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

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Persistence

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

Seven

I'm lots of different people, depending on your view
Where you are in history, what you trust is true
I'm 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 a lover; a sinner, a dreamer; a killer
A 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 last credo
I am, Your superego

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

Seven

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

See You Again

Hello my Love, my sweetest love 
It’s so good to see you, again

The electrons arrange, pixelated frames
Exposing pictures, that remain
Now times passed us by, and everything has aged 
Though not too much here, has changed
I’m still, the same, I’m still, the same

Sorry to hear about your father, one of the good guys
And I hope your mother is coping, in these times
Do you see any of the old gang, or have you let them slide 
Did you hear about our friend, that died	
I miss her, I cried. I miss her, I cry

So what’s new with you, work, life and romance
Did you finally find yourself, a good man
Did you sort out the crazy, believe and understand
Settle down and start, your own fam
I hope you’re, happy now. I hope you’re, happy now

Hello my Love, my sweetest love
It’s so good to see you, again
Hello my Love, my sweetest love 
It’s so good to see you, again 
So good to see you, again

Somethings change, some things never do, 
It’s so good to see you, again

Hello my Love, my sweetest love
It’s so good to see you, again
Hello my Love, my sweetest love 
It’s so good to see you, again


See You Again

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

Hide

Every time you lie I sigh
Every time you try I cry		
What picture to paint what dream to break
Which story to tell what memory to sell 
Every time you lied I cried
Every time you hide I die
Every time you hide I die

That past has passed long since now
Those distant days playing our games
We sought the answers and imagined ends
Searched for meaning more than friends
Every time you lied I cried
Every time you hide I die
Every time you hide I die

I built a pedestal you could never reach
The view so far together we’d preach
And just when I thought I found a peace
It collapsed around us and buried us deep
Every time you lie I cry
Every time you hide I die

Every time you lie I sigh
Every time you try I cry
What picture to paint what dream to break
Which story to tell what memory to sell 
Every time you lied I cried
Every time you hide I die   
Every time you hide I die


Hide

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

Cold winds blow down empty halls
Lifeless buildings stand so tall
Voices online no one hears
Truths get filtered shaped by fear

Time to teach, not just survive
We’re told to take cling to life
Bursting at the seams classrooms need to shrink
Voices of reason in the wind

We give all the reasons to change
But the lessons stay the same
We fight for unity we aren’t heard
Stay the same never heard

Our crowded streets words and chants
Full of hope cries and demands
We have words we need to say
Never too late to change what’s grey

So plant the seed sing the song
Hold someone when the night feels long
We’ve got the fire we’ve got the grace
We’ve got time we can’t waste

Don’t look down
Beauty through the sound
We fall, we fight, we dare,

Lessons were never meant to be
Warfare 


Lessons

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

Tides 							 

A new low tide is followed by a high
They happen for a reason and always comply
You can’t force them or pause their riposte	
And like life’s moments they’ll soon be lost
Tides keep turning  
Keep turning

A neap tide followed by the spring
The endless rhythm a new month begins
The rise and fall when the stars align
And like life’s moments they all decline
Tides keep turning  
Keep turning

Waters swells then gently disappears
Breaking relentless through seasons and years
The lunar rises a pull on hearts broken
And like life’s moments they’re all forgotten
Tides keep turning

And the tides keep turning
Nothing stays the same
The sands are always changing
Until nothing remains
The tides keep turning 
The tides keep turning

And everything disappears gets washed away
Waves keep breaking until nobody remains		

And the tides keep turning
Nothing stays the same
The sands are always changing
Until nothing remains
The tides keep turning 
The tides keep turning


Tides

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

A Year Today				

It’s been a year since you left today
And I’m trying to make the right choices
Trying to find my way
Though sometimes I get lost
And don’t know what to say
It’s been a year since you left today  

It’s been a year since you couldn’t stay
Though it doesn’t seem that long
I miss you every day
And our habits are hard to break
Memories continue to replay
It’s been a year since couldn’t stay

It’s been a year since you passed away
And the space still remains 
A loan I may betray
A gift to hold through the years 
As treasured memories fade
It’s been a year since you passed away

Time to remember, time to forget
Time to cherish, time to regret
Time to heal, time to pause
Time to reflect, time to mourn 
It’s been a year since you passed away

Life is suffering and when you accept that’s true
You can appreciate loves are just passing through
They’re gifts to you
It’s been a year since you left today
You couldn’t stay you passed away
It’s been a year since you left today   
It’s been a year today



A Year Today

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

Season’s Change 

Free as a bird to come and go
Just like a season through the meadow
You told me love was just control
I’ve reclaimed what you stole

I lost myself inside your storm 
A change of season was not enough
I faced the dark I found my form
None of it will be rebuffed

You wrote the rules that always changed 
You kept me small called it safe
I’ve lit a match to this game
And with it burning your name

The leaves are falling as the wind pushes them off
Another season is moving in
A brisk of cold air is taking place
I am finally breathing 

No more circles no more chains
No more dancing in your flames
I’ve stitched my soul it feels so true
The best of me was never you

You wrote the rules that always changed 
You kept me small called it safe
I’ve lit a match to this game
And with it I've burned your name

Seasons Change

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

Scheherazade						

Light your words with colour the mystique		
Tell your tales of intrigue and deceit
With shallow breath I shudder as you speak
Voice of rhymes that challenge my belief		
Scheherazade and peace				 

Uncertain stories indiscreet
Always with nightfall incomplete
No farewell sentence for the meek
Mercy and redemption shown to weak  
Scheherazade and peace

Your eyes grow heavy stars burn bright
Telling her tails to break your fight
Renew in the morrow see another night
Scheherazade brings the light

Fishermen to thieves her critique
Lessons taught and moments to believe
Enlightened forgiveness is received  
A thousand nights makes us complete 
Scheherazade and peace

Scheherazade and peace


Scheherazade

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

Always There

It’s always there…  Always unkind
Always Hidden… Stalking your mind
A Constant distraction… Constantly defies
That constant irritant… That mote in your eye

In dreams it waits…  Dreams with no end
Dreams that haunt… You can’t apprehend
That fear you know… The fear you believe
A fear of what’s next… That never leaves

There’s no point complaining or trying to explain
I can’t escape the torment, shelter from this reign   
It’s not like I haven’t tried, or pretended not to care
But I can’t avoid myself, it’s always there

It’s how I see… And how I react
How I think… Helpless to adapt
A nagging within…  Twisting my soul
Angst and unease… Beyond my control

Sometimes… I can’t let it go  
Sometimes… It’s all that I shows
Maybe… It’s always been there
Maybe… I never dared

There’s no point complaining or trying to explain
I can’t escape the torment, shelter from this reign   
It’s not like I haven’t tried, or pretended not to care
But I can’t avoid myself, it’s always there
It’s always there…

Always There

'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 :)

Scheherazade

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