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Wintèr's Whispéring Woě's.

Winters Reminesce

Tick.
Tock.
Cease.
A clockmaker’s palms,
instruments at rest,
No more winding springs for the Empire’s dead chest.
His patriot’s sermon,
a moth-eaten creed,
Now a monologue
in a slow, crimson bleed.
A broken cog.
A frozen dial.
He measured our time
with a ghost of a smile.

Black.
White.
Check.
A park bench at dawn,
a chessboard of frost.
The grandmaster’s gambit,
desperately lost.
His strategy—scars
on a map of the skin—
A final move made
as the shadows moved in.
A pawn removed.
The game is flawed.
He guarded a truth
that was left un-owed.

Cut.
Stitch.
Truth.
You read in the flesh
what the city denied.
A poet of sinew,
with science as guide.
Your light, a cold scalpel
in theatre’s glare,
Dissecting the fever
infecting the air.
A silver flash.
Then, the dark.
You sought the source
and were given its mark.

And the rain…
on the Franz Josef Bridge…
is a prison gate’s song.
The Danube runs thick
with the stories it hides.
It carries the shame
of the old, turning tides.
There’s no washing clean
in this water so black.
No returning from
the long, frozen track.
Of the wire and the silence,
the camp’s bitter bread,
And the ghost of a friend
who is better off dead.
No redemption.
No rising.
Just the weight of the mud,
and the world compromising.

Hunt.
Haunt.
Choose.
The hunter’s coat hangs,
a familiar shape.
But the mirror holds
a stranger’s escape.
The Hinterland’s border
is under the skin—
A no-man’s-land where
all the questions begin.
To wear the mask,
or be the prey?
The line dissolves
at the end of the day.
The final shot…
is a breath let go.
To walk in the shadow
you’ve come to know.

And the rain…
is just rain now.
The bridge…
is just stone.
And the ghost in the alley…
is finally…
alone.

Hinterland

Happy New Year To you
[Verse]
Fireworks burst in the midnight sky
Whispers of dreams as the old year flies
Glasses clink and hearts collide
Here we stand where hope resides

[Prechorus]
Tick tock the clock resets
Fresh ink on the story yet

[Chorus]
Welcome New Year
Come on through
Paint the world in brighter hues
We’re dancing forward
No more fear
Raise a cheer for the New Year

[Verse 2]
Streetlights hum with electric glow
Footsteps crunch on fresh fallen snow
Every breath feels brand new
Every thought spins
Wild and true

[Bridge]
Goodbye to what held us down
Goodbye to the tears that drowned
Hello to the paths unknown
Hello to a world our own

[Chorus]
Welcome New Year
Come on through
Paint the world in brighter hues
We’re dancing forward
No more fear
Raise a cheer for the New Year

Welcome New Year (ambient)

My attempt to recreate “What Happened to My Brother” by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle in Ableton (sans the vocals). This is just a learning exercise, and I don't own any rights to the composition.

Original track is from this album: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Perils-Mark-Kozelek-Jimmy-LaValle/dp/B00CK40PB8

What Happened to My Brother (Track Recreation, originally by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle)

Wooden Shjips
2019-05-22
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY  USA

Recorded and produced by acidjack

MBHO KA200N>MBP603a (FOB, ROC)>Sound Devices MixPre 6>24/48 WAV>Adobe Audition CC>Izotope Ozone 5>Audacity 2.2.2>FLAC ( level 8 )

Tracks [Total Time: 1:14:44]
01 Eclipse
02 In the Fall
03 For So Long
04 Other Stars
05 Ride On
06 Staring at the Sun
07 Motorbike
08 Ghouls
09 Lazy Bones
10 Death's Not Your Friend>What Goes On
11 These Shadows
12 Buddy [Snapper]

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