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Summer Moons

by Brendan Scott Friel

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1.
Summer Moons 01:23
"I hope tonight's the night I find you" I call out into the dark And if I sing this right maybe you'll love me too We'll be together underneath these summer moons I hear your voice but I can't find you Did I pass you in the dark? While the goldenrod and the Asters bloom I'll keep searching underneath these summer moons I'll keep searching underneath these summer moons
2.
All In 03:14
I feel that sting, it's vaguely familiar Like a childhood dream all feelings and colours I swear that I've seen those eyes It feels like a thousand times Oh no here I go again I'm already all in I'm already all in I watch you say your name, you have to repeat it And I look away, I can't let you see it But you've got a hold on me You've got a hold on me Oh no, here I go again I'm already all in I'm already all in But it's gonna hurt if I lose you like the rest And I'll be cursing this night that we met And I'll be telling my friends all about how I could swear this was it Oh no, here I go again I'm already all in I'm already all in And I'm already yours
3.
The summer that I was gone It was still early on I called you every night You were putting the blonde in your hair I was singing my songs You tried so hard to care It was easier to be incomplete When your missing piece was never me So you drowned your stars In city lights You hid your scars with tattoos and red wine When I think back on the girls I knew No one could fake a smile quite like you You moved out in fall The house had grown small When your dad met his new wife You put your posters away while you cried The tape peeled the paint You left us all behind It was easier to be incomplete When your missing piece isn’t what they want to see Beautiful, it’s not your fault You only showed what you thought I’d (we’d) want to see I know it now but it took too long It was her you wanted all along But your parents want their baby The wedding from their magazines To fix their broken family So you drown your stars in city lights You hide your scars with tattoos and red wine When I think back on the girls I knew No one could fake a smile quite like you But they didn’t have to
4.
Lorelai 03:13
Put on my coat to face the night Tell whoever’s not here that I say goodbye Pay what I owe for these sins of mine And Look round this room one last time look round this room one last time Through the smoke, she found me Her dark eyes were too lovely Her kiss stopped the hurting Take me home Lorelai You can have yourselves another drink Cheers to who I used to be Her siren’s song is calling Take me home Lorelai It’s time to put my soul to bed I’ve got two sore feet and an aching head “South Detroit” they were screaming it And I never want to hear that song again I never want to hear that song again So When you see her dance in the campfire light When the buzz in your head is singing just right When you’re brave enough to meet her eyes Oh brother my brother it’ll be alright Ya brother my brother it’ll be alright
5.
Shadows 03:48
I went walking with the night trying to find the day Put the garbage to the curbside But the the tide was still awake And the wind played with the waves Like I played with your hair Was I happy then? Were we almost there? Oh, what can I do? Oh, every song just feels like you Oh, what can I do? In a room stained with shadows and memories of you Taste the salt in the ocean, tast the salts on your skin Muggy kiss on your doorsteap That night you let me in So we slept with the windows open And your head on my chest Can I live in this moment? Can I burn all the rest? Oh, what can I do? Oh, every song just feels like you Oh, what can I do? With all of these shadows, and memories of you Oh, I can’t help but think Of his lips on your skin and it’s killing me Oh, what can I do? With all of these shadows…
6.
(06.18.20) 00:48
7.
He sits up in bed, lays a kiss on her head Barefoot to the boards that don’t squeak It’s a practiced routine that she’s never seen ‘Cos when she’s awake it’s so hard to leave Dry toast and dry eyes, instant coffee because it’s quiet Marked shirt smells like metal and paint His lunchbox in hand, his retirement plan Held like prayer as he drives away Now she’s going to bed, he not home yet Working doubles, building cars Says it’s her that he’s missing, to close her eyes and start drifting And she’ll wake to his kiss in the dark They creep past his room, he’ll be getting up soon Quiet like church when they play He’ll grab them from school when he’s off afternoons But he’s scared that they won’t recognize him awake That they won’t recognize him awake So he tells his youngest boy That he worked so that he’ll have the choice And he begs him when that time comes Not to do it like his daddy’s done But now she’s going to bed, I’m on the road again I’ll call her while I gas up the car To say it’s her that I”m missing, to close her eyes and start drifting And she’ll wake to my kiss in the dark
8.
Time just keeps going now I wish I could slow her down We dance for a while but she always leads Tinsled Decembers, I can barely remember Yellowed and faded like old magazines Ghosts on the clothesline won't you come back To haunting my head while I'm trying to dream When you were here I could still feel that fear And the hope that the morning would come set me free Won't you come back now and scare me to sleep? There were times that the water Would make me feel smaller Now I feel nothing while I drown in the sea Now I see just what you are Sheets blown by wind in the yard But it's worse here alone Alone with the dark So won't you come back now? So won't you come back now?
9.
Run 03:29
Feels like I’m running to prove my legs can still move what if I’m just chasing these ghosts because it’s something to do? Will it ever feel like enough? Will I make up my mind? Maybe I’m just running And I don’t need a finish line I sang your favourite song, you said the words weren’t right That’s when I knew that I’d love you for the rest of my life So we bought a little house now And we’re doing just fine So why are we still running dear? What are we trying to find? So lets (just) keep on running while our legs can still move Maybe we’re happiest when there’s still more to do It may never be enough But darling that’s alright As long as I’m running with you by my side
10.
Babe are you awake? Since you are now, hear me out Because my mind’s in one hell of race Why don’t we go out back with some wine and relax Like we used to When I first met you love And I’ve been thinking of The way that you kiss when we’ve been drinking, love darling lets go The stars hang like mistletoe And summer fades fast while we dance so slow To a song in my head, your head on my chest, wet grass beneath our toes Under cheap string lights I’ll hold you close Don’t go back to sleep all of these crickets sing the most beautiful songs Don’t you think? I see you smile a bit, we can both call in sick in the morning Lets go exploring my love And I’ve been thinking of How we spend too much time thinking love Darling lets go The stars hang like mistletoe And summer fades fast while we dance so slow To a song in your head, my head on your chest Wet grass beneath our toes Under cheap string lights I’ll hold you close

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released April 23, 2021

All music and lyrics written by Brendan Scott Friel / Produced by James Bunton / Mixed and engineered by James Bunton / Mastered by Heather Kirby @ Dreamlands Mastering / Recorded at Union Sound & Fourth Day Studios.

Brendan Scott Friel : Vocals / Guitar / Banjo / Bass (A Kiss in the Dark)
Bradley Merryfield : Bass
James Bunton : Drums / Synth / Ornamentation
Robbie Grunwald : Piano
Drew Jurreka: Strings (Run)
John Kosty: Cello
Olivia Seal : Violin
BG Vocals : Justin Zuccato , Brad Mailloux, Dan Boutet, James Bunton

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Brendan Scott Friel Windsor, Ontario

Brendan Scott Friel is a solo acoustic singer songwriter from Windsor, Ontario Canada. Raised on Celtic folk and classic songwriters like James Taylor and Bruce Springsteen, his love to storytelling through song can be seen throughout his work.

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