Figments

by Tracy Cloud

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1.
I’ve got that Sunday morning sunshine smiling down on me again. Hear that cicada harmony play in my mind. Dive right into that blue water, cool that sunburn on my skin. Feel that warm breeze caress my face, it feels so kind. Lying in bed last night’s dream in my head, though I still could be sleeping, I get up instead. Sun peeking through on this morning brand new. I’ve got nowhere to be, I’ve got nothing to do. I’ve got that Sunday morning sunshine smiling down on me again. Hear that cicada harmony play in my mind. Dive right into that blue water, cool that sunburn on my skin. Feel that warm breeze caress my face, it feels so kind. Radio on and I’m singing along. In these midsummer days, somehow, I just belong. All of this green in my garden serene. So much beauty outside in this world to be seen. I’ve got that Sunday morning sunshine smiling down on me again. Hear that cicada harmony play in my mind. Dive right into that blue water, cool that sunburn on my skin. Feel that warm breeze caress my face, it feels so kind. Wind in the trees carries to me the sound of a carnival. Laughter and music so sweet in my ears. And I could go ride, flying so high, it could be wonderful. Water and wine feeling fine, I’ll stay here. Sun sinking low and now it’s time to go. Stars beginning to shine, sky is starting to glow. Dreaming so sweet as I drift off to sleep. Hope the sun comes again at the start of the week. So I’ve got Sunday morning sunshine smiling down on me again. Hear that cicada harmony play in my mind. Dive right into that blue water, cool that sunburn on my skin. Feel that warm breeze caress my face, it feels so kind.
2.
Way past midnight. Blue Moon, firelight. Dark water bare skin. Reach out and pull me in. Over my head again and I don’t even have to try. The moment you take my hand, the water begins to rise. With the sound of the rushing wind and the loving that’s in your eyes. And I feel alive. Starshine moonbeams. Night birds unseen. Warm water, soft skin. Quite Secret as we swim. Over my head again and I don’t even have to try. The moment you take my hand the water begins to rise. With the sound of the rushing wind and the loving that’s in your eyes. And I feel alive. In our secret place to be, there beneath the trees. No one else can see. Nighttime makes us free to be…way past sunrise. Wake again to see your sleepy blue eyes. Clear water, warm skin. Hold to one another as the day begins. Over my head again and I don’t even have to try. The moment you take my hand the water begins to rise. With the sound of the rushing wind and the loving that’s in your eyes. And I feel alive.
3.
Lie To Me 04:24
Another knock at my door, it’s nearly quarter ‘til four, I’m not sleeping. It’s not surprising you’re hear and what you’re thinking is clear without speaking. There’s nowhere left I can hide from all the weakness inside that I’m feeling. It seems I’m under your spell and all the secrets you tell are revealing…. The way you…Lie to me. Lie to me. I just don’t see it. In your trickery, sorcery, I’m so complicit. Put your hands on me, make believe, a love so reckless. And when you’re holding me, all I need. Then you leave me breathless. Now in the light of the dawn although the fever is gone, still you linger. I end up hating myself when I give in at the snap of your fingers. Such an unfortunate thing in all the trouble you bring with your fire. I should be running away but I continue to play with a liar. And so you…. Lie to me. Lie to me. I just don’t see it. In your trickery, sorcery, I’m so complicit. Put your hands on me, make believe, a love so reckless. And when you’re holding me, all I need. Then you leave me breathless. Always the last to show, first to go. Leave me with lies. And still I welcome you back with my arms open wide. And still you lie…. No need to try and pretend this will not happen again, so enticing. We’re past the point of return, too far from any concern of disguising. And from the moment we met if there were any regrets you don’t show it. For me the same thing is true, I’m just as guilty as you and I know it. And still you…. Lie to me. Lie to me. I just don’t see it. In your trickery, sorcery, I’m so complicit. Put your hands on me, make believe, a love so reckless. And when you’re holding me, all I need. Then you leave me breathless. And you leave me breathless. You leave me breathless.
4.
Way down deep inside I’ve got nothing left for you. After all this time and I still feel the way I do. As I recall we did not part the best of friends. Now it seems I find myself at your doorstep once again. And I’ll carry it all of my life. Like it was carved on my heart with a knife. Thought I already left it behind. But you still keep wasting my mind. Sit right down you say, I ‘ve got something just for you. After all these years still blind by that magic that you do. As I recall, I laid my heart inside your hands. But you washed it away just like I was a wave upon the sand. And I’ll carry it all of my life. Like it was carved on my heart with a knife. Thought I already left it behind. But you still keep wasting my mind. In all the ways I gave you my loving. Through all the days I believed in something. Can you say that it all means nothing to you? Walking away I’ll say I had just enough it’s true. If there’s an easier way someday, I might forget my love for you. I won’t recall how you would never let me in your heart. I can close this chapter, burn this book as I depart. But I’ll carry it all of my life. Like it was carved on my heart with a knife. Thought I already left it behind. But you still keep wasting my mind. I’ll carry it all of my life. Like it was carved on my heart with a knife. Thought I already left it behind. But you still keep wasting my mind.
5.
Between the fall and the curtain call, there's a little space to find stardust in a golden cup and the gifts of the divine. It's where all your constellations come in view, as I remember you. As I remember you. How I bend as you take me into your labyrinth inside worlds so deep, where your magic sleeps, does my figment still reside? Though we orbit now in retrograde it's true, I still believe in you. I still believe in you. But you forever blaze on, my interstellar torch song. You stream across the galaxy to somewhere far beyond. The gravity still pulls me in. I fall into your sun again, to gaze the glory of your brilliant light just now and then. Just every now and then. When I look up at the vast midnight sky, there are times when I still can see your eyes. The moment has long since gone by, I know. Those light years just go so fast. Leave the wake of the memory past. Though the radiance forever casts a glow. But you already know. My love loves me like celestial seas 'til my supernova shines. My heart's so true, nothing I won't do in this life for what is mine. Though your luminosity still turns my head, I wave from earth instead. I wave from earth instead. But you forever blaze on my interstellar torch song. You stream across the galaxy to somewhere far beyond. The gravity still pulls me in. I fall into your sun again to gaze the glory of your brilliant light just now and then. Just every now and then.
6.
Last night left me thinking on a lost lonesome cowboy with a shiny belt buckle and faded blue jeans. I was wild as a mustang, and no one could tame me, so he saddled up a rode away with my dreams. Cowboy come home. I know the further you roam, away from my heart, to somewhere all alone, you’ll never outride the way I feel by your side, when we look at the stars under the Tennessee sky. Cowboy come home. Cowboy come home. Through the Badlands I chased him all the way to Montana, and I lost the trail on the Gallatin Road. So I hung my head over the edge of that canyon, and I cried aloud to the river below. Cowboy come home. I know the further you roam away from my heart, to somewhere all alone, you’ll never outride the way I feel by your side, when we look at the stars under the Tennessee sky. Cowboy come home. Cowboy come home. I know you’ve journeyed so far. I’m sure your heart’s covered in scars. And I pray wherever you are, that someday you’ll return for the sake of the love that is ours. Just ours. In the distance a rider, on a gold palomino, appears in the meadow as the evening’s last glow. So I run out to meet him and my arms are wide open. I say welcome home cowboy, how I missed you so. Cowboy come home. I know the further you roam away from my heart, to somewhere all alone, you’ll never outride the way I feel by your side, when we look at the stars under the Tennessee sky. Cowboy come home. Cowboy come home.
7.
You'll never ask for forgiveness. No, you're far too weak. I still feel the sting of betrayal, a slap across my cheek. Though time and time again you had your reasons. To reveal the things I never should have known. Your cruelty paid me out in its due season, with your heart made of stone. With your heart made of stone. You tried to portray such a strong man in your armor made of clay. Wrapped in your own disillusion, sun setting on your ways. Though time and time again you had your reasons. To reveal the things I never should have known. Your cruelty paid me out in its due season, with your heart made of stone. With your heart made of stone. In your shadows you seem to delight. But you won't drag me into your night. Oh, but somewhere in your hindsight, you know I'm right. I'm right. You'll be alone when they find you, in your dungeon deep. Far from the warm human kindness, in the bitterness you reap. Though time and time again you had your reasons. To reveal the things I never should have known. Your cruelty paid me out in its due season, with your heart made of stone. With you heart made of stone. With your heart made of stone.
8.
Come as you are, grab your guitar and the moonshine. We’re headed back in the woods, day’s looking good for a high time. We’ll watch the clouds swim around, lie on the ground in the grass. Just throw our cares in the air and shake off the blues of the past. So if it’s alright with you, I’m just gonna do what I feel. And yes, it’s alright with me and my love is free if you will. I like the way you lean in you say you wanna kiss me. There’s not a soul in our sight and maybe you might if you feel free, to run your hands through my hair, show me you care with your smile. And while we’re here all alone, just hold me close for a while. So, if it’s alright with you, I’m just gonna do what I feel. And yes, it’s alright with me and my love is free if you will. And oh, if we just let it flow in the way that we touch. Let it lead where it goes. It’s how you give yourself to me now and I just can’t get enough. Let your arms just surround me. Whisper to me all of your dreams and your secrets. Don’t let the love that we made just fade away in the sunset. As we lie in the dark with the beat of our hearts keeping time, and though we soon have to go, one day I know you’ll be mine. So, if it’s alright with you, I’m just gonna do what I feel. And yes, it’s alright with me and my love is free if you will. So, if it’s alright with you, I’m just gonna do what I feel. And yes, it’s alright with me and my love is free if you will.
9.
Monsters 04:52
You can shut your door and hide your eyes. I’ll be here plotting your demise. No one will hear your frightened cries, as in the darkness, I arise. Listen closely, you will hear them, as they’re lying-in wait. Growling lowly, creeping slowly, soon to apparate. I see you do not fear the monsters underneath the bed. I beg that you take heed to what I’ve said. It may just come to be that all the horrors haunting me, come calling in the dark to bring you dread. Bring you dread. Glowing eyes that terrorize slice through the curtain of night. Crawling hither, silent slither, bring the specter of fright. I see you do not fear the monsters underneath the bed. I beg that you take heed to what I’ve said. It may just come to be that all the horrors haunting me, come calling in the dark to bring you dread. Bring you dread. They’re not in my head, these creatures undead. I fear that all the monsters here will come for you instead. Come for you instead. Evil laughter from hereafter. Shadows floating in air. Shrieks behind you, they will find you. From the spirits beware. I see you do not fear the monsters underneath the bed. I beg that you take heed to what I’ve said. It may just come to be that all the horrors haunting me, come calling in the dark to bring you dread.
10.
A ripple in the soul, fading out of view. A tale time never told. burning into blue. And suddenly, I knew. It was right as rain washing over me. Calling out my name, making me believe. That in the darkest night, when nothing else remains, you tell me it’s alright. You make it right as rain. You made me yours to keep. I know you love me still. Your love has brought me peace, like no other will. You gave me something real. And it was right as rain washing over me. Calling out my name, making me believe. That in the darkest night, when nothing else remains, you tell me it’s alright. You make it right as rain. My hiding place in troubled times. A warm embrace. Your hand in mine. You light my way. You are my home and always, the greatest love that I’ve ever known. All the years have flown. You still belong to me. We’re shining on and on and all the world can see that we were meant to be. And it was right as rain washing over me. Calling out my name, making me believe. That in the darkest night, when nothing else remains, you tell me it’s alright. You make it right as rain. Right as rain.
11.
Dunnottar 04:59
In a mystical and ancient land, a seaside magic castle stands. With mossy walls and rocky shores. Ghosts from a thousand years before. And you rise from the sea carry me away. With the song of the gulls on your water. And your beauty will be with me all my days, until I return to the shores of Dunnottar. What secrets does your fortress hold? Such jewels lost to stories told. Green Lady haunts your misty cliffs. Your weathered halls a treasured gift. And you rise from the sea carry me away. With the song of the gulls on your water. And your beauty will be with me all my days, until I return to the shores of Dunnottar. Stonehaven train to Waverley. Through Edinburgh city streets. My spirit longs for that North Sea. Dunnottar’s heart has captured me. And you rise from the sea carry me away. With the song of the gulls on your water. And your beauty will be with me all my days, until I return to the shores of Dunnottar. And your beauty will be with me all my days, until I return to the shores of Dunnottar.
12.
Ava 05:50
Breathe in. My miracle of life she soon begins. Breath out. She enters in the world with a mighty shout. The day you came our lives forever were changed. As we hold your tiny hands, and we speak your beautiful name. Ava I will sing you all my lullabies. Ava I will always stand right by your side. I hope your life is filled with joy and all you’re dreaming of. And after I am gone I hope you know how much you were truly loved. Strong willed. So passionate about the things you feel. As you grow, you teach me things my soul needed to know. Your laughter fills our hearts and makes us whole. We’re so blessed to have our baby girl to hold. Ava I will sing you all my lullabies. Ava I will always stand right by your side. I hope your life is filled with joy and all you’re dreaming of. And after I am gone I hope you know how much you were truly loved. Almost grown. Soon you’ll move away and leave our home. We’re so proud. We’ve raised you up, your time to shine is now. I’ll cherish all the years when you were young. And I know I’ll love the woman that you’ll become. Ava I will sing you all my lullabies. Ava I will always stand right by your side. I hope your life is filled with joy and all you’re dreaming of. And after I am gone I hope you know how much you were truly loved. Ava I will sing you all my lullabies. Ava I will always stand right by your side. I hope your life is filled with joy and all you’re dreaming of. And after I am gone I hope you know how much you were truly loved.

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All Songs Written By Tracy Cloud
Produced and engineered by Fred Schendel and Steve Babb
Recorded at Sound Resources Studio

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released January 14, 2022

Tracy Cloud: Vocals, Backing Vocals
Fred Schendel: Drums, Percussion, Sitar, Acoustic and Electric guitars, Mellotron, Electric Piano, Backing Vocals, Organ, Piano, Mandolin, Leslie Guitar, Steel Guitar, Banjo, Programming, Samples, Virtual Sax, Recorders
Steve Babb: Bass, Backing Vocals, Scary Voice
Brian Brewer: Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Steel Guitar, Electric Banjo
Ryan Gilliand: Lead Guitar

Cover Art: Emily Balivet
Photography: Julie Babb

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Singer/songwriter and Only The Label artist. A few of my musical influences are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell & Indigo Girls

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