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Long Leaving

by Ilia Nicoll

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1.
Only You 02:58
You will follow love from a distance, ooh You will feel the voices calling you, following you Don't run from your last chances You will miss it when it's only you Only you What made you catch me Only you What did you see in me to make it come true What made you notice Only you Only you had the room to spare And I had to carry on Loving all of your seasons Cherish on All your reckless unreasons Carry on for only you Only you You found my heart beat Only you Look what it meant to me to see something through Look what you've made of me Only you Who knew a mess could clean up so well And now that you've found me farewell (And what will you send me) You will follow love from a distance, ooh You will feel the voices calling you, following you Don't run from your last chances You will miss it when it's only you Only you You will follow love from a distance, ooh You will feel the voices calling you, following you Don't run from your last chances You will miss it when it's only you Only you You will follow love from a distance, ooh (Carry on loving all of your seasons) You will feel the voices calling you, following you (Cherish on all your reckless unreasons) Don't run from your last chances (Carry on loving all of your seasons, oh) You will miss it when it's only you (Carry on for only you) Only you
2.
Nameless 03:35
If I were a mother, I'd wake every night Straining to keep my eyes open wide Showing love no matter who was in sight But I'm not a mother No, I'm not a mother tonight If I were at home, what a daughter I'd be Showing the words that phones take from me Singing in church in four part harmony But I'm not at home So, what is my home tonight Oh, somehow the meaning of my name came undone From walking in the snow If I were asleep I could dream it alright Stop the unraveling, cut out the fights Hold out my arms to a child out of sight But I'm not asleep And I will have no such dream tonight Oh, somehow the meaning of my name came undone From walking in the snow Just as nameless I came I am nameless again tonight
3.
Is it any wonder I don't know what to do I could spend the rest of my life trying to describe you How you're always there How you always care How you're you, oh What is this love How is this love Why is this love I'm fearing Is it any wonder why I crash in the end I can count a hundred reasons why I learned to distrust men But that isn't you And there's nothing new to defend What is this love How is this love Why is this love I'm fearing Could it be cuz I was born on the eighth of June Blame the moon I wanna know the reason why I don't need a reason to run I wanna be somebody's baby Sorta maybe Well it was fun, but there's a cross on the road when it's done Is it any wonder I don't know where we stand Add up all the rights and wrongs and I'm lost in a no-man's land And it isn't fair That I let you care and then ran What is this love How is this love Why is this love I'm fearing Could it be cuz I was born on the eighth of June Blame the moon I wanna know the reason why I don't need a reason to run I wanna be somebody's baby Sorta maybe Well it was fun, but there's a cross on the road when it's done Done Done Is it any wonder it was never enough
4.
Neener 02:11
She's a girl who laughs in the morning Whose witty and corny with no reservation She has eyes that change with the weather That make you feel better Like pulling on a favourite sweater I know she knows I'll miss her so It's so easy every time Every line She's the one I call when I worry There's never a hurry to end a conversation She can make a song or a movie That's funny or groovy, yeah She puts sense back in sensation I'll go, I'll go, I'll miss her so And if I'm lucky it won't feel too long Feel too long Feel too long Til I'm home with my friend again I'll come and go and miss her so She'll come and go and miss me so We'll come and go and come and go Every day's a chance to discover More reasons to love her, more kinds of inspiration If you're getting grouchy or meaner You might need a neener
5.
You mail the boxes early So they're there before your plane has hit the ground Your family gets together They're not used to thinking that you'll stick around And there's no use looking back and yet you can't help Can't help Waking every morning Wondering how the walls could change without a sound And nothing holds together Old and new are fighting for attention every day Sleepless, senseless Fighting the desire to run away And you hand is on the plug and yet you can't pull Can't pull Back from what you're scared of You find a kind of power in your own lone way And an eerie love surrounds you You hope that in the distance Some loving arms will open up for you But now you must resist it Cuz there's something else that you were made to do You can read until you're read and yet you must know Must know Peace of mind You need to feel the wires realign More than you need a lover

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A dreamy collection of farewells to a town loved near then far.

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releases April 1, 2024

Music and lyrics by Ilia Nicoll
Recorded by Jake Nicoll
Additional overdubs by José Miguel Contreras
Mixed and mastered by Jake Nicoll
Album cover art by Jackie Bradshaw
Copyright Ilia Nicoll 2024

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Ilia Nicoll Stratford, Ontario

Ilia has been a longstanding fixture of the East Coast Canadian music scene. Her songwriting is lyrically astute, melodically adventurous and cinematic. In her classic vocal stylings you can find evidence of her childhood obsession with 60s American/British folk and Judy Garland. Since her last European tour just prior to the pandemic, she’s been mothering a child and a collection of new songs. ... more

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