Thank you for presenting the lyrics, too! :)

Piano solo, free improvisation.

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Proximity

Written for IOC Songwriter Sessions 4th May 2022

# Lyrics

It’s not like I know
How to be whole
Its more a feeling in my heart that comes but goes

Its not like I see
Things slip from me
Just let my eyes fall to dark spaces in between

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Its not like the world
Will let me take a breath
A thousand foolish fates await the ones that’s left

It’s not going to change
It’s not going to wait
It’s challenging everything you can before too late

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

A sudden sense of urgency 
Reaching for the neck
With all the will you have to steal
Just try to believe it

Try to Believe

Let Go

Wings for the future.WAV

Not really alt rock but the guitar solo at the end is fairly anarchic. 

To Fly or not to Fly 

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

To fly or not to fly that is the question.    
It’s a no brainer ‘cept for the greedy and absurd.   
There’s kilos of carbon coming from engines. 
While the earth below - floods and burns

M’lady says she’s gotta fly yeah it’s in the blood            
She’s gotta have exotica - it’s there for the taking
Even though people of the world - are under the pump
And down there in the wheat fields – the crops are baking

To fly or not to fly YES!
To fly or not to fly NO! 

Hate being a gloomy carrier pigeon
But the writings there on the internet
The forecast for earth - it’s grim and turgid
Makes it dumb to fly airliner jets

M’lady says the scientists - will find a solution
There’s no need to live  - like a peasant farmer
She don’t need to feel shame - about her vapor trail
Hey she’s never been - to West Estonia

TO FLY OR NOT TO FLY

The Little Ghost Song

A Tatooed Drummer

Out of the Box January 2023
[tip-toe alert at 3:15]

Mostly Ghostly Dub

Urtheigle [part 2]

Rob Brooks suggested adding a further part for strings. Here it be, with my thanks to Rob for his kind recommendation.

Piano/String Part 2

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https://www.marinaflorance.com
From Marina's latest album 'fly beyond the border' featuring the voice of Johnno Casson.
Fiddle & Bass – Mark Jolley
LV/BVs - Marina Florance & Johnno Casson
All other instrumentation - Marina Florance
Recorded/Produced: Marina Florance
Written By: Marina Florance, Richard Pierce, Jules Fox Allen
Album Cover, Photography - Jon Clifton


Lyrics: 
Life goes on, that’s all they say,
To close our eyes is the only way,
There’s a woman and a child with a familiar face
they can see no sense in going on at all
They don’t know what all the fighting’s for
They could be any one of us
But they’re invisible

Will we be losing any sleep tonight
Will we be losing any sleep at all

Life goes on, that’s all they say
To close our eyes is the only way
There’s a man, gun in his hand, revenge in his heart
He looks at you from some wartorn place
A desperate man painted hate on his face
He could be any one of us
But he listened to their lies

Will we be losing any sleep tonight
Will we be losing any sleep at all

Life goes on, that’s all they say
To close our eyes is the only way
There’s a child with luck on her side, or so it would seem
Her future resides amongst those who have died
And those who have seen
She could be any one of us
But she’s invisible

Life goes on, that’s all they say
To close our eyes is the only way
There’s a woman, head in her hands, she falls to her knees
And where she used to live is razed to the ground
Her life’s possessions scattered around
She could be any one of us
Still listening to their lies

Will you be losing any sleep tonight
Will you be losing any sleep at all

Life goes on, or so they say.

fly beyond the border

247News ft Johnno Casson

247News - Ft Johnno Casson

Singer/songwriter originally from NW London, Marina’s music crosses genres & has been described as Americana, Folk & Country, while she doubtless draws inspiration from many sources, her voice & style are uniquely her own.
Visit her website for lots more info
Marina came to performing late in life although very soon after making the decision to "come out of the kitchen" she was awarded Arts Council funding, via the Escalator Project, to record a debut album, Somewhere Down The Line. Using this as a platform she has since reached audiences not previously thought possible.
Now with four albums completed she's been played on BBC6Music, BBC introducing Norfolk and Suffolk, had four tracks make the Tom Robinson's BBC6 Mixtape. Her song Cry was performed by the actor Anthony Head on ITV's This Morning.
Jan 2019, Marina, & co-writer Jules Fox Allen, won the FATEA Innovation Award alongside The Warm & Toasty Club founder, Johnno Casson, for the lottery & Arts Council funded, Memory Afternoons Project. The songs written can be heard here on SoundCloud.
Marina has played many festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Strawberry Fair, Norwich and Norfolk Festival.
She has been a Moderator for Fresh On The Net.

247News - Ft Johnno Casson

Marina Florance

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