Micah’s fourth CD was recorded, mixed, and mastered on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, in 2024.
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Watch the videos for “Colour Wheel” and “Everywhere I Look”.
Album notes:
All songs written, produced, recorded, and mastered in 2024 by Micah Gilbert, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Copyright © Micah Gilbert. All rights reserved.
Micah Gilbert – Vocals and instruments (acoustic and electric guitars; piano and keys; bass; drums; percussion; other misc).
Kevyn Smith – Joining me on electric guitar on “Ordinary Day”.
The Lyrics:
Colour Wheel
Another time that you don’t recognize again
You’ll come around, someone said to you today
You’re on different ground
You had your way, then you lost your way around
Your up is down, but up is coming round again
Always comes and goes
We’re different shades on the colour wheel
We’re different shapes that we made so real
And if we’re stuck inside the way we feel
We’ll come around again
The simple truth is never simple anymore
You’re underground and coming up for air
It can’t be found
And so you’re lost, but did you ever know the way
We can’t believe what we cannot see today
Around the curve
We’re different shades on the colour wheel
We’re different shapes that we made so real
And if we’re stuck inside the way we feel
We’ll come around again
If you knew before
What you know
Would you walk
Through the same old doors
We’re different shades on the colour wheel
We’re different shapes that we made so real
And if we’re stuck inside the way we feel
We’ll come around again
Everywhere I Look
A gate left hanging on a rusty hinge
A broken step up to a porch
Ice on the ground and wind chills the air
And everywhere I look you’re there
Everywhere I look you’re there
An empty chair below a window frame
Surrendered to the broken panes
Ice on the ground and wind chills the air
And everywhere I look you’re there
Everywhere I look you’re there
Who comes this way
In the rusted light of dawn
The trellised roses are gone
Too long forgotten
They can’t be saved
Shall we return to seek the flowers’ scent
The garden of forgotten names
Ice on the ground and wind chills the air
And everywhere I look you’re there
Everywhere I look you’re there
Never See the End
As I took the way ahead
I came upon a wall
And a stranger there who said
Seems you had a fall
You’re not to look ahead
Neither behind instead
You’re on another crooked bend
You’ll never see the end
As he said the words to me
He caught me with a gaze
You can get here easily
And pointed to the maze
You’re not to look ahead
Neither behind instead
You’re on another crooked bend
You’ll never see the end
The secret he shared with me
To save my suspense
The secret you want to hear
Is not the same
As the secret you might get
The night began to sing
The wind to blow
And I heard a whispering
Saying what I know
You’re not to look ahead
Neither behind instead
You’re on another crooked bend
You’ll never see the end
You’re not to look ahead
Neither behind instead
You’re on another crooked bend
You’ll never see the end
Never see the end
Ordinary Day
A word like a passing thought in a fleeting time
Is floating between the lines that we’ve read
And all that has passed between us
And all that is here comes into play
Another ordinary, not very ordinary day
We’re not a world apart
We’re not that far away
The surfaces don’t touch
On the wheel of changes
Changes
Changes
I thought that I heard you speaking in a dream I had
I thought that I heard the words that you said
Through all that has passed between us
Through all that is here I heard you say
Another ordinary, not very ordinary day
We’re not a world apart
We’re not that far away
The surfaces don’t touch
On the wheel of changes
Changes
Changes
A word like a passing thought in a fleeting time
Is floating between the lines that we’ve read
And all that has passed between us
And all that is here comes into play
Another ordinary, not very ordinary day
Another ordinary, not very ordinary day
Stuck Instead
You recognize betrayal
But you can’t leave it left for dead
You’re stuck instead
Don’t look so surprised
You didn’t see the signs
They were hidden well
Behind a crooked smile
Waiting all the time
You hear that same old story
And you can’t get it from your head
You’re stuck instead
You couldn’t see it from the very start
That some would get to you
And try so hard to take your world apart
Don’t look so surprised
You didn’t see the signs
They were hidden well
Behind a crooked smile
Waiting all the time
It’s not ordinary
That you can find yourself misled
You’re stuck instead
Tearing at the thread
Of what was said
Can’t get ahead
While you’re stuck instead
Out of the Blue
I watch the river as it flows
I like a story with no ending
I heard a whisper in the wind
I like the message it was sending
I feel the motion
I like the movement
I like the change
From out of the blue
This unbroken dance
This moment of chance
To get back to you
As I lay down to watch the stars
I felt the earth beneath me shake
And I was caught up in its wave
And then released upon its wake
I feel the motion
I like the movement
I like the change
From out of the blue
This unbroken dance
This moment of chance
To get back to you
Above the far horizon
Across unbroken skyline
Silence feels like thunder
The weight of timelessness
I saw a star fall from the sky
I felt the wind upon my face
And as I watched the evening fade
I saw the morning take its place
I feel the motion
I like the movement
I like the change
From out of the blue
This unbroken dance
This moment of chance
To get back to you
Don’t Hide Away
Too soon to believe it’s over
Too late to be second guessing
One way or another’s going
Don’t hide away
Another break above the cloud
Another day comes around
Too long you’ve been waiting lonely
Too sad you’ve been thinking only
One way or another’s flowing
Don’t hide away
And in a time, another place
I saw you wear a different face
Follow on again
You won’t fall away
What you’ve come to know
Will not begin to fade
Another break above the cloud
Another day comes around
Too soon to be only hoping
Too long now you’ve seen this day
One way or another’s showing
Don’t hide away
Too long you’ve been waiting lonely
Too long you’ve been thinking only
One way or another’s flowing
Don’t hide away
Don’t hide away
Water Boy
The water boy was looking in his pail
It was empty still the rain had failed
The old man here he gave him sound advice
The morning looks to be as cold as ice
The sun is surely peeking through the trees
And last night I had fallen to my knees
The moment we began to settle down
We felt that we were falling to the ground
A woman here had told me once or twice
The plans you make can make you pay the price
The sun is surely peeking through the trees
And last night I had fallen to my knees
Fortunes found and lost are not of our concern
We step into our time, waiting for our turn
The water boy is waiting for the rain
He tilts the pail up to the sun again
An old man he did give us good advice
He said he saw a way to thaw the ice
The sun is surely peeking through the trees
And last night I had fallen to my knees
Skies of Tangerine
While the dogs watch dogs on the television
And the cats gaze out at the moon
The man next door dreams of x-ray vision
While he keeps inside his room
The streetlights here are illuminating
And they tell too much of the tale
The dark of night must be over-rated
Since these lights have cast their spell
Under skies of tangerine
Nothing’s just the way it seems
A camera focused through a lens
Keeps the rough from getting in
Cats jumped up at the cats that were jumping
While the dogs all bayed at the moon
And the man next door turned the TV channel
Over to the news
This is the fabric pulled at the seams
Waiting for the needle and thread
But the needle went missing in the haystack
So we used a nail instead
Under skies of tangerine
Nothing’s just the way it seems
A camera focused through a lens
Keeps the rough from getting in
This is a merry-go-round
I’m getting off when I can’t go round no more
I can’t go round
I can’t go round
I can’t go round no more
Under skies of tangerine
Nothing’s just the way it seems
A camera focused through a lens
Keeps the rough from getting in
Under skies of tangerine
Nothing’s just the way it seems
A camera focused through a lens
Keeps the rough from getting in
One Day
One day
I saw you walking your way
You left behind the somedays
You used to wear your heart out on your sleeve
Never thinking what that heart would need
Never knowing what you might begin to be
I used to see you as you watched the world go round
Before your falling stars came crashing to the ground
One day
I saw you walking your way
You left behind the somedays
Looking for a way to set things right
Searching for the day to catch the light
Watching for the falling of the dark of night
I used to see you as you watched the world go round
Before your falling stars came crashing to the ground
Lay your head upon
Those pieces of the sky
Build your house above
The world you left behind
One day
I saw you walking your way
You left behind the somedays
You used to wear your heart out on your sleeve
Never thinking what that heart would need
Never knowing what you might begin to be
One day
One day