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Here nor There (2020 Remaster)

by James Gillice

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When it was over I could lift my head from the ground But I'll always remember the sound That was ringing in my ear so loud from the crowd The moment before I went down As if getting up's not hard enough When you've just been knocked down Can't say which way is up But we'll take our chances again And we forget our names, our homes, And everything we've ever known In an attempt to make some sense of what we've become So I just laid there for a while My face to the floor For how could I take anymore? And I had never known such shame And such pain as this before And would that I could sink into the floor As if getting up's not hard enough When you've just been knocked down Can't say which way is up But we'll take our chances again And we forget our names, our homes, And everything we've ever known In an attempt to make some sense of what we've become So here we are, we're back again Know that this is not the end And all the bruises and the scrapes are on the mend And I remember what went wrong I guess I knew it all along But I never reached out my hand As if getting up's not hard enough When you've just been knocked down Can't say which way is up But we'll take our chances again And we forget our names, our homes, And everything we've ever known In an attempt to make some sense of what we've become
2.
This Moment 05:58
I waited too long to start Uncertain of feelings I felt in my heart But it all starts to falling apart Again How can I say this to you When I don't even know what's a lie and what's true When the line finally came into view I was on the wrong side And there's only so much you can say When the black turns to white and the white into gray And I feel myself falling away Again And try as I might to forget You remember the feelings without the regret When you separate this thing from that I always just take what is left And it's always the same old things that bring me down again Always the same old things that come around again I can't wait any longer for this I can't wait anymore I can't wait any longer for this I can't wait anymore And I thought I had been so smart But I feel with my head and I think with my heart Now this has gone too far Again And maybe you will be the one But I wanted to walk when you wanted to run Now everything's been said and done And here we are again But it's always the same old things that bring me down again Always the same old things that come around again I can't wait any longer for this I can't wait anymore I can't wait any longer for this I can't wait anymore Because I'm on your side So why don't you give me some kind of sign And for all this time You know I've been waiting for all of my life For this moment to arrive I can't wait any longer for this I can't wait anymore I can't wait any longer for this I can't wait anymore Because I'm on your side So why don't you give me some kind of sign And for all this time You know I've been waiting for all of my life For this moment to arrive For this moment to arrive For this moment to arrive For this moment to arrive
3.
By And By 03:26
Years ago there was a radio That used to play the songs we knew Now I sit and listen to the falling snow And I wonder what became of you Sometimes I hear that story Repeating in my ear It was A Long December but I still remember The coming of a better year And it may be a long, long time Until the rivers all run dry And it may be a long, long time Until the stars fall from the sky But I'll be there by and by Yeah we knew that I was leaving We knew it had to end But we didn't know the way it would go And I'd never see you again That time is gone and I've moved on But it still hurts inside now and then Of all the lessons I had to learn The hardest was losing a friend And it may be a long, long time Until the rivers all run dry And it may be a long, long time Until I know the reasons why But I'll be there By and by Yes I'll be there By and by Yes I'll be there Yes I'll be there By and by Be there By and by
4.
Sometimes we think too much These opposing views can be so out of touch Oft times we reach too far As we cast our lines at the shooting stars I guess we try so hard to find ourselves and be free We spend our lives chasing after things that we don't need We build our castles in the sand But we're surprised when the tide rolls in again We throw all caution to the wind Then we get blown over again So it seems with all our means That we should be just fine But when it comes to wants and needs It can be hard to draw the line No matter what you have there's always something more So we look for happiness in having more han those next door We build our castles in the sand But we're surprised when the tide rolls in again We throw all caution to the wind Then we get blown over again (Guitar Solo) So everything is yet to be seen And no one knows how this might end And fortunes take so much longer to make And you might break if you don't bend So what's in store for the ones next door and do we even care? And what's at stake with the choices we make or is it neither here nor there? We build our castles in the sand But we're surprised when the tide rolls in again We throw all caution to the wind Then we get blown over again...
5.
Another year has passed me by But am I closer to my goal? Or one breath closer to the day My body rests and leaves my soul? To fly away... Every moment here with you Reflects a lifetime I once knew In the cold mirror of the past Now slowly fading into view We'll find a way... And I'm ready for the long road This love grows cold this love is blind But I think we're ready for the long road We've been waiting all this time I was drifting away On the waves that you made Don't leave me to float here forever And I'd be there soon But the pull of the moon Is stronger than I remember And as the curtains fall away And everything's laid there to see Though untold prices we have paid I've always saved my heart for thee For there was no other way... And what's the cost of such a dream? Can we really even say? Is it foolish to believe That happiness is on the way? And it never has to leave... And I'm ready for the long road This love grows cold this love is blind But I think we're ready for the long road ahead But how'd we get so far behind? I was drifting away On the waves that you made Don't leave me to float here forever And I'd be there soon But the pull of the moon Is stronger than I remember This is only a test This is all just a dream You were only the best thing I'd ever seen And at the end of the night In a world that was right I would be there And I'm ready for the long road This love grows cold this love is blind But I think we're ready for the long road ahead But how'd we get so far behind? I think we're ready for the long road This love is real this love will shine I think we're ready for the long road This love won't dim or fade in time I think we're ready for the long road And there's no reason there's no rhyme I think We're ready for the long road I will throw myself in the ocean I will throw myself in the sea Because our love was born in commotion And what's the cost of such a dream? And what's the cost of such a dream? And what's the cost of such a dream? And what's the cost of such a dream?
6.
I'd grown accustomed to crawling On my hands and knees A lifetime of falling down Was finally catching up to me I used to lie awake at night And wonder if the ends would meet Now I lay asleep so tight With you next to me And there's a lot to be said for Barely scraping by So much I didn't plan for Too much wasted time I used to have so many things That I could complain about And every song I ever wrote Talked about the pain and doubt So am I just another artist Claimed by stability? And if life is really harmless Will I find something new to sing? And there's a lot to be said for The good life But it seems like the best songs Come from pain inside So now that I have been let in And I have made things right again I feel like I am neither here nor there And I'm sure that it must be a sin To dream about what might have been Or is the greater sin to pretend that I don't care? But it's nothing like I thought it would be 'Cause the enemy is me Happiness is something That used to come and go Heartache is a long lost friend That I don't hardly know...anymore But I'm coming to accept the fact That everything's ok But it's hard sometimes to say goodbye To the things of yesterday...but anyway... And there's a lot to be said for The way I feel inside Sometimes I still miss you And the tears I used to cry So now that I have been let in And I have made things right again I feel like I am neither here nor there And I'm sure that it must be a sin To dream about what might have been Or is the greater sin to pretend that I don't care? But it's nothing like I thought it would be And I've finally come to see That the enemy is me It's nothing like I thought it would be 'Cause the enemy is me
7.
I've been lost again Somewhere far away Counting the cost again Measuring the pain You've been torn apart Pieces on the floor By rumors of broken hearts So many years before Wherever you go, I want you to know You'll be fine Wherever you are, I won't be too far behind It's just been something on my mind I know it's hard to say goodbye And deal with all the changes There was a time when it was only you and I But now we're almost strangers We lost this to carelessness We let it slip away It was not supposed to end like this And you're so far away Wherever you go, I want you to know You'll be fine Wherever you are, I won't be too far behind And I can't get you off my mind So save my soul I could forget myself but I can't let you go And more and more I can't for give myself, my back's against this wall And I don't know If I can take this anymore And if we are a world apart The years that lie between us Could never fill this gaping hole within my heart Why did we not foresee this? Wherever you go, I want you to know You'll be fine Wherever you are, you won't be too far from my mind But can I leave this all behind?
8.
Dear Friend 03:59
Dear friend, where have you been? It's good to see your face again I see you've travelled for many miles And so I greet you with a smile And ask you if you'll stay a while with me Won't you stay with me Like it used to be? Dear friend, where have you gone? You've been gone for oh so long Which road have you been on? And did you sing your greatest song? And will you ever sing that song to me? Will you sing to me Like it used to be? And you'll never go a season without rain Never know the good times without pain So it is with you and I my friend Things may never be the same again Dear friend, where did you go? To look for something else I know So tell me now what did you find? I'll tell you what you've left behind Or have you now become too blind to see? Have you come to see That you're missing me? And you'll never go a season without rain Never know the good times without pain So it is with you and I my friend Things may one day be the same again
9.
When it was over I could lift my head from the ground But I'll always remember the sound That was ringing in my ear so loud from the crowd The moment before I went down As if getting up's not hard enough When you've just been knocked down Can't say which way is up But we'll take our chances again And we forget our names, our homes, And everything we've ever known In an attempt to make some sense of what we've become So I just laid there for a while My face to the floor For how could I take anymore? And I had never known such shame And such pain as this before And would that I could sink into the floor As if getting up's not hard enough When you've just been knocked down Can't say which way is up But we'll take our chances again And we forget our names, our homes, And everything we've ever known In an attempt to make some sense of what we've become So here we are, we're back again Know that this is not the end And all the bruises and the scrapes are on the mend And I remember what went wrong I guess I knew it all along But I never reached out my hand As if getting up's not hard enough When you've just been knocked down Can't say which way is up But we'll take our chances again And we forget our names, our homes, And everything we've ever known In an attempt to make some sense of what we've become
10.
[Instrumental]
11.
Comfort Me 08:26
And what have we become? In a world of failing schemes and broken dreams We make ourselves a home And time keeps moving on And with so much left undone We run to try and catch the setting sun But fall along the way As our tired useless legs betray The masters that they once obeyed And who could even say, If we're worthy of our days, And the untold prices we have paid? But this is who we are And this is how we'll always be Right from the start You came to comfort me And deep in the heart You're still the one for me And what are we to say? Rehearsing all the lies we tell to convince ourselves That everything's ok We're a million miles away And memories fade as we forget Just why we made the choices that we made But the consequence remains It makes it harder as we try to say goodbye Say goodbye to yesterday So we leave it up to fate And the bitter pill we swallow Still reminds us that it's much too late But this is who we are And this is how we'll always be Right from the start You came to comfort me And deep in the heart You're still the one for me So is it something real, Or is it something I just feel, As my heart keeps turning inside out? And I couldn't say for sure If I can do it anymore And my thoughts are spinning 'round and around And if it's fear I feel it too This isn't me, it isn't you But if something's meant to be What do you do? And I've got nothing left inside And there's nothing more to hide But I can't fill the empty days we've left behind This is who we are And this is how we'll always be Right from the start You came to comfort me And deep in the heart You're still the one for me So hold me in your arms just one last time And hope the sun will never have to rise And if it helps just close your eyes And we'll pretend it's not goodbye This is who we are And this is how we'll always be And right from the start You came to comfort me And deep in the heart You're still the one for me And deep in the heart You're still the one for me And deep in the heart You're still the one for me

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November 2020 - HERE NOR THERE is 10 YEARS OLD!!!

With a full decade under its belt, it's become obvious that this album has withstood the test of time. Freshly remastered audio brings the sound quality up to a level that matches the aching beauty of these songs. "Here nor There" shines and breathes as never before.

Also, for the very first time, 'Here nor There' is available on your favorite music streaming services and online stores. So go and revisit this collection now, and experience it all again...for the first time.

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released November 26, 2010

- all songs written, arranged, performed, and produced by James Gillice
- photography and design by James Gillice

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