Lyrics:

Green are the eyes I wake to each morning
and dark are the forms that steer me away
I sit tight and reach the sun and she's yawning

and she tells me of her life,
and deepens the game;
with all her light
is the gift of green I crave.

And green are the fields in the light of English summer
and all of the emeralds bejewelling the mountain lakes,
at night I steal the moon on the sea

and he tells me of his life 
and deepens the game;
with all his light
is the gift of green I crave

Needless the say, 
the gift of green will fade away
but I am determined to follow
the truth in all decay.

The Gift Of Green

Shortcut To Midnight

Winter Morning

'To Belong To Something' is an instrumental collaboration between myself and Jimmy Adams, originally composed for 'Humanah Productions' show, 'Community' Jan 2017

To Belong To Something (Collaboration with Jimmy Adams)

Lyrics

I have dreamt in blue,
the sense in an apple’s edge,
felt bespoke -
felt bespoke in the golden accuracy
of dreams I have toyed with,
fished logic out of wanting it
logic out of wanting;

My skull is in the sky
I'm reaching to realise,
apple in my eye its utmost virtue;
I pinched a dream down by its stem,
dipping down into my waking mind.

and I will be forever charmed in wakefulness,
lovingly - 
so lovingly reminded of that fruit,

and locking into my palm,
aligning with the rise and fall
of the ocean and my breath 
is the apple, it drives me home
into a smile
deep and wild.

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The Apple And The Skyline

the Way Back

Hakhtor Nieh Gah

Amy

You are like a rising note, 
an extra one on the scale
but from all you sang, there's one thing
we learnt too late.

On the wrong side of your silence
and your fiery life,
we ignored your troubles left inside

and those camera flashes 
they bleched out what they didn't want to see

but Amy you touched me;
no reason or causality - 
just you and me
sharing this musicality.

Is there something wrong?
Why do we want from someone so much?
With every song there is a desperate clutch 
for a real world,
it was you
all along,
you were the realest my beautiful girl. 

You are the angel I've come to know
upon the neck and strings;
and you lead me there,
to that place as wild as your hair.

But there is something that stubs out that light,
with a hiss - cigarette - kiss - smoke and bloodshot eyes.

and those camera flashes 
they bleched out what they didn't want to see
but Amy you touched me;
no reason or causality -
just you and me
sharing this musicality.

Is there something wrong?
Why do we want from someone so much?
With every song there is a desperate clutch 
for a real world,
it was you
all along,
you were the realest, beautiful girl. 

She said:
'If I could give it back 
just to walk down that street 
with no hassle, 
I would.'


Is there something wrong?
Why do we want from someone so much?
With every song there is a desperate clutch 
for a real world,
it was you
all along,
you were the realest, beautiful girl. 

Is there something wrong?
Why do we want from someone so much?

Climb To The Moon

Mountain Dream

Lyrics:

We gathered humbly round a stone
and dug ourselves out of the night
and the rain fell for the seeds thrown;
took a breath in the morning light
the morning light
the morning light 

and I knew I was right at home 
you are my garden - I am your rose,
in the morning light
the morning light, the morning light.

For the creatures in the deep,
they’re moving in your sleep, at peace in the dead of night
but the people in the streets they're marching to the beat
of a heart so out of sight 

yes and I know well
and you know well
yes, we all know well 

Because I’ve been learning to trust the dance of water;
copious autumn.

Take your truth and lay it down with mine 
and we will see that we must be the morning light,
the morning light
the morning light

For the creatures in the deep,
they’re moving in your sleep, at peace in the dead of night
but the people in the streets they're chanting to the beat
of a heart so out of sight 

yes and I know well 
and you know well
yes, we all know well 

that the answer,
our future
is deeper
and bigger 
and simpler 
and clearer 
and greater,

together 
Oh yes, together
together.
Oh yes, together 

we belong.

Morning Light

Handle With Care - Single from Album 'A Way Back'.
Charlie Hendren - Guitar and Voice
Simon Treasure - Drums