2017 Anthology CD1

Music by Val Akey and Daniel Gómez.
All guitars (leads, rhythms, bass) played by Daniel Gómez. @danielgoram
Drums, strings, keyboards programming & produced by Val Akey. @valakey
Thanks for the cover photo to Ron Porter! (Pixabay)
Release date: 30 April 2021

Nile Impressions

Lyrics

Lessons learned in borrowed time
Sudden change with a blink of an eye
Where did it go? 
Swallowed by fortitude?
Where has it gone as the day breaks?
Mostly lost in a foreign land
Surrounded by the pull of sinking sand
Dreaming of life
Grieving in solitude
When will it end as the ground shakes?
Why does the ground shake?
Why?
Sailing on the sea of regret
Playing with the hand that you're dealt
Not giving up is a human art
Fighting on when you feel you can't
Don't say you can't when you know you can
Believe you can
Don't stick around in the cold despair
Don't make it up you can make it there
Don't say you can't when you know you can
Believe you can
Another set of winding stairs
That lead you to a truth that you cannot bear
Looking down from the precipice 
Embroiled by the thoughts of nothingness
Silent screams from a whisky jar
That hit you with the force of a speeding car
A flicker of light, a drizzle of rain
Impaled by the force of all life's pain
Why is there so much pain?
Why?
Sailing on the river of guilt
Playing with the hand that you're dealt
Not giving up is a human art
Fighting on when you feel you can't
Don't say you can't when you know you can
Believe you can
Don't stick around in the cold despair
Don't make it up when you make it there
Don't say you can't when you know you can
Believe you can

Believe You Can

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Blues Guitars Jam2

Wild Ride

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Orbital (2017) Anthology CD1 Track 02

Dreaming Without Sleeping (2017) Anthology CD1 Track 03

Late (2017) Anthology CD1 Track 04

Chimes And Times (2017) Anthology CD1 Track 05

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