i have added this to one of my playlists, Nr 8...   this is lovely, Marc.   love the vulnerability in your voice.

Great song and performance!  Very impressive how you are able to cross genres and moods with your music.

Great song man!. love the performance and production 

Reluctantly

Ay up chuck.  Never missing an opportunity to confuse transatlantic friends once again with the title referring to a line in UK long running soap opera - some kind of northern humour/grit to it.

Down, down
Stumble around
through old memories

Snow falls
Dusting the dawn
from the windowpane dream

So long
troubles be torn
by a thread on a seam

Sail on
Ports in a storm
Singing songs to the sea

Can anything save us now?

How 
now 
crumble in crowds
Well there's nothing to see

Hold on
nothing is wrong
So try just to breathe

So shuffle along 
with the world asleep 
with the world asleep 
(it's not a smile, it's a lid on a scream)

Down, down
Stumble around
through old memories

Snow falls
Dusting the dawn
from a windowpane dream

Lid on a Scream

Written by me old self around 1999
Recorded to 8 track tape and mixed straight to cd. Had the the help of a few musical buddies with this one.

Mr C: Intro guitar, beats,rhythm guitar, riffing, keys and lead vocals
Steve "Go" O'Rourke:  backing vocals
Tony "Big Fella" Turner: solo and fiddly bits of guitaring
Bill "The Bass" Westaway: bass guitar and crab impressions.

indigo sun

swing me

Close To Me

Your mouth stays silent
But eyes read violence
Face it, this is what I am
And all that I ever had planned

Huge disappointment
No medical ointment
Can change me from what I am
And all that I ever had planned

Plans - a diary burned
Love I spurned
Layer upon layer of hurt
And I'm still digging up the dirt

A weary fossil
That speaks his own gospel
But then that is what I am
And all that I ever had planned

Digging the Dirt

I've been dreaming for a long time, but I couldn't do it .

#FIRE #FinancialIndependence #RetireEarly

[Verse 1]
Financial Independence, Retire Early
FIRE, oh-oh, so cool
I was dreaming that too, around 28
Oh-oh, FIRE, do only what I like
4% yield and 25 years of living expenses
FIRE, with a dream, life is only once
I wanna do only what I like
Oh-oh, FIRE, so cool

[Pre-Chorus]
Relocate the house 3 times 
Domestic travel three times a year
Travel abroad 4 times
My current car is the 6 th

[Chorus]
Accommodation is a resort hotel
My child left college, so I can't save
You save, I waste
FIRE was far away

[Verse 2]
But even if you work, you can do what you like
FIRE, oh-oh, one thing
Paintings, illustrations, cartoons, novels,  piano
Oh-oh, FIRE, do all what you like
Besides, there are some worlds that you can't see without working
FIRE, your decision, life is only once
Enjoy your work like a game, you like
Oh-oh, FIRE, speak in your own words

[Pre-Chorus]
I usually go where I wanted to go
Enjoyed living at the resort, enough
My house fixed by DIY
My current car is the 6 th

[Chorus]
All the side businesses were wrecked, I was relying on 
Still, I could save a little, but enough
You save, I waste
FIRE was far away
Now I’m YouTuber and Vocaloid-P
Just do what you want to do
You save, I waste
FIRE, my forever dream

[Post-Chorus]
FIRE, oh-oh, so cool
Oh-oh,FIRE, Just do it

[Bridge]
When the bubble burst, I lost a lot in credit 
I couldn't make my hobbies a side job
I had to work after retirement
FIRE, my forever dream

[Chorus]
But life is interesting, I'm the best now
I did what I wanted to do and what I liked.
You save, I waste
FIRE was far away
But if you want, I'll support you
Just do what you want to do
You save, I waste
FIRE, my forever dream

[Outro]
Financial Independence, Retire Early
FIRE, oh-oh, so cool
FIRE, my forever dream

FIRE

Imagine you had to walk all the way there.

April's Long March

Don't say I'm the problem not the solution
I'm sorry for the long and slow intrusion

Pass my coat and pass the moment
Excuse the slack in my atonement
My mind is warped my speech is slurring
I'm not aware of what's occurring
Don't say I'm the problem not the solution
I'm sorry for the long and slow intrusion

Intrusion

Up!Up! Exercise! to the radio(あっぷあっぷ体操)

«Journey Start» (Alice in Wonderland). Op. 126-a.

Deep Dive

Prolific musician, author, photographer and oddity.  With influences ranging from the lofi pop of Guided by Voices, the gothic melodrama of Nick Cave, the glam of Bowie and the nakedness of Iggy Pop - this is Marc Freak.  Former frontman of Freak Circus and Dead Joe.  An experiment in DIY and lofi.  The odd bum note here, the even odder bum note there.  But with art do we care?

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