@jamestristanredding1: Why thank you! I'm not familiar with Styx, but will check them out. I was going for a sort of soft rock trucking anthem (you know, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Journey, Boston) but I think your analysis is probably closer :-)

Mind blown. Your song took me for a trip into outer space, and I think we might have bent time along the way to reach the alternative 80s. What could have happened and didn't. Great production, great mix, great tune. Imminent reposting in 3, 2, 1... Done.

This sounds fantastic.  Probably not your intention, but this sounds like it can be a musical theater number: lyrics, voice, instrumentation, energy.  (I have a theater background...)  Overall awesome track!

Really liked the vibe of that one - quite a new and fresh sound - way to go!

Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. 

Arrangement, singing & playing by Colin M

What the World needs now is Love

Written by Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus

Singing, playing, production etc by Colin Macfarlane

Marie's The Name Of His Latest Flame

"Lego my eggo" (#592, 221003)

Hey lego my eggo unhand my bran
Don't take my cornflakes I'm serious man
Quit takin' my bacon and mits off my grits
And discard my pop tarts don't play with that shit

Don't risk the biscuit release that sausage and cheese
Better not lick my benedict I'm countin' to three
Don't touch my donuts don't go for my toast
Step away from the pastries don't test me bro

Lego my eggo

Don't steal my oatmeal or take my pancakes
Please ditch the eggwich I'll do whatever it takes
Don't bogart my yogurt don't tool with my gruel
Forget my hot pockets I ain't kidding fool

Lego my eggo

Week 40 - Lego My Eggo (221003)

Written by Pete Townsend

Playing, singing, production etc by Colin Macfarlane

I Can See For Miles

Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
Singing, playing, production etc by Colin M

Pleasant Valley Sunday

Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Singing, playing, production etc by Colin M

And Your Bird Can Sing

"Begin Again" (#640, 221231)

They say we gotta' take the good with the bad
We were the greatest and the worst each other ever had
Plenty times I missed you and you know that's a fact
But it couldn't have gone no different looking back

So maybe those days disappeared
Time is funny that way
And maybe you don't wanna' hear
Every word I meant to say

Or maybe we're both better off
Ain't no need to explain
I know I can't change the past
But I can begin again

Three hundred sixty five days in a row
You were the first to leave I was the last to know
Lotta' nights I wished I'd begged you not to go
But I get it now thought I should tell you so

I wouldn't trade those days
Not in a million years
Hearing you walk away
Was sweet and clear

Week 01 - Begin Again (221231)

Copyright Erin Wolf 2023
Song A Week 2023 - Week 1
Prompt: Begin Again

Lite Brite art courtesy of Jonah.

Song Note: Please forgive some of the squawky moments. It was one of the those times where there was the vaguest idea of an idea that turned into... well, whatever this ended up becoming. Interestingly enough, the initial direction for this prompt was more of an alt-rock/Amy Lee vibe. Whoops. 

(vocalizing)

oh i know
oh i know
that it is time to begin again

and i know
yeah i know
that it's time to begin again

i won't do nobody no favors
no just staying hidden in my
comfy den

(vocalizing)

oh it's time to begin again

and i know that i'm the only
one who can make a difference
i need to stop hiding behind
my doubts and my fears

because ain't nobody gonna 
save me from my own misery
and i know 

yes, i know, i know
that it's time to begin again
time to begin again

(vocalizing)

oh boy, don't you know
and girl, don't you know
and everybody, don't you know

don't you know
it's time to begin again

oh we've got a new moon
and we've got a new year
and it's time we let go
of old fears

and it's time say goodbye
to everything that's held us back
until now

(vocalizing)

yes, i know that it's time to stop procrastinating
and i know that i've gotta be done
with my excuse-making

because ain't nobody gonna save me
from my own misery
oh, it's time to just stand up and say

it's time to begin again
oh it's time to begin again
oh it's time to begin again

Time to Begin Again

First time building an entire arrangement out of acoustic drum parts as the first idea/track.

Original music and lyrics by Evan McDoniels

Electric re-start
The time has come to
Transplant the heart
Remember all lost arts
Trigger the sound
Illuminated star chart
Lost again 
Timid by design

Way out there
Beyond right and wrong
We share the same song
 

(second part begins again)
Woooooooo!
AHhhhhh!!!!!!
Sacred dreams
React where I’m found
Re-start unbound
Travel the sound
Re-kindled and proud
Nothing is nothing
a lost entity
Re-discovered the bird is sailing
Bleeding sunset colors
Across all of meaning
Polyvalent quasars
Interstellar trailblazers
He swallowed the stars 
On a transdimension dare
She tossed him aside
without a care
Into the black hole volcano
Like liquid drano
And then she laughed
And laughed and laughed
“Begin again” she roared
Begin again! Begin again!

Begin Again

Angry words and silhouettes
(Mark I. Anderson)

In this old bedroom where
We used to love the hours away
Talking till dawn
Suddenly the words are gone
Now it don’t seem like there’s a lot to say 

[Chorus]
Still, I remember nights
Pillow talk and cigarettes 
Who was wrong who was right
I wish we could forget
Angry words and silhouettes  

See how the miles and tears 
Between our hearts get in the way
Love that we shared
Can’t find you anywhere
No, it don’t seem like there’s a lot to say 

[Chorus]
Still, I remember nights
Pillow talk and cigarettes 
Who was wrong who was right
I wish we could forget
Angry words and silhouettes  

[Bridge]
So many shadows here / filled with regrets 
Let’s help them disappear  
Those angry words / and silhouettes 

[Chorus]
If you still remember nights
Pillow talk and cigarettes 
Who was wrong who was right
I wish we could forget 
Angry words and silhouettes
Angry words and silhouettes…

Angry words and silhouettes

@songaweekorg www.songaweek2018.com
Song brief = "success"
Written 25th June 2018

The Definition Of Success

Nik Newark

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