Name: This Haunted House by Lefty Mike
Duration: 3 min 24 s
Description: Disclaimer, my dad was good father and a wonderful, gentle man, and this is in no way autobiographical.

Really great sound here from your "minimal" studio!! Great track! Love the vocals & lyrics!!

glad to know it's a song not your story!!!

Love the line, if he missed me at all. One of many outstanding lyrics on this beauty of a song. Durge

first part grabbed me (the way a song is supposed to

im sure this song is a good one (my past is full of haunted ...thanks for sharing)

Must have missed this one-- love lyrics--talented song writer you are -- love your voice !!!

Another great song by @candyside-arcade that I have had the privilege to interpret and sing. 

Do listen to @candyside-arcade's fun, energetic and life-affirming songs.
https://soundcloud.com/candyside-arcade/hiding-in-plain-sight   One of my many favourites.
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℗ @ Candyside Arcade & SuZanne Ledwith
I, think much more today
About it is I stand to lose
More than what I could gain
When I kneel down to pray
About what it is that I must to choose
To keep the pain at bay

Open my mouth to say
About what seems the most confused
When it could be so plain
I think much more today
About what I stand to lose

What I stand to lose

When I kneel down to pray
About what it is I stand to lose
More than what I can gain
Open my mouth to say
About what it is that I must choose
To keep the pain at bay

I think much more today
About what seems the most confused 
When it could be so plain
And when I find a vein
I know what I stand to lose

What I stand to lose

What I Stand To Lose

Thanks to David Dunham for allowing me to revisit his piece originally issued three years ago. It is always a privilege as well as a pleasure.  Visit David's page to hear more of his eloquent and peaceful music. @david-dunhamuser589535203

Don't Say Goodbye with David Dunham, guitar

Lyrics
The water was cold
As we stepped from the bank
Under the blue skies above
And never once did we speak of romance
And never once spoke of love

But I hear your laugh on the wind
And see your face in the clouds
And now and then I could swear it was you
Hiding away in the crowd

But then we grew up
Put our child toys away
And we never even said our goodbyes
Innocence fled, naivety ran
But I still see the colour of your eyes

But I hear your laugh on the wind
And see your face on the clouds
And now and then I could swear it was you
Hiding away in the crowd

Instrumental

But I hear your laugh on the wind
And see your face on the clouds
And now and then I could swear it was you
Hiding away in the crowd

The fun we had then
Comes back now and then clearer than yesterday
The blue skies have gone
And the sun that had shone
In my eyes has faded away

Outro

Childhood Dreams

Tea plantations on the planet Athoek, the location of some intrigue in Ann Leckie's book, Ancillary Sword.
I took inspiration from the early work of Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis)RIP. I loved how he combined traditional Greek instruments with electronics on "Earth".  "Heaven and Hell"  remains a personal favourite. 



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Plantation On Athoek

Taking five, waiting for the time to arrive, searching for the will to survive, on the drive of your lives
Taking four, chilling for another cold war, dreaming of the broken dance floor, falling through another trap door, hoping for more
Taking three, dominoes are falling over me, imprisoned in the land of the free, submerged in a fake reality
Taking two, power trippers calling after you, looking for another breakthrough, rejoicing at the callous menu, it’s true
Taking one, mad dogs running for the sun, fat cats have only just begun, creaming cream, having fun

Counting Down

Theatre theme for the play Iphigenie auf Tauris by Goethe performed in Straubing in 2008

Iphigenie

(ever too late to shine )    



Now she lives among the stars
                                          
and the night is too dark without her
         
all the light from then till now
                                          
hasn’t found its way back to her

*



I had no heart to hear

all the bells that call on Sunday

just like a waterfall

they’ll stop falling someday

*


refrain:

       
Is it ever too late to shine

ever too late to shine
         
my love


     
Is it ever too late to shine
                      
ever too late to find
      
my love

*


I see her in a crowd 

I see her in the mirror

Her face is like a shroud

as my own grows dimmer 

*


If you find yourself a star

don't lose it in the wishin' 

you're still while it moves far

far beyond your vision

*


refrain

TASCAM DR-05

ever too late to shine (co-written with my friend)

From the album "Greenfields"
Available on Bandcamp: https://romerium.bandcamp.com/album/greenfields-ambient-drone-cinematic

Watch The Clouds Pass Overhead

Updated June 7, 2023: Synline has made collaboration work for me.
https://soundcloud.com/synline/the-river?si=d85aada01c7b4a0a9c8e26a590f06cce&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

--
In January this year, we lost the great musician and drummer of YMO, Yukihiro Takahashi. As if following him, last month, Ryuichi Sakamoto also passed away. Having lost two respected musicians, I find myself without emotional support and have been creating music daily, tracing their music and lives. Unconsciously, the songs I create are heavily influenced by their music. This song is one of them. When I listen to the finished piece, I feel it somewhat resembles YMO's "Expecting Rivers." These days, I find "HOPE" in the Milky Way, the heavenly river that spans the sky.

Rivers of Aspiration

'Speccyville' is a mixed genre track really and is simply a release of feelings of how I felt at the time of putting it together.

Or Is It All An Illusion

Speccyville

Disclaimer, my dad was good father and a wonderful, gentle man, and this is in no way autobiographical.

This Haunted House

I write simple songs, mostly in a country/folk vein. All recordings posted here were done at home with minimal production on my little Tascam Pocket Studio. No great commercial intent here, just a love for the writing process and the hope that one day I will pen one really good one.  Thanks for taking the time to listen!

This Haunted House

Lefty Mike

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