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January
03:31
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January
I was feeling worried, feeling wary
So I changed my name to January
We were sitting at the kitchen table
Feeling more willing than able
Oh, the time comes, pull out your big guns
Lay it all out on the line
Oh, the time comes, but in the long run
Nothing is gone, everything’s here
It’s just another year
I was full of hope and feeling grateful
So I changed my name to April
Cherry blossom, sweet magnolia
Winter always ends I told ya
I was trying to make you remember
So I changed my name to September
Walking on the moonlight river
You touched my hair and made me shiver
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Glass Flowers
04:07
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Glass Flowers
Whoever said you can’t be too careful they were wrong
Whoever got what they wanted by holding their tongue
I have been standing stock-still, watching it go buy
Instead of asking how I’m always asking why
So I’ll hold these glass flowers and while away the hours here
Hold these glass flowers and while away the hours here
Nothing will get broken, the words will not be spoken, no…
Whatever season’s changing I always want the last
Whoever’s heart that’s breaking wants it over fast
I have been standing on this edge for so long now
I could just walk away but I just don’t know how
Can’t you see that I’d love to believe
In these dreams of guitars and rock n’ roll bands
But these flowers would fall from my hands…
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Comes in Waves
03:29
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Comes In Waves
Oh, it comes in waves
A feeling a wanna cut my hair and burn my things and move down South and change my name
Oh, it comes in waves
A feeling that everything needs changing but every day can’t help but stay the same
And I’ve got somewhere to be
And I’ve got some place to go
Will I wait here forever I don’t know
And I’ve got somewhere to be
And I’ve got some place to go
Will I wait here forever, I don’t know
Oh, it comes in waves
A jackpot beam of light that shines on me and next thing I wash it down the drain
Oh, it comes in waves
It all just comes and goes and ebbs and flows but somehow it never goes away
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4. |
The Heart Wants
03:08
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The Heart Wants
I’m taking out my hand-me-downs
I’m sharpening my skates
A hundred miles from paradise is this all that it takes but we forget
And I hope I don’t say something I regret
A splitting of the faculties, a buzzing from the wires
The ticker tape from long ago still glitters like desires we swallow down
And it’s just another day here in this town
I’m a ghost still looking for a place to haunt
I tell you, oh, the heart wants what it wants
This to-and-fro devotion, this slow and sticky haze
The tricks spun from the movie light that leave us all amazing til we forget
And I’m always saying something I regret
I’m a ghost still looking for a place to haunt
I tell you, oh, the heart wants what it wants
Oh and you can trade your pennies for its thoughts
I tell you, oh, the heart wants….
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Co-Star
04:21
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Co-Star
I read my horoscope in bed
It said the opposite of what yours said
Stay the course and toe the line
Burn it all down you’ll be fine
In through the shades here comes the sun
Another night-long battle is won
I didn’t know it but I knew
And I think you knew it too
Oh, in this moment
There’s no question
That feels unanswered
And I’m waiting for the night to follow through
And I’m waiting for the night to follow through
Might’ve got lost along the way
Was it just Mercury in retrograde
Moving in and out of time
Always looking for some sign
Can’t make up my mind, sit on the fence
Put far too much stock in coincidence
But you always pull me back
Painting gold right through my black
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Blues and Greens
04:10
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Blues and Greens
I think I got lost in this machine
It’s all I know
Fumbling for the spaces in between
I can’t tell the blues from the greens
There’s no line
Trying to find the words for all I’ve seen
I remember when you told me that I live inside my head
And I never really noticed ‘til you said that I did
And I remember how you told me when you hung up that night
Don’t listen to those words behind your eyes
Shake off all the ashes from my dreams
They still hang on
Colours start to shimmer ‘til they scream
And then you’re there and pulling on my sleeve
And I let go
Safer than the safest place I’ve been
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Eastern to Atlantic
02:44
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Eastern to Atlantic
The days are moving slow since you’ve been gone
Every morning back into the grind
I tell myself it’s only for so long
Eastern to Atlantic time
The city where you live is sweet in spring
But here the weather’s heavy on our minds
And like a bird I’m waiting for to sing
Eastern to Atlantic time
I know it’s such a breeze to stay in touch
With all of these machines that hold us down
And although I’m known to love my time alone
I could really use you here right now
It’s only an hour but I’m always
Surprised at how it throws us out of line
And I won’t get to kiss you on your birthday
Eastern to Atlantic time
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8. |
Same Mistake
03:34
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Same Mistake
Woke up in the early morning rain
Windows open, soaking through the papers
Your face ringed around with coffee stains
Summer dreams just turning into vapour
Time never tells you
How long all this hurting’s gonna take
I don’t wanna make the same mistake
I don’t wanna make the same mistake
I don’t wanna make the same mistake
Again
Windy Saturday walking downtown
I can always forget when I’m walking
I keep thinking I’ll see you around
Then I remember why we’re not talking
Time never tells you
When the last piece of your heart is gonna break
I fell for it time and time again
And I’m still falling
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Trying to Try
03:52
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Trying to Try
Why’d you get so serious?
Is the weight of the world on your back
I’ve been missing the punch lines
Blaming all the timing that I lack
See the world through rose coloured glasses
Walking around with our heads up our asses
So much left but so far gone
The answer has probably been here all along
In someone’s head
In someone’s head
So once again, here we sit
Hoping to make some sense out of it
So worn down but trying to try
Looking up at a big starry sky
You warned me and I warned you
This won’t be the place that we knew
Don’t think too hard
Every golden age is over way too soon
How’d it get so serious?
I blinked my eyes and we were here
Baking up in the summer sun
Lost control of the ship we’re trying to steer
A mile-long list of good intentions
And songs I song at my friend’s weddings
Such much left but so far gone
Someday my bones will be singing this song
In someone’s head
In someone’s head
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10. |
Rescue Mission
03:19
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Rescue Mission
It’s not a golden road I get trapped by fear and doubt
Then you whisper in my ear the truth
Where would I be without you?
Not quite a voice of reason, more of faith and hope
That sweeps out all the faded blue
Where would I be without you?
And I’m not sure that you could understand
When you walked through the fore and took my hand
It was a rescue Mission no one could have planned
As if it’s not enough that you stood by me
But you held me up, kept my dreams alive and new
Where would I be without you?
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Norma MacDonald Halifax, Nova Scotia
The opening chords of In Waves set the record spinning in January, but the mood is wholly autumnal: lush, then resolute. A
harvest and a hope.
On her sixth album, Norma MacDonald explores new songwriting tactics, reimagines old demos, and conducts sound experimentations that expand her folk and country influences into 60s pop, Motown harmonies, and jangly early millennium indie-rock.
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