All the lonely people whisper poetry for the moon
Drowning all our apathy with prophecies of doom
The trail is nearly over and the road is getting thin
Murmurs of the vultures in the silence of their spin

Moments of delusion on a melancholic haze
Shovelling our ashes to the sound of love and rage
Ritalin and valium are melting in your mouth
Questioning is everything but what it’s all about

Vultures hanging over as the sun eats up your eyes 
Flying over hilltops while darkness fills the skies
Wash your mouth with gasoline and shave with broken glass
Marry me and bury me, I’ll leave in my best dress

Tortured by the vulture with patience in his eyes
Silent praying demons with your ashes in their minds
Running out of tears while the clouds block the sun
And all the lonely people whisper poetry for the moon

Poetry For The Moon

In my head
Each second is longer
And everyone hungers for death

In my head
The slaves turn to masters
And natural disasters are fair

In my head
There’s little compassion
And random aggression is bold

In my head
Each day is a battle
We follow like cattle our self-written laws

In my head there’s a lot to be said and done
A lot more to overcome
It’s just how it is
In my head there’s not much more we can do
But sitting ‘round watching the news

In my head
Some people are monsters
And everyone clusters to watch utter shame

In my head
There’s anger and treason
For no other reason than sharing our pain
 
In my head
We don’t even bother
about what happens to others 
as long as we’re not in it

In my head
We get into trouble
To run from our boredom 
as if it would work

In my head there’s a lot to be said and done
A lot more to overcome
It’s just how it is
In my head there’s not much more we can do
But sitting ‘round watching the news

In my head
There’s lack of decisions
Just static opinions of what could have been

In my head
We don’t have a clue
Of what we say and we do 
but we pretend like we do

In my head there’s a lot to be said and done
A lot more to overcome
It’s just how it is
In my head there’s not much more we can do
But sitting ‘round watching the news

In My Head

Been this way for too long
Things might have to change
You don't look the same
It all looks the same to me

Circling around forever
Never getting anywhere
If things don't change
It happens all over again

Been from riches to rags
Rags to riches to rags again

Been this way forever
Things will never change
Nothing to lose
And tired of singing the blues

Armed with guns and ammo
Firing out of command
It all feels the same
And it starts all over again

Been from riches to rags
rags to riches to rags again

it goes round and round...

Rags To Riches To Rags

Kingdom Come

cannot change a lightbulb
cannot trust a friend
cannot stick to any kind of plan

cannot change direction
cannot make amends
cannot read the words in smaller print

and it feels like I'm having too much fun
hanging on to what you've done wrong
till kingdom come

men of good intentions
sow what they don't reap
digging holes to bury all the weak

cannot change a lightbulb
cannot trust a friend
cannot stick to any kind of plan

Kingdom Come

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Here is my take on Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger", a song from the Austin Powers soundtrack.
Recorded live at home December 6, 2015.

Check out the video for this performance: https://youtu.be/uDP0P9hqG14

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Gear:
Fender Stratocaster (MEX)
Boss GT-5
Digitech Jamman Express
Rode NT1A

Filmed with ZTE smartphone and Fujifilm Finepix S1700.
Audio recorded with Mackie Onyx Blackjack.
Arranged, mixed and edited by Daniel Catarino.

Written by Madonna and William Orbit.
All copyright is theirs or whoever they sold them to.

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlMMeVw0W5Y

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Beautiful Stranger (Live: Madonna Cover)

Here is my small tribute to Mr. David Bowie. I took the instrumental for "Space Oddity" - one of my favourite songs of all time - and recorded my vocals over it. It's probably the hardest thing I ever sang, always on the edge of my vocal range. Thank you for the music and inspiration, Mr. Bowie. Rest in peace.

Aqui fica o meu pequeno tributo ao Sr. David Bowie. Peguei no instrumental de "Space Oddity" - uma das minhas canções preferidas de sempre - e gravei a minha voz por cima. É provavelmente a coisa mais difícil que já cantei, estive sempre no limite da minha voz. Obrigado pela música e inspiração, Sr. Bowie. Descansa em paz.

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Space Oddity (David Bowie tribute)

My favorite band since I was a teenager. RIP Chris Cornell.

Daniel Catarino - Blow Up The Outside World (Soundgarden/Chris Cornell)

Both a mad scientist and an incurable romantic, Daniel Catarino is not an easy character to define musically. His first releases date back to 2006, and they focused mainly on long instrumental pieces, drones, space rock and psychedelic rock. Hidden behind aliases such as Landfill, Long Desert Cowboy and Oceansea, Catarino was unstoppable during the latter years of the last decade, creating more and more paths for his creativity, and eventually forming the bands Uaninauei and Bicho do Mato.

A major milestone occurs in 2013 with the release of "Songs From The Attic Window", his first LP composed entirely of songs in English, but still released under the alias Oceansea, which he dropped after a rumour about his death on Twitter. Nominated as Album Of The Month across several independent media resources, the single "Poetry for the Moon" enters the charts in German and Polish radios, reaching number 1 after a couple of weeks.

After releasing an EP in Portuguese, Daniel Catarino gave up using aliases due to a rumor about his death on Twitter and is now releasing his brand new and best album so far. "Songs From The Shed" is a charismatic singer-songwriter record, pinching the buns of Alternative Country/Rock, Folk and Britpop, in a journey from his native Alentejo to Nashville with a stop in London and Germany, where he will play his first international tour and release the album on October 2015.

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