My favourite tunes to unwind to after a long day.  Thank you to the artists and writers who provide such wonderful melodies and soundscapes. 

All the best,
Max

Chill Music

Diving for pearls

Soul Flame 72>>>

With reverence to @Burn-it-Smith for a strong dose of inspiration. The Barrelhouse Bard from Brighton is SoundCloud's leading purveyor of upright wit and wisdom. Check him out.

You’re so beautiful when you are drunk
Your left eye goes lazy and you act like a punk
You laugh as you trip on the heels of your pumps
You’re so beautiful when you are drunk

I get lost in your glassy eyed stare
You’re the center of attention but you don’t even care
I mumble, “I love you,” like it’s some kind of prayer
You just give me your glassy eyed stare

We stumble through the streets and I fall down at your feet
It’s the same old thing we did last week
Another beer cave for us to spelunk 
Just another drink with just another drunk

You have grace, glamour, and style
As you fumble with the phone that you can’t even dial
We sleep in the taxi that only takes us a mile
So much for grace glamour and style

I love the smell of merlot on your breath
As you yell at the door as if it were deaf
On the couch like a corpse the only thing that is left
Is the smell of merlot on your breath

Pink elephants on parade, will we ever have it made?
The money’s always gone before I get paid
And all I can think of after all I have thunk
Is you’re so beautiful when you are drunk
You’re so beautiful when you are drunk

You're So Beautiful When You Are Drunk

4 Star Commended Entry in the 2021 UK Songwriting Contest

For anyone, who has had to live in any form of isolation or restriction, like many of us in 2020/2021, it's mostly the small, simple, everyday things that you miss.

Waiting  for  the  world  to  get  back  upon  its  feet,    
Been  so  long  waiting  in  the  wings,  
Getting  hard  to  remember  how  things  really  were,   
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  

Like,  casual  conversations  with  strangers  that  you  meet,   
Hanging  out  with  friends,  and  simply  walking  down  the  street,                  
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  
   
Like,  sitting  at  the  coffee  shop,  watching  people  passing  by,   
Seeing  mothers  pushing  push-chairs  while  their  little  babies  cry,   
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  

Waiting  for  the  world  to  get  back  upon  its  feet,   
It's been  so  long  waiting  in  the  wings,  
Getting  hard  to  remember  how  things  really  were,                  
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  

Like,  taking  a  bus  ride,  three  stops  down  the  road,   
Meeting  friends  for  dinner,  and  hosting  them  at  home,   
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  

Like,  shopping  unconcerned,  without  watching  my  back,   
Making  pointless  journeys  and  other  things  like  that,   
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  

Waiting  for  the  world  to  get  back  upon  its  feet,   
I've spent so  long  waiting  in  the  wings,  
It's getting  hard  to  remember  how  things  really  were,       
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,  
How  I  miss  the  ordinary  things,

©2021 Words Of Wonder Music

The Journey Of Life

Ordinary Things

Warm

Crème anglaise

Please feel free to check out my lyric video of “Alone” on my YouTube channel.   

Lyric Video:  https://youtu.be/Bj63weum9js

Peace and love,
Max



Lyrics

I heard the words you sang to me
Sadly so serene
The melody hangs over me
Sacred and obscene
With wounds never meant to heal
Open and laid bare
And words I don't wanna hear
Hanging in the air

And I don't...want to say
I couldn't find a way
To make you want to stay
And now...I have to go
Go on alone

Love it can burn into the soul
And fade with the wind
The words left unspoken now
Will linger in the end
Your love's like a reverie
Of a long forgotten road
Broken down and weathered
Nowhere left to go

And I don't...want to say
I couldn't find a way
To make you want to stay
And now...I dont want to go
Go on alone

Alone

Everything For The Now

This is a song I wrote in 2016, about overcoming negative self doubts when I was starting to write songs again after a break of about 20 years.  It’s a song of positivity and self encouragement to get on and do the things you want to before it’s too late, regardless of what stage of life you’re at.  Recording, percussion and additional fabulous chucka chucka guitars by Carl Hetherington of Van der Neer.

Doing time

©️.Tiré de l'album : les bienfaits de la haine de la haine/ From the album: the benefits of hate hate .

Volée De Bois Vert - Barrage of criticism

Track 1 of "Red" is dedicated to my father and my friends. May they live forever in our memories. Mark, Jude, Joe, Jordan. 

lyrics:
lost a friend I'm sorry
drunk again don't worry
voice is gone you're screaming
safe for you don't leave me
why can't it be so simple
ghosts turned into symbols
pierce your skull with needles
lost in life I need you

miss you all you haunt me
died so young i'm sorry
I don't wanna be so lonely
why'd you leave so early

Don't leave me

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Ghosts

Paradise Again

Heaven Takes You Home

Harvey & Ferven - By The Way

You are listening to an original song by Emily Kate Boyd. The lyrics were directly inspired by a conversation between Krista Tippett and John O'Donohue.  

"O Sweet River"
by Emily Kate Boyd

O Sweet River,
Carry the memory of her pain
To the wind-tormented sands
Of the sea

These days so restless,
Rich and unsatisfied,
Like the sorrow of a king
Ruled by his endless, lonely nights

When every idea comes to mind
On the back porch seems to die,
O Sweet River, stay alive
Stay alive

O Sweet River,
Will you remind me of the night,
I was humbled and took the shape
Of the mist, the well, the lake?

When my tears fell upon her face,
I was humble
Formless
In her grace

Teach me to trust this and keep faith
As I surrender to this place
Dissolve the hard and entangled shape
Of my fear

I’ll be grateful, I’ll be kind
And I’ll keep good love on my mind
I’ll be grateful
Kind

All my love, all my friends
All I need in good hands

All my love, all my friends
All I need in good hands

In the Woods

O Sweet River

not a single day

I was in the mood to write something heavy and came up with a song inspired by the dread of a diminished 7th chord.  However, there is a counter point to pull it up out of the gloom and impart some beauty.

- Music by: Robin Benjamins, @blunt-force-serenity, BluntForceSerenity.com
- Arranged and produced by: Robin Benjamins
- Photograph: " Black Hole Image of M87" by NASA

Key: C minor, C# minor
Time signature: 15/8
BPM: 67.3

Instruments:
- Arturia KeyLab 88

DAW:
- Mac Pro 12 Core, macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina)
- Apple Logic Pro X 10.6.0
- Plug-ins: Logic Stock, Spitfire Audio – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ez Drummer, AIR VacuumPro, AIR Loom 64, AIR theRiser
- Focusrite Saffire Pro 40
- Mackie Control Universal

Total Aquarium

Singularity

Push It Down The River

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning 
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
LYRICS: 
Some would say I’ve got no sense of direction
Some would say I’ve got no sense at all
Some would say I’m going round in circles
Like a clock ticking on the the wall

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

Some people say I move too fast
Some people say I move too slow
Some people say there’s no need to move at all
If you don’t know where to go

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

I might go looking for the sun in the morning
Or maybe in the afternoon
Sit back with a cold beer in the evening
And just look up at the moon 

Some would say head for the highlands 
Some say the lowlands are for me 
Some would say just follow your heart
Wherever that may be

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

I might go looking for the sun in the morning
Or maybe in the afternoon
Sit back with a cold beer in the evening
And just look up at the moon 

Maybe I do 
Maybe I don’t
Maybe I will 
Maybe I won’t

Maybe I Do

Hello! Thanks for stopping by.  I write songs in reaction to life, quite often my own, or the lives of those around me.  Sometimes my song tells me what I'm thinking before I've even realised myself.  
I hope there is something here that resonates with you, I'd be really delighted to hear your comments.  
I started writing and playing again in March 2015 after a break of about 20 years having realised that life is short and I'd better crack on! I self released my 9 track CD 'Your Life' in 2017 and have since written many songs which will eventually end up on a 2nd 'album'!  I’ve had a couple of radio plays on BBC Introducing and played at a few local singers nights, but I’m really blown away by this Soundcloud community,  there’s a treasure trove of real music on here and the support is really appreciated.  
March 2021 update I've been teaching myself keyboard and have found it an inspiration for song writing and so my more recent tracks are written and performed with the piano keyboard.  
First memory of being captured by Songwriting was sitting behind a sofa aged 10 at a party and discovering Carol King’s Tapestry and a turntable. Teenage years dominated by an obsession with David Bowie, his word craft, imagery, story telling and his example of being able to constantly reinvent himself and not be pigeonholed. 
All tracks are my own compositions and performances except extra rhythm guitar and percussion on ‘Doing Time’ which was Carl Hetherington. 
Most of the images I have used are my own original artwork.  I now have an Instagram page where I’ll be posting my art at rowenaartandmusic 

https://www.instagram.com/rowenaartandmusic 

Thanks for stopping by, it’s much appreciated.

Doing time

Rowena Simpson