Golden Hour

Collaborating can be a lot of fun!  This is the third released collaboration with Mark Spruce (Original Spruce). 

It was an interesting process. Mark came up with the oven glove line, I sent him a few abandoned lyrics I had from a song before about bulbs in the dirt, and he then developed them into the full lyric about a relationship and moving on and added the melody. He then sent me the main guitar track and his excellent double tracked lead vocals. I then migrated those into GarageBand and then built up the full backing instrumental and added the backing vocals. A bit technical for me but we got there! He then made the beautiful video! 

https://youtu.be/gV-YH0RPLMw?si=3t7aMOlotfAcoYi3

I hope you enjoy it! 👍😃

Lyrics 
You need more than
Oven gloves
To touch the sun
And a 5 ton heart
Makes it hard to run

But hey there now,
Why the long face?
Get up off the floor
Get back in the race

There are plenty more
Bulbs in the dirt
There are plenty more
Leaves on the stem

He was the grub on your shrub
And it’s eating you up
And I know he was

Starting to bug you.

But who knows?
It flows both ways.
Sometimes you didn't call
And you left when
You should have stayed

I'm not judging
I'm just saying
Black and white
Can start greying

The seams
They start fraying
They slowly come apart

Until you're right back at the start
 
Time for both to move on
If it’s wrong then its wrong
It once was special
But now it is gone. 

Lyrics © M Spruce and J Whiteman

Moving On (Collaboration Mark Spruce and James Whiteman)

Dedicated to my wife Candice, together 23 yrs this October, married 19 years and 2 beautiful kids... to my darling, thank you 💘 

#rock #country #countryrock #bluesrock #texas #nashville #music

****LYRICS****

She's got eyes the most perfect
Shade of green,
Her hair as golden as the wheat fields in spring,
When she looks at me, I know she's one,
Fills my heart with joy, for sure I'm in love....im in love 

She makes the nights short 
And the days long,
She makes the dark, light,
Makes , the weak strong,
She is my everything, puts me right when I'm wrong 

She's the one,  she's the oooooone
Makes me so happy 
She's the one... 

At times she drives me mad,
Makes me want to shout and scream,
Other times she makes me feel dizzy,
A love so rare, I treasure every day,
I hope we grow old, have a lifetime of memories 

She's the one,  she's the oooooone
Makes me so happy 
She,s the one...

She's The One 💘

Whispers on the Threshold is a suspended, weightless, and ethereal track from the Mystic Flora collection, part of my body of work designed for film, TV, and media licensing. Ideal for scenes building mysterious tension, atmospheric drifts, or contemplative moments. Features evolving synths, delicate pads, and subtle textures creating a sense of unresolved beauty

Whispers on the Threshold (60s) - Mystic Flora | Music for Licensing

The album reaches its darkest climax here. Mental chaos erupts as suppressed "demons" awaken, shattering apathy with rage and despair. The black veil that descends symbolizes suffocating helplessness and torment. The final lyrics embody ultimate condemnation and isolation.

Following the desperate cry of Deliverance, As The Night Falls confronts the full intensity of inner darkness, pushing you to the brink.
Next, the closing instrumental hints at what might come after—or if there is even an after.

When the sun sets,
the mind opens its gates.
Every demon steps through,
and the night lasts longer than the day ever did.


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This one ultimately gained the alternate title "Dagsetr" as it embodies the metaphor of the album title. The end of light and the darkness creeping in to throw you into a mental abyss of despair.

More influences by black metal elements all over the verses and choruses and I think the bridge-outro part came out somehow a bit more post.
But that's how I jammed the whole album.

Dagsetr

As The Night Falls (Dagsetr)

This song is about someone being worried and stressed by work, but who connects with something bigger, something wonderful beyond themselves, that provides some solace and gives them perspective on their situation. 
They find this perspective on an insomniac walk, in the beauty of the town at night. Hence my linocut of the fox at night :)

The High Far Fields of Home

unplugged walk alone

In the days of indecision,
In the haze of the truth,
When the path is dark and endless,
And the choice is up to you.

When the curtains start to open,
it’s time to do your part,
the world counting on you now
And you don’t know how to start

Trust your gut
Follow your heart
To thine own self be true
I’m with you.

In the times that test your spirit,
When the world is far from kind,
when hope is dim and fleeting,
and strength is hard to find.

When the road divides before you,
and the night won’t let you see,
When the weight is heavy on your shoulders,
And you don’t know who to be.

Trust your gut
Follow your heart
To thine own self be true
I’m with you.

Seasons changing way to fast
These years - where have they gone?
I hope you hear me still
When you’re on your own.

Trust your gut
Follow your heart
To thine own self be true
I’m with you.


I'm With You

Rewind (2025) Remastered

eng. [Verse]
In the silence where the shadows move,
I remain here, you’re the one I love.
Your smile shines, it lights the night,
No pain, no doubt, when you’re by my side.

[Chorus]
You give me strength when the world fades away,
I see only you, you’re my light each day.

Too late to tell you
That I would be everything for you,
I would endure any road, any way.

Too late to tell you I want children with you,
For in just half a year, my voice will fall silent too.

But I have lived for two, and loved every day,
We found each other — how beautiful to say.

But I have lived for two, and loved every day,
We found each other — how beautiful to say.

[Chorus]
Your smile shines, it lights the night,
No pain, no doubt, when you’re by my side.
You give me strength when the world fades away,
I see only you, you’re my light each day.

I see only you, you’re my light each day.

[Verse]
There is still so much to say — that I love you endlessly,
I have fear and many questions, if another side there’ll be.

[Chorus]
I just want to hold you, to feel you near,
Stay with me, so long as you are here.

You must go on and live for us both, even if it breaks your heart,
Throw a rose into the grave, and then for me into the morning’s start.
Kiss me like the very first time, and hold me tight,
So the moment stays forever, till the warmth leaves with the night.


deutsch [Verse] In der Stille, wo die Schatten zieh'n, Bleib ich hier, du bist ein Teil von mir, Dein Lächeln strahlt, die Nacht erhellt, Kein Schmerz und kein Zweifel, wenn du bei mir bist. [Chorus] Du gibst mir Halt, wenn die Welt erlischt, Seh' nur dich, denn du bist mein Licht. Zu spät, um dir zu sagen Dass ich für dich alles wär’ Ich würd’ jeden Weg ertragen zu spät dir zusagen das ich Kinder mit dir will denn in einem ganzen halben Jahr wird es um mich still doch ich hab für zwei gelebt und jeden Tag geliebt wir haben uns gefunden ,so schön das es dich gibt doch ich hab für zwei gelebt und jeden Tag geliebt wir haben uns gefunden ,so schön das es dich gibt [Chorus] Dein Lächeln strahlt, die Nacht erhellt, Kein Schmerz und kein Zweifel, wenn du bei mir bist. Du gibst mir Halt, wenn die Welt erlischt, Seh' nur dich, denn du bist mein Licht. Seh' nur dich, denn du bist mein Licht. [ Strophe ] es gibt noch so viel zu sagen ,das ich dich unendlich lieb ich hab Angst und viele Fragen , ob es die andre Seite gibt ( Chorus ) will dich nur halten damit du bei mir bist Du1 must für uns beide weiter leben, auch wenn es dir das Herz zerbricht wirf eine Rose in die Grube, und für mich dann ins Morgenlicht

Me Before You (ein ganzes halbes Jahr deutsch )

CRUSH THE HATE  (JunkHeap (c) Jul 2017 / Re-fixed Jul 2023) 

So cold; inflicts pain; to some it feels justified.
So bold, in hard times; amplified.
It wants to check your birthplace.

Seen as civilized to some;
by those who want to change society's face.

Crush the hate.

In times not far in the past, it simmered,
under the horizon; puts on its dimmers.  
Waiting for it's chance. We need to...

Crush the hate.

If it feels a little belittled, oppressed, depressed, 
suppressed, distressed, recessed;
it wants to lash out, 
and if it lifts its head; its ugly face.

Crush the hate.

If you have any difference in the colour of your skin.  
...look out.  ya they'll take you down.

Crush the hate.

If you're different in any way.  Ya you better look out.

Crush the hate.

At work, it's under the surface,
subtle and subversive.

At school it wants to be seen, as mean,
powerful and extreme.

Crush the hate.

Crush The Hate

Find alternatives to Soundcloud for your music.  If you don't get much response to your music, don't give up.  Soundcloud doesn't have respect for musicians, it's all about profit.  Saddens me.  It used to be different.  

The name JunkHeap came from creating song ideas and leaving them for later, and then picking through the junk heap of ideas to enhance a new song idea.  Explore my discography, find something you like.  

All of my albums on Soundcloud have been reduced to a sampling of a few songs.  The complete albums are available on all streaming sites.

JunkHeap is a solo, alternative rock music project.  Unapologetic, thought-provoking, emotionally raw music for the masses...

It's about you, the listeners.  I hope you get something out of my songs.  The lyrics are in the song name link.