Recollection / All His Gifts / Quattro 

Three pieces written to go together and leave you feeling joyful

Quattro

All His Gifts

Recollection

Lyrics:

We met like our eyes meet every day
Hesitantly
Giving nothing away
You fed me with morsels of warmth and decay
Accidentally 
Leaving me empty

And I’ve never been so afraid of myself
Choosing the hopeless over the helpful

You and I, we see life through a different lens
Microscopically
But we pretend
That we’ve both got one eye pressed up against
The same round black view of our experience

This seed that I shouldn't have sown
Took a life of its own
Now it’s grown its roots inside of me
Parasitically 
Feeding off of this synergy

Could I desire just your arm wrapping round
Protectively
Somewhere to be found
And then lost in the dream that I’ve wound
On the tightest of springs
Three hundred times around

‘I’ve never wanted someone more than you’
Is just what I say when I find someone new

And I’m wishing you with me when I’m wishing you well
Hypocritically
How could you tell?
This prickling wave is starting to swell
Erosively
My cliffs fell

One day we’ll be like those movies where the guy
Heroically
Rescues his Beauty and they nearly die
But you know it’s alright
Cause you're seeing yourselves through a film-makers eye

I’ve devised ways to control my hand’s wasteful desire
For the lightest of touch to your face
And I’m keeping awake to this delicate ache
That I won’t entertain yet it snares me again and again

I’ve never been so afraid of your words
Knowing not knowing is exactly what hurts me




This Tired Old Refrain (demo)

A song for my friends loosely based on a traditional Irish Blessing.

Lyrics:

My friends, we've seen it all
Things we made and things we tore
You catch me when I fall
In fact you're there long before
You're all the little bits of me I thought I left behind
And all the strings that time has stretched are holding tight

I wonder when I'll see your faces again
Hear your voices, your laughter, my finest friends
I thank you for holding me dear to the end
And I'll pray for you till we meet again

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be ever at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft
Until we meet again, may God hold you in his hand

God has been so kind
To put you by my side
These coals burning bright
Guiding candles in the night

You see all the sin in me but you love me the same
Give unconditionally
Don't ever change

I know now that I'll see your faces again
Hear your voices, your laughter, my dearest friends
I thank you for bearing with me to the end
And I'll pray for you till then


The Road (Until We Meet Again)

Still working on this one but thought I'd upload a little work in progress. Desk percussion and all. Feedback appreciated!

The Listening Wall (demo)

A rough recording of a new song about the importance of speaking and finding a voice, perhaps in music.

Lyrics:

You pass like two ships in the night
And the water never stirs
You thought you held all your secrets tight
Not as tight as she held hers

Say your mind and I'll say mine
Leave behind all you've tried to hide

You're so afraid to say something wrong
You'd rather say nothing at all
And while you're putting your mask back on
I cannot make a sound
You're so alone and you can't speak out
I think you know that you only have to call
We keep on riding this round and round and round and round and round

We speak but we don't say much
There's a voice you never hear
Words release and fail to touch
Always close but never near

Keep your words and I'll keep mine
There's a song that we've yet to find

You're so afraid to say something wrong
That you'd rather say nothing at all
And while you're putting your mask back on
I cannot make a sound
You're so alone and you can't speak out
I think you know that you only have to call me
We can stop this riding round and round and round and round 

Maybe it's true
Our fingers speak
I reach for you
You reach for me
The notes rain down
The letters too
And then somehow
The words get through

Words

Recorded this a while back and no longer feel too self-conscious to upload. Sorry for fret noises and dodgy levels. 

Grow (demo)

Keyboard, piano, clarinet and guitar. All sorts of musical influences, all sorts of results. 

Corina Thomas