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Listen also to the other songs in this song trilogy ''Vibrations of Change"
Act 1:  The Arrival: https://soundcloud.com/stanleonard/arrival
Act 2: Retrospection: https://soundcloud.com/stanleonard/retrospection
Act 3: Time to Go:  https://soundcloud.com/stanleonard/time-to-go

Composed, played, written and produced by Stan Leonard

Poem:
Now its time to let it go
Pick up your bags and lonely soul 
and leave your world behind

Take a deep breath, and face the unknown
Hear the winds that blow and moan 
Trust the path that's yet to be shown.

Time To Go (Act 3)

Delighted to share this new collaboration with my friend Debra!  
Debra's beautiful arrangement breaths new life into the timeless folk ballad.

Debra Buesking - Piano  @debra_buesking
Philleann - Low Whistle

Scarborough Fair (Debra Buesking & Philleann)

I was young

On 26 June 2024, Bristol-based contemporary folk project Fritillaries will release Thank God I Have The Songs (Cuculi Records), launching a new era for songwriter Hannah Pawson as a solo artist. Following widespread praise for her self-titled debut album in 2022, including Folk Radio’s Album of the Month and a nomination for FATEA’s Debut Album of the Year, this highly anticipated second release was recorded in collaboration with producer Rowan Elliott (Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary/Hands of the Heron) at The Roost in Bristol.

i. Thank God I Have The Songs

Lyrics:

The battery of my phone is empty
no message on the old machine
all around just boring meadows
indicernible shades of green

My neighbour’s dog is barking
at everything and everyone
he is as simpe as his master
for them is no gap ´tween right and wrong

Ooh beautiful lady
where has it gone your legacy
all the fighting and all the hoping
seems in vain but not for me
seems in vain but not for me

You should come over and light up the night
you should come over and rest from the fight 
you should come over and light up the night
it’s just that the moon is not a light
it’s just that the moon is not a light

Ten thousand words are written
down on a papermoon
there is a girl in the movies
with eyes so blue and hair maroon
with eyes so blue and hair maroon

For personal reasons

The moon is not a light

The Moon Is Not A Light

Tout Ca Pour Ca

lyrics -

They say the love of money
Is the root of all evil
But you spent your kid's fortune
Down Rodeo Drive

I'll never be a rich man
Who'd even want to
What a waste of your skills
Time's on your side

There ain't no answers baby on Rodeo Drive
There ain't no smoke and mirrors where I lie
You want to live a better life 
There ain't no answers here
There ain't no cowboy poets on Rodeo Drive
No answers here

We might not make it
Might not make the day
But we got a peace of mind
A place where we can stay

All these people round here
They think they know our plight
But we didn't sell our souls on rodeo drive
Don't get in a hurry honey 
Just hitch a ride
Just hitch a ride

There ain't no answers baby on Rodeo Drive
There ain't no smoke and mirrors where I lie
If you want to live a better life there ain't no answers here
There ain't no cowboy poets on Rodeo Drive

Ain't no smoke and mirrors
Where I lie
Where I lie 
Don't get in a hurry honey
Just hitch a ride
Don't get in a hurry honey
Just hitch a ride

Rodeo Drive

I watch you stumbling through my dreams 
Lost in the maze, you cant find your way to me 
It’s strange how we just disappear 
In this twilight
In this twilight

Now reach for me 
I’m the code you are the key 
Speak to me
I’ll tell you how it feels
Give in to me
You’re the darkness in my dream
Run to me
I’m sanctuary

There’s a place for us love
In the shade
There’s a place for us

How strange our paths should cross this way
Odd twists of fate, a stranger I know inside 
I fall in love with you again and again 
In every lifetime 
In every lifetime 

Take a leap of faith 
Stop staring at the broken glass, our countless mistakes 
There is a place for us 
In the shade 
A leap of faith 
Is all it takes

Now Reach for me 
I’m the code you are the key 
Speak to me
I’ll tell you how it feels 
Give in to me 
You’re the darkness in my dream
Run to me 
I’m sanctuary

There’s a place for us love
In the shade
There’s a place for us

Now reach for me
Now reach for me

Sanctuary

"Helpless" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) on their 1970 album Déjà Vu.
In 1951, there was a polio epidemic in Canada and Neil Young contracted polio at the age of five. The left side of his body was permanently damaged, leaving him with a slight limp to this day. He later processed his memories of this time in the song Helpless.."                      Wikipedia

Helpless - CSNY (Cover)

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7fLwZXh8lE

An ambient cinematic composition about the journey of life - featuring an amazing cello performance from Emanuel Pavon

One Less Traveled

Clockface

You will find evrshde in between the lines and in all the shades of grey. Existing in the twilight shadows, and the dreams you can only ever half remember. Lush musical arrangements inspired by artists like Enigma, Massive Attack, Portishead and Moby, meld genres of Dream Pop, Trip Hop, Ambient Pop, and New Age. Highly emotive songs framed by rich vocals in the vain of Lana Del Rey combined with the deep romantic tones of Cigarettes After Sex, bring to life lyrical adventures into subjects that often remain unspoken. evrshde sing about the emotional spectrum that exists on the edge of our consciousness, that we think about often but rarely speak of. Love stories where the protagonists are broken beyond repair as they attempt to navigate the strain and anxiety of modern life.

Sanctuary

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