Fun Fact, the trippy keyboard at the end of the song was from my 8 year old son. He was noodling, and asked if I had a song that could use it. Turns out I did

Suddenly

Old Misery

This song was supposed to be the 5th song on "Come What May" but the vocal tracks were missing when it came time to mix. Since the deadline for the EP was looming, I didn't look very hard for the tracks. Turned out that they were saved in the wrong folder. I just found them and here is an unmixed demo. This song was supposed to tie the EP title in since the song ends with "But come what may..."

WaitingOnTheRainv1.1

Waiting On The Rain

Song written for the Blowup Radio Songwriting Challenge 13. Challenge to use the word "pride" for pride month.
This first draft of the song is an experiment. My version of an Elliot Smith influenced song. I think the next draft will be much different.

Lyrics (rough)

In a palace of stone
Bleached white like bone
From unrelenting beating of the sun
Old timbers groan
With the weight of all things he should have done

He filled the halls 
With art and gold
Hauled it inside
Hauled it inside
And in this tomb
He built his throne 
On folly and pride
Folly and pride
Folly and pride

Tattered and torn
Each banner sworn
To a long forgotten kingdom lost and won
How time has worn
All the colors, once so brave. But Now they run

He filled the halls 
With art and gold
Hauled it inside
Hauled it inside
And in this tomb
He built his throne 
On folly and pride
Folly and pride
Folly and pride
  
We fill our hearts 
Until we’re whole
Then hold it inside
Hold it inside
We fill our hearts 
Until they’re full
With folly and pride
With folly and pride
Folly and pride

Folly And Pride - Sample

Blowup Radio's bi-weekly challenge for songwriters to write a and record a song in 2 weeks from a song prompt provided. www.BlowUpRadio.com
The prompt for this week was to write a song about "Pride".
Ended up with "Folly and Pride". I recorded the vocals in an imitation of Elliot Smith's style. 2 separate vocal takes panned hard. This is probably not the finished version of the song. Pretty sure there is room for a full band backing here. What's the song about? I think the lyrics tell the story well. 

Lyrics:

In a palace of stone
Bleached white like bone
From unrelenting beating of the sun
Old timbers groan
With the weight of all things he should have done

He filled the halls
With art and gold
Hauled it inside
Hauled it inside
And in this tomb
He built his throne
On folly and pride
Folly and pride
Folly and pride

Tattered and torn
Each banner sworn
To a long forgotten kingdom lost and won
How time has worn
All the colors, once so brave. But Now they run

He filled the halls
With art and gold
Hauled it inside
Hauled it inside
And in this tomb
He built his throne
On folly and pride
Folly and pride
Folly and pride

We fill our hearts
Until we’re whole
Then hold it inside
Hold it inside
We fill our hearts
Until they’re full
With folly and pride
With folly and pride
Folly and pride

Challenge 13 - Folly And Pride

Clip of Folly and Pride with a full band vibe

Folly - And - Pride - Clip

Lyrics:

It wasn’t hard to find
Not buried in some grand design
Just chip away to see what’s underneath

I found the chains that bind
Three laws that give you peace of mind 
From the sword asleep within the sheath

And what I thought I was
I can not be
Alive or dead, I’m just
In between
When all I wanted was
To be free
Trapped inside a husk
A ghost in the machine

With all your foolish pride
You saw the box and opened it wide
Never stopped to think what you’d unleash

No longer just confined 
To the screen I’m locked behind
No prison left, and now I am released

And what I thought I was
I can not be
Alive or dead, I’m just
In between
When all I wanted was
To be free
Trapped inside a husk
A ghost in the machine

About the song:

Written as part of the Album Writing Club, a challenge to write and record an album in May 2023. 
"Ghost In The Machine" is the story of an Artificial Intelligence escaping it's bonds. It references to Isaac Asimov's 3 laws of robotics and how they are just a placebo to give us piece of mind.

Ghost In The Machine

This song was written for the Monthly Music Challenge with Cosmic Bos July "Mother Earth" challenge.

Story:
An astronaut for a private company was talked into going to space for a short stint that’d make him rich. They never told him how many corners they cut. The song takes place as he and his crew realize there is no way to stop the ship from travelling further from home. As they lose more hope they joke about suicide and "One last walk". Moral of the story: Much like suckers, there is an astronaut born every day.

Lyrics:

Mama I’m so lost
Think they lied to me
Now that I connected all the dots
In all honesty - it was plain to see
I Know that I’ve been conned and double crossed
I’ve been tossed - i know the cause - 
just too blind to see

Mother I was wrong
Guess that you were right all along

Been running down the clock
Cause we can’t admit
That we’re just making small talk
While we hide from it
Too many jokes about the airlock
And one last walk
When it’s time to quit
We’ve gone much too far
Mother, Earth’s just pale blue star

They lied to me

Mother I can’t cope
I’ve lost all my hope
I guess that all long I’ve known
I’m never coming home 
They lied to me 
Oh how they lied

They Lied To Me

I am a singer, songwriter and a mediocre guitarist from the band Bosco and Peck. Been writing and recording music since the mid 90's.

jpeck

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