Tempest Tost

by David Campbell

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Storm-Ridden Woman 04:49
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What did you want with me storm-ridden woman? What did you want with the best of my soul? What was there left for me when you were finished now that this tempest has swallowed me whole? I don't know why I care for you with all this weather you have put me through out of breath but always into harm I'm not complete if you're not in my arms What did you want with me storm-ridden woman? What did you want with the best of my soul? What was there left for me when you were finished now that this tempest has swallowed me whole? I'm leaving on the midnight train but I know I can not outrun the rain I'll leave my ghost here to look for you 1000 forest doors need searching through Well the skies are looking strange and the squall is here again What did you want with me storm-ridden woman? What did you want with the best of my soul? What was there left for me when you were finished now that this tempest has swallowed me whole? I feel the pressure on the rise saw the tender flashing of your eys both known what our fate is all along: keep each other's tattered heart from harm What did you want with me storm-ridden woman? What did you want with the best of my soul? What was there left for me when you were finished now that this tempest has swallowed me whole? Would you come back to me storm-ridden woman would arrive with the sky crashing loud the lightnng will crack and it shows me you soaring borne by the winds on the crest of a cloud
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Let It Pass 03:52
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I know your secrets and I know your real name. We've been together we'll be that way again. Raise your arms to the horizon, sweep the clouds away. We're forever cast in that moment, forever bound by today. Just take a step over it, take a step let it pass. Let the future be the future, let the past be the past. I went to the city and yelled up to the man at the gate. Let go the one inside there, the spring is in the air and I can't wait. She walked with me to watch the stars fall, too quietly we tempted fate. We need to laugh out loud and let the thunder, shake those walls and bend them straight. Just take a step over it, take a step let it pass. Let the future be the future, let the past be the past. But oh, that light in the morning. When both our houses are asleep. The snow glows gold and pools like so many islands. The secret of your heart is mine to keep. Just take a step over it, take a step let it pass. Let the future be the future, let the past be the past.
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My Longing 04:14
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My longing goes out to the street, down to the river, over the fields, to end at your window, under your window. Come to your window. Does your longing go over the fields, down to the river, onto my street, to end at my window, under my window? I'd open my window. It's no surprise to me, we don't see things differently, when everything about you is the same in me. And we know each other's mind, no need to read between the line, when everybody tells me we're two of a kind. Oh and what a kind, what a kind. My longing goes out to the street, down to the river, over the fields, to end at your window, under your window. Come to your window. Does your longing go over the fields, down to the river, onto my street, to end at my window, under my window? I'd open my window. And what a time we've had, this kind of feeling can't be bad, despite the mountains that we've had to cross to reach this land. And what they're saying might be true, that it's all because of you. Sometimes you can't break that spell no matter what youdo. No matter what I do, no matter what I do. My longing goes out to the street, down to the river, over the fields, to end at your window, under your window. Come to your window. Does your longing go over the fields, down to the river, onto my street, to end at my window, under my window? I'd open my window.
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Here's My Name 04:20
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The moon is slowly setting and with the brightening of the sky another day is dawning where my true love lies In the silence of the forest the wind is in the leaves I think her singing Over the fields to me I said to her, here's my heart, hold it to you When you think of me I said to her, here's my soul, hold it you When you remember me The sun is in the heavens Warmth raises from the land I offered her my future I offered her my hand Soon the moon will rise and The day is on the wane I look to the horizon And think of her again I said to her, here's my soul, hold it to you When you think of me I said to her, here's my heart, hold it you When you remember me A fog is on the river The mist is in the trees I think I see her walking over the fields to me She's coming here to me I said to her, here's my name, bring it along When you come to me I said to her, here's my soul, bring it along When you come to me I said to her, here's my heart, I'll take yours, When you come to me
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Tempest Tost 03:43
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Through the heat of the summer, Lightning tracked cross the sky And he drove through that deluge Just to look in her eye He could barely believe it But with the touch of her hand They were both of them reaching For a place they could stand First he sobs and now he sings And now he beats upon a drum When he stops can he believe The kind of man that he's become There are fires on the mountain There are floods in the plain Water flows from a fountain The crane sings in the shade As they crossed the great water They were fused into one But with bloody forgiveness They both were undone First she sings and now she sobs And now she beats upon her drum When she stop scan she forgive The kind of woman she's become Now the cold has descended Under grey skies above He holds tight to that memory She hold tight to that love And with the whispers of warming Of the innocent sun A new day is dawning And the return has begun First they smile and then they touch And then they float over the fields And after all the storms have passed They're both stronger when they yield
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Life on the Spokes 04:08
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I don't even Want to hear the reason Why you won't be there It's enough to know you're not I can't believe the things I do for you My heart is bending I passed through this prism So afraid but still attached Life on the spokes Your position Seem more like conditions Can you force your eyes Towards the truth and stay there Life under the thumb has tolls That tax and waste away the best Can you go through that prison Soul unscathed and heart intact Life on the spokes Watching the clouds mass on Sunday morning Feel your presence in the air Watching the light scrape the empty sidewalks Feeling like my soul's laid bare But I still care I don't even Want to hear the reason Why you won't be there It's enough to know you're not I can't believe the things I do for you My heart is bending I passed through this prism So afraid but still attached Life on the spokes
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Don't Want to Think 04:00
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Do you remember the night you Went dancing at Mardi-Bra You had me on standby so we could sneak home I saw the fear on your face when You thought I'd abandoned you Turn to joy that I'd not ever leave you alone Now I don't want to think about anything Don't want to think about anything Don't want to think about anything Yah yah yah Do you remember the time we Stood at the old house door Both of us looking out over the land I was holding you close and we had the same future then Working our nerve up to just make our stand Now I don't want to think about anything Don't want to think about anything Don't want to think about anything Yah yah yah I could never feel closer To anyone's heart Never thought for a moment That we'd ever part Now I don't want to think about anything Don't want to think about anything Don't want to think about anything Yah yah yah Pour me more wine Pour me more wine I'm empty So empty
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I Know Your Name. 04:18
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Do we know the reasons, why we do the things we do Buckling under the stresses we put each other through Biting the bullet and I'm leaving you alone But I won't pretend that I think you're better off at home I know your name It's burnt into the back of my heart I know your name and I don't believe We'll ever be the same again I know your name It's always on the back of my mind I know your name But I don't believe I'll let you break my heart again Millions of people who never walk that country mile A nod to St. Peter Slip him a wink and a crooked smile I know the price and, the cost of the things you have to do That's why forever, I think I'll always be bound to you I know your name It's burnt into the back of my heart I know your name and I don't believe We'll ever be the same again I know your name It's always on the back of my mind I know your name But I don't believe I'll Let you break my heart again Look to the North See the light shining from our eyes I'll always remember it there, reflected in the sky Walking back home Planning our future with a laugh A delicate balance, too delicate to last I know the answers To all of the questions we don't ask I look to the future And know I'm looking at the past Picture you sitting Looking out over your fields at dawn Both of us missing All the people who have gone I know your name. It's carved into the back of my heart I know your name and I don't believe You'll ever be the same again I know your name It's always on the tip of my tongue I know your name But I don't believe I'll Let you break my heart again I'll let you break my heart again

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This is the debut album of David working under his own name and represents a stylistic change from his previous bands and releases. This time out there is a decided folk-rock feel and instruments such as banjo, mandolin, dobro, upright bass and steel guitar, rub shoulders with David's typical arsenal of electric guitar, electric bass and drums and even the odd synthesizer.

With the opening volly of "Storm-Ridden Woman" with its relentless 6/8 groove, the album deals with enduring love and lost soul-mates and broaches many stylistic nuances through-out. The sparse folk-tune "Let It Pass" ramps up dynamically through the rockier folk of "My Longing" and "Here's My Name" to the poppy title song "Tempest Tost". The track "Life On The Spokes" takes that dynamic one step further and introduces a pounding tom and synth bass sonic under the banjo and guitar that never relents until the poignant release of the bridge.

In all, the album presents a diverse aural landscape rooted in a folk-rock style all the time held in check by David's raspy and eloquent singing.

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released June 30, 2015

Produced & mastered by Fiction Music Productions.
Composed and performed by David Campbell.
Cover and song photographs by Rachel McGregor.

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David Campbell Renfrew, Ontario

David Campbell is a composer-musician who was has a large body of material in a variety of styles and fields. He is a successful composer of TV soundtracks (Nature of Things, Vinyl Cafe, For Better or For Worse, Sniz and Fondue, etc) as well as an active guitar player in a number of bands ranging from folk to progressive rock with many stops between. ... more

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