My new EP Utopian Lovesongs features three new songs: On A Sunny Afternoon, Time To Change and You Are My Ocean. I wrote all three songs around June this year. They evolve around the topic of ideal love.

Utopian Lovesongs EP

The second EP Dilemma And Resolution by Christopher Livings will be coming out soon via all major streaming services. With a mixture of folk and pop influences but always grounded in alternative rock music, the songs on this EP will take you on a personal journey of discovery and hopefully a smile or two. All songs were written, performed by Christopher Livings, except for Church, written and performed by Christopher Livings and Lutz Bolinius.

The songs are:
Driving Home
Church
Wash Me Away
Five Miles High

produced by Christopher Livings 2022

Dilemma And Resolution

Dear friends, from today on my music is online at spotify, apple music, google music and many other streaming platforms. I start this off with my song Like Alice in Wonderland. Please support me by watching, liking, posting and reposting and sharing and subscribing to my channels. Thank you so much for your support.

Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/de/album/like-alice-in-wonderland/1565606463?i=1565606465

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/5heNeoUC4oqOWOkKEse7Bv

Google Music
https://music.apple.com/de/album/like-alice-in-wonderland/1565606463?i=1565606465&fbclid=IwAR2k3K3G-5baRpH2dKgVzZr9sGSCGXKsxIUsTX0ErA-rKJIld5vEY2oJgVw

And to celebrate this day my new video is online.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMD28kn3pB4
Like Alice In Wonderland

All I ever wanted
seemed so out of reach
but it was something
life wanted to teach me
or was it nothing
nothing at all
just a distraction
waiting to fall
like Alice in Wonderland
fell down a rabbit hole
and the mad hatter
had something in store
teatime for ever
teatime for all
just a distraction
waiting to fall

you just don’t know how it feels
when everything is unreal

the birds, the trees and the skies
and you just wonder why

slowly
slowly

copyright Christopher Livings
Written, performed and recorded in Worpswede, 2020 by Christopher Livings

Like Alice In Wonderland

Thinking Of You

running round in circles 
in the same old direction
funny how it always seems to lead me back to you
I’m sitting in a deckchair, somewhere 
thinking it through

I could find someone similar 
a similar attraction
it could even be something I liked about you
but then I think you are lying so I won’t be dying for you

While you are slowly drifting
towards another dimension
sweet loving madness in the face of something new
while you turn your head to face away from something special
now I’m left with emotions I’d rather would have shared with you

It could’ve been easy
but it wasn’t supposed to
too many times 
it could’ve been something true

it’s like betraying a lover with another version of you

and I think you were lying so I wont be crying over your

While I’m slowly drifting towards another dimension
A deeply longing sadness slowly creeps back in
while you turn your head to face away from something special
this game is always played so that nobody wins

Written, performed and recorded by Christopher Livings
Worpswede, Germany in March 2021

Copyright Christopher Livings 2021

Thinking Of You

On A Sunny Afternoon

On this new day
I will do the impossible
I’ll walk up to you and I’ll say how I feel

too much to lose 
that is why I am hesitant
it’s too late
but I feel now it’s time

On a sunny afternoon
maybe its a Sunday
I will live up to the promises that I made
we can rearrange the tiles
in the kitchenette
if that makes you feel at home and you want to stay

Another night and I dreamt the impossible
it was you and it was I
now I see
a silly dream of two lovers in oblivion
not much to do just hang around and be free

On a sunny afternoon 
maybe it was Sunday
you said you would go away 
but you stayed

Now it’s late November
and you’re still around 
maybe this will never fade away

For all the things that come undone
this will stay, this will remain
no matter what 
no matter why
what ever comes
this will survive

And in July
when its warm in the summer time
I watch you walk across this floor
Please understand just how much this means to me
you make me feel at home and complete

On a sunny afternoon
Maybe it was Sunday
You said that you would go away
but you stayed

Now its late November

And you’re still around
Maybe this will never go away


music & lyrics: Christopher Livings
performed and recorded and produced
by Christopher Livings
Worpswede, in May 2021

On A Sunny Afternoon

Time to change

Time and time again
you say you’re the one to know
But I think you just seen nothing yet
Still so much to learn

never Fall in love
never try too hard
never say it’s you
never take it back

 Time to live and time to breathe
I never want to see you change
I don’t believe you’ve suffered through it yet
still a long long way to go

never Fall in love
never try too hard
never say it’s you
never take it back

Come to leave
stay, goodbye
so many things, our lives
today we hide

Come to leave
stay, goodbye
so many try to keep
the dream alive


music: Lutz Bolinius, Christopher Livings
lyrics: Christopher Livings
performed and recorded by
Lutz Bolinius and Christopher Livings

Time To Change

You are my ocean

Waiting for the moment
That’s sometimes hard to find
moving in slow motion
weighing heavy on my mind

I am out of practice
I’m even out of time
I  feel like a prisoner
doing time

you and I went swimming
in the deep blue sea at night
The nights’ stars lit the ocean
They know who we are

I am like a runner
running out of time
I am like a sculptor
running out of lime

Let’s start at the beginning
let’s not contemplate the end
And forget what was in the meantime
maybe we  can still be friends

Looking at the moment
What would we sacrifice
You are my ocean
you’re my star filled sky

I waited at the station
to find you were somebody new  
that time and space had changed us
you weren’t how I remembered you

and I must let you wander
this earth on your own
that friends don’t stay forever
sometimes they're just gone

You Are My Ocean

Something from the archives: a track I recorded in 2006 using max/msp from cycling74.com with a reverb and echo pedal.

Better

Driving Home

I am driving home
to the place where I belong
postcards from friends
I hold them in my hand
roads go on for miles
they expand and they compress
until I reach that door
to the place where I belong

and I’m home
and I’ll stay
at least until
I have to go away

I feel like a sailor who shipped the seven seas
I was a spaceman in outer space
satellites and far far worlds
was it something that impressed you
something that I said
this is my name
this is who I am 

And I’ll wait
until I’m home
at least until
I have to go away

I always thought that time was cruel
but it’s indifferent
that those who play by the rules
don’t always win in the end

And while we stumble the world is
looking away
while what we used to love
just fades away

driving home

A handwritten note
on an old envelope
to tell my future self
how I felt
never really home
always on the run
and I dreamt I would be free
and one day I would be

so I drive
until I’m home 
at least until 
I have to go away

something happens that I
just cannot explain
seems like the other cars are
coming my way

colours and shapes of the world
fall into place
peacefully drifting along
at least for today

Driving home


written, performed and produced
by Christopher Livings

Driving Home

Church

This song started as a jam session between me and Lutz and evolved into a deep and harrowing visit to the mythical river Styx that evokes images of spirits, ghosts and demons knocking on the hull of the little boat we floated down the river with.

Written and performed by Christopher Livings & Lutz Bolinius

Church

Wash Me Away

The church bells chime one last time 
The wind picks up before it dies down
It brushes through the streets of this old town
These memories won’t bring us down

And while a summer comes that might as well be our last
I trick myself into believing I am wiser than in the past

And so I’m waiting for the waves to come crashing in
And I know I’m only dreaming this old dream

Wash me away
Take me away
Let me begin all over again
Wash me away

So now I’m watching from a thousand miles away
And I wonder could there be a better day

The dark clouds gather and the mighty rain begins
I just hope that I can wash away my sins 

Wash me away

Wash Me Away

Five Miles High

I am five miles high
I am five miles low
I’m not ready to stay
I’ve got nowhere to go

Easy like snow falling down
Falling like snow falls in the cold April sun

I could go anywhere but I’d stay
Tomorrow may be a much better day

Falling like rain falling down
Falling like rain falls in the warm April sun

Don’t rain on my parade
Sun shines on a rainy day
 
I am five miles high
I am five miles low
I’m not ready to stay
I’ve got nowhere to go

Easy like snow falling down
Falling like snow falls in the cold April sun

Don’t rain on my parade
Sun shines on a rainy day
Sun shines on a rainy day

Written, performed and produced 
by Christopher Livings

Five Miles High

Two lo-fi Synth recordings. Simply plugged my synth into a Boss 4track. There is a max/msp generated sound in there somewhere, but I can't remember where it is. 

Sounds Of Ultron

+++ Bin endlich dazu gekommen wieder aufzunehmen. Ein Song mit einer gewissen Tragik, mit schweren Gitarren. Basslinie ist ein Synth den ich mit #maxmsp programmiert und aufgenommen habe. Sagen wir mal dies ist Version #1.
+++ At last I've found time to record again. A heavy and thoughtful piece. I hope you like it. Baseline is programmed in max/msp #maxmsp. Guitar is heavy! A slow to midtempo song. Just one version. Let's call this version #1.

I am looking at the faces 
Slowly passing by 
Walking towards tomorrow 
Their future looks bright 

They're looking for an answer 
They are running out of time 
Searching for an answer 
We're out of our minds 

I am looking at the pictures 
Soldiers marching by 
They're fighting for freedom 
They're future looks bright 

What are they searching for 
friendship or love 
why are they marching 
when it's all said and done 
and nothing can be done 
our Kingdom will come 

all these single moments 
dotted along a line 
When the past becomes our future 
the future looks bright 

What are they searching for 
friendship or love 
why are they marching 
when it's all said and done 

And nothing can be done 
our kingdom is gone

credits
released May 12, 2019 
words & music, performance and recording by Christopher JM Livings 
License all rights reserved

Studio Mainz Projekt

The Future Looks Bright

A demo of a midnight track. Written, performed and produced by myself

Lyrics:
light of day

2 am
I am fine
making music
I feel alive

my mind wanders
out to the autumn sky
and I wonder ‚cause
I don’t even try

3.15 
time for bed
today’s news in my weary head
no more birds out in the darkened night sky
and the beasts in the shadows they hide

All you give me is all I have
don’t take away from me the love we shared
All you gave me is all I am
and I think its all I can do

 430 still awake
another moment
and day will break
a new tomorrow
will always come

will I meet you in my weary dream
Will you meet me by the little stream
we can listen to the endless flow
and by this time tomorrow we will know

Copyright Christopher Livings, July 2020

Light Of Day

Dilemma and Resolution, my second EP with four new songs is finally out. Please listen via Spotify and purchase via apple itunes

I was born in Britain but grew up between the worlds in Germany. Influences are mostly alternative rock and singer/songwriter sensibilities. I am also interested in electronic music and noise, some of which finds its way into my music.

For me songs develop in the studio. It can start with a melody or chord progression on guitar or piano, then the first lines of text come. When it starts to make sense I take it to the studio. I love producing and mixing!! This is where the magic happens.

I perform all instruments, except where stated otherwise.


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Disclaimer: I am not the guy posting train videos on youtube!!!

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