
MUSIC VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=o-2rEVB5lIE&fmt=37&vq=hd1080

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Is this what other people see?
I don't like it
Just try to be part of the sea
I can't hide it
This all comes flowing out of me
I correct it
Find your way out of the debris

I don't remember things being like this 
It's not the way that it used to be
The days are falling right into an abyss
While others still proceed to chase after me

You'll find me staring at the ceiling fan
With the rain beating down on the skylights
My thoughts racing like the wind outside
Think I'll wander off into the twilight

And did you know there's a reason for this?
I won't pretend I didn't know
It's been a long time coming to this
And I think it's just the start of the show

About a thousand years from now
Somebody's watch falls off into the ocean
I think the temperature is dropping in here
And it's putting everything in slow motion

Psygnosis

Buy track (or free download) here : http://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/track/the-sifter

And it happens over and over again
The water tears away at the bend
"Now wouldn't it be fun?"
Said a man
With a truncated thought of a plan
Not a care in the world 
But lets just say there is

Something I left out

That I forgot to mention there's another dimension 
I forgot to mention there's another dimension

And now it's another point of view
The current's reversed and the erosion too
Now what to make of this
I don't know
But it seems like a perpetual flow
Borrowed time returns itself and starts again

You thought you told me

But you forgot to mention there's another dimension
You forgot to mention there's another dimension

I forgot to mention there's another dimension
You forgot to mention there's another dimension

The Sifter

Bandcamp: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/track/into-the-rift
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nautical_operator

Written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton
Additional synths by Zak Brown

© 2022 Nautical Operator

Into The Rift

YT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFR17jGfFNU

All music/visuals written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton. 


Lyrics:

Afloat in the ocean
I look down below
You ask me something
Something I'll never know
I found the answer
But I don't understand

Interceptor
(You found a way into my mind)
Interceptor
(It shows at least that you're as kind)
Interceptor
(And all that's left is what is there)
Interceptor
(You found a way into my mind)
(A way into my mind)

A fork splits the road now
Wish I could turn around
And off in the distance
Snow falls to the ground
A flock of birds pass
And I can't help but smile

Interceptor
(You found a way into my mind)
Interceptor
(It shows at least that you're as kind)
Interceptor
(And all that's left is what is there)
Interceptor
(You found a way into my mind)
(A way into my mind)


©2014 Pinnacle Music, inc.

Interceptor

A song for winter, and it's many wonders

YT video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLDKmcR2x0

All music/visuals written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton.

Lyrics:

Wait for your turn
I've been here for days
Torn pages burn
Blown by the wind
But return

Cause we've lost our way
Thoughts fade away
Stars fill your eyes
Snow falls from the skies 

©2014 Pinnacle Music, inc.

Snow

MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKWlIssKCsc&spfreload=10

Buy link: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/track/nautical-operator-2

Download the album: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/album/nautical-operator
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/petercrofton

Written, recorded, produced by Peter Crofton.

Lyrics: 
In a deep, deep dream one night
A man's mind molds a wooden boat
He puts it in the water
And expects that it will float
The ship is only halfway complete
He lacked supplies to make all the rest
Surely he will sink fast
But I wonder,
Will he jump ship and fail the test? 

An island appears,
Relieves his fears
Of never making it back out of this place
Or should he stay here and drown away,
Just to ignore the people and their race?

The island sounds like a better choice
I'll make a life for myself out here
And if I'm lucky, they'll never find me
And my tracks will disappear 
Seems to good to be true though
So there's gotta be a catch or a trick
Maybe I'll figure it out
Take a different route
But for now I think I'll stick with my pick

You always wonder what will happen to you,
Maybe you focus on irrelevant things
This island always will be waiting for you
Just thank the future for it's kind offerings

Stuck in the background

Sail out again

©2014 Peter Crofton

Nautical Operator

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMj4Gno-wrk

My cover of "From Past To Present", written by Jeremy Soule for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. This was my favorite piece from the game - so I recorded a version for electric and acoustic guitar, keys, and synth. I hope you enjoy!

From Past To Present (TES V: Skyrim cover)

An alternate version of "Psygnosis", recorded in live multi-takes in an empty house.

Video of the creation of this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3Erzsijes&feature=gp-n-o&google_comment_id=z12ntfijksymtp2lh22jflfazwnduzkde

Perennial

Buy this / other tracks / donate: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/track/reasons

©2015 Peter Crofton

Reasons

All music written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton

Delta

All music written and recorded by Peter Crofton

The North Port

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH7k5bjH3_w
Bandcamp: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com

All music written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton

Sun Runner

Download: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/track/myriad-ii
Full Record: https://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/album/nautical-operator
Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/nauticaloperator
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nauticaloperator

Written, recorded, and produced by Peter Crofton

© 2018 Nautical Operator

Myriad II

Amnesia

Music video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCdsjnB4vU4
Donate (pay what you want): http://petercrofton.bandcamp.com/track/emerge-and-see

This is a song about feeling backwards 

Emerge, and See

A cover of Jeremy Soule's masterpiece from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This song is what sold the entire Elder Scrolls series to me. I heard it in the background while a friend was playing, and went and got Oblivion and an Xbox 360 that day. I think it is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard, and since it means so much to me, I decided to do a cover of it. The track is me on guitar, piano, synths, etc.

Sorry for the silence at the beginning!! 

Follow the link below to see a video that I made to go along with this, consisting of time lapses I took in Cyrodiil. 



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouWCPaZnqMs

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