2. The Dance of Souls

Music & Lyrics: Jan Schonander

When I was in 10th grade I asked my Belgian Spanish Teacher (Ms. Van Stichel) why the Spanish word “esperar” was used for both waiting and hoping. Maybe a sophomoric question (excuse the pun), but her answer has stuck with me through the years. She said “to wait is to hope”, and how right she was. 

I HOPE

I hope there’ll be a new beginning
I hope to tell right from wrong
I hope you get what you want
I wait, and I hope

I hope all manner of sins will be forgiven
I hope, I hope for my better angels
I hope, I hope for a wide open door
I hope, I hope you feel the same way
I hope we’ve got a lot left to live
I hope I’ve got a lot left to give

I hope you get what you want
I wait, and I hope

I hope to make a change for the better
I hope, I hope there is another way
I hope we can see it all clearly
I hope, I can open up inside
I hope we can find the time
I hope we can find a rhyme

I hope there’ll be a new beginning
I hope to tell right from wrong
I hope you get what you want
I wait, and I hope

I Hope

Im very happy to share a collab with my friend Lea-Mona. She is a talented multi aspects artist (painting, sculptures, poetry and much more) and her mother tongue is german so here is a poetry she wrote and says on my music and some vocal ambient, for our first collab :

Tiefe:

In Steintreppen geschrieben
Geschichten aus alter Zeit
Geschichten von Beton und Stein, Gips
die ineinander verlaufen
Man kann immer wieder Phantasien entwickeln
die dem Stein entspiringen
In ihm und auf ihm stehend, heruntersehend - ein Abgrund - ein Stein.
Fuss auf dem Boden - pieds sur le sol
Treppen steigen, Treppen gehen, 
so wie im Leben, nach oben, nach unten
Mich immer wieder zusammenreissen um die Anstrengung
 zu überwinden - ständige Motivation - 
anstrengend wenn man nicht nach oben kommt 
und sich sagen kann
Ja, Ich hab's geschafft! oben auzukommen
Ausser Puste, aber doch.
Jeden Tag versuche ich mich auf Neues zu motivieren 
um endlich etwas zusammenzustellen
das mein Leben bedeutet
Im Leben zu stehen, mit beiden Füssen
im Gleichgewicht auf dem Boden
in ihm - auf ihm - hinein 
Vereint mit meinem Körper

Collabs 2020

Tiefe

Tiefe Feat. Lea-Mona

My humble tribute to Rick Wakeman-

I’m lying on my back
As I watch the clouds
I’m turning down the noise
Because it’s much too loud
It’s easy to get distracted 
From what is real
It’s easy to get confused
About the way you feel
Sometimes you have to
Just slow things down
And remember the joy 
You once found
Sometimes you have to
Just slow things down
And remember the joy 
You once found

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Cloudchaser

Monet

Take a special time to listen to this track / listen loud enough ! / please enJoy !

Shadow dancers

A quick ode to creativity. Dedicated to all you Soundcloud creators:

Lyrics:
You know I end up in the ditch
More often than not
I've thrown my hat into the ring
With you crazy, strange lot
When I see danger
I steer right into it
A suburban Dadaist with store bought beats
Fighting through the apathy
While I'm spilling all my drinks
Oh my thoughts, they will not stop
My thoughts they will not stop
When I think of everything I've lost
My thoughts they will not stop

When I see the basement of the blues
You know it's true
I'm a suburban Dadaist with some store bought beats
Spilling all my dreams
Oh my thoughts, they will not stop
My thoughts they will not stop
When I think of everything I've got
My thoughts they will not stop...

A Suburban Dadaist With Some Store Bought Beats

I have admired tHE bLUE rOOM for quite a while now and when i heard their track "Glass Bees" i knew i had to beg them to let me put some vocals on it ..... guess what they said YES!
VISIT :- https://soundcloud.com/the-blue-room
Production , Music and Style - tHE bLUE rOOM
Vocals - winkandwoo
LYRICS:-
The matrix is broken and it's falling down
The chains have been broken and they're on the ground
Surrounding me
Set yourself free

tHE bLUE rOOM/winkandwoo 2020

The Matrix Is Broken - tHE bLUE rOOM Ft. winkandwoo

Fallen Angel

Time to ROCKKKKKKKKKK ! ! ! ! ! !
I present for you a track i call ALONE. One of my favourite things in the world  is to be alone. Alone with my thoughts, alone on my xbox, alone with a good book, alone on a peaceful walk, alone playing on the piano . I can always engage with my family and friends after , but many in the world do not have that opportunity. 
For them , being alone is not something they choose, it is something they feel and being alone becomes being lonely. 
NO ONE should have to feel lonely in this world especially during the coming festive period. If you know someone who is alone and lonely , spare a moment and say hi . It can make a world of difference.

XXX LOVE XXX

ALONE

Rubber Souls

Have a listen to my album "Curiosities Of Outsider Art" (Sept 2025). Quirky and interesting tunes.
Thank you for listening!

I try to write with rich lyrical details and self-deprecating humor about the human condition. Plus, that unique Shade Structure sound!  It sounds best with headphones. Thanks for any comments, reposts or likes.

Discography: Available under Album tag on my Soundcloud main page. 
* Curiosities Of Outsider Art (Sept 2025)
*All this Useless Beauty (2025)
*Rockers (2024) 
*Arrhythmia & Blues (2024)
* The Curse Of A Good Looking Ghost (2024)
* Low Profile (2024)
* Smilers (EP 2023)
•Short Songs For Tall Minds"  (2022)
•Friends, They're Gonna Get Your Story Wrong (2021)
•A Suburban Dadaist With Some Store Bought Beats (2021)
•All Feel and No Technique (2020)
•This Is How I Spend My Nights (2019)
•California Songs (2018-2019)

All sounds contained within are home-made/DIY recordings. Most songs are short stories, as I am influenced by Musicians & Writers like Raymond Carver, Warren Zevon, Mountain Goats, Tom Waits, Mark Eitzel,  Randy Newman, Destroyer, Steely Dan, Captain Beefheart, Loudon Wainwright III, Leonard Cohen & The National. Most songs have the lyrics on the song page. Thank you for listening!