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After All This Time (full album)

by Sissos

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    8 track studio album. Comes in a beautifully designed crisp white fold out sleeve, adorned with autumn inspired illustrations by Monica Silvio. Every CD will come with a signature from the Sissos. Personalised messages upon request.

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1.
Breaking In 03:06
Like a petal on a flower I’m a fragile little thing Like a glass of chardonnay I could be easily broken Like a green leaf out of place In the winter winds I’m cold and unfamiliar With the place I am in And I won’t fall in Love in the dark In case I break my fragile skin And I won’t do away With the mask Today because I am only breaking in Like a candle in a storm I could be easily dimmed Like a wave upon the cliffs I’ll disappear into the wind And like a tall tree standing Alone without its kin I’ll stare into the distance Wondering where I fit in And if a tree falls down In the woods I’d like to be around To hear the sound And if you don’t Believe that I could I’m gonna cut you Down down down If you turn your back on me I’ll forget about you I’m only breaking in It might have taken some time To work it out But now I’m running it I know I’m not gonna be weak I can see what I want And I’m taking it I know it might have Taken some time To work it out But now I’m breaking
2.
Somebody told me They saw you hug me For just a little too long They saw you holding Onto that moment For a little too long I laughed Looked the other way And just went on with my day Maybe there’s some truth To what they say Could it be me Can I just not see I look the other way When everyone keeps Telling me and I Know what I’ll do The next time that I hug you I’ll do it for too long And I’ll see if it feels wrong Somebody told me It’s clear to everybody That when you look at me They said they noticed That you held your focus Directly on me They might be right But I’m too justified To expect someone like you To be possibly interested in me But I’m not sure that I’m ready to ignore The idea completely I’ll admit that I do notice it I forget it just as quick And then remember it again People say it wrecks it But I just don’t get it Cause I can see your wall From miles away I remember when we met I will not forget it How could I forget it Gone are the days When I look the other way Maybe I’ll start listening To what everyone Keeps telling me and I I feel it too But only sometimes When I look at you For a little too long And whenever I sing this song
3.
Last night I had a dream And I knew I would Before I fell asleep It came rushing over me And it dragged me down Like a big old submarine Well, you're not welcome there I told you that I'm done There's only room for one So I’ll just Turn the lights down low So I can see you In my bedside glow And not a minute after Turn the lights down low So I can go to sleep You can leave my dreams Leave my dreams for me Last night I had a dream That I was nervous And you were nice to me If I have to see you I’d rather that you be mean But if I’m honest I’d never slept so deep I thought by now I’d made it I thought by now I’d faked it But you say jump and I still say how high? Whatever you need I’ll be your supply Between the hours Of nine to five Just leave me with my nights
4.
When I picked her up By the side of the road Didn’t know where She’d come from Or where she was going There she was like A rolling stone I said come on honey won’t You come on home She said take me back To the old race track I must have jumped the gun She said excuse me stranger Oh won’t you be the one She’s a car without a driver She’s a guitar without a player She’s a sinking sinking Ship without a flare She said excuse me stranger Don’t you see this Trouble that I’m in Oh I’m never gonna Make it home Eyes wide, lookin like a child Tryin tryin not to cry Might break down any time Will she find her way There must be some mistake She said I wasn’t supposed To end up here By the side of the road She said excuse me These hands of mine Are empty don’t you see She said stranger won’t you Stranger won’t you be the one To put my pain at ease (Stranger won’t you be the one)
5.
One day you told me That you would just wait For her to realise She'd made a mistake You were sure she would Come back to stay And I thought you were insane Here I am 5 years down the track I’m the one waiting For you to come back Somehow it’s me Can’t bring myself to see Your mind’s made up You don’t want me You can say that you love me As many times as you want I can hear that you miss me From the other side Of the phone You can say that you need Another day alone Darlin, you can’t have both You’ve always seen the world Through very different eyes You think outside the box You read between the lines But you don’t cross any T’s And you don’t dot any I’s I’m just a song you wrote And left behind I gave you the best Of both worlds So far didn’t I I’ve always done my best To compromise But you and I both know We’ve come to the End of the line Put your money where Your mouth is And just make up your mind
6.
In a pretty little town Out in rural New South Wales Over the blue mountains and Further west a little way Where the California Redwoods In the park grow tall He said they were his Favourite of them all Juliet said when you’re dying Your whole world Becomes small Nothing outside yourself Really matters anymore And we know that Death is something We must all go Through some day But please not today People coming round But we never left the house We were sitting round Waiting for you Poured another drink Cause there was Nothing left to do We heard Someone down the Road was dying too And we weren’t the Ones in sickness But our world got small too I’d flown ten thousand miles Away from everything I knew This is the place Where I was born But it is not my home no more It is not my home no more So during those long weeks We sat around the kitchen table Told each other stories Laughed as much As we were able We had that feeling That you get When someone that you Love is gonna die Maybe tonight There was guilt that We were feeling Cause we were Wishing it was over And wishing it was over Meant wishing he would die So round in circles it would go I wish he’d die oh no I don’t but he’s in pain What’s the point of One more day anyway
7.
I found a photograph Of us when we were happy And not only that But you were looking at me Like I was the only one for you And I’ve got memories Inside of all the things That you gave to me Hear it in the songs That you sang for me While I was the one for you The next time you go searching For all that glitters and gold You better listen up boy Cause you never heard me The first five times I told ya That the girl that you leave here She gonna disappear You ain’t gonna know her So when you wanna get found I won’t be around Just waiting for a change That isn’t coming right now Yeah I’m leaving town The next time you Look back here I’m not gonna make a sound I used to smile once At all the little things That remind me of You and me and us And the kinda love That we just don’t have no more Now I wanna be blind And all I do is cry analyse and Try to remember why Why we just don’t Have it no more I don’t know what You’re searching for Oh cause every time You would fly I would die a little bit inside Lying on the floor I used an Etch A Sketch to Count all the days That I had left Hoping you would just Cash all your change in I’m sick of waiting Waiting for you To go and change your mind And I’m suffocating Trying to get your attention While another year goes by You used to adore me I could see it in your Face when saw me You could say it Somehow without talking Like I was the one for you That’s just the thing I felt it when those Looks stopped happening The love that you had Given was unravelling Turns out I’m not The one for you
8.
Well summer time in England Is still rainy and cold But every now and then The sun comes out And it sparkles like gold And I remember such a day When I first laid eyes on you And though I didn’t want to Give my heart away You soon convinced me to We talked about the world How we thought It had gone insane Wrapped up in Each other’s arms We didn’t see a soul for days We said we’d spend the winter In each other’s warmth But the way that Things turned out We didn’t get that chance After all After all (Ohhhhh) From grace you fall I walked into the Place that night And I saw her standing there I felt a fear right in my bones Though I wished I didn’t care Cause I’m not the type to worry Though I’ve been Known to make a fuss But deep down in my stomach There was a feeling I shoulda trusted But you told me that You were tired So I drank myself a cider In that grimy place Just down the road Thought I could use Some sleep myself I’m not exactly the Picture of health I’m gonna take myself home Now what happened next Thinking back now Was for the best But at the time I felt My life was over What a great coincidence That in that 20 second window I walked right past the Right street corner I walked right up behind you As that big black taxi cab Was just about to Take you away with her Placed my hand Upon your shoulder And I looked into your face And you didn’t Have to say a word All the guilt, all the fear Every lie I’d been so Eager to hear Was welling in your eyes In that fragment of a moment With my hand Upon your shoulder I’d been a fool I’d finally realised As I walked away From that pub in Archway I knew I’d never be the same As how I was with you that day I’ll never hear you call my name The way I did before And I won’t ever get to see you In your winter jacket after all

about

Here it is, at long last, our aptly named debut album 'After All This Time'.

When we decided to officially begin this project, we each brought a couple of songs to the table. They were songs that we loved that hadn't made it on to any releases for one reason or another. Some were finished, some just ideas. We let the finished ones be and worked on the unfinished until they came into themselves. It may seem surprising, but this was our first time doing solid writing sessions together. We let a couple go and chose our favourite 8 songs to make up this album.

There are songs of heartbreak, love, and loss. Each one is personal, each tells its own story.

We recorded in Berlin the depths of winter. It was during that week between Christmas and New Year's Eve when nobody quite knows what to do with themselves. We spent a few days in the famed basement of The Famous Gold Watch Studios. With our European friends all spending time with their families, we found ourselves surrounded entirely by other Australians who hadn't taken the long flight home for Christmas that year. Perhaps partly due to this circumstance, eight of the twelve contributors to this album happen to be Australian.

Since the recording, this little collection of songs has taken us around Europe, and we're proud to be able to share them with you here.

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released October 9, 2020

All songs written by SISSOS except for:
‘Car Without a Driver’ written by SISSOS and BROSKI
‘Someone Down the Road’ and ‘Winter Jacket’ written by SISSOS and Wolf-Peter Arand

Guitars and vocals on all tracks by SISSOS
Bass by Hal Strewe
Drums by Finn Ryan
Saxophone by Cam Hassard
Guitar by Harry Charles
Cello by Christian Grosselfinger
Piano by Steph
Choir: Lucas Laufen, Joseph Daniel Pogson, Joe the 2nd, and SISSOS

Recorded at The Famous Gold Watch Studios Berlin
Engineered by Luke Curtis Heuppauff
Mixed by Chris Vallejo
Mastered by Juan Davied Urrea Garcia

Illustration, artwork, and design by Monica Silvio

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Sissos Berlin, Germany

Sissos are an acoustic duo from Sydney, based in Berlin. Georgie and Steph are sisters who flood the room with charm and talent from the moment they step on stage. Their polished harmonies compliment their bluesy, feel-good and soulful songs.

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