Solstice

1000 roads to nowhere…

Damn longing, why you're hurting me?
I have not done anything,
but are like a vortex,
tears with me like a hurricane ...
I look in eyes so infinitely far
Rivers and lakes of love ...
What are space and time,
If you always stay with me?

And I did not think that it caught me,
My head is burning brightly ...

1000 roads to nowhere,
in my madness I hear a harpsichord.
Your voice whispers in my ear
1000 ways it sounds like a choir!

Then there are the first voices
from those who do not know better ...
mine, I would spin
You just took me a little bit ...
But I'm here in the white room,
over me the wide expanse of sky,
Clouds pass by like a dream
You are the one - the other barely ...

And I did not think ...

Oh look at me and listen to me ...
One is a dream that others You're ...
Right is left
Water to wine ...
One dream is there,
the other will be forever ...

And I did not think ... 

tothm and andy - 1000 roads to nowhere

Stranded in Africa 
Words and Music by Tom Harris

[Verse 1]  
 When I was  eighteen, I left Geneva behind  
 Searching for something, a  place to rewind  
Through  Spain and through Italy,  Greece and the sea 
CYPRUS to Israel, the  road carried me    

[Verse 2]
Then to Ethiopia,  the land met my soul  
 First time my father’s  arms took hold  
 A ranch once a kingdom,  now cattle and dust  
 In Addis a home, but the  road called to us  
 

[Pre-Chorus]

 Debbie beside me,  pretty and free  
 The Volkswagen rolling,  just her and me  

[Chorus]
 Stranded on the highway, no sign of the end  
The sun sinking lower, no  help, no friend  
Shadows were watching, spears in their hands  
Fate held its breath in this  foreign land  

 Stranded in Africa, the dust in the air  
The silence was heavy, like  unspoken prayer  
Hearts beat like war drums, waiting for fate  
Would they walk on, or  seal our escape?  


[Bridge]
 Then like a shadow, a  car pulled in slow  
 Araya stepped out, said,  "Someone will know" 
 A two-seater benz,  but no room for two  
 He vanished ahead, and we  prayed he’d come through  

[verse 3]
The wind carried whispers, their footsteps drew near   
Hearts beating louder, tangled with fear  
Then one reached his hand out, not a word, not a sound  
Just pointed behind us, to where help would be found  

[Pre-Chorus] 
 Debbie beside me,  pretty and free  
 The Volkswagen broken,  just her and me  

[Chorus]
Stranded on the highway no sign of the end  
The sun sinking lower, no  help, no friend  
Shadows were watching, spears in their hands  
Fate held its breath in this  foreign land  

Stranded in Africa, the dust in the air  
The silence was heavy, like  unspoken prayer  
Hearts beat like war drums, waiting for fate  
Would they walk on, or  seal our escape?  

[Outro]  
 Dust rose in the distance, a  truck rolling near  
 A moment of stillness, then  fading our fear  
 Ethiopia held me,  the road made me see  
 That adventure was  waiting for Debbie and me. 

Stranded in Africa

Invisibile

Uptempo rock song written arranged & produced by John Hardman
JH - vocals, guitars
(c)(p) 2025 Swamp Music UK & Swamp Records UK for all territories

Monkey Fool - John Hardman

I wrote a proof once
In the margin of an old book
It held
It sang in silence
I solved a riddle no one posed
But someone should have
And the page
Bent to my will

I was on a train
Between Oxford
And existential despair
Light flickered. Ink cracked
My coffee spilled
Still, logic marched in perfect rows
Shining
Afraid to be alone

But the margin
Too narrow
For voices like this

I drew your outline
In the corner, soft and hidden
Lines too gentle for names
Wrote a vow, never signed
A plan with no axis
And the paper
Tensed beneath my wanting

Under the station's hum
I footnoted everything I didn't say
Margins full of detours
Echoes of maybe
Each heartbeat struck
A chord I never dared to play

What if the page could break open?
What if the lines ran wild?
Not neat. Not safe. Not approved
But real
Bleeding past every edge

Because the margin
Was never enough
Not for this voice
Not for us

Tear it out
Let the ink run free
We'll write where no lines go

The Margin Was Too Narrow

See Through Me
I’ve been through nights so long they felt like whole lifetimes. The kind where silence presses against your chest and the dark makes you feel like you’re the only person left in the world. I thought I’d learned to live with it. I thought I had to.
Then there was you. You saw straight through the version of me I’d built to survive. You didn’t flinch at the cracks — you traced them like they were part of the design. I didn’t know it was possible to feel seen and safe at the same time.
I don’t pretend this will last forever. Nothing ever does. But maybe that’s why every moment with you feels heavy and light all at once — like I’m holding something too precious to set down, even for a second. If this is only now, then I’ll take now over nothing. I’ll take every second you’ll give me.
I want you to know that I’ve been through hell, and you’ve been the first person to make me believe I wasn’t supposed to stay there. You’ve been the light in nights I thought would never end. And if all I have is this moment, I’ll still give you everything.

SEE THROUGH ME

Album Title: After The Bat Was Freed ... But Before Metal Died 

An Ozzy Requiem

Description:

This is more than an album. This is a requiem. A two-part rock opera epic exploring the complete life, legacy, and psychological journey of a rock and roll icon. Performed by the virtual progressive metal band Adelheide's Wisdom.

LP 1: "After The Bat Was Freed ... But Before Metal Died"
A nine-act narrative that chronicles the rise and reflection of a legend. The journey begins in the industrial haze of 1960s Birmingham, capturing the spark of a Beatles-inspired dream ("The Day The Bat Was Freed"). It crashes through the chaotic birth of a new sound ("Sounds Like a Bunch of Cats Fightin'"), explores the creation of the demonic "Madman" persona ("They Call Me The Madman"), and descends into the self-destructive excesses of the 80s ("Wings of Sin"). The album finds its emotional core in the heartbreaking ballad "I Was Just A Dreamer," before culminating in a final, monumental tribute to the man behind the myth ("Prince of Eternal Fire").

10. Funeral of the Metal King (Bonus Track)
The final honor: An alternative, more majestic and almost sacred version of the finale. While "Prince of Darkness" is the passionate roar of the fans, this is the solemn, epic, and almost mythological coronation of a king at his final resting place.

Funeral of the Metal King (Bonustrack)

do bleed

Beyond Time And Space

This track was written in loving memory of my wife's sister, who we lost to suicide a few years back. It's a subject no one really wants to discuss but suicide prevention is a very important topic.

do bleed

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