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Antidote

by Amy Duncan

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1.
Get ready to go Get ready Then steady the bow Stay steady Wake up it’s the morning Good fortune may come calling Lace up your shoes dear They’ll be knocking on your door by the new year We’re all growing older We’ll never see this day again It’s all over your shoulder You can’t change what happened then So get ready to go Get ready Then steady the bow Stay steady For the dark will descend again and again You know the dark will descend again and again Step out into the daylight See the road stretch far beyond your sight To places you have never been Beyond your wildest dream We’re all growing older We’ll never see this day again It’s all over your shoulder You can’t change what happened then So get ready to go Get ready Then steady the bow Stay steady
2.
The Journey 02:55
The train swaying gently Lulls like the womb that rocked me to sleep Way back in the deep Before I could speak The carriage takes me Further than I have ever been Under a changing sky The journey rushing by There is a sound pulsing like a heart And there is a rattling As if something is coming apart And there is a shaking and a stuttering and a muttering The sky is darkening We are nearing our destination Approaching the station I alight
3.
Can you see the bag I’m carrying around with me It has a severed head inside and it’s so heavy I’m looking for a place to bury it, to bury it Where no-one will ever find it, they’ll never find it I’ll dig a hole in the soil, the soil Oh the toil, the toil I’ll dig a hole in the soil, the soil Oh the toil, the toil But I can never dig a hole far enough down I fear the shallow grave will one day be found Someone will come along and dig it up again And I will have to face the severed head my old friend So I will make a fire, a fire Oh I tire, I tire I will make a fire, a fire Oh I tire, I tire In the field where I stand Make a fire with my hands It will leave a mark on the land Like a bruise on the face of a woman
4.
Alison 03:16
The sun rises for a new day Radios in cars play The city makes the usual sounds Normal life going round Alison I’ve been away I came back home today I’d like to see you sometime I could go to yours Or you could come to mine Here in this quiet afternoon Spinning in an unchanging room The reflection holds truths to reveal And when you see me then I will be real Alison I’ve been away I came back home today I’d like to see you sometime I could go to yours Or you could come to mine
5.
Golden Fox 02:48
Golden fox in the garden oh Don’t be afraid oh don’t you go Your wildness holds the mystery And I just want to be free I watch you as you are curled asleep You are unaware of me This life’s a long and misty dream And I just want to be free Suddenly your eyes open And you see me Suddenly your eyes open And you freeze Then you run away Golden fox in the garden oh Don’t be afraid oh don’t you go
6.
Clearing 03:20
When the fog cleared I saw the colour of the sky Clear blue forever held me Like a mother carrying me through Over sea and land I’ve travelled all these days And the sight of the mountain steadied me Like a father who knows just what to do A moment in time Cycling by The sun dance on the river was golden Like a daughter innocent and new
7.
I hide your name The sound contained I hear a hum There is no other way This is the road I can carry the pain Now I know There is no other way For your name is part of me There is no other way This is the road And this is freedom The road goes on and on Past the cycle of thought The traps where I am caught To where the world is bright Beyond the fight Through the eyes of the witness I find forgiveness
8.
Lost Balloon 02:56
Stolen by the wind I’m flying I see my home below and my loved ones And I didn’t want to go When I come down to land With them I will stand But I’m so far away Like a fading thought from yesterday Rising higher Rising higher Rising higher And now I’m so high Like a lost balloon That once belonged to a child Now I’m so high like a lost balloon
9.
Pieces of Me 03:17
Like a stone shaped by rolling waves I have been shaped by all my days All those pieces of me All washed out to sea Like the sand thrown by a hurricane I have been thrown by your disdain All those pieces of me Just thrown out to sea Pieces of me Just when I think There is nothing left to feel Another layer is revealed Raw and real Another layer is revealed Raw and real
10.
I will never go I will never go back Eyes on the road Keep on the right track A faded photograph Of us in the ruin A smiling face Always in trouble Looking for love Got to find love I will never go I will never go back Eyes on the road Keep on the right track There was a fire in our home And no-one could find the caretaker Now there is a riddle in our lives And no-one can find the codebreaker No-one could find the caretaker No-one could find the caretaker A hazy memory Of us in the snow in Glasgow On a plastic sledge speeding downhill Steering round trees through the big freeze
11.
Antidote 03:41
Your ghost goes right through me On the highway home True you never knew I walk the streets of stone The void surrounds me On the way home Your absence dumbfounds me I feel so alone But the green pushes up Through the gaps in the concrete The green pushes up Through the cracks in the stone And my fate is not sealed I am protected by a shield I wear my hope like a coat And this is my antidote No need to be afraid I see it’s different now No need to fly away I’m here it’s different now

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released April 7, 2017

Lawrie Macmillan - Bass guitar
Fiona Rutherford - Harp
Sue McKenzie - Saxophone
Liam Bradley - Drums and percussion
Amy Duncan - Vocals, Keyboard, Guitars, Field Recordings, double bass (7)

Produced by Amy Duncan
Mixed & mastered by Calum Malcolm

Most of this album was recorded at home by Amy, with field recordings taken from around Edinburgh city. Drums were recorded at ‘The Seclusary” by Paul Casey and harp recorded by Calum Malcolm at his studio.

Cover photo by Steven Cook / make-up by Gillian Johnston from Oliver Samuel Photography. The coat worn is faux fur.

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Amy Duncan Glasgow, UK

"The Scottish multi-instrumentalist's eighth album sits between Cocteau Twins and the Blue Nile, its broad cinematic sweep, folktronic textures, crystalline vocals and lyrics imbued with introspection and memory-lane inventory-taking yielding moments of breathtaking beauty." Dan Cairns, The Sunday Times ... more

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