Attitude

This is a DIFFERENT version......all due respect to Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley.  READ THE WORDS, fool....

Well, I heard there was 
a sacred chord
that David played 
and it pleased the horde
but you don't really care 
for music, do ya?

Well, it goes like this
plead the fourth 
drink the fifth 

the minor fall
and the major lift 

the Shepherd King 
composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah (repeat) POETIC INTERLUDE: 

GET IN THE CAR WHEN SHE ARRIVES 
TO DRIVE A POINT HOME
TO THE PRIMARY FACT OF THE HORIZON
NOW IS A COMMUNION
AND CONSCIOUSNESS CANNOT DIE
DON'T STEAL OUR CHALLENGE 
WITH SALVATION

DYING AND GOING TO HELL 
IS JUST ANOTHER
CHILDHOOD AMNESIA

THE CAPACITY TO FEEL 
IS KNOWING
RATHER THAN 
JUST SAYING LOVE

WE FOUND OUR WAY BACK 
BY WHAT WE TIED TO THE SUNSET

SHE IS THE POET TO (K)NO(w) ONE

Your faith was strong
you needed proof
you saw her breakdancing on the roof
her beauty in the moonlight overthrew ya

then she tied you to her 
kitchen chair
with her teeth 
she removed your
underwear
from your lips 
she drew the 

hallelujah 

all night

Hallelujah - etc. 

Baby, I've been here before
you know I've
seen this world and 
I walked through the door
you know I 
rocked out to the west 
before I knew ya

Like a seventh son 
on the royal arch
love is not 
a victory march 
it's a cold, and 
it's a broken hallelujah 

hallelujah , etc. 

(Timmy Purrs)

well 
there was a time 
when you let me know 
what's really 
going on below
but now you never 
show that to me, do ya 

remember when 
I moved in you
and the holy ghost 
was moving too
and every breath 
we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hot Summer Day

Simple chord progression done with rnb 101 guitar playing. Begins with harmonica bend. Vocal delivery mostly on the beat making it more suitable for folk.  A dorian for the ‘going on slowly’ prechorus. The chorus goes from G to D/F# cos’ I wanted a nice bass movement and it also gives it a borrowed chord. I get to play with loud soft dynamics within the chorus and being true to the subject matter ‘pls take what little I have to offer’ is given a minimalist treatment with only vox and guitar. So you have the fierceness of ‘at all’ which is done in almost the same style as ‘give it all’ by Rise Against. The sitar ( only fake instrument) plays a Khamaj raga which is Mixlodyian mode. Know it fucks with the groove but I had to be true to subject matter. Also handpan which is a Christmas gift. Chord progression goes to G which is the key of the bridge. Some superimposition on piano for bridge. G7 which leads to back to Am for deceptive cadence. Ended making the beginning each phrase on the half of each bar. Piano is playing D throughout. Also played with A and C but they didn’t sound as nice. Not since Hurt by Johnny Cash has a single note been milked so hard. Almost EDM drops in the song so I could have turned it into folktronica. Adlibs for the final chorus were done in one take so the length of the final ‘peace’ is random. Can hold a note for longer than that but it's improvised. 

Lyrically, it is a love song/tribute to my fave novel Shantaram. When asked, about my fave song or fave movie I have a list. But fave novel-there’s only one that has brought me inner peace. I was given it by Indian bassist in uni during my first exp as frontman. It manages to be both a page turner and also has a constant mood of inner peace. Great lines as well as great romance between author and Karla. Still a much better love story than Twilight. In that respect the song isn’t too faithful cos it’ mood isn’t ‘constant inner peace.’ There are ‘explosions’ in song. The Indians called the protagonist Shantaram-which means ‘a man of gods peace.’ Not religious but have respect for religion.


I ain’t got no time
I ain’t got nowhere to go (improvised. Dunno what it means)
Ani auni vevyone. Hashem yashav li (first line is a slight melodic variation of refuge by matisyahu. Live at Stubbs. It’s taken from the Psalm of David and is in Hebrew/Yiddish. Second line is directly taken. I’m told he pronounces it too strongly but it helps with the singing that way.)
You lay my refuge down like Atlantis to the sea ( giving props to Matisyahu and also Donovan.)
Going slowly Going on slowly Going on slowly ey.


Chorus
I am mistaken for your love 
Oh rest assured I mean you no harm at all (some contradiction here. Go with the second line).
Please take what little I have to offer
No it ain’t’ much 
But it’s all I got you see
To be a man of God’s peace (Shantaram)
 a man of Gods peace (you know how the comments section for ‘Starboy’ is 来个鸡蛋。Lai ge ji dan. which means give me an egg. It's what Chinese people think look what you've done sounds like. Couldn’t unheard it for a while. For this, it’s 妈的尬屁。Which means ‘your mother’s awkward fart.’ 

Verse 2:
Defined by what we can endure
Not by what we can inflict  (A line from the novel. Paraphrased)
I chase the sunset down
With the colors of my wit (a lot of drinking goes on in the novel. Also a lot of colors)
Going on slowlyy going on slowly

Bridge:

I am the mountains that tear through the wind. (Taken from folk song 1 that I wrote. Was the chorus of that song but I didn’t like how it ended so now it’s a bridge. It is similar to, “when they tell you you’re not enough you tell them you are more than enough”- queen of wakanda. ) Also pretty badass vibes which fits the author of Shantaram.
I am the pain that shatters the glass
I am vicious when I am cut, I am delicious and a nut (the improvised lyrics were better than the ones that I focused on writing for the 1st song so I kept these)


Shantaram

song that I composed in 2024 and was very short, barely without a decent ending....... so I decided to fix it and put together an ending as the song deserves with a longer version and some melodic changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAfEwb8UwTc

Treading the road

Treading the road - Version Long 2025

word by word you see right through me,     and brick by brick you disassemble it for me.   The truth behind lies, lies the truth before me. Sometimes walking away is the best thing to do, but for who.  Who will win, who will lose? This is the great illusion. Truth's not just for us, it's for all. Don't let the lies fool you, allow the Unveiling, come to me. Give freedom make way, come to me be true. Let's make love out of me and you.   Allow the unveiling, Allow your Heart to show you, the Truth. It's felt in the touch, it's seen in the eyes, it's heard in the voice of unwanted goodbyes. The truth behind lies, lies the truth before me. Sometimes walking away is the best thing to do, but for who~ have faith beyond disillusion, have faith that truth is freedom.  Have faith its not just about you-  what lies behind truth, is the right thing to do...

Truth

We •

Shine

Sad Trap Type Beat (altobeat)

gentle as she goes

Je suis conscient dans mes reves, mais personnes me crois
j aimerais parcourir la terre, mais que avec toi
il ma fallu beaucoup de peine ouai oui, pour connaitre la joie
je t ai decouvert ma reine, soudain je suis roi

tout va trop vite sa m entraine wow, faut que je freine yeah
j aimerais franchir les frontieres ouai,mais il faut que tu m aime
laisse moi toucher tes levres avant que le jour se leve
j aimerais t offrir l univers mais je sais que tu saigne encore..

On a connu des moments de haines
Mais ca! ce netais pas moi
On recolte que ce que lon semes
et javais perdu la foi
Si je pouvais changer mes genes ouai ouai
Je l'aurais fait pour toi
Je t'ai toujours dans mes veines
Mais ca! tu ne le vois pas 

Tout va trop vite sa mentraine wow
Il faut que je freine ouai
Jaimerais franchir les frontieres 
Mais il faut que tu m'aime ouai
J'aimerais toucher tes levres avant que
Le jour ce leve
J'aimerais t'offrir l'univers mais je 
X3 Je sais que tu saigne encore yeahhh

Trop Vite

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Chris Drabble, based in the Northwest of England, is a rock guitarist who has over 50 years of playing experience.
With nearly 50K streams on SoundCloud in the last 12 months being a mixture of Guitar Rock and softer Ambient instrumental tracks, Chris is now ramping up his rock guitar work with his latest album ‘Foot to the Floor’, which harks back to his youth when rock guitar tracks had a catchy opening riff, and was the sort exciting music you felt you had to tap your foot to. 
His influences include Rush, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Simple Minds, Pink Floyd, Joe Satriani and Jimi Hendrix. He is currently listening to Porcupine Tree, Dream Theatre.