Very professionally done. Beautiful tune  💥

Rock song written, arranged & produced by John Hardman
John Hardman - Vocals, guitars, keys
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Is It Alright? - Beats Working

The Guitars Say Sorry – The Gods Don’t Hear Me Anymore

Closing out the Jaded album, The Gods Don’t Hear Me Anymore is a stark, emotional reckoning—part confession, part lament, part protest. Over a raw acoustic guitar in open tuning (DADEAD), The Guitars Say Sorry delivers a song that feels like it was written under a flickering streetlight in the early hours, alone but overheard.

The lyrics drift between the personal and political: forgotten memories, absent gods, the weight of family history, and the ache of disappointment in the world around us. “Tears come easy when you're young / And you don't know where you've come from” sets the tone—disillusionment framed by a search for meaning, identity, and connection. There’s resignation in the refrain, “The gods don't hear me anymore,” but also an undercurrent of defiance: “I carefully chose my enemies.”

Sparse, honest, and lyrically pointed, The Gods Don’t Hear Me Anymore is a fitting end to Jaded—a quiet anthem for those still standing in the ruins, asking questions no one seems willing to answer.

Lyrics
I'm waiting for someone
Who I don't remember
Under the bridges
The shadows of my father

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

So here we are
Ruled by old men with long memories
After George's death
I carefully chose my enemies

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

Tears come easy when you're young
And you don't know where you've come from
And they always tell you what you've done wrong

In the morning
I held my breath and nothing's changed
I closed my eyes, I'm still to blame
I can't help feeling it's still the same
As the last time

Is life always like this? I find it hard to tell
Is this what we're in for? It never ends up well

I lost my taste, changed beyond recognition
I'm spinning plates
I love the world we live in

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

Ran out of space, and not for the first time
Felt out of place — seems my mother was right

The gods don't hear me anymore
The gods don't hear me anymore

Tears come easy when you're young
And you don't know where you've come from
And they always tell you what you've done wrong

In the morning
I held my breath and nothing's changed
I closed my eyes, I'm still to blame
I can't help feeling it's still the same
As the last time

Is life always like this? I find it hard to tell
Is this what we're in for? It never ends up well



These Guitars Say Sorry - The Gods Don't Hear Me Anymore (Singer-Songwriter / Jaded)

This is my latest pop song with male AI vocals. Lyrics are taken from a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Listen with headphones...

Out now on all streaming platforms and distribution sites.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/3KkaqQY1fav3pIwWTAMJMV?si=Vt9Im5XAQOWnW6hmk9HadA

Alfred Lord Tennyson - "The Flower" 

"Once in a golden hour
I cast to earth a seed.
Up there came a flower,
The people said, a weed.

To and fro they went
Thro' my garden bower,
And muttering discontent
Cursed me and my flower.

Then it grew so tall
It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o'er the wall
Stole the seed by night.

Sow'd it far and wide
By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried,
'Splendid is the flower! '

Read my little fable:
He that runs may read.
Most can raise the flowers now,
For all have got the seed.

And some are pretty enough,
And some are poor indeed;
And now again the people
Call it but a weed. "

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Constellation Lyra - The Flower [out on Spotify now]

Frog Galliard

Say it how it should be

This tune was released by Lewis Capaldi in 2019. Performed by me on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #586 by Lewis Capaldi

Drop It

Following their interview, The Engagement grabbed 15 random cd's from the collection (and I also grabbed an extra 5), and this is the resulting playlist. 

Outrageous Intro 
Maria (West Side Story) / Leonard Bernstein 
The Great Pretender / Freddie Mercury
Up The Hill Backwards, Girl Loves Me / David Bowie 
The Loved One / INXS
I Need To Complain / Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier
When In Love With A Blind Man / Tears For Fears 
The Opener / JUNK!
Make Another Plan / Blackcarburning
I Won't (Project X mix) / The Nine 
Good Things (Don't Come Free) / Echo Image 
I'm With Stupid / Pet Shop Boys 
Revolution / Thompson Twins 
Super Trouper / Mamma  Mia Original Stage Cast Recording
Fashion / Rogue Traders 
10 Out Of 10 / Kylie 
No Clause 28 (Full Version) / Boy George 
Don't Say You Love Me (Mark Moore + Eon Vox mix) / Erasure 
Happy Ending / Mika 
Listen All You People / Darren Hayes 
Outrageous Outro

The Engagements Outrageous Act Of Randomness

This is the (painstakingly) remixed and (somewhat less painstakingly) remastered version of Last Train Out, from the 4 Good Measure Album

4 Good Measure

Last Train Out

1040 36 Ballad-instrumental

This is a little Funky Jazz number. 

Photo for Album Artwork by Susan Snyder

Ron Snyder - Keep the Faith (Instrumental)

Can you put titles to my tunes? If not, my website reveals all at:

https://www.harveytwyman.com

My Latest Tunes are at: www.soundcloud.com/harvey-twyman

I have now minimised all my musical equipment down to a single arranger keyboard, the Yamaha PSR-SX900.

Originally I had created all the features of this keyboard using multiple pieces of MIDI equipment all controlled through a Windows tablet. I created a YouTube video describing it all:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TekeXG_oe1g&list=PLzVsLVsxIwiZLfDwmRDZ1B8TnIrgwX7aC&index=2&t=1s

Name That Tune #586 by Lewis Capaldi

Harvey Twyman

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