Abijah Zwiers
4 May 2025
Turning; Credits + Lyrics
Press Release is Here:
https://freight.cargo.site/m/Z2378570721351780300290814506668/TURNING-PRESS-RELEASE.pdf
Tracklist:
02
03
04
Disappear
Mercy
Over + Over
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03:43
04:23
04:41
Credits:
Written and produced by Abijah Zwiers
Vocals by Abijah Zwiers
Saxophone by Justin Hay
Drums by Crispin Newmarch
Piano by Abijah Zwiers
Guitars (acoustic and electric) by Abijah Zwiers
Bass by Abijah Zwiers
Additional electric guitars on tracks 2 and 4 by Grey Brisson
All other performance by Abijah Zwiers
Drums, piano, bass, and some guitars on tracks 1, 2, and 4 recorded at Port William Sound by Jonas Bonnetta
All other recording at Abijah’s home in Ottawa by Abijah Zwiers
Mixed, and mastered by Abijah Zwiers
Cover art by Cameron Presseault
and Abijah Zwiers
Lyrics:
oh tear me down
there’s a fault [line/lying] across my chest
did you really bear it all?
then how’s it i’m still beyond my depth?
i’ve been running out of words to say it
i’ve been running out of ways to face it all
worried i won’t have the time to make it
‘cause every other day’s been vacant now
could you repair me now
i should have known it would come back to this
tried to breathe in and out
but there’s some things that i can’t possess
would you come back around
and put my mind to rest?
i wish i could hide from it all
thought i’d get by with my head down
i wish you could turn me off and on
couldn’t get my own mind to reset now
i need to know if i’m better off
wasting my time in a headlock
if you find me at all, remind me to call
would you turn it around if i let go?
oh to disappear, i
i would give anything
the rest of my lifetime
i cried when i told you
“i’ve gotta give it up”
but the cold in my heard thawed
given the state of my mind
you weren’t the only thing i was
leaning on
am i on the wrong side?
i can’t think of anything
a word to sort myself out
you covered up my eyes
just short of settling
could you turn my soul round
i wouldn’t have sang in my old life
but i’m looking for a sign and i won’t be
waiting anymore
what if there’s nothing
but what if there’s nothing else at all?
i’m tired of just running
could anyone sort this out?
oh god!
how do i sort this out?
i called it
i’ve never been sure about
anything at all
so, so, so,
so it goes
shoulders deep in the snow
self assured on my own
couldn’t find my way home
cause you’re the only help i know
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
i’ll tread around my wrongs
till i realize i’ve been lost
circled all my doubts
took them off of myself
still said the lines you crossed out
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
i want you on my side
make me wholly
it’s storming out tonight
i was in the corner
it should have been over by now
but i was stalling
but i found something else
no words to call it
and i circled the tower
where i could’ve seen what i wanted
shoulder to shoulder with death
but it feels like i’m running
over and over
static coming over the line
i was waiting for someone
feeling like i’m all out of time
to file it down
wishing the fog would clear by now
i know i won’t be breaking out
on my own
did what i didn’t want to
eventually I though i could be someone else
understanding i was stolid
my inscape wasn’t the stone that i thought
and it’s hard
to turn it while you’re in it
so is it always
the life that i’ll be living,
over and over?