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This is a new song about love and support in very difficult, emotional times. 
Best with headphones. 

Lyrics: 

We hideaway to heal you

Flaking paint on our hotel room window is out of step with the rest of the room
But dark green walls and patterned bathroom tiles, and a fire that offsets the winter gloom,
and a bed with soft pillows,  a huge warming quilt, with coffees and biscuits and tea,
all provide refuge, an oasis of calm, against the storms that life has sent with ferocity….

you said your sad goodbye

Inside here, its peaceful and kind, away from the shock and loss and devastation
But flashbacks of the bedside, final sad hours, medicines and medics and sleep deprivation,
final conversations, the snatching of memories in short breathless whispers, and the final release, with a sigh, tears, black dresses and ties and a eulogy by brothers and sister
Are still there, but there’s comfort in this quiet isolation

We hide away to heal you, you can recharge and get some peace
To shield you from the whirlwind, and let the pressure ease
So you can feel stronger, and able to take the strain
Yes we hide away to heal you

In an old English town, deep inside Sussex, with oak doors and old pubs and grey chimney smoke
surrounded by fields and full bloated river where we walked for miles, held hands and got soaked
then back to the hotel for swimming and resting, tv, hot baths and loving,
reading books, watching people, we stretched out and enjoyed the freedom of just doing nothing

Sleep deeply or talk if you want 

We hide away to heal you, you can recharge and get some peace
To shield you from the whirlwind, and let the pressure ease
So you can feel stronger, and able to take the strain
Yes we hide away to heal you
Yes we hide away to heal you
And it’s all because we love you 
And we’re all here for you

James Whiteman Copyright December 2022

We hideaway to heal you

Instrumental and Mix by Garddwr Porffor: https://soundcloud.com/garddwrporffor
Vocals, Vocal melody, Lyrics by Nadia Selvaggi


What Are We?

Divinity's breath --
a shadow appearing
in early morn's lucid dreams
Where unseen gods
plant their symbols and serpentry

​In you and me

Our lost history
that keeps us bound by
the spells of powers unseen
Our imaginations --
the empty halls
painted with hues of agony

What are we?

Our captured souls --
their source of power
Our hands and minds --
their energy
And for their gods
we are the sacrifice,
their offering

​W​e were once free

In a fallen world of illusion
the living dead shield themselves
from beauty and truth
Beguiled and hypnotized
by the chimeras of demons
they cling to their slavery

​Too blind to see

Shaping our thoughts and actions 
with their dark ancient craft
A faceless persuasion 
lights the path to unconsciousness

What Are We? by Garddwr Porffor & Nadia Selvaggi

Words/Music by Netta&McGill
Available on Spotify, YouTube, iTunes and other music streaming platforms

Thank you for stopping by and listening
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Where to go 
When you’ve been so many places?
Where to stay 
When everywhere is home

Who to greet 
With these all familiar faces?
Staying put
Even though you want to roam

Oh you will find it - Ooooooo
Surely you’ll find it - Ooooooo

What to pack 
With limited possessions?
What to drive
The key lost long ago

How to pinpoint 
Where are your dear obsessions?
Never lost 
Even though the signs won’t show

Oh, you will find it - Oooooo
Surely you’ll find it - Oooooo

What to fear 
When you were never harmed
Who to trust 
When deceit is yet unknown

Who to love
When already you are charmed
You will see
You won’t question, you will know

Oh, you will find it - Oooooo
Surely you’ll find it - Oooooo

You Will Find It

Mostly just me playing about, but there's a bit of Charlie Villiers' guitar in there too, notably giving the outro a little touch of class.

~Lyrics~
We were sitting in your back garden 
Clouds were drifting across the sky 
You turned to me and smiled
I think you had a tear in your eye
And then taking my hand you whispered,
“When I get this high,
I sometimes get the feeling I might be just about to die!”

Then with a shrug of your shoulders 
You told us about the butterflies
That there’s no way of them knowing
That their wings look like eyes
And if you consider the caterpillar
It’ll come as no surprise
Just how very little we all know about our lives

[Chorus]
Baby you kill me, all night long
Baby you’re killing it all night…

Later on that evening
the sun was streaming through the trees
You have to just surrender to life
At moments like these
We were kicking through the fallen leaves
In the pale winter sun
And though I tried to hide it, I always knew this day would come

I recall the very moment 
You didn’t even hesitate
It was written in the heavens
And written all over your face
But the storm is in the distance
The sky is a luminous pink
You can lead me like a horse to water…

[Chorus]
🎸 🤩

Baby You Kill Me

Waking soft
Waking slow
Fading into focus
Every breath
Every pulse
Holding in the moment
Every fall
Every rise and falling of your shoulders
And I'm trying not to try so hard for you
I'm trying not to try so hard for you
Oh, oh, oh
For you
Oh, oh, oh
For you
Wake me soft
Wake me slow
Fade me into focus
Every breath
Every pulse
I hold you in the moment
And I'm trying not to try so hard for you
I'm trying not to try so hard for you
Oh, oh, oh
For you
Oh, oh, oh
For you

Shoulders (Guitar-Coverattempt)

here's the translation:

I thought I had left her behind
But she always catches up with me
She still hurts me to this day
And has distracted me so many times
Maybe I need more time
I don't want to be sad and I don't want to talk about it
I don't want to encounter all that crap again
I don't want to be sad and I don't want to talk about it
I want a sea between me and my past
A sea between me and everything that was
I want a sea between me and my past
A sea between me and everything that was
I love my friends
And how we are with each other
Still, I have to go somewhere else as soon as possible
Somewhere where the sun shines in winter
Where I can start anew, alone and without a past
Maybe someday I'll learn to forgive
I want a sea between me and my past
A sea between me and everything that was
I want a sea between me and my past
A sea between me and everything that was
I want an ocean
I want an ocean
I want an ocean
I want an ocean
I want an ocean
I want an ocean

Ozean (Guitar - Cover)

It was amazing to get to work on this. Thank you Nine Inch Nails for making the original track re-mixable, and Neons Gone Mad for including me in this fun collaboration. You're all legends!

The original Nine Inch Nails track, licensed through Creative Commons, is here: https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV

After seeing Neons Gone Mad's video with positive vibes of newspaper headlines through the ages that they had found, I decided to try to sing along to those. This was done in one take, and they were kind enough to produce it for me. They also made a new video edit to go with it, this one's in colour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DioOmT4R6sk (here's the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuwv6CKCtw)

Masha Solo on Bandcamp: https://masha-solo.bandcamp.com

Neons Gone Mad on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3B39xtrJfUJK0C1RQhmLGG

Neons Gone Mad on Bandcamp: https://profoddfellow.bandcamp.com/

Song art by Masha using a combination of video stills from NGM's video and a self portrait in the middle. The lyrics are found newspaper headlines collected by Craig Conley @prof-oddfellow

Lyrics:
Thus we can rewrite
Here goes something
Seek better times
that never were
You can bypass
Wit's end
No weekends are lost (it says here!);
You are not second class
You don't have to take it anymore
Something will always be there.
"You can take it with you"
Next year will be ours
Not impossible to get money
Facing the Future without fear
Evil spirits scared away
So far so good
Seek better times
That never were
You'll Do All Right
You Still Have Time...
Wow! You look great!
Everything's Great
You Get Your Wish!
Future Is Bright
Little Things Count
Your Lucky Star
is on the way!
We'll See This Through!
Here goes something
Everything's going to be all right
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Bizarre OK for over 30
There is a solution for every problem
Something wonderful happened
How a weirdo and a ghost can change your entire life
Nothing falls to pit bottom due to earth's motion
The devil can't make you do it!
There's still time to withdraw
You can change your personality from dull to dynamite
You are not as old as you think
Something Nice About Tomorrow
The better day coming to-morrow
Danger period is about over
There are two handles to every tomorrow
Not all good things have to end

Collaborations

Let's Undo: Nine Inch Nails with Neons Gone Mad and Masha Solo

Fun At Night

I was inspired by Stranger Things and created my own theme for Vecna

Vecna-Stranger Things(Free Download)

a work in progress!
This song is 80% drama and 20% piano

Lyrics/vocals: Annie Stone
Piano: Russ Stone

Come Home (Demo)

Nothing’s ever easy now

Here you find some very old fragments of old christian songs from the ancient times of christian music. Lyrics have the mindset of the persecuted christians of times after the second world war. Let Jesus speak to your souls.

And when I die, I’ll rise with You

01 - Spitfire Audio - eDNA Earth - 4 presets
02 - Arturia - SEM

Sidetrack

Song composed and edited in May 2.020.

Music Studio, with native instruments, Kv331 Synthmaster player and One.

Beyond the heaven

Heavy Punk Rock 'n' Roll band turns into Synthwave nowadays! Brand NEW album "Ultraviolet Cosmos" available NOW!

Part of the Netta&McGill duo.
@nettamcgill

Keeping it raw and simple.

“There is so much noise around us, and if you don’t take time and listen, you might miss out on greatness - or the tiny little thing that made a difference.”


~All images are owned/taken by me

If you smile a little during listening, mission completed.

You Will Find It

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