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Protector

by Aoife Nessa Frances

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1.
Half moon light Stuck inside Starry night Truth be told I’m afraid to be alone Early morning comes again I’ve been dreaming all this time For too long, where are you Early morning brings an end I tried to meet you But I went for too long without you Love is forever, it stays in my mind There’s no easy way to say goodbye Hard is the truth to recognise There’s no easy way to say goodbye To you Won’t be long Before you move on Someone else Painting waves to treat you right Early morning comes again I’ve been dreaming all this time For too long, where are you Early morning brings an end I tried to meet you But I went for too long without you Love is forever, it stays in my mind There’s no easy way to say goodbye Hard is the truth to recognise There’s no easy way to say goodbye To you
2.
I took a boat to Mayo Swam out off the island And waited for the sun to set And bathe my answers Here I am I’m waiting patiently I take my time to listen Hear it in the cross winds Reliving this life Reliving this life Eyes on this still life I could just take flight I see the vastness of my birth reflecting light on So scatter flecks of ash all over the horizon Here I am I’m waiting patiently Try catch myself from falling Deeper in that blue sea Reliving this life Reliving this life Eyes on this still life I could just take flight Reliving this life Reliving this life Reliving this life Eyes on this still life
3.
The weight of the water It holds you and tortures time away from me The shape sits beneath your earlobe I’m counting time away from you Emptiness follows me Emptiness follows me The state of our city It answers to pity And time away from you Always reaction Our looming retraction As you move through me Emptiness follows me Emptiness follows me Emptiness follows me Emptiness follows me The weight of the water It holds you and tortures time away from me The shape sits beneath your earlobe I’m counting time away from you
4.
Only Child 07:08
Take a look at yourself Your dreams are made Hang me up on your wall My silhouette All my love Won’t be enough this time Can you be like the fool Always in flux Coming in on your waves To see me out All my love Won’t be enough this time I’m afraid Sun has set on the answer And I move reaching out As I leave here I’m a reacher I’m a dreamer All I know, Only Child Take a look at yourself I can’t pretend Settle in on the edge And see me out All my love Won’t be enough this time All your love Can’t be enough this time
5.
Chariot 05:26
I left the city Out of this town Went for the back road this time around Maybe the dark leaves hang overhead I know that we’re strangers last time we met It’s everyone out for themselves I trust everything that you said I know everything has an end So I see all my family and friends Only the west knows heaven allows Freedom of our minds Catch and forget Bleeding from our souls, knowing the rest Maybe the backroads next time we meet Everyone out for themselves Do you know where this story ends Can you guess where I’ll end up Even then I’ll have to forget Can you imagine life without love Freedom, of conscious Open for grace Trust in the last time back of your car Hands in your pockets you’re going far Everyone out for themselves Do you know where this story ends I know everything has an end So I see all my family and friends
6.
My illusion takes all this time to break With a sharpness of vision Better days I await Shadow I’m casting Thought love couldn’t last In a rising division I’m alone in this dance Stranger, what am I worth? I couldn’t leave even if I tried I’m moving past now And I’ve got nothing to lose but affection So bring me back to Earth All my waking hours Waiting for this time My amusement gives Every chance I’ve had To see beauty in all things Through a silence we’ve shared Trouble in my mind What burns out the shame In an endless resistance When I can’t look away Stranger, what am I worth? I couldn’t leave even if I tried I’m moving past now And I’ve got nothing to lose but affection So bring me back to Earth All my waking hours Waiting for this time I’m moving past now And I’ve got nothing to lose, your affection So bring me back to earth All my waking hours Waiting for this time I’m moving past now And I’ve got nothing to lose, your affection So bring me back to earth now I wish it didn’t have to end now I’ve been waiting so long even though I tried I’ve been waiting so long even though I tried
7.
Soft Lines 05:37
Say what you want and now take it All this sense of longing As I meet the morning out of here Making my way to the shoreline Red hue, kiss the divine As I count the hours out of here All that I want All that I’d give for a life by your side What do you see in the soft lines Words you’re leaving behind Pretty face the paint in your own time Risk in the hope that I’d see you Missing the turn on the high Curious place that I met you way back where All that I want All that I’d give for a life by your side Say what you want and now break it All this sense of longing Hanging out the heart and leave it dry Meeting your fears at my eye line Red hue, kiss the divine As I count the hours out of here All that I want All that I’d give for a life by your side All that I want All that I’d give for a life by your side
8.
Wandering light, summer night I see your shape walking through the light Down the river down the stream It’s your old path I can’t imaging fraying Turning tide to disappear I know this place I’ve walked these floors Everyone staring at me Feel weight of mental pain A world of light A subtle strain on my back Can’t withdraw this time around A secret place I’m not allowed to visit Chasing silence out of here I don't know love I can’t hold on Everyone standing so still Felt your hand slip from mine Out of sight, out of my mind Can you guess where I went It’s where I’m going where I haven’t been Subtle answer in your dreams I know this place I’ve walked these floors Everyone standing so still As you answer me again I don’t know love, I can’t hold on Everyone standing so still I can’t go on, I’ve been through this before I don’t know love Keep it small, I haven’t met you before Satellite, Satellite Don’t you trust me? Satellite Face on the wall Its answer I breathe out Won’t you trust me Can you trust me Empty house, red Mountain Endless dream End this dream Can you trust me In this dream Down the stream

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released October 28, 2022

All Songs Written by Aoife Nessa Frances.
Produced by Brendan Jenkinson & Aoife Nessa Frances.
Recorded & Mixed by Brendan Jenkinson in Annascaul Cottage in Kerry, Oxford Lane Music Society and Sonic Studios in Dublin.
Strings recorded by Rachel Ní Chuinn in Glasgow.
Mastered by Heba Kadry.

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard, Percussion, Drum Machine by Aoife Nessa Frances.
Keyboard, Synths, Bass, Percussion, Clarinet, Backing Vocals, Guitar by Brendan Jenkinson.
Drums, Percussion, Bass by Brendan Doherty.
String Arrangements, Viola, Violin by Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh.
Pedal Harp by Meabh McKenna.
Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Backing Vocals by Conor O’Brien.

Album artwork by Becca Christman.
Cover Photo by Cáit Fahey.
Cover photo styling by Susannah Appleby.
Cover font by Alice Savoie.

Thank you to all my protectors.

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