// Original vocals Anne Boyko
// Music, lyrics & mix by Guiville
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This track with Anne singing was based on the first track I uploaded onto Soundcloud which you can find here: https://soundcloud.com/guiville/what-will-you-do-now-mr-darcy with acoustic guitars and a little synth background for textures. Guitars recorded using (from ebay for £9.00): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-980186-…ne/dp/B0000ATCOR
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I hope everyone likes this new version as much as I do.
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Track lyrics:

You left with the rain, took the sun from my skin
Now the days drag along, so sallow, so thin
I still set the table for two out of spite
Though I know that your shadow won’t join me tonight

Oh, love, how cruel you can be
A whisper, a promise, now lost in the sea
I call out your name, but the echoes just sigh
The ghost of us lingers, yet never replies

The streets where we wandered now mock me alone
Your laughter replaced with the hum of my phone
Oh, I should have known you would vanish like mist
Leaving nothing behind but the bruise of your kiss

Oh, love, how cruel you can be
A whisper, a promise, now lost in the sea
I call out your name, but the echoes just sigh
The ghost of us lingers, yet never replies

And all the poetry, and all the lines
That I carved into walls to keep you in time
Have faded to nothing, just like your last glance
Oh, wasn't it tragic? Or was it just chance?

So here’s to the dream that dissolved into dust
To the hands I won’t hold, to the words I can’t trust
I dress for the gallows, I wait for the call
But love doesn’t answer, no, not at all...
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Photo by Rodolfo Sanches Carvalho
https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-standing-near-fern-plant-CsNacHXW6RU

What Will You Do Now (Feat. Anne Boyko)

The Decision

I'll be the reason you breathe
But only if you let me in
I've got my reasons to leave
It's more than just a little sin

Love is the only answer
Don't give up now
You're not alone
Love is the only answer
You have my word
I'll take you home

This road is twisted and long
But every journey's worth it
It's worth it in the end
I know I'm weak
But I'm strong
The only one who can hurt me is you
And you don't intend

Love is the only answer
Don't give up now
You're not alone
Love is the only answer
You have my word
I'll take you home

Love is the only answer
The only thing worth dying for
It was a sweet disaster
That kept me wanting more

Love is the only answer
Don't give up now
You're not alone
Love is the only answer
You have my word
I'll take you home

Love is the only answer
Don't give up now
You're not alone
Love is the only answer
You have my word
I'll take you home

the heart on the moon

The answer

I decided to revisit my first LP "Songs For Peace, Love and Understanding with a remix. Just some tweaks here and there related to lyrics, vocal presentation and guitar style. Also plan to say a little about the songs as well. This was an album that I focused on during my first year of retirement form my non- music job as an Occupational Therapist. I had a bucket list goal to make an album and I had no clue how to do it. I received some help form Tom Hanson here on SC which I am truly thankful for. The style of folk music I play is very reflective of the 60' and 70's. I had a theme for the LP so I began the process of writing songs which had a theme of peace, love, and understanding which was very reflective of the generation I grew up in. 
Track # 1  "Heartstrings" begins that theme of love and peace intertwined throughout the album. Without love it seems life would be hardly worth living. Love of family , friends, children, pets and the country we live in are very important to our existence in my humble opinion.......

Lyrics:

In this crazy world we're living in
Where love seems like a sin
We're all just trying to find
A little piece of peace in our minds

Heartstrings pulling us closer together
Through stormy weather, we'll weather
Every trial, every tribulation
'Cause in the end, it's all about love

We all have our scars and our flaws
But beneath it all, we're still in awe
Of the beauty and the magic we find
When we open our hearts and our minds

So let's sing this song of love
And rise above all the noise
'Cause at the end of the day
It's love that brings us joy

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk Copyright 2024,2025
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea 2025
Image: Gemini

Heartstrings (Remix)

"Family Reunions"
Guitar, vocal, and lyrics by
Linda Straub

Crickets on summer evenings 
dinner on the grounds
Grandpa playing guitar
such sweet southern sounds 

Grandma in her beads and apron
sitting in an adirondack chair
catching her much needed breath
from all her work and loving care

Oh, thanks for those family reunions
all the laughter and precious love
The memory of those happy times
now are soft echoes from above. 

Everyone gathered together
so much joy to be found
we sang songs and told old tales
and passed them all around

Grownups sittin' in lawn chairs
and children running 'round
Picnic tables full of southern food
at those dinners on the grounds

Oh, thanks for those family reunions
all the laughter and precious love
The memory of those happy times
now are soft echoes from above

The memory of those happy times
now are soft echoes from above.

Family Reunions (Original)

New Orleans is the New Vietnam (Eyehategod Cover)

Push to the limits-Demo

Treaclemacly

🖤 The Miracle Syndicate — “The Missing Call”

The voice was promised, but never came.
A cold signal from a northern town,
where the snow clings, where the streets fade,
and now we wait — no sound, no name.

(Static, static)
The empty call (you hear it too?)
(Static, static)
The missing voice (echoes through)

We keep transmitting —
silence, frequency,
waiting for the missing call,
you and me, you and me.
We keep transmitting —
through the hush, the fall,
thank you for listening
to the missing call.

Twenty-three hundred, the time was set,
Zehlendorf dark under radio sky.
A message fading before it spoke,
and still we lean in, still we try.

(Static, static)
The empty call (you hear it too?)
(Static, static)
The missing voice (echoes through)

We keep transmitting —
silence, frequency,
waiting for the missing call,
you and me, you and me.
We keep transmitting —
through the hush, the fall,
thank you for listening
to the missing call.

Sometimes what’s missing
is louder than what stays —
sometimes the waiting
is what carries us away.

Sender Astra…
silence, frequency,
Sender Astra…

Sometimes what’s missing
and fate was fading...

The harm in memory.

Credits:

Nayeli Astra: Vox, Guitar
Elena Morgenstern: Backing Vox, Synths & Sequencers
Brad Astra: Programming, Percussion, Bass Guitar, Rhythm Guitar

Special Thanks:
To the ravens who guided our melodies, the universe for its endless inspiration, and to everyone who has been part of this journey. This music collection is dedicated to those who dream with their eyes open.

In Loving Memory:
To Rio, who always listened.

Recorded at:
Nude Studio · Calgary, Alberta

Artwork + Photography:
Brad Astra

Label:
Painful Records Ltd.

© 2025 The Miracle Syndicate · All rights reserved
Written and Produced by Brad Astra

The Missing Call

Frank & Grandma running wild

The Noodles covering a cover of Alestome's classic Pirate Rock track.  Drink. 

Drink

I 've always tried to make the perfect song and i hope never succeed !
That's my way

Push to the limits-Demo

Bruno Bower