Every sound you hear is either me singing, me playing a bamboo duck-call thing, or a sample of a real duck. Easily the most ridiculous piece of music I have ever worked on. Duck samples sourced from the following Youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWDMzHrGu10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJnoyN8V6g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3MXD7pzkw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJVwvq5z3MI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv4rMDE8igg

DuckTales Theme - Quackapella version

Another oldie. Recorded in GarageBand several years ago.

Lyrics:

THE FENCE

All of the people I used to know are changing
We’re no longer having the conversations we should be exchanging
You used to come around and knock on my door
But you don’t seem to want to talk to me anymore
My confusion at this situation is growing day by day
For how can so many different people all change in the same way?
When the realization hits me it feels so strange
It’s not my old friends, but I who has changed

We sat on either side of the fence
And her grass was always greener than mine
We had something special never the less
All it took was a little time

Now the fence, it seems 100 metres tall
And there’s no way to climb it; I can’t scale any height at all
And I can’t tunnel under; the ground is just too hard
Built on things that I’ve said, I’d rather forget but I can’t

A lesson in humility
I’m as small as I knew small could be
And I stand staring up at this world
But the world just frowns back down on me.
This thing is used in her defense
And all I can see over the fence
Is the head of a once-loved friend,
Who I wish that I could love again
But to love is so hard when the love is all one way

Your friend in leather has nothing to do with this
So why does she abuse me telling me to quit?

How many times do I have to say I’m sorry
Till you forgive me? Can you ever forgive me?
And how many times do I have to say I’m sorry
Till you believe me? Will you ever believe me?
Are you happy to see me? Please don’t deceive me

I know I’ve made worse this situation
But if you could hear the conversations
It’s insult after injury, and four-letter words
The wall now seems to be twice as thick
And she seals away with every brick
Her memories of all the times we had
The good ones and the bad
And even though it’s hard, I’ll try to love her anyway


The Fence

Day 4 and Song 4. Sail Away features me on Clarinet and Bass Clarinet as well as the usual guitar and vocal parts. Again, recorded several years ago in GarageBand.

Lyrics:


Sail Away

If I could grow wings and fly
I wouldn’t waste another moment thinking about it
My limit is really the sky
No longer held down by the gravity of this place

And if I had a seaworthy vessel,
No crew would I need; I’d pilot it myself
I’d use all the strength in every muscle
To get that big piece of junk out of the harbour

I’d sail away for a year and a day
To find where I belong
Now I’m all alone on this boat filled with holes
So the journey takes twice as long

But I’ll keep on drifting til I find what I’m looking for
But it’s so hard to stay afloat when you don’t know what you’re looking for

If I was to walk down the street
A street of the mainland, the businessman’s play land
There’s no one I’m likely to meet
Cos I’m of no interest, they can’t make a profit out of me

And if I had a million dollars
I’d use some of it to fix up my boat
Then I’d throw the rest to Davy Jones’ locker
Cos money can’t buy the thing that I love most

I’d sail away for a year and a day
To find where I belong
Now I’m all alone on this boat filled with holes
So the journey takes twice as long

But I’ll keep on drifting til I find what I’m looking for
But it’s so hard to stay afloat when you don’t know what you’re looking for

I know I can’t buy what I’m looking for,
That island in the middle of the sea
They say that no man is an island
But that’s what you are to me

I’d sail away for a year and a day
To find where I belong
Now I’m all alone on this boat filled with holes
So the journey takes twice as long

But I’ll keep on drifting til I find what I’m looking for
But it’s so hard to stay afloat when you don’t know what you’re looking for


Sail Away

Lyrics:

VALENTINE'S DAY

It’s the day of old Saint Valentine
Of plastic hearts and turpentine
We keep the cards for a few days
Say they mean so much, and then we throw them away

Bright red balloons floating around me
It does confound me
I was confused about what that sound means
But it’s just a pair of young lovers in the parking lot
Yeah, it’s Valentine’s Day

I see them on their knees presenting diamond rings
And cooking meals for you fit for a queen or king
But since I’m single I didn’t get a single thing

There’s a boy over there who quite likes that girl
But he’s a little bit shy around her head full of curls
He decided today to send her a rose
But leave his name off the card so that nobody knows

Why do we seem to be ashamed of
The feeling we’re made of?
And what does it mean to say “I love you”
When we all know that that word’s so terribly overused
On Valentine’s Day

I see them on their knees presenting diamond rings
And cooking meals for you fit for a queen or king
But since I’m single I didn’t get a single thing

Goodnight sweetheart, now it’s time to 
Go to sleep and I’ll wake up in someone else’s bed
It’s Valentine’s Day and you’ve been great to me
But next year I’ll sleep with someone else instead


Valentine's Day

Two tracks from the Naivety EP, available December 2014

Absence Makes The Heart Forget

Naivety (Radio Edit)

There is an ongoing feud between two rival factions: The Reds and The Blues. A mercenary is hired by the Reds to infiltrate Blue territory and steal back their sacred book that the Reds once owned. He succeeds in obtaining the book, but on the way back to the Red base, he is killed. He then meets Azrael, the Angel of Death, who explains to him that he hasn't been good enough to go to Heaven, but the book that he stole is preventing him from resting in Hell. Instead, he is destined to wander the Earth as a ghost for eternity. Azrael explains that the book was the Book of Dante, a sacred book of Hell that the Blues had a duty to protect - the Reds never owned the book, but were using the mercenary to steal it for them, so that they would not be cursed if the book-thief died, according to an old legend about the book. The mercenary vows to take revenge on the Reds for causing him to be cursed by haunting them and their ancestors for eternity. 


SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HELL AND HEAVEN

I was sent on a journey by the Red Men
They offered me riches and wealth
To retrieve a book 
That the Blue people took
Many years ago

The vultures were already circling
When I spotted you out on your quest
I knew soon you’d be mine
But it wasn’t yet time
I was forced to wait

The temple was heavily guarded
But I snuck right past all of the guards
And there, on a stool
Just inviting me to steal
Was the so-called sacred book

You suddenly burst from the temple
And I saw what you held in your arms
Now because of that sin
Even Hell won’t let you in
I’ll make you my slave

Closer than I’ve ever been
But further than I want to be
A few more miles and I can be home free
But the road is filled with tricks and traps
Men with swords and pointed hats
This journey could be the death of me
This journey will be the death of me
This journey, it was the death of me

And as I climb the famous staircase
That she bought all those years ago
I’m wondering if I’ve been good enough
It seems you have the wrong idea
We never made it very clear
Just accept that now you’ll be with us

She takes me to a new place
I feel like I’ve been before
Like something I’ve seen on the silver screen
This isn’t good, nor is it bad
There’s an eternity to be had
Somewhere between Hell and Heaven

This isn’t Limbo or Purgatory
No fiery inferno, and no Hades
No great conversation, nobody else waiting to be judged
You’re not in Eden or Nirvana
But you’ll be here forever and ever
You’re naught but a ghost, doomed to wander the earth

Why, why am I stuck on this planet?
I don’t deserve it
I must find a way to explain it
And not delay it

How could I have wound up so far
From where I expected?
You, Azrael, answer my questions
Teach me the lessons
How can I have neither life nor death?

My friend, it seems you’ve been deceived
The Reds hired you to be a thief
The book of Dante, kept by Blue
That Red once owned it is untrue

The sacred text will grant its power
To whoever is its current owner
But the thief of it’s forever cursed
Their soul can never leave the Earth
The Reds learned this, and hired you then
So the curse would not be placed on them

You fooled me once, but not again
Now I’ve become the living dead
So listen Reds and listen well
I’ll make your lives a living hell
Revenge for what you did to me
Damned me to never rest in peace
It can only be a slice
But I will show you what it’s like
To be in pain, but never die
And I will be the reason why
I’ll haunt you and your kin forever
Like you’re the one who has to stay
Somewhere between Hell and Heaven

When you hear voices, it’s me
Mysterious noises, it’s me
When you are frightened, it’s me
When someone dies there, it’s me

(Somewhere Between Hell and Heaven)

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