Masterful acoustic guitar work, beautifully produced and performed 👍

Feels good, maybe a little celebration!  Real nice!

vocal is always great but this piece features some good guitar and bass.

another superb tune Bas!  always enjoy the gorgeous sound & arrangements you produce

This is magnificent in every way Bas. The instrumental interplay is wonderful and your vocal always captures my attention. Reading the translation I am struck with how beautiful this poem is and you have made something remarkable with it. Wow! Thanks for sharing such a gem

@benn10nyson: Thanks Ben, glad you like it!

Liking the mood of your interpretation of the poem Bas.

Treasure Chest
Words and Music by Nero Simon

We said I love you
For the first time
On the Seven Mile Bridge
Bahia Honda
Headed southbound 
Our hair blowin’ in the wind 

Two leading actors 
Without a script
At the tail end of a dream
What remained of us
In this theater of the sea
But two-bit roles for you and me

We were once shooting stars
Who were coming undone 
Two souls drifting apart 
Now we're finding our way back to each other's arms

The keys to your heart
Are hidden in 
A treasure chest
Buried in the sand 
Somewhere south of Islamorada
Oooh oooh oooh
We’ll have our riches once again

Counting hours 
By the half shell
Tropicalia tastes so sweet
Herradura 
Goes down easy
With a view as lovely as can be

We were once shooting stars
Who were coming undone 
Two souls drifting apart 
Just forgetting that we're not in love anymore

The keys to your heart
Are hidden in 
A treasure chest
Buried in the sand 
Somewhere south of Islamorada
Oooh oooh oooh
We’ll have our riches once again

We said I love you 
For the first time
Keys to your heart
We said I love you
For the first time
Keys to your heart
We said I love you 
For the first time
In a long time

Treasure Chest

Wheel Out The Taliban

Westward Motion

Groove times Two - Robert Grigg & Combstead

A song about futility

LYRICS:

Soon is not soon enough
and the promise of help
is just dust on the shelf
Bloom in a greenhouse alone
Nowhere is home
You're longing to roam on the grass on the loam

Moved by a picture of sand
Unfamiliar land
you held in your had
Soothed by the breath of the day
A permanent haze
A shroud on the face of the ones you replaced

You went along with the plans 'til the end
You finished your book and you lost all your friends
We talked and we talked but we never got near
the reasons behind why you ended up here

Reasons

ACOUSTIC, FINGER STYLE, SINGER/SONGWRITER,MELLOW

LOVE IS A MERRY-GO-ROUND

Love Is A Merry-Go-Round

[English translation]
ADIEU
Again i saw my love leave
and again it was: Adieu, my heart; soon
it is done with you, with me, with us,
and time and space move in between.

Ah, how many trains I saw depart
from other, from identical terminals?
I turn around and mutter under my breath
what we didn't tell each other this time as well.

Again the world is opening up to me
But darling , I see, just where I look,
in every shop window a stranger walking
whom i look like since you left.

Even for those who have learned not to hope 
too much, the illusion gradually disappears
Again the world is opening up to him
But he only sees, where he looks,
in every shop window a stranger walking 
in every shop window a stranger walking...

Poem: Jean Pierre Rawie (bundle 'Woelig stof')
Music: me

Adieu

ADIEU

[original guitar score by @john-byrne-117035719]

https://youtu.be/eOJ44ccHNOU

[lyrics translated from the Bulgarian]

Don’t Be Afraid

Don’t be afraid at night
Don’t be afraid (not yet)

Tonight’s fears of yours—
the morning will turn them
into grains of rice

Your thought shines, my sweet child
and every blazing thought
conquers the monsters

Darkness, too, wants to embrace you
(It is completely bored of being in the dark)

One day you will wish
you could return to this boring darkness
to this threshold, to this shore

Don’t be afraid at night
Don’t be afraid (not yet)

Every summer will bring
new allies with the hearts of lions
Fly without fear 
when you are in a sky that is unfamiliar
but with familiar wings
(get to know your wings)

Don’t be afraid—
When you’re in the dark, I’ll be with you
When you’re afraid, I’ll be with you
When you’re alone, I’ll be with you
Even in a crowd, I’ll be with you

Don’t be afraid—
When you’re in the dark, I’ll be with you
When you’re afraid, I’ll be with you
Until I’m around, I’ll be with you
And when I’m gone, I’ll be with you

Don’t be afraid—
pet the monsters
Don’t be afraid—
darkness hatches your thoughts

Don’t be afraid—
darkness is bored to tears without you

Thoughts light our way, my sweet child
Stroke the darkness with your wings

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Не Бой Се

Не бой се от нощем
Не бой се (все още)

Днешните ти страхове
утрото ще превърне 
в оризови зърна

Мисълта ти свети, мило мое дете
И всяка ярка мисъл
Покорява чудовищата

Мрака иска и той да те прегърне
(Пълна скука му е в пълна тъмнота)

Един ден ще поискаш
Да се върнеш във този скучен мрак
На този праг, и на този бряг

Не бой се от нощем
Не бой се (все още)

Всяко лято ще донесе 
нови другари с лъвски сърца
Лети без страх когато си под небе
Непознато но с познати крила
(опознай своите крила)

Не бой се—
Когато си в мрак, ще бъда със теб
Когато те е страх, ще бъда със теб
Когато си сам, ще бъда със теб
Дори във тълпата ще бъда със теб

Не бой се—
Когато си в мрак, ще бъда със теб
Когато те е страх, ще бъда със теб
Докогато ме има, ще бъда със теб
И когато ме няма ще бъда със теб

Не бой се—
Погали чудовищата
Не бой се—
Мракът люпи мисълта

Не бой се—
Мракът се пука от скука без теб

Мисълта ни свети, мило мое дете
(погали мрака с крила)

Spotify

Ne Boi Se (with John Byrne)

Ever thought you knew someone..?

ALL MY LIFE (uncomplicated)

it shouldn’t be so complicated
it’s such a simple thing
people can seem so unrelated but
put together they’re everything

all my life
I could’ve sworn you were
on my side
(I didn’t know that)
all this time
I didn’t see we were
different minds…

seems we circumnavigated
each and every little thing 
Can’t believe how long we’ve wasted
just to find us here again

mmm we’ve got to unravel this thing
shake out the knots un-knot this string
there’s no need to overstate it… 
it should be un-complicated

all my life
I could’ve sworn you were
on my side
didn’t know that
all this time
I didn’t know we had
different minds…

all tangled up in something we could never be
all we’d ever seen is something we’ve already seen

all my life…
all this time…

it shouldn’t be this complicated
it’s such a simple thing
people can seem so unrelated
put together they’re everything

put together they’re everything…

Uncomplicated

Deep In My Heart

ALFONSO LLORENTE: VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITARS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS & SYNTH

I´m still searching my way home

CAN´T FIND MY WAY HOME (Blind Faith)

Hi there. I make songs in Dutch and record en mix demo's at home. Translations are provided on the song page. I remove reposts after a few days.

ADIEU

Bas Kooman

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