The interplay between the instruments is a treat. Great work.

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Wheelwright: voice, vocal melody and harmony, lyrics @wheelwright

Jonathan: initial music, instruments, mix

Fictive Sisters is a transatlantic collaboration of Wheelwright and Beckenstein. Our album Immaculate Distraction is available at https://fictivesisters.bandcamp.com/album/immaculate-distraction

image by Lani Maynard

Crossing time-zones
Godforsaken deserts
Midnight in transit stations
The illusion of freedom
Written in blood written in stone

It's just an idea
It's just an idea

The twisted wreck
Of a helicopter gunship
A distant call to prayer
Sweet liquorice and bitter cigarettes

It's just an idea [...]

He carries her in his heart
She's all he had now all he has
White knuckles holding fast
His mother's photograph in a young man’s hands

Now everything is lost
Now everything is lost

They say half the future’s buried in the past
But the fallen will not weep for us
When it’s our time to choose

It's just an idea [...]

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Ice Age

Written by Terry Reeves
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Hans Albers:  All instruments, Arrangement & Production

SC Version Video: https://youtu.be/uHu4SAWhysc  
Dark Version Video: https://youtu.be/AZQoKfJCTYA 

You may be wondering how this song acquired the title it did.  These very words were actually said to me by one of my wife Jo's three long-standing and very close friends.  Over the years, they had all entered into long-term partnerships which, for differing reasons, ended very sadly, resulting in them being left on their own.  So I was, in a manner of speaking, last man standing.

When they needed a male presence, I was volunteered to help in a variety of ways, e.g. being a pretend boyfriend when one of them was being pestered by someone in whom they were not interested.  There are many more instances I could recount, some of which were definitely in the ‘very unusual’ category but I was always happy to be of help if I possibly could.  Besides which, they often turned out to be exceedingly amusing.

Fast forward a few years to when I was diagnosed with MS, which brought about a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia, causing pain the like of which I’d not known before.  After a spell taking hefty painkilling drugs that basically turned me into a kind of zombie, my MS specialist suggested ‘Gamma Knife Procedure’.  

This involves (and I kid you not) a metal helmet being screwed directly into your skull at four strategic points, rendering your head totally immobile so that radioactive rays can, with pinpoint accuracy, be fired at your Trigeminal Nerve.  It is indeed a singular sensation to feel blood trickling down your face as said helmet is fixed into place but the benefits that ensued were more than worth the temporary inconvenience.  I was pretty much pain-free for the next two years, after which it did return but all things considered, was extremely pleased with the result.

To celebrate, a dinner party was thrown in my honour, a splendid time guaranteed for all.  It was here that Jo’s friend, whose husband had sadly died, uttered the immortal phrase.  It caused much laughter, as it rightly should have.  I wasn’t in the least offended and, anyway, my very first thought was “What a great title for a song”.

Once again, deep thanks are due to Hans for not only producing two brilliant versions of this song but videos to go with each (links above).  The man has a depth of talent of which others can only dream, myself included.  Thanks so much for listening.  (Terry Reeves)

I was invited to a party
I tingled with the chance
To talk about the future
Step in and out of the past
Who’s that man in the corner?
Wearing a helmet on his head?
This is just my day wear
The gamma ray gun Doctor said
(I heard someone say)

Why ain't you not dead yet?
Why are you still here?
Why are you the only man?
Who smiles and has no fear?

We talked about the weather
And laughed about the grass
The world is tasting plastic
And it doesn't seem to last
Who's that man in the corner? 
With the radiation smile
The glow won't last for ever
Why not enjoy it for a while?
(I heard someone say)

Why ain't you not dead yet?
Why are you still here?
Why are you the only man?
Who has ten layers of veneer? 

We shared some special moments
And showed the battle scars
A pigment of growing older
Figments hidden in a jar
Who's that man in the corner? 
Four holes drilled into his head
Tried to screw me to the wall
Keep me standing and out of bed
(I heard someone say)

Why ain't you not dead yet?
Why are you still here?
Why are you the only man?
Who we seem to volunteer?

Why ain't you not dead yet?
Why are you still here?
Why are you the only man?
Who floats in this atmosphere?

Why ain’t you not dead yet?
I may not be really here
If my name gets mentioned 
I want a smile and not a tear

Keep smiling, I want to smile
Keep smiling, Give me a smile
I want to smile, I want to smile
Yeah, smile...

WHY AIN'T YOU NOT DEAD YET? - Cripple Club & Hans Albers (Video links with description)

Waking Up To A Copper Sunrise 00:00
Bloom 04:08

Waking Up To A Copper Sunrise/Bloom

it's war that we abhor
it's more than we can take
the lies go on and on
so that you can take

it's war
that we abhor

put on your thinking caps
we know you can do it

there's got to be a way out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Acd773p11o

■概要(Overview)
あなたはまた行ってしまうのね・・。
だからタイムマシーンを作ったの。
さぁ、あの頃に戻りましょう・・そんな曲です。

ボーカロイドを使いました(フリーソフトの「UTAU」を使用)。
全体的に、今回も混沌とした感じになりました・・ね(^^;)

You will go again ...
That's why I made a time machine.
Well, let's go back to that time ... That's the song.

I used Vocaloid (using the free software "UTAU").
Overall, it felt chaotic this time too ... (^^;)

■歌詞
「Enihcam Emit」
うつろいやすい　人なのね　あなた
あまりにも　冷たい仕打ちね

ずっと　ここに　残る　傷跡

出会った頃の二人に戻って　みたい

完成したわタイムマシン
あなた可愛い寝顔ね
うふふふ

目覚めた時には元通り
あなた私に夢中よ
うふふふ


ここがふたりが　出会った　場所ね
あなたったら　10円札　追いかけて

ずっと　ここに　残る　さくらよ

完成したわタイムマシン
わたし麗しのモダンガール
うふふふ

目覚めた時には元通り
あなた可愛い寝顔ね
うふふふ

なんどでも　戻れるはずよ
あなたに　さよならは　絶対言わせない
あなたは素直なモダンボーイ
わたしが　いいって　いうまでは

■ Lyrics (Google Translate)
"Enihcam Emit"

You're a fickle person
It ’s too heartless.

Scars that remain here forever

I want to go back to the two of us when we met

It's completed time machine
You have a cute sleeping face
Ufufufu

When you wake up, it's back to normal
I'm sure you're crazy about me
Ufufufu


This is the place where the two met
You're chasing a 10-yen bill

Sakura stays here forever

It's completed time machine
I'm a beautiful modern girl
Ufufufu

When you wake up, it's back to normal
You have a cute sleeping face
Ufufufu

We should be able to go back anytime
I will never let you say goodbye
You are a straightforward modern boy
Until I say "it's okay"

Enihcam_Emit

Shine On The Surface Of The Water

100 billion eternal stars (remastered)

But Where's The Fun In That?

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