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Sorry I'm Late

by Rosanne Baker Thornley

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1.
She’s waiting for the end, drinking tea Walking the dog she steps, independently No expectations days just, disappears Loosened her grip on time and, the happy years Chorus Here until whenever Her world just falls apart She loved him forever But he broke her perfect heart he broke her perfect heart Clearing the table, she is caught It seems so comfortable, but apparently it’s not Sitting in silence with they watch, their tv She stares beyond the walls and, mediocrity Chorus Love her or love her not Hold her, or hold her not She’s a good and giving wife And she’s the best part of his life Love her or love her not Hold her or hold her not She’s a good and giving wife And she’s the best part of his life Chorus Broke her perfect heart Broke her perfect heart
2.
Strong 03:42
I can’t believe it that I’m the one who feels this I told myself I should let go a 100 x or more and so I’m sorry But I can’t let you go I wish I didn’t need this or everything beneath it Sometimes it gets so hard it’s pulling me apart and I can’t stand it But I can’t let you go Chorus How do you leave behind what you want How do you dial it down, and turn it off How do you say goodbye and move along How, is anyone that strong Maybe if I try it Hurts less inside if I stop needing to explain the feelings I can’t change and I don’t like it But I can’t let you go Chorus If the truth can set you free then I confess, that this is killing me All the pieces from the past And all the days I can’t get back Every day that I can’t have How do I get over that Chorus
3.
If was a book you could turn my pages slowly, Look at all the words, that wait for you to hold me When your fingers touch my spine You find the place, where you left off last night Every chapter of this story We get lost in every line And the part that means the most to us We say out loud each time And just before, we both fall asleep We read CHORUS One more line, underneath the covers And one more line, rolls into another And we don’t ever want to close our eyes One more line, underneath the covers And one more line, rolls into another And we don’t ever want to close our eyes Just one more line. Just one more line If I was a book, you could bend my edges softly Lay me on your chest, pull me right against your body And when you hold me long enough I will just let go, and open up Every chapter of this story We get lost in every line And the part that means the most to us We say out loud each time And just before, we both fall asleep We read CHORUS
4.
In Paris 03:38
I got on a plane, cause Had to meet you in Paris, that was the plan We climbed the stairs to Montmartre up to where the painters paint portraits in the square CHORUS And it wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last And I could not help but think just take this in cause it all goes by so fast Chefs in white aprons Cafe tables of patrons, waiting to dine The night was amazing sharing, talking and tasting such a fine, bottle of wine CHORUS Nothing could prepare us for when I left you there in Paris and kissed you goodbye I remember you wanting your own Parisienne drawing a piece of the weekend, to keep You picked the chair and I paid the artist Watching you smile woulda broken my heart if CHORUS Nothing could prepare us for when I left you there in Paris and kissed you goodbye I just knew that this trip was definitely different when I kissed you goodbye It wasn’t the first time and it won’t be the last And I could not help but think - just take this in I could not help but think just take this in I told myself don’t think, just take this in Cause it all goes by so fast
5.
It’s the morning of the day her life is going to change and it’s quiet She is in her hotel room all the girls will be here soon but not arrived yet All the pieces of this dream all the months imagining And here she is A bit of old, a bit of blue, a bit of borrowed, bit of new, Just like she planned it.   CHORUS She’s years of braids and ponytails Pink lemonade, and fairytales And today she is a bride And she’s six years old inside Her mother’s eyes   They sit together on the bed a picture perfect wedding dress waits in the corner A mother, daughter, side by side they don’t speak so they don’t cry The day moves forward Bit of lipstick, bit of blush, a bit of champagne all because Here she is Standing in her wedding day With her beautiful bouquet Just like she planned it.   CHORUS   She thinks about all that they’ve had She knows love moves them forwards not back And she smiles cause she knows what they’ll have … The years, the braids, the ponytails Pink lemonade, and fairytales And today she is a bride And she’s six years old inside Her mother’s eyes Today she is the bride, She’s the passion, she’s the pride, and she’s the light in … Her mother’s eyes
6.
Barely 03:36
The tea you used to love, well I’m down to the last bag The cup that was your favourite, has a crack that pen you wrote me notes with, is almost outta ink ’n’ it’s hard to see the line where I used to wear your ring It’s so hard to keep you here It’s so hard to keep you here I’m looking round the room and nothing feels the same So much of you is missing it’s all changed I can feel you standing here with me I can feel you standing here with me … but barely The sweater that was yours I swore I’d never take it off but it’s so full of holes, it’s not the perfect that it was Your favorite cologne, I put some on when I get lost Now the bottles almost empty And I'm down to the last drops It’s so hard to keep you here It’s so hard to keep you here I’m looking round the room and nothing feels the same So much of you is missing it’s all changed I can feel you standing here with me I can feel you standing here with me … but barely I didn’t want to say goodbye I didn’t want to say goodbye No I didn’t want to say goodbye Looking round the room and nothing feels the same So much of you is missing it’s all changed I can feel you standing here with me I can feel you standing here with me I can feel you standing here with me … but barely Barely
7.
Look Up 04:06
She was just a little girl With her fingers tightly curled Around her daddy's every time he went away And when the tears came pouring in He'd take his hand and lift her chin He'd smile into her eyes and then he'd say CHORUS Look up, I’m gonna be back here real soon Look up, we'll share that big ol’ moon It don’t matter where we are we'll always have those stars And everything will be ok...if you Look up She was barely 17 With a suitcase full of dreams They were quiet on the drive to catch the train It was hard to say goodbye She'd never seen her daddy cry She fell into his arms and heard him say Look up, you’re gonna be back here real soon Look up, we'll share that big ol’ moon It don’t matter where we are we'll always have those stars And everything will be ok...if you Look up All the years, they went by fast each one better than the last And every moment big and small She really had it all Then she got the call Black umbrellas in the rain The teardrops on her face She lifts her daughters chin and says Look up, it’s be ok real soon Look up, we'll share that big ol’ moon It don’t matter where we are we'll always have those stars And everything will be ok...if you Everything will be ok … if you Oh, everything will be ok … if you Look up Look up Look up Look up
8.
You always seem to blur the line Of what is hers and what is mine I trust your lips, but not your eyes And all the signs that tell me otherwise In the dark I can’t undo the talk that leads us right into the words that feed a quiet flame and you are not the same because of me, because of me CHORUS And I know, you know I don’t wanna let you go And I know, you know I can’t wait forever cause She ain’t never gonna let you go You might say you understand but there’s no way you really can You bare your soul and then you leave and tell me you can’t stay because of me, because of me All this time that I keep bending I walk a line that has no ending and you can say what you believe But you keep coming back because of me, because of me CHORUS Every time you come you change, you change Every time you go you change, you change CHORUS Because of me
9.
All the nights that I’ve laid here I just assumed that all the years Would come and go, and you’d be near All the nights you held me close We laughed ‘bout who loved who the most I never thought, they’d disappear Chorus I can hear your heartbeat I can feel your breath I can feel your warmth inside my chest I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin I can feel your lips against my skin You know that it’s the hardest part To reach to touch you in the dark And realize, that you’re not here I close my eyes and try to sleep But it keeps coming back to me I always thought I’d be where you are Chorus I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay, Give me one more night, for what I need to say Here I lay alone in bed With endless things I should of said And sunlight is climbing up the wall I wonder if you really knew How much I wanted you I shoulda said it all Chorus Chorus I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay, Give me one more night, for what I need to say I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay, Give me one more night
10.
I want us to be like the end of a movie where the scenes all connect and the camera moves smoothly through all of the beautiful moments that we’ve been before I’ll be the girl who knows just what she wants rushing in through the doors and into the arms of her man who whispers "I’m yours" CHORUS That’s all I want That’s all I want That’s all I want We’ll be that twist where everyone holds their breath and waits for the kiss that no-one forgets oh we’ll be the part that’s always the best Like up on the screen I want us to touch like nobody’s watching ’n' it’s only us holding on, holding on cause we can’t get enough CHORUS I want time to be just you, just me Like it is in the movies That's what I want Cut to the end we're on the horizon, Alone in a car together we're driving, To somewhere and nowhere and having the time of our, lives CHORUS
11.
Had an obligation I had to keep A conversation I couldn't leave A ton to do so I didn't sleep A lotta people I wan'da please Had a pile of clothes I had to wash Had to raise the kid, ’n’ walk the dog Grab the groceries an’ drop em off Had so much to do that I forgot CHORUS Sorry I’m late But there's a thousand things I had to do today And another 1000 things that I would love to chase That have to wait Sorry I'm late Had a stack of bills I had to pay Had 25 years I know that saved me Had a moment there where I kinda wandered Thought I had enough time But it took longer I got caught on another road and the clock didn't stop and I got older there were years there where I lost a page had a lot of plans I couldn't change CHORUS 22 turns 29, 31 turns 35 41 and 43 run quickly into 50 and 51 meets 53 and right beside is 55 And 56 it can't believe when it's staring right at 60 CHORUS Sorry I’m late Sorry I’m late Sorry I’m late Sorry …
12.
All the nights that I’ve laid here I just assumed that all the years Would come, and go, and you’d be near All the nights you held me close We laughed ‘bout who loved who the most I never thought, they’d disappear Chorus I can hear your heartbeat I can feel your breath I can feel your warmth inside my chest I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin I can feel your lips against my skin You know that it’s the hardest part To reach to touch you in the dark And realize, that you’re not here I close my eyes and try to sleep But it keeps coming back to me I always thought I’d be where you are Chorus I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay, Give me one more night, for what I need to say Here I lay alone in bed With endless things I should of said And sunlight is climbing up the wall I wonder if you really knew How much I wanted you I shoulda said it all I can hear your heartbeat I can feel your breath I can feel your warmth inside my chest I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin I can feel your lips against my skin I can hear your heartbeat I can feel your breath I can feel your warmth inside my chest I can feel your fingers softly touch my chin I can feel your lips against my skin I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay, Give me one more night, for what I need to say I don’t wanna leave, I don’t wanna stay, Give me one more night

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Busy in the background of living my life, I decided a few years ago to step back into my own Artist shoes. Songs by me, for me. Songs shared through my songwriter lens, eyes, heart, voice. It was a decision driven partially by wanting to let people know that, though I was writing with and for other Artists, that Artist me didn’t end with my last album.  

And now here we are a few decades down the road with “Sorry I’m Late”. A collection of songs that are like journal entries to mark the milestones I’ve gathered along the way with the narrative of life running through the album. Insights. Moments of awe. Losses. Lessons. A determination to continue on - each song based on something or someone who is or who has been part of my life. 
 
These songs were not written with the intention of meeting a premeditated goal, to fit a project criteria or with a worry about ‘what will sell’. There are no fillers or good enough's on this album. I was led to each song, compelled to write its story. 

This has been a while coming. Sorry I’m late ...

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released September 23, 2022

Recorded at the historic Kensington Sound Recording Studio in Toronto, Canada, I’m grateful for the talented, dynamic musicianship and participation of people who are the heartbeat of this album -

Will Schollar - Producer, Arranger, Multi-Instrumentalist
Mark Kelso - Drums / Percussion
Kevin Fox - Cello
Benjamin Pelchat - Mixing Engineer
Vezi Tayyeb - Mixing Engineer
Andy Krehm - Mastering Engineer
North Easton - Co-writer and featured vocalist -
Michael Wrycraft (A Man Called Wrycraft) Album design
Recorded at the historic Kensington Sound Recording Studio  in Toronto, Canada

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Rosanne Baker Thornley Toronto, Ontario

“Every song is like a photograph capturing a moment, an emotion”
Rosanne Baker Thornley (RBT) is an internationally recognized, award winning songwriter.
A born storyteller and song crafter with a bent for bittersweet songs, songs that are the sympathetic telling of stories.
With a new album to share in 2022, RBT's journey begins now with her just released single "STRONG"
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