Copyright Daniels & Durgy/Rivas 2022
Written by Jimmy Rivas
Modified Melody and Lyrics:  Nat Daniels & Craig Durgy

This beautiful Song was written by the incredible Jimmy Rivas! We are so honoured and flattered that Jimmy asked us to cover his song with a D&D spin..     and we hope you enjoy this song as much as we did creating it. 
Thank you Jimmy, for the inspiration..   Please see his awesome page for more of his beautiful works..  https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas

Lyrics:

Unconditionally by J Rivas 

Don’t rush me, while I go through my things
You were part of my life now you don’t wanna wear my ring!
You’re heartless inside...
No one is perfect, not you, nor  I

I wanted you to be, a friend to me
You were part of my life!
My family, I believed in forever, 
Unconditionally... Unconditionally...

The memories, that I know
Will haunt my dreams until I let them go
But You conquered, my heart and my soul
Forgive me,  it’s so hard to let go..

I wanted you to be, a friend to me
You were part of my life
My family, I believed in forever,
Unconditionally, Unconditionally..

Bridge solo :
Oh I believed, I believed in You and Me, 
And this Dream Won’t end for us….  

Oh I wanted you to be a friend to me
You were part of my life!
My family, I believed in forever, 
Unconditionally…  Unconditionally,
I believed…

Unconditionally

3Jan22

The 4th track from my bandcamp album, Musings 9

:D

Musings 9: Four

Returning

For a moment

I'm really feeling retro-pop today! 

This is a shortened cover of "Emotions" - a 2001 pop hit performed by Destiny's Child. If you're not familiar, you should look up the music video, and enjoy seeing baby Beyoncé! 

Words and Music by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb; SSA choral arrangement by Alan Billingsley, but all parts done by me because pandemic. (Sigh.) 

I know I have completely the wrong voice to sing this style of music, but... I have a fond memory of singing this song at a fundraising banquet in the early 2000's with my lovely music school colleagues Janna and Sheena, complete with matching sparkly gold outfits and choreography! Good times in a past life... 

(For the record, I mean Sheena, as in the incomparable Sheena Rattai of Red Moon Road - if you don't know her, I highly recommend that you check them out. Her voice is INCREDIBLE and you will thank me, I swear. I so wish I had her on this track instead of me!)

Cover - Emotion (Destiny's Child)

Ein Zauberkünstler ist ein Mann, der Dinge von dort wegnimmt, wo sie nicht sind, und sie dort hinstellt, wo man sie nicht finden kann, weil sie nicht da sind.

A magician is a man who takes things away from where they are not and puts them where they cannot be found because they are not there.

Un prestidigitateur est un homme qui enlève des choses de là où elles ne sont pas et les met là où on ne peut pas les trouver parce qu'elles n'y sont pas.

la magie est en vous (magic wand)

This is about the consequences of bullying. Morgan was 13, bullied at school mercilessly and relentlessly, until she committed suicide. When I read about the case years ago I found it distressing and later was moved to write this song. Don’t have a personal connection to what happened, I just found it really sad.


They found her in the morning
The sadness in her eyes remained
They had taunted and they teased
And broke her
She died in her sleep
Alone.

She fought them off as long as she could
They wore her down until the pain took…
She begged everyone
Rescue me from this pain.

They found her in the morning
The gladness in her heart erased
The tragedy of Morgan
Will haunt them
Each night as they sleep
Alone.

She fought them off as long as she could
They wore her down until the pain took…
She begged everyone
Rescue me from this pain.

Morgan can you tell us where you are
(The) life you lost was beautiful to us
Morgan can you show us what to do
(Your) life will shine a light for us from you.

Morgan
We miss you
Morgan 
We miss you
Morgan 
We miss you
Where are you, today?
We miss you.

Morgan can you tell us where you are 
(The) life you had was beautiful to us
Morgan can you show us what to do
(Your) life will shine a light for us from you.

Returning

Anthony