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Meanwhile

by Isaac Gill

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André Mayo It's like some love child of The Beach Boys, The Beetles and Bob Dylan. Honest music with sincere and organic sound. Hauntingly good. Enchantingly indie. Unapologetically music from the heart that you can feel. Loved every track... hard to play favs.
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1.
Give me a canvas to paint on 
 And I'll paint a valley That looks down on the highest mountain Give me a canvas to paint on 
 And I'll paint a scene Of some people who know what I mean 
When I say

 You gotta love justice  
You gotta seek mercy  
And you gotta walk humbly with your Maker  
 Give me some parchment to write on 
 And I'll write a book only one page long  
 Give me some parchment to write on 
 And I'll tell a tale About a Man who knew what I meant 
When I said You gotta love justice 
 You gotta seek mercy 
 And you gotta walk humbly with your Maker 
2.
Take two stones and you rub them together They might break apart Before they ever make a spark   Let them go and you leave them to weather They might never get hurt But then they'll only turn to dirt   Love is not geology Even though our sentiments turn into sedimentary rock formations You don't need deep theology To understand that love's not a feeling we get it's a risk we take It shouldn't take astrology To see our starscapes span across each occular observatory   Take two stones and you rub them together At first you're not sure But then you start to feel some warmth   Just be patient and you wait for the darkness Sometimes it takes the bleakest night Before you can see the weakest light   Love is not geology Even though our sentiments turn into sedimentary rock formations You don't need deep theology To understand that love's not a feeling we get it's a risk we take It shouldn't take astrology To see our starscapes span across each personal observatory   Take two stones and you might start a fire You’ve got to stay close by Make sure she'll never expire
3.
Unveiled 03:51
Under a microscope we’ll maintain you For a tedious examination But first we’ll have to strip you completely bare After some rigorous exercise We’ll stretch you out on our table Taking samples from your skin and your vitreous humor And when we’ve finished we’ll have our answers For why you are the way you are We’ll use your remains for our glorious research We’ve been observing your sleeping patterns And monitoring your eating habits The numbers are adding up to completion The results of this study are really quite convincing We’ve unveiled you and we’ve discovered that you are indeed a- Fake Mind your manners while you’re under inspection Remember that this is scholastic If you behave we’ll publish your behavior in our journals   We’ll test your genetic makeup with our hammers We’ll chisel away at your bones We shall donate your fossils to the hope of science We’ll test your integrity with our hammers We’ll chisel away at your bones If we can’t use you we shall pass you on to our teachers To our children you’ll be a monument A wise historical figure Everything else is subject to discretion We’ve been listening to your program on the radio We’ve found it worrying and rather boring You’re far too mainstream and much too likeable For our cutting edge constituents Work on being a little more unique  And mention our products when you speak Because we’ve unveiled you and we’ve discovered that you are indeed a- Fake
4.
Hated and despised Like the stone that the builders rejected Like a wet leaf that goes undetected by the wind Beginning and the end I have dared to call you my friend I have chased you and yet I have found that I’m your prey In all of these things I have found That I’m just a breath and I’m just a sound In all of the words I waste each day May the ones that count be the words I pray Lion and the Lamb You have called yourself the “I am” You have welcomed sinners like me to the front of your line In all of these things I have found That I’m just a breath and I’m just a sound In all of the words I waste each day May the ones that count be the words I pray
5.
Do you see this yoke? It was made for two One side's for me and the other was made for you Take my yoke upon you I swear it will be light And if you get tired I'll walk you through the night Do you see this tree? It was made for me If I climb it then, I climb it 'cuz you're my friend Take my yoke upon you I swear it will be light And if you get tired I'll walk you through the night Do you see these holes? They were drilled for you One in both my hands so you will know that I am true Take my yoke upon you I swear it will be light And if you get tired I'll walk you through the night Do you see these fields? They will wait for you Every blade of grass will hang it's head with dew I'll wait for you and sing over you til you come back to me again Take my yoke upon you I swear it will be light And if you get tired I'll walk you through the night
6.
Singing through the throbbing waves Standing on her desperate rocks She’s crying to me The lonely, widowed Sea Pelicans, the diving dove Seeking out the Priceless Pearl They’re calling to me On torn and tattered wings Through the squall the Mariner’s eyes Whispering, No more compromise And he’s waiting for me The humble, friendless King I was like the raging winds Screaming from my darkest sins But he died for me The Voice of Many Seas
7.
Meanwhile 04:58
Fireflies flicker a light  So we can see the shoreline 
 And all through the night 
 The waves regale Your love song  

 Floating in the dark  
Warm summer tide embraces  
And with each hanging spark 
 Glowing bugs reveal Your traces 

 Why would I ever want to get away from You?  
I don't know. 
 Because You make all things beautiful in their time  
Meanwhile I am Yours, You are mine  

Lady bugs flitter then jolt 
 Rising to an endless ceiling 
 And like an unsteady colt 
 I stumble over life's feelings  

Bounding in my dreams  
A weightless feather ascending 
 I can't see the means 
 But I see the ending  Why would I ever want to get away from You? I don't know.  
Because You make all things beautiful in their time 
 Meanwhile I am Yours, You are mine 
8.
If a Bird 03:29
It’s illogical, But then did anything ever make much sense? You have to have an open ear To see the beauty of a mystery Unfurling before your very eyes It’ll pass you up like a bird in the sky Crackheads and preacher’s wives All must enter in through the narrow gate And someday you’ll have to make a choice And if you don’t believe then you don’t believe But if a bird could find a way To build its nest in the loneliest parts of the jungle Then you know that I would find a way to build a home inside your heart
9.
Take your fruit from any of these trees Not the one in the middle, leave that one for me But I give you the mountains, I give you the sea I give you wisdom, but I won’t give you safety I give you truth, I give you truth, I give you truth Whose faintest flicker far out-flashes the brightest flame of fantasy The best life lost is a life laid down Not to be taken like some torn wedding gown I give you my hands and I give you my feet I’ll take all your frailty but I won’t give you wings I give you truth, I give you truth, I give you truth Whose faintest flicker far out-flashes the brightest flame of fantasy But I give you the mountains, I give you the sea I give you wisdom, but I won’t give you safety I give you truth, I give you truth, I give you truth Whose faintest flicker far out-flashes the brightest flame of fantasy
10.
Made For 03:40
A busy bee went along Buzzing aloud a simple song Lonely since the day he was a larvae   Out to fly perchance to spy A certain bloom who caught his eye Could it be, oh should it be the time   You can't waste your whole life alone you know The soul wasn't meant to live without a home What's the sense in growing-up just to get old   You gotta know, You were made for, made for love You gotta know, You were made for, made for love   She could share the summer breeze And she could hum his melodies
11.
Puffy clouds made of steel When will this heart ever learn to feel I don't recall ever being just a boy Where the world was simple and all was my toy Where magnolia trees picketed the sides Of windy narrow roads that border the coast Of my dreams   Holy Bibles soaked in gin Get you drunk so the words don't get in When the lights go off in the Cities on the Hill It's not because Somebody never paid the bill You see, it's marshmallow people who really are quite evil Who just let the whole world die while they sleep 'neath the steeple And never try   Tall, warm campfire by the side of a lake I feel inspired but still think I'm a fake Out past the fog where this boat runs a'ground I hope to arrive in some peaceable town Where lazy believers awoke from their pride And narrowminded people thought about their lives Where lazy believers awoke from their pride And narrowminded people thought about their lives Before they die   I don't recall ever being just a boy When the world was simple and all was my toy Where magnolia trees picketed the sides Of windy narrow roads that border the coast Of my dreams
12.
Write a Note 04:51
Take you sailing on some golden afternoon 
We could cut the waves in a Sunfish built for two

 I'll go anywhere just as long as I'm with you
 Would you tell me darling, do you feel that way for me too? Words are cheap 
 And actions come steep 
But maybe there's something in between If you love me write a note 
(with both eyes closed) 
If you love me write a note
 (up in the sky or down in the sand below)
 Darling let me know 
If these words are so 
If you love me let it show 
If you love me write a note Take you boating on some cloudy afternoon
 We could course the waters in a tiny, tin canoe 

I've been waiting on you for so very long 
I've only got one heart and you know it's not that strong If you love me write a note
 (with both eyes closed) 
If you love me write a note
 (up in the sky or down in the sand below)
 Darling let me know 
If these words are so
 If you love me let it show 
If you love me write a note

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This album was thoughtfully and serendipitously recorded in a quaint apartment in Norfolk, Virginia.

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released June 4, 2012

recorded by Carter Mahnke
mixed, mastered, and produced by Carter Mahnke and Isaac Gill

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Isaac Gill Nashville, Tennessee

Eclectic, earthy, and quirky, Isaac Gill combines elements of Americana folk, indie rock, and bossa nova jazz and evokes varicolored and imaginative storytelling.

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