Started like some old Rollins Band stuff and became more Incubus and then went all Powerman

Very cool chill vibe and unique vocal delivery!

Really dug it, reminds me of Wire at times

Very cool song!  Really like that guitar riff.  Great job!

Practice Playlist #2 B (D Tuning)

[original guitar score by @john-byrne-117035719]
https://youtu.be/DEQruObepEY

When I was your age, my mother
had to make each dollar last.
We had to grow up very fast...
Hope you don't grow up as fast as I did.

When my father was the age I am now
his shoulders hugged the ground.
He never got up to fight the next round.
Hope I don't have to fight the fixed fights he did.

Building you this pier 
to make things a little better for you.
If I run out of rocks then
well, you still got me—
I'll be your windbreaker.

When childhood ends, the storm begins,
I'll be your windbreaker.
When all your dreams seem lost at sea,
I'll be your windbreaker.

[break]

Now listen to the fine print, Princess.
Much as I'd love to be around,
most times you'll be on your own,
and we hope you remember some of the moves
we taught you.

And if you have children of your own,
you'll no doubt need this simple trick.
If you wanna be a good windbreaker,
you're gonna wanna let some of the wind
slip through.

Building you this pier 
to make things a little calmer for you.
If I run out of time then
well, you still got you—
you'll be your windbreaker.

When the storm begins, you'll need all your friends—
they'll be your windbreaker.
When it gets intense, better know your strengths—
you'll be your own windbreaker.

[instrumental break]

Long as I can, for as long as I can—
your windbreaker.
If you can call a friend, then call a friend—
they'll be your windbreaker.
If you know your strengths, then play your strengths—
they'll be your windbreaker.

And one day you might help carry the light—
be someone else's windbreaker.

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Windbreaker

Why do some of us are constantly drawn into this overwhelming and longing  stargazing desire?
Why always the sky?
It's irresistible, it's uncontrollable.

A song is a bit like a novel, like a book. Everyone can read themselves in the story. 
Like some of you, I know nothing. 
I am just a crazy time traveler.

// Jan 28th 2022 //

https://open.spotify.com/track/3TrIV63C20TjX2WsuTerDP

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Why do some of us 
Join the sky in a cusp?
Why always the sky?
Why always the sky?

Maybe I'll start a fire
Life by life lost in time
Why always the sky?
Why always the sky?

And if you don't shine
How will I know?
The future is our ancient heart
With every star now 
This is the time
This is the time to start a fire
This is the time to start a fire

Nothing's quite as it seems
This was just a daydream

Why always the sky?
Why always the sky?

______________________

music/words: Andrea Ev (January 28th 2022)

Always The Sky

Lyrics

Too late little sunshine,
You are too far in the dark.
Too late little sunshine,
I was your hope, and you was mine.

I tried to grasp your pains, your sorrow,
Comforted you in my arms.
Embraced your frightening past and so
Hiding my fears and me behind...

Too late little sunshine,
You are too far in the dark.
Too late little sunshine,
You let me down, you might be right.

It’s true i need your love and caring,
To shine through your eyes.
But emptiness sometimes I’m facing,
Help me to realise.

Fighting with myself, fall to the ground.
Waiting for a hand, that I can’t found.

Too late little sunshine,
You are too far in the dark.
Too late little sunshine,
I was your hope, and you was mine.

Too late little sunshine,
You are too far in the dark.
Too late little sunshine,
Maybe a light can lead us now...

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Too Late Little Sunshine

I don't know what you saying
Cause I've been in my own world
No time to speak right now
Cause I don't wanna break this
Creativity comes to those who seek it
Revelations speak out to the ones who speak it
And I've been seeking it for all my lifetime
Now I've found it so I've got to write rhyme

And In this world we need to show our love
Keep your mind lifted to the skies above
When darkness comes down
Don't fall to fear
When your heart is open, hoping
Jah is near
When your heart is open, hoping
Jah is near

So why you
Stepping up to me like that
Most people know I try to
Keep a humble mindset
When you walk up with
Heavy fist on my door step
I know what you want
Is to see me locked up
But I bend around that route
and I ain't going that way
What sense does it make to you
To keep a good man locked away

And in this world
We need to show our love
Keep your mind lifted to the skies above
When's darkness comes down
Don't fall to fear
When your heart is open, hoping
Jah is near
When your heart is open, hoping
Nah nah nah nah nah nah
Jah is near
Ohh
Jah is near

They say knowledge is power
But there is no power
Like generosity
So give to another
As if he was your brother
Let's feed all the hungry
Spread courage to the ranks
And give a little thanks
To the people fighting over seas
It's time to make a change
Not the promise of a change
F political policies
And we've got the science
If we put our minds behind
There could be no more disease
With this generation come a new generation
And it's up to us to teach
How to be leaders
In this world of creatures
Cause we all deserve to breathe
And if we taught them forgiveness
There would be less prisons
Cause we all deserve to be free
Oh ohh to be free

In this world we need to show our love
Keep your mind lifted to the
Skies above
When darkness comes down
Don't fall to fear
When your heart is open, hoping
Jah is near
When your heart is open, hoping
Nah nah nah nah nah nah Jah is near
Oh oh Jah is near

So why you stepping up to me like that

Jah Is Near

1st single (Reloaded) from Technhouse: Way of life
(c)2019 Adiv Williams
Created by: Mikel & Adiv Williams.
Produced, mixed & mastered by Adiv Williams.

Technhouse: Way of life

Cytrus Punch (Reloaded)

Cytrus Punch Reloaded

A power ballad..

LYRICS:

The step is not hard to take
But over and over again
we bend and we break
The same simple mistake
at the start with my terrible heart in your hand
and you tighten the grip
on the part with the delicate need for command
It's all built in the sand

We stay awake for days
while kneeling and feeling our way
through vacuums of space
It's a desolate place
Fuel the fire with the furious ire of your soul
Feed the flames in the night
Build the pyre, an eternal reprieve from the cold
And so we'll never grow old

You've been ignoring the ballad of fire on the radio
but if you listen it's calling
You've been ignoring the ballad of fire on the radio
but if you listen it's calling to you

You see yourself as a hero for hire but we all know
there's no commissioner calling
Your alter ego's just you in a bar with no windows
and you're rapidly falling
If you cared you could still give yourself a crescendo
but you'd have to go all in
You've been ignoring the ballad of fire on the radio
but if you listen it's calling to you

You've been ignoring the ballad of fire on the radio
but if you listen it's calling
You've been ignoring the ballad of fire on the radio
but if you listen it's calling to you

Ballad of Fire

A never ending story about split personality...

Every time i fail, i beat myself up,
Got to learn how to fall.
Feeling under the influence of 
Bloody dreams and alcohol

Inside my head lives a demon,
Telling me why a lost,
Never heard a voice name as “reason”
Helping me to make a choice

Got myself a demon to feed my fears and share them,

Hear me out
I’m split in two
Shadows is hanging
trough the roof 
Got my fuel,  
As a dancing fool,
Dopamine over the moon

Got my mask on
Dance like a maniac
Act like you got the right,
God better claim the night, 

Monster in my eyes,
I’m a traveler,
I travel through time,

that’s my frame of mind,
Used to be sublime,
used to be the one,

The story of Jekyll and Hide.
One is the light, the other the darkness.
Lost myself between the lies 
of heaven and hell.

The beauty and the beast, 
All in one piece, 
Standing on two feet,
Ready to defeat me

Breaking Character

Where's the time that you had on your side?
Where's a bottle to drink when you need it?
Where's a father to set you to task?
Where's a mother, who's there with a pass?

There's a field full of flowers and grass.
Let's just say that it's somewhere in England.

Maybe warmth from the sun of the day.
Radiates from the Earth as if dreaming.

There's a crow watching you from a fence.
No way for you to guess what he's thinking.

You, yourself, are just there, sitting around.
Devoted to, just The Crow, just the thinking.

Let's insert in this scene, somewhat obviously seen.
An extraneous mass, which requires; a task.
Hey, ho, away we go!

There's a field framed with oak trees and beach.
Let's face facts that it's somewhere in England.

And the hum of the birds and the bees.
Fills you up in the still of the evening.

Oh, the tumbling cascading downs.
Are a never-ending dream of England.

That's it, boy, take a good look round.
(it's the last chance you'll get)
While the crows just sit watching and waiting.

Yet, insert in this scene international schemes.
Which the men undertake, for generals on the make.
Like a madman; half baked.
Stepping stones on a lake.
Oh no, down we go.

There's an old station there in the town.
Full of old iron keys and such sundries.

And the wood there is aged and careworn.
And the empire remains in the features. 

There's a comfort in old-fashioned things.
Reminding us that we're deeply rooted.

To a time and a place and scene.
(a time and a place and a scene)
But a murder of crows could remove it. 
(a time and a place and a scene)

Let's insert in this scene, somewhat obliquely seen.
An external great mass, which requires a task.
Which you must undertake,
with forbearance and haste.
Oh no, down we go. 

Haul the sails, and set the course,
we're sailing out to sea.
Those in the midship, chart the course,
the route that's planned for we.
Set the tiller.
Haul the sail.
Chart the course.
Or else...
we'll fail.

Oh no! to the crows we go!
Oh no! to the crows we go!
Oh no! to the crows we go!

Where's the time that you had on your side?
Where's the time that you wasted on dreaming?
Where's the friends that you need by your side?
Passing by just along for a ride. 

Oh, these were your days.
Oh, this could be the making of you.
Oh, no need for delay.
The whole nation expects such great things for you.

Oh, these were your days.
Oh, this should be the making of you.
Oh, no need for dismay.
The whole nation expects such great things of you.
For England.

Where's your God? Can he keep you alive?
Where's your God? what? is anyone winning?
When your God is a dream for the spring.
Where's he now? amongst most other things?

Where's your God now your lain on the grass?
Where's your God while you lay out here dying?
Where's your God now that nobody knows?
That you're lying in a field full of crows. 

Oh, those were the days,
Oh, they're really a testament to you.
Oh, surrounded by crows,
Crows are suddenly circling you.
For England!



The Crows

I Got You On My Mind

(This is dedicated to my Step-Dad and to his battle with dementia.  It’s a song about time, how things are constantly changing, and yet, when you look in the mirror, there you are, and yet the decay, the age, mistakes and wisdom, one can hope, at the end of the day, no matter what has been had, what has been lost, you will have at least one thing, even if just a hand full, of beautiful memories…of people, pain, loss, love, hope, and everything in between.  Yet, for some, the curse is to look in the mirror and have nothing, to have lost it all, that sense of fear, grief, and frustration..  my step dad lost everyone in the end.  There were only two people he recognized.  My Mom and I - a blessing I will always be grateful to have had).  He was a beautiful man and this song, in all the irony of the lyrics, is for him.  

Verse
Was a time, a time to play, time to pray
All that time, what a waste, what a pity, oh fool, shake my walls, blow me down.

Just a face, unaware, just another day.
Just a phase, all we had, it’s a crime
oh pity, oh fool, mind your head when you fall 

Chorus 
But oh, one thing keeps coming back
I got you on my mind

Verse
In the dark, in the back, what a way to live, you a dance I could never forget, oh pity oh fool, tell me who I see now so

Like a dream, but nightmares are dreams too, in my head, but my mind I stilI find you, oh pity, oh fool, take my hand lead me out 

Chorus
But oh, one thing keeps coming back
I got you on my mind

Not a game, never same, we all fade away, but these tricks, it’s so hard to find you, oh pity oh fool, seems all is lost now

In the end, through the tears and the madness, find a smile as you echo among us, oh pity of fool, are you here with me now.  

Chorus 
But oh, one thing keeps coming back
I got you on my mind

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