I prefer chimpanzees to humans ( Jane Goodall)

The Aftermath

I lost my wheels, I lost my pay.
Home is just a memory now.
My wife's left, turned her back on me.
I'm left with all this slack.

[Verse 2]
Streetlights singing lullabies.
Junkies now my alibis.
People with mental health issues 
are sharing their green pills
The city's heart beats so dead.

[Chorus]
Under the porch where I lay.
Dreams fade in the night.
Holding onto the grey.
Hoping for a spark of light.

[Verse 3]
Emergency hospital ain't no fate.
The tent is too small for us
The sky's the limit.
In this life, I've woken up.

Verse 4
Concrete pillow by my side.
Lonely heart, no place to hide
Cold winds blow but I stand still.
No need now for fentanyl

OUTRO
Whispers of a better day.
Waiting for dawn to find the way.
Even shadows have their call
I'm sure one day a door might just swing.
Bring back the man who'll be king

Mind the Gap       Lyrics in description

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

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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

#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

#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

Vesuvius Inc copyright 
2025
Lyrics

I walked back in but the doorwas strange
The colors shifted the walls rearranged
Familiar faces wearing borrowed names

[Chorus]
I’m lost I’m lost where did it go
The world I knew from long ago
The streets they hum a foreign tune
Under a sky that hides the moon

[Verse 2]
The clocks still tick but the time feels fake
The ground beneath me starts to shake
Shadows whisper what they used to be

[Prechorus]
Was it me or the world that changed
Or both in a dance estranged

[Chorus]
I’m lost I’m lost where did it go
The world I knew from long ago
The streets they hum a foreign tune
Under a sky that hides the moon

[Bridge]
Maps don’t work the stars don’t speak
The air feels thin my voice feels weak
Is this a dream or just a trick
The pieces don’t quite seem to click

Stranger Things. After the Pandemic

#Barcelona. #Cinqueterre #Mont St-Michel #Etretat
#Over tourism #Selfie #instagram #Tic-Toc

Lyrics copyright Vesuvius 2025

The Edge of The Frame. Selfie Time

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

The most astonishing landscape in CA
Song and Lyrics Vesuvius 2025

Verse 1]
Mist rolls over tufa towers,
Silver water mirrors the sky.
Winds whisper ancient hours,
Where gulls and ghosts both fly.

[Verse 2]
Salted shores, a lonely stretch,
Stones like bones beneath the sand.
Every echo feels a sketch
Of a world untouched by human hand.

[Pre-Chorus]
And I walk this shoreline, heart in thrall,
Every step a question, every shadow calls.

[Chorus]
Mono Lake, you haunt my eyes,
Your silence speaks where the spirit lies.
Frozen moments, time suspended,
Here I stand, my soul defended.

[Verse 3]
Sunlight fractures on the waves,
Colors strange, almost unreal.
Memories drift like water graves,
And the wind alone can heal.

[Chorus]
Mono Lake, you haunt my eyes,
Your silence speaks where the spirit lies.
Frozen moments, time suspended,
Here I stand, my soul defended.

[Interval / Instrumental]
(Piano arpeggios with soft synth pads, echoing the haunting, open landscape — guitar or strings can weave in slowly)

[Outro]
Mist returns, tufa shadows fade,
One last gull cries, the lake remains.
I leave with echoes in my chest,
Mono Lake, my quiet unrest.

Mono Lake is haunting me.  With lyrics

Fresh sound, new start. Don’t understand lyrics and the title track ? Don't worry, neither do we. A good tune is enough.

Apsos delirium

Apsos laudanum

My MacDo is burning

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 Inc 2025 all rights reserved
Guitar, vocal, lyrics : Jef.   Matteo : vocal.  Drums: Paul.  Bass: Marcus.   Guitars: Andy

I've been in a dungeon
Where no one's coming
But I don't care
It's dark and it's haunted
I like being alone
So don't try and save me
But they were like

[Chorus]
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them

[Verse 2]
My ex tried to save me
He said he was coming
I guess he got lost
He was cute but it's funny
'Cause I like being alone
And now he's gone
But they were like

[Chorus]
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them
There are five beautiful girls locked up
And only a prince charming can rescue them

Knight In Shining Armor.    LYRICS

Why don't you scroll before the apocalypse?

Scrolling the Final Days

FIRST OF ALL, No Promoters or so-called VIDEOS experts.

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..