Album
Ross Nicol - EP
Ross Nicol's debut EP - alt-rock / singer-songwriter
“Nicol creates a soothing soundtrack to get lost in” – Nu
Featured Placements
Full feature in the Nashville Explorers Club's "Gatlinburg" piece
Current Buzz
On Vera, "[Vera] is one of those contemplative love songs that sometimes feels like it’s the type of music David Foster Wallace would have written." - EarToTheGround Music
On Lovely, “It’s a lush, calm stroll of a track with an exhilarating burst of cello and guitar at the end …we love the pep and sincerity” – No Country for New Nashville
- Songs featured in
- No Country for New Nashville, Buffablog, Idobi
- Released
- May 2016
Where to listen
Songs
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Writer
Ross Nicol (BMI) 100%
Description
Being in a relationship that was more about appearances than actual feelings.
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You changed your clothes and company,
Bought memberships and earrings,
Exchanged your heart and let it bleed,
Replaced the one I'm missingYou built me up, then changed my name
You gave me out, like promises
You saved it all, to buy your seat
And gave up love for lovelyCuz nothing gold can ever stay
But in your life, it holds the weight,
Cuz money breathes and eats away
The strength of love in everythingYou built me up, then changed my name
You gave me out, like promises
You saved it all, to buy your seat
And gave up love for lovelyYou built me up, then changed my name
You gave me out, like promises
You saved it all, to buy your seat
And gave up love for lovely -
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Ross Nicol (BMI) 100%
Description
Wanting to hold on to a relationship that is inevitably falling apart.
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Quit swimming, only one can float
And I know I won't
In the car you'll call it off
But it's just what I thought
Reckless, we fall apart
Holding each others' hearts
Slipping away, praying
This isn't all we've got,
But stopping could stop my heart
I'm slipping awayWe're on the edge, don't throw us off
Either way, you'll never stop
Only fools rush out,
But they're still better offReckless, we fall apart
Holding each others' hearts
Slipping away, praying
This isn't all we've got,
But stopping could stop my heart
I'm slipping awayReckless, we fall apart
Holding each others' hearts
Slipping away, praying
This isn't all we've got,
But stopping could stop my heart
I'm slipping away -
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Ross Nicol (BMI) 50% / Nathaniel Thomas Banks (SESAC) 50%
Description
Being in a relationship with unrequited feelings toward someone that loves him.
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And I know it's not right
My body knows it too
I know it's not right
To lead you on like I doHonor tells me one thing
Desire doesn't care
But you draw me closer
And I'm divided hereYou always wanted this to stay
I didn't dare to tell you no
I didn't want to let you down
But you were falling on your ownYou never saw the best of me
Cuz I was caught in between
I held your hand and touched your hair
But I couldn't feel a thingYour words pass right through me
I nod and smile on
My body lies here with you
But my heart's already goneAnd I know it's not right
My conscience knows it too
And I know it's not right
To lead you on like I doYou always wanted this to stay
I didn't dare to tell you no
I didn't want to let you down
But you were falling on your ownYou never saw the best of me
Cuz I was caught in between
I held your hand and touched your hair
But I couldn't feel a thing -
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Ross Nicol (BMI) 100%
Description
Missing someone and regretting not saying more before they left.
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In a Broadway play, you're the beauty queen
With a voice so soft, and hands so clean
I like it when you speak to me
You know I'm not too young to seeI know you see it, I know you get it
I know you see it, I know you get itHot spell, New York City
But you made time for me
We built fires on the beach
Drank wine for a weekBut now you're back in London,
And I'm still at home
There's something so wrong now
We're both aloneI know you see it, I know you get it
I know you see it, I know you get itCenturies of silence cannot silence this
Send the crowd in, send the crowd
Century, oh, century, oh
Tell her how you feel and then let go of it
Say it once and say it loud
Century, oh, centuryI know you see it, I know you get it
I know you see it, I know you get itI know you see it, I know you get it
I know you see it, I know you get it -
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Writer
Ross Nicol (BMI) 100%
Description
Someone he loves is going through a difficult time, and while he wants to help, he knows it's their ultimate decision to try to feel like themselves again.
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You've got new streets
To learn on bare feet
Before the morning train arrives
To bring you back to meStreetlights make for good tour guides
So darling put them to good use
On these your long nightsDaydreams, you come in daydreams
Looking young and full of life in all the pride you own
Your passport's just marked up pages
Of all the places that you've been, but never really knownI can't watch you fall alone
But I can't help you walk alone
I pray new shoes will bring you home
I pray new shoes will bring you home -
