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One Way Ticket (Travelling Lighter)

by David William

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1.
Now & Then 02:59
Should've been here sooner I was busy hanging Out and there was no-one to be found Could have been much stronger Giving time to liars See the ways they held me from the Truth There's a light in my heart Now and then I will transcend I could see something wrong Now and then and then is gone Oh you try so hard girl Tried to make me love you But I'm way too kind to even care And your legs are aching Can't carry on like this Love is where you have yet to dare There's a light in my heart Now and then I will transcend I could see something wrong Now and then and then is gone See the world right through me And we won't keep clashing There's an easy way for us to be Put a smile between us Turns to something clearer Something you begin to understand There's a light in my heart Now and then I will transcend I could see something wrong Now and then and then is gone There's a fire inside Love forever endless life Oh there's something so strong Now and then is gone
2.
Sunlight appearing on the wall New change and somewhere left to grow I'm sure I've just begun She wakes begins to feel the core Dark days behind us crumble to the floor And if you're looking for a sign You will remember these are special times and Run rabbit run Breathe out the old and take up your turn Run rabbit run Flee from the pressure let yourself rise Another day another tale unfolds Amongst the cries of screaming young ring true and so Are finally heard Pulsing ambition meets the fire In flames it corners you and leads you there And if you're waiting for a sign Just take my hand and come we'll be alright and Run rabbit run Breathe out the old and take up your turn Run rabbit run Flee from the pressure let yourself rise And if you run I'll be strong And if you fall you won't break Come into my world Come inside where you belong Run rabbit run Leave all the old and take up your turn Run rabbit run Flee from the pressure let yourself rise Run rabbit run We're indivisible in the sun Run rabbit run Felt so alone now you're my only one
3.
Reveal yourself to me and warm the cold Receiving telepathic signs be bold Now nothing ever gets in the way Leads me to some other place With all I've left behind the road is clear The afterglow breaks morning through the blue Outside the window Rolling by the open skies we face Inside we play Another tune comes to fill the room we make Quietness prevails we will succeed The dark ones failed to blind me with their deeds They only ever were a bit part In a bad film rigged from the start Now we can dive right in and shed this skin While they all stand in praise of I and I Outside the window Rolling by the open skies we face Inside we play Another tune comes to fill the room we make You're only seeing the start of it Let's stick around for the masterpiece to make things right The soul knows no goodbyes Let's walk in Love Outside the window Rolling by the open skies we face Inside we play Another tune comes to fill the room we make
4.
There I was alone I stumbled on through a grave dark storm Filled my mind with the sound I know Coming back to you Where do I belong? I know I'll do what I couldn't do The way you move I can see us through There's a world that they cannot have And yeah I know we're going home in style Looking for each other all the while Oh the northern lights Dancing above us high as we put things right Oh the northern lights Gonna leave this place always by each other's side Gimme so much more A summer dream and a restful shore Not waiting for you like before And only Love remains Here comes the train Lovers board in the pouring rain Taking time to see the sights again And letting down our hair And yeah I know we're going home in style Looking for each other all the while Oh the northern lights Dancing above us high as we put things right Oh the northern lights Gonna leave this place always by each other's side No more feeling lonely here in the morning sun When your skies were empty did you suffer for the prize Oh the northern lights Dancing above us high as we put things right Oh the northern lights Gonna leave this place always by each other's side
5.
Come & Go 03:42
Summer haze you draw a breath Love entwined and we are blessed Hear the whisper of the trees tonight All that's rising makes a way My love and I are here to play In our mind the sky is open wide The sea will rise the wind will blow Everything will come and go Standing by each other as they fall And fears you shake off now we know Everything will come and go Living from the Spirit you remain Circle round the world tonight Looking for new signs of life Climb into the depths of what you are Magic in the air you see All that there has ever been With new eyes now our vision crystal clear The sea will rise the wind will blow Everything will come and go Standing by each other as they fall And fears you shake off now we know Everything will come and go Living from the Spirit you remain Particles break out the seams Photographs recording dreams Use your way to find yourself at home Crowded thoughts dissolve in you Leaving no more trace of blue Hold me now this miracle is true The sea will rise the wind will blow Everything will come and go Standing by each other as they fall And fears you shake off now we know Everything will come and go Living from the Spirit you remain
6.
The races I have won Are fading in the dawn Breaking away start of a new day And all this fear belongs To days of confusion A whirlpool is draining the swamp of those Who cling to our feet This one way ticket invites you to places you know you must leave A lasting relief And how you feel unsure Caught between the door Rising up the change now will come Awakening begins Being the rhythm of all that you are to become A light like the sun This one way ticket invites you to places you know you must leave A lasting relief A one way ticket the spell of illusion is burnt through the tears And now it's so clear All the days better spent Start making sense As the pressure subsides Now in Love we arise This one way ticket invites you to places you know you must leave A lasting relief A one way ticket the spell of illusion is burnt through the tears And now it's so clear One way ticket a long train moving so fast as it heals And now its so clear Now that you are here Now that you are here
7.
I want to stay in this feeling so right Awake like I need it so bad Open to find that you've turned on the lights Always the little things you do And I need you to make it through To tell me that the skies are blue Cos when it all comes together I love you Soak up the light that pours out of your face You seem so alive and beautiful Touch of your hand as we gently embrace Stronger than anything before And I need you to make it through To tell me that the skies are blue Cos when it all comes together I love you And I need you to make it through To tell me that the skies are blue Cos when it all comes together I love you Yeah when it all comes together I love you And when it all comes together I love you Yeah when it all comes together I love you
8.
Green Arrows 03:24
Move faster I wonder Could it ever be real and are we here The landscape engulfs us It makes me feel so strange not out of reach The best is yet to peak These images that leave their mark without a trace Green arrows on the pavement to a secret place And there'll be more than you can find Limitless beyond the lines Outside Outside Who lit the match that got us here I find the kiss that makes me shine Pretending to be somebody else We'll leave it all behind and start anew There's still so much to do These images that leave their mark without a trace Green arrows on the pavement to a secret place And there'll be more than you can find Limitless beyond the lines Outside Outside And if I'm sure I'm sure of just one thing To open up the door and see what Love can bring Ohhh These images that leave their mark without a trace Green arrows on the pavement to a secret place And there'll be more than you can find Limitless beyond the lines Outside Outside Outside Outside
9.
I see the rain in my baby's eyes once again Climb climb the stairs To an open garden I'll be there with or without No danger can tear us apart Looks like we made it So glad you came and took my heart away Fly over darkness Let love guide us to the stars And we'll be safe together tonight No no there's no doubt Even when I fail to reach out Bring you back to me And then you will see Where the sky meets the ocean and Time doesn't matter anymore Looks like we made it So glad you came and took my heart away Fly over darkness Let love guide us to the stars And we'll be safe together tonight Thunder will come out of the black Baby run for your life out of the back door I see the light in my baby's eyes once again Sweet sugar sweet Like the taste of love On my tongue oh it's coming back No reason to believe we'll go astray Looks like we made it So glad you came and took my heart away Fly over darkness Let love guide us to the stars And we'll be safe together tonight We'll be safe together tonight We'll be safe whatever comes tonight
10.
She is the summer in your eyes You watch her light move in from above Burning candles in the rain All the things you can't explain Dirty feelings wash away the night And if you don't like what you see inside Just open your eyes Nothing will escape no need to deny The love that you hide She is the brave one you will find The hope you felt is traded for love Play on through the darkness falls Beneath the floor below your hold Rising up just let it pass on down And if you don't like what you see inside Just open your eyes Nothing will escape no need to deny The love that you hide Don't you know that it waits outside Realise the dream unfolding through your eyes In the pouring rain where there's no-one to blame this time This time... And if you don't like what you see inside Just open your eyes Nothing will escape no need to deny The love that you hide
11.
Close the door pull the blind's love's bursting through Turn away from the lies and let them go Find a path through the night you're not alone Felt the pressure tension lost control But she's still here And everything turns clear Now a beautiful life will be ours as we learn to be And the days softly drop like living proof Precious eyes stare inside at something new Waking up beside you in a different plot Here she comes radiating love so hot Cos she's still here And everything turns clear Now a beautiful life will be ours as we learn to be Yeah she's still here And everything turns clear Such a beautiful life to create as we learn to be
12.
Disappear beyond the years gone by Familiar like you and I Untying the thoughts and the words I can't reach Listening to dreams that lie so deep Stepping out on the beach It all comes together like clockwork and wood No time for sorrow That's how it goes And when you fly through the riddle Nothing remains unknown Send me on a journey; joy from tears Postcards throughout the years And I'll never leave you we'll live free and true No time for sorrow That's how it goes And when you fly through the riddle Nothing remains unknown So if you've got what it takes And one thing remains Your tenderness is all I ask No time for sorrow That's how it goes And when you fly through the riddle Nothing remains unknown No time tomorrow That's how it goes And when you fly through the riddle Nothing remains unknown

about

For a long time I felt the 'One Way Ticket' album, my debut from 2006, needed updating, both lyrically and musically. I haven't had the chance yet to do that but playing some of the songs out on the streets throughout 2017 I realised there should be a stripped back version of this album available as people were hearing me play the songs this way.

So at the start of 2018 I began recording. Initially I was going to make it all acoustic but felt it would be more interesting to use the electric guitar on some songs and also to come up with slightly different arrangements. "Now & Then" transformed from the blues-rock type of thing on the original into a folky fingerpicked track. "Come & Go" returned to its roots on acoustic guitar, as it was originally written. "Satellites" became "Northern Lights" on a 12-string electric.

These 12 songs I feel have now grown with me and I will develop this further with a full band arrangement of them somewhere down the line.

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released June 22, 2018

All songs written by David William.

Vocals & Guitar - David William

Engineered, Mixed, Produced & Mastered by David William

Artwork by David William & Kate Threadgould

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Classic pop melodies with rock/folk arrangements, an indie punk attitude and a hint of psychedelia.

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