Name: if it were xmas (whisky from the bottle in the bath) by Alex McCulloch
Duration: 3 min 12 s
Description: well I'm drinking whisky from the bottle in the bath

Mission for the Dead

chelsea hotel no. 2 (cover)

february 26 2025
written by leonard cohen 
performed & recorded by charlotte bagwell

chelsea hotel no. 2

Artwork by Vladimir Kush

Written 18 years ago.... is what I'll say in ten years.

I’ve been an addict all my life long
to games I can’t win and puzzles I can’t solve
It’s been some kind of sick fascination
to find myself in impossible situations 
-
and this one is one of those
I’m a deep sea fish reaching for a desert rose
I’m a parking lot, hoping that a garden grows
I’m me and you’re you and my only way through is to divide by zero

you don’t like me much but I promise you this
if you knew me better you’d like me even less
If you could see what goes on in my thoughts
I think you’d personally lead the firing squad

but even though I wouldn’t agree
I’m so flawed, I’d assume I deserve it for something
this song just needs to be worthy of suffering 
I just want you to want something you can’t get anywhere except from me

It puts me out of sorts, but I think you’re my twin
and I ought to sue you for copyright infringement
but i’m sure at the court you’d have this winning defense:
my best is your ground floor, you do all I do and more, you’re improved at the core, so I’d best be out the door, with my obsolescence 
-
but you don’t know the thing you’ve offered
for a minute my sadness has an object
before this it hung shapeless as fog upon me
Now it’s fenced in a daydream that I can keep and smother by slow degrees
(And I guess you'd call that "sorrow laundering")

so even if it’s been in your mind
and even if there were enough time
and even if it’s true, what I swear I have seen
what you’d have to do would split you at the seams
-
it’d never be worth the risk
a dream gambled for so much less
just come clean, a daydream is all this is
some scene, from a movie we probably all saw as stupid kids

I’m sure you can tell most of this is an act
It can all go to hell, as a matter of fact
If I even thought this one could be solved
If I even thought the words could be carved
If I even thought I had something you want 
I’d ruin my life for those lottery odds.

Sorrow Laundering (Acoustic Demo)

A soft hymn for those who have dared to believe.

"If We Are Wrong (The Radiant Mistake)" is not a lament—it is a celebration of loving despite uncertainty. A song for those who would choose resonance over silence, every time.

We would rather be wrong with love than right without song.

-
www.cogconcor.com

If We Are Wrong

If We Are Wrong (The Radiant Mistake)

✨as you wish✨

well I'm drinking whisky from the bottle in the bath

if it were xmas (whisky from the bottle in the bath)

Update: Our vinyl album Love Is a Painter is a Global Music Award winner. 
Silver Outstanding Achievement: categories, Songwriter/lyrics, Duo and Composer. https://www.globalmusicawards.com/. Order your numbered & signed copy at record@travellighttheatre.nl €35 (excl Shipping costs)

Phantasmagoria is an exciting and vibrant song from the vinyl album "Love Is a Painter" by the composer duo Mireille & Eddy Moust. Nr. 11 on side b. The dynamic, energetic, swirling guitar parts dance and carry her sensitive voice. A song that continues to resonate. It is a reminder not to forget to dance through life.

Phantasmagoria

Track from the ToneBoneMachine album "Rain In Death Valley".

Rain In Death Valley

Buy at Bandcamp

The Eagle's Flight

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Little Moth
pages in clouds 2025

hide,





the,

tv,





its,



distorting,



her,

mind,


she,,,,
wants,




to,

build,

a,

new,

world,

made,

from,,

metal horses....

She's been,

struggling, 



for,


a while now,



Poor thing,



Poor thing,


hooooooo,

Poor little moth,


nooooo,
wayyyy,
out,


this ,
time,



its ,
all,
going,
so dark,

now,


ohhhh,
poor thing,


pb2025

Little Moth

Pensieri Disgiunti: B-Side continues the emotional and artistic journey begun in the first part of the album, deepening the posthumous dialogue between father and son through music. This second chapter expands on the legacy of Sandro Caponnetto, my father, whose poetry remains the soul of this project. 

Ciglia

#StarWhale становится не просто музыкальным произведением, а звуковым порталом, через который слушатель может услышать песню вселенной, ощутить космическую ностальгию и вспомнить о своем звездном происхождении. Это музыка для космических русалок и звездных китов — для всех, кто слышит зов далеких галактик и помнит дом среди звезд.

XVII. Звезда

singersongwriter from Toronto 


www.alexmcculloch.com

if it were xmas (whisky from the bottle in the bath)

Alex McCulloch

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