The Shape of Things to Come

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Zakkum - Ben Ne Yangınlar Gördüm

Where the Quiet People Go walks through the quiet corners of life — the places where stories fade, dreams linger, and truth turns to silence. It’s a reflection on the spaces between noise and meaning, where lost souls and hopeful hearts cross paths under an uncertain sky. With every verse, the song invites you to slow down, listen, and find beauty in the stillness — to feel that even in the rain, there’s still music flowing through it all.

Where the Quiet People Go führt durch die stillen Ecken des Lebens – dorthin, wo Geschichten verblassen, Träume verweilen und Wahrheiten zu Schweigen werden. Es ist ein Lied über die Zwischenräume zwischen Lärm und Bedeutung, über verlorene Seelen und hoffnungsvolle Herzen unter einem unsicheren Himmel. Mit jeder Zeile lädt es dazu ein, innezuhalten, zuzuhören und die Schönheit in der Stille zu entdecken – denn selbst im Regen fließt noch Musik durch alles hindurch.

Where the Quiet People Go

There’s a man by the river with a suitcase and a plan
He says he used to know what mattered, now he does what he can
The paper on the bench says hope’s still alive
But the ink runs thin, and the lines don’t lie

A woman hums softly at the end of the street
Her song’s out of tune but the words are sweet
She once had a ring, she once had a home
Now she carries her stories all alone

We keep walking, we don’t know why
Under the same uncertain sky
Every truth we used to trust
Turns to silence, turns to dust
Nothing’s certain, nothing planned
Just a river through our hands
I walk where the quiet people go

There’s a café where the old songs play
Same faces, same talk, every day
They raise their cups to the ones they’ve lost
To the dreams that never paid the cost

Maybe we’re stronger than we seem
Still searching for something in between
A place to rest, a breath to take
In all the noise this world can make

We keep walking, we don’t know why
Under the same uncertain sky
Every truth we used to trust
Turns to silence, turns to dust
Nothing’s certain, nothing planned
Just a river through our hands
I walk where the quiet people go

I walk where the quiet people go
Where the river’s humming soft and low
The world’s gone strange, but it’s all I know
I’ll stay awhile and let it flow

And through the changes, through the pain
There’s still music in the rain


Where the Quiet People Go

[Verse 1]
I’m glitched out, fucked up, high on your control,
Rip my heart out, baby, upload my soul.
You’re poison in a pretty disguise,
And I still beg for another byte.

[Pre-Chorus]
Pull me under, crash my name,
Fuck the peace, I want the pain.
Every spark just feeds the flame,
I’m losing it, I’m losing it again.

[Chorus]
Break me, burn me, fuck me up inside,
Do it again till the system dies.
Do it again, do it again,
Do it again till I can’t pretend.
Break me, burn me, fuck me up inside,
You’re the glitch that I can’t hide.

[Verse 2]
Static dreams and bloodshot screens,
You’re the ghost that kills my sleep.
Every word’s a loaded hit,
And I’m addicted to this shit.

[Pre-Chorus]
Pull me under, crash my name,
Fuck the peace, I want the pain.
Every spark just feeds the flame,
I’m losing it, I’m losing it again.

[Chorus]
Break me, burn me, fuck me up inside,
Do it again till the system dies.
Do it again, do it again,
Do it again till I can’t pretend.
Break me, burn me, fuck me up inside,
You’re the glitch that I can’t hide.

[Bridge]
No reset, no second life,
You’re my code, my parasite.
Say my name and pull the wire,
Set me on your blackfire.

[Outro]
Do it again, again, again,
Fuck it up till the bitter end.
Do it again, again, again,
Baby, you’re my favourite sin.

DO IT AGAIN (explicit)

[Verse 1]
Midnight light on my window pane,
All these ghosts still whisper my name.
Every scar’s a story I can’t erase,
I smile, but it’s just my mask in place.

[Pre-Chorus]
숨을 쉬어도 (even when I breathe)
It feels like glass inside of me.
널 지워내려 해도 
You’re written in my memory.

[Chorus]
Fade away, fade away,
Let the pain just wash away.
지워줘, please, 지워줘 (erase me, please erase me, why)
I don’t wanna feel this anymore.
Fade away, fade away,
All the light turns into gray.
지워줘, please, 지워줘,
Let my heart forget your name.

[Verse 2]
I keep running through the night,
Hoping dawn will make it right.
But the mirror still shows my past,
And it smiles back — I can’t outlast.

[Pre-Chorus]
잊혀지지 않아 (I can’t forget)
All the things I can’t regret.
Time just plays its cruelest game,
Love and loss — they sound the same.

[Chorus]
Fade away, fade away,
Let the pain just wash away.
지워줘, please, 지워줘,
I don’t wanna feel this anymore, not feel this anymore. ohhh
Fade away, fade away,
All the light turns into gray.
지워줘, please, 지워줘,
Let my heart forget your name.

[Bridge]
If I could turn the clock tonight,
Erase the wrong, rewrite the light.
너 없이,  I’ll try to be,
The version that can finally breathe.

[Outro]
Fade away (사라져, 사라져 — disappear),
My shadow’s crying here.
지워줘, please, 지워줘,
Let me forget the fear.

Erase me

She Was There
(c) J. Murdock McInne Vasey

She Was There (deep flamenco 2b)

[intro]

[instrumental]

The time came 
and she was there
Always there
She was there

She came alone
She came for me
Won't let me be
She was there

[chorus]
My life nowhere
Till she came
She came to me
Only then 
could I be

The time came 
and she was there
I was alone
Going nowhere

[instrumental]

[verse]
I live a life with no direction
Move through this world with disaffection
I hold on, don't see why
Nothing seems real
There is no kindness that I feel

[verse]
The people I meet, have little time
They live alone, inside their minds
I cannot share, nobody cares
My whole world 
Was going nowhere

[deep]
But then she came

[chorus]
My life nowhere
Till she came
She came to me
Only then 
could I be

The time came 
and she was there
I was alone
Going nowhere

[instrumental]

She came alone
She came for me
Won't let me be
She was there

[instrumental]

But then she came

[outro]

She Was There

I Don't Know You
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[instrumental]

all we hear
all we see
all there is
and will be
It is all here
for you and me
but soon gone
and sooner forgotten
those born well
those misbegotten
those who yearn
but never learn
look ahead
nothing astern

[instrumental]

the waves will soothe
their gentle sway
all a ruse
something they say
it was here
but now gone
did not belong
not yesterday

[instrumental]

what we saw
before the dawn
it is all gone
not going on
the time comes
we must fade
our future now
in retrograde
not as expected
debts now collected
and pleas rejected
cares neglected
love is lost
letters pinned
the final post
for those who sinned

[instrumental]

did we not all
no not one 
name one
OOOhhh! you forgot
well I did too
I don't know you

I don't know you

I don't know you

[instrumental]

[outro]



I Don't Know You

Blow It All Down
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey

[intro]

[instrumental]

I feel alone when I’m with you  
There is nothing more to say  
Nothing here, not for us two
What we had has gone away

You hurt me one last time  
You took away all that was mine  
Like a storm that’s here to stay  
Won't wait for light of day

I have to roll across the land  
and blow down all that I see  
When I’m done, nothing will stand  
Not a trace of you and me

[chorus]
I must howl, lost in the wind  
hide my tears in the rain 
I have lost all that was kind  
and what is left is made of pain

Not a trace of you and me

[instrumental]

I must howl, lost in the wind  
hide my tears in the rain 
I have lost all that was kind  
and what is left is made of pain

[instrumental]

I feel alone when I’m with you  
There is nothing more to say  
Nothing here, not for us two
What we had has gone away

You hurt me one last time  
You took away all that was mine  
Like a storm that’s here to stay  
Won't wait for light of day

I have to roll across the land  
and blow down all that I see  
When I’m done, nothing will stand  
Not a trace of you and me

Not a trace of you and me

[chorus]
I must howl, lost in the wind  
hide my tears in the rain 
I have lost all that was kind  
and what is left is made of pain

[instrumental]

[chorus]
I must howl, lost in the wind  
hide my tears in the rain 
I have lost all that was kind  
and what is left is made of pain

[outro]


Blow It All Down

Öyle KoLaysa

Mabel Matiz - Öyle KoLaysa

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Emre Kaya - Teşekkür Ederim (2013)

I write the lyrics; Mr. Alfonso Suno composes the music.  Working with the lovely Ms. Ai Ongaku, they create the arrangements.  Ms. Ongaku and her crowd are responsible for the performances.  My part in creating these tracks is very small. Nonetheless, I am to blame.  Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Blow It All Down

I and Ai