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Facing The Falling Sky

by Kathie Touin

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1.
BIRDS (MORNING) (Instrumental track)
2.
WAITING FOR THE SILENCE Now the starman and the urban spaceman have turned and waved goodbye And left us all behind to wait and wonder why There's no one following in their footsteps no one's writing on the walls There's only me here now to understand it all It feels like waiting for the silence to descend Waiting for the last for it to end There are no goodbyes no smiles or tears to send to speed them on their way I know they'll never come again Now I can only wait for all of you to say your fond farewells I'd follow if I could to your heaven or your hell I want to stop the clocks and I'll turn on every single light to keep the music going to keep away the night It feels like waiting for the silence to descend Waiting for the last for it to end There are no goodbyes no smiles or tears to send to speed them on their way I know they'll never come again When all that's left is echoes and the melody grows dim I'll hug the memories tightly and lift up my voice and sing And somewhere something resonates and makes itself be heard the rest it may be silence but I'll still know all the words It feels like waiting for the silence to descend Waiting for the last for it to end There are no goodbyes no smiles or tears to send to speed them on their way I know they'll never come again © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
3.
I MET YOU ON A SUNDAY I'm here sitting in a sunlit room the dog's asleep and snoring chasing rabbits beneath the moon The steam rising from the mug you brought That simple sweet gesture means more than I ever thought It's possible it never gets better than this it's a feeling I cherish a warmth I can't resist Impossible to picture this any other way it was never in my future till I met you on a Sunday These walls we made a mess of painting they watch and listen and keep out the crazy world The garden where the weeds defeat us shelters here and there flowers of such sweetness Such small little things that fill up my heart I thought were never meant for me Were a hope too far You open your hand for a touch, for a gift I wonder at all the years I managed to live without you This bed softer than feather down and warmer with you here the best that I've found The world can go on without me I pull up the drawbridge I'm where I want to be It's possible it never gets better than this it's a feeling I cherish a warmth I can't resist Impossible to picture this any other way it was never in my future till I met you on a Sunday © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
4.
THE STIRRING OF GHOSTS The ghosts are stirring can you hear them now the guilt recurring at so late an hour And I can see you standing tall you face toward the light You keep out of the shadows keeping straight and keeping right What more could you say to me that would make it seem alright Waiting for the sun to rise on this dark and lonely night There's a shard of steel in your sky blue eyes in the grim line of your mouth and all the dreams I've ever head are all now heading south My head thrown back I stand my ground you pull from beneath my feet and oh, my love, I bow to you you did it all so swift and neat Now you fade away from me into a sea of faces An emptiness within my heart but you fill up all the places And I can see you standing tall you face toward the light You keep out of the shadows keeping straight and keeping right The ghosts are stirring they're nearly here with me I hear them coming and I kiss and set them free © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
5.
SELKIE OF SKAILL BAY Come home with me, you said I'll set you free, you said bide here with me, you said and stole my life away Ten years or more have passed since that night on the shore The moonlight made spotlights of water and sand I'd never felt so free my friends there around me and stealing a kiss and a laugh was my man The future was golden adrift on the ocean and weightless and timeless I swam with the tides but I didn't know you were waiting and watching Hiding beyond the rocks biding your time Come home with me, you said I'll set you free, you said bide here with me, you said and stole my life away With words and with kisses you lured me away By the time that I realised it was already too late You stole from me my escape and made me a wife We had beautiful children a completely new life But ever I dreamed of my man of the sea hoping that someday he'd come rescue me And you never noticed the salt in my tears The cries on the wind you never did hear But tonight I am leaving while you're out on the lash for I've found my escape I've found my way back Give the babies a kiss for they'll be sorely missed but if you search for me among the blue waves know that I'll never forgive you for the rest of my days You robbed me of my youth and a life of my own stole from me my man and I'll never know if we could have been happy a-sail on the sea if you had not stolen the skin of a selkie © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
6.
LIVE IN THE WIND I followed you down to the bridge that day in a storm and a tangle of sky When you spread out your wings and gave me a smile I swear that I saw you fly Now I'm earthbound behind you struggling to tell to make sense of the height you've climbed Your path to nirvana, your way out of hell or is it the both combined? But you just call down I want to live in the wind where everything is that has been and circles around to begin like the birds feel the lift and the spin the ground dropping away just like sin never bringing me back again I want to live in the wind Is it better that quick way up it's a hell of a long way down does it give you time for a second chance as you soar without a sound? I stand here and watch you go I give to you all I could hope for and set you free to arc above me like dreams, like wings and more But you just call down I want to live in the wind where everything is that has been and circles around to begin like the birds feel the lift and the spin the ground dropping away just like sin never bringing me back again I want to live in the wind © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
7.
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND THE SKY The leaves were drifting down when I heard the lonely sound a barren fruit tree in the wind that lost its voice that once could sing And underneath a rosy moon I knew that you'd be leaving very soon but you were never meant for me You were far too rare a thing You always moved through the world like a ghost Darker than ocean and paler than sky Like a cup that has broken you fill me but I lose you somewhere amongst all the stars where you shine I never thought you'd come to stay an errant star that rainy day but how was I to ever know How deep your footprints on my soul Somewhere between heaven and the sky I hope you have found the answers why You dog-eared the pages of my past I hope you've found calmness and peace at last And now I wander here alone beneath a sky so wildly blown but I can hear you calling me That cloudy voice I'll always know You always moved through the world like a ghost Darker than ocean and paler than sky Like a cup that has broken you fill me but I lose you somewhere amongst all the stars where you shine © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
8.
Snowchaser 04:29
SNOWCHASER It's a dark night the snow is falling soft against my cheek There is lamplight at the window almost within reach I've wandered for so long and I've searched through seasons So many miles and so many reasons Come inside and get warm by the fire You've come so far you must be tired My feet are cold but I can see you at the window All is silent but crunching boots that move too slow I've wandered for so long and I've searched through seasons So many miles and so many reasons Come inside and get warm by the fire You've come so far you must be tired White flakes and black ice Dark trees and soft lights Short days and long nights But I'm here, I've arrived Warmth surrounds me all the coldness fades I am safe here Hear the wind blow it is shut outside We are safe here I've wandered for so long and I've searched through seasons So many miles and so many reasons Come inside and get warm by the fire You've come so far you must be tired © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
9.
VANISHING POINT Thin, transparent wish takes on form becomes flesh Dream walks out of night leaves the shadows Into light Afraid to go near you You might vanish with a touch I ache to embrace you desire this too much If you do enfold me the way back is gone Enveloped by whispers Dissolved into song The way disappears into distance into years And I, I give in into trust and start again Afraid to go near you You might vanish with a touch I ache to embrace you desire this too much If you do enfold me the way back is gone Enveloped by whispers Dissolved into song Dream walks out of night leaves the shadows Into light © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
10.
UNTIE THE KNOT It's not far I can see it in the haar holding fast holding strong I've held tight in the dark and twilight too afraid to let it go But sometimes you have to in facing the fear Sometimes it asks you quietly clear One day you realise the choice has been made To untie the knot and let it float away Like a boat it's kept me afloat and taken me places I couldn't have dreamed Life and blood through calm and then flood and carried me on when I thought I was done But sometimes you have to in facing the fear Sometimes it asks you quietly clear One day you realise the choice has been made To untie the knot and let it float away Can I really breathe freely without it beneath me Can I stand on the beach as it moves beyond reach It's not far I can see it in the haar holding fast © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
11.
THE AFTERMATH When the heroes shut and lock the door There's nothing left worth fighting for When all I want to do is sleep there's nothing left I want to keep and everything has turned to dust The ashes of my love and trust taste so bitter in my mouth but I can't seem to spit them out And now I'm empty I'm lost here There's nothing I want here I miss you I hate you I wish I could tell you how much I loved you just one more time just one more time but I'm empty All this space is missing where people have gone Either taken too soon or choosing to run And I can't make the edges meet They rip in my hands and tangle my feet Your words are there they ring in my ears If you meant what you said then you still would be here How could you tell me to hang on so tight to what in the end was just shadows and light What did you mean when you said to be strong Did you know you'd leave before very long In this echoing space my tears go unheard I'm straining my ears for some sort of word That would push me and move me forward again But words are not music and music's no friend (any more) Where are you Where did you go I can't believe you left me here alone I miss you I miss you I miss you Photos hold smiles and pieces of pasts Captured recordings might linger and last The dots on the pages hold the shapes of your hands And the depths of you I never could understand But I would have dived as deep as I could go Breathless and weightless in the shadows below I need to surface find some way to be Other than hollow and unfilled and vacant and blank and empty And now I'm empty I'm lost here There's nothing I want here I miss you I hate you I wish I could tell you how much I loved you just one more time just one more time but I'm empty © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
12.
Sickle Moon 03:18
SICKLE MOON I hear the wingbeats of morning on the water down among the reeds where the heron feeds Night has come on velvet feet and mist has woven silently Nothing stirs but the talking stream as it wanders to the sea And I can stand in starlight with the night wind in my hair Looking for that sickle moon and dream of you somewhere Softly the clouds turn a gentle rose sleep starts to stir among the birds it feels like I could bid the sun to rise if I only knew the right words And midnight stands in her tower of black her cloak of stars tumbles down and I would climb to the top of those heights just to steal her moonlit crown Soon the day breaks bright and clear the mists unveil the blue I make my way to my quiet home and dream the day about you And I can stand in starlight with the night wind in my hair Looking for that sickle moon and dream of you somewhere © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
13.
Love & Hope 04:36
LOVE & HOPE Counting all the raindrops on a night as dark as this Could take a little while But I think I'll take the risk The star-strewn sky is hidden behind clouds as thick as boredom I close my tired eyes but sleep won't seem to come When all that I have left is love and hope The sinking man, the drowning ship are rescued by the slimmest rope And every time you catch me off my guard I never see you coming but no one ever looked so hard Things just have a habit of turning up unasked Afraid to take them on Afraid that it won't last And every word that's written down in fire or in ice seems to make no difference whether warning or advice Why can you hear what I can't speak Where do you disappear when you move out of reach Standing on the stairs where you were yesterday Trying to fill the image of everything you had to say The morning light is coming and I'm still here wide awake Thankful as I look around at what a mess you made When all that I have left is love and hope The sinking man, the drowning ship are rescued by the slimmest rope And every time you catch me off my guard I never see you coming but no one ever looked so hard © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved
14.
BIRDS (EVENING) (instrumental track)
15.
A DOG LIKE YOU Really it's ridiculous Only you can make me feel this way Silly, but I just Can't help the way I feel Oh, it's funny but it's true Everyone should have a dog like you Rarely does it happen Of course it doesn't come along every day Sometimes it's just trust Creating such a bond Oh, it's funny but it's true Everyone should have a dog like you Radiating love and fun Onto everyone you meet along the way Shedding endless joy Come running when I call Oh, it's funny but it's true Everyone should have a dog like you © 2019 Kathie Touin All rights reserved

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An album of Kathie's own heartfelt songs plus two short instrumentals.

Kathie says: "On this album I experiment more with sound, using sample libraries, loops and my own ambient recordings. The music has a much wider palette of sounds, and more adventurous arrangements, than I have previously used."

DJ Steve Conway (8Radio.com, ex-Radio Caroline) says: "It's truly brilliant. It's like a late-night conversation with an old friend in a remote windswept house."

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released November 2, 2019

Kathie Touin - piano; keyboards; vocals; electric, acoustic and lapsteel guitars; bass; percussion; programming; arrangements; sound recordings; theremin; Stylophone; wooden frog; kazoo

Arron Storey - lead electric guitar on The Stirring Of Ghosts

Fiona Driver - violin on Between Heaven And The Sky

Linda Hamilton - cello on Between Heaven And The Sky

Words and Music by Kathie Touin
Produced, recorded and mixed by Kathie Touin at Starling Recording Studio, Orkney
Mastered by Adam Helal, 2020 Audio, London

Seal recordings on The Selkie Of Skaill Bay by kind permission of Róisin Coyle, Galway, Ireland

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Singer/songwriter from California, now living in Scotland's Orkney Islands. Kathie writes, arranges, produces and records her music from her own Starling Recording Studio.

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