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"I remember the days when i was so eager to satisfy you.... and be less than i was just to prove that i could walk beside you ...now that ive flown away i see youve chosen to stay behind me...and still you curse the day i decided to stay true to myself.."

When it comes to love theres nothing quite as good as clarity

Swan Song

Once Were Holy.       (c2023)

An exercise in minimalistic lyrics and busy bass playing.

Read Between The Lines

keep it moving

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Slide guitar, Guitar, Keys, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering.
If you have the time.... Please repost!

**"Gold Boulevard"**

In the city of razor tongues and neon lights,
Where laughter hides the poison and the fights,
There walks a man with wry smile upon his face,
In a sardonic friendship, no one can trace.

Sardonic friendship, a dance of deceit,
A two-step of laughter, but hearts incomplete,
Fools Gold Boulevard, where the jesters reign,
In a world of illusions, we forever remain.

Beneath the facade of witty banter and charm
Lies a twisted allegiance, doing no harm
But the cynics and jokers, they understand
The allure of Fools Gold Boulevard's hand in hand.

Sardonic friendship, a dance of deceit
A two-step of laughter, but hearts incomplete
Fools Gold Boulevard, where the jesters reign
In a world of illusions, we forever remain

Solo

Beneath the surface, beneath the veils
Lies the truth we dare not to unveil
The bond of humor, the bond of pain
In Fools Gold Boulevard, we remain

So raise a toast to the friends we pretend
In the shadows of laughter, in the echoes of the end
Fools Gold Boulevard, a timeless masquerade
In this sardonic friendship, our secrets are laid

Gold Boulevard

“If No One” is a Rock/Pop-Ballad. Gently played in the verses with piano and viola and in contrast a colossal chorus with gospel choir and a fulminant guitar solo at the end of the song.

Our first released song with English lyrics.
The song is an appeal for humanity and compassion in times that seem harder.

If No One

Cast of Characters:
xian3-- @xian3 – vocals, lyrics, and beat programming
Holger Engel—bass
Llanpsych-- @llanpsych -- guitar, mix, and production
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)-- @josh-clary-1 – lead guitar, organ, and synth
 
This song started when Xian and Holger came up with the rhythm section. Xian reached out to me about adding some guitar and keys. I happily accepted and added some electric guitar, organ, and synth. Once I was done, I sent it back to Xian, who added his excellent vocals. Tez also added some subtle, yet thrilling psychedelic guitar to it, too, before producing and mixing it for us. 
  During a little odyssey Xian recently undertook, he came across this snippet of text, from which the lyrics were drawn, in the Museum of Literature in Dublin. It's from "Ulysses" (1923) by James Joyce (1882-1941) and he liked it immediately. The passage can be found in the episode "Cyclops", in which the novel's hero, Bloom, opposes division and prejudice.
  This is the first time Xian has collaborated with Tez and me, but we hope it won't be the last. Xian is everything we could ask for in a collaborator. He presented me with a really solid, but very open song, let me do my thing, and added more greatness to finish it off. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.
Lyrics to Alf And Bloom:

(But it’s no use) …

(- What? says Alf) …     

But it’s no use says he
Force, hatred, history
All that
That’s not life 
For men and women,

(- What? says Alf) …

Insult and hatred
And everybody knows that
It’s the very opposite of that
That is really life.

- What? says Alf
- Love, says Bloom

(- What? says Alf)
(- Love, says Bloom)

(- Love)

Alf and Bloom (with Xian3, Llanpsych, and Holger Engel)

STELLA STELLAIRE ÉTOILE POLAIRE
IT SEEMS TO ME YOUR FAMILY HAS LOVE IN THE AIR 
STELLAR STELLA JUST LIKE THE POLAR STAR
TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU IT SEEMS THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE

PARFOIS LUNAIRE SOUVENT INTERSTELLAIRE 
FROM LONDON TO NANTUCKET INTERPLANÉTAIRE 
STELLAR STELLA JUST LIKE A SHOOTING STAR 
FROM WHEREVER WE ARE YOU CAN BE SEEN BY FAR

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT THE VERY DARING PIPER TRAVELLING TO THE SOUTH POLE TO SERENADE THE PENGUINS?

STELLA STELLAIRE ÉTOILE POLAIRE
IT SEEMS TO ME YOUR FAMILY HAS LOVE IN THE AIR 
STELLAR STELLA JUST LIKE THE POLAR STAR
TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU IT SEEMS THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE

FROM A BOOKISH MATRIARCHY A STELLA WAS BORN
A THEATER OPERATOR BACKSTAGE IN LONDON TOWN 
ENCORE
STELLA STELLAIRE ÉTOILE SOLAIRE
IT SEEMS TO ME YOUR LIFE’S GOT PLENTY IN THE AIR 
STELLAR STELLA JUST LIKE THE SOLAR STAR
TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU IT SEEMS THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE

STELLA STELLAIRE ÉTOILE POLAIRE
IT SEEMS TO ME YOUR FAMILY HAS LOVE IN THE AIR 
STELLAR STELLA JUST LIKE THE POLAR STAR
TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU IT SEEMS THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE

YOU CAN ASK FLORA, WOLFGANG, ALEX, PETER, THOMAS, SIMON AND YOU CAN ASK FLORA 2 AND EVERY ONE AROUND
AND WHO KNOW ONE DAY IN PARIS WE CAN HAVE A DRINK AT
L'AMI LOUIS

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE VERY DARING PIPER?

THE VERY DARING PIPER (Lyrics) Song for Stella

Written and recorded before breakfast. I  later re-did backing though and used subscription to re-upload 

Please let me let you down
I'm just a clown
My mind isn't sound 
It's known around town
Could you let me let you down
Do let me lay about 
I've never been stout 
In my struggle with doubt 
Until I get gout
Please let me lay about 
Why don't we embrace love?
Why don't we embrace love?
Why don't we embrace love?
Embrace love
Would you let me let you lie?
Let your heart calcify 
I couldn't let myself comply 
Quite brave for a wise guy 
Would you let me let you lie?
Never could let you let me down
With words and deeds that confound
So let's wear a long gown 
And watch the sun going down 
Never never never let me let you down
Never let me let you down

Never Let Me Let You Down

This is the second of two songs I wrote with Nick Clarry. He gave me some lyrics and I wrote music to them which is the opposite way round to how I normally write.

There's a bit of a theme going on with Nick's lyrics in this song and the other song I wrote with him, Rescue Me. He's either doing the rescuing or being rescued. 

Set This Poor Heart Free (Clarry)
  
I’m tired of looking out of dirty windows
And waiting for the sun to appear 
I’m tired of living life in the shadows
Only stepping out when the coast is clear
When rain clouds are gathering 
She comes to me in a dream
Her eyes are the colour of ebony 
And she sees right through me

One day I will turn the tables 
on my captivity
I’ll find a way into the prison 
Set this poor heart free
Set this poor heart free

I’m tired of listening to conversations
And spending my days talking to myself
I’m tired of waiting for some inspiration
And wishing I could be somewhere else
When the dark night closes in
She comes to me in a dream
Her eyes are the colour of ebony
And she sees right through me

One day I will turn the tables 
on my captivity
I’ll find a way into the prison 
and set this poor heart free

One day I will turn the tables 
on my captivity
I’ll find a way into the prison 
and set this poor heart free
Set this poor heart free
Set this poor heart free



Copyright
Nicholas Clarry 
Revised September 2007


Set This Poor Heart Free

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