Why do people think they're better than the other?
Looking down on their father and their mother
Some people live without problems at all
Living a dream where the sun always shines!

Why do people keep on hating on eachother
Why do people keep climbing the ladder
Some people live without problems at all
But they'll fall! Down in the gutter!


Some people have it harder
So wipe of your smile!
Some people live their lives with nothing but pain!



Why do people keep on smiling all day?
They don't listen to whatever I say
Some people live without problems at all
Why do you think that you're better than us?

Why do people feel the need to kill?
Why do people love the king of the hill?
You'll loose your strength and fall off of the ladder
And find yourself face down in the gutter



Some people have it harder
So wipe of your smile!
Some people live their lives with nothing but pain!

Some people have it harder
So wipe of your smile!
Some people live their lives out in the rain!


(SOLO)


Some people have it harder
So wipe of your smile!
Some people live their lives with nothing but pain!

Some people have it harder
So wipe of your smile!

Give Me Five Minutes

Wipe Of Your Smile

Sad eyes

One of my party-pieces is to recite Robert Burns' ode "To A Haggis" from memory.  In 2024, I have publicly recited it 4 times in the course of the week that contained Thursday 25th January.

"But mark the rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread!
Clap in his waly nieve a bled; he'll mak it whistle
And legs and arms and heads will sneid
Like taps o'thristle!"

My tune is a little celebration of the Burns Night season in the UK in the 21st century.

Taps o'Thristle

NEW WAVE 02

You say happiness exists, but you're not sure where it goes
And you don't know how you feel, but you're getting real close
You're keeping me in the dark, but it won't be long
She says
She says I won't like it, but I just gotta hold on
She says
I'm done with all this silence
Russian roulette romances
One slip, oh, I could light it
Just tell me this is lifeless
I need you to hate me, baby, in the worst way, oh
Yeah, I need you to hate me, say it to my face, I'll go
Yeah
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Say something
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Say something
Now I'm talking to myself 'cause I miss your ring tone
You say you're still around, but I'm done and I need to know (Need to know)
You're keeping me in the dark, but it won't be long (Be long)
She says (She says)
She says I won't like it, but I just gotta hold on (Hold on)
She says (She says)
I'm done with all this silence
Russian roulette romances
One slip, oh, I could light it
Just tell me this is lifeless
I need you to hate me, baby, in the worst way, oh
I need you to hate me
I need you to hate me, say it to my face, I'll go
I need you to hate me
I need you to hate me, baby, in the worst way, oh
I need you to hate me, say it to my face, I'll go
(I need you to hate me, I need you to hate me)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Say something (Say something)
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Say something (Say something)

I Need You To Hate Me (Guitar - Coverattempt)

A calm melodic track made to help promote sleep, and meditation.  This is all part of a project Im putting together, with the theme being Water.

The Deep End

Don't Dare

Bonjour!!
Depuis le temps, j'avais besoin de me défouler un peu, du coup j'en profite pour expliquer à quel point je me sens plus proche des canidés que de mes congénères.

Ah, au fait! Neyko, c'est le nom de mon chien. Voici les paroles:

De nature plutôt placide                                     
Fidèle à la meute à laquelle j’appartiens
Le museau long la truffe humide
Confirment que je descends du chien 

C’est une prise de conscience à l’évidence une évidence
En ce jour nouveau je déclare par St Bernard du bout des crocs :
Je suis Neyko

	Lancez au plus loin la balle
	Je la rapporterai	
	La rage, l’emportement brutal
	Je saurai oublier

	Tombez / de l’au-delà d’un arbre, 
	De ce que vous voulez
	Je ne suis pas de vos semblables, 
	C’est un fait 

Je n’ai jamais mordu personne
Ce n’est pourtant pas l’envie qui m’ a manquée
Certains diront que je déconne 
Que je suis bon à enfermer

Dans un chenil de fous
Oh my dog

	Lancez au plus loin la balle
	Je la rapporterai	
	La rage, l’emportement brutal
	Je  saurai oublier

	Tombez / de l’au-delà d’un arbre, 
	De ce que vous voulez
	Je ne suis pas de vos semblables, 
	C’est un fait 

Allez va chercher

Je descends du chien

Je Descends Du Chien

The final track of the album.  Technically might be the first song I ever wrote, if you count a couple fingerpicked guitar riffs to be a song.  Also not counting, of course, the many hours of random unfinished things I recorded on cassette tapes prior to this.

I like how sometimes when I play this for someone, they ask excitedly "what song is that???".  Then I see the look of disappointment on their face when I tell them I made it up, and it's not a "real song".

Guitar: Ibanez S-series 7 String
Amp: KORG ToneWorks 1st Gen Pandora's Box
DAW: Cakewalk Pro Audio 9

Recorded (1999-2000)
2022 remaster

Faded Dreams

Subsonic Orbit

Track by https://soundcloud.com/sam-reaver 
backing vocals, Keys and keytar in center, editing and mix/mastering by Conover

I am asking you to be 
All the strength you have inside 
I am asking you to see 
The dreams that keep you up at night
All we need is an advocate 
Someone to believe that we can handle it 
All we need is a push for it 
I do believe that you have so much more to give 
In this life
I am calling out your name 
To beat the odds and break the chain 
I know the love you’ve got to give 
Will spread like fire through the wind
All we need is an advocate 
Someone to believe that we can handle it 
All we need is a push for it 
I do believe that you have so much more to give 
In this life

Someone To Believe ( Reaver/Conover)

A hard rock/power metal solo project from Norway.
My influences are mostly 80's hard rock and heavy metal.
All lyrics by Jan Magne Garte
All instrument by Jan Magne Garte, except drums made in EZ-Drummer 2.
All vocals by Jan Magne Garte
All tracks were composed, arranged, recorded and mastered by Jan Magne Garte.

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Wipe Of Your Smile

Jan Magne Garte

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