I added a few (slightly stodgy sounding) string layers to my song ‘Devotion’ and paired it with Isaac Levitan’s ‘Eternal Peace.’ He’s one of my favourite painters and it’s this painting in particular that inspired the song.

Devotion (Orchestral)

Littering Leaves

From a session I did on Sounds From The Wilderness, West Wilts Radio a little while back.

Littering Leaves (Steel Strung)

Summer Sunday

Apologies for the quiet vocals here. Re-recording with an extra mic soon..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fItxa6KQR1U
Lyrics:

Carving out a space
In a place I'd rather be

In the warmth of sun
My love she waits for me

How deep will new roots go
Take hold or stand rejected 

To wither by the night
Old ways are never far behind
Old ways are never far behind

How far will your troubles take you
To weather that storm in your eye
The future is always uncertain
A kingdom will fall one will rise 

A whisper from the dark
Echo's these lonely feelings

But I'll watch a new day rise
And task my heart that's healing 

I'll show you who I am
Or someone I know I could be 

If I walk the staggered path
Or learn to tread lightly

How far will your troubles take you
To weather that storm in your eye
The future is always uncertain
A kingdom will fall one will rise

Old Ways

The songs that are the quickest to write always turn out best.. The mix isn't perfect but they never are (for now).. 
..Doing a better and improved take soon.. 
Lyrics:

Thinking back to the day
When we all stood in our own ways

At the edge of the sea
The light danced on everything 

Shadows cast on the sand
As the sun sets all around

Peace in our lives
With the coming of the tide

At the foot of an mountain
Do your feet dance to the song

To the tender melodies
Hear the coming of the sun

Where April showers rain
I think of you again

And listening carefully
Your voice floats on the breeze

And stirs up the air
To take me off elsewhere 

At the foot of the mountain
Do your feet dance to the song

To the tender melodies
Hear the coming of the sun

This boat built by hand
To take me to distant lands

And I’ll ride by the wave
If you’ll fill up my sail

Hear the coming of the sun

At The Foot Of The Mountain

Flowers of farewell are blooming 
In the wind 
As we say how are you doing
Goodbye came before 

You are the sea and the deepest
Blue I come to be
Let me join in this reverie 
In and out we go

Like waves upon the sand 
We breathe and exchange with the land 
The bitter sweetest of them all
Goodbye but praise it after all 

Sun shrink behind the last hill 
So you can find
A place to stay to release the day 
And then you’ll remind 

Me of the parted day
The love I felt along the way
I thought there was something else to find
It passed me from behind 

The shape and contours of my life
The hesitations and the strife 
The clear and quiet scenic days
Were enough and make me in these ways

Goodbye Before

I've added a second take, its the same version with less mistakes.

Lyrics:

Thinking back to the day
When we all stood in our own ways
At the edge of the sea
The light danced on everything

Shadows cast on the sand
As the sun sets all around
Peace in our lives
With the coming of the tide

At the foot of an mountain
Do your feet dance to the song
To the tender melodies
Hear the coming of the sun

Where April showers rain
I think of you again
And listening carefully
Your voice floats on the breeze
And stirs up the air
To take me elsewhere

At the foot of the mountain
Do your feet dance to the song
To the tender melodies
Hear the coming of the sun

This boat built by hand
To take me to distant lands
And I’ll ride by the wave
If you’ll fill up my sail

At the foot of the mountain
Do your feet dance to the song
To the tender melodies
Hear the coming of the sun
Hear the coming of the sun
Hear the coming of the sun
Hear the coming of the sun

At The Foot Of The Mountain (Newer)

Fewer mistakes and a better overall take. I hope you enjoy.

Lyrics:

Neighbour of night
Hold me in my dreams
And give them to the day
For all of life to be

The world that meets my eyes
Works in you the same
As birds go flying by
Into our hearts they came

Hang all the stars inside
From deepest ruby nights
So that they point the way
To skies in you that stay

Two people bound beyond
Their parted present found
Are lands that held a light
A common sun and sound

Hold the space around
For peace and for place
For love that burns away
Like first light did fade

Hang all the stars inside
From deepest ruby nights
So that they point the way
To skies in you that stay
To skies in you that stay
To skies in you that stay
To skies in you that stay

Skies In You (Newer)

The artwork is 'The Renowned Orders Of The Night' ('die Berühmten Orden Der Nacht') by Anselm Kiefer.

Lyrics

The silent golden ground
The river bed to silver sound
And autumn leaves 
The water waits to receive 

The rising and going down
Across the sky when stars surround
To make the tide
Of my blood, to wholly abide 

We send our hearts
To remote places
The quiet ways
The faintest traces 

But there’s a song
Like silent thunder
That shakes the ground
With heaven’s plunder

Golden Ground

An old one. My quick take on Fahey's classic, scrappy as it gets..

Sunflower River Blues Cover

Gold Dust, sort of.. I was messing around in an open tuning when this kinda landed out of nowhere.. bit rough n' ready but thought I'd share it.. will definitely record again when I replace these very dead strings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuUU21FX9aE

Gold Dust - Duster (Acoustic Cover)

Now on Spotify - more tracks on Bandcamp. It's a pretty low key state of affairs.. I record songs live in front of amps in bedrooms. All songs are in different tunings and all lyrics are available too.
Song thumbnails by Bruno Cavellec where stated.

I also write poetry, you can read it here..

https://allpoetry.com/Jake_Metcalfe

Jake Metcalfe

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