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The Ends of the Earth

from Figure in a Dark Landscape by Grant Watson

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lyrics

The Ends of the Earth

We’ve been waiting
In this room for an hour
The sun is setting
The streets are filling up now

The bells are ringing
Their low level alarms
The TV's murmuring
About the rioting crowds

And I can hardly
Speak a word of all this
I can hardly
Stand the touch of your lips

Now you’re leaving
And there’s nothing to do
But make this promise,
This solemn promise to you -
I’ll be with you
when the skies fall apart
I’ll be with you
when the universe burns
I’ll be with you
At the end of the world
I’ll be with you
Till the ends of the Earth
Till the ends of the Earth
Till the ends of the Earth
Till the ends of the Earth

You speak so softly,
Your voice gets lost in the rain
A shortwave station
That keeps drifting out of range

There’s people singing
Some kind of requiem mass
And the city statues
Are all holding out flowers

And I can hardly
Speak a word of all this
I can hardly
Stand the touch of your lips

Now you’re leaving
And there’s nothing to do
But make this promise,
This solemn promise to you -
I’ll be with you
when the skies fall apart
I’ll be with you
when the universe burns
I’ll be with you
At the end of the world
I’ll be with you
Till the ends of the Earth
Till the ends of the Earth
Till the ends of the Earth
Till the ends of the Earth

When the petals fall
From Cathedral walls
And the sirens sound
In the playground yards
When the dogs howl
On suburban lawns
And the last door is shut

I’ll remember a little house on a beach
The middle of winter,
no light and no heat

Wrapped up in blankets
We watched the tide start to turn

It’s where I’ll be waiting
At the end of the world



I'll Light a Candle

I’ll light a candle
To protect me from the dark
I’ll watch it burning
Like a ragged little star

It will flicker on the windows
And cast its shadows
across the stairs
Like you’re walking
through the bedrooms
In that pale blue party dress

I’ll light a candle
To protect me from the dark
I’ll light a candle
And dream that you're not
gone

credits

from Figure in a Dark Landscape, released March 19, 2020
Performers:

Grant Watson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Rich Milner - keyboards (Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, Rhodes, piano, Pianet, Mellotron)
James Pusey - acoustic guitar, Gryphon
Karl Vanden Bossche - percussion
Stefan Redtenbacher - acoustic bass guitar (2, 3)
Nicholas Trygstad - cello (1, 2, 4)
Simon Turner - cello (1, 2, 4)
Helena May - background vocals (1, 3)

Mixing & recording engineer James Welch
Mastering engineer Rupert Christie

Arranged and produced by Stefan Redtenbacher
All songs written by Grant Watson
Portrait by Peter Monkman
Photographs by Rob Blackman

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Grant Watson is an award winning singer songwriter, poet and playwright. His songs are darkly poetic and hauntingly beautiful - intense, heartbreaking stories shot through with mystery and emotion. Figure in a Dark Landscape is his debut collection as a solo artist. ... more

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