From Beneath the Rising Ground

by Duncan Alldridge

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1.
Day of Living 05:12
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DAY OF LIVING Now I got my baby on my mind Don't think she's gonna come back today Right now she's shooting down my sky Why do we hide our hearts away? I could give my love to her tender Even stay with her ‘till I’m old? Why can’t I lie down and surrender? Every time tears fall/ I can feel something more in this life/ than before/ ‘cos it’s no use looking behind and crying for love/ it’s in me/ it’s not you/ I can be/ someone new in this day of living I now know why I couldn’t fly/ in this day of living I’m gonna take that high path up the mountain Right to the edge where I can see Not gonna walk this way again Until I’ve found love deep in me I’d still give my love to you tender Even give you diamonds and gold Why can’t I lie down and surrender? Every time tears fall/ I can feel something more in this life/ than before/ ‘cos it’s no use looking behind and crying for love/ it’s in me/ it’s not you/ I can be/ someone new in this day of living I now know why I couldn’t fly/ in this day of living I’d still give my love to her tender Even give her diamonds and gold Why can’t I lie down and surrender?
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Underground 04:30
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UNDERGROUND I got your blue eyes deep in me baby Don’t you know you had me all undone? Just like the weather now you’re changing daily I wanna tell you just how far I’ve come I’m standing here beneath the sky And I can’t breathe Why don’t you stay around disappearing woman? I’m just left up here so high looking down Did you ever feel you could really love me? Or was I only just hanging around? I’m falling into dark, dark sea You got back your privacy Breathe, I can’t breathe And it feels like I’m underground My soul lies in wait And you left me without a sound I’m putting everything at stake Knowing that my heart would break ‘Cos every year now I’ve been too hard looking And my flower on the mountainside died And when I get back up I got no connection I got nothing in me deep down inside I’m looking up can’t see her face Buried in my empty space Breathe, help me breathe And it feels like I’m underground My soul lies in wait And you left me without a sound I’m putting everything at stake Knowing that my heart will break It feels like I’m underground
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Empty My Mind 05:21
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EMPTY MY MIND Girl you move me to get out of my head Let my body go and feel/ keep it together You and I share/ an intimate little move And we keep it on with the dance shoes ready I gotta leave the town that I know Train gonna drive up/ can I let it go? Mind is gonna break me/ let the moment take me Spin me round again no… Switching on the music/ I’m driving real slow Heading through the trees Turn the headlights down and the moon gets ready for you, and this fear Dark/ it’s so dark Can I reach inside with my ego running? I gotta leave the town that I know Train’s gonna drive up/ can I let it go? Unconsciousness will break me Let the moment take me Let those thoughts travel by I got to make it through and breathe Got to empty my mind/ feels like surrender/ getting on my knees She tastes like candy, her sweet sweat on my skin But I gotta leave her and drive/ keep it together So far to the road Feel like I’m a loaded weapon She don’t wanna fire me So I’ll stay in the town that I know Next train’ll drive up/ I just let it go Consciousness awake me Let the moment take me Gotta empty my mind/ into silence behind
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Release 04:48
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RELEASE Do I wanna be careful with my lover Give a little tenderness to him? Am I gonna be cool or am I gonna be kind? Always gonna be looking back behind me saying “I'm Ok” Thinking that I'd let you out of my mind Thinking that I'd left you somewhere behind But now I feel more There's a little piece of someone in there/ trying to look outside Release me from what I have been Now the tables are turned Release me before I die and I haven't learned Before I die and I haven't learned Cos it’s gonna take time to build the bridges It’s gonna take time to feel the soul It’s gonna be good, I know it’s gonna be fine Never wanna be buried deep inside me Waiting for the future “no way” Cos I can love here woman/ loving inside I can love here woman/ nothing to hide And now I feel more Now there’s no more need to struggle anywhere/ I can see outside Release me from what I have been Now the tables are turned Release me before I die and I haven't learned Before I die and I haven't learned
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The Less Travelled Road 06:07
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THE LESS TRAVELLED ROAD I look into to my heart I can really see, now the fear has gone, woman We are all connected when we really feel Everything that is Everything that breathes in the world, woman We are all connected when we really feel Can I make my mind up? I don’t wanna be this way Gonna break my heart up (can you break, can you break it up?) Now the day is over/ only one path is laid Now the day is over Hey, gonna take the less travelled road Hey, gonna walk the less travelled road When I see you now I can really say how I feel for you love When I see you now I can really feel As I let you go, even though it burns me Though it burns woman, everything’s projected, is it even real? (can you break, can you break it up?) Hey, gonna take the less travelled road (go you got to take it) Hey, gonna walk the less travelled road Didn’t want to climb so high Hey, gonna take the less travelled road (you got to take it) Hey, gonna walk the less travelled road Didn’t want to climb so high When I see you now I can really say/ how I feel for you love When I see you now I can really feel If I could let you fly, can you let me run through the field, woman? If I could let you fly, can you let me run? Hey, gonna take the less travelled road…
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Here I Stand 05:35
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HERE I STAND You didn’t give me time Time to be, time to grow I wanted to risk the future Baby did you know? You didn’t know my world Too much on show, too much old news She’s never gonna just trust anyone I had much too much to lose Here I stand, holding up my crystal ball There’s nothing in the glass at all Only the reflection I see Here I stand, I’m taking a chance on love Just like everybody does Hoping for a guarantee I’m not gonna put anything on anyone Standing ‘neath an orange sky You’re in the trees, you’re on the wind I got to let the rain clouds open Feel the water on my skin Here I stand, breathing in the winter day I’m never gonna put love away I want to feel the music begin Nowhere to turn, we’re all standing on the rocky shore What’s everybody waiting for? We’re waiting for the ocean’s roar I’m not gonna put anything on anyone Love can embrace my world Why fear the rain? Why move inside? I won’t live in past or future Hey, shiva ma ma lo/ we got to let the feeling grow Hey Lord above I know/ we got to let the water flow
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Funny Little Feeling 02:45
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FUNNY LITTLE FEELING She’s got me I got a funny little feeling She knows that dress is so revealing I think I’ll walk her way/ electric/ then we fly She knows she’s never gonna love me jus wants her body there above me Oh baby spin me faster you can take me high Round and round I go Down and down we know I got a funny little feeling only you can give me yeah Right now expect the unexpected On the ground/ gift she’s gonna give it Connection’s real/ connection in her eyes Don’t know if love is gonna break up Her mystery - I wanna wake up So won’t you move my way and whisper little lies Round and round I go Down and down we know I got a little feeling only you can give me Give me body oh she’s gives me heat Spin the music to the dancing feet Oh you move me/ did you choose me? In little time your sex is gonna loose me Love, love you pay for what you get Loose it in the moment when everything’s wet This love, this love puts on her disguise Round and round I go Down and down we know I got a little feeling only you can give me Round and round I go Down and down we know I got a little feeling only you can give me
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On the Breeze 04:03
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ON THE BREEZE We turn/ within the tree of love I’m waiting for the breeze to catch your hair These thoughts of you They’re my choosing As branches gently moving in the air And I know it’s coming on down And I know I’m hung up bad And I know it’s coming on down And I know her love I never had Cos I’m on the breeze/ across the sky it throws me On my knees/ set free the need I have Get away you/ cos time is gonna heal me On my knees/ catch me as I fall/ I’m on the breeze Maybe you were only, only a seduction child Or were you something deeper, deeper that I couldn’t find? This tree of love, is it something that I’m losing? Cos I can walk in the light and let it shine And I know it’s coming on down And I know I’m hung up bad And I know it’s coming on down But I know today is all we have Cos I’m on the breeze/ across the sky it throws me On my knees/ release the need I have Get away you/ cos time is gonna heal me On my knees/ catch me as I fall I’m on the breeze
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This Year 05:26
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THIS YEAR Everyday I feel the memory and music watches me fall Into somewhere that I used to know I can't see clear at all You and I were going nowhere But somehow, a change it gathered in me You and I were going nowhere But this time, I feel surrender and free this love I was waiting for somebody who Would see through this disguise There was somewhere I would always go Now I'm waking from those lies You and I were going nowhere But somehow, a change it gathered in me You and I were going nowhere But this time, I feel surrender and see the sun I've been waiting for your hands to shape me I've been waiting for your arms to take me Lord Why should I wanna see you when you're always happening here I've been waiting for the fire to burn me I've been waiting for the tide to turn me Lord ‘Cos you're always happening here There was always something within me to fear Won’t be without you again This year Now I know that I’d been living for The future in my mind I got somewhere I can always go And light’s not hard to find You and I were going nowhere But somehow, a change it gathered in me You and I were going nowhere But somehow, I feel surrender and see the sun Love, love - won't you hurt me?
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Pantomime 04:49
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PANTOMIME I’ve been here once, I’ve been here before Knocking on some uneasy door Knowing you’re here, yet fearing you more I’ve been here once, I’ve been here before Sometimes it feels, feels I’m out of time I know this life’s no pantomime Loving’s not easy to define When you think you found it, it’s leaving you behind I never knew, this other side of me Why was I struggling and fighting to be? Why do I crave her company? She’s not my song/ she’ll never set me free I didn’t know, what was in my heart Always too scared to make a start We’re all connected I’m only a part I didn’t know, what was in my heart Sitting in the room, writing down the song Just want somebody to play along Sometimes these words they just come out wrong Just like in life/ words that don’t belong I’ve been here once, I’ve been here before You are the wind calling at my door What’s everybody striving for? When you are the sea rolling on the shore
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Pantomime II 01:57
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Hello! Welcome to some of my music! :-) I'm so happy that I can share this with you and I hope you enjoy some of these songs. It's been a long time coming and a wonderful healing journey.

I hope you've got decent speakers!

Making 'From Beneath the Rising Ground' has been a landmark project for me. The songs are dedicated from my heart to my dear parents, without whom I never would have met music the way I have. My loving thanks to Ollly and Jess for the great live sessions and their intuitive musicianship. My special thanks to Matt for all the fun, tweaking and tracking, for supporting me and inspiring the recording process. My special thanks to Anita for her loving support, being with me to finish the process, and singing like an angel x Thanks to Dan for his really beautiful artwork and thanks also to Roger Walker for his banjo and John Davies for his ears as always.

Your art is the Holy Ghost blowing through your soul. (Jack Kerouac)

Contact me on duncanalldridge@gmail.com

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released November 1, 2009

Produced by Matt Weeks and Duncan Alldridge
Mixed by Matt Weeks
Mastered by Luke Fellingham at www.lunasound.co.uk
Sleeve Artwork by Dan Sutterby www.artcorestudio.co.uk

MUSICIANS
Duncan Alldridge - Vocals, Guitars and Keyboards
Matt Weeks - Bass, Guitars, Rhodes, Wurlizer, Keyboards, Brass, Percussion & Backing Vocals
Ben Reed - Drums
Jesse Duley - Guitars and Mandolin
Anita Garai - Backing Vocals

All songs written by Duncan Alldridge

The rhythm tracks for this project were engineered by Matt at Lincoln Avenue, Twickenham on 11/12 and 18/19 November 2008.
Duncan’s tracking was recorded on Logic Pro in Twickenham Dec-Sept 2009 and Matt’s tracking using Pro Tools at The Back Room in Ealing May-Sept 2009.
Jesse’s Guitars and Mandolin were recorded at Jester Studios, St Andrews, 19-21 Dec 2008 and Sept 2009.

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