It Is Beautiful

Shaniqua, my beautiful 
You won’t have to wait 
For the kids to be good and grown 
To run off to LA
Me, you know, I got to stay 
For those who depend on me 
But at night when they’re all asleep 
I’ll see you in my dreams

A dream deferred could be a lot of things 
And none of them seem good 
So think of me while you’re out there 
Chasing yours in Hollywood
This place here always looks the same 
It looks nothing like me 
I carry this dream inside my chest 
Until it can be free

They say that you waste yourself, but I won’t 
They say that you lose yourself, but I won’t 
If you don’t believe me, come on
Come on and try me 
If you don’t believe me, come on 
Come on and try me 

Come more flowers every spring 
Than stars in the northern sky 
Some get trampled while others shine
But they’re all born to die 
Something sweet that you can’t have 
Pulls you down like a heavy load 
I want to set this dream free 
Before it runs or explodes 

They say that you waste yourself, but I won’t 
They say that you lose yourself, but I won’t 
If you don’t believe me, come on
Come on and try me 
If you don’t believe me, come on 
Come on and try me 

I’m not sitting here waiting in vain 
I’m building myself as I’m holding back 
I don’t have a ticket for the glory train
But I can walk the railroad track

L.A.: A Dream Deffered

DL and D

Power

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Al Bettis and his band perform live in Fundamental Sound Studio's

See You Again -Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RWez9WoPGg

ty @torno for the melody and ty @bennyblasay for the cover art

You always get too close 
When I let you in
You get under my skin 
I won't let you in like the last time 
Like the last time 
Its the last time 

I'm in over my head 
Ill never forget what you said 
I'm in over my head 
Over my head 

I'm in over my head  x4 

I feel like someone's watching when I brush my teeth 
Check under my bed before I go to sleep 
I thrash my head and I stomp my feet 
I stretch my skin to make enough of me 

I know I can be unpredictable 
I understand if it's unforgivable 
But in the end 
I'm still replaceable

You always get too close 
When I let you in 
You get under my skin 
I won't let you in like the last time 
Like the last time 
Its the last time 

I'm in over my head 
Ill never forget what you said 
I'm in over my head 
Over my head

in over my head (luvox + torno)

Sirens

I wrote this song channeling some of the feelings of being in this pandemic.
Namely feeling that the whole of humanity is adrift. And the absence of real leader can make us feel lost and afraid sometime.
I was also expressing the feeling of everyone being home more and living in an apartment building with everyone home all the time... Feeling together in this but also too close for comfort...

I performed and produced it at home with Garageband and a single SM58 mic.

LYRICS:

Oh the Mountain
Oh the Mountain
Made of concrete and steel 🏢
Reaches higher and higher in my dream

It's a ship 🚢
On the ocean
Bound to sink, bound to fall
Before reaching its destination

And it houses us all
Tower of Babel 🛕
How will I find you
Among the ruins and the rubble

Oh the Mountain
Oh the Mountain
Made of black polished steel 🛸
Reaches further and further in my dream

It's a starship 🚀
Lost in space
Where we live too close for comfort
And fight each other for power

And it houses us all
Tower of Babel 🛕
How will I find you in the crater 🌋
Underneath the rubble

The Mountain

"Attila works only one way and that way is HARD."-Nathan Raleigh. From his childhood room in France where he multitracked with 2 mono tape recorders for hours to the stages of NYC and Maine; from the streets of New Orleans and a squat in Loísaida to a lonely house at the end of a long dirt drive way in Maine, he has lived the better part of the last 25 years pregnant with songs. Songs that he relentlessly channels, carves, builds and bends into the soundtrack to your life.

The Mountain

Attila Mendez

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