Across Endless Space

I Hear Bagpipes

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

My Sunday posting. An AI cover of a song I wrote and released in the early 90's on a now no-longer-in-distribution album.

Local Church
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

come on baby,
come with me,
come on baby ,
come with me,
Let's go to see,
what we can see.
At a local church,
come on with me baby.
come with me,
Let's go see a church, 
and let's go see what we can see,
Come with, 
Come with me,
Come with, 
Come with me,
Come with,
Come with me,
there's salvation,
there is.

Local Church

Come, Come Dance With Me
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Come, come dance with me,
Do not fear, for I shall not step on your feet,
I promise to dance away from you,
Never mean to hurt you. 

Please, please arise.
I don't want to dance without you,
I really love you,
I promise these feet won't hurt you. 

Arise, arise from your chair,
I am waiting here for you,
These feet won't stomp you,
I promise not to hurt you.

Come, come dance with me. 
Do not fear, for I shall not harm you,
Only want to dance with you, 
Never mean to hurt you.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Arise, arise from your chair.
I am waiting here for you,
These feet won't stomp you,
I promise not to hurt you.

Come, come dance with me. 
Do not fear, for I shall not harm you,
Only want to dance with you, 
never mean to hurt you.

Come, come dance with me,
Come, come dance with me,
Come, come dance with me.

Come, Come Dance With Me

Rich but Poor
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I'm arrogant,
and conceited like you Babe,
Like your father,
Rich but poor,
Clothes tattered but in smooth suede.

I'm advantageous,
And rob those like you do Babe,
Like your mother,
Shrewd with greed,
Stealing but with loving hate.

Nothing's true,
Nothing's a lie,
We're so loaded,
Everything's right.
Nothing stands  in our way,
Nothing ever makes us cry.

I'm satiated,
and devour money like you Babe,
Like your family,
Full but weak,
Standing tall but not in shape.

Money, money, money,
Rain it down on us,
money, money, money,
Open those umbrellas
Catch those lusts.

Nothing's true,
Nothing's a lie,
We're so loaded,
Everything's right.
Nothing stands  in our way,
Nothing ever makes us cry.

Rich but Poor

Pure bubblegum shlock.

Queen of Gasping
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Gasping, gasping (x10)

One moment,
Let me catch my breath,
And I'll walk with you,
Once again,
You've knocked the wind,
out of me,
And I can't walk when I can't breathe.

You're truly the queen,
the queen of gasping,
I've no choice,
In your passing,
But to bow and start...

Gasping, gasping (x10)

You should be arrrested,
Locked in a place,
Where there's no key.
And I can't see your face,
Just to breathe again,
and stop...

Gasping, gasping (x10)

Stop please,
Stop, please,
stop being the queen,
The queen of gasping.

Gasping, gasping (x20)
Gasping, gasping

Queen of Gasping

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

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)

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.