An uptempo pop song that is more positive than the title suggests.
Written around the time a workmate was terminally ill from cancer and the song deals with the topic of making the most of your time here.
I feel work needs doing on the double tracking and eq of the vocal.

RIP Graham Mullock

Waiting for Death 

I don't want to wait here for death 
I will fight for every breath
and I feel that being alive 
shouldn't be just trying to survive and....

nothing changes unless you change it X3
nothing changes in you 

and you say you feel nothing at all
can't you hear
will you answer the call
come away and take your first step
you don't want to wait here for death and...

nothing changes unless you change it X3
nothing changes in you

and you walk on the edge of a knife
the edge of a knife 
now what will you do 
can't you see the colours in your life
the colours in your life that are waiting for you 

oh please shine your light
won't you shine
shine it bright
oh please shine your light 
won't you shine?

I don't want to wait here for death 
I will fight for every breath 
and I feel that being alive 
shouldn't be just trying to survive and...

nothing changes unless you change it X3
nothing changes in you


Waiting For Death

Peace with my brother 

New opinions, differing relations,
Trouble brewing at the united nations,
All the people are at their panic stations,
All is trouble and strife 

Lock your doors and draw all of your curtains,
Nothing here ever is for certain,
Full of anger, plotting and subversion,
Is no way to live a life

I just wanna have peace with my brother 
To live freely in peace with my brother 
To not agree in peace with my brother 
Make mistakes, forgive one another x2

There's a fear that hides in people's households
That all they work for will one day end up being old
Not to listen to stories that were once told
A loss of identity 

There's a light that's shining on a hilltop
In the distance shining on a hilltop
The hope that one day people maybe will stop
And take the time to be free

I just wanna have peace with my brother 
To live freely in peace with my brother 
To not agree in peace with my brother 
Make mistakes, forgive one another x2

(solo)

(They dress their lies to look like truth
The only change belongs to youth
They pick up sticks and join the crowd 
But your opinion is not allowed 
A giant wave with angry roar
Will soon be knocking down your door
You mustn't speak they'll let you know
What's really going on below)

I just wanna have peace with my brother 
To live freely in peace with my brother 
To not agree in peace with my brother 
Make mistakes, forgive one another x2

Peace With My Brother

Some crackle after mid point onwards. Could do with revisiting track. There is a song in there somewhere. Unsure of the vocal and lyrics especially up to the 3 and a half minute mark.


I wanna break free
I wanna be travelling forward in all that I do
x2
I wanna go with you
I wanna go
Travelling forward in all that we do
And keep
And keep moving on
The road that we should be on
We'll keep moving on

(repeat) 

Now is the time to take control of our lives 
And run along a straight way till the end
This is the place where we can build on our lives
And know upon each other we can depend
And know upon each other we can depend 
And know upon each other we can depend

What is central in my life 
To know wrong is knowing the right
The darkness it flees from the light
What is central in my life 

We hide our tears
Deny our pain
We live with emptiness 
We lay the blame
Our hands could heal
If we move on
Accepting everything thats been and gone 
x2

I wanna break free
I wanna be travelling forward in all that I do
I wanna go with you
I wanna go
Travelling forward in all that we do


Breakthrough

Needs plenty of work. Rough sketch. Bare bones are there. Vocal take is not that good, Drum track goes out of sync at the outro and mix isn't that great. also lyrics need a slight tweak but I know what needs to be done should I rerecord it.

I can't get out of my own head

I can't forget, or move on to
the fields of green of pastures new
though far away I dreamt of home
or more a peace I've never known

and I can't get out of my own head
and I can't forget all the words you said
all the roads I've walked have led me to
the largest wall I can't get through 
and I can't get out of my own head

it's so much harder to be me
when you don't conform we can't agree
we all must walk our paths alone
with no precise direction shown

and I can't get out of my own head
and I can't forget all the words you said
all the roads I've walked have led me to
the largest wall I can't get through 
and I can't get out of my own head

and all I want is to live free
the way I want my life to be
I can't forgive 
I can't forget
the things you did , the words you said
you led me on a trajectory 
that led unto a defective me
your sticks and stones may break my bones
your words so casually get thrown
and every barb is buried deep
ensured that it remains with me
but all I want is to be free
the way I want my life to be

the dream has flown
the child has gone
away away away

and I can't get out of my own head
and I can't forget all the words you said
all the roads I've walked have led me to
the largest wall I can't get through 
and I can't get out of my own head

Can't Get Out of my own head

Just a basic riff I had and recorded. I did have lyrics but decided against inclusion. The graceful swan title comes from the original lyrical idea which I decided against doing. some digital noise in the recording.

Graceful Swan

Self explanatory song about letting go of the past and embracing the future.
Needs a simple percussion track added and I was thinking maybe cello in the intros leading up to the verses. Maybe also lowering the key (undecided on that point).

say goodbye 

say goodbye to Monday
there's a Tuesday around the corner 
and the wind blows on regardless 
of this unfolding drama

take a step back 
in stress and strife 
there is a chance for better life
they who can hear then let them hear
there's nothing to hold you to your fear

and the struggles that we face
they are meant to test our faith
cast failure out and be done with doubt
there is enough of this about
lay down your guns
and talk to the ones who are the reason for your wrongs

say goodbye to winter
there's a spring around the corner 
and the wheels will keep on turning 
and the fires always burning
shake off the dust
take hold of the day
there is a hope for those who may
they who can hear then let them hear
there's nothing to hold you to your fear

and the struggles that we face
they are meant to test our faith
cast failure out and be done with doubt
there is enough of this about
lay down your guns
and talk to the ones who are the reason for your wrongs

say goodbye to voices
they that whisper in the darkness
with words that seek to harm you
and the hands that can disarm you
hold your head high
have strength to say
nothing can keep me from this day
they who can hear then let them hear
there's nothing to hold you to your fear

and the struggles that we face
they are meant to test our faith
cast failure out and be done with doubt
there is enough of this about
lay down your guns
and talk to the ones who are the reason for your wrongs


solo

and the struggles that we face
they are meant to test our faith
cast failure out and be done with doubt
there is enough of this about
lay down your guns
and talk to the ones who are the reason for your wrongs

Say Goodbye (Acoustic Version)

A re-recorded verson of an earlier song. About love and the madness it brings.

let her heart be mine

somehow I begin to change
and I need what I don't know
I find that I'm acting strange 
to succeed is not being alone

let her heart be mine
say goodbye to your mind X2

I'm certain that I'm not sure
yet I walk upon a bed of rose
I'm making my plea to god
let it please be the choice I chose

let her heart be mine
say goodbye to your mind X2



Let Her Heart Be Mine (extended version)

A song about life. Finding yourself through hardships, love and family and fate etc........Not quite there but has promise.

Given

Glitchy due to overworking it in the DAW. I will have to rerecord it one day.

A self explanatory upbeat poppy song.

there is no other

in my purgatory, hope sprung before me
you rescued me from this towering fortress 
your sunshine through my dark cloud
turned sadness into gladness

there is no other than you 
who sees me
you see me
you reached out and took my hand in yours
and freed me
freed me

I was tied up to the past
your the future here at last
all I wanted was to see 
and now I see it clearly
and the cold of winters grip
I have finally felt it slip
there's a change upon the air

I woke from a dark dream
how long has it been?
the window is open
the spell has been broken
your sunshine through my dark cloud
turned sadness into gladness

there is no other than you 
who sees me
you see me
you reached out and took my hand in yours
and freed me
freed me

I was tied up to the past
your the future here at last
all I wanted was to see 
and now I see it clearly
and the cold of winters grip
I have finally felt it slip
there's a change upon the air

in my purgatory hope sprung before me....


There Is No Other

Paul Johnson a singer songwriter from North East Wales. Just 4 fun!

Paul Johnson

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