This sounds great, but I like your vocals, too.

I really enjoy both versions of this song - Rosmy's version definitely has a show tune/soundtrack feel to it that is different from the original, though. Beautiful work here, both of you!

I thought it sounded familiar! Nice work both of you - I love the way that Rosmy's vocal brings out another layer of meaning in the lyrics (and I relate to being a songwriter, wishing I had a shinier voice :) ).

A really good song, with a great vocal performance, I just closed my eyes and took it all in.

This version is a show stopper! Not just because of the vocals, but the piano is perfectly balanced and in sync with the vocal and lyrics. And when the strings appear it reaches yet another dimension that is sublime! Wonderful production you two.

Wow! I remember this one, loved it before, but I hear the beauty in this version.

Keyboards set such a perfect mood.  The writing is great, love the melody.   I really like the line: if the next breath...  And of course beautiful vocals.

Oh yes I remember this beautiful song. Lovely to hear it again and these are really strong and clear vocals, nice choice! But don't knock your own singing, I love hearing you sing!

"Biggest Octopus Ever" (#481, 210710)

Well it's something I thought was pure fiction
Just a ploy to sell tabloids and such
Turns out they got it all perfectly right to the letter

It's been known by several descriptions
Like a monster or creature of dread
It's the biggest ... octopus ... ever

What the books couldn't teach I'm observing
That it's real and lives in the sea
But I don't have to live my life frozen in terror

See it's friendly and that much is certain
After all it's been kind to me
It's the biggest ... octopus ... ever

Well it's wide as the great state of kansas
It's tall as the sky and it's wet
And it lives longer than any human can measure

Yes we can't really quite understand it
All we know is we'll never forget
The biggest ... octopus ... ever

It has eyes the size of the ocean
And a heart that's salty and warm
It's every bit as mysterious as it is clever

I will say it once more in slow motion
So take heed as you have been warned
It's the biggest ... octopus ... ever

Week 28b - Biggest Octopus Ever (210710)

Commissioned by the Aurora Orchestra to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its relationship with the BBC Young Composer Competition. This commission was generously supported by the RVW Trust.

Performed by members of the Aurora Orchestra on December 12, 2020 in Kings Place, Hall One. 

Trombone - Matthew Gee
Violin 1 - Alexandra Wood
Violin 2 - Jamie Campbell
Viola - Ruth Gibson
Cello - Sébastien van Kuijk

Points of Intersection (2020) - excerpt

26-(still catching up on SAW 2021 list)
Saturday night late
1.Last night we watched the tennis 
We cheered Ash Barty home
She held my every childhood dream and never let it go
Our eyes were sore with weeping
All joy came pouring down
This prize was for her keeping
Our hearts adorned her crown

2.We stayed up til the finish
Past 3am at least
We jumped and sang like children
It brought our hearts release
Weve just returned to lockdown
For weeks we must stay in
But none can steal our love for Ash
Nor quench the pride within

3.Twas 40 years of waiting
and watching for the day
Since Evonne in all elegance
Performed a great display
And perfect that another 
Would come and take her place
A shining star of courage
A girl so filled with grace

4.So heres to Ash and Evonne
Heres to childhood dreams
For us back home in Sydney
We toast our london queens
a rare and treasured moment
All glorious and bright
Beneath the milky way we sing 
And celebrate tonight

saturday night up late SAW 26

see again
free again
Welcoming the promise of the light
Walk again 
Talk again
Soon the darkness will be far behind

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the water ever flowing
To swim into your depths of love 
Nothing   here will be enough

Dream again
Need again
Call among the planets and the stars
Fall again
War again
Shake the cosmic ruins of my heart

You held my hand and led me through the shadows
I saw the shape of all that is to come
I held my breath to dived into the river ever flowing
To swim into your arms of love 
Nothing here will be enough

Steal again
Feel Again
Open up my eyes that blind my shame
Break again
Make amends
Change the way my shadow hides in rain

Oh your arms of love
Welcome all of me
Shatter all the pain
let the rusty chains fall free

shadow shape

Raiders of the Lost Ark Desert Chase John Williams mockup Nicolas Kingman

I created this track for the Naviar Haiku group (400 week haiku)

https://www.naviarrecords.com/2021/09/01/naviarhaiku400-cicadas/

Cicadoidea (Naviarhaiku 400)

"Meet Me Where I Am" (#500, 210906)

Somethin' strange about these feet of mine
There's some roads they just can't seem to find
My eyes see where the highway should be at
But I can't get half the places on this map

I set out early long before the dawn
Somehow the best directions steer me wrong
All that I can think to do is pray
That you would show the mercy of your name

Meet me where I am like you always do
Lead me by the hand please I'm beggin' you
Fix this broken man fill my heart again
I need you still meet me where I am

There's nothin' wrong at all with best laid plans
But I know who can do the things I can't
So when I'm stuck it's clear as any bell
It's time to hit my knees and ask for help

Week 36 - Meet Me Where I Am (210906)

Featuring vocals by Rosmy Jimmy

Perfect is the soundtrack of confronting one's own mortality.

(One more proof that vocals can totally make or break a song, check out my version and wonder with me why the heck am I still singing my own songs?) https://soundcloud.com/cristhopper2019/perfect)

*****

Perfect

I can't believe that
it took me all this time to realize
there's no going back
I'm fooling myself
expecting something different from the past
is it too late now?

If the next breath was my last
would I feel content with the way I am?

Life isn't always perfect
true lasting love's not for the faint of heart
how do we know it's worth the price?

Our existence
a miracle the mirror can't deny
and no one gets out alive
the reflection
is someone we can't always recognize
even if we try

If the next breath was my last
would I feel content with the way I am?

Life isn't always perfect
true lasting love's not for the faint of heart
how do we know it's worth the price?

If the next breath was your last
would you feel content? would it all make sense?

Life isn't always perfect
true lasting love's not for the faint of heart
how do we know it's worth the price?

Perfect (Ft. Rosmy Jimmy)

ishi from bee - October 5 pm

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