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Songs From A Cold Island

by Tilley

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    - 11 tracks
    - Bonus tracks
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    Bonus track listing (download only):
    - Long Time Coming (acoustic version)
    - Maybe I Suffer (acoustic version)
    - Nothin' Special (comedy song)
    ... more
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1.
Angels 04:46
Be an image In my mind Be the angel I never look far to find Stand up on that pedestal And don't you dare come down Oh, you'll look so beautiful As the sun goes down Don't turn on the light no don't you break the spell that is our breath and us together isn't it the greatest thing you've ever felt? Standing in the light With a halo round them all I always call them angels And they never survive the fall Never survive... Faith from storybooks Worship from afar A close & fervent pressing Then a painful tear apart Don't you see you must live up to everything that I've imagined I can make you happy if you only stay so very still Standing in the light With a halo round them all I always call them angels And they never survive the fall Oh, I've got angels, watching over me Angels, watching over me Angels, flying over me Angels, watching over me...
2.
Over 03:39
Don't despair You're caught in a snare But it's not as bad as you think Pull yourself up to the brink, and look.... over Life is time It slows, and it speeds up You can't control it Just watch where you step, and step.... over You watch the fire The night creeps in around you Open air Is what you crave, but you know, oh, It's too late To take a walk, but just outside Your window, I'm dancing, dancing, dancing in your garden... Your garden... And I look over... And I step over...
3.
For Real 03:40
You know it's time When it's getting hard to hope You know it's time When it's getting hard to fool yourself You give it your all You work til you choke But it's getting hard To see through their smoke You hold on tight Hoping they change the deal But try as you might You know it's not for real Ah.... you know it's not for real Ah.... you know it's not for real You listen to sad songs You put the photos away You say all the words You know you're s'posed to say You act out a part Feels like it's been played before By a thousand other losers Who didn't know the score You hold on tight Hoping they change the deal But try as you might You know it's not for real Ah.... you know it's not for real Ah.... you know it's not for real
4.
Coming in to the airport, late in the day Someone's here with a car & a hug, but my mind is miles away And it's too late to deny it, too late to run I'm overdressed, my suitcase is heavy & I'm standing in the sun Long ride home Long day ahead It's been a long, long time coming But I'm impatient, gotta be careful where I tread First flick of a light switch, in an empty house Burns loneliness in like a brand Got a callous, got a headache, got a recurring dream Gotta push past it, there's too much to do, there's too much at stake You wait in your tower, not far away I know how it feels, to be counting the days But I cannot promise, what I cannot see And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I never meant to trample your dreams Long way to go Long days ahead It's been a long, long time coming But I'm impatient, gotta be careful where I tread Long way to go Long days ahead I know, I know it'll take a long, long time But you gotta, you gotta be careful... careful where you tread...
5.
Muse 02:11
I got a muse, he's got hair like feathers Lifts me up, up... up above the weather Keeps me singin' all the time, when we are together He's got a face like joy, and fingers like music When the rest of the world, is ever confusing He brings me back, don't make me do no choosing Late nights & red wine, we got it going on My tired soul feels so fine when he sings his song Round these beautiful people, nothing feels wrong Nothing's wrong... I got a muse, with kisses so delightful He just gives, gives & he's never ever spiteful If you want some relaxing, he's got a whole nightful
6.
Ask the sailor where she's gone Then you ask the baker's son Look for her among the lights You'll find her by the waterside But you will never hold her hand And you will never understand You will ask of where she goes But she is not for you to know I'm puzzled too, so don't ask me I glimpsed her out upon the sea But John says just an hour before He found her on the forest floor And Dan swears black & blue, I'm told He saw her climb the mountain cold She'll put a fever in your brain And you will never rest again You will catch her, so it seems But you'll awake from cloudy dreams You will find your bed gone cold She is not, for you, to know Ask not of where she goes She is not for you to know
7.
Spun Gold 04:45
Down the river there's a field with grass and stones I left my darling, when it was overgrown The grass is long, the hill above is steep I left my darling, when he was fast asleep Between the mountain's shadow and the morning sun Dirt beneath my feet, and the work here is done Listen to the river, and at night the rain will fall I left my darling… I did not leave him at all You hair like spun gold, like spun gold… I put to you the question of what follows now Will you walk on in your pattern, or break the spell somehow? How can you be so fragile, and yet be so strong? How can I be by your side, and yet still go on? You hair like spun gold, like spun gold You hair like spun gold, like spun gold Your eyes they grow cold, they grow cold You hair like spun gold, like spun gold Autumn comes and that's when all the hard work starts No time in this day now for a broken heart You don't understand, upon your throne the day is long This is not the world you live in - this is not your song You hair like spun gold, like spun gold… Please stay, please stay Even as you go Please stay, please stay With your hair of spun gold
8.
In A Pulse 04:30
In a pulse In the way my heart quickens In a pulse In the way my blood thickens In a pang In a desperate left-turn sidestep What are you finding? Behind your couch, in candles blown out I am finding pieces of you Wrapped in all the words we were In between a particle of dust and winter's plans You are there And now you're not Where you promised you would be And I worked so hard To be what you expected of me And the hardest part is not that you're not my lover it's that I don't have a teacher anymore I don't have a teacher anymore... And yes; in a pulse In the way my heart quickens In a pulse In the way my blood thickens I hear what you taught me, and can no longer uphold Urging me onwards & up Urging me onwards...
9.
Fly 03:59
I'm trying to convince myself that my body is not me That I'm not defined by my curves and lines, and that my heart is free That I am worth more than my clothes, more than a number Some days I can love myself, today I'm going under Going under I just want to be free, To feel the wind along my skin To feel the brightness from within I just want to be free, To feel light and unchained To take off this old heavy shell And fly... I'm kneeling on the floor of everything that I don't want to be I'm trying to remember the words of those who love me But no matter what they say, the beast rises in my throat And takes me down again, down again, Oh save me, sane me I just want to be free, To feel the wind along my skin To feel the brightness from within I just want to be free, To feel light and unchained To take off this old heavy shell And fly… Bent mirror, show me, Warped image, burn me, Twisted eyes, hurt me, Oh how you hurt me… Old friend, hold me, New friend, scold me, Sickness, take me, I won't let you take me... I just want to be free, To feel the wind along my skin To feel the brightness from within I just want to be free, To feel light and unchained To take off this old heavy shell Oh, take off this old heavy shell Please take off this old heavy shell And fly...
10.
I am not an island although I feel these waters closing in; I am not an island His hands like waves shaped my shores, and her words the wind that whips the sand and bends my trees but I am not an island. Time and tide ebbed, driftwood gifts - the things I learned from broken hearts and joy and now how fast the bridges build (and burn, and burn) and build again I hold the wind and waves and sand in my own hand I am not an island.
11.
This is how I feel And I won't let you tell me, it isn't real This is how I feel And I won't let you tell me, it shouldn't be Maybe you can stay In the centre of your own little world Zen doesn't work for everyone  And it sure doesn't seem to work for this whirlwind girl Maybe I suffer, maybe I suffer Maybe I do Maybe I suffer, but I sure have a lot more fun than you This is how I feel And admittedly it hasn't got me very far Though they used to say, we were like two trains on the same track Two halves of the same star Now they tell me It's clearly headed for disaster But they don't see you They don't see what you look like The morning after Maybe I suffer, maybe I suffer Maybe I do Maybe I suffer, and I'm still not sure If it's worth it for you Maybe I suffer, but when you're looking Oh so fine That's when I deserve you, That's when you are all mine When it fits, it fits so well When it doesn't, it is hell When my mind has gone too far Yours is inside your guitar Ah, see me Ah, hear me Ah, it's not your responsibility Ah, but I'm sick of invisibility Maybe I'll suffer, maybe I'll suffer Maybe I won't Coz I decide now, what I give out And what I don't This is how I feel, But I won't let it take over Let tomorrow be tomorrow... But baby, tonight... ...Hey, why don't you come over?

about

"Being serenaded by Tilley is like being in the presence of an angel. Her voice is suffused with light and hovers around you, gently caressing yet filled with an immense power. She is a rare and beautiful talent…"
- Mikelangelo (of The Tin Star and The Black Sea Gentlemen)

"Impressed with @tilleysong's beautiful voice. Good luck crowdfunding your CD t.co/rSPYzFyS #tasmania"
- Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself, via Twitter)

Originally from Tasmania and now residing in Melbourne, audiences everywhere fall in love with Tilley's unique, powerful, and particularly versatile voice, performing everything from folk to pop to jazz to gospel to funk & soul to unclassifiable improvisation & sound art. This is Tilley's first release - a full-length, crowd-funded album.

"Songs From A Cold Island" is a collection of Tilley's best songs so far, some started 10 years ago, most written in the past 2 years. It is the completion of one part of a journey, the acknowledgement of where Tilley has come from as an artist & a person, enabling her to now move forward on new and exciting paths.

The album was made possible through a crowdfunding campaign at www.pozible.com/coldisland, where she raised over 3x her initial goal.

Ukulele, fantasy, teasing and heart-rending. Melancholy, wistful, broken, but hopeful and full of love. Keep an eye out for her next release, coming soon.

credits

released December 7, 2012

all songs* recorded live in studio at The Mothership
recorded & mixed by Caleb Miller for Mac40 Music, Hobart
Produced by Tilley with assistant production by Caleb Miller
Mastered by Caleb Miller

live ukulele, guitar, vocals: Tilley
guitar on "Over": Dave Wilson

*except "Maybe I Suffer"
keys: Dan Cugliari
drums: James Excell
bass: Hamish Houston
guitar: Dave Wilson
ukulele & vocals: Tilley

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