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Stranger - EP

by Bec Bastoli

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1.
Stranger 04:11
I am scared of the city, and the people I pass. Grey to me the buildings rise, And just as hard to grasp. Asleep we are all walking, eyes down and minds tired. One foot in front of the other, I didn’t see your face when you smiled. You’re just a stranger to me, You’re just a stranger to me. Then I saw colour in your eyes, framed and thoughtfully timed. Your words I held onto, I looked for you in the crowd. Now I’m stuck in a rhyme, Fear I’ve said too much. Scattered verses poorly timed, I’ve sent across the skies. You’re just a stranger to me, You’re just a stranger to me. This is not a song About you just yet You are still in the wings, and I don’t know what part you play. I am falling in love with the idea of you, Little did I know just what could be true. You’re just a stranger to me, You’re just a stranger to me.
2.
Quiet Place 04:00
Meet me in the middle of a quiet place In the eye of a storm You will know me by the wind in my hair I danced around the edges of your eyes For much too long If I were a painter old and content With how my mind had shaped Each and every canvas Still, I would never be able to capture The colour of your eyes. They endlessly move When you smile, I am blown away Meet me in the middle of a quiet place In the corner of a room You will know me by the dust on my lashes The books were piled higher than my gaze Could see, I kept an eye out for you I can’t seem to hold myself still enough I have fallen in love with a thing that moves And as it does it tugs my heart like a String had been tied between the two At times it is fast, your gaze takes hold of mine And as we run through a world of ideas My chest soon forgets what rest is Meet me in the middle of a quiet place I’ll wait in the rain Even as the wind whips through my hair You will know me by the hope in my eyes I’m leaving soon And I have some hope left for you
3.
Herald 03:59
I entered life unknowing Standing tall as do we all One hand crossed behind my back Hoping that no one would see That big things come in small packages Yours is brown paper tied up with string But would you ever take a look And see what’s inside Your heart, your heart And the red lips that speak soft words of wisdom Have travelled far A herald to your presence The laughter on the wind is yours That laughter calls hearts alike To be the breath, the voice But would they ever take a look And see what’s inside Their hearts, their hearts The last time I saw you There was no laughter in your eyes Something has changed, something has left Now you have to ask Why you’ve come here, why him And how long will you stay For the first time you look to see What’s hiding there
4.
Letters 07:40
I want to write you a letter For you to make a place for it on your shelf So years from now nostalgia Will bring you thoughts of me I’m still not sure of where reality is In daydream, sleep or time A made up verse, a hope, a riddled rhyme A romantic’s lonely sigh Of all the lines I wrote I’ve only sent a few onto you Pages of our hopes and dreams I have kept to myself But out of fear, not greed or bitterness They’re folded in the back of my mind Decide I must, do I move to walk away Do I stay and doubt another day If I never get to see What pattern my feet made on your page I’ll still be better as will you Just write to give the words some space Now my thoughts I can revisit A letter sat on the shelf No longer lost like a heat printed receipt That time has left to fade.
5.
I would say that I floated But that would be too kind I would say that the wind Pushed me right from behind To carry onto a meeting place A land where I am silenced Where I can dream and listen too, Touch my drying skin I have learned of where home is To where my soul can rest But rest is not my goal For many a year and draws of breath For I have will to walk And test my feet on different soil To shape my mouth on different sounds To round out rhythm and call To learn my tongue to lift and fall New steps new beats new sounds Words of another country Minds grown from other grounds

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released June 20, 2015

Produced, recorded and mixed by Chris Gillespie
Mastered by Adam Dempsey
Album Artwork by Rebecca Bastoli

All songs written by Rebecca Bastoli, except 'Letters' co-written by Rebecca Bastoli and Maizy Coombes

Rebecca Bastoli - Vocals, Guitar
Maizy Coombes - Violin, backing vocals
Laura Bishop - Accordion, backing vocals
Mark Stevens - Double Bass
Kirsty Bromley - Backing vocals

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