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Where Were We Then

by Elizabeth Cornish

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Joseph Ingram i Absolutely Love Elizabeth's Voice Its Just Mesmerising And Beautiful the whole album is Just outstanding I would Recommend it To Anyone and Everyone 🤘🔥🔥😀 Favorite track: Passing Ships.
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1.
Light 03:15
I don’t want to wait For better days Our hardships shape us Our challenges make us Now’s the time to dream Believe in love and everything in between, in between  Hold on to The light inside of you Fight back the pain It won’t always feel the same I’m not giving in To the way I’m feeling Failure won’t break us It just likes to shake us Now I’m stronger than before Can’t ignore the past But I can want for more  Hold on to The light inside of you Fight back the pain It won’t always feel the same
2.
A year has elapsed Already and I hardly saw the last I’m just a passenger Moving through indefinable days That all start and end the same  I get up and I go to bed Don’t feel like I achieve anything And I miss you It feels like days since we met We’re just passing ships in the night Just passing ships in the night  I don’t know when and I don’t know why We ever decided to put up the fight I don’t know where our quality of life lies now This is no way to live Counting the hours and counting the days Until finally we manage to escape These indefinable days That all start and end the same
3.
Blueprint 03:50
I feel thin Rolling between the sheets Of a rusty, dusty skin I’m shedding extra weight Just thinking about the pain you left Written in the blueprints Etched upon my mind Written in the unmoving, uncaring depths of time I know love is bittersweet These foundations shake beneath my feet But darling without you I feel incomplete I’m incomplete, I’m out of touch I’m incomplete, without your love  I’m an emaciated mess There’s nothing to caress I’m smothered by the covers Of your picturesque outlines How I’d like to be within your arms tonight  I know love is bittersweet These foundations shake beneath my feet But darling without you I feel incomplete I know love is bittersweet These foundations shake beneath my feet But darling without you I feel incomplete I’m incomplete, I’m out of touch I’m incomplete, without your love I’m incomplete, I’m out of touch I’m incomplete, without your love
4.
We were so young When we fell in love So naïve but right to believe Because honey you are the one The one that I love You spin my world right round You lift my feet right of the ground You make the ordinary feel less mundane You make every day special in your own way Darling I’ve known right from the start You hold the key, the key to my heart And darling I know, know you’re the one The one that I love The years have brought us closer Together we’ve grown, stronger I know Every single day and every word you say My heart stays the same This love is unwavering this love is unchanging This love is unwavering this love is unchanging This love is unwavering this love is unchanging Because honey you are the one The one that I love You spin my world right round You lift my feet right of the ground You make the ordinary feel less mundane You make every day special in your own way Darling I’ve known right from the start You hold the key, the key to my heart And darling I know, know you’re the one The one that I love
5.
Tired 03:42
I’m tired of talking All of your questions hollow me out I’m tired of thinking About all of the things that I think about now Oh where were we then? Where did it start and where did it end? Where were we then? I’m tired of listening To people saying it’ll all be ok I’m tired of hearing The same things over and over again I’m tired of the hurt I’m tired of the pain I’m tired of the hurt I’m tired of the pain Oh where were we then? Where did it start and where did it end? Where were we then?   I’m tired of the hurt I’m tired of the pain Tired of it all Tired of this game I’m tired of the hurt I’m tired of the pain
6.
A sheet of darkness crawled across the land You stepped forward like an honourable man This isn’t fate, this is disgraceful This isn’t the life that you were made for   I won’t forget you, I won’t let you go I won’t forget you, my English rogue I’ll be dancing in the shadows that you left behind I’ll be living on your memory until the end of time   I remember wedding bells and the touch of your hand Within an instant war shattered all our plans We held our heads high, took it on the chin This isn’t the world I dreamed we’d be living in   I won’t forget you, I won’t let you go I won’t forget you, my English rogue I hope you’ll be home soon sharing my warm embrace I pray to the darkness you’ll live to see my face You’re fghting for our lives, you’re fghting for our rights You’re fghting for our lives, you’re fghting for our rights   I won’t forget you, I won’t let you go I won’t forget you, my English rogue
7.
It’s easy to say that we’ll be better people some day It’s easy to believe we’ll love each other more When we’re happy, when we’re happy How I’d like to believe   We’re not perfect Let’s not pretend I am violent in my silence You are angry when you smile at me This is dangerous, I’m contagious All our anger will degrade us   This is not how I want this to end Pent up hate, carry on for the sake of it This is not how I want this to end Pent up hate, carry on for the sake of it This is not how I want this to end Pent up hate, carry on for the sake of it We must change We can’t stay the same We’re not perfect Lets not pretend I am violent in my silence You are angry when you smile at me This is dangerous I’m contagious All our anger will degrade us This is dangerous, I’m contagious All our anger will degrade us We must change
8.
Home 02:22
All I want is to be at home In your arms all alone Where the universe feels so small Inside these loving walls Every worry and every chore Can wait a minute more All I want is to be with you All alone in our living room Where all the stars look so small Because our love is so much more All I want is to be at home In your arms all alone
9.
Disappear 04:42
I feel like I might just disappear No one even seems to notice I’m here I’m not being morbid, I just call it as I see There’s no room here now for me   I cooked your dinners and I made your bed I raised your children and I praised your success I ironed your shirts whilst swallowing my regrets Without value I stand here, hollow on the inside About to disappear I feel like I could just slip away Out of the back door when no one’s looking one day Through all the commotion you’d never even know I am just a vessel, but I’m hollow I made your lunches and I rocked you to sleep I tied your shoelaces and told you the world was at your feet I made sacrifices in your best interest Without purpose I stand here, hollow on the inside About to disappear
10.
Don't Let Go 03:45
I’ve never seen you so broken to the bone  Breathing pain in and out with every breath  Like a feather being ground against a stone  Crushed by the weight of what’s left  It will get harder and the harder it gets  I will hold you closer so you don’t forget   Don’t let go  You’re the only one who knows  Don’t let go  You’re the only one who knows  I’ve never seen you so broken to the bone  Breathing pain in and out with every breath  It will get harder and the harder it gets  I will hold you closer so you don’t forget  Don’t let go  You’re the only one who knows  Don’t let go  You’re the only one who knows Don’t let go  Don’t let go  You’re the only one who knows You’re the only one who knows

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released April 27, 2018

All songs written by Elizabeth Cornish
Recorded and produced by Elizabeth Cornish and Jason Skinner in Freiburg, Germany, August - November 2017
Additional vocals and guitar recorded by John Helps in Leicester, UK, November 2017
Mixed and mastered by John Helps
Don’t Let Go recorded, produced and mixed by Jamie Ward at Seamus Wongs, Leicester, August 2015

Musicians:
Elizabeth Cornish – acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion
Jason Skinner - bass, keyboard, organs, percussion
Matthew Russell – harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Adam Wykes – drums on Don’t Let Go

Photography by Jason Skinner
Design and Layout by Elizabeth Cornish and Karina Dos Santos

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Elizabeth Cornish Munich, Germany

Elizabeth is an indie-folk singer-songwriter whose music touches upon themes of transition, growth, loss, love and introversion. Drawing inspiration from a spectrum of folk, country, pop and indie songwriters including Alanis Morissette, Laura Marling, Lucy Rose, and Jason Isbell, to name a few, her song writing is tender yet expressive, and always capable of drawing you in. ... more

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