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Photo: Robbie

R.I.P. Garth Hudson and The Band

Lyrics:
Long, gone, feelin’, memory in smoke recedin’,
Times when you awoke and found a lovin’ hand nearby.
Lonely song comes stealin’, softly through the trees revealin’
Corners of your heart that you’ve been hidin’ from your eyes.

There’s a time when you will disappear in love of long ago,
There’s a time when that may set your heart aglow,
There’s a time when all those memories will let the feeling flow,
That’s a time for letting out and letting go.

Many years now showin’, rhythm of your step is slowin’,
Look into the mirror and a different man is there,
When the tears start flowin’, you know that the pain is goin’,
You know that your heart is growin’ light as the air.

There’s a time for you to vanish into love of long ago,
There’s a time when memory sets your heart aglow,
There’s a time when deep remembering will let the feeling flow,
That’s a time for letting out and letting go.  Ahhh…

Long, gone, feelin’, memory in smoke recedin’,
Times when you awoke and found a lovin’ hand nearby.
Lonely song comes stealin’, softly through the trees revealin’
Corners of your heart that you’ve been hidin’ from your eyes.

Long ago, long ago, long ago.

Long Gone

Composed by 𝙉𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙄𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙎.
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They tried one time to hold it down,
You're never gonna get very far.
I hold my breath until the end,
You go back to who you are.

You'll never know if you don't try,
You've never lived 'till you've died.
I missed my train.
You'll never know if you don't try,
You've never lived 'till you've died.
I missed that train.

And all the people saw the light leave your eyes,
And then the ruler beckoned to the skies.

They tried one time to hold it down,
You're never gonna get very far.
I hold my breath until the end,
You go back to who you are.

They tried one time to hold it down,
You're never gonna get very far.
I hold my breath until the end,
You go back to who you are.

You'll never know if you don't try,
You've never lived 'till you've died.
I missed my train.
You'll never know if you don't try,
You've never lived 'till you've died.
I missed that train.

× × × × × × × × ×

Narcissists is a independent electronic music project from Preston, Lancashire. Established in 2022, and releasing their debut album Opening Move the same year.

Opening Move, combines retro influences with an energetic, modern rock sound, not disimilar from Harry Styles or The Strokes. 

Opening Move saw some exposure upon release on Wythenshawe FM Radio, The Amos Madra Show and Amazing Radio Afternoons.

In November 2022, performing live atop an art gallery in Manchester, Narcissists made their live debut at the ABC Building, playing on the roof of the gallery in the glass amphitheatre as part of an event organised by House of Art and Heads Magazine.

Narcissists were also interviewed and featured in an article published by Blossom Magazine, an organisation also based in Manchester.

In December 2022, Narcissists performed at The Ferret, a legendary live music venue in Preston, Lancashire. Supporting popular rock band Sugarstone in a bid to save struggling venues affected by the pandemic.

In 2023, Narcissists released King's Gambit, their second studio album. The album featured a post-modern, electronically woven sound. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of electronic styles.

Dark Skies was used as the official soundtrack to popular Internet soap opera "Skew Bridge," crafted by the team from award winning playwriter Jim Cartwright.

Try Again

Heart Nebula (feat. Anshika Sansanwal) (prod. by KingXxStrategic)

Chop Wood, Carry Water

A track from a little-known group, from the TV channel "Gameland TV" heading "annealing" from the game "Ace combat 6"

9Lies — U2

Big picture wise, it’s a hip hop beat with spaghetti western elements. So hence, the trip hop tag cos’ Soundcloud likes to judge genres based on beats. 
I used a minMaj7 chord for the first time in preparation for my Bond theme I will be attempting next year. Daunting, I know. Over the MinMa77 chord I used gypsy minor or double harmonic minor or whatever you wanna call it. Then, mixolydian over the Dom 7. After the spaghetti western intro, I do a borrowed chord on the 4th degree in the second verse. Then again, for the bridge. For the key change I used a diminished portal. If you make a Dom 7 chord a half step below any of the  notes of a diminished 7 chord it shares 3 common notes so it gives you 4 possible keys to go to. I picked the one with 1b cos it’s close to Am. Then another borrowed chord on the 4th degree of the scale. A lot of superimposition going on with the keys/strings. 
Production wise, the usual time it takes to produce a song is 12 hours. I went over that by 1 hour cos’ I had to learn how to play a bit of harmonica and bend with it. I didn’t know that you had to blow and suck. That’s what she said. I think the best parts of the string arrangements are the 2nd verse and the bridge where I just stopped trying to be Ennio Morricone and did…me. 
Mix wise, this is what Cassius would sound like had I let the pro mixers have their way. I think it’s cool/light/hipster. Not as warm as my demo mix. So maybe in the future I will put my foot down and go back to ‘just mix it like my demo.’ But, I think 75% of my vision was reached so that makes me satisfied. 
Lyrically, what we’re going for is dependent on how you’re feeling right now. So, if you’re unhappy you can imagine that we’re singing it to you. Especially the line ‘Need your pain to dissipate.’ And if you’re happy, then you imagine you’re singing it to someone else. 


I put my 6 string in it. Buried deep inside the sins of the foreign lands    (I guess I could be referring to 八国联军here）
And when I get down to it I’m gonna love you in all the ways that I can          
Back up for ya cry, need a place to sort out your life
Need your pain to dissipate, need the rain to sit and wait
I got this back porch shotgun sitting wisdom tooth (I set my brain on random and I like the contrast between a somewhat redneck shotgun scene and caviar)
On the rain soaked caviar of mortal loving dues 

Chorus:
Backing:Do you do you wanna try
Staring deep inside my eyes
And you’re never the pauper and you’re never the slave (I actually thought pauper meant beggar until after I recorded the song and looked it up)
And you’ve broken out of your rusty cage. (Soundgarden reference)
When the dust is gone and settled
Will ya be the one
To make the queen of angels sigh (Doors reference. I think what I’m going for is the opposite of you’re so vain. Because the person ought to say, “I’m not an angel. Nor am I the queen of angels.” And, that’s why it’s you. And if it’s a kid asking themselves the question. “Can I kick it? Will I be the one?” You know the answer. “Yes you can.”)

Verse 2

Back up, if you’ve only got the rain on your mind
Shut up, before you lose the innocence of life 
I’m only in it for the beauty, in it for the game, I do it for the simple beauty to keep my life sane     (“oh. And that’s why do we it. But mostly the money”. But when I sing that line I believe. “You think Ronnie Van Want would rather play free gigs instead of getting paid. “Mama told me to forget my lust for the rich man’s gold. But she also taught me not to be an idiot.”)
It’s overdone. (When the) silence is overcome. 
I got the spells son. Do you have it? I got the spells son. Do you have it? (Just me being amusing)
In your place son. Do you have it? Take my rage son. Do you have it?

Hell.  going up in flames
Until you say my name 
I’ve been looking, forward to those voices, that make me change 

Why. Must the blue skies fall
Need to hear your name 
Before the water douses us again.

Sigh

First recorded in December 2022.
From the album Salt.

It's a song about the castle.

This new version was mixed and mastered by
Woods Studio Norway Mixing and Mastering 
www.soundcloud.com/woods_studio 

LYRICS

There's a castle that stands,
on a hill, above the sands,
while the people below,
hatch some plans. 
Though the fields and the trees,
are packed with stupidity.
Might be you, could be me,
naturally.

These were the ways.
That they kept you in place.
These were the ways.
Back in the days.

As the castle looks down,
ashen faced, in the town, 
oh, the people they frown,
looking down.
And they never glance up,
at these rocks they've piled above, 
piled for years, piled with tears,
piled with love. 

These were the ways.
That they kept you in place.
These were the ways.
Back in the days.

The castle surrounds, 
a cliff top, above the town, 
seabirds cry,
as they circle around 
Control has no bounds,
like a face in the clouds,
looking down at the state of the town. 

And what will we be.
For one thing, were not free.
There's a castle, 
which watches, 
you go.

Castles [2024 Remaster]

Business

Elevated Mass

Verse 1: 
Take our time and we’ll hold the line, I tell you baby, we’ll be fine. 
All right, alright 
Carry on through darkest days, your hand in mine we’ll find our way 
All right, alright 

Pre-Chorus 
And I feel so alive 

Chorus 
Take it all on the chin, you take me back, where I begin again, this life 
Take it all on the chin, forgive, forget, forward my friend 
Regrets, no time 

Verse 2:  
Storms will gather, the smell of rain, breathe it in, embrace the pain 
All right, alright. 
Such is life, no guarantees, but I got you and you know me 
All right, alight 

Pre-Chorus 
And I feel so alive 

Chorus 
Take it all on the chin, you take me back, where I begin again, this life 
Take it all on the chin, forgive, forget, forward, my friend 
Regrets, no time 

Outtro
And I feel so alive 

Take It On The Chin

All music by me, except "Maybe" by Whitney Porter and Me.

Special thanks to Kahlan Davis, John Moreland, Whitney Porter, and Toxic Bros.

Small Talk

Spies

Echoes In The Void

Too Many Things (1b - blues)
(c) J. Murdock McInnes Vasey


[intro]

[verse]
That was a place to start
Soon before things fell apart
But not now, no such luck
We all seem to be stuck

The big things
They cost too much, 
We can't decide
We try to hide
But little things, 
they cost far more
We've lost control, 
don't know the score

[pre-chorus]
Everywhere you look
Something else is going away
Another thing we took
It won't last another day

[chorus]
Too many things, 
Too many things
Can't fix them all
Can't even start
Can't think about it
Breaks your heart

[instrumental]

[verse]
Every hope lands on the rocks
Every ship's going nowhere
You'd like to care, 
but you don't dare

While some pretend it isn't true
It doesn't end for me and you
While some think they'll get away
You and I, 
no place to stay

[pre-chorus]
Everywhere you look
Something else is going away
Another thing we took
It won't last another day

[chorus]
Too many things, 
Too many things
Can't fix them all
Can't even start
Can't think about it
Breaks your heart

We have all, run out of luck

[verse]
Too many things, 
Too many things
Can't fix them all
Can't even start
Can't think about it
Breaks your heart

Too many things, 
Too many things

[outro]

Too Many Things

heaven in wild flower

LIVE ON STAGE on 23th August, 2025: https://wannebachsummer.de
NEW Video Trailer "Living": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKm28euxFuE
NEW Video Trailer "First Thing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-58t7gvyg
NEW: Hurting
NEW: FIrst Thing - (with Ian Collins)

http://potbarley.com
LATEST RELEASE ON SPOTIFY: "Old Friend" with Ian Collins. https://ffm.to/old_friend.bio

New song "Nancy Says" and a reel: https://youtube.com/shorts/D6OYurY7vgE?feature=share

Crash 'n Burn was charting up to no. 3 in RepostExchange

Hole In The Sky was mentioned in an article with Spotify playlist: : https://staticdive.com/2024/08/14/pot-barley

Check out the reel made by Overdrive on my YouTube Channel of "Crash'n Burn": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aCx2da8Vxl8 and another one "Release Me": ttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/uCavmdcdtdY!

YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PotBarley
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/potbarleyofficial

Musician & songwriter driven just by passion for songwriting and singing. I am releasing "SoundCloud first" but some selected songs are also on https://potbarley.bandcamp.com or Spotify etc, sometimes in older versions though.
Since spring 2023 I have been writing and recording mainly as a "one man band", using acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, an old piano, conga, etc. and a voice.
Former member of German bands: In Rags (with Sami Yli-Sirniö and Roman Keymer), Sharkpool and Dutch bands Garbitsjkeng, The Wit, Trio van Putten and and a few others. I baptized my Alter Ego and named him "Pot Barley".

From the live houses of the Jing to busking in tunnels (Granted, the 33.3% donation rate was based on the fact that he had removed his stifling white collar shirt and was dancing bare chested) in Singapore, Psychedelic Revolution (aka Psyche Rev) is a one man project that likes most things such as alt r&b and alt rock. Made it as a semi finalist in 'Song of the Year' competition in 2022 with his song 'Cassius.' Finalist in 2023 with 'We'll Go Down.' Finalist in 2024 with 'Sigh' and also taking semi finalist positions with 'Heartbeats & Inner Turmoil' and 'You Had Me'. Finalist in 2025 with 'Cold Cold Storm' and semi finalist with 'So Typical.' Tastes like Kung Pao Chicken. Looks like a cross between Brag Pitt and Heath Leather. Smells like team spirit. Feels like baby powder. Oh the music. Yeah, it sounds good. 


Don't respond to DM's on here so if you would like to get touched pls contact  via some other avenue. He does have a sun fetish though.

Daily Musing:
Yeah. 4th year in a row. Happy about it. Happy that I wasn't awarded anything in 'rock' again.  4 months left to still compete. It's been an honour to play for you all as usual. 

September: Trap Soul Song I've been shelving
October: I think I'm gonna do a chill hop/jazz hop thing with Coltrane changes. Done a instrumental before but never done a vocal jazz hop thing.

Sigh

Psychedelic Revolution

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