Gillian Stone

Amends:

Amends is self-mercy and accountability after an era of Anger written by Gillian Stone.

Gillian Stone – vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizers 
Michael Peter Olsen – e-cello, synthesizers 
Spencer Cole – drums 

Produced by Michael Peter Olsen and Gillian Stone in Uncomfortable Silence in Toronto 
Engineered and mixed by Michael Peter Olsen 
Drums recorded at Union Sound Company, engineered by Chris Stringer and assisted by Darren McGill 
Mastered by David Travers-Smith 
Art direction by Gillian Stone 
Album photography by Joel Gale and assisted by Danielle Fried 

This project was made possible by the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.

Lyrics:

 I felt you under my breath…

Somewhere,
somewhere you are out there
breathing.
That’s all that I really know.
A memory:
I stumbled, I’d been drinking.
I couldn’t stand to be seen.
A memory,
a bar in the Old City,
too haunted to hope.

I felt you under my breath…

In my 20’s,
filled with piss and pining,
filled with limerence and grieving
leaving my body at the door.
A memory:
afraid of all your victories,
I stumbled on my words.
I was angry,
and in you I made an enemy –
I didn’t mean to
I’m sorry.

I felt you under my breath,
growling, mewling in my chest.
A fountain of youth I whetted then left.
Regret is a wily muse, but I’ll name it out
loud.