Secret Soundtracks

Tell me that you want me 
Tell me that you need me
I'll come back

Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
I'll come back

Seems like every time you shut the door
Something inside me needs you more
Calling to mind when you were satisfied
Those were the years when no one died

Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
And I'll come back

Hoping one day that you'll be so kind
Either stay with me or sever the ties
Place your tiny slender hand in mine
These are the years when no one died

There are people that we've pushed away
You are lonely, that's why you stay
Money never mattered to me my love
But a little more of it would make us doves

Tell me that you want me
Tell me that you need me
And I'll come back

Running, Running
Running, Running away
Running, Running
Running, Running away

saving up the things

I’ll Come Back

A 'Mahlerian pop song' inspired by the shapeshifting raven from the Norse sagas. The bird becomes a metaphor for grief amongst other things...

Lyrics/Music/Vocals: James Cave

'Last night I lay in bed/I couldn't sleep
Tap tap tapping away
A shapeshifter into my room did creep 
Tap tap tapping away
Some tell of shapeshifting souls who still roam the earth
Are they just stories?
This mocking bird will sing
This shapeshifter takes wing
Tap tap tapping away
This broken bird still sings
Don't want to live in your cage...'

Secret Soundtracks: 4 - ShapeShifterV1.0

Work-in-progress string textures for a new 'multimedia opera' as part of the U of Edinburgh Viking in the Sun Project. (This creative work is part of my Knowledge Exchange Fellowship.) The aim here is to create an ethereal, otherworldy atmosphere for the opening of the piece.

Secret Soundtracks 5: Harald Strings (WorkInProgress)

"PATRONS OF A GROUNDED SKY"acoustic

The signature song from our album of the same name Desiree. A barn burning rocker that gets you going from start to finish. The stage is set when a beautiful mystery woman beguiles this small town with her looks and style creating speculation and wonder.

Desiree

Ghost

lyrics

The coffee, it gets cold
Where are you?
The days are so perfect
I look for adrenaline
The clouds they look dark now
I think it's gonna rain today
You're wearing my raincoat
And your eyes are gray
You got that familiar look
I know what you're gonna say - gonna say

Well lie to me and I'll believe
If not forever but I will today
We both know it won't work
You can lie to me and stop the pain

Of course you're like old George
And you can't tell a lie
You are what you are, you have principles
Not like this guy
I'm drowing, you're swimming
You say I'll pull you under
I'm getting poor and tired
You're getting rich while I slumber

Well Lie to me and I'll believe
If not forever but I will today
We both know it won't work
You can lie to me and stop the pain

trampolines in barns

I’ll Believe (Acoustic Version)

Capture

SecretSoundtracks:Nosferatu

lyrics

Lights off - drunk driver
Foot on the pedal, no brakes will be heard tonight
Lights off - strange pains
Ain't win no medal
No plays will be made tonight

Things will change
Don't make a promise just cause you're down, tonight
Don't make a pact, don't make a deal
Just cause you're down, tonight
Down tonight

Gunning for my own head
Some wish I was dead
No words will be heard tonight

Jumping off the loan tower
Falling to my darkest hour
No bills tonight

I've made mistakes
But this just takes the cake
No anger will be seen tonight

Lights off - mean ways
Got my chevy going
It's painted red tonight
I'm down tonight

Things will change
Don't make a promise just cause you're down, tonight
Down tonight
Don't make a pact, don't make a deal
Just cause you're down, tonight
Down tonight

Down tonight
Down tonight

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This song is about someone contemplating suicide but remembering that things WILL change and sometimes for the better

Down Tonight

SecretSoundtracks: Vanitas1and2

Secret Soundtracks: Paragliding (Final Version)

THE GREAT DIVIDE (07-12-24)

lyrics

You're so pretty the birds are singing
The sun is out but I, I can't catch a feeling
Feeling
I went to your show, the people were laughing
The people were clapping, you were crying
I couldn't catch a feeling

Oh Lord, Where do I go?
When I have no emotions?
I can't, I can't catch it
I can't catch a feeling
Can't catch a feeling

A plane went down in the middle of town
Killed a vet who was begging for change as a clown
I can't catch a feeling
I don't do drugs and I'm gluten free
But that don't stop people from gossiping about me
Can't catch a feeling 

Oh Lord, Where do I go?
Where do I go now?
When I can't find emotion?
When I can't get all upset, or happy, or glad, or sad?

I just can't, I just can't catch a feeling
I search, can't catch a feeling

I search
I search...

up to here

Can't Catch a Feeling v2

Synth demo of a spoken word piece based on a poem by Ali Naqvi - hoping to re record this with live strings and the poet himself reading it!

Ramo Osmanovic (demo version - poem by Ali Naqvi)

(Artwork is by Milan Ivanic - ivanic.uk)

Composer/singer/ based in York, UK. Passionate about new music and collaborative projects

SecretSoundtracks:Nosferatu

James Cave

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