From the recording PETERBOROUGH
The song reflects on his years living in Peterborough through the 1990s, while touching on the broader theme of how our present selves continue to carry the places and people we've moved on from.
Recorded and produced by Jim Bryson at his Fixed Hinge studio in Stittsville, Ontario, the track features Bryson on guitars, synthesizers and bass, Peter Von Althen (Kathleen Edwards, Skydiggers) on drums, and Raymond on vocals, acoustic guitar and piano.
The single is accompanied by a video directed by Donald Fraser/Around the Fire Productions — described by Raymond as "a visual love letter to Peterborough" — shot on location at iconic spots across the city in early spring 2026
Lyrics
PETERBOROUGH
Peterborough – remember me?
Walking young and lost along Hunter Street
In Peterborough, with thrift shop taste
Corduroy, cigarettes and time to waste
And I still contain all the love, all the pain
And the echo of those days
Lives on in what I became
Peterborough – long coffee days
Another misfit toy just trying to find my place
In Peterborough, life was an open stage
Imperfect, but true – beautifully strange
And I still contain all the love, all the pain
And the echo of those days
Lives on in what I became
Every mistake, everyone we leave
Is still part of who we come to be
These words from those days still speak to me
“We are what we walk between”
Peterborough, I guess I’m trying to say
Sometimes our hearts are blind and try too hard to make
A stepping stone into a landing place
But in time our best laid plans succumb to wiser fate
But I still contain all the love, all the pain
And the echo of those days
Lives on in what I became