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The Seeker

by Chris Mathieu

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1.
The Seeker 03:21
i've been roaming 'round forever not sure what I'm trying to find i've sat helpless in a corner with too much on my mind oh I've been searching for no reason i've been lying to myself i don't mind walking to heaven even if I go through hell i once had a fire in my gut i had a glimmer in my eye i knew absolutely nothing and that nothing let me by i have left it all behind me just to see what lies ahead if I make it before sun down lord I hope you'll let me rest lay me down lay me down whole i've been walking round in circles i've been trying to forget i've been listening to your wisdom cause I haven't heard mine yet my heart it keeps on calling but my head it won't let go i don't understand your silence oh I beg you let me know i lie awake in wonder of the things that I have seen everything I ever wanted everyone I wished to be the seeker keeps on looking though there's nothing to be found all my life I've been mistaken while it followed me around
2.
So Long 03:08
i never knew you by name you had a smile that would light up the rain and I’m pretty sure life will never be the same oh, I never knew you by name your eyes had a light of their own if I’d a bottled it up, I’d be home and I’d never set sail without you along your eyes had a light of their own so long for now so long for now so long, though we never say never so long, so long where have I seen you before? i remember you from long ago you remind me of someone who I used to know oh, where have I seen you before? your laugh echos loud in my head for the longest time I ignored it now I’m doin’ alright, just like you said your laugh echos loud in my head
3.
come to bed oh lovely dear fill this space beside my head leave your breath upon my ear won't you come to bed oh lovely dear come to bed oh lovely dear i've been waiting for you for all these years and the picture i'd imagined was never clear 'til the day that i saw you my heavenly dear come to bed oh lovely dear come to bed oh lovely dear the sweet smell of your love i hold so near if you're leaving know that i'll be here when you return come back to bed my dear don't you love don't you love when she don't you love when she smiles it's alright it's alright if you it's alright if you leave me come to bed oh lovely dear you can leave the rest of the world out there if you're tired of all the pain and tears know that i'll hold you forever my lovely dear know that i'll hold you forever my lovely dear know that i'll love you forever my heavenly dear
4.
I Believe 04:14
all that I’ve believed I have become i listened, they spit it out and I ate it up ‘cause I believed oh I believe i tried to understand, I wanted to know still it made no sense, no sense at all yet, I believed oh, I believe there’s something, I can see it i can barely read it it sells you ask and you’ll receive it you don’t, you better believe it sells i gave you all that I have ever been i washed my hands devoid of all my sin lord, ‘cause I believed oh, I believe my love, I know I left you far behind i’ve been wronged as many times as I’ve been right oh, but I believed oh I believe my god, where have you been? i’m all alone oh why have you forsaken me for so long? i believed oh, I believe
5.
well i packed up all my things and i headed out on the road to a dream i had, but couldn’t let go saw my lady wave goodbye turn around, walk back inside thinking i’d be home soon with the air upon my face and a cigarette in it’s place i pulled up to the old county fair thought my heart would explode shut my eyes, played the first chord and that was all she wrote but she don’t mind no, she don’t mind ‘cause she don’t know no, she don’t mind no, she don't mind ‘cause she don’t know i stepped down off that stage feelin’ half of my age with a smile i couldn't quite hide put my guitar in its case lit a smoke and wiped my face if i died now, well that’d be alright i miss you so but i’ll be home tomorrow well i’ve lied, i know i heard your voice on the phone and i felt more alone sittin’ in that goddamned motel if i’da known what i know well i’d have never left home ‘cause baby, I can’t stop now
6.
Sound 03:22
and it follows you til you have it all but you don’t cause there’s more that you want and it shows its face when you least expect it to and it turns and you know it’s you it’s after there’s a place it hides in the back of your mind like a thorn in your eye while you’re sleeping and it understands you better than anyone can even though you are sure you don’t need it i hope it leaves you sound i can feel it sometimes it wakes in the middle of winter when it’s cold and it’s open to opening up it’ll shout at you with a stinging pain til you know you are sure what you’re feeling and it falls upon everyone around showing signs it remembers who you once were and it sleeps alone tonight
7.
i never knew i could love you i never knew i could see right through all of the wrong and the right til til i saw it all when i saw you thank you all i'm grateful thank you all but i don't need no more it's something i'd never seen before til i saw you and i saw it all if you leave i'll let you go and if you need i'll follow soon and if you ask i'll walk you home but if i had my say then i'd keep you right here beside me there's more to love than a meaning there's more to love than there seems to me it always is as it'll always be and i know it so when i see you
8.
Nobody Else 05:00
she lay there warm she had a smile that filled her form from ear to ear from head to toe he leaned in close spoke her name and she awoke said i just thought you'd like to know that baby i don't need nobody else the night was young they drank wine till they were drunk then stumbled home as best they could he held her hair oh it’s best to leave it there she turned around, gave him a look she said, baby i don't need nobody else baby i don't need nobody else at all well i gotta let you go i held on as long as i could and i know it’s hard why'd you leave me? why God? well i never knew that i would lose it all oh baby i don't need nobody else a time went by just the same for you and i but what seemed like forever in the state they shared they had it all nothing gained, nothing lost to die is everyone's affair still baby i don't need nobody else no way would i leave you now but i gotta let you go oh hell i don’t see how i’ll make it without you she held his head as they recalled the things they did without ever saying a word they laughed they cried as it ate 'em up inside but all that either of them heard was baby i don't need nobody else baby i don’t need nobody else at all well i've gotta let you go i held on as long as i could and i know it’s hard why'd you leave me? why God? well i never knew that i would lose it all we fought we fared well we had more than our fair share of i don't love you’s i don't need you’s and i don't cares but even if i had my way i’d do it all again the same i’d never want another love to hear me say baby i don't need nobody else she kneeled down placed a flower on the ground just like she'd done so many times before she said i've met a man oh he's kind, he's sweet, he's grand but i just thought you'd like to know that baby i don't need nobody else
9.
Rode On 04:02
oh, i’ve been lookin’ for a place to stay rest my head and my horse’s head everywhere i went, well they turned me away so i rode on oh, i rode on i fell in love, and i bought a ring she turned me down, so i pawned it i used the money to buy the drink then i rode on oh, I rode on well, i’m ready to go well, i’m ready to go well, i’m on my own got a while to go ‘till i find my home i's ridin’ high, but i felt low lay my body on a railroad i got back up, ‘cause ya said so then i rode on well, i rode on well, i’m ready to go well, i’m ready to go well, i’m on my own got a while to go ‘till i find whatever it is i’ve been looking for but i’ve been held down and been free oh, all i know’s how to be oh yeah oh, i’ve been lookin’ for a place to stay rest my head and my horse’s head everywhere i went, well they turned me away so i rode on oh, i rode on and i’m on my own got a while to go ‘till i find my home and a lighter load ‘cause inside i know there’s a self tired of living at all still i’m on my own and i’m sure i know that I don’t

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released June 15, 2015

recorded at Let It Bleed, Los Angeles, CA

chris mathieu – songwriter, guitar, vocals
scott warren – guitar, chord organ, backing vocals
brian young - percussion
dan wistrom - guitar
kiehl smit - bass
brian lapin – piano, hammond organ
mark mcconville – pedal steel
jonathan dinerstein – piano
rebecca ward - violin
helen belangie – cello


Produced and Engineered by Scott Warren
Mixed and Mastered by George Shalda -
So Long, Come to Bed Oh Lovely Dear, She Don’t Mind, Sound
Mixed by Scott Warren – Here Beside Me, Rode On, Nobody Else
Mastered by Hans DeKline - Here Beside Me, Rode On, Nobody Else
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Naylor – The Seeker, I Believe
Additional Engineering by Jon Griffin

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Chris Mathieu Los Angeles, California

Chris Mathieu is a singer/songwriter originally from Virginia, residing in Los Angeles. Folk rock with a bit of an Irish inflection might describe his music. Think Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Cat Stevens. Give him a listen.

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