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On the Ghostline, with Hands of Lightning

by Halfway

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1.
Ghostline 04:23
I wanted you to know This world’s no good for us Come on I’ ll make it clear Hey enough’s enough Yeah things got out of hand We’ ll need a little time The position is clear Things are not alright And I follow, you down Lost lying All alone, around Maybe believing There’s some empathy, in our lives We deserve a little luck We could use the extra run Lost and on - the Ghostline Hey I wanted you to know We don’t understand I’ll go get the car Lets elope again We lost a little time Things didn’t go to plan The words are from a song I can hear the band And I follow, you down Lost lying All alone, around Maybe believing There’s some empathy in our lives We deserve a little luck We could use the extra run Lost and on - the Ghostline Falling for you and I Falling for you and I Falling for you and I Falling for you.... and I Ghostline Ghostline Ghostline Ghostline Ghostline Ghostline
2.
Northerly 03:36
Eastern lights, these are eastern lights TT652 , is home to you Eastern lights, these are eastern lights A northerly will bring, you back to me Eastern lights, these are eastern lights AM, 3.45 Gate 9 Eastern lights, these are eastern lights A Northerly will bring, you back to me Begin, begin, begin, again There is no love And there is certainly, no end And tell me now, do you remember me? The magnificent defeat Tell those bones To bring you home And lay you next to me Eastern lights, Eastern lights These are eastern lights (eastern lights) Eastern lights, Eastern lights These are eastern lights, These are eastern lights, These are eastern lights, These are eastern, eastern, eastern lights
3.
1994 03:52
Back in 1994 I just loved you more Back when we were arse out poor I just loved you more - she said In the long grass, it was just us In the warm night, take me home alright Any way now, you can say now In the park light, we can dream tonight Under the fingernail moon And Passion Pop light She said these are ways to burn This is ours tonight Back on that long distance call She said ‘I fell love’ As for 1994 I don’ t remember much more But she said In the long grass, it was just us In the warm night, take me home alright Any way now, you can say now Any old lie, I believe tonight And as the fingernail moon Crashed through Passion Pop light She said these are ways to burn And this is ours tonight To the Gods of Jardine Park We toast the sky tonight We wait for your return Just send us a sign Tonight, Tonight, Tonight Tonight, tonight, tonight, Tonight, Tonight Tonight, tonight, tonight.
4.
By How Far 05:27
Effortless and hopeless, In the same breath You and I , we’re on side I dont know, I don’t see the end of it But we’ ll find a way, you and I Oh come on love I see something You just let them know, one more time Even though, we stay in it Love like ours, it comes so hard All I know, is we can’t win for losing And we'll need to know, by how far Sure we can, we look for a solution Some regional, memorial, respite One thing for sure, There’s no sign of anyone But we’ ll go again, you and I Oh come on love I see through it You just let them know, one more time Even though, we stay in it Love like ours, it comes so hard All I know, is we’re behind some margin And I need to know, by how far Here we go, one more time with feeling In a future past, underlined You just say it’s so You know I’ ll start believing Just a dream apart, you and I Oh come on love, I see sunsets You just let them know, one more time Even though, we stay in it Love like ours, it comes so hard All I know, is we can’t win for losing And we’ re gonna need to know, by how far Falling around Falling around Falling around, around, around
5.
Central H 03:50
Lover, please come over Here without a sound We’ll think I’ll brighten up the corners Central Hotel bound She said I do not believe it Is that your third? Number 4 for Georgie Moore Here’s what I heard She said the heart is a hunter and it runs Is this the part, where we start Giving up All the love inside of us, every sound Have one more for what’s in store Loves lost and found She said I do not believe it , not a word but you can always try you luck with Some other Koongal girl She said the heart, is a hunter, and it runs Is this the part, where we start, Giving up Who knew the ground would be so hard Who knew the ground would be so hard And let the night come to you There will always be those Who say that they know A kid who used to carry 'the harp' At Callaghan Park You remember who you are Not anyone can be A man who rode a horse into a bar In 1970 - 1970 - 1970 - 1970 She said the heart is a hunter, and it runs Is this the part, where we start Giving up Who knew the ground would be so hard Who knew the ground would be so hard 1970 - 1970 - 1970 - 1970 Went so hard, my heart would break, I know that was my first mistake, I know Went so hard, my heart would break,
6.
Hey I saw you, in the corner The blue dress it was on We can always, wait for someday Someday later on And I know our, conversation As mundane as it was Well I felt a, little better To know your light was on Hey we tried to, comprehend it And found sof t ground again We were always, set for one way But some things don’ t go plan And I do no even Try to understand You just sing the song I’ll work out what I can What I can As the sun came, with the morning And cue our time to leave Like Red Canna, I remember You love, Georgia O’ Keefe And I do not even Try to understand You just sing the song I’ll work out what I can What I can Golden fields of, converstation Left us here at, Windsor Station Lead us to our dreams she said Oh, lead us to our dreams To our dreams In my garden I, see you In my garden I, see you In my garden I, see you In my garden I, see you And you’ ll see it too, and you’ ll see it too
7.
Black Kites 03:34
Two black kites, circle round, through the quiet sky Well you know that we, will always, believe They carve a line, in the pale, blue, nervous light Well you know the song, it’s one that we, can sing As the night, bends and winds, past the Berimah Line Can you please just play, the tape again, for me Come on love, we can't lose Shine like the Silver Jews We wait, for rain Mackeral skies, guide the way, through, the chanelled light Our departure time, 1.45 , tonight And as the dry, rolls away, still our love will stay Can you please just play, the tape again, for me Come on love, we can't lose Shine like the Silver Jews We wait, for rain She said there’s nothing out there Just the sunlight, in your eyes All this way together Come on, you and I Sure we’ re sorry now But we’re alright All this way together Hey now, you and I Come on love, we can't lose Clyde Bramley’s silver boots Will take, us away Come on love, we can't lose Carson McCullers She will hear, god today Let your love lie lost, and incomplete It’s music to me
8.
For A Place 05:22
Oh love, I fear the end now You know the whole things Coming down Yeah we know now Hey yeah, we had some bad luck I wish we’d had that For a place It was ours any way Even though we never Hit the heights,I thought we’d reach Any way that means nothing to me I’ll have it for a place The harbour lights, have left us Somehow we let them Slip away To sea again The scorecards are unanimous Just like in Ali / Norton 3 ‘The Black Hercules’ Even though we never Hit the heights, I thought we’d reach Any way that means nothing to me And when you hit those highs boy Let them know, know you’re alive Do it like you planned it You dont understand You’ re alive, alive, alive I’ ll have it for a place Even though we never Hit the heights, I thought we’d reach In the end that means nothing, to me In the end that means nothing, to me In the end that means nothing, to me I’ ll have it for a place IN THE END - IN THE END - IN THE END Tonight I see myself, I dream
9.
Motorcade 03:23
As we pulled into the motorcade She said turn your light s on babe You know what to do And sure we didn’t talk much more These things roll back into shore One into two But we rode in, seperate cars Oh, it was better for the both of us In spite of, what we knew You knew I’d always Wait to you An interview on the Rocky mall Some Youtube shit, from ‘94 I prayed he’d talk to you He walked to Lyndon’s Hair Salon Somehow that day now you weren’t on Just a word would do But he only, walked on by Oh, you know I would never lie In spite of, what we knew You know that I’d always Wait for you As the day for us, began to fade The procession it just rolled away From the rear view And we rode in seperate cars Oh, it was better for the both of us In spite of, what we knew Well you knew I’d always Wait for you As we pulled out of the motorcade She said turn your light s off babe You know what to do
10.
I waited to see you Said my loves a lie There’s no way to be true Come on, you’ re alright She said, you’ re not around When I need you most There’s no love, no love, no love And the world came crashing to you Just like any other day Well the words came out And yeah, you got nothing to say All hail to you, well did you Ever see so much, unhappiness That it would come to you And we saw ourselves, in light of it Left us in a lie, we don’t see, the end of it We left our dreams alone, on the line I waited to see you Hey I need you now Yeah the sun it could break through There’s no use, for it now You said, you’ re not around Hey enough’s enough There’s no love, no love, no love And the world came crashing to you Just like any, other day Fuck the words came out And yeah, you got nothing to say All hail to you, well did you, Ever see so much unhappiness Love will come to you And we caught ourselves, in spite of it Left us in a lie, we dont see the end of it Fear, loss, alone, on the line Hey we leave our dreams on the Sunlander tonight Hey we leave our dreams on the Sunlander tonight Hey we leave our dreams on the Sunlander tonight Tonight, we leave our dreams
11.
Hey it’s our love, let this be our love We send a line out, to the sea And in side our, inside our hide out We find we are now, a dreamer down Say it to me know Only love, is not enough We wait, we wait, we wait If only things could be the same Today, Today, Today Say it to me now Say it to me now Say it to me now Say it to me know Even if you’ re far away Remember this for me You are one of us With love CD And youu know I, will call up trunk dial We send our whole love, born to dream Only love, is not enough We wait, we wait, we wait If only things could be the same Today, Today, Today Say it to me now Say it to me now Say it to me now Say it to me now Even if you’re far away Remember this for me You are one of us With love CD It's all we need You said to me It's all we need (even if we say, we are far away) Site unseen And it’s our love, Let this be our love We find we are now One dreamer down
12.
Pledge A 03:30
In this world, where you need every friend It’s a gold, liquor dream Ah good morning regret From this point, over sea, we can say We don’t need, anyone We don’t want, anything Go hard now Go long Go away It’s all love, you know You don’ t need, to explain And go in time Oh, it’s never enough Just to be in love And you won’t get to decide this time It’s alright You’ re with us Just wait here, where you’re safe, and OK Every thing, given now Will be taken away Say farewell, to the world, that you want A s you sparkle and fade I could not, love you more Pledge allegiance To the stars To the stars It’s all love, you know You don't need, any one And go in time Fuck, it’s never enough Just to be in love And you don’t get to decide this time It’s a gift You were right You were right, you were right!

about

A storm breaks,
the trawlers line
becomes tangled
and is released
into the Arafura Sea.

It's a ghost net now,
drifting for years.
Eventually it washes ashore
and is transformed into
decorative items and art
by First Nations Australians.

Reworked and reimagined,
like memories.

Turned into something beautiful,
something you can keep.

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released August 26, 2022

Produced and mixed by Malcolm Burn at La Maison Blue Studio, Kingston NY.

Recorded by Yanto Browning at QUT, Brisbane, QLD.

Mastered by Justin Perkins at The Mystery Room, Milwaukee, WI.

Vinyl lacquers cut by Clint Holley at Well Made Music, Bristol, VA.




Written and performed by HALFWAY

John Busby - Vocals, electric gtr, acoustic gtr

Ben Johnson - Bass gtr, sequencing, synths, backing vocals

Elwin Hawtin - Drums, bar chimes

Noel Fitzpatrick - Pedal steel gtr, acoustic gtr

Liam Fitzpatrick - Electric tenor gtr, mandolin

Luke Peacock - Keyboards, piano, acoustic gtr, backing vocals

John Willsteed - Electric gtr, acoustic gtr, 12 string electric gtr, baritone Gtr

All songs written by : J. Busby / B. Johnson / Halfway
Except: ‘Black Kites’ : J. Busby / B. Johnson / M. Burn / Halfway
‘For A Place’ : J. Busby / B. Johnson / M. Burn / Halfway
‘One Dreamer Down’ : J. Busby / B. Johnson / L. Bray / Halfway

Artwork by The Short Answer

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Halfway Brisbane, Australia

Halfway formed in 2000 in Brisbane, Australia.
They have released 8 critically acclaimed albums.
Their most recent LP 'On the Ghostline, with Hands of Lightning was released in Sept 2022 thru ABC Music & Plus One records. Their previous album 'Restless Dream' (2021) was a collaboration with First Nations Elder Bob Weatherall and was nominated at the 2021 ARIA Awards for "Best World Music Album".
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