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Solo, Live & Misc. Tracks - Fletch

Recent SWR Recordings

This Is - The SWR Project (A selection of SWR originals)

Seven

Fletch & Steve P - The SWR Project - When I Needed A Neighbour (Sydney Bertram Carter)

When I needed a neighbour were you there, were you there? 
When I needed a neighbour were you there?

      And the creed and the colour
      And the name don't matter 
      Were you there?

I was hungry and thirsty  were you there, were you there? 
I was hungry and thirsty were you there?

	Chorus

I was cold, I was naked were you there, were you there?
I was cold, I was naked were you there?

	Chorus

Were you there?	Were you there?

When I needed a shelter were you there, were you there?
When I needed a shelter were you there?

	Chorus
 
When I needed a healer were you there, were you there?
When, I needed a healer were you there?

	Chorus

Were you there?	Were you there?

Wherever you travel I'll be there, I'll be there.
Wherever you travel I'll be there. 

And your creed and your colour 
And your name they won't matter 
I'll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there			
I’ll be there

When I Needed A Neighbour (Cover) - Fletch & Steve P - The SWR Project

Jolene (Dolly Parton) - Fletch, Steve P & Julie - The SWR Project 

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can
 
Your beauty is beyond compare
With flaming locks of auburn hair
With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene

He talks about you in his sleep
There's nothing I can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene
And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
Please don't take him just because you can

You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He's the only one for me, Jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene

Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene
I'm begging of you, please don't take my man
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene

Jolene (Cover) - Fletch, Steve P & Julie - The SWR Project

I've Found  - Fletch & Bella (Solo Live) - (The Lost Open Mic Track!)
Amber Run Cover

I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind
And I'll use you as a focal point
So I don't lose sight of what I want
And I've moved further than I thought I could
But I missed you more than I thought I would
And I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me
And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

And I'll use you as a makeshift gauge
Of how much to give and how much to take
I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind

And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me
And I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me

And I've moved further than I thought I could
But I missed you more than I thought I would

I've Found  (Cover) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

Fire Rain Wind & Sea (Original) - Solo - Fletch
(TisT Version) Written by Fletch (C) 2022


Fire, Rain, Wind, & Sea
Poisoned by air that we breath

The truth is one you can't admit
It challenges, your way of life, and your beliefs
This truth is awkward for you are the cause
With your greed and your excess and materialistic flaws

Fire, Rain, Wind, & Sea
Extremes more deadly and common than foreseen

Convinced its nature or your idol's credo
Hiding mistaken that’s it’s nothing at all
Ignoring reason in your head and your heart
Watching images of destruction denying your part

Fire, Rain, Wind, & Sea
Flames engulf us increasing the heat

Hold your child in your arms and look into their eyes
Entwinned with a world that suffocates and dies
Make a difference if you dare and question why
Challenge your indifference your arrogance your pride

Fire, Rain, Wind, & Sea
Droughts leaves nothing extincting what’s been

I have no answers or guides on what to do
Accept to recognize what's happening it’s you
I guess though you’d never listen to words in a song
And if you did could you ever believe that you’re wrong

Fire, Rain, Wind, & Sea
Oceans rising as our time here depletes

Fire, Rain, Wind, & Sea

Fire Rain Wind & Sea (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

The SWR Project - Take Me Over (A Prayer For You) - Solo
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch
(C) The SWR Project 2023
From the 2023 SWR Album - Rhythm & Rhyme

Take Me Over 				
(A Prayer For You)

Take me over, darkening despair
Take me hold me, there
Take me over, mourning prayer
Take me home, anywhere 

Take me over, wounding care
Take me hold me, there
Take me over, struggling prayer
Take me home, anywhere

Take me over, suffering unfair
Take me hold me, there
Take me over, weeping prayer
Take me home, anywhere

Take me over, helpless tears
Take me hold me, there
Take me over, lonely prayer
Take me home, anywhere

Take me over, being there
Take me home, anywhere

Take Me Over (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

Messenia Dawns (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch
The SWR Project
Written / Lead Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch
(C) The SWR Project 2023

Messenia Dawns

As the heavens fade
Lost to the shade
The shores awake
As waves gently break
Wind and tide collide
Forming patterns that glide
While white tops shimmer
In nights final glimmer

Outlines of mountains
Reach up to surround us
Marrying sea with sky
A match to mesmerize
Pale clouds fledge
With a glowing edge
Breaking endless hues
For Petalidi views

Silence converges with no disturbance
As Messenia dawns over Mani shores
Burning skies of oranges arises
For golden rays to pierce rhythmic waves
Messenia Dawns
Paradeisos
Paradeisos

The swallows excite
Over ripples of light
Calling their story
In a sunrise glory
And shadows emerge
From a distant verge
Silhouettes of souls
Seeking their shoals

Silence converges with no disturbance
As Messenia dawns over Mani shores
Burning skies of oranges arises
For golden rays to pierce rhythmic waves
Messenia Dawns
Paradeisos
Paradeisos

Messenia Dawns

Messenia Dawns (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

Beatrice (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch
The SWR Project
Written / Lead Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch
(C) The SWR Project 2023

Beatrice

Fiesole villas, by the hill    
I saw you there, so gentile
By the bridge, and the well
To the very depths, of my hell

Years had past, on the Lungarno
Besides the banks, of the River Arno
She turned and offered, me her greetings
I fled embarrassed, by my feelings

A courtly love, forever hidden
Unrequited, and forbidden
Her very presence, my salvation
My lonely heart, my fixation

Leave your letters, by her tomb
For those you hide, to exhume
Purity virtue, and my solace
In a poets mind, for my only, promise






Divine breathe, lost to lore
I vow to write, nothing more
Unless it’s never, been written before
Of any woman, from any shore

Through the Inferno, Beatrice lead
Revelation and grace, her ascent

Leave your letters, by her tomb
For those you hide, to exhume
Purity virtue, and my solace
In a poets mind, for my only, promise

Through the Inferno, Beatrice lead
Revelation and grace, her ascent

Beatrice (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

The SWR Project - Beatrice
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2023
From the 2023 SWR Album - La Vita Nuova

Beatrice

Fiesole villas, by the hill
I saw you there, so gentile
By the bridge, and the well
To the very depths, of my hell

Years had past, on the Lungarno
Besides the banks, of the River Arno
She turned and offered, me her greetings
I fled embarrassed, by my feelings

A courtly love, forever hidden
Unrequited, and forbidden
Her very presence, my salvation
My lonely heart, my fixation

Leave your letters, by her tomb
For those you hide, to exhume
Purity virtue, and my solace
In a poets mind, for my only, promise

Divine breathe, lost to lore
I vow to write, nothing more
Unless it’s never, been written before
Of any woman, from any shore

Through the Inferno, Beatrice lead
Revelation and grace, her ascent

Leave your letters, by her tomb
For those you hide, to exhume
Purity virtue, and my solace
In a poets mind, for my only, promise

Through the Inferno, Beatrice lead
Revelation and grace, her ascent

Beatrice

The SWR Project - Malevolence
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2023
From the 2023 SWR Album - La Vita Nuova

Malevolence

And the light is fading
Plans prevailing
Your conversations feigning
Aspirations, unveiling
And your beauty's glowing
Confidence is flowing
Your patients is waning
Anticipations, gaining

And your hands are leading
Slowly revealing
Your body showing
Appreciations, growing
And your breathing's sustaining
Muscles are draining
Your hunger is raging
Ascendancy, enslaving

Another prize stolen
For your self esteem
Another heart broken
Living your dream

And you’ve nothing remaining
Satisfactions reigning
Your desires descending
Annexations, ending
And you’re quietly leaving
Devoid of meaning
Whilst he’s sleeping
Abortively, weeping

Another prize stolen
For your self esteem
Another heart broken
Living your dream

With charm and intelligence
And your artless elegance
His complete irrelevance
Shows your shallow, malevolence

And your light is fading
Loneliness prevailing
Your commitment is feigning
Arrogance, unveiling

With charm and intelligence
And your artless elegance
His complete irrelevance
Shows your shallow, malevolence

And your light, is fading

Malevolence

The SWR Project - Fallen Trees 'Live' Solo
Lyrics / Lead Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch
(C) The SWR Project 2024

Fallen Trees - From The Album 'Fallen Trees'

In fallen trees
A bitter breeze
With frosted leaves
And a winter freeze
Take me there
Take me anywhere
With you, With you

In frozen lands
With caressing hands
We’d nurture seeds
From fallen tree’s
Take me there
Take me anywhere
With you, With you

In perfect dreams
We'd share the scene
The snowy queen
From fallen tree’s
Take me there
Take me anywhere
With you, With you

In shaded words
The silent verbs
Decipher plea's
From fallen trees
Take me there
Take me anywhere
With you, With you, With you, With you

I can’t leave
I can’t breath
I can’t free
Fallen trees
With you, With You, With You

Fallen Trees (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

The SWR Project - Persistence
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2024

Persistence

Healing pain, Wishes attained
Lessons hurt, Meanings learnt
Shown a way, Growing each day
Ambitions ignite, Futures are bright

Melting hands, Passing sands
Persistent swings, Softly brings

Nightmare dates, Rings awaits
Lives to share, someone who cares
Crying at night, Feeding till light
Passing genes, Nurturing dreams

Time moves on
Time moves on

Stealing feeling, Hidden meanings
Concealing souls, Losing control
Slipping away, Stones they say
Moments are lost, Silence the cost

Melting hands, Passing sands
Persistent swings, Softly brings
Time moves on
Time moves on

[v2.6]

Persistence

The SWR Project - I Wonder
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2024

I Wonder

And I wonder, I wonder
If you could dream, Any dream
And I wonder, I wonder
If you could dream, Endless dreams

With love affairs, Passion shared
Desire ignites, In endless nights
And I wonder, I wonder
If you could dream, Any dream

Lands to Explore, On distant shores
Marvel at sights, Culture excite
And I wonder, I wonder
If you could dream, Endless dreams

Spirits Rise, In distant skies
Natures rites, Aura’s lights
And I wonder, I wonder
If you could dream, Any dream

Music plays, Melodies amaze
Michelin heights, Delicacies delight
And I wonder, I wonder
If you could dream, Endless dreams

If you could dream, Any scene
If you could dream, Endlessly
I wonder, I wonder
If you’d regret, Or ever forget
You were dreaming

I Wonder

The SWR Project - All The Same - Solo 'Live'
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch
(C) The SWR Project 2024

All The Same

Just different shades, the same needs
The same voyage, just different creeds

Our longing for love, a need to belong
Search for meaning, a void feels wrong
Our culture’s beliefs, convinced we’re right
Pious in our views, the reason we fight
But we’re all the same, we’re all the same

In the morning, hear birds’ chorus
In the evening, watch heavens adorn us
In the forest, smell the rain
In the fields, feel fingers through grain
We’re all the same, we’re all the same

By the Mihrab, showing your way
In the Nave, as you pray
Read the Torah, faith displayed
Peace in Mandapas, meditative ways
But we’re all the same, we’re all the same

In family and friends, share the feeling
In solitude, enjoy the soothing
In goals achieved, potential reveals
In those who weep, your kindness heals
We’re all the same, we’re all the same

Thinking everyone else, has life sorted out
But we all feel moments, of loneliness and doubt
Diverse Ideology, with a single morality
We’re all the same, we’re all the; same

By the Mihrab, showing your way
In the Nave, as you pray
Read the Torah, faith displayed
Peace in Mandapas, meditative ways
But we’re all the same, we’re all the same

We’re all the same, we’re all the; same

All The Same (Original) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

The SWR Project - Spanish Eyes
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2024

Spanish Eyes

Lost and drowned, in lights and sounds
She took pity, a stranger in her town
She lead me out, somewhere to breath
Sat me down, to comfort me

In a world insane, trapped and drained
She made me calm, worries waned
And midst the heat, of the day
She found my soul, showed her way

Falling into

Castile beauty
Rescued baptized
Possessing me
Those Spanish eyes
Possessing me
Those Spanish eyes			

Museums maze, relics mislaid		
A misplaced guide, direction betrayed 	
Her touch so soft, a glance to convey		
Where confusion reigned, peace now lay

Long auburn hair, sun kissed skin 
Lost in her, the warmth within
A fleeting moment, a dream revived
Realmente hermosa, Spanish eyes

Falling into

Castile beauty
Rescued baptized
Possessing me
Those Spanish eyes
Possessing me
Those Spanish eyes			

Falling Into

Spanish Eyes

The SWR Project - Slip Away
Written : Fletch 
Vocals : Fletch / Julie B
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2024

Slip Away

I’ve had enough of pain, struggles and the screams
I can’t cope anymore, living with our dreams
I’ve tried so hard to be there, tried hard just for you
Lived through the torment, lived everything we knew	

I’ve fought to be strong, but the hurts extreme
All hope now has gone, just existing in routine
Maybe things will change, maybe a reprieve
Don’t give up on us, there’s still time to believe

I know you’ve always been there
Say your prayers, as I slip away  
Now I can chose, my own way
Then raise a glass, to remember me
Don’t forget, I’m where I wanna be

I can’t tell what’s real anymore, I know I’m getting worse
The meds blur reality, as my dignity deserts  
	Not everything has changed, I’m still in love with you
This time was not wasted, it’s all we could do

I know you scared, I know your heart will grieve 
But we know it’s for the best, it’s time for me to leave
	And you’re scared to, I can’t start to understand
	But please let me be with you, let me hold your hand	

I know you’ve always been there
Say your prayers, leave a bouquet
Raise a glass, as I slip away 
Then light a candle, to remember me
And scatter my ashes, where I want to be

Scatter my ashes, where I want to be

Slip Away

The SWR Project - Witness
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2024

Witness										

I’m uptight, watched the news tonight
It’s on my mind, can’t unsee their plight

A young child of war, desperate and alone
Stood weeping on their bones, no shelter nor no home
Orphaned in the sadness, a victim of dragons madness
With it’s lust for killing, of which we all bear witness

A daughter a mother, a bride a lover
Knelt crying in the rubble, family taken from her
Indiscriminate and malicious, an attack so vicious
The innocent killing, of which we all bear witness

Too old to survive, under tarps they cried
Laid starving together, in the camps they died
Famine and sickness, there is no forgiveness
No relief just killing, of which we all bear witness

He’s never born arms, never caused any harm
Yet he’s tortured and slaughtered, on his mourning farm
He was seen as extremist, in the genocide business
Another sectarian killing, of which we all bear witness

Watched the news tonight, can’t unsee their fight
We never object, just change channel and forget
What will history deduce?  What will be our excuse? 
What did we do? When we all knew.  

We all knew, Witness

Witness

The SWR Project - Seven
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2024

Seven

I am lots of different people, depending on your view
Where you are in history, what you trust is true
I am all of your fear, everything you adore
I may try and stop you, or keep you wanting more

You can’t suppress me, I cannot be appeased
If you try to ignore me, I will bring you to your knees
I cannot be defeated, as I’m never there
I cannot be deceived, when I’m everywhere

I’m the lover; a sinner, a dreamer; a killer
The Teacher; a tyrant, a preacher, a whore

Uncontrolled passion, requires moderation
Avarice is boundless, lacking motivation
Patience is lost, a jealous desire 
Humilities overrated, deluded liar

I am, The voice you show
I am, The guilt you know
I am 

The devil on your shoulder, the angel you can’t fake
Tell you you’re wrong, in dreams when you wake 
I expose the narrative, the choices you could make
I remind you of morality, which path you should take 

Controlling; I monitor, evaluate and begin
I’m that thought; that memory, that feelings, that sin 

Uncontrolled passion, requires moderation
Avarice is boundless, lacking motivation
Patience is lost, a jealous desire 
Humilities overrated, deluded liar

I am, The voice you show
I am, The guilt you know

I am, The voice you show
I am, The guilt you know
I am, The lost credo
I am, Your superego

I am, The voice you show
I am, The guilt you know
I am

The SWR Project - The Writers House
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2025

The Writers House

Will you take me back, to the Western Isles
Lewis where perspective, calms and beguiles

When you travel there, you fade away
Disappear into silence, of unfamiliar ways
Blend into shadow, in Stornoway’s haze
Frozen in history, by a Callanish gaze

Wild Uig Bay, in the glinting moonlight
A dram of Abhainn Dearg, to keep you warm at night
Giants at Dun Borranish, with stories to write
Longing to return, when fortune is right

Will you take me back, to the Western Isles
Lewis where perspective, calms and beguiles
The Writers House, where dreams are explained
Your vision exists, and your music is made
Take me, Take me

Leave chaos behind, and the speed of decay
Those feelings of anxiety, and having to obey 
To a simpler pace, with echoes of yesterday
A land in tune, with what think and say

Will you take me back, to the Western Isles
Lewis where perspective, calms and beguiles
The Writers House, where dreams are explained
Your vision exists, and your music is made
Take me, Take me

Writers House

The SWR Project - I See You
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2025

I See You								

And I see you becoming
Devotion burning bright
I see you belonging
To a mothers light
	
And I see you clutching
Comfort soft and slight 
I see you brushing
Wrapping holding tight

And I see you speaking
Fables to recite
I see you recalling
Til my eyes find the night			

And I see you growing
And I see you glowing
In mothers rites
In your mothers light
I see you

And I see you knowing
Sharing your insight
And I see you showing
Moments to excite

And I see you loving
In times of fright
And I see you belonging
In a mothers light 

And I see you growing
And I see you glowing
In mothers rites
In your mothers light
I see you
And I see you
You

I See You

The SWR Project - Take It
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Take It

Scared of a promise
Scared to be honest
Ask yourself questions
What are your intentions
Answers feel sadness
Disguised in madness

Scared of a time
Scared to entwine
You’ve always been the same
Know what you became
Believe your insight
Cautious to requite

You can take it easy
Take it with care
Fake it forever
Break it or repair

You can take from me
Take it and declare
Forsake it for fear
Mistake it for despair
You can take it
You can take it, if you dare

Scared of response
Scared of your wants
Lives may have changed
Worlds now rearranged
Closure is the game
Fascination still remains

You can take it easy
Take it with care
Fake it forever
Break it or repair

You can take from me
Take it and declare
Forsake it for fear
Mistake it for despair
You can take it
You can take it, if you dare

You can take it
Take it

Take It

The SWR Project - Thunder Falls
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Thunder Falls								

A thousand feet risen, in a bitter night
The howling wind, cut’s like a knife
Through hidden valleys, mountains squalls
From distant shores, to Thunder Falls

In a desolate land, trapped in clouds 
The torrid rain, envelops and shrouds
Bringing the flood, a water wall
Swelling the gorge, at Thunder, Falls
At Thunder Falls

Rapids surround
The deafening sound
Of cascading currents
Destructive torrents
And the devil is scheming 
White water screaming
Hope has no meaning
And the river is bleeding
At Thunder Falls
At Thunder Falls

They came for calm, came for peace
Came to escape, came for relief 
Trapped in a storm, stunned and enthralled
Nature transformed , at Thunder Falls
At Thunder Falls

Rapids surround
The deafening sound
Of cascading currents
Destructive torrents
And the devil is scheming 
White water screaming
Hope has no meaning
And the river is bleeding
At Thunder Falls
At Thunder Falls

Thunder Falls

The SWR Project - Waiting
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Waiting

And you realize the truth
They’ve always lied
There’s no reason for faith
No reason to try
And there is no belief
No certainty, no fact
No means to defy
No escape, no act

And love never fades
Just ghosts out of view
Grieving reminders
Of what never came true
And it makes no difference
What you try to do
Happiness is a shadow
That only fools pursue

Waiting for a win
A dream to pull you through
Waiting for the end
When there’s nothing else to do

And life is suffering
A truth they conceal
A vision of lies
To keep us from the real
And they’re all corrupt
Just playing the game
Trying to survive
With no rules and no shame

And the pain you feel
When they tax your dreams
Is just deception
In time’s cruelest scheme
And you could make the most of it
While you're passing through
But what’s the point of lying
When it’s all untrue

Waiting for a win
A dream to pull you through
Waiting for the end
When there’s nothing else to do

Waiting

The SWR Project - Maybe
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch, Steve P & Julie B
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Maybe

Maybe you were right, maybe I was wrong
Maybe I always knew, and felt it all along
Could it be conceivably, I’m afraid of my own mind
Could it be a part of me, is scared of what you’d find

It’s possible I confess, your more than enough 
It’s possible I guess, I don’t know how to love
Perhaps it’s a bad idea, I’ll mistake it for lust 
Perhaps it’s just the fear, being afraid to trust

You can’t blame me
I didn’t see it coming
Maybe we’re more than friends
Or maybe it’s nothing 

Maybe you were right, maybe I was wrong
Maybe I always knew, and denied it for too long
Could it be conceivably, you see who I really am
Could it be that part of me, is scared that you can

You can’t blame me
I didn’t see it coming
Maybe we’re more than friends
Or maybe it’s nothing 

You can’t blame me
I didn’t see it coming
Maybe just the time is wrong
Or maybe it’s nothing

Maybe

The SWR Project - Bring It
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA)  & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Bring It

Laughing casting trusting combine
Joking ‘n hoping that fortunes align
Spin it win it waiting for a sign
Bring it ‘n sing it a meeting of minds

Chilling ‘n thrilling making the time
Listening adrenaline sharing wine
String it ‘n ring it chanting rhymes
Bring it ‘n sing it secure inside

Romancing chancing a stranger blind dates
Looking for love someone who makes
You feel special to live and to dare
All life’s moments to hold and to share

Eating in binging a movie unwind
Travelling imagining wonders to find
Swing it wing it loving being kind
Bring it ‘n sing it I’ll make you mine

Romancing chancing a stranger blind dates
Looking for love someone who makes
You feel special to live and to dare
All life’s moments to hold and to share

All life’s moments to hold and to share

Bring It

The SWR Project - The River
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

The River   			

And the moment is there at the back of your mind
A glimpse of the future you're destined to find
That pull when you feel it is calling to be
A hidden stream of consciousness setting you free

It’s always within you to guide and to show
Steering your course as you go with the flow
Revealing its secrets a wandering thought
A bridge once unseen now the peace that you sought

On life's raft pass unfamiliar shores
Drifting meandering as your spirit explores
At one with the water its wisdom instilled
Carried on the currents by the river’s will
Carried on the currents by the river’s will

You cannot fight it or paddle upstream
It only goes one way toward all your dreams
A journey of wonder at the speed of time
So trust in its course just relax and unwind

On life's raft pass unfamiliar shores
Drifting meandering as your spirit explores
At one with the water its wisdom instilled
Carried on the currents by the river’s will
Carried on the currents by the river’s will

The River

The SWR Project - Shock and Awe
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Shock and Awe

As we watch… You say anything you please
And we watch… You don’t have to believe
And we watch… As your power corrupts
And we know… Your paranoid and distrust

And we shout… You use a God’s name
And we shout… For your own perverse gain
And we shout… As your ego makes choices
And we know… Your plans are born of psychosis

As we march… Your followers obey
And we march… Listening to lies you say
And we march… They believe your propaganda
And we know… Their hatred and their anger

It’s not about freedom, it’s control and privilege
Your arrogance your vanity, your conceited image

You bully and tease, you break the law
A game for the insane, of ‘Shock and Awe’

As we pray… You conceive your spin
And we pray… You intimidate to win
And we pray… You trick others to fall
And we know… You aren’t that smart at all

It’s not about freedom, it’s control and privilege
Your arrogance your pride, your conceited image

You bully and tease, you break the law
A game for the insane, of ‘Shock and Awe’

You’re making it up, for your TV show
Controlling the narrative, where realities forgo
Choosing to be blinkered, not trying to inspire
And the world watches on, at the end of an empire

Just lies upon lies, you bury the truth
Your incestuous flaws, in ‘Shock and Awe’

Shock and Awe

The SWR Project - The Ballad Of Mary Read (Spanish Ladies)
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

The Ballard Of Mary Read (Spanish Ladies)

She was born of shame and raised in lies
Disguised as a boy just to survive
She took to the sea to escape that life
Cutlass in hand a musket and knife

They cursed her name they called her sin
A woman who fought like the Devil’s own kin
To loot and plunder by day and by night
Eventually soaked she lost her fight

The chains don’t break and the tides don’t turn
A cold wind calls and the powder won’t burn
No grave for her no stone no name
A pirates fate is bound in chains
A pirates fate is bound in chains

She held her blade till the day she fell
Locked in the dark to rot in her cell
With child unborn her spirit grew weak
No ship to sail no future to seek

The chains don’t break and the tides don’t turn
A cold wind calls and the powder won’t burn
No grave for her no stone no name
A pirates fate is bound in chains
A pirates fate is bound in chains

A pirates fate is bound in chains

[Spanish Ladies]

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu you sweet ladies of Spain
For we've received orders to sail for old England
We hope that some day we may sail here again

We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt sea
Til we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues

We hove our ship to with the wind at sou' west boys
We hove our ship to our soundings to clear
And we billowed the top sail the sail of down channel
We headed down channel to old England dear

We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt sea
Til we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues

Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu you sweet ladies of Spain
For we've received orders to sail for old England
We hope that some day we will sail here again

We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt sea
Til we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues

The Ballard Of Mary Read (Spanish Ladies)

The SWR Project - Crusades
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Crusades

Let there be light and forbidden fruit
The blind lead the blind in a frivolous pursuit
For a Golden Calf lambs to the slaughter
Baptism of fire turning wine into water

Wolves in sheep's clothing lead you astray
Cast pearls before swine repent and obey
Those who use the sword will die by the blade
Put your house in order atonement to pay

And I wasted too much time
On something that was never mine

He’s under your bed he’s in your head
Tells you he’s right all day and night
He’s under the stairs he hears your prayers
Hidden within watching you sin
He’s everywhere crusades begin
Father release your rosary screams
Checking your sickness in his book of dreams
Faith in forgiveness crusades begin

Ashes to ashes dust to dust
Haman’s leading for power and lust
Your brother's keeper is lost and scared
His flesh and blood the cross you bear

An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth
Matt seven fifteen the behemoths let lose
The salt of the earth suffer and pray
Echo hail Mary’s a judgement day

As I stood on the firing line
I found out you weren’t divine

He’s under your bed he’s in your head
Tells you he’s right all day and night
He’s under the stairs he hears your prayers
Hidden within watching you sin
He’s everywhere crusades begin
Father release your rosary screams
Checking your sickness in his book of dreams
Faith in forgiveness crusades begin

He’s under your bed he’s in your head
Tells you he’s right all day and night
He’s under the stairs he hears your prayers
Hidden within watching you sin
He’s everywhere crusades begin

Crusades

The SWR Project - Listen
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Aboriginal Proverb Narration : Queen Elizabeth II
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Listen

We are all visitors to this time, this place.
We are just passing through.
Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love…
and then we return home

When you’re searching when you feel unease
Listen to nature breath
Listen Listen
When you’re lost when you need a guide
Listen to her voice inside
Listen Listen

Take time be patient question your truths
Listen to others views
Listen Listen
Take less than you give do what’s right
Listen to your inner sight
Listen Listen

Be kind be hopeful
Be curious and grateful
Be warm be present
Unhurried and transparent
Listen

When you know more the less you need
Listen learn and believe
Listen Listen
When you lose direction preserve don’t destroy
Listen simplicity in joy
Listen Listen

Be kind be hopeful
Be curious and grateful
Be warm be present
Unhurried and transparent
Listen

Listen

The SWR Project - How Long
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

How Long

Wet autumn nights, revealing your fears
A broken mind, Shattered in the tears
My stolen Heart, Lost to your eyes
Listening to your words, lured by your cries

In a winters chill, a warm home to find
We lived for others, working combined
Sharing our lives, Enchanted by you
What you’d become, And everything you do

In Spring you said, I didn’t want you
When there’s nothing further, from the truth
You were all my dreams, all my desires
Everything I could wish for, all I required

How long is long enough, To forget the pain
How long is long enough, To get in touch again
How long is long enough, To get in touch, again

And the seasons move on, life passes by
With new lives to live, new reasons to cry
Only pictures remind us, what we don’t show
What could have been, Summers we’ll never know

How long is long enough, To forget the pain
How long is long enough, To get in touch again
How long is long enough, To get in touch, again

How Long

The SWR Project - Where Are You Now
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Where are you now					

Where are you now
Where are you now
It dissed you, and dismissed you, and it twisted your past
It kissed you, and it fixed you, then it tore you apart

Where are you now
Where are you now
Made you pay, stole limbs away, it saw you fall from grace
As you decay, it ignored you pray, as you struggle with malaise

Where are you now
Where are you now
Divulge the truth, they indulge you, but ignore what occurred 
They begrudge you, and misjudge you, and they hold you to their word

Where are you now
Where are you now
Tired of listening, to the sickening, ignoring all they say
Your christening, reconditioning, you’ll find a winning way

Where are you now

How precious life is, your special and unique
They can’t label you, or tell you that your weak 
Never feel regret, for what you couldn’t be
Your far more than that, be yourself be free 
Where are you now

Where are you now
Where are you now

All life’s, broken promises, can’t pull you apart
It’s living, with the lies, and ignoring bleeding hearts 

Where are you now

How precious life is, your special and unique
They can’t label you, or tell you that your weak 
Never feel regret, for what you couldn’t be
Your far more than that, be yourself be free 
Where are you now

Where Are You Now

The SWR Project - Essence
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Essence

And you're searching for a metaphor, a way to explain
Life’s love and friendships, all of the pain
As literal ideas, keep drifting by
Only a few words linger, asking you, why

As the story of your Journey, slowly unfolds
The pages ahead, grow fewer and old
Each line you've written, a person you’ve met
A soul you’ve touched, a mark you’ve, left

Some will remember, only your grace,
Others the damage, you left in your place
Maybe they smiled, at your laughter and your jokes
Or perhaps they mask the scares, your flaws provoked

It’s a kaleidoscope a shifting scene
Footnotes you’ve never seen

You're in a thousand novels
Each line a piece of you
With chapters lost to time
Only you know the truth
Only you know what’s you

Whether part of a sentence, a paragraph a verse
You ask yourself repeatedly, why does it hurt
A hero to some, the villain to others
In countless tales, with forgotten lovers

Trying to guess the ending, when our last words are known
A few lines in an epilogue, to mark what you condone
You sacrificed hearts, your motives unclear
Shame now residing, where pride once appeared

Does it hurt because you never cried
Or because you never even tried

You're in a thousand novels
Each line a piece of you
With chapters lost to time
Only you know the truth
Only you know what’s you

As faded recollections, keep drifting by
Only a few words linger, asking you why
Life is beautiful, but owes you no presence
It’s fragile it’s fleeting, and pain is its, essence

Pain is its essence.


Essence

This Is The Life - Fletch, Steve P & Julie - The SWR Project
Written - Amy MacDonald

Oh, the wind whistles down, the cold dark street tonight
And the people they were dancin', to the music vibe
And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
While the shy tormented youth sit way over there
And the songs they get louder, each one better than before

And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

So you're headin' down the road in your taxi for four
And you're waitin' outside Jimmy's front door
But nobody's in, and nobody's home till four
So you're sittin' there with nothin' to do
Talkin' about Robert Riger and his motley crew
And where you gonna go, and where you gonna sleep tonight

And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singin' the songs, thinkin' this is the life
And you wake up in the mornin', and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

Where you gonna sleep tonight?

This is the Life (Cover) - Fletch, Steve P & Julie - The SWR Project

I Ain't Ever Loved No One (Cover) - Fletch, Steve P & Julie B - The SWR Project
Written By : Donovan Woods

I guess before I met ya
I didn't know better
You swept in out of nowhere
When I thought I'd never go there
And you set the bar
for this stubborn heart
And when you met my family,
Everybody knew that you had me wrapped
I ain't ever loved no one like that
And when I said I loved ya,
I didn't care if you said it back
I ain't ever loved no one like that

If you'd have just kept walkin'
And we'd never got to talkin'
I could go on existin'
Not knowin' what I was missin'
But you set the bar
for this stubborn heart
When you met my family,
Everybody knew that you had me wrapped, I ain't ever loved no one like that
When I said I loved ya, I didn't care if you said it back
I ain't ever loved no one like that

And maybe I'll love again, then again, maybe I won't
Maybe you feel the same, maybe you don't
How would I know?

'Cause when you met my family,
Everybody knew that you had me wrapped
I ain't ever loved no one like that
And when I said I loved ya,
I didn't care if you said it back
I ain't ever loved no one like that
I ain't ever loved no one like that
I ain't ever loved no one like that
I ain't ever loved no one like that



I Ain't Ever Loved No One (Cover) - Fletch, Steve P & Julie B - The SWR Project

The SWR Project - Salt Water
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Salt Water

And we’re walking, on sand through waves
We’re talking, we’re feeling brave
And we’re remembering, feeling betrayed
We’re recalling, mistakes we’ve made  

As we wander, to distant shores
Across dunes ‘n shingle, our souls explore		
Taking the chance, we slowly explain
How we felt, in those moments of pain

And we’re listening, to each other pray
We’re longing, to feel less afraid
And we’re missing, our masquerade
But forgiving, mistakes we’ve made, mistake we made

It was always us, in our hearts
Only ever fates, that kept us apart
The time lost, where poems die		
Salt water, on toes and in eyes

As our misgivings, fade away
Holding hands, our love portrays
Knowing a truth, this can never be
Our touching lips, steal a final scene, a final scene

It was always us, in our hearts
Only ever fates, that kept us apart
The time lost, where poems die		
Salt water, on toes and in eyes

The time lost, discloses lies 
Salt water, on toes and in eyes

Time lost, our ghosts deny
Salt water, on toes and in eyes
The time lost, where poets die		
Salt water, stings our eyes,  salt water, stings our eyes

Salt Water

The SWR Project - Alluring Extremes
Written / Vocals : Fletch
Music : Fletch (GB), Steve P (USA) & Julie B (CAN)
(C) The SWR Project 2025

Alluring Extremes

There is no path, the destinations unknow
We’re all misplaced, travelling alone
None of us know where, we’re meant to be
None of us can predict, with any certainty
And never trust anyone, who claims they can see

No-one knows why, we're really here
The meaning of it all, and why we persevere
Just finding our way, a truth a mantra
Forging a trail, our own raison d'être
And never trust anyone, who claims they know the answer

Can you be lost, if you don't know where you’re going?
Can you be lost, if your escaping where you've been?
We’re on our unique journey, trying to evade the weeds
Tempted by the visions, of alluring extremes
Tempted by the promise, of alluring extremes

There are no wrong choices, only different routes
Easy and hard options, short cuts to pursue
Don’t be fooled by glitter, efforts not biased
Karma can be hazardous, and life is non-compliant
And never trust anyone, who claims they have triumphed

Can you be lost, if you don't know where you’re going?
Can you be lost, if your escaping where you've been?
We’re on our unique journey, trying to evade the weeds
Tempted by the visions, of alluring extremes
Tempted by the promise, of alluring extremes
Tempted by the vision, of alluring extremes

Alluring Extremes

Fletch & Steve P - The SWR Project - All I Want (Kodaline)

All I want is nothing more
To hear you knocking at my door
'Cause if I could see your face once more
I could die a happy man I'm sure

When you said your last goodbye
I died a little bit inside
I lay in tears in bed all night
Alone without you by my side

But if you loved me
Why'd you leave me?
Take my body
Take my body
All I want is
And all I need is
To find somebody
I'll find somebody
Like you

So you brought out the best of me
A part of me I’ve never seen
You took my soul and wiped it clean.
Our love was made for movie screens

But if you loved me
Why'd you leave me? 
Take my body
Take my body
All I want is
And all I need is
To find somebody
I'll find somebody

But if you loved me
Why’d ya leave me
Take my body
Take my body
All I want is
And all I need is
To find somebody
I'll find somebody
Like you
.
.
All I Want (Kodaline)

All I Want (Cover)- Fletch & Steve P - The SWR Project

Cant Get You Out Of My Head (Cover) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

                       
La-la, la---! La-la, la, la -la!    La-la, la---!  La-la, la, la -la! 
La-la, la---! La-la, la, la -la!    La-la, la---!  La-la, la, la -la!
I just can't get you out of my head,
Your loving is all I think about,
I just can't get you out of my head,                           
It's more than I dare to think about!

Every night, every  day, just to be there in your arms,
Won't you stay  
Won't you lay
Lay for - ever, and  

La-la, la---! La-la, la, la -la!    La-la, la---!  La-la, la, la -la! 
La-la, la---! La-la, la, la -la!    La-la, la---!  La-la, la, la -la!
I just can't get you out of my head,
Your loving is all I think about,
I just can't get you out of my head,                           
It's more than I dare to think about!

There's a dark... secret in me, don't leave me locked in your heart 
Set me free            
Feel the need             
In me                       
Set me free 
Lay for - ever, and 
                       
La-la, la---! La-la, la, la -la!    La-la, la---!  La-la, la, la -la!
La-la, la---! La-la, la, la -la!    La-la, la---!  La-la!
I just can't get you out of my head

Cant Get You Out Of My Head (Cover) - Solo 'Live' - Fletch

'The SWR Project'.  Three friends on opposite sides of the globe making music together. Ambient Folk ideas merged together from our different worlds.  We hope you enjoy the SWR Sound.

Written & Vocals - Fletch
Music - Fletch (GB), Steve P. (USA) & Julie B. (CAN)


Some things change, some things never do... Take it easy...  Fletch :)

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