As We Grow Old

This was written in South Africa in 1987, a few years before the release of Nelson Mandela - really digging into the archives here! It was one of a handful of songs co-written with Pravinand (@johnny-minstrel). I had the first verse and an inkling of a melody, and Pravinand finished it off. We were very chuffed by the end result. Hope you like it.

The Prisoner (Peters/Maharaj)

The empty space he feared
Was fixed between his ears
To live is but to bear
The scourge of twilight years
He lost the strength to fight
He lost the will to live
For all that was his right
They took away from him

He cannot move his arms
The iron weighs him down
His feet, they cannot dance
He feels no joyful sound
He alone must grieve
The toll of passing years
He alone must feel
The loneliness and fears

His eyes reflect the pain
A man should never bear
How long will he sustain
To hurt for what is fair
And in the dark he prays
No one hears his heart
Except the one who made
Man from dust and blood

The Prisoner

Stonerjazz, Uziel, and me have joined forces once again for another adventure in our fantastical concept album universe 'the land of Zed'! This time we are also joined by a new collaborator, Zed a.k.a. Francesca from Italy. It is just coincidence/synchronicity that her name is the same as the title of this series, but after crossing paths on soundcloud and listening to her music, we thought she would be a good fit!

The lyrics for this one pick up on a thread of the story that we left hanging at the end of episode 2, 'Johnny and the Holy Din' ... but there are call-backs to nearly all the other songs in the series too if you listen closely.

Check out the whole story (so far) here: soundcloud.com/tea_are_sea/sets/land-of-the-zed

Words and vocals by Stonerjazz @user-911083679

Vocals by Uziel @user-455619833

Atmospheric background synths and samples by Zed @zed4209819

Beat, synths and mix by me @tea_are_sea

Artwork by Lotus Crab https://lotuscrab.artstation.com/

Lyrics:

Through some inexplicable and somewhat puzzling magical circummstance beyond understanding as we know it; an opening opened amongst the craigs and mists and the protruberances high in the mountains of southern Zed.. And out of the dank and dark and stink of the stank stepped a warrior so fine with a golden accordian that did shine like the sun.

And the musicians all trapped in the sky screamed and they cried for they had lost all their hope and their mojo was gone and they were prepared to die. They were prepared to die..

So Johnny sat down on the ledge in front of the cave so incredibly brave with legs dangling in space and began to play a tune so sweets that even the red parrots and monkeys started to cry, and Roy the despicable despot was Shaken to his shoes and said: 

"Hey Johnny, can you play me some Blues??"

All of Zed did head for the byways that led to the mountains that day.. The Azzure eyed twits and all of their brats, the crows in their leathers with beads in their feathers, the Rats in their custom made chevys from mars. Though sadly the Trout had to stay but needless to say, there was a grand party that day when twenty two hundred entered that cave with visions of home, songs in their brains, and hopes in their hearts...And No one suspected the Evil that lay deep in the guts of the southern mountains of Zed..

Johnny Plays The Blues (Land of the ZED #6) - Stonerjazz | Uziel | Zed | tea are sea

;-Emulsion-;

SHE STRUMS AND PICKS
AND DRAWS AND PAINTS
AND USED TO BE HIS SIDEKICK
WHEN SHE WAS A KID

OH MADDIE ROSE SHE KNOWS WHERE SHE GOES
AND WHAT SHE DOES NOT WANT
NO CHICKEN ON BACON 
SOME PAIN MEDICATION
NO SCAR ON HER PRETTY FACE

SHE STRUMS AND PICKS
 AND DRAWS AND PAINTS
AND USED TO BE HIS SIDEKICK
WHEN SHE WAS A KID

OH MADDIE ROSE SHE GOES WHERE SHE KNOWS
SLEDDING IN A LAUNDRY BASKET
WHILE EMMA HER SISTER
WAS CRACKED UP WITH LAUGHTER
BOTH HAPPY TO BE TOGETHER

SHE STRUMS AND PICKS
AND DRAWS AND PAINTS
AND USED TO BE HIS SIDEKICK
WHEN SHE WAS A KID 

OH MADIE ROSE
LA VIE EN ROSE
ELLE TOURNE PARFOIS AU GRIS
BOTH ROSIE AND JARVI
ARE GONE C’EST LA VIE
BUT FORGOTTEN NEVER WILL BE

SHE STRUMS AND PICKS
AND DRAWS AND PAINTS…

MADDIE ROSE (Lyrics) Song for Madolyn

I wrote this song as a tribute to love that endures beyond this world as we know it. My best friend lost his battle with cancer several years ago, but as I often think of him I have envisioned his parting moments with his dear wife by his side. This is just my thoughts on it, I won’t pretend to represent the actual intimacies that would possibly have transpired, but I do have a good idea of how much they cared for each other, and still do.

Craig Durgy (vocals & guitar)
Nat Daniels (piano, bass and production)

Lyrics:   Summer Rain by Craig Durgy

Time slowed down to greet me, to carry out my light
You caressed me sweetly, always there right by my side

And as my eyes conceded, that leaving you I must
Despite your tears that pleaded, I just rose out into dust

I became an angel, you held to my sleeve 
Now the summer rain will
Let you know I’ll never leave

Yes, I became an angel, the moment that we kissed
Through all the years of loving you
That brought me here like this

Now the dust has settled, life and love go on
Raindrops on a petal, and you know that I’m not gone

In this life we’re flowers, but it’s only life’s cocoon
As fresh as summer showers, forever love can bloom

And, I became an angel, you held to my sleeve 
Now the summer rain will
Let you know I’ll never leave

Summer Rain

Musik & Text: Gabriel
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
OF THE LYRICS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://www.gabriel.land/gabriel-zeiten-wie-diese.htm

Zeiten wie diese

Hey Ive done a new collab with the excellent @specialececilia! Here is the original 
https://soundcloud.com/user-883466627/we-are-one-vocal-special-cecilia
Here is the remix 

https://soundcloud.com/ricochet8888/we-are-one-love-shack-mix-cecilia-rico-2

enjoy
Dx

WE ARE ONE**Cecilia & Ricø **

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by
Carlos Vivanco

Against The Current

A Prayer For Peace

Prayer For Peace

intermission

Jimena Arroyo - Vocal and Lyrics
Alexander Yakunin - Music

Jimena Arroyo:
https://soundcloud.com/jimenaarroyo

2017 Jimena Arroyo, Alexander Yakunin

Abyss Of Agony (featuring Jimena Arroyo)

 La musique et le son sont des moyens de passer au dessus les frontières du temps et de l'espace. #electro#creative#intriguing#music#art#Mokito