I Hear Bagpipes

This song was inspired by "The Cold Heart" (German: Das kalte Herz), a fairy tale written by Wilhelm Hauff. It was published in 1827 in a collection of fairy tales that take place within the narrative of The Spessart Inn.
Although written almost 200 years ago, the described conflicts of mankind are still up-to-date, maybe even more than before. Preferring status und prosperity over humanity is something which has become socially accepted.

Special thanks for prelistening and precious ideas to my dear friend Gary Reeves!

Lyrics
Peter was in the charcoal business
never in peace with the live he was living
made a deal with the forest spirit
Three wishes and a new life given

Descending to the darkest corners of humanity
what was it you were thinking of when you lost your pity
 
Inside your stone cold heart
You‘ve built a world of disregard

It did not play out like you were whishing for
glassworks went down and you needed much more
sold your heart to Dutch Mike to keep living
a heart of stone and the fortune you were given

Descending to the darkest corners of humanity
what was it you were thinking of when you lost your pity

Inside your stone cold heart
You‘ve built a world of disregard

Flourishing business kept you going
but your smile was eternally frozen
when your drivers faded and you had murdered love
nothing left there but an empty heart

Descending to the darkest corners of humanity
what was it you were thinking of when you lost your pity

Inside your stone cold heart
You‘ve built a world of disregard

Stone Cold Heart

“I live with OCD and I am on the ADHD spectrum, which is the inspiration behind this song. A deep dive into my favourite pop/punk albums from my youth inspired me to revisit this and make it into the song I always knew it could be. This is about anxiety and exposure treatment; how it is a challenge and that in time it will get better and will be OK. I hope you enjoy this anthem” 

feeling hope again. 

It’s burning up the tinder box
Weigh on my brain like broken rocks 
I want you to leave by the front door
Instead I’m letting you put your feet under the table
I’m having drinks with a monster 
And it’s never closing time 
The whispers in my brain transmit like the loudest din and the rumours are always lies 

I’m living moment to moment
It’s hard
It’s hard 
It’s hard
It’s hard
Letting you in
Not figuring you out
Brain volumes on 10 
I’m feeling hope again 

This trapeze I’m jumping off
Down to my feet and staying put
Keeping you here on my terms
Brains on fire my mind burns
Over there I put you out 
Down by the water into a cloud
Of smoke you go to live another day 
Now hold you dear, friend and enemy

© heart house and the new kindness. 2025

Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by heart house and the new kindness. 
Mastered by DOLBY

feeling hope again.

I Hear Bagpipes
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
DAW: Reason
Mix: Ozone 11

Lyrics

I hear bagpipes,
On this still night,
I hear them at this moment,
Can you hear them?

I hear bagpipes,
On this starry night,
I hear them in the shadows,
Can you hear them?

Chorus
I hear them playing,
From over the hill,
Coming for me,
then coming for you
Can you hear them, my friend,
Can you hear them?

Interlude

I hear bagpipes,
On this moonless night,
I hear them in the darkness,
Can you hear them?

I hear bagpipes,
On this quiet night,
I hear them from my future,
Can you hear them?

Chorus

Outro

I Broke Myself Today 

I broke myself today
Just to feel something real
Focused on the ache
It’s the only thing I feel
Piercing through the skin
That same old, burning sting
Tried to let it go
But I recall everything

Look at who I am
Dear, you're my only friend
Everyone I’ve touched
Leaves me in the end

You could take it all
My kingdom made of dust
I will let you down
I'll betray your trust

I wear this heavy crown
Sit on a throne of lies
Thoughts too torn to fix
Hope too dead to try
Time has stained it all
Worn love into disguise
You’ve become someone new
While I still haunt this life

See what I became?
Sweetest friend of mine
All the ones I loved
Left me with the time

So take it, have it all
My fortress built from hurt
I will fail you still
I’ll drag you through the dirt
If I had a chance
Far beyond the gray
I’d hold onto myself
And find another way



I Broke Myself Today

Sand
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Going away
Away
Today

Can I buy you a drink,
Sit out in the sun,
Burn to a crisp,
Oh what fun.
Do you burn, 
I'm your man, 
Lather you up,
Feed you with sand.

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2]
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
Well you see
All the craziness
Of the world is going away
It's going away
Away
Today

Sand

Link to video:
https://youtu.be/w85R9Fylyhc

Bubblegum Friday.

Oh, Your Smile
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Oh, your smile,
when I'm sad,
Lifts me up,
makes me glad,
When you're around,
Never down,
I cry when you go,
want you so oh,
By my side,
Never say goodbye,
No, no, no,
bye, bye (x20)

Chilling,
Groovin’
What more can I say?
You lift me up, 
Please, please stay,
Never leave,
You've made my day,
Don't go, no, no,
No, no, no,,
No, no (x20)

I cry when you go,
want you so oh,
By my side,
Never say goodbye,
No, no, no,
bye, bye (x20)

Oh, Your Smile

Reversed an old song of mine with vocals and made an AI cover.  If you reverse the AI, you get gibberish.

Backward Praise

Venice

'Just When You Are Not Looking' A mixed genre track of neo-Classical and Fusion. I've called it Alternative Fusion and it was inspired by just how quickly your day can change from enjoying the moment to utter chaos and pain. Accidents happen often when one loses focus and takes life for granted. For example: when washing the dishes, whilst thinking of something else and breaking a glass, and when picking up the broken pieces, cutting one's finger and can't get the blood to stop poring out. Just an example of the myriad things that can change "Just When You are Not Looking"
Is it "mindfulness or mindlessness"
Alan

Dont Smudge The Ink

Just When You Are Not Looking

for Jim, RIP

and to all the musicians that I have had the pleasure and honor of making  music with.  



Dubrae production, composition
MartyG - bass
Moe Howard sub bass
SK, melody lyrics


SK
 The Wheels still Turn

everything is said and done
the days, the months, the years .. they run
like the shadows fading with the sun
in the blink of an eye, they’re gone

but with every laugh, and every tear you cry
leaves a mark, a light that never dies
we're just stories told in passing lines
still echoing through time

it was just a moment
in this life
where a memory of you
will be remembered in time

after everything is said and done
the wheels still turn when we are gone
and what you gave, it lives on
in every heart, in every song

hold on close, don’t let go
say the words they need to know
the smallest acts, they tend to grow
its so much more, more than we ever show

and the world keeps turning, turning
with or without our name
it’s the love that keeps on burning, burning
it’s never lost. it will always stay

now everything is said and done
the wheels still turn and you're gone
and what you gave it lives on
in every heart, every song

and with every laugh, and every tear cried
it leaves a mark, a light that never dies
all the stories told in passing lines
still echoing through time

and the world keeps turning, turning
with or without our name
it’s the love that keeps on burning, burning
it’s never lost it will always stay

The Wheels Stll Turn

Lyrik: (The English translation is below the German lyrics)
Ein Lächeln breitet langsam sich aus
Wie Samt berührt es meine Haut
So sanft, so warm
Die Schmetterlinge wachen auf
Noch müde, doch schon fast vertraut
Erwachen langsam

Die Fragen kommen wie das Meer
Sie wiegen mich in ihrem Tanz
Wiegen sanft, wiegen sanft
Wie bunte Luftballons so schwer
Doch tragen sie schon ihre Antwort ganz
Die Antwort wartet

Es kribbelt wie Champagnerblasen
Das Herz beginnt zu rasen
Die Luft wird elektrisch
Voller Leben!
Gleich wird es die Antwort geben!

Die Antwort heißt Liebe!
Liebe! Liebe!
Sie bricht aus mir heraus!
Wie tausend Konfettikanonen
Explodiert das Glück im ganzen Haus!
Überall Glück!

Die Freude schießt durch meine Adern
Wie flüssiges Licht so hell und klar!
So hell! so klar!
Kein Zweifel kann mehr länger hadern
Die Antwort schreit ein lautes
JA! JA!... JA! JA!

Das Universum tanzt mit uns!
Mein Herz fliegt hoch hinaus!
Fliegt so hoch
Alles ist jetzt möglich!
Alles möglich!
Die Ekstase bricht aus allen Fugen aus!

Dies ist die Liebe!
Liebe!
Sie sprengt alle Ketten auf!
Sprengt sie auf!
Wild und ungezähmt!
So wild und frei!
Alles wird eins in diesem Lauf!
Alles wird eins!

Ja, dies ist die Liebe!
LIEBE IST DIE ANTWORT!
Vertrauen war die Frage!
Jetzt hab ich keine Zweifel mehr!
Keine mehr!
An diesem wunderbaren Tage!
WUNDERBAR!

Die Antwort war schon immer da
Immer da, immer da
Sie heißt Liebe, wunderbar
Liebe... Liebe...

English translation:
A smile slowly spreads
Like velvet, it touches my skin
So soft, so warm
The butterflies wake up
Still tired, but already almost familiar
Slowly awakening

The questions come like the sea
They rock me in their dance
Rocking gently, rocking gently
Like colourful balloons so heavy
But they already carry their answer
The answer is waiting

It tingles like champagne bubbles
My heart begins to race
The air becomes electric
Full of life!
The answer is coming!

The answer is love!
Love! Love!
It bursts out of me!
Like a thousand confetti cannons
Happiness explodes throughout the house!
Happiness everywhere!

Joy shoots through my veins
Like liquid light, so bright and clear!
So bright! So clear!
No doubt can linger any longer
The answer screams a loud
YES! YES!... YES! YES!

The universe dances with us!
My heart flies high!
Flying so high
Everything is possible now!
Everything is possible!
Ecstasy bursts out of every joint!

This is love!
Love!
It breaks all chains!
Breaks them open!
Wild and untamed!
So wild and free!
Everything becomes one in this run!
Everything becomes one!

Yes, this is love!
LOVE IS THE ANSWER!
Trust was the question!
Now I have no more doubts!
None!
On this wonderful day!
WONDERFUL!

The answer was always there
Always there, always there
It's called love, wonderful
Love... Love...

Die Antwort heißt Liebe

AI cover of original song with original lyrics.  Song made to go with an AI video. Link below. 

Video Link: https://youtu.be/lCTOmHIoND4

Rowing in the Dark
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

Lyrics

There are times someone shows you the right way to go,
But you ignore them and head for the common flow,
Preferring to be caught up in the stormy gale,
While waves batter against you to keep you still,
And then you only cry for help when you are sure no one is near,
A futile calling when there is none to hear.

Many times you’ve acted like you’ve wanted someone by your side,
Walking toward you on the water to make your storm subside,
But it was only pretend as you stayed on the wider route,
So you could row here and there and all about.

Rowing without direction is your preferred way,
To keep your lack of peace as a summer’s day,
And you ignore the waves flooding your boat as the end draws near,
Then have the audacity to sink with the look of fear.

Rowing in the dark is what it is all about,
Rowing in the dark is where your mind is at.

You row with no direction to go.
In a river that’s wide to make it so,
No rock in sight to keep you secure,
And even if seen, you always make that quick detour.
Rowing in the dark until the bitter end.
Rowing in the dark with your so-called friends.

Rowing in the Dark (Remix)

海神の声

Written, Arranged, Performed, and Produced by Kyle Bolan
art by Kyle Bolan

Lyrics:

Salt air
Land locked shore
Clipped hair
Clipped hair
Dusting the floor

When the reason's her
When the season's here
Not stuck anymore 
When the reason's her

Going stir
The voice of an Age
Cut off
At the fur
At the fur
Red apple rage

Windowless her
Windowless her
Nausea I could not 
assuage

Tongue tied blur
Tongue tied blue
At the hopelessness
of the page
All the hope I have/hold 
of you

Windowless her
Windowless her
            April 24, 2025

Windowless Her

   EL AGUA ESTANCADA


Vas por la calle que está ahí abajo         Em-A5
Nunca es tan tarde cuando el tiempo sobra 
Paredes de mármol reflejan tu cara 
Y en la mañana crecen los cactus 
Antes de ver a esa mujer extraña 
Oscuros los buitres dejaban tu casa 
Acá las sombras festejan tu llegada 
Se disfrazan sin decirte nada 
Llevan la voz del silencio            C-Am-Em-A5
Cómo palabra y te engañan      C-Am-Em-A5
Sólo vos podés acercarte                       Em-A5
Sólo vos podés alejarte 
Si es tu sueño el que te lleva      C-Am-Em-A5
Si es tu fuego el que te trae 
Ahora ves cuando estás en la vereda    Em-A5
El agua estancada                         C-Am-Em-A5

EL AGUA ESTANCADA

I’m a song-writer who enjoys creating music of any genre.

My son recently introduced me to A.I. and taught me how to do covers of my previously released non-A.I. music. Since I've never considered myself a performer (except playing with worship bands at church or solo-piano at a rehab center) using A.I. is right up my alley.

Since I've  exhausted using my previously released music for A.I. covers, I now compose music in a DAW, rip to a wave file, and make an A.I. cover of this wave file. I then write lyrics to the A.I. music. It takes around 100 A.I. iterations to complete the lyrics and get a style I'm happy with.  

Brief Bio: Lived more than a quarter of my life overseas (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan). Each country gave me an appreciation for different types of music plus probably why I get bored easily in sticking with one genre or another.

Rowing in the Dark (Remix)

Mike Krath

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