Medieval tavern and bard music with lyrics inspired by playing Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. Original lyrics by Crabappledave, instrumental and vocals created and mixed by Freylancer using Suno AI Studio and Audacity.

4. But A Dream
Lyrics by Crabappledave

Once within a long long while
I dream of holes and start to smile
An arcing swing, a putting long
A cunning toad, an ape so strong

And in my dreaming, waking sleep
I see a vicious hole so deep
To swallow all but smallest par
I dreamt that holes had gone too far

But then a light breaks through the cloud
A victory cheer that rings so loud
It chills the blood within the heart
A toad's foul plans would fall apart

The valiant ball cuts through the air
It arcs, then settles, over there
Beyond a buncle, past a dog
Bound for green, a hole to clog

And for a moment I do see
A future bright and filled with glee
The winning strike, the killing blow
That slays the course, and lays it low

Come with me now and share my dream
An idle wish that few have seen
Dispair's defeat, a raucous win
I dream no more, directly in

But A Dream

💔 Goodbye, Line

A final farewell to the love of my life — the dream that lived for 30 years has finally come to rest.

Artist note:
This is not a song of regret — it’s one of gratitude.
What began in youth has found its peace in time.
Some stories aren’t meant to end with “forever,”
but with thank you and goodbye.

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Lyrics

Verse 1
Goodbye, my love — goodbye that smile,
The way your eyes could light a mile.
Goodbye the spark in what you said,
When passion’s fire turned skies to red.

Verse 2
Goodbye the love that could never bend,
The kind that time will never end.
Goodbye those nights in Cancún’s glow,
Where ocean winds still softly know.

Chorus 1
Goodbye to the dream, goodbye to the pain,
Goodbye to the heart that called your name.
Goodbye to the truth, to the fire, to the flame —
Goodbye, my sweet Line…
Goodbye, my love, again.

Verse 3
Goodbye the talks that bared our souls,
Goodbye the pieces time still holds.
Goodbye that gentle tilt, those closing eyes,
The peace that lived in midnight skies.

Bridge
Goodbye the embrace I longed to find,
The future built inside my mind.
Goodbye the ache that made me grow,
Goodbye, at last, to letting me go.

Final Chorus
Goodbye to the dream, goodbye to the pain,
Goodbye to the tears that fell like rain.
Goodbye to the story that love began —
Goodbye, my sweet Line…
My heart, my truth, my friend.

Outro
Goodbye, my love…
Goodbye, my sweet Line.

Goodbye My Love

Every Kingdom

Gracious

Ben Howard returns with his 4th album, Collections From The Whiteout, produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National). The foreboding darkness that coated Ben’s second record I Forget Where We Were and thinly veiled its follow up Noonday Dream, isn’t so evident on Collections. These are songs written from headlines scanned, or news stories scrolled past, providing inspiration for a selection of vivid narrative snapshots – the death of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Crowhurst’s Meme); Russian fraudster Anna Sorokin (Sorry Kid); the man who stole and crashed a plane in Seattle (The Strange Last Flight Of Richard Russell); and the dismembered body a friend of his father found in a suitcase floating along the Thames (Finders Keepers). Alongside them, the personal anecdotes from the same scattered period living between Paris, Devon and Spain. Yussef Dayes features, as does Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), James Krivchenia (Big Thief), Kyle Keegan (Hiss Golden Messenger), and Dessner. Thomas Bartlett, St. Vincent’s go-to pianist, and Rob Moose, a long-standing arranger of strings for Bon Iver, are also present. Long-term guitarist to Ben’s band, Mickey Smith (A Blaze of Feather), remains a reassuring constant. It’s a sonic adventure that continues this nagging suggestion that Ben is one of the UK’s most inventive and naturally talented songwriters. CFTW is his latest opus, and arguably his most fully realised to date.

Gracious

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