If not feeling particularly terrific, maybe something like this may help you to feel a little less alone in those moments.  It's really just about some of those thoughts we sometimes, or always, struggle to let go of.  A reflection on self-fulfilling prophecies, in some respects, too much focus on the negative, and similar treasures!

I wrote this when I was 22, 21 years ago.  Adjusted the lyrics a little bit, but only a  tiny bit (extra verse too), but was still quite surprised by them ahead of the tweak, and also sad to find myself relating to these lyrics nearly 22 years later. 

Production wise, regards mastering, I like this in my headphones, but don't like it so much played through my speakers. Needs a tweak at least.  

Lyrics

You don’t know what it’s like for me
Always trapped inside my head
I'm not even old but I’m dead
Don’t know how I survive going to bed

Quick little fixes from time to time
Mean nothing to my mind, my soul
I’m not even old but I’m dead
So far away in my head

Can’t keep giving my life away
Fallin’ to pieces day by day

It’s in my blood
It’s in my blood
It’s in my blood
Everything I’ve touched
Everything I’ve Loved
It all get’s dead
It all get’s painted red

Every time I try to hide, something 
Get’s me trapped inside my head 
Can’t seem to be heard like I’m dead
I feel like I’m cold, inside my bed

Everything I seem to like flips a 
Switch inside my mind love comes
To take my breath, I feel dead
The things I have hang by a thread

Can’t keep giving my life away
Falling to pieces day by day

It’s in my blood
It’s in my blood
It’s in my blood
Everything gets cursed
Everything I love
It all get’s red

It’s in my blood
It’s in my blood
It’s in my blood
Everything I’ve touched
Everything I’ve Loved
It all get’s dead
It all get’s painted red

Red (2002)

Image: Paul Klee "Red Balloon"

Performed on Steinway Spirio Model D at Curtis Schwartz Studio, Sussex, England.  (for information on the Spirio:  https://youtu.be/2kj2Oy3qkuY?si=9v_MTp3gUFGvZgR)

Inspirations: Arnold Schoenberg, Thelonius Monk, Richard Fairhurst.

Art is valuable because it “creates little worlds of its own…in the bosom of this disordered planet”, but those little worlds have no necessary impact on the great world; they may exist only as sanctuaries of private consolation. (Wilfred Stone, commenting on E.M. Forster's quote)

Seven Little Pieces for Piano

Our last single before the album "En plats i solen" comes out on June 17.  Remix by Ämne.

Alpha Mound & Tidsrymd - Vid tystnadens rand (Ämne remix)

Special thanks to  Sergi Yaro for his acapella...

LIFE TO REMEMBER.  feat Sergi Yaro

Made for Naviar Records' 520th Haiku Challenge

Flown away dreams [naviarhaiku 520]

Okta Cloud (beyond mix)

Walking by your house

Time to Mend

Après plusieurs mois en cale ou au port, revoici les coques effilées, accompagnées du cliquetis des haubans et des drisses sur les mâts et du claquement des voiles.
Ils glissent sur l'eau en douceur, mais parfois la compétition les attire, la bataille fait rage, et le spectacle est fascinant.

Notre Terre

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3Emu3

Je suis un musicien autodidacte. 
Mes références musicales sont hétéroclites, cela va de groupes tels Genesis,Yes, Led Zep, Deep Purple, à J.M. Jarre, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Pink floyd, etc. Mais aussi la musique classique, et parfois (rarement) les variétés. 
 Je ne crains pas d'enchainer un concerto de Mozart avec un morceau de Mickael Jackson ou des Ramoneurs de Menhirs!
Bien que je recherche la simplicité dans mes productions, j'apporte un grand soin à créer des sons, des textures et des ambiances originales, en tentant de sortir un peu des sentiers battus.
J'espère captiver votre attention à l'écoute de mes créations, et Qu'elles vous plairont !  christian.beaufort@neuf.fr

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Chris Beaufort

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