Across Endless Space

Without a Trace
Lyrics: Mike Krath
AI generated image, music and vocals by Suno

Lyrics

The love we had
you made as hate,
And I want to leave this disgrace,
Without a trace.

So...

I prayed the clouds
From the mountains 
Will hide your face
Obscure your place

I prayed  the rocks,
From its hills,
Will block your view,
The entrance to your room.

I prayed the fog,
From their meadows,
Will make  you disappear,
So you are no longer here.

Interlude

The love we had
you made as hate,
And I want to leave this disgrace,
Without a trace.

Without a Trace

Redo of my original for an alternative rock sound.

Can I Still Love?
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

I see a shadow,
on the wall,
is it her?
I don’t know,

I hear a hand scrape,
across my door,
is she back?
I can’t guess. 

On and on,
life goes on,
I’ve gotten old,
and the beat of my heart is weak,
can I still love?

I smell a face 
from distant past,
is she here?
Not a hint. 

I feel her pains, 
that once were real,
by me?
I don’t know. 

On and on,
life goes on,
I’ve gotten old,
and the beat of my heart is weak,
can I still love?

Can I Still Love?

Across Endless Space
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath
artificially enhanced using SUNO

Lyrics

There are times I dream
While others sleep
Reaching for stars
Out of an open mind.

Reaching for something,
Across this infinite space. 
A galaxy of others,
All keeping their faith,
Dreaming together. 
Reaching together.

Interlude

And for a moment,
I feel a touch,
Then another,
As though a  search
Has found mine,
Across endless space, 

Across endless space. 

I can't stop dreaming,
I can't stop reaching,
Someone is waiting,
Someone is calling.

Across endless space.

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 Hear Bagpipes

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

Dr. Laughing Gas
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

I used to have a pain in my mouth,
I used to have a pain in my mouth,
Until I went to Dr. Laughing Gas,
Have you heard of him?
He's so funny,
Dr. Laughing Gas.

Dr. Laughing Gas,
He'll make you laugh,
Dr. Laughing Gas,
Funny Dr. Laughing Gas.

La la la,
La la la,
La la la la la la,
Laaaaaaaa.
La la la la, 

When I woke up in the dentist chair,
I wasn't myself,
When I woke up in the dentist chair,
I wasn't myself,
I looked into the mirror,
And what did I see?
Dr. Laughing Gas,
And he wasn't laughing,
Cause I'd taken his bottle.

Sometimes I think that,
When I wake up,
I think I'm somebody who I don't think,
I was the night before.

You know who I think I am?
You know who I think I am?

Dr. Laughing Gas!
Ha ha ha ha.
Dr. Laughing Gas!
I'm Dr. Laughing Gas.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
I'm Dr. Laughing Gas.
Ha ha ha ha.
Ha HA HA HA.

Dr. Laughing Gas

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

Been watching reruns of Shindig.

All My Friends Are Groovy
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

All my friends are groovy,
They've the greatest fashion sense,
They're some of the far outtest people you'll meet,
They act with little pretense.
yeah, yeah, yeah.
yeah, yeah, yeah.

All my friends are groovy,
The coolest you'll ever see,
They always use the latest out of sight slang,
To be with them is a dream (a far out dream)
yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

Still they're not the brightest,
The studious in our school,
But they're just so groovy they've an excuse,
Of what it means to be so cool (so way out cool).

All my friends are groovy,
They are just so very boss,
They're some of the happening people you'll meet,
The epitomy of mod.
yeah, yeah, yeah.
yeah, yeah, yeah.

Groovy, groovy, groovy (x20)

Peace

Life's So Short
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

All my life's been pain and sorrow,
but soon it'll pass,
Maybe at seventy,
Or even at eighty years,
If my strength will last.

All my life's been melting away,
like ice in a sink,
It's vapor 's all I've done.
rising up and soon gone.
And gone in a blink.

Oh, oh,
Our life's so short,
Not enough to go around,
And when think you've found it,
Time's up, so long,  see you in the ground.

All life's pain and sorrow,
but soon it'll pass,
Maybe at seventy,
Or even at eighty years,
If your strength will last.
la, la, la (x5)
Life's so short,
oh, oh,
so long, 
goodbye,
see you in the sky.
oh, oh,
la, la, la (x5)

Life's So Short

Redid the french song made with my wife for a more retro feel.  Vocals are A.I. 

Rien et Jamais
Music par Mike Krath
Lyrics par Veronica Krath

Lyrics

Je t’appelle
Mais tu ne reponds pas
Je te cherche
Mais tu n’est pas là
Je vois un ombré sur le mirroir
Est-ce que c’est toi?

Le jour se fond dans la nuit
Le silence devient bruit
je te sens près de moi
avec une touche tu me détruis

Rien et Jamais
Rien et Jamais
Tous Les jours
C’est Rien et Jamais
Pour des autres
Plein de joie
Mais pas pour moi
Rien pour moi
Jamais pour moi

Le jour se fond dans la nuit
Le silence devient bruit
J'entends un bruit dans le couloir
Est-ce que c’est toi?

Rien et Jamais
Rien et Jamais
Tous Les jours
C’est Rien et Jamais
Pour des autres
Plein de joie
Mais pas pour moi
Rien pour moi
Jamais pour moi

Je t’appelle
Mais tu ne reponds pas
Je te cherche
Mais tu n’est pas là
Je vois un ombré sur le mirroir
Est-ce que c’est toi?
Est-ce que c’est toi?
Est-ce que c’est toi?

Rien et Jamais (Retro Version)

AI cover of my electronic piece created this morning in Studio Pro 7 with non-AI lyrics added.  Lyrics derived from drama teacher talking about hard-core heroin addicts who, after all other veins fail, inject themselves in the eye.

Holland High
Music and Lyrics: Mike Krath

Lyrics

Wanna dance,
Wanna get high,
I have drugs,
Stick them in your eyes,
Get high, high, so high,
Holland high.
Holland high (yeah, yeah)

No future,
no regrets,
oh my,
my, my,
so high, 
so, so high,
Holland high (my, my, oh my).

Interlude

No need for wooden shoes,
Or tulips where we lie (no, no),
Not when you can fly (high, high)
Up to the windmill in the sky,
so high,
So high,
Holland High,
Holland High (so, so high).

Wanna dance,
Wanna get high,
I have drugs,
Stick them in your eyes,
Get high, high, so high,
Holland high.
Holland high (yeah, yeah)

So, so high,
Come on,
My, my,
Time to die,
Holland High,
Holland High,
Oh my, my,
Holland High (x20)

Don't do drugs.

Holland High (AI-Version)

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

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.