This is a fun recording. Bet you had a blast producing it! Nice work!

Silent Eyes is based on part of a song written around 1981(?) by Simon Nijhoff (†) and Marcel Levano. I could only remember a few things: the lyrics of the chorus (they were pretty odd, since Simons' father was very much alive at the time), the chords of the chorus, the slow-ska aka quickreggae rythm, and the chromatic lick Marcel played over these two chords.
All this was never written down or recorded, so I reproduced it from memory. I don't know why this particular piece suddenly reappeared, it just happened.
In spite of the gloomy, semi-sinister lyrics, it is quite a cheerful little thing.

Silent Eyes (v.2)

"I think it's going to rain today", by Randy Newman, 1968


Rain Today

Finya - Roughly six feet tall

Finya - Scared of me

My version of "Zombie" by the Cranberries.
Halfway the nineties this was a worldwide hit; I don’t think many people realised what it was actually about - the trauma’s of war, specifically “The Troubles”, the Northern Irish war and civil war, that was still ongoing at that time. Many people (including myself) just belted along with the chorus, which in this case is a word to describe someone who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder from too many explosions, gunfire… zombie.

Their Tanks And Their Bombs

Finya sings "Implicit Demand For Proof" by Twenty Øne Pilots

Finya - Rain Down

Finya sings "Bring 'm all in" BY Mike Scott.

Finya - Bring 'm all in

RABBIT
October:  her quiet breathing leaves a trace in the air
Light rain and yellow leaves in her hair

RABBIT & OTTER
November:  something’s hiding in the mask of the wind
It bends with the narrow pines as they bend

FOX
The fire beckons unwise rainsoaked hunters in

RABBIT, FOX, & OTTER
December:  winter whispers in the heart of a hind

RABBIT
Changing at least a part of her mind

RABBIT & OTTER
January:  but my collar doesn't turn anymore

RABBIT
No comfort from the white forest floor

FOX
The guardians of hiemal peace dig in for war

OTTER & RABBIT
They dig in for war

RABBIT, FOX, & OTTER
Hailey!
February:  that sensation still adheres to my hand

RABBIT
The warm hide of a life at its end

RABBIT & OTTER
March

RABBIT
She had cobbled any faith that I had
Springtime, the melody of her laugh

FOX
Silent reins, she has by grief my collar fast

RABBIT
Collar fast

RABBIT, FOX, & OTTER
Hailey!

Silent Eyes (v.2)

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