Written for IOC Songwriters, 12th May 2021

# Lyrics

We’re not, alone
The stars, are homes
These lives, our own
These seeds, aren’t sown

Left wandering to know a path
All Wondering to find the truth 

To find, our drive
To seek, our minds
Each life, for good
Each death, understood 

Wondering where is the path
While Wandering around the truth

Accidental every one
In ignorance of the unknown

Accidental every one
In ignorance of the unknown
No higher purpose just our own
Accidental every one
If you don’t like it, you’re not alone
We’re accidental every one

Written, performed & recorded by AGB. Mixed by Alex Farrell.

Accidental Everyone

Written for IOC Songwriters, 6th October 2021

# Lyrics

Guard myself as I well know, as I walk the willing road
passing lights and scenes, distract my mind to other, dreams

Colours, sounds
New focus found
Led around by myself

Oh, by my ever-changing heart
Before I get too far
Pulls me right back to the start
By my ever-changing heart

Thoughts and deeds laid out ahead, eyes fixed on the horizon
Pace moves on, drifting gaze to other, skies

People, towns
Break new ground
Led astray by myself

Oh, by my ever-changing heart
Before I get too far
Pulls me right back to the start
By my ever-changing heart

Changing-heart
Before I get too far
My ever-changing heart
Oooh

Oh, my ever-changing heart
Pulls me right back to the start
Before I get too far
It's my ever-changing heart

2023 Remix - @ajfarrell

Ever-changing Heart

Written for IOC Songwriters, 17th November 2021

# Lyrics

Light and breezy, that's how you left me
Broken and torn, is how you find me now
Right or wrong, Its not my problem
Just trying to find a way up

Out and up of this dark
Just trying to find my way up

Sunlight shines, children laughing
Family and friends, is how you see me now
Pulled away, darker inside
Falling fast and far away

A way to go
Down and deeper to the dark
A way to fall
Hard to see my way up

Hard to see my way up
Just need to see a way up

Resting bottom, not further falling
Reaching a hand for help up

A way to go
A way to go
A way to go, find my feet and reach up

Written, performed & recorded by AGB. Produced by KGB.

A Way to Go

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 26th January 2022

# Lyrics

You played your hand
and I played mine
Not much left for me this time
But call you

In a tangled pile
Guess I’ll stick a while
Place an easy bet
And play through

I’ve anted up
No loss to cut
Got nothing left to do but prove
I’ll call you

Its a raising stake
Pull a smile and fake
Such a lovely face
To fool you

Before we can lose it all
It comes back again

Before we can lose it all
It comes back again

Its a diamond play
But you dug your grave 
Giving me your hearts
I club you

Before we can lose it all
It comes back again

Before we can lose it all
It comes back again

Before we can lose it all
It comes back again

Before we can lose it all
It comes back again

Written & Recorded by AGB, Lyrics AGB & KGB

Lose It All

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 9th February 2022

# Lyrics

You promised the world
You’re holding us back

You pull yourselves up
We pick up the slack

but we hope, there’s a way to go
Even a long way round

—
 
The shortcuts you take
Moving further away

The cheques you can’t cash
You won’t make us pay

cause we know, there’s a way to go
to take a long way round

And we know
Its gonna take some time
For us to walk the long, long way around

—

scream all you want
we’re standing our ground

Shout all you want
We’re not turning round

cause we know, the way to go
Is to take the long way round

And we know
Its gonna take some time
For us to walk the long, long way around

And we know
Its gonna take us all 
to make our way the long, long way around

And we know
Its gonna take us all to make the sacrifice
To build a better path back home

Written & Recorded by AGB, Lyrics AGB & KGB, Performed by AGB & KGB

Long Way Around

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 23rd February 2022

# Lyrics

A glow, embers flow
A light, falling stars
The Smoke, drifts across the view
Makes everything brand new
For all we ever see
It’s temporary

To hope, a saving grace
Believe, idols crowned
We learn, natures not too proud
Further knowledge found
For every truth we see
It’s temporary

All the time for you and me
A perfect place  to be
All the time that’s spent apart
It’s temporary

All this will pass
All this will pass
All this will pass
All this will pass

We’ll rise up from the ground
A strength in us we found 
For all we fail to be 
It’s temporary

All the time for you and me
A perfect place to be
All the time that’s spent apart 
It’s temporary

Written & Recorded by AGB, Mixed by AGB & KGB

Temporary

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 9th March 2022

# Lyrics

Life is circling about
Weeds that rise up from the pebbles
Spiral round

Its blurry over there
In the distance My reflection
But Its round

Similar places
Familiar sights and sounds
Of all the faces, I’ve been around

There’s a castle over there
Contains a secret chest that bubbles
To the surface

A lonely astronaut
Salutes a flying flag that flutters
But its drowned

Similar places
Familiar sights and sounds
Of all the faces, I’ve been around 

If I can ask enough and recall what’s gone before
If I can hold you in my mind forever more
Its similar,  familiar to what I’ve fallen for
A face I dreamed before

If I can ask enough and recall what’s gone before
If I can hold you in my mind forever more
Its similar,  familiar to what I’ve fallen for
A face I dreamed before

Face I dreamed

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 23rd March 2022

# Lyrics

We’re all united, we’re all facing the same way
From the brightness, burning flashes in the sky

We work together, we’ve agreed tasks to complete
They’re all abandoned, rendered pointless in the heat

Its not like it matters   
We’re all together
Its not like it matters   
We’re all together

For one another, sharing widely what reap
Fulfilling quotas, rotting slowly in a heap

Sharing a purpose, finding focus in our wants
Push others under, putting selfishness in front

Its not like it matters   
We’re all together
Its not like it matters   
We’re all together

Holding hands
Holding hands in the dirt

Its not like it matters   
Its not like it matters   
Now we’re, all together
Holding hands, in the dirt

Holding Hands

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 6th April 2022

# Lyrics

Feeling cold on the inside there’s nothing left to bloom
Fallen seeds laying dormant and closed
There’s a still on the outside, can’t stir the air to blow
A deafening silence takes hold

But I know
Sure as tides will turn, the sun will rise and shine
The flowers will grow, to bloom in their own time

In an ocean of wonder I stay firmly on the shore
The waves washing further away
Breaking clouds in the distance but still no sun will shine
The dusk to darkness gives way

But I know
Sure as moonlight rises, tides turn to the shore
When clouds do part they’ll show what’s hidden

But I’ll stay warm
Keep weathering this storm
Look on ahead
Await my time to come

But I know
Sure as tides will turn the sun will rise and shine
The flowers will grow, to bloom in their own time
Sure as moonlight rises, tides turn to the shore
When clouds do part they’ll show what’s hidden

Weathering this Storm

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 20th April 2022

# Lyrics

Crimson dust, dirty fingernails
All the baggage that I found
Drag both feet across the ground

Bearings fixed and set
Ever forwards with the flow
Tides dictate the way to go

For all you know
For all you know now

Weary head, forwards firmly held
Water high and rushing past
Flood of purpose pushing fast 

For all you know
For all you know now

For all you know
Waves ahead are breaking

For all you know
Its a fight worth facing

Before you go
Ways are waiting for you

Before you see
There’s a bright space for you

For All You Know

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 4th May 2022

# Lyrics

It’s not like I know
How to be whole
Its more a feeling in my heart that comes but goes

Its not like I see
Things slip from me
Just let my eyes fall to dark spaces in between

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Its not like the world
Will let me take a breath
A thousand foolish fates await the ones that’s left

It’s not going to change
It’s not going to wait
It’s challenging everything you can before too late

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Try to Believe

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 18th May 2022, with Kirsten supporting me on vocals

# Lyrics

For all we loved, for all we lost
For all we learn
The hills we climb, the falls we take
Grow through the pain

Light shines in the dark to lead you through
Follow the brightest path where warmth takes you
Sunset to sunrise
I’ll be by your side

For all we loved, for all we lost
For all we learn
The hills we climb, the falls we take
Grow through the pain

Springs fall down through the land to where rivers pool
Follow the strongest flow where waters wash you
From mess to made
I’ll be by you

Through ups and downs
Walked together, hand in hand
Through rough and smooth
Moving forwards, together with you

For all we loved, for all we lost
For all we learn
The hills we climb, the falls we take
Grow through the pain

Sunset to sunrise
I’m by your side

Sunset to Sunrise

Remixed for IOC Songwriter Sessions 1st June 2022

# Lyrics

You are strong enough to hold your ground
To fight the loneliness you keep too close

You have the will to hold the lights inside of yourself
The fire that burns in yourself

On you, you can rely to push on through
To lead the charge and make the next steps last

You have the will to hold the lights inside of yourself
The fires that burn in yourself

Shining lights
Burning bright
For yourself
For no one else

You have the will to hold the lights inside of yourself
The flames to fan and grow the lights inside of yourself
The fires that burn in yourself

Inside of Yourself

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 15th June 2022

# Lyrics

All of life it seems
Plays through in-betweens
Love your journey 

For every sight
For every sound
For every taste that makes your world go round

All of life it seems
Plays through in-betweens
Love your journey

Find your ride

For every step
For every leap
For every jump that takes you off your feet

Deviating tracks
Memories are packed
Love your journey

Find your ride
Hold tight 

All of life it seems
Plays through in-betweens
Love the journey

Deviating tracks
Memories are packed
Love your journey

Deviating Tracks

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 29th June 2022

# Lyrics

Everything you’re telling me is perfect
Anything I need you will provide

I could be happy here
I could be happy here

Everything looks pretty on the surface
Anything I want is mine to find
All your systems take my struggles
Are your motivations pure and kind
All your promises for my service
Just to keep my place in line

I could be happy here
I could be happy here
If I could just close my eyes

Everything you’re telling me is perfect
Anything I need you will provide
Only thing it’ll costs me is my purpose
Adopting yours in place of mine

I could be happy here
I could be happy here
I could see real clear
If I could just close my eyes

I could be happy here
I could be happy here
live life free from fear
If I could just close my eyes

Bliss

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 26th July 2022

# Lyrics

This far I’ve taken me
Hauled over all that came before
Driven through the wretched poor
Through fortunate fools and more

The spoils now mine to feast
Moist morsels of a slaughtered beast
Tastes of fresh blood and soil 
What it means to succeed, all it takes to succeed

Won’t let uncomfortable conscience distract
From my momentary victory

Just how far I’ve become
Before now just memories
Laid waste to everything I claim
What it takes to be free, all it costs to be free

Too far ahead now to look back
Facing a purposeful visionary

Focus set to forge ahead
Building momentum not stationary

Won’t let uncomfortable conscience distract
From my momentary victory

Too far ahead now to look back
Facing a purposeful visionary

Focus set to forge ahead
Building momentum not stationary

Won’t let uncomfortable conscience distract
From my momentary victory

Uncomfortable Conscience

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 10th August 2022

# Lyrics

I took a long way to get here
Winding path directed far by my fear
Right here I’m not so safe, not so sure
But if I die, in this place I’ll shed no tears

Hard to see what might have been
Without the thoughts all standing on my neck
The sum of my parts misguided worn and torn
I’m taking what’s left to push it to until end

Right here is all
Right here is all
Right here is all

Taken too long to learn the right way
Places of warmth that grow and make all our hearts sing
Discard the selfish sucking spectres of a future not come
Focusing fight embracing everything we’ve become

Right here is all
Right here is all
Right here is all
There's nothing more
Right here is all

Everything’s right
When your holding me
too tight

Right here is all
There's nothing more
Right here is all
Right here is all

Right Here Is All

# lyrics

Hardest climbs I faced before the fall 
Toughest races run in time to hit the wall
The will to rise but I don’t know how, I don’t know
 
Fallen, fading fortunes of my fate
My stepping stones, they don’t own me

Its the cut and bloodied face that makes the scars
Distant stare that moves my goals out just too far
The will to fight but I don’t know how, I don’t know

Fallen, fading fortunes of my fate
Fallen, fading fortunes of my fate
My stepping stones, they won’t take me

Holding on
Moving, pulling from the low

Fingers tightening,
Feet that grip to push me on

Lessons learning
Tools to turn myself around

Fallen, fading fortunes of my fate
Fallen, fading fortunes of my fate
My stepping stones

Stepping Stones

# Lyrics

Ate my words, swallowed down
Painful things, We’re not proud, are we
Scenes that mix around my head
Spinning tops, pulling threads, lose

Caught my thoughts, brought to ground
Opposing sides, fighting curves round
Popping stabs of splintered spots
Chewing on the fat and gristle

Safely in your
Im stronger in your
Hold me in your, fine… , delusion

Sticks and stones breaking bones, Fighting words to provoke
Shorting sense, seeing red, nothing left, final breath
Scenes that mix around my head
Spinning tops, pulling threads, lose

Safely in your
Im stronger in your
Hold me in your, fine… , delusion

Delusion

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 10th January 2024

# Lyrics

In time, you’ll hold this with love
But someday will come, I'll wanna take it right back from you

Its all I have, a seed to feed
With all your wants, and all of your needs

—

Its fine to run, I’m waiting right here for you 
You’re free to go, to find a life worth loving

All I wish is your time to bloom
To feast upon the world that lays before you

An empty heart
A beat that waits to start

-

As time weaves its silent dance
In its folds, I'll softly fade
Yet in your hearts melody
I will always stay
Hold in mind
keep what you learned
Until the time
for your return

-

In time, my arms will open for you
A warm embrace, to take back all that I once gave you

A heart fulfilled, a journey's art
life richly lived, in love we play our part

Time spent, A cherished life you brought back to me
Its all I have, its all that you gave me

In Love's Return

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 1st May 2024

# lyrics

I don’t need any help 
From anyone, except myself 
A troubled hand
A lazy mind
Self saboteur 
Of my own design 

But, if you’ve got the time, you'll find

I can be anything
For anyone, except myself
A life and soul
A sucking hole
In my distaste
I’ll know myself 

But, if you’ve got the time, you’ll find
I know my own mind
And in all, in all I’d say
I’m fine

-break-

I can save myself 
From anything, except myself
A checkered past, a bad romance
All my sins, lining up to dance

But, if you’ve got the time, you’ll find
I know my own mind
And in all, in all I’d say
I’m fine

-Interlude-

If I were a fish, I’d drag myself to shore
Raised not kill, become a carnivore 
Pushed to rise high, I’d live beneath the floor

But, If you’ve got the time,
I’m fine.

Accept Myself

# Lyrics

It’s just a little time saver, not for the faint of heart
It's just a winding road to follow, wish i’d known it from the start
It might not lead to any place we know
In the dark of night, we’ll take it slow

We’ll take it slow

Through fields where shadows deepen, where the moon forgets to rise
Underneath the crooked branches, beneath the scarlet sky
No rush to face the breaking day
It's in the dark we’re willed to lose our way

In darkness, I surrender
To the cold beneath my skin
Your voice, a promise whispered
In darkness, I surrender
To the things I can’t escape
In shadows that remain
A night we won't forsake

We’ll take it slow

In darkness, I surrender
To the cold beneath my skin
Your voice, a promise whispered
In darkness, I surrender
To the things I can’t escape
In shadows that remain
In silence I’ll sustain
In shadows that remain
A night I won’t forsake

We’ll take it slow

Take It Slow

# lyrics

Sirens bloom like poison bells,
Smoke unspools from spitting shells.
Footsteps carve the earth in red,
Tell me love, where have you fled?

Through the glass, a shadow spills,
Fingers trace the windowsill.
Far below, a whisper curls,
Where the river eats the world.

Wires hum with names unsaid,
Ink dissolves where papers bled.
Static clings to …hollow stations

This land waits, this land...

Morning limps through crooked blinds,
Sunlight warps on exit signs.
Somewhere deep, the clocks collapse,
Hold me close, don’t let me lapse.
In the streets, the flags unspool,
Tongues of fire lick the fuel.
Somewhere far, a promise drowns,
Where the river drags it down.

Wires hum with names unsaid,
Ink dissolves where papers bled.
Static clings to …hollow stations

This land waits, this land waits. This land waits. This land...

...chokes, this land sways.
Keeps a matchstick at the door,
For a love that comes no more.

This land bends, this land breaks,
Peels the paint, forgets the names.
Leaves the key inside the lock,
For a love

Glass is broken, the stars don’t shine,
Names fade slow in paper light.
All these voices, hollow waste
This land waits, this land waits.

Wires hum with names unsaid,
Ink dissolves where papers bled.
Static clings to …hollow stations

This land waits, this land waits. This land waits. This land...

...chokes, this land sways,
Keeps a matchstick at your door,
For a love that comes no more.

This land bends, this land breaks,
Peels the paint, forgets the names.
Leaves the key inside the lock,
For a love that won’t come back.

This Land Waits

# Lyrics

Hollow men in cufflinks grin
Gold from lies, they spin, they win
Parliaments trade our birthrights
Truth gets choked in dead of night

The market sweats
The market screams
Hope on screens and plastic dreams
We bowed our heads, they took the lot
Raise a flag to false gods

The market sweats
The market feeds
It drains the strength from workers knees
They sang of grace, then dropped the rod
All hail the false gods

Oceans rise with quiet rage
But we bought yachts, not barricades
We watched tides from private decks
And toasted floods with fine conscience

Selling lies in plastic wrap
A flag, a phone, a neon trap
Danced in queues, we praised the price
We paid for pain, we called it nice

The market sweats
The market feeds
It drains the strength from workers knees
They sang of grace, then dropped the rod
All hail the false gods

The market sweats
The market lies
It paints the poor as parasites
We raised our fists, they raised the odds
Fate from false gods

Ring the bell
Threadbare dawn
Steel and salt
Soil is worn

Market weeps
Market grieves
The prophet limp
World still bleeds

Where power prayed, false gods made war
Where kings grew fat, false gods made war

The market sweats
The market lies
It paints the poor as parasites
We raised our fists, they raised the odds
Fate from false gods

The market sweats
The market roars
It feeds the flames, it funds the wars
The veil is torn, the myth is flawed
Make way for false gods

Where men built walls, false gods made war
Where peace was sold, false gods made war
Where truth was drowned, false gods made war
Where law broke first, false gods made war

Market Sweats

Demo written, performed & produced by AGB

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNXCRyr7BS8

# Lyrics

Too tired tonight
Too lost to fight
Too far from home
Too much undone

What if you’d known
You’d run to reach me
Give it your all to find and protect me
You would if you’d known

Imagine you're here
Strength without fear
Hold me in your care
You’re no longer there

What if you’d known
You’d run to reach me
Give it your all to find and to protect me
Bring me your warmth
Your heart to heal me
Build me back up, all the strength you give me
You would if you’d known

How could you know

What if you’d known
You’d run to reach me
Give it your all, to find and to protect me
Bring me your warmth
Your heart to heal me
Build me back up, all the strength you'd give me
You would if you’d known

AEGEBE

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