Like A Whiff Of Seattle

Radio inspirée par Jef Tale

Following

Neo Acoustic Grunge

Protest Grungy Songs

Kaos In The World

Grunge In A Barn

Jef Tale and his favorites

Volcano

I prefer chimpanzees to humans ( Jane Goodall)

The Aftermath

soul searching

Easy On Me - Adele - Boyce Avenue 90’s style piano acoustic cover

Javelin

Shit Talk

Girls Girls Girls (tribute to Miley Cyrus, P!nk, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry & Ke$ha)

After Dark

Save My Soul

The Darien jungle is a dangerous place for migrants looking for a better life. It's a narrow path from Colombia to Panama with no road. There are jaguars, pythons, and crocodiles, not to mention drug traffickers, humidity and mosquitoes

Darien Gap. Lyrics in the comments

Sometimes, you married a phantom



[Verse]
She’s gone before the morning light
Chasing dreams in frames so tight
I make the bed I brew the tea
While her bright world spins far from me

[Verse 2]
Her laughter echoes in my mind
A fleeting star I’ll never bind
She’s a comet racing through the night
And I’m her ground I hold her flight

[Chorus]
I’m married to the girl who’s never still
Her heart’s a map her soul’s a thrill
Through all her highs through every whirl
I’m married to the girl who shapes the world

[Bridge]
She wears the moon like it’s her crown
Lights up the town then melts it down
She’s the summer breeze I cannot hold
A story written brave and bold

[Verse 3]
The house stays quiet while she roams
It’s filled with echoes when she phones
But I know love’s not tied to place
It’s tethered in the softest space

[Chorus]
I’m married to the girl who loves to run
Her spirit burns just like the sun
And even when she’s oceans away
My heart is where she’ll always stay

The Girl in the Frame.    vox : Suzie Van der Meulen  Lyrics in description

Lost Keys In The Moonlight

Woman who is struggling with internal shortcomings and feelings of self-doubt

Lost in my Own Life - Seeds of my own Destruction

A hush fell over sunflower fields,
The sky wept ash where doves once wheeled.
The earth still breathes their silent tread—
The living walk among the dead.
(Verse 1)
They came for us in smoke and steel,
In the dark before the meal,
Mothers torn from each cradle song
With dust of home still in their eyes.
(Verse 2)
A train of ghosts, a thread unspooled,
Each station colder, barely ruled.
But hearts held tight to songs they knew,
And stitched their dreams in exile’s hue.
(Verse 3)
Now in cafés far from Kyiv snow,
She sets her bread, she lets tears flow.
A shawl of rye, a laugh half-spoken—
A soul too proud to stay broken.
(Chorus)
O daughters of the wind, you roam,
With stolen roots and borrowed home.
But every word, each cradle song,
Keeps Ukraine burning, brave and strong.
(Bridge)
She writes in journals folded tight,
By candle’s breath, by winter’s light.
She plants a seed in foreign land—
And sings in tones they’ll understand.
(Second Chorus)
O daughters of the wind, you roam,
With stolen roots and borrowed home.
But every stitch, each evening hymn,
Keeps Ukraine from falling dim.

Slava Ukraini feat.Oksanna Kopenko,vox lyrics indescription

Verse 1
In the dust of broken silence, Gaza breathes a prayer,
From a rooftop under twilight, he finds his station there.
Steel and shadow in his fingers, mission cold and clear,
But the scope reveals a cradle, and a child drawing near.

Verse 2
He remembers little sandals by the front door back at home,
Five young voices on the staircase, where his spirit used to roam.
He left kisses on their foreheads, said he’d guard them through the storm,
But no briefing trains the heartbeat when the target looks so warm.

Chorus
And he sees her—
Running, laughing, hands like wings against the wind,
Not a threat, not a fighter, just a life that might have been.
In his eye, the glass goes misty, in his soul, the trigger stays—
He’s a sniper bound by orders, but a father walks away.

Verse 3
Midnight echoes from the radios, ghosts in every frame,
Coordinates and consequence, but none can speak her name.
He counts no glory in the silence, no honor in the aim,
When the line between the hunter and the hunted feels the same.

Bridge
His scope becomes a mirror—he sees his daughter’s face,
She could be beneath that keffiyeh, lost in some wrong place.
And no war cry, no command chain, no banner in the sky
Can harden what’s been softened by the lullabies gone by.

Final Chorus
So he sees her—
Not an enemy, not a number on a screen,
But a future that might flicker out for someone’s shattered dream.
He won’t speak of it in Tel Aviv, won’t say what he betrayed,
But tonight, a sniper faltered…
And a father walked away.

Through the crosshairs.   Lyrics in description

Verse]
In the desert's hush where shadows creep
A cactus stands tall no need to weep
With spines like armor it guards its soul
Underneath the stars it feels whole

[Chorus]
Oh cactus king of the barren land
You thrive where no one understands
Through scorching sun and freezing night
You hold your ground in the fight

[Verse 2]
A lizard darts by to steal some shade
Beneath your arms a haven made
Your roots run deep in the sandy sea
A lesson in strength for you and me

[Chorus]
Oh cactus king of the barren land
You thrive where no one understands
Through scorching sun and freezing night
You hold your ground in the fight

[Bridge]
When rain does fall your flowers bloom
A splash of color in endless gloom
Your thorns they speak of trials endured
A silent story raw and pure

[Chorus]
Oh cactus king of the barren land
You thrive where no one understands
Through scorching sun and freezing night
You hold your ground in the fight

Cactus King (feat. Lenny O’Connor). Lyrics in description

[Verse 1]
First met you on the courthouse steps
You had a ticket for a car that was borrowed
You said "Take me to the firemen's ball
They'll forget about it by tomorrow"

[Verse 2]
We danced and you introduced me as your husband
It was just a little white lie
But I loved it
You said
"Let's go make it a little more true"
And we took off in a hurry
We got hitched and got it over
While the wedding bells were still ringin' in my ears

[Chorus]
Tell me
Girl
What was wrong with me?
Was it my taste in music or the way I kissed you?
Or the hours and hours that I spent with you in bed?
Was it something that I said?
Was it the way I held your hand
When you introduced me as your husband?
Why a girl wanna leave such a smart and gentle man?

[Verse 3]
You brought me to your parents' house
You said
"Just play along for the weekend"
They had their questions and their doubts
But by the end
They were believing

[Verse 4]
We had fun
We put on a good show
I guess some people just get off on pretending
I could tell that your daddy didn't like me much
So I left
'cause it seemed like the right thing
It was just the one time
But I know how much it meant to you
And I hope I didn't mess it up too bad

[Chorus]
Tell me
Girl
What was wrong with me?
Was it my taste in music or the way I kissed you?
Or the hours and hours that I spent with you in bed?
Was it something that I said?
Was it the way I held your hand
When you introduced me as your husband?
Why a girl wanna leave such a smart and gentle man?

Why me ?  Lyrics in description

All songs copyrighted.   
Lyrics

In Saira's glow we wander far
Beneath the light of a dreaming star
The yon whispers secrets untold
On Eta's sands where stories unfold

[Verse 2]
King of my weary heart I plea
Guide me through this eternity
Your name
A song in the desert's breath
On Eta's edge
I defy death

[Chorus]
Oh Eta
O where the winds do call
Through the sands of time where shadows fall
Hold my soul in your endless tide
On Eta
O my heart abides

[Verse 3]
In Saira's arms I find my peace
The ceaseless pull
It will never cease
A kingdom born of golden grains
On Eta's shore where love remains

[Bridge]
The yon may shift the stars may fade
But Eta’s throne is where I stayed
A timeless hymn in the desert's glow
On Eta
O forever I go

[Chorus]
Oh Eta
O where the winds do call
Through the sands of time where shadows fall
Hold my soul in your endless tide
On Eta
O my heart abides

Glad I am

Massachusetts

Massachusetts (Stripped Version)

All songs copyrighted 
Lyrics

Intro – Spoken/half-sung, atmospheric]
Yeah, they trim the trees,
They rake the fire away.
Build fences strong,
But can’t outrun the laws today.

[Verse 1]
Juan’s got a scar that runs ear to chin,
Said it came from Sonora, not from sin.
He brings his boy on Sundays, just to play
Near the pool he’ll never swim in anyway.

[Verse 2]
Mowin’ lawns under redwood shade,
Hands in dirt while the rich get paid.
Sings to the birds in broken slang—
Every word feels like a chain that hangs.

[Verse 3]
They came last night in unmarked vans,
Took three men like they weren’t even men.
Left their tools in the morning dew,
Leaf blowers still, boots filled with truth.

Verse – Chicano’s Voice]
I send my pay to a border town,
Where mamá lights candles when the sun goes down.
My name’s not ‘hey’ or ‘you in the hat
I got stories, but no time for that.


[Bridge – whispered, rising tension]
Is this freedom, is this fear?
Do we only welcome those we mirror?
My friend cries but hides his face—
Guilt’s a shadow you can’t erase.

[Final Chorus – crescendo, all-out delivery]
They build your world and vanish in the smoke,
Names unspoken, dreams that broke.
You walk on marble, they crawl through flames,
Still you can’t even learn their names.
No green card, no last call—
But they stood taller than us all.

Eucalyptus Blues

Under copyright 
Lyrics

I walk the streets but no one sees
The face behind the flashbulb freeze
They cheer my name it cuts like glass
A fragile mask I can't surpass

[Chorus]
The spotlight burns it blinds my soul
A shining weight that takes its toll
I scream for peace it echoes thin
Fame's a game you never win

[Verse 2]
The mirror shows a stranger's eyes
A haunted glare beneath the guise
The crowd adores but they don't know
The cracks beneath the golden glow

[Chorus]
The spotlight burns it blinds my soul
A shining weight that takes its toll
I scream for peace it echoes thin
Fame's a game you never win

[Bridge]
I traded dreams for fleeting fame
But lost myself inside the flame
The echoes fade the crowd moves on
But I remain when they are gone

[Chorus]
The spotlight burns it blinds my soul
A shining weight that takes its toll
I scream for peace it echoes thin
Fame's a game you never win

Infamous Fame.   Lyrics in description

Song copyrighted 
Lyrics

Verse 1
He lost his job in a company slide
They said, “we’re downsizing,” and smiled while he died
Mortgage unpaid, then she walked out the door
Now he sleeps with the rats near the grocery store

Verse 2
There’s a girl in the alley with eyes like fire
Numbed out on fentanyl, dressed in barbed wire
She talks to ghosts and sings in the rain
Used to dance ballet before the veins gave way

Verse 3
And the suits pass by with their collars tight

Averted gazes in the neon light
They clutch their phones like holy charms
Afraid to see themselves without their arms

Chorus
We’re just a few steps down,
From the edge of town
Where the cold don’t care
And the snow comes down
When your world caves in
And there’s no way out
You’re just a face in the crowd
Just a few steps down

Bridge
What do you do when the fire’s gone black
When the world don’t wait and it won’t look back
Do you shiver alone in the subway’s hum
Or curse the sun when the morning comes

Chorus
We’re just a few steps down,
From the edge of town
Where the cold don’t care
And the snow comes down
When your pride gives way
To a cardboard crown

Outro
And the Strat still wails like a midnight train
While he fades like steam in the winter rain
One more name that no one says aloud
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down…

Just a few steps down

#lost job #lost home #lost wife #lost children #new home on the street #fentanyl #in the subway ´s hum


Copyright Vesuvius 2025

Cold on the concrete, boots worn thin
Eyes like glass, soaked in gin
No name, no plan, no fight left to win
But he used to drive freight through the Oregon wind
Verse 1
He lost his job in a company slide
They said, "we’re downsizing," and smiled while he died
Mortgage unpaid, then she walked out the door
Now he sleeps with the rats near the grocery store
Verse 2
There’s a girl in the alley with eyes like fire
Numbed out on fentanyl, dressed in barbed wire
She talks to ghosts and sings in the rain
Used to dance ballet before the veins gave way
Verse 3
And the suits pass by with their collars tight
Averted gazes in the neon light
They clutch their phones like holy charms
Afraid to see themselves without their arms
Chorus
We’re just a few steps down,
From the edge of town
Where the cold don’t care
And the snow comes down
When your world caves in
And there’s no way out
You’re just a face in the crowd
Just a few steps down
Bridge
What do you do when the fire’s gone black
When the world don’t wait and it won’t look back
Do you shiver alone in the subway’s hum
Or curse the sun when the morning comes
Chorus
We’re just a few steps down,
From the edge of town
Where the cold don’t care
And the snow comes down
When your pride gives way
To a cardboard crown
Outro
And the Strat still wails like a midnight train
While he fades like steam in the winter rain
One more name that no one says aloud
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down
Just a few steps down…
Just a few steps down…

Just a few steps down. Requiem

Song and lyrics Intro . Heavily copyrighted

She had a laugh that lit the morning.
Now there’s silence in her room.
They say love can turn to madness…
But this — this was doom.

⸻

Verse 1

She covered bruises with a smile
Said, “He just drinks too much sometimes”
The neighbors turned their eyes away
As she rehearsed her careful lines

⸻

Verse 2

He said, “If I can’t have you, then no one will”
Possession twisted into pain
She ran, but shadows always chase
Now her name’s a candle in the rain

⸻

Chorus (powerful, rising with full grunge band)

Dark days, dark hearts
No more silence, no more scars
She was light, she was fire
Now she’s ashes and a choir
Dark days… and we’re still blind.

Bridge

Raised with sisters, taught to care
How did we end up drowning here?
Where men confuse love with control
And no one fights to save her soul 

Outro

We rage, we scream, we burn the night
This ends today, we rise, we fight!

Dark Days,Girls.  With lyrics in description

Mercy Me

#Haïti #US TPS #deportation #overstay #panic #ICE


A song for all Haitian who they « overstayed » in the US.
Lyrics
Verse 1
They came in dreams from Port-au-Prince
With echoes in their blood
Salt and sugar in their skin
And fire under the mud
They crossed the waters long ago
To seek a place to grow
But now the tide has turned around
With nowhere left to go

Verse 2
They say you’ve had your time up north
“Back to the island dust”
As if the gangs don’t own the ports
And hope is built on rust
The land is broken, hearts are too
Each street a loaded gun
You send them back to burning roofs
As if the past is done

Verse 3
They whisper now in laundromats
In kitchens, schools, salons
Mothers braid the fear in hair
And hide it from their sons
The papers call them “overstayed”
Like luggage left too long
But you don’t deport a beating heart
And still pretend it’s wrong

Bridge
How do you pack a life like thread
Back into a storm?
Where ransom is a daily tax
And grief becomes the norm
You’re not returning “citizens”—
You’re sending lambs to flame
And every name you fly back home
Is one more silent name

Chorus
There’s no safe shore, no promised land
When justice folds its hand
No torch, no song, no open gate
Just fear you can’t withstand
The sky is loud, the sea is cold
The flight is final, fast
And what they built with trembling hands
Is buried in the past

Outro
So count them out, then fly them in
To hell they did not choose
But you can’t send a soul to die
And say you didn’t lose

⸻

No Safe Shore …for Haitians

pop demo, lyrics at: https://youtu.be/iqrrzYzJNew

Days Of Roses

Copyright Vesuvius 2025

[Verse]
Ormuz whispers in the night
City glows but never bright
Broken alleys
Neon veins
Rusty trains 

[Verse 2]
Factory ghosts hum their tune
Under a tired
Cold-blooded moon
Chimneys cough
Streets don’t sleep
Secrets buried
Promises deep

[Prechorus]
Echoes of engines
Lives collide
Steel and soul
Nowhere to hide

[Bridge]
Hands are calloused
Hearts are tough
Every corner’s got its bluff
Dreams get dented
Roads stay rough
But somehow here
It’s just enough

Ormuz. King of the Narrows .  With Lyrics

Lyrics, Music.  Vesuvius 2025

White villages climb  
the mountain side  
Whispers of jasmine  
the night is wide  

Cobblestones glowing  
in fading light  
Echoes of guitars  
through falling night  

Verse 2  
Ronda stands bold  
where eagles fly  
Stone bridges crossing  
the endless sky  

Mijas in silence  
with candles that gleam  
Holds every secret  
holds every dream  

Pre-Chorus  
Shadows dancing  
fire’s embrace  
Footsteps striking  
timeless grace  

Chorus  
Andalusia  
burning gold  
Stories rising  
fierce and old  
Through the singing  
I can hear  
A thousand years  
still living here  

Instrumental Break 
 

Verse 3  
Olive trees sway  
crimson dusk  
Wind carries smoke  
with sacred musk  

Moonlight silver  
Alhambra walls  
A nightingale sings  
as darkness calls  

Bridge  
Clap of hands  
cry of soul  
Duende rising  
takes control  
)  
Andalusia  
burning gold  
Stories rising  
fierce and old  
Through the singing  
I can hear  
A thousand years  
still living here  

Extended Instrumental   


Chorus (big return, with harmonies)  
Andalusia  
burning gold  
Stories rising  
fierce and old  
Through the singing  
I can hear  
A thousand years  
still living here  

Outro 

*Andalusian sky…*

Malaga Andalusia

The Stromboli volcano is awakening, Naples almost got destroyed, and there were a bunch of tsunami deaths.

Volcano in the sea. The Stromboli

Song and Lyrics under Copyright. If dreams were the streets where we at night
And reality just a shadow fading in light
Would the clocks still tick or stop in their flight

[Prechorus]
Would the sky still be blue or painted in gold
Would the stories we tell be the ones we hold

[Chorus]
Dreams are reality dreams are the truth
The mirror is lying it’s hiding the proof
Dreams are reality where we belong
An endless melody a never-ending song

[Verse 2]
If the sun was a lamp we could turn off at will
And the stars whispered secrets so soft and so still
Would you stay in the dream or climb up the hill

[Bridge]
The illusion’s a dance a masquerade show
Reality’s fading it’s time to let go
The dream is the answer the place we all know

[Chorus]
Dreams are reality dreams are the truth
The mirror is lying it’s hiding the proof
Dreams are reality where we belong
An endless melody a never-ending song

If you’re dreams were your real life ? Lyrics in description

A dystopian tale. Con letras

I put my socks in
They disappear
Left a sweater here last year
The machines hum a ghostly tune
Under flickering lights
Neon blue

[Prechorus]
Is it magic or a trap
Are my clothes never coming back

[Chorus]
Lost in the laundromat
Where do my t-shirts go
Lost in the laundromat
It's a mystery
I’ll never know

[Verse 2]
The spin cycle feels like time travel
Shirts and jeans begin to unravel
The dryer’s door a black hole gate
Swallowing fabric
Sealing my fate

[Bridge]
Quarter after quarter
I feed the beast
A feast of cotton
Denim
Fleece
I’m stuck here folding what’s left behind
But the missing pieces haunt my mind

[Chorus]
Lost in the laundromat
Where do my t-shirts go
Lost in the laundromat
It’s a mystery
I’ll never know

Lost in the Laundromat# 7. ( A Project 7)

Verse]
We carved our names on the moonlit stone
Promises whispered where the wild winds moan
You said forever
I said I’d try
We never thought about goodbye

[Prechorus]
Your laugh was thunder
Your touch was fire
We fed the flames of our own desire

[Chorus]
Until we died
We burned so bright
Lit up the dark
Chased off the night
No second chances
No rewinds
We loved like fools
Until we died

[Verse 2]
We danced on rooftops
Broke every rule
Life was a game
And we played the fool
The clock kept ticking
But we stood still
Chasing the rush
Chasing the thrill

[Prechorus]
Your eyes were lightning
Your voice the sea
We drowned in moments
Just you and me

[Chorus]
Until we died
We burned so bright
Lit up the dark
Chased off the night
No second chances
No rewinds
We loved like fools
Until we died

Until We Died

Before the End

Vesuvius Inc. copyright 2025 
a soft version of Until We Died
Jef Tale: vox, guitars, mellotron

Until We Crashed

Vesuvius Inc. All rights reserved Chorus]
January thirty-two
You don't have a clue
What to do
With your new tattoo
Shoulda known
On the way to the tone
Yeah you were alone
January thirty-two
You don't have a clue
What to do
With your new tattoo
Shoulda known
On the way to the tone
Yeah you were alone

[Verse]
Lost all my marbles
Never in the right place
But I'll stay
At least today
I'm sure to stay
My marble place
January
Thirty-two

[Chorus]
January thirty-two
You don't have a clue
What to do
With your new tattoo
Shoulda known
On the way to the tone
Yeah you were alone
January thirty-two
You don't have a clue
What to do
With your new tattoo
Shoulda known
On the way to the tone
Yeah you were alone

[Verse]
I've lost all my marbles
They're never in the right place
But I'll stay
At least today
I swear I'll stay
My marble place
January
Thirty-two
January
Thirty-two

[Chorus]
January thirty-two
You don't have a clue
What to do
With your new tattoo
Shoulda known
On the way to the tone
Yeah you were alone
January thirty-two
You don't have a clue
What to do
With your new tattoo
Shoulda known
On the way to the tone
Yeah you were alone

January 32th

Vesuvius 2025 cop.       Lyrics

Please mind the gap between the train and the platform…”
—click, hum, silence—
Yeah, there’s a gap alright.

[Verse 1]
Neon rain on plastic dreams,
A billboard smile where the sirens scream,
Someone sleeps beneath the crown,
While the city keeps him down.

[Verse 2]
Golden towers scrape the grey,
Their windows never face this way,
I see your coat, it’s paper-thin,
Winter’s teeth are closing in.

[Chorus – darker tone]
Mind the gap — it’s swallowing whole,
The money, the mercy, the pieces of soul,
You can pray to the gods of the trap,
They’ll answer back — mind the gap.

[Verse 3]
Coffee cups and credit cards,
Buy your peace in bodyguards,
Every law they twist for fun,
Is a loaded gun for someone.

[Bridge – whispered, half-sung]
Static in the speaker’s breath,
Talking down the steps of death,
Somewhere under London clay,
A voice repeats the same cliché…

Mind that f…gap.       Lyrics

Vesuvius Inc 2925

Every week, the world slides a little more
Smokestacks choke the sky, and we look away
Rivers bleed with the color of our neglect
And the children learn to pray in silence

Chorus
It’s getting a little darker, a little colder
Every heartbeat echoes on the edge of fear
We’re burning the pages of the world we borrowed
And no one’s listening — or maybe they just don’t care

Verse 2
Politicians wear their lies like old tattoos
We follow shadows, forgetting how to see
Morality drowned in a flood of empty words
And the streets hum with the weight of apathy

Chorus
It’s getting a little darker, a little colder
Every heartbeat echoes on the edge of fear
We’re burning the pages of the world we borrowed
And no one’s listening — or maybe they just don’t care

Bridge
But I still feel the fire, still feel the rage
Beneath the ash, beneath the haze
If we scream together, maybe we can ignite
A spark in the darkness, a flicker of light

Chorus (final)
It’s getting a little darker, a little colder
Every heartbeat echoes on the edge of fear
We’re burning the pages of the world we borrowed

A little more darker.   Lyrics

Beautiful in White

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen /Jeff Buckley (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover) on Spotify & Apple

Hallelujah - (Boyce Avenue acoustic cover)

All songs, -music and lyrics - are copyrighted..
As an author - composer, I like to sing, with my natural voice or slightly transformed with different devices, according to my mood. I also play all kinds of keyboards and a little bit of 6-string guitars, both acoustic and electric.I'm pretty old, but I've still got a fairly wide vocal range, though it's getting lower and lower.
I also have a small home studio called Vesuvius( thx Sufjan Stevens! )
I like to work alone, or with two or three partners, male or female, highly qualified.
And I get some much fun to discover amazing new talents on Soudcloud. That's why I follow more people than I'm followed by. I'm just too curious..