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One Day at a Time (Full Album)

by Gordon Caldwell

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1.
Home 03:03
Life it slips away Hope I get the chance to live it ‘Stead of pissin it away Chasing all of the ghosts From yesterday I can’t help from thinking That we lost our way, when searchin' For, A deeper sense of meaning Distracted by shining lights A beacon But no, I won’t sell my soul for Diamonds and gold All the riches found in the world What’s the point of livin' But to find our way Home Love is all we are Hope I get the chance to feel it Breakin’ down the walls Between my past and future tenses Still, I can’t help from thinking That we lost our way, when searchin For, a deeper sense of meaning Distracted by shining lights A beacon But no, I won’t sell my soul for Diamonds and gold, all the riches found in the world Cause what’s the point of living But to find our way Home Now and again I got lost In the fight All the stories I tell myself But I won’t go into the light With a heavy heart I’m learning To Let it go
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Pray to God 04:38
I'd be lying if I said That I knew just what I was doing Cause we're all fumbling Falling down To get back up and start again But life is much to short to waste it Chasing ghosts and pleasing fools We blink and then it's gone So someone tell me what I should have done And what else I should know Like where did it all go? I would try to pray to god if I Thought that someone might be listening I'm lost but know that I will find a way Cause as far as I can tell As far as I can tell We're on our own So what if I might play the same 3 chords In almost all my songs? They're just a vessel for these words To get them out into the world And sometimes when we don't get what we want It's what we really need I'm trying not to place my worth And self-esteem on what I'm told And other people's points of view Cause none of them are really true But how are we to know What to keep and to let go? So tell me what does this all mean When bodies start to mutiny? They're jumping ship They're leaving town We're looking up but feeling down Don't take that anger Push it back Into the corners of your mouth If only we could know the words Inside our bones could change the world Cause then we might not hate ourselves And live our lives for someone else We're sick and tired of being used We're drowned in greed and self-abuse But what if Love's the only way To pull ourselves back up again So then what would we do? When the Love it starts with you? I would try to pray to God if I Thought that someone might be listening I'm lost but know that I will find a way Cause as far as I can tell As far as I can tell We're not alone
3.
Sometimes the brightest Brightest of lights Shine from the darkest Darkest of roads So I just keep driving Make friends with the moon And hope that the sunlight Will wake me up soon This life is a gamble I’m a old deck of cards I’ve made some mistakes Playing clubs and spades And kept all my heart to myself With those diamonds and gold But what good are riches If you become too old to hold But how will I know when to hold? How will I know when to fold? Ohhh I have been trying Trying to hide All of my secrets Safe behind my smile But I think that I’m losing, losing this fight So I might ask if you would just stay with me At least for a while Stay with me just for a while Would you stay just for awhile?
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I've been worrying again Hoping for answers to come find me Like I'm lost in the dark and Looking for light that's gonna guide me So I keep fumbling blindly All the while a light keeps shining It shows me where I'm going And I see that it's inside me I see the light inside me The lights always inside me But there's a sadness that I'm hiding And it's also deep inside me I can see the storm is coming It's coming I can feel it all around me And I know it's always passing It's passing but the waves they keep on pounding And still they keep on rising They're rising but you know I'm rising higher You know I'm rising higher My heart's been closed for too long It's cracked along the seams It's been trying to tell me something I don't know just what it means My brain is wired faulty And nothing's what it seems It's been doing too much thinking Instead of living what it dreams I'm trying to keep my heart wide open
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I've been floating around Getting high, but looking down To get my feet back on the ground I've been pushing away All the love I never show As above, then so below I built this fort around my heart And brick by brick These walls are coming down And all at once I felt an ocean rising up Like a storm surge in the night Then all my darkness slipped away And i turn my face towards the sun I've been running away A past I thought I left behind Old habits die or try to hide Living blind for most my life Just fumbling through the dark To find a spark Then all at once The flames went higher Rising up like a wildfire in the night Then all my darkness slipped away Cause sometimes the old has gotta burn But oh my body, won't you forgive me Cause I know not what I have done to you Won't you wait for me Cause I'm coming home Yeah, please wait for me Cause I'm almost home
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Hell’s not a place You go when you die It’s that piece of your heart Where light cannot shine There’s no need to be harder Pretend to be tender Despite what you’re told There is strength in surrender No need to be sorry For keeping us waiting We’re waiting for something Just tryna be patient Don’t know what we’re doing But our hearts are breaking Just cracked but not broken To let all the light in We've all got our demons Beliefs that we've borrowed A past that we keep Tucked away in the shadows It's true what they say That the mind can be clever But don't fool yourself It's the heart that remembers The more I know The more that I find I know nothing at all And we're all the same Playing the game Wondering how it all Turned out this way We're floating around Head in the clouds Trying to get our feet Back on the ground We wasted it all Backs up the wall Scared to look down Cause we're too 'fraid to fall
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One Day at a Time (free) 03:20
Lend me your voice if I sing out of tune Project all the words to the back of the room Stories I’ve told by the light of the moon Gone are those days, not a moment too soon Lend me your ears if I can’t hear the sound My heartbeat’s a drum and it’s drowning me out Keeping up time, but it’s counting me down As life ticks away, got one foot in the ground I might not seem to mind But I make a choice to be kind Life will all be fine Just take it one day at a time
9.
Here, Today 03:47
Let us start again Let's begin to live it now Forget everything All the things that try to grind you down And know you'll be okay if your heart believes in Love Ohhh It'll be okay All we've got to do is find our way Find our way So let's not wait another day To come and go again Before we start to live it 'Fore we give our Love away The past is all but gone And still the futures on the way We might as well enjoy it here today Life don’t mean a thing So it’s up to you to find a way Find a way to Make it all okay Make your heart believe in Love Mmmm Ain’t it funny how Ain’t it funny how What goes around Comes around And what you thought you knew Still goes deeper And we’re spiraling round Up and down So let’s not wait another day To come and go again Before we start to live it ‘Fore we give our Love away The past is all but gone And still the future’s on the way We might as well enjoy it here, today
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about

15 years in the making, I've finally given my music the attention that it deserves. This album is a collection of songs from the last 2 years, which has been an incredibly transformational time for me, emotionally and spiritually.

The recordings aren't professional by any means; the songs are inconsistent, the quality isn't crisp, there's probably a cat meow or a bus or a fridge hum in there, but I couldn't be happier with what I've created. Perfectly imperfect, but authentically Human, just the way it should be!

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Note: You can pay if you feel compelled to, but no pressure! I just wanted to keep the receiving channels open, but you can just download it for free as well :)

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released March 29, 2021

Aodhan Cadenza - A lot of the orchestral arrangement, plus some acoustic stylings and general motivation to get this album finished

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Gordon Caldwell Victoria, British Columbia

"Insightful lyrics with simple yet catchy melodies, Gordon takes you through an intimate exploration of one mans experience by way of his authentic expression. His acoustically-rooted folk styling blends beautifully with his voice & his relatable messages of humanity. A storyteller of the soul, his songs will satisfy your ears and touch your heart."

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