Curl Up And Die (cover)
- 2005 LP, (The One Above All The End Of All That Is)
Revelation Records

lyrics: 

These thoughts can't be mine
But they're the only thoughts I have
In this city of imitation, dying to survive
And when night comes it's spent on
Getting drunk and taking drugs
Or letting one thing be enough to love someone
But then by day I'm a stomach ache that won't go away

We set patterns that become our balance
Taking things in secret. Keeping ourselves clean
And we keep moving with these same mistakes
Rearranging chemicals in our brains
Nightmares of never remembering anything

'Til we're not around anymore
And there is this hum in our heads
And we're exhausted again
Screaming sound that goes on and on ...
Like steady medication wearing out
The shit that we forget
Nothing ever happens. Nothing happens here
And nothing will ever happen. Nothing matters here

Why do we forget the things
We thought we figured out?

#alternative #rock #posthardcore #cover #new #curlupanddie #metalcore

Black Out

qn me presta el fifa yapo

Duration: ca. 9'
Music by Robert Paterson • Lyrics by David Cote

Instrumentation:  soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble (wind doubler [flute, B-flat clarinet, oboe], violin, cello, percussion, piano)
Performed by American Modern Ensemble, Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano, and Jorell Williams, Baritone

Purchase Sheet Music (available with In Real Life II and In Real Life II): http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=2778
Extraordinary may be performed as a stand-along work, or with In Real Life I and/or In Real Life II.

For more information:
Version for Soprano,  Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-chamber-ensemble
Version for Soprano, Baritone, and Piano: https://robertpaterson.com/in-real-life-ii-version-for-baritone-and-piano

PROGRAM NOTE
As a follow-up to our song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble (or piano), Robert and I  agreed the concept of five characters looking for love online should have a male counterpart. Written for baritone and chamber ensemble, In Real Life II looks at five contemporary men clicking their way to second chances and romance. In “No Frog” we meet a prototypical player, a guy who fluffs his profile, but the truth keeps slipping out. The tone shifts with “Sola Fide,” in which a U.S. veteran of the war in Afghanistan explains the tattoo on his chest and the wounds inside. An older gentleman envisions one last fling in the irreverent “Die with Me.” In “Still Vamping,” a gay man muses on his start-and-stop romantic history. Finally, in “Nice-Plus,” an everyday guy reveals a hidden passion. In Real Life II was commissioned by American Modern Ensemble with funding from the Doctorow Family Foundation.

American Modern Ensemble: In Real Life

In Real Life

Extraordinary (Version for Soprano, Baritone, and Chamber Ensemble)

Male Camel Toe

Night Steps

All Music By Me

Cover photo by Achim Scholty (Pixabay)

Special thanks to Dani Ford and Kahlan Davis

Starry Night

Marigold

Running Away From

The Other

L'Obéiscience est l'art de construire l'Obédience.

L'Obéiscience

L'Obéiscience - KRT Production

Sister song to an old one of mine called Justify, and an older one called Jealousy...

Remixed Nov 2022

GOING NOWHERE WITHOUT YOU

i saw it in your eyes that you knew
and in-between the lines that you drew
and now it’s safe to assume that I’m
going nowhere without you

you walk into this space
with everything in place like you
knew, you knew where i had to be
you knew what’s inside of me
a pain only you can see… 
a storm is rising
but i’m not hiding cos I’m… cos I’m…

Going nowhere without you
Going nowhere without you..
and now it’s safe to assume that I’m
going nowhere without you…

you step into this room
with everything consumed
in these flames, flames only you can bear
a burning only we can share
a yearning that takes us where
flames are rising
they’re not subsiding and…

look into these eyes
you got me telling lies
just to feed, this hunger inside of me
this craving that craves to be
a pain only you can see
the waves are rising
we’re all capsizing but I’m..
you know I’m
still Going nowhere without you
Going nowhere without you..
and now it’s painfully true that i’m
I’m going nowhere without you…

I saw it in your eyes that you knew
i saw it in the child that you grew
and so we have to assume that i’m
going nowhere without you…

Going Nowhere Without You

Only_Good_Wave, cuyo nombre real es Juan David Troncoso, es un artista y ingeniero de sistemas nacido en 2003. Este joven talento se adentra en el mundo de la música como productor, colaborador y solista. Con "la buena onda" como lema, su propuesta musical fusiona diversos estilos y géneros, sin limitarse a uno en particular. Su objetivo es presentar su música al mundo, sin preocuparse si no es del gusto mayoritario. Juan David comparte su talento para inspirar e interesar a nuevos artistas, demostrando que no hay que temer al éxito.

"A veces las palabras sólo capturan lo básico, lo esencial; sin embargo, la música trasciende las palabras, emanando de emociones profundas. Al crearla, uno se sumerge en un universo alternativo, explorando infinitas posibilidades para dar vida a un sonido."