Summer's End

blow your mind
discover the secrets
there is something

oh mind!

This song is based on a guitar lick that I'm playing for many years. I never made a song with it, until now. 

All instruments and vocals played by me, except for the tenor sax, it's played by my brother Erik
I hope you like it!
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Well you know, that I know, that you know, what you want
and I know, that you know, that I want it too

Do we wait, for our fate to be determined for us
or can we steer ourselves in the direction that we want to go?

what is it we’re waiting for?
What is it that we are waiting for?

Our deepest longings, 
Can slowly turn into regret

Well  You know, that I know, that you know, what you want
and I know, that you know, that I want it too

What is it we’re waiting for?
What is it that we are waiting for?

Our deepest longings, 
Can slowly turn into regret
Let's not regret.

Regret

This song was written after watching a TV series called The way home. 
It is about Using the gateway of a magical pond to time travel back to your family's  history.
TIME TRAVELER " The way home " by Glenny G's one man band. ( Original 2025)
LYRICS
I'm standing in the river fifty feet away from shore
That pond is growing deeper , I'm so far away from home
I need to know  ( Time Traveler ) Where that water goes ( Time Traveler)
Time travels on beyond my home
My family is waiting in another place in time
I visit all their moments growing up they left behind
I need to know " On my way home "
Where that river flows " Where does it go "
So far away to find my way home
Solo (Guitar)
We are the children that are yet to be raised x 3
We are the children
I need to know ( Time traveler ) Where that water goes ( Time traveler)
Time travels on beyond my way home
Time Traveler  ( On my way home )
Time Traveler ( On my way home )
Time traveler ( I'm on my way home )

Time Traveler  "The Way Home" (original with lyrics)

It's a song about those moments when the world amazes me- when the beauty and mystery of the world around me knocks me over.
Specifically, wandering back from the Old Town in Hastings after a couple of drinks on a lovely Summer night. The picture is one of my lino prints and shows Tackleway in Hastings, along with one of the badgers we see all the time round here, and are mentioned in the song.

Wonders and Sighs

■概要(Overview)
今回はピアノはお休みです。
鳥になりたいなぁ。良いよなぁ。でも鳥の中でも色々とルールとか合って大変だったりするのかなぁ。
頑張れ、地球！
There's a break from piano this time.
I want to be a bird. That would be nice. But I wonder if it would be difficult for birds because there are all sorts of rules to follow.
Hang in there, Earth!

■歌詞
ハンバーガーをかじって
浜辺を散歩していたわ
そしたらトンビやってきて
ハンバーガー飛んで行った

はやてのように　風をあやつり
獲物を狙っている　トンビ！

優雅に大空を　飛んでいる
翼広げ

いつか私が体を離れる時が来た後はあんな風に
高く遠く太平洋の向こうまで飛んでいきたいな

想いを馳せる Happy Free Flight!
見つけ出せるさ　Wind Rail, Yeah!
遠ざかるトンビ　指カメラで捉えた


海岸沿いの街灯に
トンビが一羽とまってる
さしずめ監視活動ね
あの子のクレープ　危ない

音もたてずに　獲物をさらう
まるで忍者のようね　トンビ！

王者の風格で　空を飛ぶ
風を　読んで

風のレールに身体を預けて　どこまでだって飛んでいきたいわ
はるか遠く　苦しみも　悲しみも　きっと追いつけない場所

夢を見ていた Happy Free Flight!
見つけ出せるさ　Wind Rail, Yeah!
麦わら帽子　投げ捨てて　走り出す

今は飛べない
殻は硬く閉ざされて何も見えないけど
輪廻転生
するには全力で走りぬくしか・・ない！ない！ない！
いないいないばぁ！

いつか私が体を離れる時が来た後はあんな風に
高く遠く太平洋の向こうまで飛んでいきたいな
想いを馳せる Happy Free Flight!
見つけ出せるさ　Wind Rail, Yeah!
遠ざかるトンビ　指カメラで捉えた

■Lyrics (translation)
Biting into a hamburger
I was strolling along the beach
Then came a kite bird
And my hamburger flew away
Like a swift wind, controlling the breeze
A kite bird aiming for its prey!
Gracefully soaring through the vast sky
With wings spread wide
Someday, when my body is set free, I'd like to fly just like that
High and far, beyond the Pacific Ocean
Imagining the dream, Happy Free Flight!
I'll find it, Wind Rail, Yeah!
The distant kite bird, caught through my finger-camera

A kite bird perched on a streetlight along the coast
It's probably on surveillance duty
That kid's crepe looks dangerous
Silently stealing its prey
Like a ninja, the kite bird!
Flying with the dignity of a ruler
Reading the wind
I want to entrust my body to the wind rail and fly anywhere
To a place far away, where suffering and sadness can't catch up
Dreaming of it, Happy Free Flight!
I'll find it, Wind Rail, Yeah!
Throwing away my straw hat, I start to run

For now, I can't fly
The shell is tightly closed, and I can't see anything
Reincarnation
The only way is to run with all my might—no choice, no choice!
Peek-a-boo!
Someday, when my body is set free, I'd like to fly just like that
High and far, beyond the Pacific Ocean
Imagining the dream, Happy Free Flight!
I'll find it, Wind Rail, Yeah!
The distant kite bird, caught through my finger-camer

Happy Flight(いないいないばぁ)

Haven’t been on the cloud much lately. Been travelling across the southern Australian coastline, to the beautiful and remote Kangaroo Island. Its beauty seemed strangely juxtaposed to the horrors going on elsewhere. The contrast can wreak havoc with your moods!

Haunting Moods of Change

Pole Shift

The earth shakes below
lightning flashes above
hearts and minds are broken
Poison all around

Nowhere else to go
Everywhere the same
There’s no time at all
where we find ourselves

If we could only see
That we lack nothing
fear would fade away
Only truth would stay

Swallowing the hook
we consume the bait
Can’t agree at all
Save the need for change

Divided in our minds
Can’t tell love from hate
Then before we know
It may be too late

Blind with mental plays
walk into the blaze
Cannot see what’s here
in front of our face

Earth shakes below
lightning flashes above
hearts and minds broken
Poison all around

If we could only see
That we lack nothing
fear would fade away
Only truth would stay

Earth shakes below
lightening flash above
Hearts and minds broken
Poison all around

If we could only see
That we lack nothing
fear would fade away
Only truth would stay

Seeing in real time
Following the way
Having seen what’s real
Only truth will stay

Lightly holding on
As the poles turn round
peaceful through it all
as the world falls down

Pole Shift (2025 Remaster)

This one has been played at Relais des Plateaux in 2023.
Hope you enjoy it



Live Reflexion#034

Blowholes from Mars

A tribute song to the late great Mike Peters of The Alarm who left this world in April 2025, leaving a fantastic legacy behind, one of the good guys.
This song is about my introduction to his music and how it stayed with me shaping my music taste forever.

A cold winter night in December 1983 I witnessed something special that made me stand up and take note for the rest of my life. 
I had brought some really cheap tickets for The Police from a college friend. So off we went  me & my best mate to watch The Police at Birminghams Nec arena. 
Not really giving much thought to who was supporting them. 
We walked in the auditorium to hear the support band just kicking off their set. 
Wow the noise the energy the vocals of the charismatic front man Mike Peters and his band The Alarm .
I was blown away how they rocked this Police audience with their  powerful set  of songs it felt they had took the roof off and welcomed themselves to me.
From that night onwards I fell in love with them and a moment had happened. 
Their single 68 guns was yet to be released as the album was due out very soon called Declaration. 68 guns was an hit and The Alarm had earned their status as one of the best new bands around especially live. 
They went on to support U2, Bob Dylan , Springsteen & Queen gaining a loyal following of fans. While also touring as the headliners on their own shows. 
Mike Peters even fronted Big Country on their comeback tour.
I have lost count how many times I have seen The Alarm and Mike Peters solo shows over the years. 
I watched The Police that night and thought these guys are going through the motions and Sting live never sounded like the record almost changing his vocal style. I’m so glad I was introduced to The Alarm at 16 to show me what live music should be like. 
Mike Peters died on 28th April 2025 at the age of 66 after a 30 year battle with blood cancer. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in 95. Mike was awarded a MBE 2019 for his services to cancer care.
He was a passionate advocate for cancer care, founding the Love Hope Strength Foundation with a fellow patient and using his platform to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. 
Mike Peters also gained the cooperation of a group of young musicians from Chester called the Wayriders to lip-sync the Alarm's material and pass it off as their own. The first release by the fictitious band was promoted as a cover of the Alarm's 1983 hit 68Guns In fact it was the Alarm all along, and instead of a cover, it was a re-released version. The demo enticed executives in music & music production to record an album from the band called In The Poppy Fields which saw its advance release of the single, "45 RPM" entering Britain's top 30 chart. Critical reviews of the band echoed the promoters' official introduction of the band as a tribute to bands like Sex Pistols and The Clash with even more modern acts like Rancid being compared. The truth of the song's origin was not revealed until after the song entered the charts at number 24, a credit originally earned by the Poppy Fields from unsuspecting patrons who had accepted the act as fresh and new.
In a nutshell he duped the music industry showing them as ageist and only new cool music can only come from the young apparently.
The Hairy Hippie was his first ever band formed with his schoolmates to perform at his sister's 21st birthday party. 
So Rip Mr Hairy Hippie is quite fitting really as he had a fine mop of hair through out  his career. Thank you to Mike Fox as always for making ideas a reality with his skill sets and encouraging enthusiasm and incredible patience. 
Big thanks to Ken of K2 & The Three for his Twist style drums that drove the tune. 
Hope you enjoy listening as much as we did creating it. 
This Sound Society gives you …..:
Anthem Of Resilience

Summer's End

Omnisedan