Modern Folk

Other Peeps' Songs I Love!

Durtburds

Recorded in Transmission Rooms studios with my dear friends, The Durtburds

Wash it Away

Recorded in Transmission Rooms studios with my dear friends, The Durtburds. Reeling is sung by the wonderful Mia Wolkert.

Chorus:
Reeling when you’re healing 
And you’re dreaming that you’re feeling again
Reeling when you’re dealing
And you’re feeling like loving again

Verse 1:

Rolling up and rolling down
Trying hard to be around
Trying to show that nothing's changed
Nothing's lost and nothing's gained

Show me then and now
Show me why and how
How you put the pain aside
So that you feel alive

Chorus:

Verse 2:
Do you remember before
The sun shone and you adored
Time marks your soul
And your body, every bone

It put out your spark
And left you in the dark
Lost in your thoughts,
Did you think that we forgot?

Bridge:
We’ll help you find your way again
Slowly push away the pain
Baby steps and gently pace
Though we know we can't replace her

Reeling

An early Durtburds recording in Orion Studios.

Everywhere looks different
I’m told it’s not, It’s where I spent
My waking hours before we broke up 
Sleeping hours before I woke up

I used to shy away from trying
Things I didn’t know and now I
Think I want to try it all I 
Care less if I fly or fall

Chorus 1:
It’s like everything has changed
Transformed and rearranged
But I realise the world’s the same
And it’s me, it’s me who’s changed.
I’m like Alice in a maze

Secret games and secret smiles
Things have started to grow wild
What was dull is getting brighter
What was dark is getting lighter

Perception paints my picture out
Perspective changes things about
What was grey is now in colour
What was empty now is fuller

Chorus 2:
I’m like Alice in a maze
I’m confused and I am dazed
I kind of think I know this place
But the mirror shows me an unfamiliar face, like Alice in a Maze
I’m like Alice in a maze

Bridge
I have changed
I see that so clearly now
Opportunity abounds
My feet won’t touch the ground

Alice in a Maze

“‘Return To The East’ is about going back to your roots, back to simplicity and in turn overcoming doubt, reclaiming personal identity and finding clarity and strength in who you are. 

It was written during a visit to my hometown of Montrose, on the East Coast of Scotland. I was on a bike ride towards Lunan Bay on a sun-drenched day when I entered a deep reflection triggered by the landscape around me. The sea, wild grasses and ploughed fields transported me back to my childhood. I was not long out of university at the time and was trying to find my feet, figure out who I was and what I wanted away from the external noise of city life in Glasgow and the influence of others.”

Return To The East

It's a song about loosing a beloved person.

No Chance   Kapo 0   November 2014

Verse 1
I'll never know
why you did go
away from here
woke up in
the middle of the night
you layed next to me
but I felt 
no love no warmed
no heartbeat of yours

Chorus
No chance
to talk about
I always screamed it out
but you don't hear my voice
you and me we had no choice
you are gone away
you are gone away

Verse 2
Please my love
give me time
please be forever mine
hold me tight
hold me close
in your hand 
this red rose

Chorus
No chance
to talk about
I always screamed it out
but you don't hear my voice
you and me we had no choice
you are gone away
you are gone away

Verse 3
Now that your soul
is flown away
and mine has to stay
I'm a prisoner
of the past
I don't know
how long it last

Chorus
No chance
to talk about
I always screamed it out
but you don't hear my voice
you and me we had no choice
you are gone away
you are gone away
you are gone away
from here

© Voice, Words and Music Alexander Fisch aka fischermans ©

No Chance

Another one of those spontaneous 'song-poems' that magically spring to life! :) 

Moral - we always have a choice ;)

Lyrics: Choose to Live

Feel the energy,
Feel your mind connect,
when there's nothing more,
that can hold you back.

Leave the world behind 
- for once -
and enjoy the breeze.
Find the time to understand yourself...

Because when the lights revolve
and I take it all in -
ways beyond... the light that measures 
what is going on -

the waves may just engulf 
the ways that I have ever known -
But now I... now I see it all...

You can choose to live,
You can choose to take the air inside you,
Choose to live,
Choose to feel the warmth inside your heart and then,
and breathe the air again.

When time stood still and everything made sense,
there was me once again.

Choose to Live

I wrote this song because a lot of the time I don't feel like a fit into this fear based reality. I hope you enjoy. 


Production, arrangement, vocals, lyrics, melody~crystalsuzy

I don’t understand all the violence, and all the killing
Homicide! Suicide! Genocide! Petrified! Terrified! Paralyzed!
Cultural cyanide! Desensitized! Weapons of destruction! 
So much corruption! It’s time to unfurl this violent world, 
And end this ageless distress! 

I don’t’ understand all the greed, and all the suffering
Inanity! Insanity! Profanity! Vanity! Inhumanity! Idiocy!
A cultural malignancy! I'm stuck in an insane dimension 
and it’s beyond my comprehension!

I don’t understand this fear-based ideology
It’s getting too dangerous with modern technology
I don’t fit in…I think I’m from some other planet
Someone change the channel! I’m staring to panic!

7 billion people, spinning through space
Scattered puzzle pieces, of different races and faiths
Unique on the surface, but their source in the same 
They climb the cosmic ladder, in the name of the game
I don’t understand why people, can’t get along

Greed, greed, greed, makes the world go round
The haves and the have-nots, on the battle ground 
Stumbling in the dark, on the edge of chaos 
Looking for, that, eternal spark
I don’t understand, all the fear, and all the chaos 
I’m stuck in a completely insane dimension
  
I don’t want to wander, on the edge of chaos, anymore
I don’t want to stumble, looking for the answers, anymore
To who am I, and why am I here?  
Who am I? what’s my purpose here?  how do I fit in?

I don’t understand this fear-based ideology
It’s getting too dangerous with modern technology
I don’t fit in…I think I’m from some other planet
Someone change the channel! I’m staring to panic!

For every being cursed with self-awareness, there remains the unanswerable question, who am I? We struggle to find meaningful connections to one another. We fight, we love, in the hope that somehow together, we can understand our significance in the universe, but each of us alone must answer the question, who am I? What does it mean to be alive, in the vast infinity of time, and how do I matter? 
Is there a master plan that drives the randomness of creation... something unknowable that dwells in the soul, and presents each one of us with unique set of challenges, that will help us discover, who we really are? And if this invisible thread that holds us together, were to sever, to cease, what then...what would become of billions of lone, disconnected souls? There-in lies the great quest of our lives, to find, to connect, to hold on...for when our hearts are pure, and our thought’s in line, we are all truly one, capable of repairing our fragile world, and creating a universe of infinite possibilities.

I Don't Fit In!

Recorded at Transmission Rooms with my very good friends, the Durtburds.  Remixed by the very talented @MartiMedia.

Fate (Fate Go Away)

Written, performed and produced by Mark Luto, 2016

drive home from work
or whatever you've done
make yourself dinner
be up for some fun

turn on your computer
but don't check your mail
feel a bit randy 
follow the trail

log on to the chatroom
I will be there
ask me some questions
be blunt if you dare

tease me a little
but don't make me pray
just put something on
and get on your way

no need to pretend
come as you are
find my apartment
the door is ajar

take off your shoes
grab us two beers
make yourself comfy
don't mention my tears

turn off your phone
look into my eyes
hear my dumb story
and what it implies

move a bit closer
grab hold of my hand
give me a smile and
do understand

do not be bashful
get out of your clothes
show me some things
that nobody knows

give me your body
and give me some
sweet thrills and shivers
then make me come

caress me gently
hold me a while
tell me it's okay
with your tender smile

let us stay naked
all night long
make us hot chocolate
sing me a song

take me to bed
kiss me goodnight
lie down beside me 
make my dreams bright

Your Mission (44 Tasks) - Single

Your Mission (44 Tasks)

I love song I wrote for my wife after she commented that I never attempt a love song.

It's about someone who is fearful of getting into a relationship, searching for love but worried about getting hurt.

I've been lucky enough to have some great help on this song with bass  played by @jm_tessier and vocals added by <a href=http://soundcloud.com/fischermans100>Alexander Fisch</a>


Steps collaboration with Alexander Fisch

Recorded with the fabulous Durtburds in Transmission Rooms in Drumlish, in May 2016. This mix by the wonderful @jambrains

Verse 1:
Do what I say, don’t do it that way
Stand up, sit down, watch me change it all around 
Look down, Look up, eyes open, eyes shut
Hands under your chin lean out, lean in 

Chorus:
I know who I want you to be
So lean in and trust me
I know who I want you to be
So lean in and trust me

Verse 2:
Walk tall, walk straight, head back, don't wait
Be proud, be shy, work hard but don’t try.
Open up, speak less, be clear, make them guess
Be Something to everyone and everything to no-one

Chorus:
I know who I want you to be
So lean in and trust me
I know who I want you to be
So lean in and trust me

Bridge:
It’s inside out 
I’m in, you’re out 
You might be the one they need
But they see me as the hand that feeds

Chorus:
I know who I want you to be
So lean in and trust me
I know who I want you to be
So lean in and trust me

Lean In

Can't Go Back

Transport

1748

When We Got To The Border

All songs on channel are original and copyright of Karen O'Mahony (c). 

You'll find me also here in my collaboration project with Johan Alm https://soundcloud.com/ashesfordreams

Reeling

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