Early morning Aural History

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04262020

1980

Don't Give Up

Nothing Left to Say

he is building her a castle in the garden
sprung from tears of pain and anger, sprung from fears he can’t control,
she will wither in her castle in the garden
In the shadows where the dark weeds grow

in the distance a flute soft begins her calling
over seas of silver feathers tumble free,
drove away to watch the fine drops bleeding downward
on the pain of crystal water, on the eve of being born

gentle knowing soft awakens in her heart
warm and golden soft awakens in her dreaming
in a sad and knowing way erase the lines upon your face
drift me darling wild as storms into your arms

she has dazzled him with words of crystal silver
she has blazed a path of many flaming trails,
is it all for naught, this struggle? Is it all for want of trying?
locked inside our bitter breasts of want and endlessly denying

What ho!  My darling,  What Ho!
Now she’s happy now she’s sad she’s naming things that drive her mad,
the endless spinning of the dice, the things that don’t sound 
very nice

hooked back in by lures of comfort, warm adventure safe and true,
entangled snug in soft cocoons, you’ll never hear the bird sing, 
you will never be allowed to escape,
you will never be allowed...

he has tied her down with rose petals, locked her in wild gardens
he has handed her the key and promised her his undying devotion,
on one condition, that she must reward him, for all this
and he is counting, bit at a time, he is counting

she is drowning in devotion 
and the endless greedy needing
does her 
best not to feel guilty,

he is building her a castle in the garden
in the shadows where the dark weeds grow

in the shadows where the dark weeds grow
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Illustration by Arthur Rackham
Written played sung and made by Emma

he is building her a castle in the garden...

The Ghost In My Head-- (The Ghost Of Zenith Brown)

Aether ocean

Isolation

morrow

Bishopweed

Written and Performed by Josh McAlexander



Tomorrow will come a Sunny Day

Tomorrow will come a Sunny Day (Original)

I'm Alright

Picture - https://flic.kr/p/2hFooRE Zoë Bijl
Amersfoort’s Koppelpoort CC BY SA NC

Makes use of http://www.virtualorgancompany.com/vstvirtualpipeorganfreetrials.asp
Portative Dutcg orgna,
and Soundfont Harpsichord
https://musescore.org/en/node/288522

Koppelpoort

All Rights Reserved April 23, 2020

Artwork by Walter Piehl  

The rodeo’s in town
You gotta head on down
And check out at all the painted faces
Just head on down the line
To places you will find
Will ease the memories and traces
 
The things you say I can’t believe it
Tell me one more time
 
Just head on down the line
To places you will find
 
Come in out of the cold
The tokens bought and sold
No longer held in long embraces
You came into the room
In ended all too soon
As if there were no time and spaces
 
Tell yourself if you believe it
Listen to the sound
 
You came into my room
It ended all too soon
 
The rodeo’s in town
You gotta head on down
And check out at all the painted faces
Just head on down the line
To places you will find
Will ease the memories and traces
 
The things you say I can’t believe it
Tell me one more time
 
Just head on down the line
To places you will find
 
The rodeo’s in town
You gotta head on down…

The Rodeo's in Town

Caught Dancing

;-Distortion Temporelle-;

In the Corona crisis I experience the world like a kind of monastery. On the one hand connected with much renunciation and privations, with restrictions and abstinence. On the other hand, however, offering one the chance to learn to be amazed again in the silence and seclusion that results from the worldwide regulations. To have time to really let oneself be touched by something that has so far been hastily pressed into blinker-categories. To be surprised by revelations that must have remained hidden in the everyday functioning.    
To be able to say "Wow!" again in every cell of one' s body, however, also requires sometimes to free oneself completely from the now omnipresent digital availability. Unfortunately, the crisis leads partly there even more into digital obsessions. But even there I hope that at some point the weariness after the increasing dullness in the X-th Netflix series, among others, will set in and the desire for real encounters will come forward. 

Lyrics in English:

Wow!

Sit` here in the park without urge 
Without pressure, have plenty of time, don't start nothing

Just there, I look out
The mustiness in me turns out

There is a lake in front of me
That I usually walk by
Always seemed to look the same

Give me away
Soon I am in the thick of it

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

In the silence the spells
In the quietness the wonders of the world

I'm totally exempt from duties
My phone is asleep

Completely freed from availability and digital suffering

My coffee machine is yawning heavily
Nothing that pushes me is working now

The world is lying down
There is no escape

The hectic reflexes: Off!

Give me away
Soon I am in the thick of it

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

In the silence the spells
In the quietness the wonders of the world


Deutscher Originaltext:

Wow!

Sitz` hier im Park ohne Drang, 
Ohne Druck, hab` viel Zeit, fang` nichts an

Bin einfach da, schau` hinaus
Das Müssen in mir stellt sich aus

Vor mir liegt ein See, 
An dem ich sonst vorübergeh`

Schien immer gleich auszusehen

Gebe mich hin
Und bin bald mittendrin

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow!

Im Stillen die Zauber
Im Schweigen die Wunder der Welt

Bin ganz von Pflichten befreit
Mein Handy schläft
Ganz erlöst von Verfügbarkeit und digitalem Leid

Meine Kaffemaschine gähnt schwer
Nichts was mich puscht geht jetzt mehr

Die Welt legt sich hin
Es gibt kein Entflieh`n

Die Hektik-Reflexe. Aus!

Gebe mich hin
Und bin bald mittendrin

Wow! Wow! Wow!Wow! Wow!

Im Stillen die Zauber
Im Schweigen die Wunder der Welt

Wow!

Wow! (English Lyrics In The Intro)

Duke Ellington said there are only two kinds of music, good and bad.  Someday I hope to have my tracks fall to the former category. I figure I have 18 years to play at it. :)

04262020

Dan Kohnfelder