Big And Bouncy

F-Strength of Olden Ocean

Ancylus Lake is a name given by geologists to a large freshwater lake that existed in northern Europe approximately from 8,750 to 7,850 years BC, being in effect one of various predecessors to the modern Baltic Sea.
Traces of the Ancylus Lake can be found today at the exact spot where I live, at the West Coast of Sweden close to the Norwegian border. If you know where to look.

ANCYLUS LAKE REIMAGINED

Northern Lights

Autumn Breath

Shedding Skin

[Intro]
You were small
heavy eyes in a paper doll face
facing a tall figure too loud to ignore
and yet you are here

[Verse 1]
Tiny mind in a thunder dome
a tall shape carved out of bone
greedy hands on a selfish throne
you learned to survive alone
coping felt like too much breathing
but the air was never fresh
you swallowed every shriek
just to keep your body clean

[Pre-Chorus]
Twisted knives ripping at your chest
you wore it like skin
but your heart needed to scream
no one could hear but you

[Chorus]
Through the tangles through the shame
you’re more than the pain
more than the fear
you’re peeling back time
burning away behind your eyes
just shedding skin
take a step back and begin again

[Verse 2]
Buried deep in crooked rooms
memories bloom like toxic fumes
but light leaks in where cracks have formed
your body screams—you were warned
Let it rise let it scream
let the shadows lose their queen
you are more than what you coped
more than silence more than hope

[Bridge]
Eyes closed
Breathe in
Breathe out
Look down fall through the dark
Eyes wide open
You’re almost out
Look up
The body knows
Take the leap
The mind forgets what’s hidden
Listen in the deep where the rhythm can reset
It’s time

[Final Chorus]
Through the tangles through the shame
you’re more than the pain
more than the fear
you’re peeling back time
burning away behind your eyes
peeling off skin
burn it all and begin again

[Outro]
And still you did
And now you will take back broken lullabies

Shedding Skin

Produced & mastered by botNikStudio2, Bottna, Sweden.

GIANT COGWHEELS IN UNSYNCHRONIZED MOTION

A sequential switch rotates through four different wave outputs of four oscillators to build the arpeggio. The chords panned hard left and right are played by Instruō Saïch, sequenced with a DIY Voxmachina Leo Leo Matrix Programmer. The bass pad is made with my DIY minimoog clone.

Thaw

Lullaby for Breakfast

This is the 13th track made from my Grandad's poetry.

The others are here👇🏾
https://on.soundcloud.com/7RWUlc4x5lMqOxNecd
🧓🏼Papa's Poems ▶️ Songs ♾️

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Tuning 432Hz A Standard
Capo 6

Instruments
-Vocal and acoustic live
-Additonal backing vocal runs x 4
-Acoustic lead
-Acoustic picked rhythm
-Piano played on keys
-Native Flute played on keys
-Lost Reverse Alchemy pad played on keys
-5 String bass
-Marimba played on keys
-Cajon bass & snare played on keys 

To do
-lower bass in mix
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Papa 's notes on the poem are below the poem 🍃🍁🍂❤️
It's another real gem to have and I really adore how laser focused to nature he was.

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Sentenced without Trial (A poem by Bill Stapleton)

The executioner has come to cut thee down.
I know not for what crime.
The human race needs living space
And you have little time.

No counsel for your defence
No witness to your beauty
No guardian of your civil rights
It matters not - you're guilty!

Where are the lovers you shaded
When summer hearts were wed
Speak now for your leafy friend
Before his life is shed

Did no one see you in Springtime
When your buds were awake in bloom
Did no one pass last Autumn
On your golden carpet, strewn

Why don't you run away?
The humans are coming fast
Don't just stand there and be acquired
Your security is past

Dumb innocence give me your seed
And let me away to sow
In some undeveloped land
Where the crocuses can grow.
......
Where are the lovers you shaded
When summer hearts were wed
Speak now for your leafy friend
Before his life is shed

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23 February 1975
Bill says, " A considerable time had lapsed since I had written any poetry probably due to the shock of my heart attack. In fact I was not sure whether I could still do so. It was a great comfort to me therefore to achieve this poem after an elapse of nearly five years.
The theme of civil rights comes from the northern troubles. I got the idea while out for a walk around Silverpine, the lovely little roads now sadly changed by housing development. Many lovely old trees cut down while others await their fate with 'Security' and 'Acquired' boards ignominiously nailed to them.
The last verse is a lesson on how we can co-operate to save the situation by planting a new tree"

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Bill lived for nine more years after writing those words. It's interesting how the health shock effected his creativity and so nice he re-found it. Maybe a nice reminder to use our time well 🔆


I really love the third stanza. "Where are the lovers you shaded?..." Bill is looking at these condemned trees and wondering about the beautiful unconditional love it showed to people who are now no where to be seen when the trees need them. For me this wraps up what I've learned and had confirmed from Papa's poetry. Humans use the planet but get lost in our own pleasure and forget about what actually keeps us alive and what makes this such a wonderful planet to be on and that we do get to share. We share it with all the trees and eachother. We are however the only ones with either the intelligence to save it from ourselves or stay blinded and condemn it like these trees were condemned to their doom. Thanks Papa


This in my opinion is why laws against single use plastics and similar environmental saviours are so important. When idiosy decides to reverse them on a whim and because of only economics the indifference grows collectively and we lose our focus on the tree and the system as a whole. We then also forget that in focusing on the welfare of the tree, we focus on our own welfare. It's easy to forget this when we don't experience a direct relatable suffering however compassion towards the system still has our answers to a smoother future along side our dear tree friends 🫛

Say Hello Wave Goodbye - Tribute to Dave Ball

Pax

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