Sounds genial, thanks you both for this amazing moment. Nice week-end my good friend Lee

Hi, Lee! Good to hear your (and your friends) stuff again after some SC break! Beginning was already great.

Very good track. Even vocal track sounded better quality-wise than it's sometimes the case (or at least how I remembered your voice recordings from before my SC break). Ending was also great. Good work, Lee & Dirk!  (I switched window after listening to it, but I didn't hit Enter, lol! That's why there is this strange gap in comments time...)

Gonna Give The Butcher Another Blast!!! You know I love your writing on this one. Wicked!!!

Okay...so lyrically...this is one of your very best in my opinion. An exceptional turn of creative and great writing. And those Nasty Vocals?...yup...right on point. Really really enjoyed this one again.

A set of suitable songs for Halloween I have done over the years with my good friends I have worked with in a collaborative way.

Halloween Executables

Rodolfo https://soundcloud.com/rplanes first shared this beautiful piece with me 2 years ago, which has had a gradual development since I first wrote the lyrics back then. More recently Ce Mastro https://soundcloud.com/cemastro added some exciting backing vocals which transformed the chorus and then even more recently we invited Dave McKeown https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown to contribute some lovely sax that we believed was just what the song needed. Rodolfo's song has such a feeling of romantic innocence yet with a wonderful rhythmic flow, that I hoped the words might feel from a simpler time. We hope you all enjoy our song of innocence (and inexperience) which thankfully is a work of fiction. Thanks again to Rodolfo for sharing this magical piece and his great skills as well as Ce and Dave's unique gifts to make this one happen. 
We thank you all for taking the time to listen.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals
Me - Lead vocals and lyrics
Dave McKeown - Sax solo and fills

https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/almost-lovers

Almost Lovers (by Rodolfo Planes / Mark Bennett)

Once we were almost lovers, without a care.
We weren’t like all the others, somehow we just didn’t dare.
We never faced the fact,
What we had wasn’t real,
Didn’t have to deal,
With the truth while we were putting on an act
We’d have to pay,
And quite how that would feel.

The moment when I discovered, not wanting to share,
You with any of the others, that I just couldn’t bear.
But when my back was turned,
You made out with a guy,
I thought was my friend.
Then I knew that my world had been overturned,
Put out to dry,
And what a way to end.

It’s not the way that I’d hoped this scene would play out,
Leaving the stage in the first act. 
It was cruel but at least I was left in no doubt.
C’est la vie, as a matter of fact.

Were never really lovers, just make believe.
Like sister and brother, with only ourselves to deceive.
I should have known right then,
I’d be out on my ear 
Instead of in love.
Waiting for the finale, not knowing when,
I’d disappear,
When the push comes to shove.

It’s not the way that I’d hoped this scene would play out,
Leaving the stage in the first act. 
It was cruel but at least I was left in no doubt.
C’est la vie, as a matter of fact.

Almost Lovers - Continental Collision (featuring Ce Mastro & Dave McKeown) Now Available on Bandcamp

When Tom approached me with this piano melody, the initial arrangement and the title to which he hoped I’d add lyrics and vocals, I thought it was almost unnecessary as the piece already said everything required. Shortly afterwards, Jussi had added sublime guitar which offered a hopeful balance in the mood. Knowing what Tom was referring to without discussing it openly I wrote these words from a similar position of experience. I contrasted the first verse of a woman at her peak with the second verse of a woman in decline to heighten the emotion. I found that the spoken word approach allowed more emotion to flow from both the music and the words. Tom had the great idea to ask Hidefumi to complete the song with a phenomenal solo. Thank you to everyone who helped make this come together, and a very special thanks to all of you for listening.

Music composition, piano and other instrumentation - https://soundcloud.com/tom-r-gnier
First guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/juswel
Lyrics and vocals - https://soundcloud.com/markjbennett
Final guitar and guitar arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/boon-suzuki

Image of a painted door in Funchal, Madeira - Douglas Corrance (https://www.facebook.com/DouglasCorrancePhotographer)

She knows just what it feels like now.
I think she’s losing it, I think she’s losing it. 
When she is almost ready, 
She will lose her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Then she’ll lose herself in herself and then she’ll be free,
To be what she wants, what she wants to be.

She knows not who she feels like now.
I know she’s losing it, I know she’s losing it. 
As if she's gone already, 
She has lost her reserve 
And her inhibition too.
Already lost herself in herself and now she’s elsewhere,
Knows not what she wants, nor who she used to be.

She's Losing It - Tom Régnier/Jussi Welin/Mark J Bennett/Boon-Suzuki

Rodolfo https://soundcloud.com/rplanes gave me this piece and title to write a lyric around. I was drawn to man's not unnatural obsession with the cosmos from the earliest days, through using it to navigate the world and gain power, to now potentially using it as a last ditch escape from our polluted and depleted home. I particularly enjoyed this song as I get to sing in Spanish and also a good proportion of this song is instrumental. So sit back and let this journey wash over you. Many thanks to Rodolfo for all his great work and a special thanks to you for listening. Mark

Available now on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/5pfvPjop9XCJPrVL9a60U0

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Me - Vocals and lyrics

Southern Star by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett

It’s written in the stars,
When seen from Earth,
Venus… even Mars.
Whatever it’s worth.

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Is that ‘Pie in the Sky’? 
Take the bait,
Maybe just a lie,
Trust in fate?

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Es la clave,
Del rumbo del destino
Del rumbo del destino.
(Southern star, it's the key from the course of destiny)

Man’s knowledge and skill,
Charts land and sea.
In order to fulfil,
Destiny			
 
The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Celestial sphere,
Obscured now by,				
Tears and fear.
The end is nigh.		

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Sin la clave,
Nos niega el destino
El curso del…
El curso del	destino
(Southern star, without the key, fate denies us the course of destiny)

 
Need and hunger, 
Has our innocence
Rent asunder, 
By its wickedness
 
The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Escape to stars.
Throw right off of your
Shackles and bars.
We need to endure.

The Southern Star 
The Southern Star 

Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Estrella del sur
Sin la clave,
Nos niega el destino
El curso del…
El curso del destino
(Southern star, without the key, fate denies us the course of destiny)

Southern Star - Continental Collision (Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett) on Spotify too

A modern Christmas carol for you all. The lovely Mark J Bennett has provided the vocals (and artwork) - all at rather short notice too which is typical of his generosity.

We hope you enjoy it and that it encourages some thought about the Christmas message (which, let's face it, seems to have got a little lost in recent times....)

May the deep peace of the running wave be yours.

Music (based on trad tune)/Lyrics/Backing Vocal - enlimila
Vocals - Mark J Bennett.
[Audio-clip of children playing courtesy of garuda1982]

THREE BOATS
I saw three boats come sailing in,
Come sailing in, come sailing in.
I saw three boats come sailing in,
On Christmas Day in the morning.

One of those boats won’t sail again,
Not sail again, never sail again.
For that boat sank with all its men
And all its women and children.

The second boat its engine died,
Its engine died ‘cos the smugglers lied
And the waves crashed down on the folk inside
That little boat in the morning.

Those desperate folk held hands and prayed,
Held hands and prayed, as the sea it sprayed
’Til at last they sank beneath the waves
On Christmas day in the morning.

The third boat managed to reach the shore
And the folk inside all prayed some more.
Then the politicians began to roar
With rage on Christmas morning.

“How dare these strangers reach our land
Expecting us to lend a hand?
Our inn is full and we have no room.
Let them go home and face their doom.”

They went to church to sing and pray,
To sing and pray, to sing and pray,
And watch their kids in Nativity plays
On Christmas Day in the morning.

Three Boats

My friend and close collaborator @rplanes offered me this great arrangement and the title and theme that he thought might make an interesting subject matter. Initially, I was scratching my head as the topic seemed too vast but then the ideas started to attach themselves to his melodies and I was hooked. Humans en masse appear to be taking wrong-turnings and making things worse rather than better. This is me letting off a little steam with Rod's help. Thanks for taking the time to listen.
Link to tracks on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/5pfvPjop9XCJPrVL9a60U0

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix.
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Photograph - Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

Reverse Entropy (by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett)
We drift from order to chaos,
Like it’s the norm.
Without a sense of pathos,
To see the storm.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
Or go where you are told.

We let others cloud our vision,
Like they know best.
What happened to our ambition
Never addressed.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
Before we get too old

You have the choice,
When you have the will,
And it’s backed with the,
Knowledge, and fulfilled by skill.
 
We fall for the theorists,
Like it’s gospel.
Go find yourself some realists,
Who’re less hostile.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
While you still have a hold.

We’ve been duped at every turn,
By those we trust.
Without alarm or concern,
Now we are bust.
Following your safe instinct,
Where it may go,
If you can still feel bold.

You have the choice,
When you have the will,
And it’s backed with the,
Knowledge and fulfilled by skill.

All our futures are in your hands
With all that it commands
Focus on how it now all stands
Before making your demands.

Reverse Entropy - Continental Collision (by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett) now on Spotify

Rodolfo Planes offered me this great arrangement and suggested the title of 'Professional Liars' as a starting point. I changed the title to Career Liars as it scanned better with the melody and although we didn’t discuss the subject closely we both had our own ideas who these usual suspects might be. You all may also have your own choices other than these potential ‘Comeback Kids’. 

This was first written in 2022, but has developed gradually over the last two years with Ce Mastro’s spectacular chorus harmony arrangement lifting the song to astonishing new heights, then lastly Georg’s additional sax work giving a renewed energy and power. Thanks to everyone for their valued collaboration on this. Thanks for taking the time to listen.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - https://soundcloud.com/rplanes 
Me - Vocals and lyrics
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals and chorus vocal arrangement - https://soundcloud.com/cemastro 
Georg Boehme - Sax solo and fills - https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

https://continentalcollision.bandcamp.com/track/career-liars

https://youtu.be/tHFD8lZXQII

 Career Liars by Rodolfo Planes and Mark J Bennett

How are you ever able to live with yourself? 
What do you really care about? 
You can cope just as long as you’re not left on the shelf, 
Hear me out. 

Are you ever conscious of the harm that you do?
 Or is all fair in love and in war?
And there is no depth that you and your crew won’t sink to. 
We’re done for.

Career liars, 
Truth deniers,
Big high flyers,
 Falsifiers.

Making all of your deals with your old cronies,
I think that is all that you’re good for. 
Nothing is ever sincere coz you’re real phoneys.
 Show them the door. 

Lying for a living, as long as we’re forgiving,
 We’ve been truly hood-winked this time for sure.
 We’re learning a lesson about the true cost of living 
Now we’re all poor.

Career liars, 
Truth deniers,
 Big high flyers, 
Falsifiers.

Career Liars - Continental Collision featuring Ce Mastro & Georg Boehme - Now Available on Bandcamp

"Shoot Out The Lights" is the result of an open collaboration my good friend Stefan (Rock Flexible) put out around near enough three weeks back now. It's the first in a short series of NoNameYet songs of Playback tracks inviting singers to have a bash and write some lyrics and a title for and sing it.

Well having heard Stefan's great track and great work it instantly appealed to myself and totally rocked that much I decided to have a go at it myself. I had some free time to get to work on it this week and squeeze it in between some of the other collabs I am currently working on. 

For my interpretation for this one I decided to go dark and evil and do a bit of Satan Rock regarding the lyrics I wrote. There was a section I did not want sing on or write a couple more verses, so I decided to throw in my own little lead break on the guitar. Though that is perhaps a bit boxed standard as the lead guitar is not my forte one bit.

If you would like to have bash yourself, you can obtain a copy of Stefan's original music here: https://soundcloud.com/rock-flexible/nonameyet-playback-1-rock-flexible  along with many of his other great songs on his fine cloud.

Shoot Out All The Lights (Music By Rock Flexible/Words By Lee Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals - Lead Guitar (On Long Break) - Artwork.

Rock Flexible - Toontrack EZDrummer2. NI Guitar Rig. NI FM8, Massive, Absynth  Meinl Percussion.
Peavey Bass - Joemeek VC1 - Logic Bass Amp Pro. Fender Strat (JBHum) - Joemeek VC1 - Guitar Rig
Channel Strip - RODE NT5MP - SPL GM - RME FF400 - Logic Recorded in Logic Pro X. Mastering Chain - Gain, Lin_EQ, Waves J37, Compressor, Multipr, MatchEQ, Waves L2, Level, bx_meter. Neither Bass nor guitar have been tuned before the recording.

My evil lyrics are as follows:

(Take away the hand of kindness)

Evil finds its way through the darkness
upon these blood drenched streets of shame
maybe there's a method to their madness
maybe it's all part of their game

Rats scurry round like savage wolfs
as they tear through the limbs of the dead
you can hear the sound of creaking bones
and smell the fear where those once tread

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness have its wicked way
cast out the wretched hand of kindness
let the darkness enter into your soul
let the darkness enter into your soul

Mindless nights of endless torture
you never see the cold light of day
victims led like lambs to their slaughter
left to rot in death and decay

Maybe they could put an end to all their madness
and let the light shine through into their day
but these people are never satisfied
till the devils had his own wicked way

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness in and be your goal
take away the hand of kindness 
let the dark lord into your soul
let the dark lord into your soul

(Break)

(Darkness, darkness, darkness, darkness)

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness have its wicked way
cast out the wretched hand of kindness
let the darkness take your spirit away
let the darkness take your spirit away

Shoot out all the lights
let the darkness in and be your goal
take away the wretched hand of kindness 
let the dark lord into your soul
let the dark lord into your soul

Please find time to leave comments to which are always very well appreciated and many thanks for listening.

Lee Lucas & Rock Flexible - Shoot Out All The Lights

Mark says,
"Making music with Rodolfo is always exciting and often a challenge, although I know we both find it stimulating, as we always aim to reach high and this post is no exception. This new song, started its gestation almost a year ago, instantly showed a lot of promise and since has been through many stages of exploration and rounds of problem-solving. The painfully blunt lyrics were initially inspired by a friend's brutal relationship break-up, but the final result is much heavier. I hope you find it moving rather than disturbing, I was trying to match the mood of Rod's deeply dramatic music."

Rodolfo says,
"I think it's a fantastic song and you've done an amazing job on both the story and the vocals, especially those tough lines. When I was writing it, I just felt like a modern blues with a techno vibe was taking shape. The final sound was defined by the story and those really dramatic, emotional lyrics. You might want to make it clear that it's a fictional story to avoid giving our friends heart attacks."

We appreciate all of the kind support that the Soundcloud community has given our collaborations. Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts, Mark and Rodolfo

Now available on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/5pfvPjop9XCJPrVL9a60U0

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix https://soundcloud.com/rplanes
Me - Vocals and lyrics

Moments of stress,
How did you deal with the rest?
All that is left of you and me,
Is wrecked.
How can we expect,
To go on when there’s nothing at all left?
 
…Left in the lurch,
You should have done more research.
I was truly never a safe bet for you…
For you could have made,
A much better match than you did with me.
 
Open your eyes,
I promise you won’t be surprised,
It’s been there before you,
All along, all of the way…
…Way before you had sensed,
That we had got it all so wrong by then.
 
Moments of stress,
All such a mess,
It’s anyone’s guess,
How it all went so wrong?
Moments of stress,
No more nor less,
Need I express,
How it all went so wrong?

Moments Of Stress - Continental Collision (by Rodolfo Planes/Mark J Bennett) on Spotify now

This is new take on a song that Rodolfo and I first worked on 4 years ago. He had always imagined it with fine saxophone and great backing harmonies and now that Continental Collision has a wonderful pool of talent to draw on, that has become a reality, thanks to Ce Mastro and Georg Boehme's beautiful contributions.
The song has been given so much more feeling and emotion.
Thanks to them and Rodolfo for believing that we could succeed  and thanks to all of you for listening.

Rodolfo Planes - Music composition, instrumentation, arrangement, production and mix - @rplanes
Me - Vocals and additional lyrics
Javier Rolando - Original song lyrics
Ce Mastro - Backing vocals and chorus vocal arrangement - @cemastro
Georg Boehme - Sax solo and fills - @georg-boehme
Image (Caithness, Scotland): Courtesy of Douglas Corrance

A Stranger In Your Heart - Continental Collision featuring Ce Mastro & Georg Boehme

I don't know what I've done wrong?
I don't know why you have gone?
Though I hope some day,
When I whisper your name,
We'll be together.
But today's too soon.
When I think of you, I dream.
Yet still, I'm a stranger,
Yet still, I'm a stranger in your heart.

Sometimes I feel like a fool.
Never knowing whether you'll,
Give me hope some day,
Still I call your name.
We'll be together.
Is today too soon?
When I think of you, I dream.
No longer a stranger,
No longer a stranger in your heart.

A Stranger In Your Heart - Continental Collision (featuring Ce Mastro and Georg Boehme)

Three Owls are
 Régulo Tortolero: Drums, Bass, Cuatro Venezolano and lyrics 
 Oorlab https://soundcloud.com/oorlab : Lead Vocals and Backing Vocals, Piano, Strings and lyrics
Mark Bennett: Lead and Backing Vocals and lyrics

Recorded at NoHum Studio, El Limón - Venezuela and Oorlab Studio, Amersfoort - Netherlands and Edinburgh, UK 2025. Mixed by: R.T. ©® NoHum Records 2025  All Rights Reserved

Recorded and Produced by Three Owls 
 Art Cover: Mark J Bennett

Régulo (AKA @kings-of-manguareo) in Venezuela started this project a year ago with a piece called ‘Al Paso C’.
After several evolutions involving Dick (Oorlab) and myself, then the new title was suggested by Régulo and we ventured into space, with a ‘Musical Consequences’ scenario. I started off the lyrics, then Régulo added some lines and finally Dick completed them. Soundcloud is a great place for experimentation. Many thanks to my collaborators and also to you for taking part by listening, Mark

Am I the follower?
 Pleiades am I bound? 
Pleiades I am bound,
 I am the follower.

Aldebaran, Aldebaran, Aldebaran, Aldebaran… 
Never going, never going… coming back!

The fiery eye of Taurus,
 Trains its gaze upon, 
Orion’s shiny belt 
And it's perfect triad
 Over all of us
 For all eternity…

As long as the sun will shine
 And the magnetic field  
Stays well aligned 
The World will keep itself  
On course.

The long night will turn around
 Winter solstice is here 
Aldebaran will rise
 The ice will disappear

Aldebaran by Three Owls

Back in February Dirk posted a short video of himself on Facebook playing a well tasty metal riff on his new electric guitar. I dropped a comment on it and as a gesture asked him to stick some bass and drums on it and send it to me and it will ROCK. 

I have always been fascinated how Dirk himself uses poetry from poets well over a century old in some cases. His songs "Richard Cory" and "The Bells" are classic examples, and perhaps an inspiration for me regarding of what I wanted here was really an horror story. 

The title "The Butchers Of Harlington" very much entered my head before I wrote a word, and it was the fact that Dirk had used poets from the 19th Century and from reading some of the funny descriptions my good friend Nick R. Davies puts on his haunting tracks about the 19th century very much made me add the year 1851 to the title.

There is no doubt "The Butchers Of Harlington 1851" is an horrific tale, that also as it's humorous parts, and with Dirks superb job on the music it as presented it in the form of a dramatic mini horror rock opera which I feel works very well if I may say so myself. 

I would like to thank my good friend Dirk for giving me the opportunity to do something with him around his superb music, and I hope you all enjoy our Tasty Treat :))))))))))))))

You can hear more of Dirks great music here: https://soundcloud.com/heartscore

The song as been made available as a free download @ Bandcamp and can be had here : https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/the-butchers-of-harlington-1851

The Butchers Of Harlington 1851 (Music by Dirk Radloff/Words by Lee Lucas)

Lee Lucas - Vocals & Artwork
HeartScore - Guitars - Bass - All Other Goodies - Drum Programming & Production.

Knives' cleavers' saws' screams and blood were provided by http://www.freesfx.co.uk/

The Lyrics are as follows:  

In a small village in harlington 1851
on the corner of St. Cleaves street
stood a butchers shop
run by the butcher and his ghastly son

Chopping up dead carcases 
into fine joints of meat
no one was sure where it came from 
but it served the villagers a tasty treat

(1st Chorus)
I can see you
you will see me
and that will be your fall
the butchers knife will penetrate
and his cleaver will end it all
Life's forsaken hearts are taken
liver kidneys limbs and gore
to feed the mouths in harlington
at a price they can afford
Nothing gets by blood never runs dry
and they all come back for more
the population will decrease
if their trade does not cease

Many people went missing 
word got out it was not safe upon the streets
but the butchers were opening up all hours
making a killing from their butchery deeds

Though soon constable riley became suspicious  
when something unsavoury caught his eye
but by the next day he too went missing 
and there was a special on pork pies

(2nd Chorus)
His knife will get you
and slice right through you
so best stay safe indoors
when the butcher strikes 
there's no escape
you'll wind up hanging on his claw
Fear is breaking people all shaking
as more disappear by the score
there's an unrest now in harlington
more than there ever was before
No clues to follow they've all been swallowed
as they eat more meat than before
the butcher sure aims to please
whilst the towns at unease

(Break)

Things were stirring up in harlington
more police were called in to take on the case
though the butcher was very clever and cleaned up well
and he never ever left a trace

Sergeant atkins started choking 
and coughed up what appeared to be a finger nail
but the next day he was hanging up on hooks
and a new batch of sausage rolls done very well in the sale

(Repeat 1st Chorus)

If you by chance should visit harlington
don't forget to pick up some tasty treats
I'm pretty sure it will not be long
before you will make all its villagers a very tasty feast

Please find time to leave comments to which are always very well appreciated, and many thanks for listening.

Free Download

Lee Lucas & HeartScore - The Butchers Of Harlington 1851

Tom's piano melodies are so inspirational, not just to me (Mark) but also to Jussi, Georg and Boon. The energy of this piece carried us all off on a wonderful journey. We hope you enjoy the joyful enthusiasm that Tom initiated. Tom also gave me the key line, 'My Way Through' and I had to run with it as it made so much sense with this uplifting and hopeful music. Thanks for listening.

Tom Regnier -  @tom-r-gnier Music composition, piano and other instrumentation
Jussi Welin - @juswel First guitar and guitar arrangement
Georg Boehme - @georg-boehme Horns and horn arrangement
Boon Suzuki - @boon-suzuki Final guitar and guitar arrangement
Mark Bennett - Vocals and lyrics

Wherever you’re bound you know I’ll, 
Make my way through 
Sure may take a little while
 But I’ll make my way through

Wherever I’m bound I know I’ll,
 Make my way through
 It may take a longer while 
Till I make my way through

Wherever you’re bound,
…You’re bound
I know that I’m bound, yeah!

When I get there you know I’ll
Make my way through
Sure may need a broader smile
But I’ll make my way through.

My Way Through - Tom Régnier & Friends

My second collaboration with Dirk and once again another piece of Horror Rock done especially for this Halloween night. Once again Dirk as done the business on the music and done it in great Prog Rock style, and once again I would like to thank him for giving me the opportunity to work with him.

I have been out of action for awhile now, but am on the mend and was able to write a new horror story this week just in time for Halloween and get to do the vocals for the latest piece of music my good friend Dirk sent me around a month or so back now. I am hoping to be back in full of action from mid November to December as I am into the 4th week of my treatment next week to which is coming along well so far.

Happy Halloween Soundclouders...

"The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper" as been made available as a digital free download @ Bandcamp and can be had here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/the-tales-of-johnny-the-reaper

You can find more of Dirks great music here: https://soundcloud.com/heartscore

The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper (Music by Dirk Radloff/Words by Lee Lucas) 

Lee Lucas - Vocals & Artwork.
HeartScore - Guitars - Bass - Choir Vocal Harmonies - Synth - Drum Programming & Production.

The lyrics are as follows:

Johnny was born on October thirty one
when the moon was full and shone like a light
his face was deformed and his mind was deranged
his mother cast him off out of her site

She put him in a bag and left him for dead
in a woodland for the past 18 years he lied
his bones had grown as he rose to seek his revenge
found his mother and plucked out her eyes

You can't see me now Johnny cries out
raises his sickle and cuts off her head
(and leaves her for dead)

Johnny the reaper was soon to be known
a collector of skulls hung in his woodland home
he would hang them on trees on a halloween night
a keeper a reaper this man made of bone 

His scythe will cut through you
if he ever sees you
so don't give him a chance
deaths just a glance

Johnny often prowled the streets late at night
knocking on doors playing trick or treat
the people who answered got such a terrible fright
and always felt the end of his scythe

He terrorised the streets in his local town
to the law it became a major concern
especially as the stories that came in were so far out 
decapitated bodies were lying everywhere

Chief Inspector Perkins was soon to head the case
with a forty strong able bodied crew
he had posters put up all over the place
though with Johnny's description they never really had a clue
(No they never)

Johnny the reaper may never reap what he sewn
an ultimate killer this man made of bone
he showed no remorse for his victims he left dead 
adding to his collection, a large number of heads

(break)

Now as the search went on lead by Perkins and his men
they could not even find a head or a clue
but as they widened their search into cumberstone woods
 they soon came across quite a few

They sealed off the site and waited till night
to catch him red handed at his game
hoping to catch Johnny and put an end to his plight
was perkins and his men's real aim

Johnny showed up and his blade was lit up
from the reflection shining from the full moon
he soon put an end to the forty strong men
and with perkins he made forty two

There are many tales of Johnny that have never been told
some were left better unsaid
(better left alone to keep your head)

Johnny the reaper will always be known
all those who came across him never came home
he kept his blade razor sharp to take off their heads
left them decapitated left them for dead 


His scythe will cut through you
if he ever sees you
so don't give him a chance
deaths just a glance
He sleeps in the daytime 
and comes out at night
he will even take off your head
to make your halloween a deadly fright

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Lee Lucas & HeartScore - The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper

My 3rd collaboration with my good friend Dirk continuing the horror rock saga as with our previous 2 releases "The Butchers Of Harlington 1851" and "The Tales Of Johnny The Reaper". Though this one maybe a bit of a ballad in relation to those, yet still as it's hard edge moments and evil bite to it all. 

Once again I would like to thank my good friend Dirk for allowing me the privilege to work along with him again on another superb piece of music he created here.

You can find more of Dirk's great music here:  https://soundcloud.com/heartscore
The song as also been made available as a free digital download @ Bandcamp and can be had here: https://leelucas.bandcamp.com/track/in-love-with-a-rotting-corpse

In Love With A Rotting Corpse (Music & Title By Dirk Radloff / Words By Lee Lucas.

Lee Lucas - Vocals - Backing Vocals - Artwork
HeartScore - Guitars - Bass - Drum Programming - Production

The lyrics are as follows:

Miranda was 55 when she passed away
I was there holding her hand on that very day
never let it go as she lay still in bed
now it's 20 years later she's still with me
only dead

(Chorus)
I'm in love with a rotting corpse
(She's my pretty one you know)
I'm in love with a rotting corpse
(she's my love can't let her go)

Staring at the glaze in her cadever eyes
they're going to take me away one day I would here her cry
clinging to the flesh of her mortal remains
no they're not my dear, no they're not
I will dash out there brains
Then put them in a boiling pot to be later consumed
we will have them for a feast on a halloween moon
for they will fear the day they stepped near this place
and my blade will wipe away any smile on their face

I knew deep in my mind I would have to face that day
when they would eventually try and take my Miranda away
but my love is strong and will not fray
even in all this rot and decay

(Chorus)
I'm in love with a rotting corpse
(She's my pretty one you know)
I'm in love with a rotting corpse
(she's my love can't let her go)

Then that dreadful day came they was knocking at my door
it was broke down with force by the long arm of the law
but I was having nothing from their stiff upper lip
there was no way they was gonna take away my stiff

Then with a swish, lash and a slash 
I fought them off, yes I thought them off
Now let's fight 

(Break)

They took my love away 
it seems that this time the law finally got it's way
for I was much too frail
and I was off to jail

But I never showed no remorse 
about my love for a rotten corpse
No I never 

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Lee Lucas & Heartscore - In Love With A Rotting Corpse

A Stranger Living in a Ghost Town is the result of a collaboration of taking part in this year's SC Tombola. I was well pleased when I seen I had been drawn with my good friend Peter Bennborn especially as I had heard Peter's fine work both as a great musician and producer before, to which he does pretty much a top job of, and is involved in many projects on the cloud.

It did not take Peter long to throw some ideas at me and he presented me with a couple of ideas, and the backdrop of music he sent to me on this one caught my attention enough to inspire me to work out a title and some lyrics for it.

You can hear more of Peters great music on his fine cloud here: http://soundcloud.com/peter-bennborn-project

Soundcloud Tombola Collaboration (Draw #20) 

A Stranger Living in a Ghost Town (Music Peter Bennborn/Words L. C . Lucas)

Peter Bennborn - Synths/drum programming/Production.
Lee Lucas - Vocals/Piano Solo/Artwork.

The lyrics are as follows:

Darkness fills the nights cold air 
as I walk these streets totally unaware 
of the time I have spent here in this place 
a meer mortal man without face
who has gone unnoticed from day to day 
nobody here as got nothing to say 
not even a whisper just to say hi 
not even a murmur from a passer by

I'm Just a stranger 
a lonely stranger 
A stranger

But as I take the road ahead 
all seems so illusive 
could these people all be dead 
then all would be conclusive

(Break)

I'm just a stranger 
a lonely stranger 
I'm just another stranger 
another lonely stranger 
living here in this ghost town 
another lonely stranger 
I'm just a stranger 
living here in this ghost town 
this lonely ghost town

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Lee Lucas & Peter Bennborn - A Stranger Living in a Ghost Town (SC Tombola Collab)

I very much started out playing instruments very late in life, and spent much of my earlier days listening to it, rather than playing it. I am very much a self taught musician and regard my instruments very much like implements, tools or devices to write with, rather than being anything remotely near a good playing musician of any great technique. 

I guess I really got into instruments more back in 1994 when I got into my first band (though I did learn to play the Harmonica when I was 8 years old) it was around this time I wrote a song on the Guitar entitled Oldtime Street. The song is very much even today one that contains some of the finest lyrics I have ever written, and very much perhaps inspired me to carry on.

Though the band back in 1994 was a very short affair, it was not long after I got into a R&B band performing Rock & Blues in various pubs around my own town Birmingham. I was very much the lead singer in this outfit which lasted some 6 years. Though during these years the band had gone through several line up and name changes and came to a stop in 2001. I suppose it was a bit of relief in a sense, because it's quite easy to put a band together, but murder to keep everyone happy, and keep it going.

Even though I only really did Vocals and played my Harmonica in the band, I still found time now and then, for my guitar, and my keyboards at home, and I also contributed in a big way to our own compositions in the band.

My tools are as follows:

Studiologic VMK-188 Plus 88 Key Midi Controller Keyboard.

Yamaha PSR E303 61 Key Keyboard (Used Via Midi)

Yamaha F310 Acoustic Guitar.

Yamaha ERG121 Electric Guitar.

Encore E4 Bass Guitar.

Various Harmonicas in many Keys.

Alesis Performance Pad Pro Drum Machine & Pads. 

Audio Technica AT2020 USB Microphone.

Vic Firth Drum Sticks.

Various VST Software for Keyboards, Guitars & Mixing.

Cubase 5.

Ableton Live 8.

Steinberg Wavelab.

Influences are from mainly 70's Prog/Rock/Blues/Traditional Folk/Electronic Music.                    

Lee Lucas & HeartScore - The Butchers Of Harlington 1851

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