Curious album
An Ordinary Loss (McDonnell)
When they were seventeen
They agreed to share the lie
Let the flower die
To wither in the frost
A little darkness fell
Behind her heavy eyes
The stars should hide their fires
From an ordinary loss
She took the path
To live in secrecy
Lonely in the crowd
And hide her love away
The land is dry
Isabella / Columbine
That mercy forsaken
Your ship steered into shadow
Told herself
That her heart wouldn't break for long
1) That a child
Shouldn't need - to be so strong
It can be hard to be brave
Carry the weight of this yearning
She wears the velvet sleeves
To hide a rose tattoo
Wary and subdued
Under Father Ryan's gaze
A single woman
Had to wish to be a wife
Not another life
In the love of Grace
Don't judge me by my damage
Its not all that I have been
There is another world
Here beneath my skin
Imagination
The traces of a dream
Where the blackness
Of her eyes
Will be my gates of Heaven
PERSONNEL
Phil McDonnell: Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Strings programming, Solo muted trumpet
Tim Palmer: Guitars, Drum programming