The story behind this song, Solitude, Disappear, and Time or Place is very long. If you are interested in that story grab CC at a gig and ask him.
This song was written in the late 1970’s. It was resurrected for this project. The drum part was performed by the fantastic Dizzy Scott and recorded at Incident Music Labs. Issues with the drum tracks led to CC re-tracking an exact copy (or as close as he could manage) to the original track and then merging the two together. Vocals were recorded by the talented Trilby Rose at the HAAP studio. Everything else was recorded, mixed and mastered in various rooms of CC’s house. It is a story of separated lovers sharing the same sky.
Lyrics:
Distance
(verse 1) (Eb – D / Eb – F – D) on melody
One more day
I made it
One more day
And I’m getting closer
Till I head your way
And the night time falls
And Orion climbs and fills my eyes
Distance fades
As we share the sky
(verse 2)
Memories
Fill my head with
Memories
And the endless days
Burning sands and crashing waves
We burned so brightly
Through summer nights until the fall
Pulled apart
When the distance calls
(Chorus 1)
Whoa –
I’ll take you with me
Everywhere I go
Keep you in my heart
Now
(Verse 3)
See your face
Staring back as engines raced
Till the corners turned
An empty street replaced
The joy of being part of
Something bigger
You and I
Feel you here
This distance lies
(Chorus 2)
Whoa –
I’ll take you with me
Everywhere I go
Keep you in my heart
It’s all I need to know
I’ll take you with me
Every step I take
Keep you in my heart
This way I’ll never break
(Solo)
(Bridge)
Distance fades as memories entwine
All the times I held your hand in mine
(Verse 4)
One more day
I made it
One more day
Getting closer
Till I head your way
Night time falls
And Orion climbs and fills my eyes
Distance fades
As we share the sky
(Chorus 3)
Whoa –
I’ll take you with me
Every step I take
Keep you in my heart
This way I’ll never break
Yeah I’ll take you with me
Everywhere I go
Keep you in my heart
It’s all I need to
It’s all I want to
All I need to know
Writing Credits:
C. Carroll
Performance Notes:
Trilby Rose – Lead and Backing Vocals
Chris Carroll – Guitars, Keyboards,
John Hoyt – Bass
Dizzy Scott – Drums*
*Original drum performance by D. Scott – re-performed and re-recorded by C. Carroll due to several audio issues with the original recording. Final version is a mix of the two.