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xx Ray xx

TRUTH RAY - ASTRAL YOUTH

you (tnx to my special friend Sidartha)

Rising For Air (G. Di Nunno)

It's now to throw aside and bleed
Out the poisons I've collected
That span that took more than gave
Open arms to leave rejected

All that pressure building
Attempts at fitting in
Followed scripts as written
Left stricken from the spin
That rise for air
Rising.

Remembered how you laughed me down
Once the aura lost its luster
And joined the band of lonely ghosts
Isolated, cold, to shudder.

Friends fled through the back door
As scissors cut the ties
Got the hand-down remnants
With footprints left by spies
That rise for air
Rising.

It all depended on a former vision
The effort given rewarded with tension
A lightened hatred as the months were flying
Became a new scene; tell me how that happened?

Where stares were hard
A lightened mood
Has entered here
And washed away.
What led to this
Is memory
To part and go
Not looking back.
Rising
Rise for air
Rising
Rise for air.

All lyrics and musical performance by Gino Di Nunno
Copyright 2024.

#8. Rise For Air

They say money can’t buy you happiness, it’s easy to say that when you’re rich
Cause when you have no money, life can be a bitch
If someone gives you a billion dollars, you’d be willing to give it a try
Seems better to be filthy rich than a guy who’s funds are running dry

You looked at your bank account and the money was all spent
And as you poked your toe through a hole in your sock you wonder where it all went
The prices keep getting higher when you go to the grocery store
And then one day you realize that you’re one of the working poor

You feel like a hamster on a wheel
You feel like you got the raw end of the deal

Life keeps handing you lemons and you’re sick trying to make lemonade
And every day your enthusiasm for your job continues to fade
You tell yourself someone’s got to do the dirty work, so the sausages get made
And every day you have a new bill that that needs to be paid

You feel like a hamster on a wheel
You feel like you got the raw end of the deal

You’ve been working so hard but you can’t seem to get ahead
Some days you don’t even feel like getting out of bed
They say that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result
There’s days when you sit in your cubicle and you want to jump up and bolt

You feel like a hamster on a wheel
You feel like you got the raw end of the deal
The billionaires are doing perfectly okay
And you’re just treading water trying to make it through each day

They say money can’t buy you happiness, it’s easy to say that when you’re rich. 
Cause when you have no money, life can be a bitch
If someone gives you a billion dollars, you’d be willing to give it a try
Seems better to be filthy rich than a guy who’s funds are running dry

Where The Money Went

arranged, composed and produced by MikaJ Saturn Jan 2025

Be next to you

Rocket

Version V presents a raw, realistic version of the tale — gritty, cinematic, and textured like a prestige-TV Western. Cooter Brown appears rugged and weathered, smiling with his jug while war explodes behind him. This version blends outlaw realism with Americana storytelling in a grounded, dramatic style.

THE DRUNK WHO SAT OUT THE WAR – COOTER BROWN V

Santa's Surprise in July

This is an AI demo of a human-written song.

Santa Almost Got A DUI
Rick Amburgey/Joe Bigalke

Verse 1:
My cousin Kevin told me one night when he was drunk
About the time he spiked the holiday punch
It just happened that ole Santa was makin his rounds
Hittin' every single Christmas party in town
Kevin says that he didn't know until it was too late
To stop St. Nick from drinkin' the Kool-Aid
Nobody gave a warning to the Man In Red
But they all belly laughed as soon as he left

Chorus:
But I guess it musta been a sight to be seen
With Santa stumblin' round all them chimneys
I heard the FAA had to ground all the planes
Cause they wanted everybody to be safe
Must have been a wild and crazy night
When Santa Almost Got A DUI

Verse 2:
Kevin just laughed and said no one was hurt
Except for a few chimneys and a couple of birds
Santa probably never knew he did anything wrong
We're all just happy he safely made it home

Chorus:
But I guess it musta been a sight to be seen
With Santa stumblin' round all them chimneys
I heard the FAA had to ground all the planes
Cause they wanted everybody to be safe
Must have been a wild and crazy night
When Santa Almost Got A DUI

Bridge:
I can't imagine what the kids would have thought
If they had seen drunk Santa on Tik Tok

Chorus:
But I guess it musta been a sight to be seen
With Santa stumblin' round all them chimneys
I heard the FAA had to ground all the planes
Cause they wanted everybody to be safe
Must have been a wild and crazy night
When Santa Almost Got A DUI

Santa Almost Got A DUI

Newborn and the Slow Death of Ego

Official Music Video | Clip officiel : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQpbhx_Oavs

Produced and arranged by Shane Watt and Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens
Mastered by Fran Ashcroft
Music and lyrics by Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens except for "secretly": written by Len Arran and Skin

Marie-Noëlle Reyntjens: vocals, back-up vocals, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel and percussion
Shane Watt: bass, acoustic and electric guitar, drums, percussion, glockenspiel, keyboard, programming and back-up vocals
Blaise Watt: electric guitar and back-up vocals

No heart feelings

myself

Songs with a twinge of humor (and some a bit more serious).  
I do not use AI to create my songs. 
https://linktr.ee/joe.stroffolino
Recently I have had the urge to pick up my guitars (Taylor 114ce and Fender Squire) and I have been trying to use more guitar in my songs.  
My go to .vst plug ins are  EZkeys 2, EZ Bass and  EZ drummer 3) and my DAW is Logic Pro 11. 
I welcome your comments and enjoy listening to all the great music on SoundCloud. 
All songs are originals and copyrighted.

Where The Money Went

Joe Stroffolino