My grandparents on my mother's side fled from persecution in Kiev in 1900 and found a sanctuary in the UK. This song is for them. Gefehlt Mir Mein Heym is Yiddish for I Love My Home.

A Long March Home

Gefehlt Mir Mein Heym

This the title track from my album, More To Be Revealed, released on Irregular Records in 2011

More To Be Revealed

Artist: Ian Roland
Album: The Wood Wide Web
Release Date: Fri 24th February 2023

Resist the life stories pre-written for us by the powers that be. Those powers say “it’s always been that way” but it hasn’t and it does not have to be.

THIS MOVIE	    
                         					 
VERSE 1
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
EASY TO DROP YOUR SPEAKING ROLE
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
TRYING TO BE WHAT THE CAMERA SHOWS
ACTING OUT YOUR SCENES
MOVEMENTS SEEM PRE-ORDAINED
LIKE EVERYTHING’S ON REPLAY

VERSE 2
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
LOST YOUR STARRING ROLE
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
GIVEN NOTICE AND LET GO
NEED A CHANGE OF SCENERY
IT’S TOO HEAVY TO LIFT ALONE
YOUR NAME’S NOT IN THE SCREEN PLAY

CHORUS
‘COS IT’S ALL WORDS CONFUSED TOGETHER
THE SCRIPT COULD BE SO MUCH, MUCH BETTER
THIS SHOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL CAST YOUR LIFE AWAY

VERSE 3
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
ADVERTS ALWAYS IN THE WAY
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
LOST THE WORDS YOU HAD TO SAY
IN CHARACTER FOR THE ROLE
BUT COSTUMES NEVER FIT
YOUR DELIVERY ON DELAY

VERSE 4
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
YOUR TARGETS NOT YOUR OWN
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
WAITING BY YOUR MOBILE PHONE
THE LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
LEAVING YOU FAR BEHIND
‘COS EVERYTHING’S ON REPLAY

CHORUS

VERSE 1
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
EASY TO DROP YOUR SPEAKING ROLE
IN THIS MOVIE OF YOUR LIFE
TRYING TO BE WHAT THE CAMERA SHOWS
ACTING OUT YOUR SCENES
MOVEMENTS SEEM PRE-ORDAINED
SEND A SMILE LIKE IT’S OK

11. This Movie - Ian Roland

Here are some strings I have arranged to colour the end of a friends track on his EP - to hear, the combined result, search for Jake Martin and his new EP at the end of February :)

New Song Strings End Section

A Quick Demo recorded today with Ian Roland, Brione Jackson and me. - Pretty Epic!

2018 Drafts

In The Darkness Draft Demo

Unknown album (16/02/2015 10:22:26)

A Watchman For Your Heart

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Baylen Leonard - Amazing Radio
"Ian Roland's songs have a way of sneaking into your head and heart after just one listen. I find myself singing them long after hearing them. His songwriting somehow has the magical ability to transport me back to the front porch of my youth. They manage to sound both modern and like something from times gone by. Excellent." Baylen Leonard - Amazing Radio, http://amazingradio.com/?show=thefrontporch

Phil Widdows - FolkCast
"Ian Roland is a gifted songwriter and performer with an individual and refreshingly different approach to his art, producing songs that really are well worth getting to know." - Phil Widdows, folkcast.co.uk

11. This Movie - Ian Roland

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