The light is fading....

Lyrics

the hours I had waited for the chance

wait all alone the any hour

always get the chance

oh there is nothing left to me I cannot

see the light in me is flickering out

oh the light in me is flickering out

I was going to expand this but think its a perfect short little tune. Will see if I change my mind lol

I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to leave a comment as your feedback is greatly appreciated and helpful.

Take a Chance (Demo)

A new song..........

Lyrics:
Looking back at those photographs
Is that really you 
Time really moves fast
While you’re just busy living life

Looking in the mirror
Seeing your life in front of you
Where have been 
And where are you going

Finding your way through dark spaces
In the shadows of your mind
Thinking of those places
 Like photographs in time

In front of you lies your future
What will be will be
The past is long forgotten
Only the present in your mind 

Take your time through this life’
Breathe in every moment
Cherish the life you have
Cause only one is given

Finding your way through dark spaces
In the shadows of your mind
Thinking of those places
 Like photographs in time

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk 2025
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Image: Gemini

Finding Your Way Through Dark Spaces

Hold Onto Xmas (2025)

Having another stab at  Humanity 😆 Voice goes some slightly different places here which is always nice to experience as an artist. Maybe a bit of Whacko Jacko influence coming through a bit. What a musical legend Michael was 🤍

The pic is a map of the world which lives beside my studio. I need to update it but I've got lots of my SC connections marked there. Cheers you bunch of inspiring nut balls 😘 

Humanity

We found it looking inside
It worth a mention
Pay close attention
Its love
Its inner light
It’s good
Its right
Its hope with cope
It’s something inside
It’s worth a mention
In every moment
No tension

Find a map,
Draw a heart,
Top lines intersect on an Isle that we are part
Try funny,
Live poetry,
Rule writing
Love love
Let's all absorb this Éire dove

For a while our neighbours tried to fight
They took our Oak,
Built boats,
Made blight
But we survived and became beacons of light for all Earthling'

Before invasion our Druids shone
Just altered myths now paint them wrong
I see mesoamerican beings
Too advanced for christian scenes

So the church rolled in & tried to brain wash us
It worked for a while until the poor kids got it...
So we learned and evolved and found new truth
New truth defined in protecting our youth

So here we are,
Smack bang in the middle
We'll explain it in word,
Or sing it with a fiddle
In the end we are neutral
As neutral as neutral can be
The secret?
Just love and have a laugh
Be a real "me"

Just be the real "me"
We need more real "me"

We found it looking inside
It worth a mention
Pay close attention
Its love
Its inner light
It’s good
Its right
Its hope with cope
It’s something inside
It’s worth a mention
In every moment
No tension
Just flow in projection and reflection
Conversation with true observation

Humanity

What The Fuck Am I Supposed To Do

VERSE 1
What happens with a tender love that’s breaking
Will it ever find a proper way to mend
If it’s built on a foundation that’s shaking
Will it stand or all fall down again

PRECHORUS 
Remember when we took the road less traveled
We got lost until we found our way

CHORUS 
Can you feel that love is shining down
Please open up your heart and see
I can feel that love is shining down 
Because my aching heart believes 

VERSE 2
What happens to a dream when it awakens 
Does reality ever answer why
Hopes and fears that all our time has taken
Will success come through another try

PRECHORUS 
Surrendering will lose all of its meaning
If neither side is prepared to win

CHORUS 
Can you feel that love is shining down
Please open up your heart and see
I can feel that love is shining down 
Because my aching heart believes

There’s still much more for you and me 
Open up and see 

Love Is Shining Down

 Original by Creedence Clearwater Revival 1971
Lead vocal : Debbie Lynn

Have You Ever Seen The Rain

We will get through all the bad times

1976 Roselle dulcimer, 1945 Martin 0-18 guitar, 1928 Gibson A2 mandolin.

Happy thoughts prevail

VERSE 1 
Morning finds me drifting 
Silent warnings 
Shadow me 
Slowly I’ve been shifting 
Bad beginnings 
Haunting me
 
PRE-CHORUS 
Will I ever break these chains?
 
CHORUS 
Take the first step 
Look with new eyes 
I can feel that grace is 
Pulling on my heart
Keep me steady
Get me through this 
Lead me past the wreckage 
Burning in the dark
 
VERSE 2 
Every thought is turning 
Past decisions 
Catching me 
Every lesson learning 
Small revisions 
Set me free
 
PRE-CHORUS 
Now I clearly see the way
 
CHORUS 
Take the first step 
Look with new eyes 
I can feel that grace is 
Pulling on my heart
Keep me steady
Get me through this 
Lead me past the wreckage 
Burning in the dark
 
BRIDGE 
Now the path is clearer 
And your love is nearer 
Pulling even further 
Lift me up
 
CHORUS
Take the first step 
Look with new eyes 
I can feel that grace is 
Filling up my heart
Hold me steady
Get me through this 
Lead me past the wreckage 
Showing me the spark

Come light up the dark

Grace Is Pulling On My Heart

I Know A Place


https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=CjIru6traQ0&si=VN5l1-33yYgF7T8Z


https://open.spotify.com/album/30JMIGG2RmpNWvuY4hR3Fj?si=N4oX6N8LQDCfcQ1Kro7p0A

https://music.apple.com/us/song/valentina/1859190447


(Verse)
Valentina,
Oh... dear... Valentina
Tell me what you're thinking...
Tell me why you want to forget...

(Verse 2)
Valentina,
Oh... sweet... Valentina
Bitter wound that never healed
You can create a tide if you want...

(Chorus)
Come on...press that button
You'd understand so many things before panettone
You don't want to celebrate and I understand you
At least let me hope and then I'll finish

(Verse 3)
Valentina,
Oh... foolish... Valentina
You've always made your own decisions and often badly
But I understand you,
The advice you've received has taken you away
And I'll finally say...
and so be it...

(Chorus)
Come on...press that button
Time doesn't help  Heal
And you know well that you can also die
Or even disappear without knowing it

(Verse 4)
We laughed, we decided
Ohh Valentina
To let time slip through our hands
And without speaking, we'll already see tomorrow

(Verse 5)
Valentina,
Oh... dear... Valentina
With everything we've said and unsaid
Another day and then another...
And meanwhile the wrinkles arrive and you always stay in bed

(Chorus)
Come on...let it go,
Never press that button
And if you wait for me to have to do it
Time passes and you'll always feel bad...

Ehh yes... you know...
Ehh yes... you wanted it this way...

Valentina.mp3

“What makes a song is the singer, while what makes a singer is their dedication to music and their inner feelings.”   Dimash Qudaibergen

I have enjoyed music for as long as I can remember and cannot remember a day of not either singing or listening to music. I am self-taught when it comes to playing guitar but what I most enjoy is singing which I have been doing since around age 18. Now retired singing and playing the guitar is now just a hobby and something I do to help pass the time. Have always  loved the sound of a Martin guitar. Currently been playing a Road Series DR S2 for about 6 years. Thanks for listening. I also enjoy discovering the sounds of other talented musicians and singers here on SoundCloud.