Disc A

• 1) Gone
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Shamus Dark
  Erhu: Hsin Hsiao Hung
  
  Obviously, a song about unconsolable loss, when someone who was once there is suddenly "Gone, into thin air...".
  
  Lyrics


• 2) Yes Dear
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Adrian Da Silva
  Guitar: Eugene Pao
  
  You've done all you can. Don't lose your temper, just walk away.
  
  Lyrics


• 3) The Beat Of The Heart
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Ela R. Alegre
  
  If there is hope, it lies with the proles. And the beatniks, hippies and dreamers.
  
  Lyrics
  
  
• 4) Dark Clouds
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Vastine "Wink" Pettis
  
  There's a storm coming...
  
  Lyrics
  


• 5) The Old Lie
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Adrian Da Silva
  
  An anthem for doomed truth.
  
  Lyrics
  


• 6) I Can't Go On
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Guitar: Eugene Pao
  
  No matter how far you go, sometimes you still reach the end of the road...
  
  Lyrics
  
  
• 7) Epiphany
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals & Sax: Vastine "Wink" Pettis
  
  There is a time to grow up, to come of age, and that time is now, today: It's a celebration.
  
  Lyrics


• 8) Half-Life
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Shamus Dark
  Erhu: Hsin Hsiao Hung
  Shakuhachi: Sunny Yeung
  
  For all those who through no fault of their own are disenfranchised, deprived or dispossessed.
  
  Lyrics
  
  
• 9) Time Machine
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: May Chan
  Shakuhachi: Sunny Yeung
  
  Time travel is absolutely impossible as we know it. You can't go back and start again.
  
  Lyrics


• 10) I Couldn't Jump
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Adrian Da Silva
  
  Teenage angst - as seen through the fog of time.
  
  Lyrics


• 11) Suddenly
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Shamus Dark
  
  For the songsters of old...
  
  Lyrics

Disc B

• 1) I Feel Strange
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©1996 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: May Chan
  Original version (with vocals by Rita Tsang) appeared on the Celestial album "Spirit House"
  
  Love hurts... But it's good.
  
  Lyrics


• 2) The Party's Over
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2006 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Shamus Dark
  Lead Guitar: Eugene Pao
  Original mix appeared on the Shamus Dark album "Songs For Suicidal Lovers"
  
  About uninvited guests who outstay their welcome.
  
  Lyrics


• 3) The Deep Blue Sea
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2007 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Mariella Gonzallez
  Koto: Sawako Fukuhara
  Original mix appeared on the Celestial album "Electric Road"
  
  Even at the bottom of the ocean, when everything appears to be sunk, there is the possibility of miracles.
  
  Lyrics
  
  
• 4) Dead Ahead
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2007 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Adrian Da Silva
  Erhu: Hsin Hsiao Hung
  Original mix appeared on the Celestial album "Electric Road"
  
  "Desolation. A heavy load".
  
  Lyrics
  


• 5) Smoke
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2001 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Shamus Dark
  Backwards Guitar: Eugene Pao
  Original version (with vocals by Rita Tsang) appeared on the Celestial album "Happy Valley"
  
  A fog of pollution obscuring the truth...
  
  Lyrics


• 6) Best Years Of Our Lives
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2003 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: May Chan
  Guitar: Eugene Pao
  Original version (with vocals by Angelita Li) appeared on the Celestial album "Hong Kong Dub Station"
  
  A black and white movie...
  
  Lyrics
  
  
• 7) The End Of The World
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2006 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Shamus Dark
  Nylon Guitar: Eugene Pao
  Original mix appeared on the Shamus Dark album "Songs For Suicidal Lovers"
  
  Things couldn't get any worse. But hey, it's not the End Of The World.
  
  Lyrics


• 8) Time Goes By
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2001 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: May Chan
  Congas: Johnny Kember
  Original version (with vocals by Elaine Liu) appeared on the Celestial album "Happy Valley"
  
  The universe really is full of hope.
  
  Lyrics
  
  
• 9) Carrickfergus (Version)
  (Trad.Arr. Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Vocals: Vastine "WInk" Pettis
  First recorded by Celestial as an instrumental (with Zheng by Choy Kit Yee) on the Celestial album "Spirit House"
  
  A traditional song, tweaked for time and place.
  
  Lyrics


• 10) I Couldn't Jump 1981
  (Words & Music: Peter Millward)
  ©2009 Drum Music Limited
  
  Teenage angst - as heard through the fog of time.

All other instruments, arrangement, production, mixing and sleeve design by Peter Millward, at Drum Music, Hong Kong.

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