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Signal Fires

by Marty O'Reilly

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1.
Signal Fires 02:52
Signal Fires When the sun is buried again My thoughts, like moths, are drawn into my heart By the lantern that you left there. My celestial guide, darling, I hear you from afar. The notes of love you’ve hidden along my path: All made of stars These signal fires These signal fires. Your love is burning like the pyre Burning like the pyre All made of stars These signal fires These signal fire Their semblance on the black surface of the water. My darling Where would I be without you? I’d waste years trying to find myself upon a map. All made of stars These signal fires These signal fires. Your love is burning like the pyre Burning like the pyre All made of stars These signal fires These signal fires.
2.
Sleeptalking 03:19
Sleeptalking Keep talking, I’m listening like a deer caught in your brights (so this is where they go on the highways at night; So far from the body So near danger and the mundane Floating like the low lying clouds Just above the terrain. I know I should float back down But the truth is that I can’t complain. Lately I’ve been sleep talking with a stranger on the phone Late night, sipping something stiff, trying to hum the dial tone. Baby it’s easy when you’re not the only one Baby it’s easy To never get anything done I just can’t can’t shake it The feeling when I get home All day I’ve been so lonely Now I’m finally alone. We’ll never admit it But maybe I’m a lot like you: We’re just a couple of aliens Undercover, with nothing to do. People that make me feel human Are so very far and so few. Lately I’ve been sleep talking with a stranger on the phone Late night, sipping something stiff, trying to hum the dial tone. Baby it’s easy when you’re not the only one Baby it’s easy To never get anything done.
3.
Stop Motion 03:43
Stop Motion Who were we so reckless Winged in our youthful hours? Stop motion stars across the night. Who were we so self assured? Captains in our bottled ships With gullible hearts Leaning toward the light. Honey Are we still the young ones that we used to know? So careless Careless with love all of those years ago. I think I lost something that I won’t get back Maybe I’m better off without it Looking back. Honey, will you be my host when I come home again? Walk me through that golden gate I’ve always known again? Sit with me and remember what I has always been Where we started from Started from. Year after year I think I got it all figured out Year after year I think I got it all figured out. Honey Are we still the young ones that we used to know? So careless Careless with love all of those years ago. I think I lost something that I won’t get back Maybe I’m better off without it Looking back. Maybe I’m better off without it Looking back.
4.
Alexandria 04:02
Alexandria This I’ve learned so this I’ll tender: Memories go When not remembered. So amidst the chatter And shuffling feet My thoughts calm and take their seats The lights dim In my mind- the theater Curtains draw as you draw nearer Each step makes the image clearer Each step makes the image clearer… This silent wood This glowing snow We’re alone now Nagano If I don’t return Here to visit you Just because the world is turning I can’t keep the memories that I’ve earned Can’t keep Alexandria, Can’t keep Alexandria from burning. This silent wood This glowing snow We’re alone now Nagano. Can’t keep Alexandria Can’t keep Alexandria Can’t keep Alexandria from burning...
5.
With Me When I’m Gone If the flowers in the window Catch the light but still need more Because the sun is passing faster Than the doctors by the door Let me take that with me With me when I’m gone Let me take that with me With me when I’m gone Won’t you tell me about the hours Like they were breathing soft and low? Bring the day safe to me in your arms Like a child that won’t let go Let me take that with me With me when I’m gone Let me take that with me With me when I’m gone If my memories are fleeting Like dreams that only linger As long as I hold on Won’t you put them down on paper So I don’t take them with me when I’m gone? Let me take that with me With me when I’m gone Let me take that with me With me when I’m gone
6.
Interlude 01:54
7.
Ketchikan 03:16
Ketchikan Most things that I know I don’t know what they mean- There’s just a grey sky and a wet forest, And a shelter, warm as its color Like a tangerine “What’s the future like?” People ask you “It’s like the colors of the houses in Ketchikan, Alaska” Most things that I know I don’t know what they mean Sometimes you just trust it You trust what you feel Dream a future That won’t happen Trust it to be real To be real I have all that I need But what I want most is to see your reflection in a triangle window on the Big Sur Coast. I’d have to look back on a very different life to have arrived there. Sometimes you just trust it You trust what you feel Dream a future That may not happen Trust it to be real Sometimes you just trust it You trust what you feel Dream a future That may not happen Trust it to be real To be real.
8.
Lighthouse 04:01
Lighthouse (lyrics by Blind Willie Johnson) I don’t got religion, And I ain’t ashamed- Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me, Let it shine on me, Let it shine on me, Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me All the angels up in heaven, They have called my name Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me, Let it shine on me, Let it shine on me, Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me I don’t got religion, And I ain’t ashamed- Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me, Let it shine on me, Let it shine on me, Let your light from the lighthouse shine on me
9.
Secret Song 04:29
Secret Song I’m still with you Even now I’m still with you Even now Still as the gust plucks at the older bough, Still as an hour, breached by the world, will allow. Taken by the wind Lost in the undertow Somehow you know Somehow you know. You move to a different city I move to a different room You move to a different city I move to a different room But our bedroom lights still dictate the hue Even here—out here—with all of these headlights retreating Somewhere it’s just evening There’s no care that the day needs There’s no care that the day needs Somehow you… Somehow you know There’s no care that the day needs Somehow you know.
10.
Jonestown 05:14
Jonestown Keep your ears close And hear past the commotion Past all the history and the hiss of the tape As you draw closer, like images in the fog These voices and sounds begin to take shape In Jonestown. How far am I from? Witness the happenings We never thought would happen Permit the words that we thought we would not say These places- how will we ever get back again? Decades to forget what arrived in just days In Jonestown How far am I from? You just need someone To make sense of this madness You just need someone To make it a story that you can believe Forget the facts, and hand you an atlas You’ll follow their story wherever it leads Wherever it leads Wherever it leads Jonestown How far am I from? how far am I from? Keep your ears close And hear past the commotion Past all the history and the hiss of the tape As you draw closer, like images in the fog These voices and sounds begin to take shape In Jonestown. How far am I from?

credits

released October 15, 2021

Marty O'Reilly | Guitar & Vocals
Matt Goff | Drums, Percussion, Visuals
Ben Berry | Upright Bass & Guitar
Chris Lynch | Upright Piano & Keys, Violin, Banjolin, Synths

Kelly Koval | Backing Vocals on Sleeptalking

Recorded at Panoramic Studios in Stinson Beach

All songs written, arranged, and produced by
Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra
(except the lyrics to "Lighthouse" - Blind Willie Johnson)

Engineered by Scott "Iceberg" McDowell
except for Signal Fires, engineered by Cian Riordan
Additional engineering by Chris Lynch and Cian Riordan

Signal Fires, Stop Motion, Sleeptalking, Alexandria, With Me When I'm Gone, Jonestown mixed by Cian Riordan

Interlude, Ketchikan, and Secret Song mixed by Scott McDowell

Mastered by Chris Gehringer

Album art & layout by Matt Goff

Special thanks to Natasha Smirnoff

This album is dedicated to the memory of Bob O'Connell

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