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Embers

by August and After

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1.
In a flash she sees the grace in her eyes In long bold strides, she leaves to the night A fistful of love won't suffice Now and then steps beyond the bend hold her tight But freedom means never to hide And she will rise, call to the dawn from the blue As she soars, he will fade in the air And the doors once closed swing wider than life ever was
2.
The Orchard 02:41
I stood here as a child and whiled away the time As innocent as spring isn’t, and moral as a nursery rhyme This garden’s older now but I am older still And I’m held hostage by the time I used to kill The Summer’s run away, and stopped to take a chill (Chorus) Oh to steal a moment Oh to seal a sweeping glance Oh to feel the moment The autumn’s shortened all the walls and the frontiers, All the leaves can fall off trees but apples cling to stratospheres These grounds are out of bounds, to me and all my peers Now an hour cannot last a thousand years (Chorus) The long and short of it is echoed in my face Like winter dreams of summer but they can’t embrace I’m in the here and now but lost in time and space It must be something about this place
3.
We were floored by the scarlet-scapes In the jaws at the top of the world Every moment our eyes, steeped in the skies We lay down our guard, gave into life We were born, on that night And all around me it's spiralling
4.
It’s freezing on the roof, ten flights of stairs and now it’s hard to move They say that the city is beautiful, and that this car park is the concrete proof You’re hungry for a spark, so I have brought you where it’s cold and dark A thin blue line is all there is to see, in our romantic hitchhike fantasy (Chorus) We broke out, pushed the boat out, sailed out on paper planes We broke out, pushed the boat out, and slept on cargo trains We’re guilty of no crime, we managed Brussels but in half the time There’s teams in Poland and there’s teams in Spain, While we stayed here to find our spark again (Chorus) I say we sacrifice our holiday for this paradise I say we stay and take a foray off the road
5.
It’s haunting, but I’m bold Spin round, I let go Leave the binds that tied me to the floor Freed I must proceed, I must endure I’ll find you in a short while Through your eyes I’ll fly beyond the moon The hearts that live and love can’t die alone But here amidst this silence I don’t know Life erodes the walls we seek to keep our dreams afloat Calling me to breathe where I once choked Sure to see the gleam behind the ghosts
6.
Getaway 03:14
Let's sit on the pebbles and freeze for a while With a rapturous sunset and mischievous smile I'll hide my impatience behind constellations And complex equations, fit for a child The tide's coming in as our time's running out My tentative kiss beats your sensitive doubt I'm crazy and blind so I'll try read your mind You're sweet, you're divine and you're wild (Chorus) The tide will wash our trail away Catch the breeze and sail away It's time to make our getaway This time it's day and there's people around You gasp and you whisper in ultrasound You wink and remark that you wish it was dark So that we could embark on a heavenly ride I'll keep my silence believe me please Drawn in by sirens on Spanish seas Know you're in charge, you're an angel at large I'm cautiously watching the tide (Chorus) Plotting under cover of stars We're spies in the cold while there's warmth in the bars You silence my speech with a kiss on my cheek This troublesome beach sees the best and the worst of us Stroking your hair as I'm feeling brave There's boats on horizons and surfers and tidal waves But I preach that you're out of my reach On this sparkling beach of ours (I got carried away by our getaway) Lay down beside me, let’s kill some time I'm beside myself too and I don't know why This sparkling beach sees the best and the worst of us
7.
Set Sail 02:51
I said I might set sail, said I might set sail for good (Soldier to sea, bold in belief) I said I might set sail, said I might set sail for good Let the seas unveil, a kingdom born unto wood And you call from the docks, sullen I wave but I must slip away Store one last glance, it's my anchor As I drift out of sight, follow the gaze of the heavenly lights It's all we could seek or ask for I said I might set sail, said I might set sail for good Let the seas unveil, a kingdom born unto wood
8.
Evergreen 03:26
I turn the smog into mountain mist And watch the streetlights turn to forest This place seems different in the dark, Somehow warmer, somehow more than this My shadow is no longer The rain is getting stronger But I walk down these empty roads Where cars don’t pass and nothing goes on I turn the concrete into clay And watch a river shimmer on the motorway Every car’s a paper crane Floating on the acid rain, like a spark My shadow is no longer The rain is getting stronger But I walk down these empty roads Where cars don’t pass and nothing goes on Silence fills the in between, Where the world is heard and all is seen And evergreen
9.
Salamander 04:45
I live among angels, and they around me Caught in the crossfire, the youngest of three I’m an adult, darling, please treat me as such This house is an avalanche, we’re all losing touch So I’m going off for a while Away to the city Armed with a scowl or a smile But pretty unprepared Spare me our queries and candlelit theories Spare me your tears and your leading looks Childhood is selfish and I’m still too scared You raised me by the book, now I’m unprepared Yes I’m unprepared The tears are a camouflage, I thrive in the rain Ambition has driven me, both up and insane So I’m coming home for a while Away from the city Armed with a scowl or smile But pretty unprepared

credits

released August 1, 2013

Lyrics by August and After
Arranged by August and After with creative input and advice from Ali Digby, Theo Kung, Victor Rikowski, Jack Nunn

Performed by August and After with:

Ali Digby - Cello/Backing vocals
Theo Kung - Violin
Matt Holubinka - Trumpet
Nick Wise - Trombone
Randeep Bilkhu - Cajon
Tom Fromant - Bass ('The Jailbreak Song')
Xann Schwinn - Backing vocals ('Gleam Behind the Ghosts')
Sophie Jamieson - Vocals ('Waltz for Marie')
Emily Marchant - Vocals ('The Jailbreak Song')
Oliver Staines - Flute ('Waltz for Marie')

Mixed by Vedantha Kumar with advice from Ned Mortimer, Tom Fromant, Tim Firmston-Williams and Brad Kohn

Mastered by Kevin Paul

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"Hard to resist"
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“Flirts between mesmerizingly haunting and delicate uplifting moments”
- BBC Introducing Cambridgeshire

"Haunting, beautiful music"
- Kerrang! Radio
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