Old Train

In Repose by Lori Yamamoto

The Path We Walked by Lori Yamamoto

Underneath the cherry blossoms.
We softly sway.
A quiet music in our feet.

The wind is whispering.
Carrying our small words away.
Leaving only the feeling.

A soft guitar, a violin.
They find each other.
Like our two shadows on the ground.

For just this moment,
I can feel your heartbeat.
Next to mine.

The city sleeps down there.
A quiet, humming sound.
Up here, only us.

The smell is so sweet.
Like sugar and spring air.
A secret promise from the trees.

Your hand touches my hand.
A small electric surprise.
In all this quiet, we are safe.

I remember our laughter.
It hangs in the air now.
A friendly ghost.

No one is like you.
The stars are blinking.
Keeping time with my guitar.

In this blue twilight time,
everything is…
right.

The shadows get long and dark.
Our secret grows bigger.
It fits in the space between us.

The moon is watching.
But she is kind.
She makes the fallen petals shine.

I want to put this in a box.
To keep in my mind.
A perfect, quiet gift.

Twilight Hush

[Verse 1]
My box is my small world.
The walls are velvet, dark and light.
I am holding a melody.
The kind that makes my metal teeth ache.

[Verse 2]
I am waiting. I am wanting.
My small heart has a simple request.
Just a single turn.
And the lid will not be a lid anymore.

[Chorus]
My heart is all unwound.
It remembers a small song.
For a soft delight.
Just for me.
The turn of a simple key.
A gentle, winding breath.
It is singing this silence.
Because of you.

[Verse 4]
The room holds its breath.
My tiny, brass cylinder is cold.
But in my mind, I am turning.
Toward the sound of the spindle finding its home.

[verse 5]
It sounds like a star unlocking.
It sounds like a beginning.
Just one more motion.
Just one.

[Chorus]
My heart is all unwound.
It remembers a small song.
For a soft delight.
Just for me.
The turn of a simple key.
A gentle, winding breath.
It is singing this silence.
Because of you.


[Outro]
And my forgotten song
will be complete.

The Broken Music Box by Lori Yamamoto

This track was produced using sounds from Kepler 2. Immerse in the captivating sounds of this powerful instrument. 

Sands of the Forgotten

[Verse 1]
His text arrives at last.
It says, "I'm almost home."
Cutting through the bright cold.
The winter’s clean haze.

[Verse 2]
He thinks I am sunlight.
On the kitchen tiles.
But I am just a woman.
Wiping the counter clean.

[Verse 3]
Tidying the room.
Folding the morning away.
Knowing that my smile
will be the right welcome.

[Chorus]
So many needy people.
I am the one you need.
A quiet town woman.
Just happily being me.
I am practicing.
My shakuhachi.
A low, bamboo breath.
Filling the upstairs room.
Umai desu ne,
The way contentment grows.

[Verse 4]
He says I am like morning.
All snuggled in a sweater.
Here the air is light.
And everything feels newer.

[Verse 5]
I like the simple life.
I have green tea in a mug.
And a window where I watch
a cardinal tug a worm.

[Verse 6]
I am humming his tune.
And the words are almost right.
It feels nice, not strange.
To be a destination.

[Bridge]
Hello, silence.
Hello, quiet hall.
The car is in the driveway.
When the moment calls, 
I lay aside my flute 
and rush to meet you,
Once you find your harbor,
your song becomes the route.

[Chorus]
So many needy people.
I am the one you need.
A quiet town woman.
Just happily being me.
I am practicing.
My shakuhachi.
A low, bamboo breath.
Filling the upstairs room.
Umai desu ne,
The way contentment grows.

[Outro]
Sweet… you call me sweet.
But I am wool socks and steady feet.
Home at the end of the line.
The weather is always fine.
I know you are mine.

The View From Here by Lori Yamamoto

サンタさん…
あなたのソリに、私を乗せてくれませんか？
愛を見つけたい。
一人ぼっちでいたくない。
カラフルな靴下を
窓辺に下げておく。
小さな合図。
通りかかって、私を連れ出して。
クリスマスの灯りが
瞳に映っている。
私が必死に守ろうとする
あの灯り。
でもここにいる日々が
続くたびに、怖くなる。

乗せてくれますか by Lori Yamamoto

The fairy lights are ready.
So many colors.
The raisins are in the food now.
Because it is Christmas.

Someone is calling.
On the intercom.
We run to put on.
Merry Christmas (war is over).

(Chorus)

Because It is Christmas.
Because it is Christmas.

We decorate the small pine.
With old, familiar ornaments.
We roast the chestnuts.
and drink the saki in the cup.
And the cousin I have not seen.
In a very long forever.
Will arrive so hungry.
For the strawberry cake.

(Chorus)
Because It is Christmas.
Because it is Christmas.

Because It Is Christmas by Lori Yamamoto

Join the beetle troops as the march through the forest going about their daily business. 

March of the Beatles

A heartfelt new piano-based song I hope to sync somewhere.

Stay
Music/lyrics ©2020 Ed Smaron Music (ASCAP)

V1
looks like time has stopped/like the bomb has dropped
in the silence i whisper your name
here i hide my face/here i run in place
thru a haze of confusion and blame

pre CH 
you and i gonna play it smart
hearts together hands apart

CH 
times are uncertain but i’ll never stray
i’ll make sure you're near me from miles away
we’ll hold on tight to the hope of an upcoming day
till then we’ll just stay

V2 
keep your distance child/panic’s running wild
a society trembles with fear
thru uncertainty/turn to look for me
and know that i’ll always be here

CH

V3 
stand up tall and fight/we’ll get through the night
from a distance i’m right by your side
once we see it through/it’s just me and you
with our hearts and our hands open wide

CH

Stay

Composer and songwriter, specializing in instrumental music for film, television, commercials and other media.

Stay

ed smaron

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