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Undercurrents

by Amy Duncan

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1.
In my hiding place Where I play it safe Nobody harmful Can ever reach me But in hiding I have missed the good life In hiding I have missed the good life So I'll take the risk of feeling When there is no guaranteeing On the rollercoaster I give in To the rise and the fall 'Cause in hiding I have missed the good life In hiding I have missed the good life And it's ok not to be perfect It's ok to stutter We all fall over the baggage and the clutter And it's ok It's ok to love and be loved
2.
Fragile from the storm A delicate newborn A porcelain heart in my hands I walk on shifting sand Nothing is for sure No one has the cure A paper plane is easily torn A dream can grow old and worn This precious beating heart This is the very start of everything I breathe in The way is opening A rare glimpse of the dawn When the night has gone The stillness everywhere And for a moment I am aware Of this precious beating heart This is the very start of everything I breathe in The way is opening
3.
No Harvest 03:48
This conundrum will never be resolved This problem will never be solved Never be solved These copper coins will never turn to gold This ideal will never unfold Never unfold Never unfold I cast all of my hopes out on the field This land will never yield and there will be No harvest That poison will never make me well The downward spiral will only lead me to hell I cast all of my hopes out on the field This land will never yield and there will be No harvest All of my hopes are out on the field This land will never yield and there will be No harvest
4.
We live in different dimensions with no way in We never meet though we are still living Alive, I'm alive and well Turning on a carousel I'm here, in the here and now As long as the time will allow We live in different dimensions No way in no way We live in different dimensions We used to live on the same street years ago How far apart we have grown Alive, I'm alive and well Turning on a carousel I'm here, in the here and now As long as the time will allow Alive, I'm alive and well I'm alive and well I'm alive and well I'm alive and well We live in different dimensions No way in no way We live in different dimensions
5.
The lady on the wall She smiled and waved As I recall Then faded Maybe it was my imagination A frame of mind altering the day The ghost in the room Was just a projection of my inner face And the hardest thing is living With the complicated human mind The man in the hall was just an illusion An imprint of loss showing through And all this time I've been seeing the world With layers of time covering my eyes And the hardest thing is living With the complicated human mind A figure sitting tall Not facing me Turned to heed my call Then faded
6.
Someone emerging From the space Into being A new face Moving closer in Coming into focus To where we begin Or have we already begun? Lights in houses The lamps like moons Figures move In unknown rooms Move in closer To be revealed To where our hearts Are healed
7.
All The Love 03:54
When the barriers fall I can feel A sense of freedom around me And all the love like blossom Falling on the grey street Like there will never be another autumn No more need to retreat When the mist clears I can feel The strength of connection between you and me And all the love like blossom Falling on the grey street Like there will never be another autumn No more need to retreat Reach out to me can you? I'm over here I see you I'm so close to breaking through And all the love like blossom Falling on the grey street Like there will never be another autumn No more need to retreat
8.
With new sails I go out to sea The blue whales are underneath I cast my silver net into the unknown I’m drifiting in a flooded world I left something behind with the girl But I’m here in this time and I can’t go backwards I feel a swaying in me In the midst of this recovery But all the birds still glide on the wind And even on the darkest of days Love will make a path through the waves My silver net will bring treasure from the deep
9.
I balance on the endless unbending line of truth That stretches like a tightrope through life Swaying in the doubts that blow like a harsh arctic wind Threatening The doubt I feel is not even real The truth never changes Look through the belief to the underneath To see the truth The truth never changes Searching through the fog for something real to hold onto Like a lighthouse in sight Or a constantly recurring sound like a heart beating Reassuring The doubt I feel is not even real The truth never changes Look through the belief to the underneath To see the truth The truth never changes The doubt I feel is not even real The truth never changes Look through the belief to the underneath To see the truth The truth never changes
10.
And you were not to be a constant in my life I saw you face down in the river You lay there for weeks until one day I passed by, expecting But you were gone Maybe the current flowed into you And the water became your blood And the cold stone softened Right through to the core Becoming your heart And just as the night was ending When no-one was looking You rose into life You rose from the river I dream you are out there somewhere A real man Constant without me Constant without me knowing
11.
The candles flicker in the evening air My heart beats quicker on the darkening stair And deeper I descend On the stairway with no end To the shadow I attend Like a hand reaching out to a friend When I remember in the listening room The old bones shiver in their ancient tomb And deeper I descend On the stairway with no end To the shadow I attend Like a hand reaching out to a friend Calling
12.
The surface carries the leaves Down the river winding stream The broken branches of our lives Are caught on rocks and left behind Undercurrents unseen Like the emotions moving through me Altering perceptions in my mind Through the ever changing shades of light I'm falling under waves of sadness Losing control I am swept away in the deepest feelings Pulled by the flow of the undercurrents In time Through the rushes I climb To be safe and clear again Like the water above the weir On the edge I'm falling in love in waves of gladness Losing control I am swept away in the deepest feelings Pulled by the flow of the undercurrents

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released February 19, 2016

Produced and mastered by Calum Malcolm | All songs and string arrangements by Amy Duncan
Album cover art by Mariano Peccinetti |

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Amy Duncan ~ vocals, guitars, double bass, piano, keyboard | Fiona Rutherford ~ harp
Lawrie Macmillan ~ bass guitar (3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12) | Liam Bradley ~ drums and percussion
Violin ~ Sijie Chen | Viola ~ Jane Atkins | Cello ~ Donald Gillan | Calum Malcolm ~ keyboard (9)

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Filly Records 2016

Thank you Steven Kipanda for love, strength and belief ~ John Carroll, Agathe Girard, Simon Dougherty, Iain Dewar at Loud & Clear Edinburgh for all your support ~ Cameron Malcolm for lending us your guitar ~ Bruce Findlay for the advice & encouragement ~ Paul Hawkins at Diverse Vinyl ~ John Buchanan & all the team at Meridian Audio,
Special thanks to Andreas Laemmermann, George T Brennan, Fiona Gough & everyone who helped on Pledge Music.
Big thank you to Fiona Rutherford, Lawrie Macmillan, Liam Bradley, Sijie Chen, Jane Atkins, Donald Gillan and Calum Malcolm, for going the extra mile and enriching my songs with your brilliance!

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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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