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These Are the Days That Will Live in Our Hearts

by The Quaint & the Curious

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This is the Day (Part 1) 02:04
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These Are the Days 04:34
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Nothing to see when you look outside Nobody there, no life to find Everybody found a place to hide These are the days, these are the times They say that life comes in two parts First you’re born, then death starts his march One family ends, one family starts These are the days that will live in our hearts Forty days and forty nights Seven years filled with failure and fight Like a moth burned up in the light These are the days that we leave behind It took a long time for my life to begin 38 years buried in this skin I always told myself I’d never give in These are the days of the war within I never dreamed it could feel like this Nobody told me there was so much I’d missed Finally found my heart when it was torn into bits These are the days of domestic bliss Once a believer, twice on the path Three times reminded of the wolf in the grass Four times to falter, five lives of sin These are the days of the spirit within
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Hummingbird 04:18
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First she was there Then she was gone A silent sign From the hand of God A promise kept After many years Those nights we wept Are now joyful tears She’s my hummingbird They say that miracles Are everywhere You just have to look You just have to care Seven years of prayers I don’t believe in fate Seven years of sighs But it was worth the wait She’s my hummingbird Nature's finest, she’s a work of art Nestled softly deep within my heart I didn’t know that life could feel like this I traded sorrow for domestic bliss How can my heart Become so full? So slight and small So beautiful You came floating down A gift from above It just took one look And now I’m in love Cause you’re my hummingbird
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A Simple Song 03:19
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There’s too much division in the world today Demagogues don’t dialogue in democratic ways Nobody’s listening to what the others say The shouting’s getting louder as all reason falls away Whatever happened? Where did it all go wrong? Did we ever see the light or were we in darkness all along? Maybe there’s no future? Maybe there’s no dawn? Maybe I’m naive and this is just a simple song Can I have my mind back please? Can I have my own beliefs? Can we free our freedom of speech? Can we disagree in peace? Am I the only one who finds this arguing so sad? Don’t you know a house that is divided cannot stand? You can’t have a society if neighbours are at war Opinions are important but they’re not worth dying for Whatever happened to the dreams we had? We traded in our freedoms for self-righteousness Stop telling everybody their opinions are all wrong Maybe I’m naive and this is just a simple song Can I have my mind back please? Can I have my own beliefs? Can we free our freedom of speech? Can we disagree in peace? Is this the best that we can do? Is this the best we have to offer? If everybody plays the victim How will our children ever prosper? Can we have our minds back please? Can we have our own beliefs? Can we free our freedom of speech? Can we disagree in peace? Stop telling everybody their opinions are all wrong Maybe I’m naive and this is just a simple song
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Mother's Day 02:46
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It’s Mother’s Day Time to think about all of the things that we couldn’t say It’s time to pray For mothers lost and mothers who are so far away Mother’s Day For those who give and give and give it all away Respects are paid For miracles and tragedies that nobody ever could explain On Mother’s Day Time to search our hearts and pray and pray and pray But the moment has passed away Time to regret not saying the things that would make her day On Mother’s day
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The Sun Shines Wherever I Go 04:04
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I used to believe that there was no reprieve From the ugly things below My positive side was hard to find My happiness was all for show Spent a little time drinking too much wine And thinking it out real slow But now you’re here and it’s all so clear And the sun shines wherever I go, wherever I go I didn’t foresee how strong I could be Until the two of us became one I had no idea how much I lived in fear My hope was almost gone I used to walk around underneath a dark cloud With my anxious thoughts in tow But now you’re here and the sky is clear And the sun shines wherever I go, wherever I go I’m taking some time To feel happy inside It’s not a feeling I’m familiar with But I might as well give it a try Just like a dream, two became three And now my heart overflows It seems to me such a heavenly scene Now that I’ve found a home Spent a little time drinking too much wine And thinking it out real slow But now you’re here and it’s all so clear And the sun shines wherever I go wherever I go I’m taking some time To feel happy inside It’s not a feeling I’m familiar with But it’s taking over my mind
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Songs of Life 02:06
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Songs of life Songs of death Songs of love I’ve created Songs of me And songs of you Songs that tell A story too Songs of redemption Songs of repair Songs of patience Made with great care Songs of forgiveness Songs of fear Songs that nobody Will ever hear
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Tiny Light Tonight 04:43
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Iris don't you know you have a home A place for you to go Where you'll never be alone   There's a mother and a father you don't know With hearts of love that overflow For you to pour into your own   Iris we've been praying every night That you would be here soon So that we could dote on you   It's been so long since this nightmare did unfold And we never thought we'd hold A baby of our own   And there are two of us this morning There’ll be three of us tonight We waited seven lonely years to see that sparkle in your eyes But all those days of darkness Will be eclipsed by a tiny light tonight   Iris we'll be cradling you soon And telling you your story And telling you ours too   There's nothing that a baby girl could do To make us love you any more But you’ll find a way I'm sure   Cause there’s just two of us this morning There’ll be three of us tonight We waited seven lonely years to see that sparkle in your eyes But all those days of darkness Will be eclipsed by a tiny light tonight   Though we've never met you You're already too far away But the knowing that you're out there Has been our comfort all along the way   Iris I can't wait to watch you grow From a baby in my arms To a mother like your own   So wait a little longer baby girl Cause Daddy's on his way And it’s the dawn of a new day   There were two of us this morning There’ll be three of us tonight We waited seven lonely years to see that sparkle in your eyes But all those days of darkness Will be eclipsed by a tiny light tonight
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A Love Song 03:45
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I told you that I’d write for you a love song But I know it just as well as you That I’m not any good at writing love songs The way that all those other writers do It’s not that I’m afraid to show my feelings Or talk about the way you blow my mind I just somehow seem to find it easier To write about how rotten I am inside I told you that I’d sing for you a love song But I know it just as well as you I’m really not that good at singing love songs The way that all those other singers do It’s not that I can’t sing a happy melody That tells the world I’m happy as can be It’s just that I find happiness in sadness And I prefer to sing in minor keys I told you that I’d write for you a love song But I know it just as well as you That I’m no good at writing any love songs The way that other writers seem to do It’s not that I don’t think you’re oh so pretty As beautiful as anything I’ve seen But when it comes to you I’ve got no metaphors Cause you don’t compare to any earthly thing I told you I’d sing for you a love song But I know it just as well as you I’m really not that good at singing love songs The way that all those other lovers do
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I Believe 03:04
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Just because I cannot see you doesn’t mean that you were never there They may say I’m crazy but I don’t care And just because I’m tired of all these thoughts dancing circles round my head They may say I’m crazy but I’m not there yet I believe that’s why I’m free People say it’s complicated, but complexity is an overrated affair They may say I’m simple, but I don’t care And just because no one believes a word I say, it doesn’t change my mind They can have their own way and I’ll have mine I believe that’s why I’m free I believe. That’s why I’m free
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This is the Day (Part 2) 04:37
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This is the day This is the hour This is the time for taking and breaking your heart This is the day This is the time This is the hour when God will return for his bride This is the day This is the hour This is the age when all but our love falls apart This is the day This is the time This is the dream but somehow the truth falls in between This is the day This is the dream This is the night that everything turns out alright This is the day This is the time This is the line that all of us cross in our minds This is the day This is the line This is the life we've made and we’ll savour each night

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This album is a love letter to my daughter and my wife, looking back over these last few years of becoming a family. I wrote these songs in my head while walking around our neighbourhood in the evenings with my daughter in her pram. It seemed like they just dropped out of the sky fully formed in the space of a few weeks, which I often find makes for the best songs. It was that eerie first part of the pandemic where everyone was staying home and the streets were really quiet. We'd just go out for a walk, and I'd come home each night with a new song.

With every album I’ve made, I struggle with how much to polish and make the songs sound “good” versus keeping them real and honest and capturing the moment that they were conceived in. I’ve realized more and more that my songs are really journal entries and reflect what’s going on in my life at that time, and that’s why they have a very rough and haphazard approach. They aren’t really planned and thought out in detail. I press record and pour them out into the microphone and whatever comes out is what makes it into the song. In the same way that you wouldn’t draft out a journal entry and then polish it up into a final edited version, these songs always seem to exist best as they are first performed and written. In a sense that means they’ll always be demos and never sound like completed songs, but I’ve learned to love that and couldn’t imagine them sounding any other way.

In that sense, 'Late Nights on the Western Way' was about dealing with loneliness, 'Dark & Desperate Times' was about heartbreak, 'This Beak is Broke' was about leaving my old life and starting a new life in Canada, 'Hope is Where the Heart is' was about struggling with infertility and longing for a family, 'Mother Pray' was about the sudden death of my mother and other close family members, and 'These Are the Days That Will Live in Our Hearts' is about finally starting a family and the joy of being a father juxtaposed against the craziness of the pandemic. It's probably the most happy and hopeful album I've made, with ample amounts of misery mixed in there to keep it all on-brand.

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released June 30, 2023

All songs written, conceived, performed, badly recorded and rushed out without proper mastering by Taff Thatcher.

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The Quaint & the Curious Chilliwack, British Columbia

The Quaint & the Curious is the solo project of singer/songwriter Taff Thatcher. After six years spent touring and recording with Alt. Country darlings The Whybirds, the Quaint & the Curious was formed as an output for all of the songs, sounds and styles that had been forgotten over the years, collecting dust in the corners of hard drives and tape machines. ... more

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