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Secret Stone

by Geoff Burgess

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1.
Welcome 02:25
I know you're here I see you in the steps I climb The point which stops all time Where currents meet Along the shore Where rocks grow trees up to the sky And underneath the fish they fly Like memories Oh it's all inside Until the time is right to go The smell of cedar on the knoll And rusting leaves You welcome me Though sadness does pervade all things It's there to helps us with our wings So we can see
2.
I'm writing songs by the light of this storm The kind that makes you stop and watch And the rain sounds so hard on the roof It brings back all those times I huddled close to you When we listened to our imaginations Taking hold and shutting us down You know you've come around in stranger places But I don't know what it is that makes me feel this wayAnd the rain sounds so hard on the roof It brings back all those times I huddled close to you When we listened to our imaginations Taking hold and shutting us down I heard you say this was the end of the beginning Well I guess I've done some things since you've been gone I know you treated me well you sent me postcards I wish I knew you more I'd love to see you And the rain sounds so hard on the roof It brings back all those times I huddled close to you When we listened to our imaginations Taking hold and shutting us down
3.
Secret Stone 04:43
Do you ever go there to reflect? Do you ever get lost in the wilderness? Who wants to hear that there's some great defense Against the terrorists? I found a secret in the stone Written a million years ago I found out this used to be somebody's home Some things we'll never know The view from here was just the same A million years ago or yesterday Maybe you could have seen my dreaming face Inside the fireplace Maybe the stars aren't there at all And it's the darkness that relays my call There'd be no gravity in case I'd fall Up from this bouncing ball I guess you'd know I guess you'd see I guess you wouldn't know what's right for me I want to know when one day we'll re-meet Cause one day we'll re-meet
4.
Have A Ball 05:56
They say things happen for a reason That the pain gets muddled by time oh time They say that life is a short one So live each day and drink some wine But this mantra has its beginning Has its middle and its end oh end Well I'm no further from the valleys That I left oh way back when She comes in somber then she sits Her swollen eyes are hinting tears She has a reason that she's slipping Feeling older than her years She's telling me her mother Is now facing a holy sun oh sun I know she's been there with her father Back in March I think it was I say I'm sorry and wish for time There's nothing worse than hurting twice oh twice In the same year in the same year I wish for words that could suffice But nothing can I've been there too And I know what she's going through I figure that we all go somewhere Just name the place I'll be there too Loving you loving you loving you loving you That is all I want to do In my life is love you We've been better we've been smiling We've been happy seen better days oh days Seen the golden grey horizon Slipping in to Georgian Bay Seen the red leaves of Algonquin In the Autumn early North oh North Seen the white rock of Killarney And have walked along the shore Seen what matters know the difference Had the feeling of losing it all oh it all They say that life is a short one So live each day and have a ball They say that life is a short one So live each day and have a ball
5.
Bless this day For I do know know where I'll be tomorrow Strolling around over needles Burnt by the sun Singing my life away Paddling blindly Clear water take my pain away So when I dive down deep and don't come up Just know that I'm alright I'm alright I'm alright alright I'm alright I'm alright alright now Bless this day For I do not know the time or when I'll unwind Scratching my head how it feels Singing my life away Paddling blindly Clear water take my pain away So when I dive down deep and don't come up Just know that I'm alright I'm alright I'm alright alright I'm alright I'm alright alright now
6.
Sept. 11 03:35
I'm glad you aren't around to see this It makes you swallow thin and dry And now it seems so complicated I'm watching people lose their lives And I wonder if it's ever gonna wear itself out And I wonder bout the families torn to bits And it's harder just to find a way to swim in this doubt And all of this just makes me feel like shit Terrorists have hit New York The pentagon and God knows where We watch it on the TV We wish we had our mothers there And I wonder if it's ever gonna wear itself out And I wonder bout the families torn to bits And it's harder just to find a way to swim in this doubt And all of this just makes me feel like shit If we can't honestly live in peace Then I don't want to be faking free Morning after and it's not the same Worse than any hurricane There is no way to think this is real The hunted didn't go insane And I wonder if it's ever gonna wear itself out And I wonder bout the families torn to bits And it's harder just to find a way to swim in this doubt And all of this just makes me feel like shit If we can't honestly live in peace Then I don't want to be faking free
7.
Fences 05:46
Who put the fences on the side of the road? See them stretch on forever Where's that name that I saw scratched in the stone? Was it here or was it ever? In a while I'll have a new little friend And the sun will be shining There are things that time has put to an end And some things keep smiling Now I don't see you much at all anymore And we're probably better off that way But when I think of it my boat hits the shore Oh I guess we've all had better days All last night I had this new kind of dream It was all about the way it used to be It went on for hours and it went on for days And when I woke up we all were saved We've been thinking about packing it up Taking steps toward the slower pace Leaving places filled with sullen old souls Finding those where there is no race Who put the fences on the side of the road? See them stretch in a straight line What's that name that I saw scratched in the stone? Will it stay there for all time?
8.
Can't Stop 04:58
Can't stop thinking about you Can't stop holding your hand so tight Can't stop living without you Can't help feeling I have to write Oh I love you And baby nothing else matters x2 Can't stop thinking about you Can't stop holding your hand in mine Can't explain feeling without you Everyday but I can't stop time Oh I love you And baby nothing else matters x2 Oh I love you... And baby nothing else matters Something tells me that you'd understand x6
9.
When times are hard I reinvent myself When times are hard I reinvent myself The smile in your blushing eyes Is trying not to be surprised When times are hard I reinvent myself This crowded room is only meant for two This crowded room is only meant for me and you So kick them out into the hall Where they can make a mess of any wall This crowded room is only meant for two You're a long long way from home And I don't know why you work on Sunday You're a long long way from home But I know I'll see you later today It's too bright to open up my eyes It's too bright to learn a thing from good-byes I feel a wave and then the air So good to feel your presence there It's too bright to open up my eyes You're a long long way from home And I don't know why you work on Sunday You're a long long way from home But I know I'll see you later today
10.
Glow 04:19
You're long lasting Like tracks in the snow Going somewhere But I'm not sure I know The arrangements made And taken so far How we'd clear ourselves To ride on the stars When my mind It plays tricks on me And I hear myself talking And the pictures come to life See the glow in your eyes My apologies You're still on my mind I hope I'm not keeping you From your new life The world isn't politics It just gets in the way I'm saddled with love for you And I'm riding away When my mind It plays tricks on me And I hear myself talking And the pictures come to life See the glow in your eyes
11.
Do you find that you're dreaming all the time? Do you find that you need someone to make up your mind? I could step inside the old-growth and wonder why Or I could read between the rainbow's coloured lines There is anything that you could do To make it happen baby you just gotta be you Are you sitting in the hammock swaying in the wind? Are you feeling what I'm feeling again and again? Is your mind so full it's empty well so is mine? Or is someone trying to tell you you're losing time? There is anything that you could do To make it happen baby you just gotta be you If there's anything that you could do To make it happen baby you just gotta be you
12.
I said a prayer for you today I thought of you just like old times In dusting off the guitar I found a letter you wrote to me And then I read the lines I wish you were here Nothing's quite as good without you But I imagined what you'd think And I imagined what you'd say And then I felt OK again And then I felt OK again They say a thousand voices Couldn't stand up next to one alone And there I was with your life and lessons At the microphone I wish you were here Nothing's quite as good without you But I imagined what you'd think And I imagined what you'd say And then I felt OK again And then I felt OK again Understanding what is real Is the greatest challenge in our lives In dusting off the guitar I found a letter you wrote to me And then I sang the lines I wish you were here Nothing's quite as good without you But I imagined what you'd think And I imagined what you'd say And then I felt OK again And then I felt OK again

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All songs written by Geoff Burgess.

"This record is dedicated to the lasting, loving spirit of my sister, Amy."

Amy died in 2001 at the age of 29 from melanoma.

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released April 1, 2003

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Geoff Burgess Ottawa, Ontario

Geoff Burgess is a singer-songwriter in Ottawa, Ontario, who writes songs about love, loss, time, and the natural world.

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