Lyrics

Oceanship

+ DRY YOUR EYES +

Dry your eyes
My friend
You will soon
Begin again

Dry your eyes
Don’t waste another
Moment crying when you could be laughing
With your sister
Your brother

Dry your eyes
Dry your eyes tonight

+ HOTBLACK +

Took a big trip
With your old band
To your homeland
For the wrong man
Making big plans
For your own sake
Hope they don’t bend
Hope they don’t break

Took a tip from a rodeo show
Get a grip or you’re gonna get thrown
Take your aim when you take a shot
For the man under you will take everything you got

Take the pills that they give you mornings
Spit them out when they aren’t looking
Keep a smile but you burn it hot
It’s a mad, mad, world

Take the pills that they give you mornings
Spit them out when they aren’t looking
Fix a smile but you burn it hot
It’s a mad, mad, world

+ EXCITED +

Soul riding
Soul diving
So exciting
When I’m alone with you

A white fin
In hiding
Soul biting
Killer he wants you too

He waits for
You nightly
As I do
Jealous he’s of us two

And after the sky will fall
We’ll beat their night
We’ll beat them all

And after the sun is shining we’ll go riding again
And after the sun is shining we’ll go riding again

Soul diving straight to my heart, tell me what do I do
Oh as I wait
Oh as I wait for you
It’s getting harder not to say our goodbyes
Rising up to the test of our lives

My time, it seems, is all in the sea
It flows out of you and it flows in to me

And after the sky will fall
We’ll beat their night
We’ll beat them all

And after the sun is shining we’ll go riding again
And after the sun is shining we’ll go riding again

+ DON’T WEAR ME OUT +

All the fear and dust it covers
Grab your hats and take your lovers inside
All the fog and rain it ruins
Take your laughs and take your doings inside

Though all the nation’s chiefs divided
I can feel the rays still shining
I can feel the rainbows coming in

So don’t wear me out
Don’t leave me here
‘Cause I’m not giving up
So I’m giving in

All my life it seems is bottle angst, unbottled angst, and bottled angst
Through my life it seems I’m throttling, unthrottling, and throttling

Through the days and weeks of fighting
I can see the rays still shining
And I feel the rainbows coming in

So don’t wear me out
Don’t leave me here
‘Cause I’m not giving up
So I’m giving in

+ GO +

Once I had a ticket, was a slave in the line up
Had a ticket I was almost there
Almost had a life completely automated
All of this and more if I cooperated

I had a ticket, was a slave in the line up
Had a ticket I was almost there
But the philosophy wasn’t talking to me
Wasn’t filling the day, and so now I say

Go
Leave me alone
Let me be

I had a ticket, was a slave in the line up
Had a ticket it was in my hand
It sang and it danced but was not for me
And I thought they would understand

But they keep coming at me in waves
Try to bleed me and stand in my way
Tell me all I’ll feel is a little sting
When they put the barcode on me

Go
Leave me alone
Let me be

+ THE REST YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT +

I had this dream and in this dream I was walking and soon I was upon this man
This man was pointing he was screaming for help for The Reaper had captured this lamb
I said “What’s doing here?” He said, “It’s pretty clear, but not many people can see what is plain to see.
So this advice I give, for you have much to live”.
And just then I noticed the lamb looked like me.

Hey, return what you wanted
It’s not what you need kid
The rest you can live without

Where is the phone, the telephone is ringing again, and again, and again
I will be there in one second, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on man
And if there’s someone there then please, I’m now in the know
So make it real, I’ll bear no more deceit
It burns my soul

+ ANYWHERE AT ALL +

She turns and says to me
Man you’d better find some peace
Honestly

But where is that to be
Where do I go to find
Some peace of mind

She said Anywhere at All

This weight upon my chest
Pushing papers on a desk
Back and forth

She said try to get to rest
But where can I go to reap
A little peace

She said Anywhere at All

It's always life
It makes no difference where
You choose to carry on out there
It's always life
It makes no difference where

This weight upon my chest
Pushing papers on a desk
Back and forth

She said anywhere at all

+ WAIT FOR ME +

Wait for me
Say you will
Patiently
Be there still

Be my one
By my orange sun
In the rain
Be my sage
Be my pilot through
All the rage

Wait for me
We’re saving years
A day of ours is worth ten of theirs

Be my lungs
When I buried deep
In the sea

Be my plan
Say we’ll all make out
In the end
And do it again, and again, and again

Be my lungs
When I’m buried deep
On the page
Be my plan
Say we’ll all be fine
On the stage
Be my scene
Be the side of me
That’s all the rage
Be my one
Be my orange sun

+ MISTAKE +

They say that life is a free thing and everybody
Has to find their way

They say that life is a free thing and everybody
Gets to find their space

But I’ll start walking, I’ll start talking
And I’ll start doing the things you want me to

And I’ll start saying, I’ll start praying
And I’ll behave the way you want me to

I’ll give it my all, I’ll give it my best, I’ll give it my mind
I’ll give it my heart, I’ll give it my soul, I’ll give it my life
Oh I made a mistake, dropped out of the race
Fell out of the line
I’ll give it my all, I’ll give it my best, I’ll do it this time

Talk all you like it’s gonna be there
‘Cause you cannot surround all that we care for
And if you want to fight
I can go all night
But we don’t spare

+ PRETTY THINGS +

I want to buy you pretty things
Horses and castles and diamond rings
And we’ll go dancing in the spring
If you like

And we’ll be alright
Never have to beg or have to fight
For what we know is true
That’s what we’ll never do

Never
Ever

And if we breathe for one another, they will never suffocate us
And if we stay close to each other, they will never separate us
And if we support one another, they will never get beneath us

And if we try
And if we try
They will never ever stop us

Bella Blue

+ ON MY WAY +

Wait for me my love
For I am on my way
Just wait for me my love
Just wait another day

And one day we will have
We’ll have a baby
And she will look like you
And she will look like me

So wait for me my love
Just wait another day
I’ll be there just as soon
As soon as I can be

+ STAY WITH ME +

Stay with me
Is there somewhere we can go
Is there somewhere we can hide away?
Is there something we can know?

And so many times I’ve tried
And so many times I’ve failed
Not enough to bring you back to me
On your memory impaled

Why? Why Baby, why?
Aren’t I strong enough to keep you high?
Stay with me
Is there something I can eat?
Is there something I can drink my dear;
Something that will make me sleep;
For a thousand years or more;
I won’t have to see your face;
Every time I close my eyes;
Sees your memory erased?

Why? Why Baby, why?
Aren’t I strong enough to keep you high?
And please. Please Baby please.
Don’t you go away.
You stay with me.

Why? Why Baby, why?
Aren’t I strong enough to give you up?
And please. Please Baby please.
Don’t you go away.
You stay with me.

+ NEVER GOING BACK +

Some people like talking when they don’t know nothing and it’s clear the most they’ll do is decide.
Some people like walk’n on a wheel; though it goes nowhere, still they feel it’s doing them right.
And I don’t mind things they’re saying — games they’re playing — with my head
What I mind is when I can’t, when I can’t tell me from them

But I’m never going back there. No, they’re gonna have to take me away
‘Cause I’m never going back there. No I’m never going back there.
No, I’m never going back there. Ya, they’re gonna have to take me away
‘Cause I’m never going back there

Some people start running when they don’t see nothing in the mirror and the fear starts turning the knife.
Some people start building a wall ‘til it gets so big that it don’t let in any light.
But I don’t mind people walk’n — people stomping — on my grave
What I mind is when I find, I find one of those people is me.

But I’m never going back there. No, they’re gonna have to take me away
‘Cause I’m never going back there. No, I’m never going back there.
No, I’m never going back there. Ya, they’re gonna have to take me away
‘Cause I’m never going back there. No, I’m never going back there.

No, we’re never going back there. No, they’re gonna have to take us away
‘Cause we’re never going back there. Ya, we’re never going back there.
No, we’re never going back there. No, they’re gonna have to take us away
‘Cause we’re never going back there.

+ LOST TOGETHER +

And they say…
And they say…
And if this is lost
Then let’s be lost together
Let’s be lost together
Let’s be lost like that
And if this is lost
Let’s stay lost forever
Let’s stay lost forever
Let’s be lost like that

By the time they catch up we'll be deep in the Poconos
Far away from the masses
Gazing at the stars in our glasses
Taking all the time we want
And we’ll double our voice to say what we wanna say
And we’ll open our hearts to be who we wanna be
And if it’s us we see at the end of the day, we will be OK

+ SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE +

I’m sorry that you have to be the one
I’ll miss you now, I’ll miss you now, and then it’s done
I’m sorry that you have to be the one
I’ll miss you now, I’ll miss you now, and then it’s done

And for a while I’ll miss you in the summer sun
And for a while I’ll miss you in the rain
And for a while I’ll miss when the stars are out
And all day

And for a while I’ll miss you when I’m driving
I’ll talk to you as though you were still there
And for a while I’ll forget that I’m just talking to thin…
Air

And for a while I’ll stare into a void
For everywhere I look will be your face
And for a while I’ll just plain miss you

I’m sorry that you have to be the one
But then it’s done
For I won’t let you claim
The rest of my better days

+ NO TOMORROW +

Warm covered skin. Touched my heart; made me wince.
Fight for a day. With is sun. Without; shade.

I want to celebrate my life, want to get on with
All the days I have to live
This fence sitting has turned my life to shit
So I’m off, but saying this:
If you won’t do this today
Will you think about tomorrow?
If you won’t do this today…

We will go about our lives; pretend
We are fine. We are friends.
And when we meet we’ll say: Man you’re looking good
Outside smile
Inside soot

If you won’t do this today
Will you think about tomorrow?
If you won’t do this today…

This is what we never got to do
But if you won’t do this today
Will you think about tomorrow?
If you won’t do this today will you consider tomorrow

+ THEY WILL TALK ABOUT US +

And they will talk about us babe, from the sounds to the capes, on the native and the foreign shores
In Sarajevo we’ll be Ta Naranchasta Sunca, and in Rome we’ll be La Grande Amore
And in the south — way in the glades — they will sit in the shade, and proclaim our love bent space and time
Deep in the mountains of Nepal where they don’t speak at all, they’ll just smile and they will make this sign

And they will talk about our love in the story books my friend

And tales they’ll tell beneath the sky, with their fires beside, to their progeny ‘bout how we met
And some will say it was in Nice at a rally for peace, others on a train in Lafayette
And there will be a secret club called The Order of Stuff, comprised of mostly PhDs
And they will sit in remote stations and develop equations to explain the way you looked at me

And they will talk about our love in the story books my friend
And they will talk about our love in the story books my friend

There will be rivalries among powerful houses that run a thousand years, with no end in sight
And all because there were two brothers — who because of their lovers — disagreed the colour of your eyes

And some will say it never was, never happened because, a love like ours would die in a day
And some will say it was all staged by an alien race, or was cover for the CIA

And they will talk about our love in the story books my friend

+ MY BROTHER +

Love
What is love?
Do you know?
Or have you just memorized this year’s love?
Or one they preach is from above?

Hey my brother, don’t know what to do?
Well I say, " Hey my brother, what’ve you done for you?"
And I say, " Hey my brother, you spend your time on me."
And I say, "Hey my brother"

I know now that there are two of us here
One Courage, one Fear
And how they fight for my heart
Yeah, they fight for my heart

It gets me down, down, down, sometimes right to the ground
To the point where I almost relent
But then I glean their love
It’s a rotten hull
So I leave them to die with their dead and recall all for which I’ve bled
Hey my brother, don’t know what to do?
Well I say, " Hey my brother, what’ve you done for you?"
And I say, " Hey my brother, you spend your time on me."
And I say, "Hey my brother, It’s killing you, can’t you see?"
And you say, "Hey my brother, there is no I in Team."
But I say, "Hey my brother, there is one/I found one in alive."
And I say, "Hey my brother, so are you doing it right?
And I say, "Hey my brother".

+ I WAS IN LOVE +

I bathed in light from under lidded skies
I was the scourge of all the ways to die
I was in love

I rode a wave onto a fated shore
And there I lived without a want for more
I was in love

I was Apollo. I was Burning Sun
I was the voice of all melodies sung
I was the sea, and the earth, and the sky up above
I was in love

We built a watermelon sugar house
And my breath in was her breath out
I was in love

And she said: Baby
I said: What?
She said: Time is a wave, and it’s drowning us
I was in love

I told her: All we need is you and me
She said: we need more baby, can’t you see?
I said: No. Just us, our blood, and the air in our lungs
I was in love

Then it all went bad

He tried to deny it
There was no way he could fight it
There was no way he could fight it
There was no way he could
Though he tried so

She tried to forget him
There was no way to forget him
There was no way to forget him
So she buried him deep in the sea

He belonged with her
And she belonged with he

They were in love

+ FAR AWAY +

Far away
On a cloud
Far away
In a field

In a boat
On the sea
Far away
You and Me

Far away
And we will never die
Far away
You and I

Where the waves
Will crash and roll our names
In the sand
In a sound
Far away

+ TIME +

Time
All the fear I have is time
All the fear I have is moments
Some ahead and some behind

For...
Forty years to find the shore
Forty years to’ve finally broken
Through the shell of evermore
And for every moment I have chased upon a line
And for every moment I've erased upon a line
I’ll claim them all again
In time

And for every moment I have chased upon a line
And for every moment I've erased upon a line
I’ll claim them all again
In time

+ SOMETHING NOTHING +

Out of the fire
Set away from it all
Fire of the soul
California living is on
Over's the siege; the calling of a radical age
Over's the haul; it strengthens but it don't make you sing
Out of the woods; you stumble on your way to the light
Braced for it all; barely alive
"Out into Nothing", I thought I heard a radical say
There lies your soul
It's Nothing, for what else could it be?

+ TRAVEL +

Oh my love I am afire
And I don't know if you can help me
Oh my love I am afire
And I don't know if you can reach me
Is it because I won't release the past?
Is it because I won't forgive?
And wear the former like a leaden sash?
And drink the latter from a sieve?

Called my heart to open wide
Though I don't think it recognized me
Called my heart to open wide
You think that it could now despise me?
What if I said, "Hey. It is me. I'm back”?
That, "I could use a little help".
And that, "I'm willing to be free at last".
Although I know that you can tell
That I am never gonna say, "Oh well"

Is it because I won't release the past?
Is it because I won't forgive?
And wear the former like a leaden sash?
And drink the latter from a sieve?
What if I said, "Hey. It is me. I'm back"?
And, "I could use a little help".
And that, "I'm willing to be free at last,
As long as I don't
Have to say, 'Oh well'".

+ CALIFORNIA COME +

I'm ready
Ready for the sun
I'm ready
California come
I feel it
Feel it in my blood
I'm ready
California

+ PEACE +

Take
All my hate
Give me mountains
Give me lakes
Take
All my rage
Give me sunshine
Give me rain
Give me rain

Turn
All my tears
All my regrets
All my fears

Tell
Me a tale
Wind of fire
Wind of sail
And take
All your drugs
Give me oceans
Give me friendship
Give me love

Take
All my rage
Give me laughter
Show me solace
Show me grace

+ DREAM +

All my time
And all time
And for my arms my luminance
For I have been
Where I once was

On the edge of my dream there was a tide
On the edge of my lungs there was a line

And for my heart
My Roman guard
My Isengard
My faithful sword
And for my heart
My room of bones
My room of stones
My fated star

On the edge of my dream there was a tide
On the edge of my lungs there was a line
There was a peace and love that dare I call divine
On the edge of my dream there was a tide

There was a peace and love from where I drew my name, I know
There was a peace and love from where I drew my face, I know
And all my innocence was there upon that stage
My heart
Belongs
To you

On the edge of my dream there was a tide
On the edge of my dream there was a line
There was a peace and love that dare I call divine
On the edge of my dream there was a sign

+ LEAVE IT ALL +

Falling down the line I thought I'd wasted all my time
Thought I'd seen it all
Falling all the way I turned around with all my hate
Thought I'd seen it all

Falling down the line I thought I'd wasted all my time
Rested on the fall I turned around to find I hadn't seen at all

I asked a man in line how long he'd waited for this ride
And was it at all possible it was all a lie?
He said, "A lie, for sure. I once aspired so much more
But o'r the years I disappeared staring off the shore"

So now I tell you
Do not follow me
Or you'll come to misery
So now I tell you
Do not follow me
For I'll soon be through
And you can be free
Godspeed

+ SO IT GOES +

So, so it goes, no one knows, no one sees
You, Bella blue, Bella true, but I see...
It all

And so now I offer you
Oh, something new
For both of our lives
And so
And so it goes
And nobody knows
It’s just you and I
And I want to tell you The Lie

Planes and cars and trucks, they move me around
We go up and go down
Only to arrive
At the same place, oh we never leave
Forever to be
In a cage
Pacing

And so now I offer you
Oh, something new
For both of our lives
And so, and so it goes
And nobody knows
It’s just you and I
And so now I’ll tell you – The Lie

And when we get there we will live a life with nothing to prove
Where everyone knows
With nothing to lose
And so it goes, and so it goes, and over and over I know
And we will be fine
And we will be great

+ YOU & I +

Show me the bright blue sky
Where the day goes to revery
Show me the orange sun
Of the same day; no memory
Show me the beating heart
Of a young man forevermore
Show me the heaving lung
Of the same man forever free
You and me

Over the bright blue sky
Will now You please show me?
Shadow'f the orange sun
Will now You please show me?
Blood of the beating heart
Do reveal From What Made Is Thee
Into the Nothing Something, of The Unborn Who’ll Never Die
You and I

+ AMA +

All my troubles flown away
All my anger disappeared
All my senses they return
No more anger no more fear

Have I ever felt the sun?
Have I ever smelled the rain?
How is it I never knew
How far I was beneath the wave?

Ama wrap your arms around me
I will find my peace in you
Ama wrap your arms around me
I will make my bed in time
Ama wrap your arms around me
I will find my home in you
Ama rest my soul

Light a candle for my friends
Light a candle for my foes
Help me with the latter please
Show me where The River goes

Ama wrap your arms around me
I will find my peace in you
Ama wrap your arms around me
I will make my bed in time
Ama wrap your arms around me
I will find my home in you
Ama rest my soul

+ FREE +

Bound by the woods, and the fields, and the streams, and the summer sun
Bound by the woods, and the fields and the streams, and the summer sun

Bound by the sky, and the dirt, and the wind and the sea
Bound by the sky, and the dirt, and the wind and the sea

Bound by the twirls of the girls of a world with a fading star
Bound by the twirls of the girls of a world with a fading star

Turning, and turning, and turning they come and they go
Turning, and turning, and turning they come and they go

From?
To?
No one knows

Come, take my hand, I'll find a place we belong
Come, take my hand, I'll find a place we belong
Come with me now, I'll find a place we'll be strong
Come, take my hand, I'll find a place we belong
For you I'll be strong

Oh I see the light
I see rainbows by day, stars by night

+ THEN I SEE IT ALL +

Carried on waves of my love
Carried on waves of the ocean those times I was
Haunted by you
Carried on waves of my dreams
Carried on waves of the ocean those times I was
Haunted by you

Then I see it all
Turn to dust in my heart
Then I see it all
Turn to dust in my head

Found through the woods of my soul
Found through the waves of the ocean those time I was feeling alight
Found through the woods of my soul
Found through the ways of the ocean those times I was feeling so light

Then I see it all
Turn to dust in my heart
Then I see it all
Turn to dust in my head

Then with words from The Isles
Word from The Seige
Words from A Star in my stead
Then I see it all
Turn to dust in my heart

Fall in my heart
Fall in my head
Destiny's the line
Words will carry thee
Fall in my heart
Fall in my head
Destiny's alive
Words will carry thee

Fall in my heart
Fall in my head
Destiny's the line
Words will carry thee to grace
Fall in my heart
Fall in my head
I don't know
I know

Credits

Oceanship

1. Dry Your Eyes

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboard: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

2. Hotblack

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis and gang (Erin Troubridge
Kelly Hogan, Riley Marks, Mackenzie Marks, Kathy Duschl
Kevin Dworak, Claire Sherman, Andrea Chan, Andy Simpson)

Piano and keyboards: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Dan Coniglio

Drums: Noel Webb

3. Excited

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship, Noel Webb

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis, Noel Webb

Horn arrangement: Brad Lyons, Noel Webb

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Dan Coniglio

Drums: Noel Webb

4. Don’t Wear Me Out

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Drew Birston

Drums: Noel Webb

Orchestral arrangement: Carly Paradis

5. GO

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Dan Coniglio

Drums: Noel Webb

6. The Rest You Can Live Without

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Percussion: Noel Webb

7. Anywhere at All

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship, Noel Webb

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Dan Coniglio

Drums: Noel Webb

8. Danny

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis

Orchestral arrangement: Carly Paradis

9. Wait for Me

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Trumpet:

Electric Guitar: John Lawson

10. Mistake

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley, Noel Webb

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons, Carly Paradis

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Dan Coniglio

Drums: Noel Webb

Orchestral arrangement: Carly Paradis

11. (…)

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

12. Pretty Things

Written by: Oceanship

Produced by: Oceanship

Engineered by: Brad Lyons, Sean Riley

Mixed by: Matthew von Wagner

Vocals: Brad Lyons

Acoustic Guitar: Brad Lyons

Piano: Carly Paradis

Keyboards: Carly Paradis

Electric Guitar: Kevin Dworak

Bass: Dan Coniglio

Drums: Noel Webb

Orchestral arrangement: Carly Paradis

Bella Blue

Thank you to all players and technical creatives for leaning into this album. I think you sound wonderful.

Written by: Brad Lyons

Lyrics by: Brad Lyons

Produced by: Brad Lyons, Saam Hashemi

Engineered by: Saam Hashemi, Chris James Ryan, Brad Lyons, Dusty Emer

Additional engineering by: Matt Wagner, Sean Riley

Mixed by: Don Srygley, assisted by Spencer Coats

Mastered by: Matt Wagner

Child Choir for Stay With Me, I Was In Love: Cassandra Pearse, Stephanie Glenney, Serena Fraser, Journie Kerr, Jordan Patterson, Sara Kroll, Taylor Walker, David Sams, Sarah Wright, Kaitlin Thorn, Jocelyn Bryan, Sophie McCann, Belicia Vanderkamp, Haley Culp Zoskey, Cassie Alford, Ryan Currie.

+ On My Way +

Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Bowed guitar: Saam Hashemi. Girl Choir: Kate Fullerton, Jen Murphy, Sarah Haller, Athena Leone, Jenny Thuss, Felecia Labriola, Beth Parker. Assistant (for girl choir recording): Graham Bergstra.

+ Stay With Me +

Drums: Noel Webb. Bass: Dan Coniglio. Intro guitar: Steve Krecklo. Piano: Olli Cunningham. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Electric guitar: Richard Barrett, Saam Hashemi. Programming: Saam Hashemi. String arrangement: Saam Hashemi.

+ Never Going Back +

Drums: Noel Webb. Bass: Dan Coniglio. Piano: Olli Cunningham. Strings play/arrangement: Stevie Blacke. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Electric guitar: Richard Barrett, Saam Hashemi, Pete Rinaldi, Andy Vickery. Female harmony: Sarah Haller. Programming: Saam Hashemi, Kennie Takahashi.

+ Lost Together +

Bass: Vinzenz Benjamin. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Electric guitar: Saam Hashemi. String arrangement: Chris James Ryan (outro), Saam Hashemi (up to outro). Analog synth: Saam Hashemi. Female harmony: Sarah Haller. Programming: Chris James Ryan, Don Srygley, Kennie Takahashi.

+ Sorry That You Have To Be The One +

Electric guitar: Richard Barrett, Saam Hashemi, Don Srygley, Andy Vickery. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Piano: Brad Lyons. Analog Synth: Chris James Ryan, Kennie Takahashi, Saam Hashemi. Pipe Organ: Olli Cunningham. Female vocal: Jennifer Vasseur, Alanna Clarke. Drums: Lavien Lee.

+ No Tomorrow +

Drums: Mike Alonzo. Horn arrangment: Mike Alonzo. Bass: Dan Coniglio. Piano: Olli Cunningham. Electric guitar: Richard Barrett, Saam Hashemi. Trumpet & Flugel Horn: Troy Dowding.

+ Prelude To A Ride +

Violin/Viola/Cello: Stevie Blacke. String arrangement: Saam Hashemi.

+ They Will Talk About Us +

Electric guitars: Saam Hashemi, Richard Barrett, Pete Rinaldi. Bass: Tyler Emond. Lead guitar (pre-bridge): Dusty Emer. Piano: Hallie Sinclair. Programming: Dusty Emer. Farfisa: Dusty Emer.

+ My Brother +

Drums: Saam Hashemi. Intro acoustic guitar: Saam Hashemi. Electric guitar: Richard Barrett, Saam Hashemi, Steve Krecklo, Matt Wagner (verse tremolo). Lapsteel: Steve Krecklo. Bass: Vinzenz Benjamin. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Male gang vocal: TJ Kennedy, Brock Wilson, Michael Poulsen-Maye, Brad Lyons.

+ Bella Blue +

Electric guitar: Mike Alonzo.

+ I Was In Love +

Drums: Noel Webb. Bass: Dan Coniglio. Violin/Viola/Cello: Stevie Blacke. Additional Strings: Chris James Ryan. Organ: Chris James Ryan. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Electric guitar: Saam Hashemi, Don Srygley, Richard Barrett. Acoustic picking guitar: Saam Hashemi. Horns: Olli Cunningham. Girl Choir (end build): Kate Fullerton, Jen Murphy, Sarah Haller, Athena Leone, Jenny Thuss, Felecia Labriola, Beth Parker. Assistant (girl choir recording): Graham Bergstra.

+ Far Away +

Organ, bass, lead guitar: Dusty Emer. Electric guitar: Saam Hashemi. Strings and Horns: Olli Cunningham Analog Synth: Saam Hashemi. Acoustic guitar: Brad Lyons. Humpback Whales: Anonymous Males. Humpback Whale recording: Phil Cothran. Thunder recording: Martin Erdtmann.

Album booklet cover: Marshall/Lyons/Safos

Thank you to (in no particular order):

Jim and Kathy Duschl — for the lifelong support and encouragement. For the enthusiasm instead of pessimism. For never saddling me with fear. Jennifer Vasseur — for your unwavering support, kindness and patience. Paul and Jacqui Lyons — for your encouragement and support. Don Srygley — for giving this album all that you had. “Let’s do what’s best for the album”, no matter how many revamps, was always your goal. This record would not sound as good as I feel it does without your kindness and dedication. Gus Kandilas — for your osteopathic sponsorship. Your generosity and expertise helped return me to singing function, making this album — and those to come — possible and better. Ed Wingrove — for your best rates, and great care. They've helped considerably. John P. Strohm — for your seemingly endless generosity and patience (especially during the highly litigious end of an era). Allison Brown — for your years of assistance with all things Oceanship. Riva Zietsoff — for your help with graphic design. Izabela Ciesinska — for your help with all things graphic, and for help at shows. Denise Foresteire and Nikola Rackovic — for the Serbian lyric translation. Belinda Stronach — for the tuning of, and use of, your piano, and for the many offers of assistance. Nelson Stewart — for the access to your classroom, and for prepping your students for recording. Jay Abraham — for your financial guidance. Mike Alonzo — for loaning me gear to record. Sharon Dewaard — for your computer help. Martin Streek — for going to the wall for Oceanship. Ben Chan — for the publishing assistance. Kat Long — for the always support and encouragement. Dusty Emer — for the technical assistance, and finding that key vocal at the last moment. Chris Greef — for your audio/video help, and best rates for. Delgis Mustafa — for your web help. Greg Chan — for computer help at a moment’s notice. Cherrie Yeo — for your many hours of web and technical help. Scott Register — for the on-the-ground advice and offers to connect. Derek Mitchell — for the photography. Catherine Bratcher — for your hopsitality. James Orr — for all things technical and musical, and often at a moment’s notice. William F. Miles — for the running of guitar ideas. Jon Lawson — for your stellar guitar help as always. David Wellington — for your support, and for placing my music in your works for the fairest price possible. You came along at just the right time. Cheryl Skirving — for your understanding. David R. Coombs — for the always ear and sage advice. Lavien Lee — for the last minute additions and production input. Jay Johnson & Sandy Phillips Johnson — for your hospitality. Cherrie Yeo — for the many hours of web help. Jodi Lynn Correia — for the outreach hand you're lending. Erasmus Hilland — for the ear, web help, and arrangements. Mark Watson — for the industrial advice. Alyssa Marshall — for your help with graphic design, and for the beautiful paintings. T.J. Kennedy — for your help at shows, and for the ear. Aristidis Safos — for the fire and graphics help. All Friends And Family Who've Helped Along The Way — for your encouragement. Chris James Ryan — for your generosity in the restorative engineering of much of this album. This album would not sound as good as I feel it does without your efforts.

And to all those who honour artist's wishes with respect to acquiring and/or using their art — thank you. You are the ones who truly love the artist and art.

Time

Brad Lyons — all songs written by, all vocals, all lyrics, second producer, second mixer, rhythm acoustic guitar and picking guitar on Ama and Then I See It All (front half)

Ian Aisling — lead producer, recording engineer, mix engineer, mastering engineer, pianos, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, electric bass, upright bass, cello, synthesizers, percussion, melodica, accordion, midi composition, clarinet, male choral bridge vocal (Free)

Justin McHugh — Drums

Elinor Brown — female vocal on Free

Olivia Brown — female vocal on Free

Janelle Burton — Flute on Free

Thank you to (in no particular order):

Ian Aisling — for your patience and dedication. A sublime experience experience this was for me.
Harold Dickert — for your volunteer set up of my guitars
Gus Kandilas — for your generosity
Greg Tjepkema — for letting me stay at your house between recording sessions and for the continued support throughout the years
Mike Tjepkema — for keeping me on the road for a price I can afford
Roselle Quesnel — for setting the wheels in motion at the farm at a time it was very much needed
Alex & Marese Quesnel — for the many generous meals and drinks, and expanding my evening social circle to one while at the farm. Barn cats, lady bugs, and y'all.
Alain Quesnelle — for the generous offer to stay at your farm when I needed it most. This was a very big deal.
Rachel Clement — for your many hours of help and support, including a place to live on more than one occasion
To my loving parents Jim & Kathy Duschl, Paul and Jacqui Lyons — thank you for your love and support throughout many years; always adding, never subtracting.
Hanne Porter — for the vocal booth blankets
JAV — for doing what you could, and for buying a posture corrector and not wearing it
Saam Hashemi — for the technical advice
Chris Ryan — for technical advice
Mike Alonzo — for lending us your lapsteel and fixing my headphones

To genuine Oceanship fans: to those of you who have honoured my terms for acquiring and listening to my music; for going so far as to donate in order to make quality albums, and for the many letters of thanks and telling me what my music means to you — thank you.