They all look the same to me. The greedy men in black costume and tie.

#nowar

Brothers and sisters alike

Usually I think lyrics have to have a profound meaning to be worthwhile writing, but this just came about as improvised jibberish.

Lyrics: 
Hey now,
does it make sense to you?
I don't want you to
do the thing that you do.
Hey now,
it don't make no sense to me.
I don't think I want to be
restless together with you.

Restless together - work in progress

Title: Get a grip
Music/Lyrics: Anders Arrenius 2023

Verse
------
Growing older
has its ups and its downs
and I'm trying to learn
to break new ground.
But I just can't seem 
to get a grip on in.

It's doesn't have to be this hard,
but every time
I keep falling back again
right to the start
cause I just can't seem
to get a grip on it.

Chorus
--------
And now that I'm here
what does it all mean
when you grow restless
and fed up with this scene?

I need a fresh new start
but I don't know the way
and it's tearing me apart.
Can't make up my mind, ye ee yeah.

Verse
------
I've gotta tell you
it's been harder than I thought.
But in the end
this is the one chance I was brought.
But I just can't seem 
to get a grip on it.

What was I expecting then
when I had just moved out?
We moved south
to learn what life was all about
well I just couldn't seem
to get a grip on it.


Chorus
--------
And now that I'm here
what does it all mean
when you grow restless
and fed up with this scene?

I need a fresh new start
but I don't know the way
and it's tearing me apart.
Can't make up my mind, ye ee yeah.

Get a grip

Det kommer visa sig

Redemption

A somewhat strange mix of styles in this dreamlike song.  Is it supposed to make sense or just make sound? Nobody knows...

Jump three feet 1_3

There's no denying that we're all failures.

and

that's okay.

Nobody ever wants to lose face

Lyrics:

Time runs circles -
in between
what you're dreaming -
and what you've seen

come now future -
come sunrise gleam
some may dread it -
though they've never been

who holds the truth in their hand?
only time will tell
know that miracles happen -
though they're seldom seen

-

through the mirror of your soul
good faith undivided
as acceptance took its toll
circumstances coincided

though many a misguided
creatures of the night
some quite uninvited
sought solace from their plight

When time stood still
so still
so still

When time stood still

A short song about solitude and its remedies.

Lyrics:
It's a fragile life
the one we live
to walk 
alone 
and if you do
it'll break your heart

it's a treacherous path
and there are no roads
so find yourself
a true
companion
yet some may say 
that love 
is just 
a poison

in the end
you will know

Kinship

Lyrics:

Days pass
Time goes by
and I'm still waiting
I ask myself why

Through all of my failures
in all that I do
there's truth to be found there
and confusion too

Days pass
yet time stands still

Through all of my failures

Part of a songwriter's collective called Silent street. We've been doing this for fun for some 30 plus years now. Find out more at www.silent-street.com. Just out on major platforms. Album titled Nowhere.

Anders Arrenius

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