A song for my little sister. She requested a song about Fluttershy from My LIttle Pony, but it ended up being more of an original song that's more about me than about Fluttershy. Hope you like it :)

Everything is quiet and that’s not exactly bad;
I invite the window’s soft breeze in
Someone’s swinging in the yard and running on the path
this moment is the nicest place that I have ever been
and it’s alright to be small and to be scared
because you notice things that all your friends didn’t know were there
and it’s alright to be quiet, stay at home
because that doesn’t have to mean that you’re alone. 

It’s coming up in flowers and it’s falling from the sky
it trickles down my face and wets my tongue
and honey tastes the sweetest when the bees are your best friends
show them kindness and rest assured that you will not be stung.
And it’s so simple yet it’s very hard to learn
that all good things will happen if you only wait your turn
It’s complicated, yet not difficult to see
that everything is perfect and we really ought to be 

kind. It really only takes a little
time to open up your ears and eyes and
mind and listen to the little voices
calling from outside. 

The clouds are very pretty and the sky’s a bluer blue
it gets so awfully nice this time of year
Even so, I still prefer the ground and what’s upon it
trust me when I say the view is better from down here
They say why walk when you can fly?
They tell me I can be great if I only tried.
Faster isn’t always better or right
like the way the sunset takes its time when day turns into night. 

I think a rainstorm’s coming now, the sky is turning gray;
the wind is growing harsher as it blows.
What a perfect day to hide inside and watch the rain pour
listen to it drizzle, and watch the flowers grow.
And all my friends will gather close to me
we’ll huddle in the dim light, silent as can be
for life is for the quiet, and the small
you’ve got to listen closely, and everything will be alright. 

If you really listen, you will
find that there’s more than one way to live your
life, and I live mine with little voices
singing by my side.

Little Voices

3 Ju Ju Magic

10 Roller Skate King

Cendres de l'aurore 
Auteur/compositeur/interprète Pierre Juramy 
Arrangeur Tony Camilleri

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This is the demo for Mr. Greg from the Steven Universe episode, Mr. Greg!

I love old timey, vaudeville-y schtick.  And Greg spending big bucks at a fancy big city hotel had old timey schtick written all over it.  While writing the outline for Mr. Greg, I came up with the first half of this tune and pitched it a cappella to the group.  It felt very silly, but it must have amused everyone enough to stay in the picture.

We started making a demo.  I had the beginnings of a bass line and the percussion, and Jeff came in and made it an actual song with some great jazzy chords and an insane guitar solo, which I'm pretty sure he just improvised.

Like I said before, the song was originally only the first verse and the instrumental.  In the outline, Greg, gets so caught up in the spirit of the music that he asks Pearl to dance, and that's when she pulls away - showing that Greg and Pearl have a long way to go.

We showed the demo to Joe, and I believe he was the one who said this needs a second verse.  And together we wrote a second verse, with Pearl singing, that incorporated those story beats into the lyrics.  

So have a listen!

Guitar & Steven Vox: Jeff Liu
Bass, Butlers & Greg: Ben Levin
Pearl Vox: Joe Johnston

Lyrics by Joe Johnston, Ben Levin and Jeff Liu
Music by Ben Levin and Jeff Liu
Image by Joe Johnston from the episode Mr. Greg

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