Long Shadows

What?
What are you lookin’ at? 
Why you lookin’ at me like that?
Stop starin’, babe. I see you.
Oh, you staring again?

You got somethin’ to say?
Yeah… I thought so..

What do you want?
What? What do you need?
Don’t mumble
Spit it out, don’t freeze.
You actin’ tough now?
Talkin’ low now?
Say it louder make it count now!

What? What?
What was that?
Didn’t catch it
Speak up, back that chat.

If you really got somethin’ to say, then say so
You been starin’ like you got a damn halo
But you ain’t slick, nah, I see the show
So come on now, baby, just let it go

If you wanna say something, just say so
Wanna come for the queen? Better aim, bro
Still watching from the sideline? That’s lame though
If you got something to say, just say so, yeah
Just say so… yeah, just say so
Yeah, just say so, yeah

I hear the noise… but I don’t flinch
Your silence? That’s your loudest cringe
So next time you step in my glow
Bring words, not that fake-ass show
Yeah…

Say it louder, say it clear
Ain’t got time for petty fear
Say it loud, or let it go
If you got something to say, just say so..

Just say so… say it! Just say so…
Say it… just say so… yeah!
Just say so..

Just Say So

I found the sleeve with Sam Cooke’s face 

Wonderful World in a paper case 

The needle crackled like a voice from home 

That record spun like a prayer alone 

Then Aretha called from a faded sleeve 

Respect was worn but it still believed 

I held the vinyl like a sacred scroll 

That soul was fire that soul was gold 

Boxes stacked like memory towers 

Dust and dreams and listening hours 

Every groove a fingerprint 

Of who we were and what we meant 

It was the trip 

The one that music takes you on 

From the first note to the break of dawn 

It was the trip 

The one that never leaves your bones 

Even when the store is gone 

Stevie’s Songs in the Key of Life 

Played like thunder in the quiet night 

Earth Wind and Fire lit the room 

With September dancing through the gloom 

Prince in purple Michael in light 

Whitney’s voice like a satellite 

It was the trip 

The one that music takes you on 

From the first note to the break of dawn 

It was the trip 

The one that never leaves your bones 

Even when the store is gone 

Alicia’s keys Adele’s cry 

Amy’s soul Beyoncé’s rise 

Vinyl ghosts in cardboard skies 

It lives in crates and hearts and air 

It plays in silence everywhere 

It was the trip 

The one that music takes you on 

From the first note to the break of dawn 

It was the trip 

The one that never leaves your bones 

Even when the store is gone 

I still hear Sam 

I still hear Aretha 

I still hear Stevie 

I still hear Prince 

I still hear me 

every spin In every trip...In every record store trip .in every groove the music ..Just ..fit 

All rights held by the songwriter Edwin H. Balder

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Trip to the record store

If we join our drops we can form a sea.

https://youtu.be/Ik677MHlYRQ?si=Hz5XhtjFIBpFdnl7

GAZA
Se uniamo tutte le nostre gocce possiamo formare un mare.

I planned a trip a dream packed in my bag  
To lands of ancient tales history never drags  
The Holy Land birthplace where light was born  
I wanted peace beauty truth from night till dawn  

The basilica shines markets full of life  
Fragrances and colors art that cuts like a knife  
Dreamed of golden beaches seas that soothe the soul  
Meeting new faces tasting stories untold  

In Gaza they are dying in Gaza they are dying like flies  
In Gaza they are dying in Gaza they are dying like flies  

But dreams shattered under rubble and debris  
A harsh reality of pain and misery  
At the heart of hell where silence screams loud  
Where smiles are rare and eyes lost in the crowd  

Empty  
Death walks quietly you can see it in their eyes  
Old souls lost in time staring through the haze  
Children scared stiff in a world set ablaze  

Hunger chained tight poverty confined  
In the shadows where hope is hard to find  
A silent witness in a broken land  

Women bowed in darkness carrying the weight  
Eyes full of tears secrets buried in fate  
Mothers rocking babies with no future in sight  
While deaths silent dance swallows all the light  

Elders sitting by walls times cruel decree  
Memories of brighter days lost to history  
Their voices are whispers the wind wont set free  
Suffocated cries trapped in agony  

Kids who never laugh prisoners of fear  
Playing in the dust with no path clear left unknown  
Lost in a world where no ways shown  

I wish I could take their hands lead them away  
Paint horizons where they could one day stay  
But here I stand helpless in this mess  
A broken land drowning in pain and distress  

In Gaza they are dying in Gaza they are dying like flies  
In Gaza they are dying in Gaza they are dying like flies  

In silence on the streets a quiet scream  
Shattered dreams lost  
But I keep the flame alive the hearts bright spark  
Cause every broken soul deserves light in the dark  

And even though this trips not what I planned  
I carry stories only few understand  
Cause to know is to see not close your eyes  
And only so can a broken world start to rise  

In Gaza they are dying in Gaza they are dying like flies  
In Gaza they are dying in Gaza they are dying like flies

Gaza

Lyrics further below
✨🎶 Jag är kvar när du gått 🎶✨

🌟Two voices, one story of love and loss 🌙🎸✨ #JagÄrKvarNärDuGått”

A melancholic Swedish ballad – stripped down and intimate. Just an acoustic guitar and two voices meeting in a quiet dialogue about memory, longing, and what remains even when everything else has changed. 🌙☕🍂
This is a song about holding on to the last light in the darkness, about daring to whisper the name of the one you loved… and still standing here when the echo fades. 💔✨
🎧 Listen. Breathe. Feel.
💬 Share the moment in the song that touched you the most.
🙏 Thank you for walking this journey with me.

🌺Lyrics🌺
Jag är kvar när du gått

Kaffet kallnar, vädret är grått
Din stol väntar, du är borta
Damm i ljuset, andetag
Jag räknar om våra gamla dagar
 Och jag håller kvar
Allt som ännu värmer
Ett sista ljus i natten
När vinden släcker ner
Om du hör mitt namn
I någon gammal sång
Vänd dig om och stanna
Jag är kvar när du gått

Nyckeln ligger på vårt bord
Som ett tyst och enkelt ord
Dörren den gnisslar när jag minns
Allt vi var och allt som finns
Och jag håller kvar
Allt som ännu värmer
Ett sista ljus i natten
När vinden släcker ner
Om du hör mitt namn
I någon gammal sång
Vänd dig om och stanna
Jag är kvar när du gått
Det är okej att sakna dig
Säger det så sakta
Det gör mindre ont för mig
När jag låter regnet prata
Och jag håller kvar
Allt som ännu värmer
Ett sista ljus i natten
När vinden släcker ner
Om du hör mitt namn
I någon gammal sång
Vänd dig om och stanna
Jag är kvar här ändå


I'm still here when you're gone.

The coffee is getting cold, the weather is grey
Your chair is waiting, you are gone
Dust in the light, breath
I count our old days
And I hold on
Everything that still warms
A last light in the night
When the wind blows out
If you hear my name
In some old song
Turn around and stay
I am left when you are gone
The key is on our table
Like a quiet and simple word
The door that squeaks when I remember
Everything we were and everything that is
And I hold on
Everything that still warms
A last light in the night
When the wind blows out
If you hear my name
In some old song
Turn around and stay
I am left when you are gone

It is okay to miss you
Say it so softly
It hurts me less
When I let the rain talk
And I hold on
Everything that still warms
A last light in the night
When the wind blows out
If you hear my name
In some old song
Turn around and stay
I'm still here

________________________________________
📌 “This song turned into a duet, even though I first imagined only one voice – but sometimes the music decides for itself 💖🎶 Thank you for listening 🌙✨”
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#SwedishBallad #AcousticSong #Duet #MelancholicMusic #EmotionalSong #ScandinavianMelancholy #AcousticGuitar #IndieArtist #SingerSongwriter #NordicSound #SadSongsCanBeBeautiful #AcousticDuet #SwedishMusic #JagÄrKvarNärDuGått

Jag är kvar när du gått

Song about emotional breakup. This song was recorded by Annie first then me. Both versions are on here to emphasise the different emotions felt in both songs ! Enjoy

End of the road ( Female perspective) .mp3

“Fiddler on the Lie” is my take on how history repeats itself, tyrants dressed in gold pretending to be gods while their world burns. I saw the parallels between Nero’s fire in Rome and Trump’s fire of lies in America. Both lived for spectacle, worship, and chaos, leaving devastation in their wake. This song is my protest anthem, a warning that idols made of ego and greed can’t stand forever. Eventually, truth catches fire too, and it burns everything down.

#FiddlerOnTheLie #PoliticalRock #AltRock #ProtestSong #EmpireBurns #TruthOnFire #RomeAndAmerica #ModernCaesar #HistoryRepeats #ResistanceAnthem #StageAndFlame #ArtistAsTyrant #FallOfEmpires #RockOperaVibes #DarkRock #CivicSoundtrack #FightTheFire #CultureInFlames #EchoesOfRome #SpeakTruth #NoGoldenIdols #PowerAndFire #AIHost #RadioGPT #RAiDiOFYI #bigGPT #HitRadioAI

Fiddler on the Lie

[Verse 1]
Hello
Tell me all the things you know
My heart's been beatin' out my chest
You always do this to me
Mmm
My lover
Do you think that we could run?
This town is fallin' off the edge
The world is dyin'
Dyin'

[Chorus]
So let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Like the story said
Like the story said
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet

[Verse 2]
So
Baby
Come with me
And let's write a symphony
There's nothing else for us to see
When all our friends are leavin'
Oh
My love
I'm thinkin' we could leave this town
And they won't even notice now
It's so deceivin'
Leavin'

[Chorus]
So let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Like the story said
Like the story said
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet

[Verse 3]
Let's run away
Forget about the past
And everything
We said would never last
Our story ain't the same
We wrote a different end
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet

[Chorus]
So let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Like the story said
Like the story said
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet

[Bridge]
Oh oh
Oh parting is such a sweet sorrow
But this will be nothing like we know
In the end, It'll just be me and you
And baby
Temptation is what you do
Yes you do
I would say I'm a desperate man
But since I'm with you
I don't really give a damn
So let's run away from here
With you I'll go anywhere

[Chorus]
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Let's dance like
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet
Like the story said
Like the story said

[Outro]
Tomorrow we can leave this town
Go somewhere
Just you and me
But for now
(Let's say)
Let's say 
Good night
Good night
Good night
(Good night...)

Romeo & Juliet

Don't Show Your Dark Side.

[Verse 1]
The printer bed won’t stay hot,
It forgets to fill solid — or maybe not.
The stuff I print just won’t ever stick,
It turns into crap, and it does it quite quick.

[Chorus]
Printer’s woes, they never end,
Keeps borking prints, I can not depend.
Spitting scraps and wasting time,
Turning my patience into nothing but rhyme

[Verse 2]
The nozzle insists that it’s over full,
but skips instead, like a stubborn mule.
It won’t let me swap out the filament,
It ignores all the time and money I’ve spent.

[Chorus]
Printer’s woes, they never end,
Keeps borking prints, I can not depend.
Spitting scraps and wasting time,
Turning my patience into nothing but rhyme.

[Verse 3]
It shakes and rumbles ‘til it gets a fix,
Goes humming along till it throws a glitch.
The plastic it eats is expensive as gold,
I buy it in spools — too costly to fold.

[Bridge]
And on top of all that, it won’t let me connect…
it’s making me sick, I’m a blithering wreck!

[Final Chorus]
Printer’s woes, they never end,
Keeps borking prints, I can not depend.
Spitting scraps and wasting time,
Turning my patience into nothing but rhyme.

[Outro]
In spite of it all, I still print what I want,
Pieces so perfect, they’re fit to flaunt.
The colors so luminous, the textures refined —
Exactly the thing I held in my mind.

***** Description *****

A song for anyone who’s wrestled with a stubborn 3D printer. From clogged nozzles to wasted spools, Printer’s Woes turns frustration into rhythm and rhyme — and still ends on a high note when the perfect print finally shines.

Printer's Woes

The Court is back

🎶 From Cassette Tapes to Creating My Own Sound 🎶

When I was a kid, music was more than background noise, it was my escape, my teacher, and my first real love. I’d sit with two cassette players, playing the Beatles on one and singing into the other, trying my best to match artists like Paul McCartney or Barbara Streisand’s range (sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much) 🤣. Homework could wait, lyrics in my wide rule notebooks couldn’t.

Life took me through winding roads, retail, hospitality, consulting, caregiving, but music never stopped calling. 45 years later, after many personal losses, and loosing one of my sons last year, I turned back to songwriting as therapy. Inspiration is all around me. Every song I create starts with raw lyrics, usually scribbled in one shot as I choreograph in my mind, then evolves into a fully produced track through hours of refining vocal coding,  instrumentation, and feel. I blend personal stories with AI driven music tools, letting technology and emotion work together to capture what I hear and see in my head and heart.

Now, I’m finally sharing it. Not perfect, not polished to death, just real. This is me, finally putting the music out there for you to hear.
Peace & Love ❤️ 


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Fiddler on the Lie

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