Wow! Knowing the person behind this song...Instant tears. Thank you Coby Grant...amazing song!

It can just happen   ... Unbelievable how Coby can put a feeling in a song!

coby this is beautyful.... wants to hear your voice more and more

Beautiful composition and lyrics, a great dedication especially in these difficult times

LYRICS

What would you say
if I told you today
that you are the sunshine of my life

What would you say
if I changed all of my ways
Would you let yourself be mine

There's nowhere in this world
that I would go
if I couldn't take you by my side

There's nothing in this life
that I would take
if I couldn't take you to be mine

(Chorus)

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Das Handy vibriert:

Eine Erinnerung.
„Vor drei Jahren heute.“

Zwanzig Sekunden.
Quer gefilmt.
Ein Wohnzimmer.
Zu viele Gläser auf dem Tisch.
Man lacht.
Jemand filmt mit dem Handy,
Weil gerade nichts Wichtiges passiert.

Im Hintergrund steht Stefan.
Er lehnt an der Wand.
Er redet.
Zu laut vielleicht.
Zu schnell.
Worte stoßen aneinander,
Bleiben stecken,
Kommen falsch wieder heraus.

Jemand lacht.
„Stefan hat’s erwischt“, sagt er.
Ein Glas klirrt.

Stefan hebt die Hand,
Als wollte er erklären,
Aber der Satz zerfällt unterwegs.
Silben ohne Ordnung.
Sein Mund formt etwas,
Das keinen Sinn ergibt.
Seine Zunge gehorcht nicht mehr.

„Typisch Stefan“, sagt jemand.
„Der übertreibt immer beim Saufen.“
Die Kamera bleibt nicht bei ihm.
Warum auch?
Es ist eine Party.

Beim zweiten Ansehen
Bleibt der Blick hängen.
Nicht lange.
Nur einen Moment zu viel.
Beim dritten Mal
Dreht man den Ton hoch.
Man hört das Reden.
Nicht betrunken.
Nicht lallend.

Wirr, abgehackt.

Als würde ein Gedanke
Nicht mehr ankommen.
Drei Tage später ist Stefan tot.

Im Krankenhaus sagt man ein Wort,
Das auf der Party niemand benutzt hat.

Schlaganfall.

Man sagt, das wirre Reden
Sei ein Zeichen gewesen.
Eines von denen,
Die man kennen sollte.
Man sagt, schnelle Hilfe
Hätte etwas ändern können.

Vielleicht.

Und jetzt?
Jetzt sieht man es wieder.
Jetzt hört man es.
Jetzt weiß man,
Dass er um Hilfe bat,
Ohne verstanden zu werden.

Niemand hat etwas getan.

Niemand wollte den Abend stören.
Niemand wollte der sein,
Der zu viel hineinliest.

Heute Nacht läuft das Video in Dauerschleife.

Zwanzig Sekunden.

Immer wieder.
Ein Wohnzimmer.
Lachen.
Und ein Mann,
Dessen Sprache ihn verlässt.

Der Finger schwebt.
Über der Löschen-Taste.
Die Zeit geht weiter.
Das Video bleibt.

Und das Gefühl der Schuld.

--
Booklet „Im Toten Winkel“: https://tinyurl.com/y2bn2f9n

Im Toten Winkel

Das Video

The days begin to stretch, almost unnoticed.
Light lingers longer, subtly reshaping the world.

This piece reflects the quiet power of increasing daylight and its influence on all living things.

[Verse 1]
Light returning slowly
It stays
A little longer
On chipped white plates
On the dust along the bookshelf
On the mail you meant to open
Shadows slide along the hallway
Changing nothing
Changing everything

[Chorus]
Light returning slowly
Not brighter
Just longer
We don’t toast
We don’t shout
We just breathe it in
Stronger
Nothing declares itself
But everything leans
Light returning slowly
Into ordinary things

[Verse 2]
Coat still on the same old hook
Cup ring on the table
Steam fading from the kettle
Like it’s finally letting go
The clock hand keeps on crawling
But the room feels softer now
The night loosens at the edges
Lets the color show

[Bridge]
Almost unnoticed
How your shoulders start to drop
How the list inside your pocket
Doesn’t sound like quite so much
We don’t name it
We don’t frame it
We just stand inside its reach
As the day stretches quietly
Across the floorboards of our grief

[Chorus]

Light Returning Slowly

Colony of Bees is Beta Radio’s first full length recording in over four years. It marks a subtle departure in style from their celebrated debut Seven Sisters – a record without label support and whose grassroots success was built largely on the back of internet radio stations Pandora and Spotify. The more layered and at times ethereal offerings on Colony Of Bees tread into new territory, but at the same time manage to effortlessly keep one foot firmly rooted in the Americana/folk arena that they have called home for many years.

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Featured by BBc Intro London and Playlisted on Spotify and Youtube by Mahogany Taken from the Album Salt catch Michael Baker on tour
March 19th The Brunswick Brighton
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March 29th The Duke Whitstable
free admission
March 30th The Finsbury London 
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April 5th The Loft (Above The Kings) Portsmouth

BIOGRAPHY, by NME’s Andrew Trendell
“I lived in my van for two and a half years to pay for the making of my first record,” casually laughs singer-songwriter Michael Baker. “I moved into the van after a typical period of heartache. I had nowhere to go, but it was pretty good actually!” 

Spending his childhood near Brighton (where he went to the same school as Rag N’ Bone Man), Michael got his first guitar aged eight after seeing Oasis live and needing to learn ‘Wonderwall’. In his teens, the songs soon started to flow. It wasn’t long before the purity of his voice, the direct rawness of his writing and the sheer scope of his sound found him regular gigs and a devoted fanbase – one that only grew bigger and more in love with the release of his magnificent debut album Dust & Bone. 

A soaring collection of heart-wrenching indie-folk and cinematic sounds, Dust & Bone was recorded with Massive Attack collaborator Dan Brown, and was a staggering first showcase of Baker’s ambition and soulful style. “I’m really proud of the songwriting on that record,” he admits. “I was in such a bad place in my life when I made it, but it got such a great response from the people who heard it.”

Early sessions for Salt started when Baker hit the studio with Dan Brown and Oliver Baldwin, who had recently finished making Aldous Harding’s acclaimed album Party with PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish. While promising Michael says ‘’It felt like I needed more time to experiment than we had scheduled in.” So Baker headed back to record and produce the album with long-time friend Ed Martin. 

After discovering that his childhood home would be empty for a few weeks while his parents were in the process of moving away. He went in and stripped everything away, begged and borrowed all the equipment he needed, crammed the band in, drank a lot of wine, got a little stoned and naturally just flowed through the album – playing all day and all night. The recordings were so impressive, that Baldwin agreed to mix the record at Real World Studios and gave the songs a whole new dimension (as well as inviting Jack White’s pedal steel player Maggie Björklund to play on the album too). 
“I absolutely love artists like Cat Stevens and Bon Iver,” says Baker. Salt is a record that maps Baker’s journey through darkness and vulnerability to something a lot more hopeful. 
Among the key tracks that show Baker’s road to recovery, ‘Baby Books’ was inspired by being in close proximity to someone taking their own life – and totally changing the way he saw the world. Single ‘They Look Just Like They Know’ also deals with how “the mind can be a deadly place” and “feeling trapped in the prison of your own vision”. He’s looking for the sunrise on the horizon, too. Baker’s personal favourite ‘Claire’ celebrates the “the beauty of space in a relationship” and the escapist ecstasy of ‘One Good Damn’ has won over scores of new fans with its feel-good magnetism. 

Salt is a towering accomplishment that will win hearts with its adept handling of love, loss and hope, and there’s more to come. For now though, you’re about to get to know the real Michael Baker. “I feel like I have too much of a personal relationship with anyone who says they like my music,” concludes Baker. “I’ve been getting letters and messages from people saying that my songs have got them through a very hard time, and I don’t know how to reply to them other than as if I’d known them my whole life. That’s the way that I would do it. I hope that my music gives them as much as it’s given me.”

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