Very beautiful musical suite, the variations are subtle and the voice magnificent 🤩🤩!!!

YOU AND I

A song about genuine admiration for another individual or being in one's life, near or far or eternally within and around!

Dreaming Alive

[EDIT: Slightly updated mix based on Spintunes judges' feedback.]

This is my entry for Round 3 of the "Spintunes" contest! The prompt/challenge was to "write and record a song that makes prominent and creative use of motivic development - a technique for creating extended melodies through repetition and variation of a short, memorable melodic fragment called a motive".

LYRICS

Waking up in purgatory
Isn’t where I thought I’d be
Aftertaste of argument
No that isn’t what I meant

And you do this every time
Just for a reaction
Yeah, you do this every time
Is it part of the attraction

Maybe you’ll go to prove that I need you
Maybe you’ll stay when I don’t believe you
Maybe you’re sweet, maybe you’re scary
Push me away only to tell me
Oh, don’t you want me anymore

What’s my motivation here
On a scale of one to fear
Weighing up the evidence
Isn’t making any sense

And it kills me every time
My heart on the pavement
Yeah it kills me every time
How you claim it’s an accident

Maybe you’ll go to prove that I need you
Maybe you’ll stay when I don’t believe you
Maybe you’re sweet, maybe you’re scary
Push me away only to tell me
Oh, don’t you want me anymore
Oh, don’t you want me anymore

I love it when you change
I love it when you change your
I love it when you change
I love it when you change your mind

Another day in purgatory
I guess that’s how it’s going to be
Our record’s playing on repeat
It’s never sounded so sweet

Maybe you’ll go to prove that I need you
Maybe you’ll stay when I don’t believe you
Maybe you’re sweet, maybe you’re scary
Push me away only to tell me
Oh, don’t you want me anymore
Oh, don’t you want me anymore

Don't You Want Me Anymore

Neuer Tag

Lyrics:

i used to decorate my bruises 
glitter smearing all over my bad ideas
with strawberry gloss and smokey puffs
turns out wanting freedom kept me cuffed
glitter smearing all over my bad ideas

they called me sugar, they called me sweet
but never asked what’s underneath
killed my confidence, then called me friend
isn’t that how monsters are made?

dead fairies in my room
dead fairies in my house, (they can’t fly)
guess if you want to love, you have to be willing to die

dead fairies in my room
dead fairies in my house, (they can’t fly)
guess if you want to love, you have to be willing to die

i lit a candle in their coffins
just to see if their ghosts would dance
they went crazy, like all my ex-girlfriends
then vanished when i took a stance

i stitched my mouth with safety pins
to keep all my monsters within 
but damn i look so pretty when i bite
and smile with cyanide

i buried her
the girl who glowed
under pink skies and clouds of smoke
now all that’s left
is teeth and thread—
a myth reborn
from all she bled

dead fairies in my room
dead fairies in my house, (they can’t fly)
guess if you want to love, you have to be willing to die

dead fairies in my room
dead fairies in my house, (they can’t fly)
guess if you want to love, you have to be willing to die

i used to be so nice, 
but everyone took advantage
made a joke out of me
now i'm the one bursting into laughter (hahaha)

everyone i ever  loved 
slowly pulled me apart 
now fairies are dying inside of me
like a pixie plague of dust

isn’t this how monsters are made? 
i don’t know who i am without all this pain

isn't this how monsters are made? 
i don’t know who i am without pain

isn't this how monsters are made? 
i don’t know who i am without pain

DEAD FAIRIES (Demo)

[Verse 1]
I got a little dolly and I dress him in red
He looks so fine from his feet to his head
Got a nice blue jacket and his pants are white
Gonna love him every day and night

[Chorus]
I got a little dolly and I dress him in blue
He got no reason to be sad or feelin' blue
Got a nice blue jacket and his pants are white
Gonna love him every day and night

[Verse 2]
He says
"I don't wanna be a soldier
I don't wanna go to war
I'd rather stay at home
Around the home all day
In my little dolly's uniform"

[Verse 3]
My dolly don't wanna be a soldier
My dolly don't wanna go to war
My dolly just wanna be loved
My dolly don't wanna be a soldier

[Verse 4]
And I don't wanna be a soldier
I don't wanna go to war
I'd rather be a singer
And sing all day
To all my friends
And never be poor

[Verse 5]
My dolly don't wanna be a soldier
My dolly don't wanna go to war
My dolly just wanna be loved
My dolly don't wanna be a soldier

My Dolly, By Dali Parton

Thinking about you

Lord, Help Me

It's difficult to transcribe all the rage, strength, melancholy and wisdom of Circe, exiled on her island ;-)

Burden to Bare is a melodic alt-rock song about carrying the weight of someone else’s struggles with strength and resilience. With soaring guitars and lush ambient environments, it transforms pain into purpose, reminding us that even the heaviest burdens can lead to growth, connection, and unbreakable resolve.

BurdenToBare

It’s far behind, the wildest wave, 
But some were lost we couldn’t save.
 Oh blessed shore, oh quiet sand, 
The sea once claimed your gentle land.

It’s far behind, the wildest wave,
But hope remains.
Oh blessed shore, still wet with grace, 
We walk the edge and find our place.

It’s far behind, the wildest wave,
But some were lost we couldn’t save.
Oh blessed shore, oh quiet sand,
The sea once claimed your gentle land.

The flood is gone, the silence near,
Still echoes roll from yesteryear.
Above the world — star next to star,
The sky remembers where we are.

Who saw it rise? Who felt it fall?
The crashing dark that covered all.
No shout, no cry, just water’s hand—
And stars above to understand.

It’s far behind, the wildest wave,
But some were lost we couldn’t save.
Oh blessed shore, oh quiet sand,
The sea once claimed your gentle land.

The night wind sighs, a soft lament,
A memory the tide once sent.
One final wave, and then it died—
Its breath now buried in the tide.

It’s far behind, the wildest wave,
But hope remains for those who stay.
Oh blessed shore, still wet with grace,
We walk the edge and find our place.

—
Arrangement and vocals: Volker Redder, Udio, Apple's GarageBand
Loops and samples: Volker Redder, Apple's GarageBand
Editing and sound design: Volker Redder, Ozone 11, Sound Studio, GarageBand
Lyrics: Volker Redder, translated with the help of Google Translate
Cover design: Volker Redder, Adobe Photoshop, FLUXpro, Apple's Keynote

After The Flood

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