“Blending melodic pop and gentle folk, Neil Cavanagh walks the path of many other sharp, sensitive troubadours before him (Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley). Like Smith, he favors his upper register and applies dense vocal harmonies to it, chooses complicated guitar picking patterns, and plays all the instruments himself, creating his own warm, dense universe.”
– All Music Guide
Available for digital download on Bandcamp
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14 tracks | 54 minutes and 28 seconds
Written, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by Neil Cavanagh
except “The Kiss” written by Judee Sill,
“Never Be Too Soon” engineered and mixed by Michael Valerio, and
“Time To Sleep” engineered and mixed by Pat Woodward
Note: “The Kiss” is not available on Bandcamp due to licensing issues. It is only available on streaming services.
- Open the Sky (2:00)
- Time To Sleep (4:49)
- The Spirit Of ’76 (3:59)
- Our Day Will Come (3:20)
- Lonesome Child (5:04)
- The Man Who Died (4:26)
- Never Be Too Soon (2:11)
- Well Well Well (3:32)
- Walking In Space (3:27)
- Forgiveness (4:06)
- The Kiss (4:13)
- I Know I’ve Been Letting You Down (7:12)
- Goodbye (3:18)
- Curtain Call (3:00)
Released on September 11, 2007
Lyrics
Time to Sleep
I passed through the door of forgetting
I’m never going home again
But we won’t get to heaven until morning
So sing me a song until then
It was always the same
There was no one there to wake us from the dream
Look in my eyes, don’t say your goodbyes now
Cause after all, I believe there’s still time to sleep tonight
The path to the sun, there is danger
It’s easy to fall as we fly
But the path to the grave, there’s a stranger
That it’s easy to love as we die
You still look the same
There was no one there to wake you from the dream
Look in my eyes, don’t say your goodbyes now
Cause after all, I believe there’s still time to sleep tonight
Knowing this change of heart
Keep holding the sky, so near but so far (and this time)
Knowing this change of heart
Inside of love, where we are all inside of love, there we are all the same
Knowing this change of heart
Keep holding the sky, so near but so far (and this time)
Knowing this change of heart
Inside of love, where we are all inside of love, there we are all the same
Our Day Will Come
There’s no way to save my soul
Or lose control enough to live
I’d given all myself away
Was I crazy to forgive (you)
Our day will come, will come
Our day will come
But we’ll end as we had begun, had begun
But that was no way to say goodbye
Like a ghost that was left to die
I didn’t want to leave at all
I’d been falling for your smile
Our day will come, will come
Our day will come
But we’ll end as we had begun, had begun
But all the time you’re on my mind
You’re the one I left behind
There’s no hell that I can’t conceive
I believe that’s what you’ll find
I never wanted to go
The garden faded and died and died
There’s someone I want to know
It really is no surprise, surprise
The Spirit of ’76
A hole in the ceiling that nobody can fix
Here just trying to drink in the spirit of ’76
Though I wish it was poison pouring into my cup
Or an ocean to drown in now that I’ve fucked it all up
Cause it’s all that I can take
And there’s nothing I can do
If there’s no way back
To the life I knew before you
Look around
When you close your eyes now I won’t be found here again
But wherever you run to, keep your heart locked away
Cause somebody might love you, and you won’t know what to say
But I really don’t mind if I was misunderstood
They can say what they want now, cause I’m leaving for good
Cause it’s all that I can take
And there’s nothing I can do
If there’s no way back
To the lie I knew before you
Look around
When you close your eyes now I won’t be found here again
Spirit of ’76, Spirit of ’76
Lonesome Child
You and I never met before the first of May
I’m too late, or are you the same, afraid to say
I don’t know just how far I’d gone to save the time and
I can’t say what I’m doing here, desiring you so
Lonesome child, I’m on the waves I’m sailing back to
You are the most beautiful girl that the world has known
You rolled away this heart of stone
So I will take all her body that her eyes allow
We begin, she will get what she had coming down
Cause you’re the girl, and the siren song, the will to live
I’ll take my chance, it might be the last you’ll ever give
Lonesome child, all the waves come crashing back to
You are the most beautiful girl that the world has known
You rolled away this heart of stone
Lonesome child, I’m on the waves I’m sailing back to
You are the most beautiful girl that the world has known
You rolled away this heart of stone
Never Be Too Soon
Your father left you and he disappeared because
Of all the money that he owed
But he told you that he might see you again
Maybe sometime down the road
But it could never be too soon for peace in the world
It could never be too soon for love
And to think I spent my life just passing the time
I was waiting for a sign from above
Your father left you in the hands of the police
Then they took you for a ride
I never trusted in the interests of the government
I know they’ve got too much to hide
But it could never be too soon for peace in the world
It could never be too soon for love, love
And to think I spent my life just passing the time
I was waiting for the sign from above
Well Well Well
The child has your eyes, he cries for you
I don’t wonder why you weren’t wrong to walk
The road that takes you far from me
will I ever come down, come down, come
There’s a word that you can be, woman
I believe that she’s a real lover
Heaven knows that you will go through hell
Well, well, well
The sun kissed your eyes, I’ll wait for them
I’ll clean out this place, I’ll sweep it wall to wall
The skies that pull me from myself
will I ever come down, come down, come
There’s a word that you can be, woman
I believe that she’s a real lover
And I know that you will go through hell
Well, well, well
The child has your eyes, he cries for you
So don’t wonder why you weren’t wrong to walk
Though that takes you far from me
Will I ever come down
Walking in Space
Nobody loves me, nobody needs me
Nobody sees me, nobody hears me
And I’m walking in space, I don’t want to fall
And I don’t want to face the pain of it all
Cause I’m on the outside
The wind’s getting colder
And these eyes are tearing
But I’ve no one’s shoulder
And I long to slow down
It’s so dark where I run
But I know that your face
Your embrace could raise up the sun
Cause everyone loves you, and everyone needs you
And everyone sees you, everyone hears you
But you don’t want to face
The thrill and the joy of it all
And you’re walking in space
And you don’t want to fall
Forgiveness
The radio inside my car
The voice that tells me that you are ok
But the sidewalk never really ends
And the girl is not what she pretends to be
But my heart was open to the autumn season
Even though there will be rain
And my heart was open to forgiveness
Even though I felt the pain
That I’d never be the same
And it’s strange that no one ever dares
It’s a shame that no one really cares to feel
But I’m stepping out of yesterday
Cause I just can’t find a better way to leave
When my sun came shining over hills and
Skies had never been so clear
And my heart was opened to forgiveness
Even though I felt the fear
That the end was drawing near
When my sun came shining over hills and
Skies had never been so clear
And my heart was opened to forgiveness
Even though I felt the fear
That the end was drawing near
I Know I’ve Been Letting You Down
Love, have I been gone too long
And now the only open door has shut forever
Say, come to me loving now
I only ever feel alive when we’re together
Take another photograph
Now that there’s no other way to see me clearer
Cause I’ve gone through the looking glass
And now the pages turn to sand to crack the mirror
Over the mountain
On through the days of no turning back
Throwing stars at the face on the wall
Her future was drawn up and dressed in the Union Jack
Only now she’s so sick of it all
I’m happy to show you that there is enough to go ’round
To be taken for granted again
I’m coming to find you after a long, long time
Know that I still remember the way
Carolyn tried so hard to get me to start
To see who she wanted to be
And it broke us apart, broke us apart
Now my head is a drawer full of memories left behind
Nothing really worth too much
They just happen to be mine, to be mine
But you better get ready
Cause everything comes back around
And I’ll get it together
I know I’ve been letting you down
And I was wasting your time
Just pretending to be whole
Must have been out of my mind
But you were out of control, out of control
So don’t be angry because
No one’s helping you through
Cause any way that you want
I’d given it all to you, all to you
But you better get ready
Cause everything comes back around
I’ll get it together
I know I’ve been letting you down
Over the mountain
On through the days of no turning back
Throwing stars at the face on the wall
Her future was drawn up and dressed in the Union Jack
only now she’s so sick of it all
I’m happy to show you that you didn’t have to go ’round
To be taken for granted again
I’m coming to find you after a long, long time
Cause all I have is a memory
Goodbye
It’s hard to breathe this lonely air
And hard to say these words aloud
You came to me with your head so high
And walked away with your heart so proud
Had a vision of kingdom come
And I believe that is where you’ve gone
I should sleep but I’m wide awake
Want to be on the side you’re on
All of the hours in a child’s day
And all of the simple things I long to say
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening
And now I will have to say goodbye
But there’s a reason for everything
The hot dose and the muddy shore
The sleepyheads that could not wake up
They’ll be spared of the third world war
I never wrote a song for you
About the things you put me through
So this is how I’ll say farewell
There’s little more that words can do
All of the hours in a child’s day
And all of the simple things I long to say
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening
And now I will have to say goodbye