percussion (I Read Your Book, Knots in Wood, Time, My Own Way)

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