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Behind the Breastbone

by Quiet Arrows

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1.
Maps 03:41
LYRICS V1 Draw the map and chart the course Go by sea or go by horse Either way will shed your tears Scoffers mock in metaphors Pointing fingers of remorse What they doubt is what they fear Strike the chisel to the stone Hearts in cages made of bone Dust will settle truth appears Carry on and carry forth Underway to other shores You will greet the hemispheres CH Go oh whoa You must go oh whoa V2 To the point and don’t delay Carry on along your way Though the answers may be few Cavalier the cavalcade Hesitations will be made Both of these are point of view Ocean fury fighting waves To the sand and over plains In the canyon echoes feud Through the mountain jagged cave Close your eyes and carve your name At least the one you thought you knew CH Go oh whoa You must go oh whoa Go oh whoa You must go oh whoa V3 Underneath your knuckles white Clenching hands are creased with lines Though they tremble you are bold Seal the letters that you write By the wind and candlelight Still your words remain aglow Turn your face and lift your eyes To the patterns in the sky Navigate the years of old Understand that passing time Travels forward and behind Only moments can you hold CH Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa Go oh whoa You must go oh whoa
2.
LYRICS V1 So I burned all the old days down On a funeral pyre And I stood with my arms stretched out Like a pillar of fire of fire - of fire In the coals of a wordless sound I am here to inquire I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) CH What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside (Ooh ooh) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside V2 Well I carried it down to the sea And I held it up higher Yeah I fell on my bended knees And I beckoned the tide - the tide Oh take this away from me On your fathoms of brine ‘Cause I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) CH What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside (Ooh ooh) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside REFRAIN Ooh ooh Ooh ooh V3 And when I looked in the depths of my hands I could see I was blind As the glow of the day now was wrapped In a cloak of the night - the night Now it seems all the answers I had Are the hardest to find And I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) I need to know tonight (tonight tonight) CH What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside (Ooh ooh) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside (2x) REFRAIN Ooh ooh Ooh ooh
3.
LYRICS V1 I hear what you are saying I’m just a little wary Of how the words are carried Behind your teeth Malice in your translation Replay the accusations Until the final phrases Cut like defeat - cut like defeat CH Drop your guard now Put down your arms Won’t you let your heart breathe (2x) V2 So often reenacted Shadows of darkened habit Tongue like a hidden dagger Quick to release Time now to pause and wonder How we’ve been torn asunder Long are the years and moments Lost in between - lost in between CH Drop your guard now Put down your arms Won’t you let your heart breathe (2x) V3 Fury the fire that crumbles All else reduced to rubble Gather the poison plunder Dead at our feet One flame can flicker forth Until it ignites a chorus Destroy the spark that bore it Ashes to dreams - ashes to dreams CH Drop your guard now Put down your arms Won’t you let your heart breathe (4x)
4.
LYRICS V1 Honey in my hand I’d hold your heart if it weren’t for the sting Honey in my hand So it will be Feel the wishbone bend All the hidden marrow suddenly breaks Feel the wishbone bend So much it aches CH Had we known How love and misery grow Blood and bone We’re made of both V2 So who tied these knots Bound up like thieves in the back of my mind Who tied these knots Around you and I CH Had we known How love and misery grow Blood and bone We’re made of both (2x) V3 And as the days turn dust On all the fallen leaves all shining like gold As the days turn dust Will we grow old This love is such Sometimes I miss you more in my arms This love is such We fall apart CH Had we known How love and misery grow Blood and bone We’re made of both (x2)
5.
Photographs 06:05
LYRICS V1 I took a photograph Of your hazel eyes You tried so hard to hide I promised not to laugh And you promised twice But we told each other lies And with a faded map Well we followed lines Not sure just where or why But after all of that Oh searching blind We knew our love was right CH1 Every morning I wake up You’re still shaking up my mind babe Every morning a dream without a shape Every night I take down All the pictures in my mind babe Every night I put them back in frames Hey hey hey hey V2 I took a photograph Down by the sea You tasted salty sweet Under the waves and back Well you moved so free And I felt your quick heartbeat The sun like shattered glass It shone pure and clean I felt you lying next to me You put your face in my hand I touched your cheek How we were meant to be CH2 Every morning I wake up You’re still shaking up my mind babe Every morning a dream without a shape Every night I take down All the pictures in my mind babe Every night I put them back in frames All the moments that fade Well I’m just trying to rewind babe All the moments I hold evaporate I remember our faces In those Polaroid white frames I remember us laughing as we’d shake I remember us laughing at our graves Hey hey hey hey V3 I took a photograph Of you dancing wild Distraction in your smile Our bodies moving like that Such a long long while Felt like we were made of light The satellites overhead Were carving lines Across the midnight sky Kaleidoscope of our hands Compressing time We danced a thousand nights B And I remember all the moments Whispering your name And I can picture how you slowly Turned to me to say How you remember all the years Like they were only days And how you hope that all those memories Never fade away Hey hey Hey hey hey hey REFRAIN All the moments All the moments trying to rewind babe All the moments evaporate Yeah I remember I remember Polaroid white frames I remember laughing as we’d shake I remember laughing at our graves CH2 Every morning I wake up You’re still shaking up my mind babe Every morning a dream without a shape Every night I take down All the pictures in my mind babe Every night I put them back in frames All the moments that fade Well I’m just trying to rewind babe All the moments I hold evaporate I remember our faces In those Polaroid white frames I remember us laughing as we’d shake I remember us laughing at our graves
6.
Dark Light 03:41
. LYRICS V1 Doe-eyed tongue-tied You hid your thoughts inside Folded bound tight Those words refused to fly So hard I tried To hear your quiet mind You told me that night That you lost the will to try CH So far your heart can’t seem to cry That farthest star feels like it died So dark your heart can’t see the light Well I’ll give you mine, I’ll give you mine tonight V2 Dreaming so deep Well you forgot to sleep Breathing you keep Those silent fears beneath Shadowed mystery You wonder what you need Notebooks black ink Filled up but incomplete CH So far your heart can’t seem to cry That farthest star feels like it died So dark your heart can’t see the light Well I’ll give you mine, I’ll give you mine tonight - tonight V3 I know you’ve lost hope It faded like a ghost And left you hollow So broken and alone Before you let go I’d like to hold you close Love weighs much more And I think we’ve got enough Yeah I think we’ve got enough I think we’ve got enough CH So far your heart can’t seem to cry That farthest star feels like it died So dark your heart can’t see the light Well I’ll give you mine, I’ll give you mine tonight - tonight OUTRO Ooh ooh ooh And I’ll give you mine tonight Ooh ooh ooh Well I’ll give you mine tonight Ooh ooh ooh And I’ll give you mine tonight Ooh ooh ooh Well I’ll give you mine tonight
7.
LYRICS V1 Right now I need you close That’s all I really know I need Your breath within my throat I’ve borrowed and I hold it deep V2 We share a lifetime Bound up and intertwined yet free I’m yours and you are mine Like lungs keeping time we breathe CH Don’t ever leave me Don’t ever go - I need you close Well if you leave me Then I’ll just love your ghost I will love your ghost V3 I’m reaching in the dark Blind hands can find your heart beneath Tonight can come apart I break but here you are with me CH Don’t ever leave me Don’t ever go - I need you close Well if you leave me Then I’ll just love your ghost I will love your ghost Don’t ever leave me Don’t ever go - I need you close Well if you leave me Then I’ll just love your ghost
8.
LYRICS INTRO Ooh ooh Ooh ooh V1 So I burned all the old days down On a funeral pyre And I stood with my arms stretched out Like a pillar of fire of fire - of fire In the coals of a wordless sound I am here to inquire I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) CH What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside (Ooh ooh) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside V2 Well I carried it down to the sea And I held it up higher Yeah I fell on my bended knees And I beckoned the tide - the tide Oh take this away from me On your fathoms of brine ‘Cause I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) CH What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside (Ooh ooh) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside REFRAIN Ooh ooh Ooh ooh V3 And when I looked in the depths of my hands I could see I was blind As the glow of the day now was wrapped In a cloak of the night - the night Now it seems all the answers I had Are the hardest to find And I need to know tonight (tonight tonight tonight) I need to know tonight (tonight tonight) CH What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside (Ooh ooh) What the dust and the ashes Have fashioned inside - inside (2x) OUTRO Ooh ooh Ashes inside Ooh ooh Ashes to ashes inside (2x)
9.
LYRICS INTRO Ooh Oh breathe Just breathe V1 I hear what you are saying I’m just a little wary Of how the words are carried Behind your teeth Malice in your translation Replay the accusations Until the final phrases Cut like defeat - cut like defeat CH Drop your guard now Put down your arms Won’t you let your heart breathe (2x) V2 So often reenacted Shadows of darkened habit Tongue like a hidden dagger Quick to release Time now to pause and wonder How we’ve been torn asunder Long are the years and moments Lost in between - lost in between CH Drop your guard now Put down your arms Won’t you let your heart breathe (2x) REFRAIN Ooh ooh Ooh ooh Oh breathe Just breathe Breathe (2x) V3 Fury the fire that crumbles All else reduced to rubble Gather the poison plunder Dead at our feet One flame can flicker forth Until it ignites a chorus Destroy the spark that bore it Ashes to dreams - ashes to dreams Won’t you let your heart breathe Ashes to dreams CH Drop your guard now Put down your arms Won’t you let your heart breathe (3x)
10.
LYRICS V1 Draw the map and chart the course Go by sea or go by horse Either way will shed your tears Scoffers mock in metaphors Pointing fingers of remorse What they doubt is what they fear Strike the chisel to the stone Hearts in cages made of bone Dust will settle truth appears Carry on and carry forth Underway to other shores You will greet the hemispheres CH Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa V2 To the point and don’t delay Carry on along your way Though the answers may be few Cavalier the cavalcade Hesitations will be made Both of these are point of view Ocean fury fighting waves To the sand and over plains In the canyon echoes feud Through the mountain jagged cave Close your eyes and carve your name At least the one you thought you knew CH Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa V3 Underneath your knuckles white Clenching hands are creased with lines Though they tremble you are bold Seal the letters that you write By the wind and candlelight Still your words remain aglow Turn your face and lift your eyes To the patterns in the sky Navigate the years of old Understand that passing time Travels forward and behind Only moments can you hold CH Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa Oh whoa oh You must go oh whoa

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I worked on this album over the last couple of years, which overlapped with an intense season of my life. I wrote these songs throughout that time, and most of them are an expression of what I directly experienced or felt. The title 'Behind the Breastbone' speaks to the physical space in my body where I most acutely felt these experiences taking shape - the space that holds the heart and hides the soul.

During times of joy, this is the space that expanded in gratitude and flashed a glowing optimism. During times of despair, this is the space that folded inward upon itself and crystallized in the dark ache of grief. Behind the breastbone is the space where I processed the beauty and the longing and the pain of this past season of my life. It is the space that forged these songs into expressions of how that season could be transformed.

Behind the Breastbone - a hidden, intimate, sacred space where I found the strength of perseverance and the source of gratitude.

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released April 29, 2022

Written, performed, recorded and produced by Samuel Robertson
Additional engineering: Nate Agenbroad at Mixed Metaphor
Cellos: Jake Saunders

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