this song originally written
by my friend firecat9, 
altered, produced n performed by yours truly. 
a link to the original 

https://soundcloud.com/aineparkes/fold-yourself-away
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fold yourself away

start to dig deep
mud up to your elbow
what will will people think?
the truth's hard to swallow
and lies leave you hollow

fold yourself away

is that really you?
standing by the window
reflections of time
your body's in limbo
but there is no sin

fold yourself away

don't stop and fall
don't get into trouble
break through the wall
step out of he rubble
a body double

fold yourself away
fold yourself away   
fold yourself away

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firecat9 / rightly

Fold yourself awaY

come the morning


     fall asleep s'deeply, hit the bottom of a hole        
      In the morning it will be alright                
       fingers all in knots, the poet drinks, his parrot talks  
         come the morning it'll be alright                             
           surrender the day
         n' release the night

   'world is getting smaller, th' closer I look
        plenty I don't understand                              
     there isn't much below me as the night lights up
        with th' stars from th' back of yo' hand
       y' say I'm lost, that
         I don't give a damn

     when I say that giving is all that I am

   and so amidst my youthful search, for the absolutes, I saw
    I saw the motley fool's-cap rise
    far from th' hailing distance of heated disputes I 
      feel inclined to live my life
        without excuse, I 
          don't compromise 

     come the morning light... it'll be alright

	  surrender the day
	and release the night

	   come the morning it will be alright

Come The Morning

I know you think


 know you think that I'm  crazy
you have no idea how much that hurts me
and in your chambers it must get lonely
your house is very big it gets bigger when you are the only

I thought I hated you
I really wanted to
I wanted you to see me strong
everything u'thought well, just had to be wrong

and your lights have been off for so long
maybe you've forgotten how to turn them on
I know that you think I'm crazy

it was funny when I turned things inside out
I was happy when your laughter took the last of my doubts
oh big love I trust big words you must speak
or turn a deaf ear to this prisoner when you hear him weep

and your lights have been off for so long
maybe you've forgotten how to turn them on
I know that you think that I'm crazy

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Rightly

I Know You Think

make believe me


tell me my thoughts
  where do I stand
what can you force
 into a trembling hand

which way is up
  what to believe
write me a book
on all that I'll need

     Make believe me
   Better to be fat than hungry

put me in school
  turn out my lights
 until I only want to see
    whatever you like

give me many names
  n one of two sides
     tell me who's to blame 
  tell me who's to die

          Make believe me
    better to be fat than hungry

    look at my painted window I
              know not how to ask
         broken in a fold 
       fixed into the glass

      kneeling I'm straight
standing I'm crooked
    tell me I should wait
          one day I'll get lucky

          Make believe me
         better to be fat than hungry


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Make - Believe - Me

drumroll & the truth 
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tell me dear what I want to hear
  then again, think I’d rather have
  ... wait for it... drumroll...
           and the... truth
find myself in discord 
with the song you sing
profit over people ... and all o' that
    unnecessary... suffering

mine is the folly of youth             
subject unto my genes
merely a puppet with 
    the strength of strings 

      seems she had her flight of fancy
    her taste in men is quite beyond me
bloodbombs from her defunct marriage
them cheeky cherubs have done their damage
       with the...
              strength of... strings 

   an untimely twilight 
     decends too soon
       now the mid of the night 
            and there is no moon
       drumroll...             
              and the... truth   
          with the strength of strings 


         rightly 
.


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drumroll & the truth

people without


it's people without courage
no legs to stand their ground
 it's people without knowledge
why must they talk so loud?
them greasy ballerinas
put a name to your game
wake up in the morning
feeling vaguely ashamed

well, I've got that
I've got courage

 it's people without backbone
who never keep their word
 it's people without the spark
n' still refuse to burn
a dead end street who 
will you be 'fore y' get there?
won't you take a minute 
smell the roses in your hair?

You can smell this too
courage n' knowledge, n' backbone
and the spark
people without passion
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rightly

_____________________

people without

love is making justice a game
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I don't want to hurt anyone
I have to do something with this pain
I'm angry in a gentle way
smoke was playing in the air
I lit a candle with the greatest care
as quiet as not being there

everything is remembered in hate
and love is making justice a game
and love is making justice a game

the truth defends any criminal
you don't have to see it that way too
but I could not find exception to this rule
today I'm giving more than I'll forget
the blood has dried the hurting hasn't started yet
I'm falling down a slide it's getting wet

memories won't even go halfway
I'll curse you, still I'm glad that you came
and love is making justice a game
and love is making justice a game

and everything is remembered in hate

Love Is Making Justice A Game

too much will make you poor


better getting bigger 
cannot be stopped
deafened by the thunder 
or is that just the way he talks?
if there ain't no room for you to wander 
then he loves you not

do you speak the language,
have you a hand to hold?
thinking you can stand it, 
am I to go down alone?
the falling that it takes until I'm landed 
is no longer than rope

the falling that it takes until I'm landed is no longer than rope

seems like ev'rytime you turn about another joker more
are you the joker in the crowd asking well what for?
too much, too much
too much will make you poor

the hardest work of all, 
it is the worst paid
still y' might have washed your hands 
before showing your face
it's good for your health they say
 but it leaves a bad taste

so I told it to the mountain,
 his most royal highness
n' to the silhouettes of false kings, 
they were shouting in the darkness
let it be said that greater men 
have died for less

let it be said that greater men have died for less

patience is a virtue, you cannot be too sure
you'll know it when I hurt you, you ain't no child no more
too much, too much
too much will make you poor

too much, too much
too much will make you poor


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rightly
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Too Much Will Make You Poor

i look see horizon


in the year of death
did I not live alone?
there I found your sweetness
now I just want you to know
I look see horizon
as near as it can be
I just close my eyes and
it’s like you’re here with me
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I look see horizon
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when this war is over
before the next begins
if I get to hold you
it matters less who wins
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I look see horizon
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well, that would be my luck
to give a fuck then t' fall
for one who leaves me wanting
when I would have it all
‘goes around, comes around
y’know that’s what they say
furthermore if not now
I'll get mine someday
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I look see horizon
_____
when this war is over
before the next begins
if i get to hold you
it matters not who wins
_____
I look see horizon
I look see horizon
_____
will I get to know you?
when this war is over
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Rightly

I Look See Horizon

As Clouds Go Floating By

it's sad, so many wishes won't come true 
so sad when all of them are you
so sad its over, we never said good-bye
so sad it's under the same old dirty sky
as clouds go floating by
  
I'm here because it happens here
and there, I'm there to disappear
too bad the stars will not come out to shine
counting the minutes to killing time
a midsummer night's dream of mine

'give all I own to once repeat the past
learned and grown I should've known it couldn't last
how it all flew by so fast!

it seems I have to do this
damnation

and quite contrary, you'll spare the sugarcane
worldly and weary, now bring on the, 
bring on the, bring on the rain!

who said it's over we never said good-bye
who said it's under the same old funky sky
there's something in my eye

as clouds go floating by

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Cover photo:
Nathan Wright (His website: http://www.cozmicphotos.biz/ )

Words n Music:
Brian Burgess & Rightly

Production:
Rightly

As Clouds Go Floating By

wolves

we fall back on clichés at times like this,
I'd rather fall back with you instead,
onto the footpath, we could talk things over,
a forest of people moving over-head
but you don't want a little world,
an everywhere scenario, or not with me, not now

besides your hurrying for work and the words we use,
aren't words so much as cries,
just random sounds for all the stuff
we can't talk about, not yet,
but you don't want a little world,
an everywhere scenario, not with me, not now

not words so much as wolves
they hide behind the sunlit city buildings,
getting closer, dodging through the traffic and the crowds,
they gather in a circle around us,
howling, howling, howling, and when you leave,
they follow me back home

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Written by Ciaran Parkes, Aine Parkes & Rightly

Production by Rightly

W o l v  e S

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

(from Twelfth Night)

Come away, come away, death,
    And in sad cypress let me be laid.
Fie away, fie away, breath;
    I am slain by a fair 
                           cruel maid.
My shroud of white, stuck all with yew,
             O, prepare it!
My part of death, no one so true
         Did share it.


Not a flower, not a flower sweet,
    On my black coffin let there be strown.
Not a friend, not a friend greet
my poor corpse, where my bones 
                                 shall be thrown.
A thousand thousand sighs to save,
             Lay me, O, where
Sad true lover never find my grave,
             To weep there!



Come Away Death

Night and Day

the face you make, night and day
rise and shine, come what may
is this all you would ask of me,
the low hanging fruit from the nearest tree?
I have my pride
tell me, what's your need

stars align, bold and bright

sirens wail, my body aches I
cannot fail or hesitate
this, my dove, my olive branch I
take my lead from given circumstance
 wind in my sail
as I take your hand

I cannot fail, you understand

jumping fences, the open field
no loose change to conceal
useful friend, my tiny empire
to defend, to move and inspire
me at your side
we'll survive if not thrive

taking chances, do or die

Day & Night

rest in peace


rest now, rest in peace
the sun goes down most gracefully
lo' and behold, you know your place
now in time and here in space
there is no future, the past has closed on us
with a resounding echo from this empty cup

rest now, oh rest in peace
out of time, I'll just say goodnight
rest in peace

caught in context the clocks will unwind
all expectations are left behind
loved and caressed through your misspent youth
'til no longer fit for ornament or use
down this one way street you ran your game
win or lose, y'know, it all ends the same

rest now, oh rest in peace
all out of time, I'll just say goodnight
rest in peace

rest in peace


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Rightly
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Rest In Peace

The Swallow Song

I’m not too sure will I make it 
Confusing the day with the night
My visions are sure they are naked
And see-through held up to the light
I’ve been thinking it out since that thief shut my mouth
With the words that he took to be true
He made off so fast, couldn’t stop so he crashed
But too late I was wearing his shoes

I had to call up the doctor
I knew we would not have met by chance
he said he was rather quite busy
And really tied up in his pants
I’m a casual liar with a hypocrite smile 
And I can’t get up from the ground
He said take some of these, get up on your knees
Keep your loyalty profound

Lit up to take another hit
The swallow song had just begun
Threw away my senses so quick
Now I’d trade my eyelids for some
Couldn’t hear the clock, no ticking no tock 
A timeless spell in the park
In the hours I had not I was happy as I walked 
Knowing shadows were not cast in the dark

‘Twas there I found Susanna the dancer
She opened the door well it was her place
Could see her wondering what’s he after
Is it a funny look or just his face?
Foot in the door wasn’t trying to sell, couldn’t stand still
On no other shelf
Her creamy thighs opened without a noise spoken
That is all that I’m wanting to tell

The Swallow Song

going forward



don't it sound like th' old is about to die? 
take them happy stories and say goodbye
we were going forward until you left me behind
we were going forward, through the best n' the worst of times

change of season as even the clocks unwind
when you would come around like y' were a friend of mine
we were going forward until you left me behind
you would come around, Claude, and we would unwind

didn't we have enough of the stuff of life,
Claude?...
long way to go with
abrasions on the knee
take aim at the target though
it's well out of reach

forward

Goin' Forward

The Fall Of The Jungle King

hunger when I see you
What's an animal to do?
reaching for perfection
with nothing but affection in my heart
fear aside, come step into my cage
where the air is dry but cooler in the shade

blind since my recapture
to does and does not matter
just because you're paranoid
doesn't mean that they're not out to getcha'
friends appear and will tell you of their dreams
and enemies, well, they're never what they seem 
          eclipse of the sun with the birds anticipating
      fall of the one time mighty jungle king

the whole point of no return
was a landslide of earthly concern
'only time I knew my place 
was when they rang my bell and then they ran away
close your eyes, lo' and behold the truth
and what you feel belongs to none but you

no complaints, I've no regrets
I've made my peace with what is left
and my pride it was no gift it
was a curse I will be glad to have lifted
the price I paid I choose not to remember
with a leap of faith and the courage to surrender
                the fall of the once so mighty jungle king
            the world still turns and the birds, they still sing

The Fall Of The Jungle King

wolves

we fall back on clichés at times like this,
I'd rather fall back with you instead,
onto the footpath, we could talk things over,
a forest of people moving over-head
but you don't want a little world,
an everywhere scenario, or not with me, not now

besides your hurrying for work and the words we use,
aren't words so much as cries,
just random sounds for all the stuff
we can't talk about, not yet,
but you don't want a little world,
an everywhere scenario, not with me, not now

not words so much as wolves
they hide behind the sunlit city buildings,
getting closer, dodging through the traffic and the crowds,
they gather in a circle around us,
howling, howling, howling, and when you leave,
they follow me back home

they follow me home

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original groove by Ciaran & Aine Parkes 
& Rightly

Wolves Acoustic

the wonder that precedes the thunder

I haven't got what it takes to quit
'just play my hand n' get on with it
some might pray or say it's written in the stars
holding up answers with exclamation marks
toss an easy catch, all passions run from me!
strike another match, noncommittal and care-free

Ooh hooo...

you wanna' slow 't down, then I'm gonna' get off
'paid for my ticket, now I'm not gonna' stop
'swear it's like a habit to be hoodwinked, short changed
this time we're gonna' go the whole, damn way
this time we're gonna' go the whole, damn way

down in the valley we were almost lost
with the songs of the river n' the light so soft
th' jury dispersed when the judge didn't show
th' accused left standing n' th' case was never closed
deft slight of hand, murder in the first degree
void of reprimand, footloose n' fancy-free

Ooh hooo...

the wraith on your mast and your blinking cunt
will guide these stars 'til my days are done
but did you ever stop for a moment t'ponder
the loneliness of the wonder that precedes the thunder
the loneliness of the wonder that precedes the thunder

Ooh hooo...

the loneliness of the wonder that precedes the thunder
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the Wonder that Precedes the Thunder

The Mark Of Cain 

first man borne of earthly woman
wakeful n' fresh as the morning dew
the heavens fell, he was false as hell
over which he was meant to rise and rule 

crouched was sin, waiting in desire for him
only one shade darker than quicksand
sunken in haste, so as to mask all trace
the blood of Abel crying out from the land
rolling and rounded
running in a circle of blood and of grain
never were we truly forgiven
only smitten with the
the mark of Cain
bold and profane
the mark of Cain, of Cain, Cain 

expelled from all the glory of Eden
sent forth n' far from the grace of God
flesh o' his brother, n' fruit of th' field
he built a city, settled in the land of Nod 

industry of lust, engines of sin
we begin wi' all fair favour spent
sound n' fury, live n' love thy misr'y
daggers in the smiles of foe and of friend
thus were laid the laws of human nature
and they don't change
the dye is cast from the first to the last
with the mark
the mark of Cain
bold and profane
the mark of Cain, of Cain, Cain 

ne'er to be truly forgiven only smitten with the
the mark of Cain, angry and vain
the mark of Cain, bold and profane
the mark of Cain, of Cain, of Cain
the mark of Cain

the mark of Cain



Promises Turning Black

I am not in your tree, and you're not in mine
only the stable will not snap, the strong survive
cutting all my scenes like a curious child
  with a razor blade
   promises that I made slowly turning black
 promises that I made forever slowly turning black

 when I showed the secret to you
about how to rule the world
you had to take it all and leave me looking back
  and looking back is nothing new
    promises that I made, you made them too
           promises turning black and blue

I am not in your tree, but I like the view
high above it all, and yet I'm still below you
waiting for the rain to come, th' sun to shine
        like a precious jewel
    promises that I made slowly turning black
promises that I made forever slowly turning black

  how to put the words together
 I fail each time I try
I make an effort, there is no doubting that
   so many questions you need not ask
    promises that I made, you made them too
            promises turning black and blue
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Brian Burgess & Rightly 

promises turning black

lyrics...


this is how the rich win the war

this is how the rich win the war
       magnifying differences,
    triggering all prejudice
 this is how the rich win the war

this is why you're destined to lose
     content with apologies
     accepting of the way it is
this is why we're destined to lose
    these mind machinations
       way out on a limb
   they' tightening the vice
        my head caves in

this is how the pricks win the war

success will surely destroy you
    there's no other way around it
   you will leave it like you found it
success will certainly kill you
      these mind machinations
        telling me I cannot win
           m' head is in the vice
             still the light gets in

 this is why we're destined to lose

     they will eat you alive
   slowly 'cause they' got no teeth
    it begins on the inside
  'till you're prayin' for release

this is how the rich win the war

This Is How The Rich Win The War

paper-cuts

one more paper-cut

what's wrong with you? (pt.2)


you're so very bad!
how did you come to be this way?
after curling my whiskers
y' call me up t' tell me that you're gay
  what's wrong with you, Aine?
you were supposed to do exactly what I say
what's wrong with you, honey?
show me what listening looks like, okay

n' I'm just too sad
right here with you so very far away
geographically retarded
I just might break the laws of gravity
put your panties back on
y' know it's cold out, this time o' year
what's wrong with you, Aine?
nothin' at all, not as far as I can see, my dear

I've got a healthy appetite
 don't say I didn't warn you

Cat's Whiskers

what's wrong with you? pt.2

shimmering gold


   a hard skin to crawl under
 when you can’t get with the joke
     ev’ryone is a foreigner
 they want to see you up in smoke
 burning, burning up in smoke
burning, burning down real slow

 friends looking on, vaguely confused
    cannot be expected to know
 black dog bites blindingly cruel
pain has the colours of shimmering gold
 burning, burning, shimmering gold
  burning, burning down real slow

  what of all the summer rain?

      laughter from another room
 all the windows and doors are closed
     no exit here, enter the fool
  one way mirror, a real live show
  burning, burning, shimmering gold
 burning, burning down real slow

  burning, burning, shimmering gold
    burning, burning down real slow
       shimmering gold

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            rightly.

shimmering gold

written by Firecat
produced by Rightly

the original
https://youtu.be/cj2ggasflyM

wolves

the forest of blue


it's easy to be "unique"
one just refrains from making the effort to immitate someone*

*(me, this year)

Blessed be the atheists. 

Any feedback is very welcome. I aim to improve!

Each to their own. 

This dramatisation is inspired by true events. However, certain scenes, characters, names, businesses, incidents, locations, and events have been fictionalised for dramatic purposes


That’s all for now.

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