Your voice kind of reminds me of later george harrison 

"There's no alley way where one used to be This town has changed (but maybe it's me)" - A little Dylan too? Great!

Terrific songwriting and delivery. Love the lyrics.

Also check out falsestart's very cool cover of this song:  https://soundcloud.com/falsestart_fahy/this-town-anton-etch-cover

Recent demos and rough-tapes from songwriter Anton Etch

Simple and Strange: One

Big Bizness South presents
Ree Dawg
"Smoke & Pain"

Alotta (feat. Mannie B.)

2023 video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNNTnsRioZs

This Town Has Changed
by Anton Etch 2021

I woke up 
in this here town
shed the scales from my eyes
and looked around

see how we live
we're all going to hell
fires are burning
there's a sulphorous smell 

There's no alley way where one used to be
This town has changed (but maybe it's me)

I can't get through
I can't get by
this town rattles on
leaves me behind

I still can't get through
I can't touch down
nothing feels real
in this goddam town

Sun shines, rain falls, 
this town pretends it has it all..

In this town
you don't have to be
you just have to 
appear to be

There's no alley way where one used to be
This town has changed (but maybe it's me)
Maybe it's not this town, maybe it's me
but maybe i'm right, this ain't the place to be

the crows are all leaving, 
what do they know?
it's all a ride
it's on with the show
 
Sun shines, rain falls, 
this town pretends it has it all..
There's no alley way where one used to be
This town has changed, 
this town has changed,
this town has changed//

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Anton Etch 2021 All Rights Reserved

This Town Has Changed

Cinematic Pop

The composition was written under the impression of documentaries about the mountain steppes, in particular about mountain horses.

Mountain steppe, a herd of horses at dawn.

Mix/Mastering - WOODS STUDIO

Remember that Christmas
The family’s last Christmas
I know it’s been years but the memory’s dear

Now the holiday's started
With so many departed
It’s not the same feeling
And it’s hard to find cheer

It’s you and I only
And to feel less lonely 
Here in our home we treat the past as a friend
And then in our hearts
It is Christmas once again

We’ve every intention
To follow tradition
But sometimes we find ourselves preoccupied
It’s not how it once was
And feeling as one does
We do what we can and are glad that we tried

 It’s you and I only
And to feel less lonely 
Here in our home we treat the past as a friend
And then in our hearts
It is Christmas once again

What else could give our spirits a lift
Then late in December
To once more remember
the happy times - and that is our gift

So sit by the fire
The warmth will inspire
The times that we once shared to join with us

It’s you and I only
And to feel less lonely 
Here in our home we treat the past as a friend
And then in our hearts
It is Christmas as back then, back when
Yes in our hearts
It is Christmas once again

Christmas Once Again

The Bridge of Decisions

Figure It Out
by Anton Etch 2021 
- a rough demo from the 'Simple & Strange' series -

In the beginning
there were snakes and there were devils
of the human kind
where'er you travell'd

if you're watching a movie
and someone says "I'll be back around seven"
you can be sure that
something else is bound to happen

if you ask for something straight up
that's most likely what you'll be given
you could spend the rest of your life
thinkin' about heaven
                  
if someone tells you
we don't talk like that in prison
best send a message
that nothing will be forgiven

if someone says they don't have the time
it's not about time
but what they'd rather be doing
with that same time

when you feel confusion 
when you feel doubt
ain't it about time?
about time you figured it out?

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Anton Etch 2021 All Rights Reserved

Figure It Out

Truth…
by Anton Etch 2022
- a rough demo from the 'Simple & Strange' series -

Truth comes in flashes
snapshots and ashes
rises like a phoenix
floats to your ceiling
shimmers and hovers
at four in the morning
truth comes in flashes
from fragments forming

Truth appears
it's not excavated
it can't be figured
or cooked or created

Truth emerges
in surprising places
the howling vagrant
and unsafe spaces

Truth isn't born
fully formed
you have to glean it
from shards ‘n storms

Truth waits
It delivers no warning
reveals itself
to those in mourning

Truth doesn't care
who the hell you are
what you drive
pauper or czar

Truth is earned
it can't be bought
you have to want it
more than what you got

Truth comes in flashes
in rags and in patches
the daughter of time
slow as molasses 
or quick as quicksilver
in sparks and splashes
in fragments and facets
in mixes and mashes

Truth is the last
guest at the weddin'
sits at the back
foldin' a napkin

…less in words 
more in actions
never shouts 
ignores the factions

…tip of a hat
tap of a finger
there's truth in
the voice of the singer

Truth in 
the barkin' dog
the wasp sting
the walk in the dark

Truth lurks 
in the shadows
it stalks
your tomorrows

You can try 
forever to avoid it
deny, defy,
or blindfold it

The enemy 
of fantasy
the surrender 
of hope...

...truth is 
no story.
It doesn't need 
glory

Truth comes in flashes
snapshots and ashes
rises like a phoenix
floats to your ceiling
shimmers and hovers
at four in the morning
truth comes in flashes
from fragments forming

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Anton Etch 2022 All Rights Reserved

Truth...

Then You Come To Me
by Anton Etch 2022

In this world alone
people that you meet
most will pass you by 
scuffin’ their feet
Others they will look
you in the eye
they live on in your mind
’til the day you die

I saw myself a slave
breaking barren ground
nothing in my heart
to spread around
Then you came on by
on me you smiled
you helped me see the path
is worth the while

Everything you are
comes from what you bring
we’re all in this alone
we all face suffering
If you hear me
and I hear you
oh that’ll go a ways
to get us through

Mournful as I look
sad as I may sound
I endure the pain
when it comes around
Then you come to me
and peace i find
the horrors of the world
I leave behind

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Anton Etch 2022 All Rights Reserved

Then You Come To Me

[FREE FOR PROFIT] "Old Days" Kendrick Lamar Type Beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7pJE4qQTk

Lyrics and Vocals by LS the Ken

I Browse

Not To Keep

MIX/MASTER: WOODS STUDIO

A spoiled king
In my single days
Was I wrong to think
I’d be king always?
I’m of two minds

For I’d placed a crown
On my own head
Then I laid it down
But should I have fled
I’m of two minds

One being bothered by a nagging thought
If he hadn’t dallied he’d have not been caught
The other counting blessings and there are a lot
I’m of two minds

I jumped off the fence
Agreed to a trial
Did I see confidence
In your smile?
I’m of two minds

They say if you really want to get things done
Two heads are always better than one
Have they said other things quite that dumb?
I’m of two minds

and two hearts
where one ends the other starts
Like a snake eats its tail
Like a jailer in jail

So you’re in me
As much as I’m in you
Did we both agree
to say I do?
I’m of two minds

At this point it really doesn’t matter much
My brain went out the window at your touch
I’m lucky now that I have got a spare
Cuz you’ve made me well aware…
The fabric of our lives now intertwines
We’re of two minds

Of Two Minds

raw songwriting track. the song is about the very real acceleration of progress relative to regular geological and evolutionary time.
 
*note to scholars - the chronological facts described in this song are supported by anecdotal, circumstantial, rhetorical, and speculative information.

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everyday is going faster - raw songwriting track

Rain and Snow
by Anton Etch 2022
- a rough demo from the Simple & Strange series -

I had plans here in the past
I knew that nothin’ ever lasts
but I still feel a pang
when I realize that’s the truth

I thought I could leave it all behind
I hoped that time would heal and bind
but it just breaks open
the same old scars

at that moment
I’m back behind bars

Tell me where you wanna go
in the rain and in the snow
you know this ain’t the place..
to be
you’re still searching for that Holy Grail
in the wind and in the hail
you want it all but          
you need to get away….
you’ll kill someone 
if you have to stay

You made the break you take a walk
while all the others talk talk talk
a lonesome road
of your own design

Out the city ridin’ free
no more beggin’ on bended knee
hold yer head up
and breathe the sky

at that moment
I’ll probably sigh

Tell me where you wanna go
in the rain and in the snow
you know this ain’t the place..
to be
you’re still searching for that Holy Grail
in the wind and in the hail
you want it all but          
you need to get away….
you’ll kill someone 
if you have to stay


On the road we come across
no pound of flesh, no sacred cross
no need to make a bed 
amongst the thorns

Moss is growing and that’s fine
time ain’t pressin’… we don’t mind
let me know where we’re goin’
when we arrive

at that moment
I’ll probably cry

Tell me where you wanna go
in the rain and in the snow
you know this ain’t the place..
to be
you’re still searching for that Holy Grail
in the wind and in the hail
you want it all but          
you need to get away….
you’ll kill someone 
if you have to stay

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Anton Etch 2022 - All Rights Reserved

Rain And Snow

On My Mind feat. Youngsikee reprise

Rough-tapes/pre-demos from the 'Simple & Strange' series...
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