The rough demo of a song destined for the second My Social Orbit album.

Not An Angel - Demo

12 Track Sample From Strange Behavior Album by My Social Orbit

An Ocean Between Us 

Song and Lyrics By Richard Holman 
Music by My Social Orbit

It's such a shame,   it's such a waste
I long to hear your voice,     to touch your face
There's an ocean between us, There's no motion at all
And when we let it,  we will stand tall

And when we talk, talk
And when we talk, talk

It's such a shame, it's such a waste
I hear the smile in your voice, such a beautiful place
There's an ocean between us, there's a notion I'll fall
Keep me on this island, keep me one and all

And when we talk, talk
And when we talk, talk
And when we talk, talk
And when we talk, talk

I know my way back home is through you
                                       I know my way back home is through you
I know my way back home is through you
                                       I know my play is all done

I'm coming home to you 
                                                                                                                                                    
Come on undo

Tim Trotter – Drums 
Graeme Lawson - Electric guitar 
Richard Holman - Piano
Pierre Shepard – Lead and backing vocals, synth chorus, bass, acoustic and electric guitars

© 2019

Line Of Least Resistance - Album

An Ocean Between Us

Command Prompt 

Song and Lyrics By Richard Holman and Pierre Shepard 
Music by My Social Orbit

See you through the window
Wish I could speak 
To you, get to know you 
But I'd be cotton mouthed

Speechless, would babble, aimless,
You would stay 
Nameless, my mind is willing
But my feet seem stuck with glue.

Look upstream
River's red
Float downstream 
Body's dead.

See you through the window
Think I should meet 
With you, to get to know you, 
Though my heart would miss a beat

Look upstream
River's red
Float downstream 
Body's dead.

As we tip-toe through the morning 
He is lip flow for the yawning
She is Summer, he is Winter
They long to kiss her in the river

Woodcutter and a horseman
Can't resist her she is torsion
He's a hero, she is fawning.
Like a blister with no warning

As we tip-toe through the river
His mind begins to dither
As the sleet then turns to snow
Her voice trembles and then slows

Her hair shimmers in the mirror
As they grow so ever nearer
She is gold he is the silver
Every girl just wants to be her

As we tip-toe through the morning 
He is lip flow for the yawning
She is Summer, he is Winter
They long to kiss her in the river

Tim Trotter - Drums and drum loop
Graeme Lawson - Bass guitar 
Richard Holman - Electric Guitar
Pierre Shepard - Lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars

© 2019

Image - Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais (Tate Britain, London). Ophelia singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark.

Command Prompt

1. The World Spins Round -  00:00 - 00:14

2. Line of Least Resistance - 00:15 - 00:30

3. Poor Ewe - 00:31 - 01:03

4. Legal Bank Job - 01:04 - 01:36

5. Festival Fantasy - 01:37 - 02:15

6. Song for Brian - 02:16 - 02:40

7. An Ocean Between Us - 02:41 - 02:59

8. Command Prompt - 03:00 - 03:58

Line Of Least Resistance

Eight Track Sample From Line Of Least Resistance by My Social Orbit

Not An Angel
Song by Rich Holman and Pierre Shepard 
Lyrics By Pierre Shepard
Music by My Social Orbit

When I saw you that day 
I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

My friends all told me 
I should beware
I think I should have listened.

You helped to fill an empty space
But very soon you were the problem

If only I could press a backspace
Erase the things that happened.

If I needed somebody
Now I know it wasn't you
Even though you seemed to calm me down
Deep down it wasn't true.

I needed time to get over someone I'd been with for a long, long time
All you did was cloud my mind,
made it hard to move on.

You're not the angel I thought you were

You're not the angel I thought you were





This song, "Not An Angel", is destined for the second My Social Orbit album, "Strange Behaviour". 

We sent it in to Abbey Road Studios for consideration by The Sound on Sound magazine Listening Panel. This took place in Studio Two, as part of the Abbey Road 90th birthday celebrations, on the 12th of November 2021. This was exactly 90 years, from the day of the studio opening.

We were pleased that the song was one of nine that was chosen to listen to and analyse. 
They really liked it, which  spurred us on.

Abbey Road Amplify 
Sound of Sound presents:  The Listening Service with John Barrett, Lewis Jones & Paul Pritchard

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