There's an edge and rawness in this delivery that I'm really enjoying in this one, James. Such vivid imagery in the lyrics - like I can see and feel what's happening in each scene.

Great opening lines, hooks me in.  Those are some winning chord progressions right there

stunning chorus -great landing line. This is a treat for a Monday morning  :)

Changed strategy this week. Started at the bottom of the list. Glad I did as this is a really great song. very engaging.

when those 7th chords (I believe they are perhaps?) come in, it's really neat how it alters the texture/feel of the song, and that descending chromatic chord is awesome btw (after "heaven and hell" for example). Really well done song JTR, hope you promote this one to publishers/radio, to my ears it combines well-done elements of Tom Waits with the Beatles (a cool mix) in terms of the progressions and even lyrical content (i.e. Waits in Closing Time's album lyrics)

That chord progression along with the way the guitar sounds is A1.

Really powerful chorus, especially the second time around when your voice puts some extra grit into it on the word 'hard'. This feels like a classic!

Yes - those jarring chords work perfectly for the subject. I'm here if you need to talk :)

Standing In The Doorway (#543, 220115)

I never did enjoy vacation
Too much free time freaks me out
Some people seem to strike a balance
I never could quite figure how

The rope I need to climb a mountain
Is plenty long to hang myself
And there's somethin' 'bout just standin'
In the doorway between heaven and hell

Standing in the doorway with one foot either side
Could go either way it's gettin' hard to see the line
Tryin' to see the future but it's still to soon to tell
Standin' in the doorway in between heaven and hell

When it's midnight at the crossroads
There's one train headed south
Another's racin' off the iron
One last chance to turn around

Where the point of no return is
Probably anybody's guess
I keep watchin' from the doorway
But I haven't seen it yet

Week 03 - Standing In The Doorway (220115)

Life is crazy? Feels like the world is ending? Can't handle anymore?
Chill out my friend and do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha. 
Life gets better when you're in it. 

*****

Matcha Latte Cha Cha

El trabajo nunca se acaba
siempre mil pendientes hay para mañana
en la guerra de lo importante y lo urgente
se nos olvida vivir el presente

Al mal tiempo con buena cara
es mejor que actuar como si no pasara
con cada error algo nuevo aprendemos
otra manera de cómo no hacerlo

Un paso para atrás
no es volver a empezar
dos pasos para atrás no es fracaso
más bien un cha cha chá

Do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha
la vida para contarla hay que vivirla
Matcha Latte Cha Cha
mi vida es mejor si tú estás

El pasado ya no regresa
el futuro guarda más de una sorpresa
no hay más que lo que tenemos en frente
en el presente vivir plenamente

Un paso para atrás
no es volver a empezar
dos pasos para atrás no es fracaso
mas bien un cha cha chá

Do the Matcha Latte Cha Cha
la vida para contarla hay que vivirla
Matcha Latte Cha Cha
mi vida es mejor si tú estás

Matcha Latte Cha Cha

WEEK 3 23/01/22
just a sketch idea-found this week challenging. 
PROMPT : STANDING IN THE DOORWAY

Matchless 
Like a precious jewel a treasure in a field-
Matchless
Hidden 'neath the soil of toil and broken faded dreams
Hidden 'neath the soil 
Matchless

Cashless
Songs of deep lament
Our empty spirits yield- Cashless
Ridden full of earth and dirt and broken cistern seas
Ridden full of earth 
Cashless

Catch us
In the sandstone halls
The fade then cut to grey- catch us
Standing in the doorway segue to my life unseen
Standing in the door
Catch us

Standing Week 3

Cover of "When I'm Gone" by Phil Ochs
Originally released in April 1966
Original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB-BBVQLnxI

Photo credit: Boston Herald article, "Phil Ochs: 'Gone' but not forgotten
https://www.bostonherald.com/2011/03/11/phil-ochs-gone-not-forgotten/

I was introduced to this song by John McCutcheon in July 2021 and again in January 2022. Within an hour of hearing it a second time, I took a listen to Phil's version (linked above), and then set to learn a very basic picking cover. Here's my first attempt.

When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs Cover)

Listen, I know, I said that i’d come back
I’d sleep on your porch - the planes sleep on the tarmac
Distance don’t matter when love’s strong enough
I used to think
I used to think that it was

Falling asleep to the sound of the protest
My city’s always done it better
Tell me our love's true because
I used to think
I used to think that it was

So you’re out in Boston
I’m saying that I’ll buy a ticket tomorrow too often
You’re saying that tomorrow’s too late
I’m torn between going and making mistakes

Listen, I know, this ain’t coming easy
I know you know I’m making this hard  
Time doesn’t matter when love’s strong enough
I used to think
I used to think that it was

Used To Think That It Was - song a Week 2022, Week 5

KVR OSC #156 entry using only Synister: https://the-synister.github.io

Sinister Naps Snaps Synapses
Perhaps Like The Gaps On Maps Span Climaxes
Dreamless Downcast Eyelashes Outclasses 
All External Phenomena That Perpetually Elapses 

The Mood Finally Relapses 
Into Praxis, With All-Access
To The Feelings That Only Relaxes

While Inner Light Enhances And Advances 
Beyond Molecular Clouds And Solar Gases.
To The Point That The Ashes From These Light Flashes 
Even Surpasses The Sum Total Of All Atomic Masses

Entering The Eight Absorbtions Sweeter Than Molasses
Where The Kings Of Desire Never Lashes Nor Harasses
Stuck In Their Own Ignoble And Delusional Clashes

Leaving The Realms Of The Bashless
The Truly Rich Always Remain Cashless

Yadrichik Chaya - Beyond Molecular Clouds

Sätze - Wörter - Zeichen (2022)-E-Mex Ensemble- #Tonedmelisma MusikFestival

Megan & Finn (Home Free)

Desolate Street  (Naviarhaiku  493)

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