Roscoe Dash & Lloyd VS SIE777E (Dramantic Remix)

A few things to say.
1. Sorry, this song is a long one: more than seven minutes, too many to expect to have listeners desirous to get to the end of a small marathon. Moreover, it is slow (the first refrain only comes after three minutes or so) and sung in Italian (the English translation is available, but it is never the same thing).
2. The photo shows two actors: Bekim Fehmiu and Irene Papas, protagonists of a wonderful TV series (‘Odissea’) aired in 1968. A show that enriched my childhood and conditioned my imagination (and my reading) forever.
3. I have long wished to be able to write a song about that story within the story of Ulysses' wanderings: his return to Ithaca and his failure to be recognised by Penelope. I succeeded in 1994, then producing a few versions of it. I recorded this one a few years ago, the sound quality was not excellent but now I have taken it up again, singing it all over again and changing the arrangement a little. I hoped at least to recreate an atmosphere musically suited to the story evoked.
Female vocals courtesy of Sound Doctrine.

LYRICS 

he speaks softly from afar
and his voice is like a stray dog
like a boat you can barely see
like a moon on a swing
suspended on the edge of a sea wave
he holds his breath to follow his song

she sings and as she sings she has dozed off
he takes her hand and
whispers ‘welcome back into my life, welcome back’

she still sleeps and dreams of making love
with this morning shadow
of these colourless eyes 
came from an icy adventure
of days that smell clean
of all nights and all days
of spells, escapes, memories 
of days lost without desires

and if she will not listen to his words,
if evil will not slip from her heart
then who knows
where the wind will settle him
where he will lose himelf
where he will rest

[Penelope]
"Are you the night that burns
are you this sky that falls on me
are you this ship that arrives
are you this fire congealed inside me
... (You're all I need) ..."

she squints her eyes and moves slowly
as if to let the world to feel
all the weight of this abandonment
of this vanished illusion 
of her infinite sadness
sadness that perfume the nights and days
spent alone with this wound

but he is not only the thought of every morning
he is in the sand in the waves
that have always bounced on the shore
he is the cement of this house
is the receding fear
is the storm ever closer
he is this morning shadow
and she will listen to his words
and the sea will deposit him on her heart
and then who knows
maybe the wind will settle 
the circle will close
and she will recognise him

[Penelope]
"... (You're all I need) ...
are you the night that burns
are you this sky that still falls on me
are you this ship that arrives
are you this fire congealed inside me
are you my eyes you are my hands
are you my lips my skin of today and tomorrow
are you this peace that rises again
are you this home to recapture
this night to rest
... (You're all I need) ..."

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Lyrics and music by Michele Ansani (1994).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, September 15

Nostos (il ritorno di Ulisse) **

I'm exactly who you think I am 
but I am not afraid 
i am never letting go
Certainty..you are saving my soul
through it all loving me more
when time opens the door
heaven is home
mistakes..won't tear me apart
so I lift my voice all my soul my heart
you will be there
when you can feel heaven is home lift your voice to the Lord
heaven is my home

Heaven is Home

I love this song since I was a child. I sang this under the shower in the hospital, when my son was born.

Que sera (Doris Day Cover)

Cold Mornings (2024) Anthology CD4 Track 05

YOU SHOWED ME THE REASON

2 The first step beyond

159 - Between Tones

Summer 25

Speedmike a eu la gentillesse de me proposer ce très joli morceau de guitare afin de poser une voix dessus. L'inspiration au piano m'est venue rapidement ce qui m'a permis d'écrire le texte.
Cela a été un réel plaisir de travailler sur ce morceau. 
Merci à toi Speedmike et à toi Lena qui est venue poser délicatement ta voix :)

Musique : Speedmike@user-https://soundcloud.com/user-423331569
Arrangement, piano, harmonica, texte & voix : Steph Ouna
Coeurs : Lena : https://soundcloud.com/user-262019520

Paradoxe (Speedmike / Lena / Steph Ouna)

I Finally Got back into my studio this week. It felt good to record an Original song.  
HIGHEST GAME WITH RULES

IM RUNNING THROUGH THE BACKWOODS 
NEAR THE CORNERS OF MY MIND
IT NEVER GETS ANY EASIER 
WHEN YOUR A PRISONER OF TIME
SO MANY HARDENED EMOTIONS 
YOU WEAR UPON YOUR SLEEVE
AS IF REACHING OUT TO KNOW ONE
WONT SPREAD YOUR DISEASE
WITHOUT A SOUND IM FALLING DOWN
ABOVE THE GROUND IVE COME UNWOUND
IVE PLAYED THE GAME I PAID MY DUES
IVE BEEN ON TOP AND LIT THE FUSE
THERES ALOT OF TAKE
ITS THE HIGHEST GAME WITH RULES
LYING IN THE GUTTER 
ALL THE FACELESS FOOLS
I CAME FROM NOWHERE
I HAD TO LEARN TO MAKE A BREAK
ITS BEEN NO BED OF ROSES 
I MADE MY MISTAKES 
WITHOUT A SOUND  IM FALLING DOWN
ABOVE THE GROUND IVE COME UNWOUND

Highest Game With Rules ( Original ) With Lyrics.

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