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The First and Last

by Fioraidh

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1.
Forgotten 07:48
Don't leave me lying here beside myself Don't leave my eyes open, I can see myself Don't look at me like I'm gone, I'm sure I'm not Don't think of me like I'm dead, I will return I scream but no one hears my cries I see through penetrated eyes The light destroys what was before Sent into the darkness I watch your every move; I clear the rocks I'm the voice inside your head you used to trust Don't look at me like I'm gone, I'm sure I'm not Don't think of me like I'm dead, I will return I scream but no one hears my cries I see through penetrated eyes The light destroys what was before Sent into the darkness Reach out and touch me I am forever near you I walk beside you And I strive to feel you I go where you go But I will leave no mark I see what you see But my eyes won't open I hear you speak to me, and I reply I feel you warm to me; I see you cry Don't think of me like I'm gone; I never will I'll be beside your side 'til you're by mine I scream but no one hears my cries I see through penetrated eyes The light destroys what was before Sent into the darkness Reach out and touch me I am forever near you I walk beside you And I strive to feel you I go where you go But I will leave no mark I see what you see But my eyes won't open Reach out and touch me I am forever near you I walk beside you And I strive to feel you I go where you go But I will leave no mark I see what you see But my eyes won't open
2.
Walking a lonely road to nowhere Dreaming of bygone days to come Hoping to see a lighted tunnel The daylight comes along to swallow me up I need you, don't fear me I've travelled lifetimes to be with you I feel you, forever near me I search all through the night to be with you Living my life in cold seclusion Hiding from the outside world Staring pointlessly into the mirror See your reflection as I beckon you near I need you, don't fear me I've travelled lifetimes to be with you I feel you, forever near me I search all through the night to be with you Walking the lonely road through nowhere Close my eyes to block the nightmares out Reflecting on the lighted tunnel Searching endlessly to find a way out I need you, don't fear me I've travelled lifetimes to be with you I feel you, forever near me I search all through the night to be with you
3.
You find me here and wonder why my heart is cold Constant criticism drives a man alone Society's cast-outs will walk among the crowd Invisible to others, always reaching out I once believed a man was strong Conviction thrown away For all the rights that I've done wrong I yearn another yesterday Another day, another year, another life Passing like coincidence on distant shores A solitary cry in darkness breaks the spell Another word, another lie, another broken tale to tell I once believed a man was strong Conviction thrown away For all the rights that I've done wrong I yearn another yesterday Time goes by and moments drift away Passing by my eyes Yesterday, my dreams became a haze I hope tomorrow never dies The chance we take, decided The dice we roll is loaded The turns we make, provided Foundations built, corroded in tears
4.
Years have passed and time has slipped away The faces we once knew remain in yesterday The plans we make; traditions set in stone And suddenly you look and find you're all alone The more you love The more you lose The more you crave your right to choose The more you give The more they take But still you fight for your own sake Our world has changed and voices grow too loud Wars are raging battle frontlines in the cloud Forbidden phrases commonplace again And borders shutting out the differences within The more you love The more you lose The more you crave your right to choose The more you give The more they take But still you fight for your own sake The more they push The more we'll stand The more we battle hand in hand The more we are The more we'll cope And we'll hang on to hope
5.
Another Year 03:40
You find me here Standing on the edge of darkness Another year, another tear And all around Strangers with familiar faces On the sidelines, I hold my ground They never told me it would be so hard They never said that it would break my heart And then you found me and pulled me near And so I fight through another year So here we stand Together in the age of darkness Another try, another smile Holding back Fighting through the pain and anguish Another year we hope we won't look back If they had told me it would be this hard I would have shown them all it takes is heart And they would see how much you mean to me You're my courage through another year
6.
Don't leave me lying here beside myself Don't leave my eyes open, I can see myself Don't look at me like I'm gone, I'm sure I'm not Don't think of me like I'm dead, I will return I scream but no one hears my cries I see through penetrated eyes The light destroys what was before Sent into the darkness I watch your every move; I clear the rocks I'm the voice inside your head you used to trust Don't look at me like I'm gone, I'm sure I'm not Don't think of me like I'm dead, I will return I scream but no one hears my cries I see through penetrated eyes The light destroys what was before Sent into the darkness Reach out and touch me I am forever near you I walk beside you And I strive to feel you I go where you go But I will leave no mark I see what you see But my eyes won't open I hear you speak to me, and I reply I feel you warm to me; I see you cry Don't think of me like I'm gone; I never will I'll be beside your side 'til you're by mine I scream but no one hears my cries I see through penetrated eyes The light destroys what was before Sent into the darkness Reach out and touch me I am forever near you I walk beside you And I strive to feel you I go where you go But I will leave no mark I see what you see But my eyes won't open Reach out and touch me I am forever near you I walk beside you And I strive to feel you I go where you go But I will leave no mark I see what you see But my eyes won't open
7.
Walking a lonely road to nowhere Dreaming of bygone days to come Hoping to see a lighted tunnel The daylight comes along to swallow me up I need you, don't fear me I've travelled lifetimes to be with you I feel you, forever near me I search all through the night to be with you Living my life in cold seclusion Hiding from the outside world Staring pointlessly into the mirror See your reflection as I beckon you near I need you, don't fear me I've travelled lifetimes to be with you I feel you, forever near me I search all through the night to be with you Walking the lonely road through nowhere Close my eyes to block the nightmares out Reflecting on the lighted tunnel Searching endlessly to find a way out I need you, don't fear me I've travelled lifetimes to be with you I feel you, forever near me I search all through the night to be with you
8.

about

When I quit Fury in 1997, I told the other two guys that they could keep the name if they wanted. They disbanded shortly after, and when I decided to try recording stuff myself a couple of years later, it felt wrong to use the original name so I made it look kinda Gaelic and called my project Fioraidh, which is still pretty much pronounced as fury, but is more like fee-oray.

After getting that itch to record again, I took two of the songs I'd written for Fury, namely "Forgotten" and "Quest for Sanity" and re-arranged them before recording them. I then wrote "Another Yesterday" and dabbled a bit with piano and strings, which ended up being "Hang on to Hope". I then did nothing for another twenty-two years.

When I decided in December of 2020 that I needed to get back into writing and recording, I looked out the source files for the tracks I'd recorded in 1999. The fact that I'd programmed the drums meant I could loop the midi through my Roland TD-20 kit and have the drums sound like my normal kit. I re-recorded the vocals of "Another Yesterday", then wrote lyrics and melodies for "Hang on to Hope" so it was no longer a piano instrumental, and also wrote an entirely new song, "Another Year". I wasn't able to access the raw vocal tracks for "Forgotten" or "Quest for Sanity" to remove and replace them, so I had to keep the originals.

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released January 5, 2021

Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and drums by Mark Reid
Mixed and mastered by Mark Reid
All music and lyrics by Mark Reid
Album artwork by Mark Reid.

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Fioraidh Glasgow, UK

It's just me, all the way down. Although I do tend to write on my own and play all instruments myself, I have been known to pull in some collaborations.

I love to experiment, musically, and enjoy playing around with time signatures.
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