An adrenaline rush of dopamine, a beautifully crated lyric against a dizzying array of keys, such a delight!

amazingly creative, love the double singing in the chorus in particular.

Your songs are so intriguing and you get caught up in the rampant lyric and quirky melody but there's so much ,ore - all those sounds going on in the layered background are there to indulge in as well - what a feast!

you've been busy (and I'm late to the party)   always dig your pattersong stylings!!

Were you exploring the sound 'sh' before you wrote this?  Always bizarrely funny, the best sort of fun ny.

Cheering me up

I’ve got my work cut out with you
Your fitted shirts, and your patent leather shoes
A choice of cars to drop your kids at school
You’ve got it
I want it too
 
I’ll find you drinking at the bar
You’ll tell me all about your personal par
Then late at night I’ll walk you home, sweet home
You’ve got it
I want that too

The wheel of fortune just keeps spinning on and on
Where it stops no-body knows
Your run of luck just bounced right off the table
You had it 
I’ve got it now

We’ll go inside for one last drink
I’ll fix your nightcap while you take a leak
And when you wake up you’ll be six feet deep
You had it
I’ve got it now

You thought the world belonged to you
Well now you know it was yours to lose
I was just waiting in the wings out there
You had it
I’ve got it now
 
You shouldn’t feel too bad about yourself
I quite admire your nerve
If I had been the one who had it all
I’m sure, you would have got to me first

The wheel of fortune just keeps spinning on and on
Where it stops no-body knows
Your run of luck just bounced right off the table
You had it 
I’ve got it
You blew it 
I won it
You lost it
I’ve got it now

And when you curse the day we met back then
And think about your life
Console yourself with this one last thought
It’s me, that’s sleeping with your wife

You had it 
I’ve got it
You blew it

You've got it, I want it

“Bipartisan Compromise”

Love comes suddenly into your life
Flooding you heart and soul
Love comes suddenly into your life
Love’s out of your control

They met at a political conference
They were sitting in opposing aisles
Their eyes met briefly, there was confluence
He turned red, she turned blue, then they both turned and smiled
O such lovely smiles

Love comes suddenly into your life
Flooding you heart and soul
Love comes suddenly into your life
Love’s out of your control

They were paired in one of many breakout groups
Where they each first heard the other one speak
She carried on as if she were addressing troops
And he matched her fury, staring sternly, rebuking her with a nationalist screed
O how sweet

Love comes suddenly
Don’t matter left or right
Love comes suddenly
With a heart to harmonize
Love comes suddenly
Proposal to wet your eyes
Love comes suddenly
Bipartisan compromise

And love will bring the truth
When love shines its light
On all their principles
Testify!

Love comes suddenly into your life
Flooding you heart and soul
Love comes suddenly into your life
Love’s out of your control


He caught her sneaking out back of the conference
With nascent love in her shimmering eyes
And he held her gaze with such confidence
That they both knew, red and blue, that for this love they’d compromise
O is that so
O is that so very wise?

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Music by Corey Ball
Lyrics by August Lysy

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Bipartisan Compromise

PETER & CHICKEN

UNTITLED

“Pretty Darling (I’m of Two Minds)”

Falling down stairs
Are romantic affairs
Our two lips touch
Like two conjoined hands
The feel of the push
Is the flush of the glands
And what begins in a rush
Often ends in a crash
If it’s more than a crush
It outlasts a hot flash
And so it is patience
We ought follow as our guide
It reigns slow cadence
Yet renders safe our stride
So patience be prude
Lest we fall too soon, I say

Pretty darling
Hush is the word
And by hush we ought abide
Only fools gush their love
Let’s not lose our minds
Pretty darling
Patience is wise
Where the heart doth preside
The way of love is narrowly set
But heartbreak opens wide

Crawling down stairs
Are retarded affairs
Our two feet tied 
By an inept plan
Patience as a guide 
Is a foiling con man
It proceeds at a dawdle
And deceives in the fast
Darling, immortal
Love shall always last
But we time beggars
We’ll never get the chance
So let us embrace lovers
And join in the dance
And if a fall ensues
At least I’ll fall with you

All for your love
Can’t wait no longer
All for your love
Love is pushing harder
All for your love
I see no danger
All for your love
Both got the hunger

Pretty darling
I’m of two minds
But my will is set on one
In the contest of feeling and reason
I feel my heart’s as good as won
Pretty darling
Patience is wise
But it’s love that doth preside
The way of love is narrowly set
We shall walk it side by side

All for your love
Can’t wait no longer
All for your love
Love is pushing harder
All for your love
I see no danger
All for your love
Both got the hunger
What confounding labor
All for your love

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Music by Corey Ball
Lyrics by August Lysy

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Pretty Darling (I'm of Two Minds)

Symmetry

‘We Are One’ cover, original by Hawklords

Music, production: Verulium
Vocals: Amanda

Luxury Rock Cover Collection

We Are One

This project was started months ago. Thank you Robvisual for
being so patient. Your mixing skills made this turn into something
rather lovely.
Credit to Robvisual for the cover art!

Déjà Vu

DejaVu Collaboration ROBVISUAL

Time of Departure

Richard Gonfrier:  Synthesizers, Drums, Add. Guitars, Mix & Master
Dirk Taubenheim:   Guitars, Bass, Vocals

A million thanks to Richard for this fantastic collaboration, I really enjoyed it! Please check out his work here:  https://soundcloud.com/richardgonfrier

Written by Richard Gonfrier & Dirk Taubenheim 

When you think you' re all alone      you may be sure      someone cares.
Love cannot be seen      but we all know      when it' s there

Sometimes we have to wait for years      and that may cause us many tears
but no one leaves this world unloved.
It may be more than you can bear      that makes you cry and often swear
but someone will fix your broken heart.

Who' s been telling you those lies      that life sucks      and is a bad compromise?
Don' t believe in things like that,      all they will do      is make you sad.

Oh, ohoho, ohoho, oho
Oh, ohoho, ohoho, oho

INTRO

All actions have a consequence      so there is no coincidence
that means our lives really make sense.
Take care of others, spread God' s love,      try to be part of heaven' s staff,
praise the Lord and that' s enough!

Don' t you be afraid no more      to lose or fail - God loves you as you are.
He created space and time      and you are one      of a billion stars

BRIDGE

Demo Songs

One of a billion stars ft. RICHARD GONFRIER

Compose by. Chris.ZøBro 
(Original Version)

Broken Butterflies

The wonderful Special Cecilia's unique voice added to my original open collab.
https://soundcloud.com/specialvocals/waiting-for-your-sunshine-standing-in-the-moonlight

Opencollabradabra

pic https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1375257

Waiting For Your Sunshine - Special Cecilia with Nicholas Ridiculous

Remastered and reuploaded with new art - one of my personal favorite and most ambitious piano offerings

Mood Exhibit - A Delinquent Reverie [remastered]

I certainly don't need to tell you that there is, of course, a limit to human ingenuity.  Interplanetary travel, the eradication of smallpox, room temperature fusion are all very well, but as a species we will most likely always shake our heads in wonderment at the two unfathomable mysteries of the universe:  does the light really go out in the fridge when you close the door?  And how come leaves only ever blow into the garage and not back out again?

Now if I've understood the science pages right, I believe those clever folk at CERN and NASA have been working hard on the fridge door paradox (give up guys – can't be done) but even they recognise the futility of trying to crack the garage leaf blues.

I'll admit I haven't actually done this, but it is an absolute certainty that if you went to the very centre of the Nullarbor Plain, built a little garage, opened the door and looked the other way for just a second – there'd be a ruddy leaf in there.

Can't be solved.  Something to do with corridors in the space / time continuum.  

Or God, the bugger.

Drives me nuts.
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Leaf in My Garage Blues

Woke me up this mornin'
Blues on my mind
Lord knows I got my troubles
Of the foliage kind.
Another leaf in my garage
I ain't got room for any cars
There's a one way traffic fluid dynamic
Tell me baby, what that all about?
Them leaves a-blowin' in, 
But they don't never blowin' out.

My baby done gone left me
My blues is slidin' lower
Found herself a better guy
With a huge leaf blower.
Tragedy in my garage,
It's Autumn in my broken heart,
A one way traffic love dynamic.
Lord is this the penance, for the evil of my sin?
Leaves ain't never blowin' out, 
But forever blowin' in.
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Photo by Tommaso Pecchioli on Unsplash

Leaf In My Garage Blues

Harmful: lyrics, vocals
Scotty: guitar, lyrics, vocals

Poor Me (Harmful if Followed/QB Bills)

Jonathan Beckenstein: Guitars, bass, musical composition and mix http://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein
Clarence Paisley-Cheesemont: Drums
Wheelwright: Vocals, vocal melody, lyrics and sampled cello

This track is available on Immaculate Distraction https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

I am a great admirer of Jonathan's work and when he approached me with this wonderful piece of music asking if I might have a go at lyrics and a vocal I felt really privileged. I wanted to try to do as good a job as I could, but initially I struggled, and then, feeling extremely despondent I took a break from it. On my second attempt I think I started to listen properly to what the music was saying – rather than imposing too much of myself on it – and I  began to get melodies and word patterns that seemed like they were there under the surface already.

This has been an amazing project to work on, and Jonathan has been hugely supportive throughout. I've done my bit for sure, but it would have been nothing without the music.

Jonathan's posting of the song is here:

http://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein/we-all-know-how-it-ends

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Last night I dreamed that I could play the guitar
I was on The Titanic trying to sing
My heart will still go on
But I kept getting it wrong and
I couldn't get the high notes but
At least we hadn't hit the iceberg yet and

All the stars above us shone
Like cheap sequins in the sky
Like they'd all just been stuck on
By someone who didn't try

I was studying Kate Winslet
She was standing by a ventilation inlet
In a girly dress despite the cold and
I could see that she was not impressed
By my extraordinary rendition
I said you're looking nice and
I need relationship advice and she replied
Let's take a walk on the starboard side

And the stars above us shone
Like cheap sequins in the sky
Like they'd all just been stuck on
By someone who didn't try
When life's too flattering too sweet
We all like to pretend
But we all know how it ends

We're listing to port and
Kate's politely listening as
I'm listing all the things I should have said to you but
Never did
And realistically I think she's thinking
Less about you and me and
Rather more about the fact that
We've all started sinking yeah
Into the unforgiving sea oh

But the stars above us shone...

bandcamp

We All Know How It Ends (Wheelwright + Beckenstein)

Check out our new music on our 2nd page ---> @english-minor-2

Thank you for giving us a listen, especially those who have continued to listen and encourage us over the years. You make Soundcloud a friendly, welcoming "place"; we're glad to share your company.

A songwriting duo who, after many attempts, has been unable to formulate a bio of just the right amount of sincerity and irony so as to succinctly capture the essence of their musical sensibilities.

See tracks below from our previously released albums:
Songs From Inside a Whale (2022)
Party of Life (2020)
Interesting Times (2019)
Elementary Ego (2018)

**Songs From Inside a Whale | Party of Life --> available on streaming services**

“Into Your World" was played on BBC Introducing. Have a listen at. https://www.korima.net



Korima’s song “Root” from debut EP “Into Your World” aired on RTÉ 2XM- The  London Ear - 23rd September 2023
 
The London Ear | The London Ear - RTÉ 2XM (rte.ie)
 




Samhain
The púca
Of all the ghosts and fairies abroad on Halloween, the púca (or pooka) was the most feared and October 31st was known as Púca Night in parts of Ireland. The púca, meaning 'goblin', can be malevolent or benevolent and is not solely associated with Halloween. It's a mythological fairy and the ultimate shapeshifter, capable of appearing in a variety of forms but most commonly as a dark horse or part dog.

Spring Solstice


Winter Solstice 
The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice occurs on 21 or 22 December, when the sun shines directly over the tropic of Capricorn. At sunrise on the shortest day of the year, for 17 minutes, direct sunlight can enter the Newgrange monument, not through the doorway, but through the specially contrived small opening above the entrance known as the ‘roof box’, to illuminate the Chamber.

Samhain
The púca
Of all the ghosts and fairies abroad on Halloween, the púca (or pooka) was the most feared and October 31st was known as Púca Night in parts of Ireland. The púca, meaning 'goblin', can be malevolent or benevolent and is not solely associated with Halloween. It's a mythological fairy and the ultimate shapeshifter, capable of appearing in a variety of forms but most commonly as a dark horse or part dog.

October 

Night migration of birds.

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September

Barn swallows bury themselves in mud in lakes



August

Barn owls and birds of prey on the move
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July

Watching bats emerge at dusk.

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June

walking in meadows




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May
The Dawn Chorus:  Ireland 5 am.
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April
First swallow of the year
Welcome, welcome
From out of mud in lakes
Were you resting there?



March

Unveils like a first thought
A whisper



February

"Nothing stands out yet", you said
As you looked over your shoulder
Broad and rounded, square and hunched
I thought I heard you say, "We are water
And over time we solidify"

Concept Art by SuZanne Ledwith
Photography by something&knot Productions 
Graphic Design by Simon

January
Snow white egret
among fields of greenandbrown
Are you lost in its vastness?
Bubulcus ibis.

DE-cem- ber
Silver EEL migration 
down river to the sea
on a moonless night

through
an obstcale 
of nets
Cutting blades
pollution
And 
Par -a -sites
White egret



December
Mild to touch, not yet winter
snow drop dropping still
daffodil 

November, can I surrender to your dying
Are you truly dying or surrendering



Is it not enough to be ALIVE, autumn 
As birds migrate thousands of miles, autumn
Of an inner stirring and outward knowing

Is BE-ING
to Our Mind
bor -ing

As summer turns, it turns
To autumn, autumn
The slugs and worms live at the root; 
The slugs eat the juice of carrot
Is it good for their EyEs too...?

I buried a 'th' in the soil
With vowels and nettles
And I, this eyE, aye, oh
This What...?
This sometimes
Known thing
Doesn't kNOW oh oh

Winter take, take these
Sor rows, lay them
Deep ee eep
To become worms
for the birds to eat


ever ever
Denied to

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Concept Art by SuZanne Ledwith
Photography by something&knot Productions 
Graphic design by Simon

Pretty Darling (I'm of Two Minds)

English Minor

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