Walking Barefoot

by Stacey McNeill & Jonathan Smith

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1.
Lies 03:35
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Lies It’s not your hand I want to hold It’s not your heart that captivates my soul It’s not your smile that holds mine It’s not you that I have looked so hard to find I’m not the one that dreams of you I’m not mesmerised by everything you do I don’t believe each word you say I’m not hypnotised by every move you make I’m not trying not to fall I don’t even care at all And that’s a fact (and you should know that…) I don’t miss you (like I used to) I don’t want you all the time I don’t keep you (like a secret) In my sweetest dreams at night I don’t need you, I don’t love you I don’t picture every memory of you and me And see you every time I close my eyes And maybe you’d believe me If I weren’t telling you lies It’s not the fire that burns inside You’re not the moon above that moves this restless tide It’s not my heart that’s yours to steal It’s not your tenderness that I have longed to feel I’m not trying not to fall I don’t even care at all And that’s a fact (and you should know that…) I don’t miss you (like I used to) I don’t want you all the time I don’t keep you (like a secret) In my sweetest dreams at night I don’t need you, I don’t love you I don’t picture every memory of you and me And see you every time I close my eyes And maybe you’d believe me If I weren’t telling you lies
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Pacific Waves 03:22
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Pacific Waves We’re waves in motion Flowing through these lives of ours We’ll survive the deepest ocean But drown in a sea of stars We’re words unspoken Melodies carried on the breeze Promises and hearts wide open And dreams too big to believe Will you be my anchor If I say I’ll be your lighthouse in the darkest night? We’ll dance on golden shores While the moon showers the sea with silver light We’re rivers flowing Leaves that fall to feed the ground Embers that once burned still glowing And clouds where silver linings are found We’re a still horizon Where every setting sun will burn Below the skies the moon will rise in And above tides forever on the turn Will you be my anchor If I say I’ll be your lighthouse in the darkest night? We’ll dance on golden shores While the moon showers the sea with silver light
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Blood On My Hands 03:54
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Blood On My Hands ​ You were the best thing I ever had But you didn’t know it, you didn’t know it You were the only one I ever really loved But I didn’t show it, I didn’t show it Chorus Here I go again, blaming everybody else When the truth is deep down I just can’t forgive myself I know what I’ve done, now our love is dying I’ve got blood on my hands and I can’t hide it I was the only one that you could ever trust But I didn’t see it, I didn’t see it And now I’m sorry but it’s not enough And you don’t believe it, you don’t believe it Chorus Now I find myself lost and I don’t know what to do Nothing I could say would change you feel, I kick myself so hard for losing you Chorus
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The Bed We Made 03:26
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The Bed We Made I’ve heard the weatherman say there’s a storm brewing He’s not wrong I’ve seen those clouds in your eyes getting darker For so long Looks like it’s going on for heavy rain Right now it’s sunny with a chance of a hurricane You made the rules and I played, You made me renegade Now we lie in the bed we made Oooo.... We knew that playing with matches and gasoline Could go wrong But still we’re drawn like a moth to the flame within So strong Oh we never meant for it to go this far We tried not to let it hold But here we are You wrote the rules for play You let me win again Now here we are We have to lie in the bed we made Ooo I heard the weather man say... ​
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Hold On 03:41
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Hold On ​ Every year at this time, the world takes to sliding People like you and like me find new ways of hiding Maybe you’ll unfold yourself like a fan Open your wings like a butterfly can I feel the water is thin How can it hold me? (Lean back and I'll be there for you) I feel the weight pressing in It wants to enfold me (you’ll float if you trust to let go) This is too much for me even to try I’ll be here tomorrow, still right by your side Hold on, hold on This is not the first time today I’ve noticed my breathing Counting every smallest intake Inside I’m screaming I’ll push away all the latest debris I can’t be sure that the mess isn’t me Hold on Just hold on
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Almost Mine 02:58
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Almost Mine Where the stillness of the lake is like a mirror As the sun sets on her shore each afternoon Where the river weaves a ribbon of pure silver And the wild flowers dance beneath the moon You took my hand and there we walked together And I fell for you like a raindrop from the sky In the place where the mountains reach the heavens And you were almost mine Where the silence in the vale sings like a choir And the evergreens stand tall against the breeze Where the rushes bow their heads toward the mire And the wind whispers secrets to the reeds Where we lay down on the ground among the heather And I fell for you like a needle from the pines In the place where the mountains reach the heavens And you were almost mine Where the skylark sings a song about the summer 'cause in winter all it seems to do is rain The years roll on and into one another And I wish that I could see your face again 'cause I remember when a day felt like forever And I fell for you like a falling star that night In the place where the mountains reach the heavens And you were almost mine
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Running Out 04:02
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Running Out There on the side, are two glasses of whiskey One's empty Here on the couch, I sit waiting for you to call me And hold me Can’t you see you’re that something on my mind At the bottom of every bottle you’re all I’ll find They say that time's a healer, there’s no doubt I’m starting to see we’re running out There on the walls, little pieces of your memory Haunt me Here in our bed, I will sleep if I remember how to Without you Chorus Here in my head you will never be away from me Stay with me
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Uncaged Bird 04:09
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Uncaged Bird Little thing You keep your mind untold Your thoughts a rosebud yet to unfold You still sing Though others shout above The small insistent notes of love A pocket of night stars No fear of cutting free I swallowed down your spark Now there’s a fire inside of me Cast adrift Yet tethered to the dream You hollowed out a log to float downstream Looking up The cracked and broken sky A cloud-filled pattern hits your eye A pocket of night stars No fear of cutting free I swallowed down your spark Now there’s a fire inside of me Little thing You keep your dreams untold Your thoughts a rosebud yet to unfold You still sing Though others shout above The small insistent notes of your love
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Something 04:12
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Something Yesterday I heard that song I sang along with the radio It took me back to you and that old guitar, The summertime we felt so long ago Something's have changed now, but I still say the same And I’d go in a heartbeat back to that day Remember how easily conversation flowed like wine from the bottle on the table that night And our eyes said more than our words did And even now when it’s all just a dreamlike memory, ships that passed in the night Yeah I’m sure as hell there’d be something You're married now, there’s a ring on your finger Just like the one he gave to me And time passed, and things changed, it don’t fade The memory of how it could have been Chorus And if we passed on the street today, would you realise? Turn around and give a second glance And would you fly back in time to that night Given half a chance Something's changed now, but I still stay the same and I’d go in a heartbeat.... Chorus
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Walking Barefoot 03:56
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Walking Barefoot When every word you shape Shrinks to nothing at all When every step you take, Runs the risk of a fall When you’re hiding in the shade from the fear of doing wrong Closing up your mouth so others cannot hear your song With the walls around you blocking out the sky You can’t see how to try And you’re not broken, you’re just trying to feel complete And you’re getting there, though sometimes it’s exhausting to believe And when you can’t even see the wood for the trees Just keep walking through the forest In your bare feet When the blindfold is removed The light can hurt your eyes When you’re trying to be the you That others recognise When you’re running from a thing that you can’t even describe When the people all around mistake your flight for stupid pride When your power to speak becomes a noiseless cry You can’t see how to try And you’re not broken, you’re just trying to feel complete And you’re getting there, though sometimes it’s exhausting to believe And when you can’t even see the wood for the trees Just keep walking through the forest In your bare feet And you're more than you believe you are If only you could see ​ And you’re not broken, you’re just trying to feel complete And you’re getting there, though sometimes it’s exhausting to believe And when you can’t even see the wood for the trees Just keep walking through the forestIn your bare feet Cos you’re stronger than you think More worthy than you feel And your fragile heart Is beautiful to me

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released October 29, 2022

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Stacey McNeill & Jonathan Smith Wales, UK

Stacey McNeill & Jonathan Smith came together as a duo around the start of 2020, just as the pandemic was starting to take hold. Undeterred, they have written four albums of heartfelt, emotionally literate music, packed with acoustic themes and harmonies. With global radio play and warm reviews, their music has been described as being 'like an afternoon in a garden during an Indian summer'. ... more

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