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Here or There

by Chris Ebin Halkyard

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1.
The Closest 03:52
Your eyes look up to heaven After you've fallen to the ground I can't give you what you're after It's time you looked for yourself Between these two gates we wander Thinking we rule our own I'm surrounded by my closest But I've never felt more alone So I wait for you to come back And I pray from my heart for something But there's no release And there's no reprieve Till daylight sees us drown in seasons So I count my heart deceived And I'm trying hard to see My fading guiding light And the stars have all long since gone Living in washed-out monochrome Take the hit, watch the fall Now I'm alone So sick and broken Nothing's as good as it seems Breathing, choking All I have is me Some may say that it's too late To keep on tempting Lady Fate But with nowhere else to turn And with nothing left to burn Nobody could call me wrong Your eyes look up to heaven After you've fallen to the ground I can't give you what you're after It's time you looked for yourself Between these two gates we wander Thinking we rule our own I'm surrounded by my closest But I've never felt more alone
2.
Door Closed 03:45
I'm stepping light and slow Through a fast-paced town Trying not to get my hopes up Cos they always get shot down You left me standing at the corner In the hope I'd see your face I know it's been a while I still find myself in this place I hope you fall right back Help me out a little I'm slipping through the cracks Should have taken less Could have given more The chance is gone with a click And shut of the door Memories creep like shadows Projected on the wall Of clouded days in sorrow Lit by the faces I once saw Everything you said to me Held closely from afar They're only words you didn't mean Whispered softly to the stars I hope you fall right back Help me out a little I'm slipping through the cracks Should have taken less Could have given more The chance is gone with a click And shut of the door There's a ghost who haunts my head And she looks a lot like you She smiles from a distance In the hope it'll see me through But I can't seem to escape She steps in and clouds my view I wish things didn't work out The only way they ever do I hope you fall right back Help me out a little I'm slipping through the cracks Should have taken less Could have given more The chance is gone with a click And shut of the door
3.
Lay Down 03:53
One day I'll die in a place that never knew my name A mourning ghost with no face to tie to my shame Disconnected, left repentant, a victim of life and love and blame Lost chances and second glances, still it ends all the same Still it ends So lay down by my bones Lay down by my bones Not every thorn has a rose to call its scarlet sideling But many a cloud hangs over without the promised silver lining This my ghost will sing at my empty funeral Burn my shadow down, leave no trace at all So lay down by my bones Lay down by my bones Lay down by my bones Lay down by my bones Arms outstretched now in the black I'm trying to find how to come back I know I've been gone a while And though I'm not the man you love I'm praying to the Lord above One day I might see you smile Arms outstretched now in the black I'm trying to find how to come back I know I've been gone a while And though I'm not the man you love I'm praying to the Lord above One day I might see you smile So lay down, lay down, lay down alone So lay down, lay me down, now I'm just dust and bones
4.
Montreal 01:26
5.
Hold 04:05
Lord, look down over me So you say, do you mean? Eyes look up, eyes that plead Soul unsaved left to dream Then we collide and hope shines a light But it's far too bright to be mine Further I slide, further from the right But I hold and wait for a sign To you I ask When all is futures past Everything we had Cut like shards of glass Then we collide and hope shines a light But it's far too bright to be mine Further I slide, further from the right But I hold and wait for a sign Still I wait, still I hold To be sure I know Fading faith, getting cold You know I need to be shown Still I wait, still I hold To be sure I know Fading faith, getting cold You know I need to be shown You know I need to be shown
6.
If I Left 04:20
Daylight ebbs and flows Who am I to know where it goes? I'm crawling my way back home I found myself, but I was alone And it's high time that I learned To accept my own reflection Every leap of faith I take Leads me in the wrong direction Who decides a twist of fate? Who divides the lines we make? Either too little or too late No time I at all or forced to wait I know I'm burning slow But I dare not turn to face the scene So I'll dig now a deeper hole Hide my face in the spaces in between And it's high time that I learned To accept my own reflection Every leap of faith I take Leads me in the wrong direction Who decides a twist of fate? Who divides the lines we make? Either too little or too late No time at all or forced to wait Should I take this chance to hold your hand? Do you know where I stand? Would you know if I left? Should I take this chance to hold your hand? Do you know where I am? Would you know if I left?
7.
Fate Run 04:22
I've burned every bridge As soon as I've crossed Cut off all ties But you know that ain't no loss Never know who's catching up to you I won't bury the hatchet I'll keep singing the blues I count my life of blessings On the fingers of one hand Cast off hopes of days gone by Like ashes in the sand Silver tongues and their piercing eyes Turn my coat to the wind But it's not much of a disguise All I've got to hold on to All that I once thought was true Here it comes The fate I run from All that I am Is too late to count on Tonight is my fate run
8.
Haven't you felt use dividing? Don't you know how this ends? Brittle and bitter, backsliding Too much at stake to stay friends You'll never know Till there's dust on my bones How much you meant to me You'll never know Till there's dust on my bones How much you meant to me Could you pull on that rope Just a little more? Lift me up, let my feet sway above the floorboards God only knows where I'll go tonight Devil casts his dice to cast out my light You'll never know Till there's dust on my bones How much you meant to me You'll never know Till there's dust on my bones How much you meant to me Oh I know where I'm going now Tonight I'm too blind to crawl my way out Could you pull on that rope Just a little more? Lift me up, let my feet sway above the floorboards God only knows where I'll go tonight Devil casts his dice to cast out my light Cast out my light

about

My first album, written between Auckland and Montreal over a few years, and recorded at Depot Sound studio in Devonport.

credits

released July 14, 2014

Guitars/vocals: Chris Ebin Halkyard
Cello (Track 5): Elise Brinkman

Recording/editing: Jess Haugh (Depot Sound
Artwork: Elliot Ferguson

Special thanks to Luke Thornborough, Chesney McDonald, Reggie Gregory-Allen, Lisa Fothergill, Arielle Sullivan, WildBoy Productions

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Chris Ebin Halkyard Auckland, New Zealand

Just a grumpy guy with an old acoustic guitar, singing grumpy songs. After a lot of work and whisky, my first EP 'Here or There' is finally finished, and here it is for your listening pleasure!

You can also hear me out here: www.youtube.com/user/EbinHasGuitar
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