Includes the full six-track EP plus my 2019 single, Breathless, and alternative versions of every track on the main EP!
1. Holding On To You
2. Loving You Ain't Fun Anymore
3. The Darkness & Me
4. One Step Behind
5. Every Boring Sunday Afternoon
6. Ghost In The Mirror
7. Breathless
8. One Step Behind (Acoustic)
9. Holding On To You (Acoustic)
10. Loving You Ain't Fun Anymore (Acoustic)
11. The Darkness & Me (Acoustic)
12. Every Boring Sunday Afternoon (Acoustic)
13. Ghost In The Mirror (Piano)
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An Acoustic Indie-Folk inspired song I wrote about being bullied as a child, the consequences on my adult life and my attempts to make peace with it and move on healthily. I took a lot of people at face value as a child and there were a lot of people who took advantage of my trusting nature and used that to bully me. I've struggled to deal with that later on my life and I felt very angry at the world as a young man, like it owed me something. It's only been relatively recently that I have begun to let go and rebuild myself into someone better.
I had the great pleasure and honour of working with the amazing Folk Singer-Songwriter Minnie Birch on this one. I've admired Minnie for many years as a performer and she's always an absolute delight to talk to and be around, so as the song came together, I knew immediately that she would be a perfect fit. I was so thrilled that she said yes!
lyrics
Yesterday I saw a boy
Quiet and shy, full of hopes and dreams
He wanted to be everybody's friend
But he didn't understand
People aren't always what they seem
Pretty faces just playing pretend
An easy mark, a slower prey
Without a cruel word to say
They knew he wouldn't put up a fight
His tears would fill their appetite
On and on, he goes walking on
I'm calling out but he’s already gone
I’m reaching out to the ghost in the mirror
But he keeps on walking.
Yesterday I saw a man
With a fire raging like the sun
He wore his burdens plainly on his face
Carrying the scars of old
Feeling like the world owed him one
Something broken he could not replace
He fought and tried to settle the score
To bury wounds forever raw
But from the hurt you hold inside
You cannot run, you cannot hide
Now today I see a man
Born again from behind these eyes
Staring back at me behind the glass
On and on, I go walking on
I say goodbye to days already gone
I’m letting go of the ghost in the mirror
And I’ll keep on walking
On and on, I go walking on
I say goodbye to days already gone
I’m letting go of the ghost in the mirror
And I’ll keep on walking, keep on listening
I’m letting go of the ghost in the mirror
And I’ll keep on walking
Keep on walking
credits
from Something I Can Mend,
track released March 4, 2022
Dan Thomas - Lead vocals, Acoustic guitars
Dell Carr-Rickwood - Bass
Minnie Birch - Backing vocals
Written by Dan Thomas
Arranged by Dan Thomas and Martin "Why is it doing that?!" Lumsden
Produced, mixed and engineered by Martin "Why is it doing that?!" Lumsden
Mastered by CD Mastering by Henry
Artwork by Kylea Draper
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