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MY PEACE WILL COME

by Tom Hartley Booth

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1.
Come dilute my arrogance of summers warmth and sweet blossom air remind me I am fragile blessed with food and clothes to wear, the sun is white within these memories it's warmth only felt through tempered glass, company please subdue me, let me know winter will pass promise me this too shall pass Seize the joy of laugher pure that once embraced your ribs like a rope glorify that very moment let nothing steal your hope, there in lies secrets of childhood gone and all the innocence it once cast bodies age and entomb you and eventually they will pass But I promise you this too shall pass We’re more certain of death than how we should live and seasons roll over too fast but nothing prepares for the first fall of snow and forgetting that this too shall pass But I promise that this too shall pass Help my mind to un-entwine the patterns I have bound myself within
2.
Conquer the ocean by the noon day sun, by stars the same water turns to ice, retreat the sails unclothe the skinny mast and package me with whiskey and a pair of dice That noon day sun has got crescent-like motion, & only clouds lie up above weak are my eyes as I follow their movement, when luck should grant me wind that's gentle enough You see me at my worst My bones yawn in days like these But it keeps me honest This winter’s bringing me down to my knees But keeps me honest on these open seas Gone are the sunny days of food to spare, I saver now each crust of bread, now is the test of my generous claims, promises I may have made when my heart was fed I've seen the fishes as they rise to taunt me, they move too fast for my tired cold hands, but I'm resourceful and I'm building a net, so come join me for dinner if you ain't got other plans Oh but I am yours and ever shall be wherever I go you are with me So climb aboard now because all are welcome, the water's wetter where our morals bend, you think you're evil but I think I can top you, but beggars can't be choosers and we all need friends I'll light a fire as I wait for love to find me, my only hope is that I have enough wood, I often find when I'm running out of patience, I am able to withstand more than I thought I could
3.
Take my words, my wisdom spend my tongue the dogs will feed, the calling birds and turtle doves will nest in silent trees, free from gaming men who shout and hazel coppice snare, taking time to lay an egg and rest upon it there If all the winter's bitter shriek was bottled up and sold, I buy it for a rainy day secure the price of cold, but I can't change or stand the sight of feeling on repeat, again, again with Nicholas knee but where is the mercy seat? He's one of us, he's one of us, between the flesh and bone there's blood, he's come for us, he's come for us, between the wood and stone there's love The sovereign state of affairs is searching for a crown, it has to be a metaphor we aren't worthy of one now, but even if we found a prince peace is what we need, and could scholars and farmers really all manage to agree Trust find now all of me, fill in between, joy be the overflow, be all I need to know
4.
How can it be that I'm alone again? I've tried my best to help out my friends, cos I've always known that I need to share my heart, just trying to find the love of my life I just ain't got a clue where to start Summers rain brought thunder this year scorched the trees I had planted in my younger days, I’d invested all the pennies I had saved, they were coming in to fruit at last Months roll by but my sorrow will not leave me be, changing colours do you know when love will come to me? cause I'm trying to find the love of my life I just ain't got a clue where to start
5.
Prize Bull 06:38
Out of my window on to the breeze breath away worry blow back my dreams Into my heartbeat into my trust move like a prize bull do what you must I'm beginning to show my age and my body don't feel the same, but I'm not searching for fountains of youth with you, all is well On to my table straight from your mouth bread supplied daily and mercies enough Under this rainfall of red royal flow strengthen renew me through the years highs and lows I've been struggling for many a year laying by my sheep gate waiting for my healing to come I'm beginning to show my age my body don't feel the same but I'm not searching for fountains of youth with you, all is well.
6.
Wasted today on a passionless task, May have been paid but is that all I ask? I require wonder and my soul needs to sing, Living for stories that are worth retelling Can’t reclaim the wasted days But tomorrow brings another one, Now love breaks on the sea of mistakes, On the wind of your grace I have flown, Like waves on a storm I am thrown, But into tomorrow I’ll go
7.
Sundown 07:17
Bruise coloured skies holding our nightly dose of stars, make it an evening by sounding you glass with touch of mine, we’re toasting ourselves again for we have survived another day, with dwindling illusions that we are immune and can’t decay But in this twilight hour of swollen promises no harm can reach us that will last till the morning We’re sharing our stories, laughing at all with no offence, tales of misfortune render a smile though hindsight’s lens But as we gather tales on tongues grown looser we unaware are writing the next chapter So don’t let the sun go down with darkness in your heart, guard memories with gates of peace before the day departs And when you’re falling in some foreign place or future time, it won’t be easy, but just know your sadness is a liar, tells you it’s here to stay, tells you that you can’t change, makes you forget the joy that you deserve, just think of those summer nights and know they’ll come again, head out that lonely door restore old friendships I’ll keep vigil through the night, I’m gonna find my morning star, not going to let this day retire with any darkness in my heart I declare my resolution that peace shall be my call, that I will stand through darkest nights till that darkness starts to fall Though my soul seems always winter and I play my glory down, I will cling to my redeemer in the light of love’s golden crown
8.
Am I in decay? or dormant like the trees? winter brings evergreens into my home with spikes instead of leaves, and I bristle up just the same just to survive when the moon replaces the sun, but just as the dawn at last is reborn, I know: My peace will come And am I pail with fright? or covered in a frost? the promise of summer won’t keep me warm nor memories return what I’ve lost, but I fill my thoughts with these in desperate days of doom that beat like stretched stomach skin drum, but hushed as a whisper my hope is a fixture, it calls: I know my peace will come my peace will come And I know that darkness will not last, and I know all pain will some day pass, I know new songs of joy shall be sung, and I know that my peace will come
9.
I don't live in the house where I was born one day I will move again, I've itchy feet and there's a shadow on my heart, so I'll walk as long as this longing so remains, I don't know if I'm running away, or chasing after a dream, all that I know is that I'm standing where the flow is, and I'll recognise it when at last it's seen All I need is the open seas and a steady breeze to let me sail away, all I need is your open door, and a patch of floor where my head can lay Martha can you see your spirit in my hands? my bones are crippled with the flaw, I trim the crust reveal new layers to the mould, I long to eat but I am starving for the call The truce of wayward pine-fresh culminates in tears, confused by when to show and hide, between the fever feet and the siren’s wail on lightning street, is there free drinks at this meeting of our minds? and I would be some sort of traveling man, and I would find my promised land Oh but I am yours and ever shall be wherever I go you are with me I'm bound to whisper in these days that Joel described, this momentary lose is fine, when the moon is blood red, prophets old and young have all said: now see the changing of our times And far, far off I hear the calling of a dove though feathers grey blind some who seek, but I have see then rainbow hidden in it's pelt, an olive branch carried in a pigeon’s beak All I need is your open arms and a voice that calms all of my raging seas, all I need is you grace that saves let your love like waves come crashing over me
10.
Restart 05:15
Falling like a bird, flapping wings after feathers have been took, falling through the words, trying to close this coverless book With friends as olive oil, who balm the desperate cage of bars so misaligned, friends who we still share, I won’t forget the ways and days they treat me kind And I can smile, I’ll be fine, though I’m torn in two, for I know there’ll never be another you Firm were you overwhelmed I’m well aware how I was reckless in my stand but firm within new shoes now with a readiness of holding up green hands With my heart on display I’m not going away, guess I’ll find something new cos I know I’ll never find another you, and I can smile, I’ll be fine, though I’m torn apart cos I know there’ll be grace at the restart I am realising I can’t walk alone; I am realising I don’t have to

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released November 1, 2019

Sean Hatton: Drums on 'Open Seas parts 1 and 3', 'Love of my Life', 'Prize Bull', 'My Peace Will Come' & Mandolin on 'Open Seas part 1'
Johann Ting: Double Bass on 'Love of my Life'
Joanne Clara: Cello on 'Prize Bull'
Andrew Panes: Backing vocals and Trumpet on 'My Peace Will Come'
Georgina Harris: Viola on 'Restart'
Griga Cuciuc: Violin on 'Restart'
Tom Hartley Booth: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Piano, Harmonica, Harmonium, Accordion, Synth, Clarinet, Flute, Banjo, percussion

All music and lyrics written by Tom Hartley Booth

All songs mixed by Sean Hatton and Tom Hartley Booth
Except 'Sundown' and 'Restart', mixed by Byron Hosking and Tom Hartley Booth

Mastered by Tim Debney

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