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Many Secrets Great: Early Adventures in Skiffle​-​Prog​-​Pop (2003​-​2013)

by Silverlode

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1.
I caught a cold I caught a glimpse of lightening As fire covered the ground --- There was an awful sound I’m deeply troubled now I tried so hard to close my eyes to attenuate the memory But noting else will come to me --- just that brilliant jagged streak Now I’m in this kitchen Ghosts are all around me Some laughing --- others childe me My fault for believing All my fault for believing in you I watched us burn I saw us turn to ashes As fire ate at our hearts Ravenous for the stuff --- The residue of love I tried so hard to close my eyes to attenuate the memory But noting else will come to me --- just that brilliant jagged streak Now I’m in this kitchen Ghosts are all around me Some laughing --- others childe me My fault for believing All my fault for believing I will not be frightened No I will not be frightened Of the ghosts or the lightening I will not repeat the mistakes I made concerning you I caught a cold I swear I dreamt of lightening A long long time ago
2.
A cloud hangs upon the skyline Watching you shiver and drink your wine --- With a belly full o' Fire-Mead there are tricks to be done Underneath the burnished sky of the setting sun There's a climatic point when we'll become one And Heaven is such a long way down --- the Elixir washes me out The time is right --- the time is now And Heaven is such a long way down --- the Elixir washes me out The time is right --- the time is now [Interlude] So you won't be taking me alive tonight (So Alive) I'll be sifting through the sands of time (Travel Time) And that cloud holds no menace for you or I (Sounds/Smells) As it watches us together --- drinking wine (Water/Wine) And Heaven is such a long way down --- the Elixir washes me out The time is right --- the time is now The sky will swallow and enrapt --- trouble is far away at last We are the lovers of the past [Interlude] A cloud hangs upon the skyline Just to watch the world go by
3.
Don’t --- Don’t think of yourself As an organic pain receptor hurtling towards oblivion --- When the land just falls away there’s no need to stay (There’s no need to stay) --- Be still Work --- Work that bit harder And try to remember you are one of six billion --- And fools litter the way, don’t heed what they say (There’s no need to say) --- Be still You know you can’t just pack it away Trouble never seems to fit in an old suitcase Hey, don’t leave on the heels of a dream Wherever you go, they will give chase So, so just for a while, be still --- Be still --- Oh, be still And Bang! --- Bang, right on target! You got hit the hardest, so what, keep on marching ‘Cos home is far away --- yeah you need to pray (There’s no need to pray) --- Be still You know you can’t just pack it away Trouble never seems to fit in an old suitcase Hey, don’t leave on the heels of a dream Wherever you go, they will give chase So, so just for a while, be still --- Be still --- Oh, be still You know you can’t ever pack it away!
4.
Mysteries locked in memory are fading away fast --- Knowledge and images held captive in the past Time, the careless jailer, lost the key or changed the locks And waltzing down the corridor, he worries not about the cost Time is passing quickly --- time is racing by without a sound And pretty soon I know it, another year will have spun round And I’m not feeling quite so bitter --- no urge to break this mirror Maybe black will come white And I won’t be so deaf and dumb and I won’t be chillblind I awoke late one Sunday and I had been reborn that day Into your smile, my past lives went fading and I could love again ‘Cos I’m not feeling quite so bitter --- no urge to break this mirror Maybe black will come white And I won’t be so deaf and dumb and I won’t be chillblind The Spangled Pandemonium is missing from the zoo I am young and should not fear and neither should you Not a word I heard can I relate (I’ve never been to Spain) Pretty pink I chose for you to greet you off the train Passion and Patience; the children of Mammon (Snow White, Rose Red) Drank fire with the king of the blues and the glorious dead A river of burning consciousness in the valley of my mind Sending out shivers of fire into the cold and empty night Sink a look my eyes --- they’ll tell you so many goddam lies Sink a look my eyes --- they’ll tell you that there’s no reprise, it’s true Oh curse your tireless Father --- he, he will never understand In the garden of renewal, I am exciled --- who am I in this land? Well, I’m not feeling quite so bitter --- no urge to break this mirror Maybe black will come white And I won’t be so deaf and dumb and I won’t be chillblind Please don’t leave me again that way --- I will bide my time --- I will bide my time --- I‘ll bite my tongue!
5.
Cold 03:34
Can you hear the night outside my love? The echoes in the troubled distance --- Chaos in the blackness --- A requiem for a hungry spirit looking for a home My hands are cold --- this place is cold I can’t stop my wretched body shaking I only have these hands Please draw the blinds and we will light a candle --- We will light them all You catch my gaze and put me away in the pockets of your apron Hold me like you will never let me go Brave girl. Turn off the television --- it will do no good And when we die don’t leave me in another life Even if the world is awash with water and ice Can you hear the sea beyond my love? The waves are filtered through the trees Weeds creep into my hair A chorus line for a thirsty sailor listening out for songs Our hearts are cold --- the world is cold Can’t stop our ravaged turning souls We’re only blessed with one heart Please draw the blinds and we will light a candle --- A candle for the world You catch my gaze and set me in flames with the shimmer of your night gown Stained with salt we will forever go Brave girl. Turn off the television --- it will do no good And when we die don’t leave me in another life Even if it turns out to be a shining paradise Can you hear the rain outside my love? I am cold.
6.
Lost souls on the motorways Sticks and stones and broken homes In dark cities by the wayside Cryin' out for something more than you can give them Empty words dissolved in time Scattered across the landscape of Dark cities under the power lines Choking in the mess they've now become (I'm sure you live in one) But There's magic in the atmosphere And There's magic in the atmos here And Beauty all around this town You cannot drag it down Children lost to infinities Martyred kings of industry In all the desperate, dark cities With their down-trodden societies, so upset and angry with the town that they call home But There's magic in the atmosphere And There's magic in the atmos here And Beauty all around this town You cannot drag it down No, you'll never drag it down There's beauty in this town I know, I've been around
7.
-- Scene I. (In the tulip gardens at midnight, late spring) Tulip array; in abundance --- As Psyche opens her wings I have seen things in the cold night air I have seen things that I know are not there Out in the gardens at midnight In ground frost and moonlight I know things are not easy I know times are not well As the butterfly spins with colourful wings I see double the scene reflected in the green of your eyes -- Scene II. (Early spring, a vast and sun-lit field at noon) Daffodil mound in the sunlight --- Beating the air, she sweeps low There are things I know --- in the corn fields in spring I’m sure I’ve seen her --- I have found things New life in the fields behold Physical death cannot claim the soul I know things are not easy I know times are not well As the butterfly spins with colourful wings I see double the scene reflected in the green of your eyes I know things are not easy I know times are not well As the butterfly spins with colourful wings I see double the scene reflected in the green of your eyes Double the scene reflected in the green of your eyes
8.
Reveal unto me the secrets of this universe God-fearing black magician stained by history Seer gaze for me, conjure up mine angels God-fearing black magician unto who the demons speak The serpent, the subtlest and mankind the frailest of beasts of the fields at the dawn And falling from grace took the wind from the sails and lost us the language of God Try my hand at alchemy, but wealth is far too earthly God-fearing black magician stained by history The ultimate goal of a man who’d risk his soul to know all there is to know scares me so Beyond our mortal realm; was it heaven, was it hell? I don’t think that Dee could tell but he cast his fears aside --- and climbed to dizzy heights
9.
You are the sailor in me We are high on the seas A trail of death and disease in every port town. You are the devil beneath We are wild and free There’s nothing we couldn’t be --- reach out and take me on! Take me on. Take me on. Take me on. Take me. There was a time I was good I would do what I should I would have helped if I could but that got boring. And now I do as a please I lie and I cheat It’s all about Me! Me! --- Take me on! Take me on. Take me on. Take me on. Take me home. You appeared in a Jersey Royal On my toast and on my wall In the cut of my back lawn (This old world is sad and blue) In my defence --- there was none. (We and our kind are it’s wrecking crew) I was a God-fearing man I’m still a God-fearing man I fear God when I can but it don’t suit me And now I do as I please I lie and I cheat It’s all about Me! Me! --- Take me on! Take me on. Take me on. Take me on. Take me home.
10.
Weather takes a turn to greet the waking world --- winds whisper 'Good Morning', all icy breath and water falling. Catch the early train, fan the inner-city flames --- ‘Conomy beast is turning it's the lifestyle you are earning. So you’re gonna wanna sell your suit and tie --- today is the day So there’s something wrong in your life? --- the city’s a-rage! Scolded by the inner-city flames. I suppose everyone is the same But my head is on fire. My head is on fire. You can't stop what falls you of the high-rise world all you have and you're so alone maybe tonight you won't commute back home. So you’re gonna wanna sell your suit and tie --- today is the day So there’s something wrong in your life? --- the city’s a-rage! Scolded by the inner-city flames. I suppose everyone is the same But my head is on fire. My head is on fire. So you’re gonna wanna sell your suit and tie --- today is the day So there’s something wrong in your life? --- the city’s a-rage! Scolded by the inner-city flames. I suppose everyone is the same But my head is on fire. My head is on fire. The phone ringing all the time --- The boss wants more of my life --- I am only twenty-five.
11.
Nothing made me smile today My sense of taste was all astray I looked in the mirror At a face pale and gray I took my only comfort In a song so sad and long Because nothing really feels right when you're gone. I got a call from a friend of mine With plans to hit the town But I stayed home all on my own Underneath my own black cloud This big house seems so much colder now And it's like I don't belong Because nothing really feels right when you're gone. Sure, I've been busy Oh yeah, I've got plenty on I work until the light has died I work like nothing's wrong I keep myself occupied Hell, I even wrote this song But nothing really feels right when you're gone. It's snowing out the window It’s raining in my heart A thousand miles of land and sea Are keeping us apart I know you'll be back here With me before too long But nothing really feels right when you're gone.
12.
Oh Brother 03:06
Oh Brother, won’t you give me some good news before I loose my little mind? I’ve been sleeping oh so lightly, waiting patient all my life Now my head may burst with dark foreboding truths I am so scared, so scared, so young, so out of tune Can’t tell what is wrong or right anymore I just need to see the light that first lead me to your front door Oh Brother, won’t you give me some good news before I loose my little mind? I’ve been sleeping oh so lightly, waiting patient all my life All the white lies I have ever told They cling to the dew of your grassy fold The devil that resides in me is well aware Of my sins --- it is to him I confess this prayer Oh Brother, won’t you give me some good news before I loose my little mind? I’ve been sleeping oh so lightly, waiting patiently behind Patient all my life Patient all my life Patient all my life
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I have seen it all before In it’s deep misery Up there in the spot light Where I would never choose to be (Behold) In the city’s main square! Full of garish people in a gaudy parade (“Stop pushing the wrong way, my friend”) The theatre is still a way away The theatre is still a way away I called upon the hour glass Then I told you the end of the play A twisted, morbid epilogue Words foaming from a disused drain (Behold) In the city’s main square! Full of garish people in a gaudy parade (“Stop pushing the wrong way, my friend”) The theatre is still a way away The theatre is still a way away Back then, that was not true But it came around to be out of necessity or need I would slit his throat if he threatened me Well, stopping short of literally
15.
Spain 01:57
oft shades of gold Brown-yellow hue Cereals soak up the sun That bakes the ground through which it grew I am travelling through a countryside It is so much vaster in my mind Than the grey-green land where I reside Brown terra firma Red terracotta White-washed walls and not a soul in sight Throughout the heat of the afternoon It’s just me and you Lay me down beneath lofty poplars Where the shaded grass is cool There was a girl with long brown hair And eyes so wide in the Spanish light There we shared all our secrets And promised to keep them true Come what may, I’ll remember this day with you Brown terra firma Red terracotta White-washed walls and not a soul in sight Throughout the heat of the afternoon It’s just me and you Brown terra firma Red terracotta White-washed walls and not a soul in sight Throughout the heat of the afternoon It’s just me and you
16.
The Difference Between Love & Hades.... Six seeds of old consumed --- division of the whole. Oh behold! The underworld has gained you so your mother splits the world in two And all mankind shall share in her sorrow And all mankind shall reap in her joy And all mankind shall share in her sorrow And all mankind shall reap in her joy Why won’t you give her back, don’t tell me that I taste that bad!? Give her back because you know the rules --- there is a price on forbidden fruit. Six seeds of old consumed --- division of the whole. Oh behold! The underworld has gained you so your mother splits the world in two And all mankind shall know of the winter And all mankind shall feel the cold And all mankind shall know of the winter And all mankind shall feel the cold Why won’t you give her back, don’t tell me that I taste that bad!? Give her back because you know the rules --- there is a price on forbidden fruit. I always fall for brunettes --- Sad pomegranate soul So far I have no regrets --- Don’t want to rule on my own! Don’t want to be all alone.
17.
The Flames 02:26
The evening holds a glory light It casts firey reflections in your eyes And flickering shadows dance at the water's edge Oh, those hollow words I searched to find Only serve to scar my mind And to measure up my worth Against the forest fire And the flames burn higher And the flames burn high And the flames burn higher And the flames burn high And the flames burn higher And the flames burn high And the flames burn higher And the flames burn high I picked the wrong fruit last time Wicked magic filled my mind I need all your protection and your guile Well the firelight bends and floods my eyes Before your majesty stand I To measure up my worth Against the forest fire And the flames burn higher And the flames burn high And the flames burn higher And the flames burn high And the flames burn higher (These flames burn higher) And the flames burn high And the flames burn higher (These flames burn higher) And the flames burn high
18.
We circle high above the battlefields --- there’s tumult down below. Amid the fires and fallen friends, I can only pray for snow --- Cover up the dead and hide the words that were never heard, For those that were once children have wandered into the world Never to be seen again by those who might have cared. It’s all such a long low time ago --- you were not there. I am just a keeper of memories and times --- Boxes, photographs and things that never see sunshine. Thinking of what might have been only makes things worse --- I feel like the only static thing in the universe, Never to be free again if its true what’s been said --- Youth passed away one day but was never laid to rest.
19.
I saw a different set of doctors on the second day Their opinion was much the same --- Too much relief with too little strain And it was with me where they laid the blame But I’ve been beaten My heart aches from the treatment And I’ve been meaning to turn my life around Anyhow The hospital is comfortable with the quality of a dream The nurses here are beautiful and attend to me Well they’re all glamour models, porn princesses and fetish queens The problem is, I don’t appear to be able to leave But I’ve been beaten My heart aches from the treatment And I’ve been meaning to turn my life around Anyhow We can give you pills We can make you well We can make you feel much better Not the national health We can give you pills We can make you well We can make you feel much better Not the national hell Oh, I’ve been beaten My heart aches from the treatment And I’ve been meaning to turn my life around Anyhow Oh, I’ve been needing my diagnosis treating And I’ve been dreaming thoughts which aren’t allowed Anyhow
20.
Upheaval never was my friend --- Especially when it’s forced into my head I’ll dig my heels in so hard, I used to think I was smart Then the rains came and swept my house away Lapping around my hearth they dowse my flames No upheaval never was my friend --- Especially when it’s pushed into my head The times I’ve resisted with all my strength, Probably left me poorer in the end It seems rain will always fall upon a happy home That just seems to be the way it goes But still, upheaval never was my friend --- Never ever, ever, ever been a friend.
21.
(My corporate peers circle me in the shadows and I glimpse only their eyes. They wait for me to fall and will push where they can. They are hungry.) I can see something on the horizon --- it's been long neglected since I've been away and I can't believe your new-found doubt for me I've offered my best to keep wolves at bay Was it something I said? 'Cos that was a look and a half... (you won’t even know) Why do I feel like I’m walking wounded in the dark? (you won’t ever know) Oh I don’t know. I heard something at our last meeting whispers negative, the smouldering of hate come business warrior --- here to usurp me I’ll offer my best for the saving of face Was it something I said? 'Cos that was a look and a half... (you won’t even know) Why do I feel like I’m walking wounded in the dark? (you won’t ever know) Oh I don’t know. They wait for me to fall They wait for me to fall --- I’ll curse them all! I can see something on the horizon --- it's been long neglected since I've been away and I can't believe your new-found doubt for me I've offered my best to keep wolves at bay Was it something I said? 'Cos that was a look and a half... (you won’t even know) Why do I feel like I’m walking wounded in the dark? (you won’t ever know) Oh I don’t know.
22.
Cold December lets the moon hang low A glorious orb, leering at the world (below) I can see it through the silhouettes; The skeletal trees of Whetstone West

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This is a januty collection of remastered songs from the Silverlode back catalogue including some new versions and unreleased items. Our first collection of songs, or 'album' if you dare, was released in 2003. Ten years ago. Ten!!

So as our newest album approaches finish, we have condensed our past releases into this 'best of the early years' if you like... it includes songs from 'As It Always Has Been' (2003), 'The Big Nothing' (2005), The two eSingles 'Chilblind' and 'The Difference Between Love And Hades' (2008), the stand alone single 'La Fiesta Del Diablo' (2010), the complete fan EP 'Silverlode And His Amazing Friends' (2010) and Rob's 'Shonky Love Series, Volume I' (2011).

NB. Our 'proper' releases 'Ten Tales of Looming Darkness' (2007) and 'A Glimpse of Lightning EP' (2009) and 'Four Short and Varied Songs Regarding Money, Effort, Worth and Self EP' (2011) are still available in their original formats separate to this collection.

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released May 1, 2013

ROB ROWLEY - Vocal + Acoustic Guitars + Programming + Keyboard
SCOTT LEE CROSBY - Vocal + Bass + Piano + Harmonica + Melodia + Keyboard + Percussion
GAZ SUTCLIFFE - Vocal + Electric Guitars + Flute + Percussion
DAVE DORAN - Drums + Percussion

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ANDY POOLE - Vocal + Guitar + Keyboards on 'John Dee', 'Me & The Others', 'As It Always Has Been', 'The Flames', 'Dark Cities'.
FRAZ MARSH - Cajon on 'Spain'
THE DELICATEERS (Nic, Sharron, Esther, Kate) - Vocals on 'The Treatment'
EDEL DOHERTY & DEAN CHAPMAN - live technical assistance on 'The Difference Between Love And Hades'. Video by Edel www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8lEoX6cTc
ANDIE MILLS - video for for La Fiesta Del Diablo www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkLyItInLOk

All music by Silverlode.
All lyrics by Rob Rowley except 'The Treatment' and 'La Fiesta Del Diablo' by Rob Rowley/Scott Crosby and 'Rockerfeller Druglaw Blues' by The Felice Brothers - www.thefelicebrothers.com

All songs recorded at Grain Division Studio, Leeds.

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Silverlode Leeds, UK

Silverlode is a folksome indie rock band from Leeds.

A folk band in the broadest sense of the word; dogs of pop; self-taught musical ruffians who play to their own traditions. Reinventors of self and prone to playing their songs in a myriad of ways, join Silverlode on their mythological journey through history, future, fantasy and good times via their ever-evolving music.

DIY since 2001.
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