the banshee and other bars (original)

i contain miles

California by Keri Johnson

I fell in love in the sunshine state
left my heart in the falling rain

I only wanted to believe the dream
the dream that you loved me, loved me

And I'm leaving tonight, California
ah ah ah, ah ah, ah ah ah

Driving thru like a run away
every mile takes my breath away- but it's too late, too late

The smell of jasmine still permeates
summer nights that I can't escape- memories of us, of us

So I'm leaving tonight, California
ah ah ah, ooh ah, ah ah ah

Keri Johnson's Album

California

5 Star Commended Entry in the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest

Waiting for the world to get back upon its feet,
Been so long waiting in the wings,
Getting hard to remember how things really were,
How I miss the ordinary things,

Like, casual conversations with strangers that you meet,
Hanging out with friends, and simply walking down the street,
How I miss the ordinary things,

Like, sitting at the coffee shop, watching people passing by,
Seeing mothers pushing push-chairs while their little babies cry,
How I miss the ordinary things,

Waiting for the world to get back upon its feet,
It's been so long waiting in the wings,
Getting hard to remember how things really were,
How I miss the ordinary things,

Like, taking a bus ride, three stops down the road,
Meeting friends for dinner, and hosting them at home,
How I miss the ordinary things,

Like, shopping unconcerned, without watching my back,
Making pointless journeys and other things like that,
How I miss the ordinary things,

Waiting for the world to get back upon its feet,
I've spent so long waiting in the wings,
It's getting hard to remember how things really were,
How I miss the ordinary things,
How I miss the ordinary things,

©2021 Words Of Wonder Music

Ordinary Things (Acoustic version)

Ordinary Things (Acoustic Version) - (Graham Williams) - ©2021 Words Of Wonder Music

Samples two of my favourites 

Hodgy Beats - In a Dream (Produced by Alchemist)
Rass Kass - Order Out of Chaos

THEY LIVE

ALIVE!

Crimson (Claustraphobia Remix)

Written and recorded 7th/8th November 2015

Cypress tree
I lie beneath
Alone we both must stand

Clinging to
The barren ground
In an unforgiving land

Minaret
Of evergreen
Symbolize my plight

Silent and 
So solitary
As migrant birds take flight

Cypress tree
I lie beneath
Alone we both must stand

Minaret
Of evergreen
Alone you understand



Cypress Tree

J'ai le plaisir de partager avec vous mon interprétation et arrangement au piano et à l'oreille de «  Exit Music ( For a Film ) », une magnifique et si dramatique chanson du groupe Radiohead faisant parti de leur album « OK Computer ». A sa sortie en 1997, cet album a énormément marqué les esprits et a eu un énorme succès mondial. Il aborde le thème du malaise social, l'aliénation face au monde consumériste moderne, l'isolation et l'effet de la technologie sur la société. Ok Computer est considéré comme l'un des meilleurs albums des années 1990 et restera dans nos esprits pour très longtemps car cet album expose une vision de notre société actuelle ( ultra-consommation, mondialisation, les technologies qui contrôlent de plus en plus nos vies, le malaise social...).
A la sortie de leur album, j'étais au lycée, j'aimais beaucoup ce groupe et je continue à l'aimer aujourd'hui...

Merci pour votre grand soutien à ma chaîne et j'espère que vous apprécierez mon cover !

La chanson originale de Radiohead : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FapBH3j6WoA

#Exitmusic  #Radiohead  #Compopiano #Coverpiano 

I am pleased to share with you my interpretation and arrangement on the piano and in the ear of "Exit Music (For a Film)", a magnificent and so dramatic song from the group Radiohead which is part of their album "OK Computer". When it was released in 1997, this album had a huge impact and had a huge worldwide success. It addresses the issue of social alienation, emotional isolation, and political malaise, alienation from the consumerism and the effect of technology on society. OK Computer is considered one of the best albums of the 90s and will be remembered for a very long time ...because this album presents a vision of our current society (ultra-consumption, globalization, the technologies that increasingly control our lives, social alienation...).
At the release of this album, I was in high school, I really liked this group and I still love it today ...

Thank you for your great support to my channel and I hope you'll  enjoy my cover !

Exit Music ( For A Film )-  Radiohead - Interprétation et arrangement piano de Nathalie ITTA

(We All need someone. For me, that someone is you
It's your eyes I look into. There is nowhere I'd rather be)

We all need someone to be close to. We all need a little attention 
Just a hug, a squeeze, like a warm summer breeze 
Just showing you my intention, to love you 

Its when they say. Its better to leave things in the past. Where they belong 
But if the feelings are too strong. What are we to do, 
Just because we need someone 

I look in your eyes. There is nothing I would rather see 
Nowhere, I would rather be 

A lot of people said that this love would never last 
But they were wrong 
And if the feeling is too strong. What is there to do 
Just because we need someone 

The world is an ever changing place 
The seasons come and go 
We can travel from place to place. But without you by my side 
It's all nothing but empty space 

I look in your eyes. There is nothing I would rather see 
Nowhere, I would rather be 

When you need someone 
When you need someone to be close to

We All Need Someone

Money

Love
your bones
lift the skies up
on your own

Oh do your best to breathe in
hold tight
well if you walk on water
I can hold the tide

When you live in a world of black and white
When you live in a world of black and white

You could turn the sky grey blue
know not what the things you do
May the silent screams be gone

When you see the world in black and white
When you live in a world of black and white

You can pick me up again
I'll won't break
All my insides 
falling into place
All your truths be told

You can clear the Scottish rain
not today
oh my light my guide
scream rainbow stains
All your greys are gold
All your greys are gold

Life in black and white

For all our listeners.
We love every single comment and we are so grateful that you listen. 

Lyrics:

Afraid to leave for the rage I'd throw
You think I am like the weather 
Sometimes you expect a smile 
Just as I begin to thunder 
Sometimes I catch you look at me
like a treasure hunter 
who thought he'd uncovered the stash 
but finds in his hands a trove of ash

Wait for the next lie to break against me 
You called down the rain
Throwaway, throwaway, be rid, be rid of me
Take me to the edge
Scavenger, I love how hungry you get

I asked for you and you were given 
Not that I was deserving 
Catastrophe; how did we not see from where we sat?
How did we not heed, at all, the seeds of warning?

This is the land I have been travelling 
You will see there have been many fires
Soon I'll not be enough for you
You make of me sand and ashes...
Now we can look back and see the signs
Blinking, half-blind, like creatures dazzled,
Set beneath the gathering storm
Our feet absorbing the bellows

Love, our love is  so well-weathered now
You see we held calm
My wayward mind safely tethered now
And watching what the years have done
Never forget our words and what we have won

I asked for you, and you were given
Not that I was deserving
Does every new person deserve my confession?
The telling can never make light the old burden

The telling can never make light the old burden...

The telling can never make light the old burden...

Treasure Hunter

Hi, I'm Chris and I am a research scientist by day and a songwriter in my spare time. I joined SC in 2013 and I mainly record acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies, but also like playing electric guitar, bass, keyboards and using drum loops.

My musical influences include Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon, and increasingly fellow SoundClouders; My favourite bands include Yes, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Rush and Steely Dan, and I also listen a lot to The Beatles, Elton John, The Who, Van Morrison, Genesis, King Crimson,  Jethro Tull, Sparks, Stevie Wonder, The Grateful Dead to name but a few...

Anyway, please feel free to get in touch - I can make any tracks (in whole or in part) available if you want them for collaborative reasons, or if you just want them for your mp3 collection :)


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