Name: How I Lost The Civil War by Ryan Rogers
Duration: 4 min 2 s
Description: This sing is about regret in losing your temper. About insulting the people you disagree with. It does more harm than good

Quite a production, love the BV's, esp. the back & forth btwn lead & BV's.  Yeah, you can get in a bind calling people Hitler, Nazis, Commies, & worst of all, Sherman (I grew up in Atlanta).

Great message! We must respect each others differences and try to listen instead of lecturing.

nice song, reminds me of some of the 90s Rock bands, was not my time, so I am not sure, perpaps REM or Midnight Oil, no?

Listening to a lot of your songs, loving it.. thanks for writing them and doing such a great job with them.  Gonna be back for more for sure.

Time flies and its important to seize the day. My second son has a tattoo .It says  CARPE DIEM!

Tempus Fugit.WAV remix 2023

Ever thought if you could live without your skin?
And go to a place not far from here?
I can take you there, close your eyes

In the middle of the night you wake
Drop of blood running down your face
The mark on your wrist means you're chosen now

Take a step through the misty grey
Down the path where the spirit waits
Put your feet into the water now

Take me back down to the river
Take me back down where the spirit floats
Separate the ghost

Joined together in the atmosphere
The spirit hand takes away your fear
You let go, the dream takes over now

Take me back down to the river
Take me back down where the spirit floats
Separate the ghost

Spirit realm, is there room for me?
Spirit realm, will you take these chains?
Spirit realm, is there room for me?

Ever thought if you could live without your skin?
And go to a place not far from here?
I can take you there, close your eyes

Poison Frog

Separate the Ghost

A big thank you to https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx for playing nearly all instruments, arranging and mixing, it was a  pleasure to collab.

Lines in inverted commas quote René Girard (1923 - 2015), also the title of the song points to him.

The picture shows a section of a photography showing men at Ascot (taken out of NZZ).

Mimetic Desire

Man is the creature
Man is the creature

„Man is the creature
Who does not know
What to desire,
And he turns to others
In order to make up his mind.“ (2)

Don't let the darkness blind you
Don’t let the blindness guide you
Even if it is full of shiny, 
Mimetic desires

Maybe there is still 
A shadow of a hope out there
Isn’t there still somewhere
A shadow of a hope ?

Let me have it, let me, let me have it
Let me have it, let me, let me have it

Don't let the darkness blind you
Don’t let the blindness guide you
Even if it is full of shiny, 
Sparkling, mimetic desires

„We desire 
What others desire
Because we imitate 
Their desires."

Maybe there is still 
A shadow of a hope out there
Isn’t there still somewhere hanging out
A shadow of a hope ?

Man is the creature…
Man is the creature…

Don't let the darkness blind you
Don't let the blindness guide you
Don’t let the darkness blind you…

Mimetic Desire (ft joerxworx)

This is re-recorded version of this song. I wanted to make my vocals clearer and powerful. How do you feel? If it’s a bit better I’ll be happy!  And I added some arrangements. Please listen this version, thank you!   August 28th 2023
Spotify 
https://open.spotify.com/intl-ja/album/12TcgeZvbsZ4gMA9OH54uT

I made this song while the time of pandemic. This is a kind of requiem…believing in the spirit

Lyrics
Maybe I just want to see
When we’re together along
Still my eyeing keep on always

How I save your life?
There's oceans lie to see
I will be waiting for...
Couldn’t save your life

Horizon far away stands before me
Dreaming on about down befalling
Closing my eyes in too darkness
What do you see? because I cant tell you how…
 I know we won’t cry
 I heard your voice with no sound

——————————————————————
Maybe I just want to see you again
When we’re together along
Still my eyeing keep on always

How I save your life?
There's oceans lie to see
I will be waiting for...
Couldn’t save your life

Horizon far away stands before me
Dreaming on about down befalling
Closing my eyes in too darkness
What do you see? because I cant tell you how…
 I know we won’t cry
 I heard your voice with no sound
So it tears me upside down
 I heard your voice is no sound

OCEANS

This sing is about regret in losing your temper. About insulting the people you disagree with. It does more harm than good

How I Lost The Civil War

Written, played and recorded by Richard Gonfrier.

Delphine Portier:  Backing Vocals
Dirk Taubenheim:  Lead Vocals

A million thanks to my friend Richard Gonfrier for offering me this song to collaborate on. I really enjoyed it. Please check out his page https://soundcloud.com/richardgonfrier to find more exciting Indie music!

01.00 am  RICHARD GONFRIER  ft. The Gatsbys

This track is the typical guy waking up in the morning not knowing where he is and fears the retribution when he gets home.
Also at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeBwnj14KDc
Music and lyrics: Phil Bowen 
Mixed and produced: Phil Bowen
Keyboards: Phil Bowen 
Guitars: Phil Bowen
Lyrics:
Verse 1
Laying here ‘till morning when the sun comes up
Laying with my face down in the dusty ground
Feeling so hung over on the verge of breakup
I need one more drink. Let’s have another whip round

Verse 2
Cold emotion sems to play us a game
Who am I to criticise and who am I to blame
Here am I where my heart burns so hot
I’m losing my mind. I’m losing the plot

Middle 8
I need a little comfort to keep my heart warm
I need another drink to face the fire storm
‘cause when I come home, the levee will break
The ground will move and the house will shake

Verse 3
I thought about work, but it seems such a chore
Look at the neighbour who’s living next door
Rises at dawn with curtains still drawn
I close my eyes and try to ignore

Verse 4 
I’ll lay down my heart now and lay down my soul
I’m better off living without job control
No cent to my name. Life’s just a card game
We all end up in a six foot hole.

Ideas and thoughts

Another whip round

I'm very pleased to get to work with Karl's music yet again as we have collaborated on many projects together. When I first heard 'Haust' (Icelandic for Autumn), I was haunted by the richness of the bowed sound and the grinding industrial textures that spoke to me about the extreme environment in Iceland (https://soundcloud.com/sesar/haust). I asked Karl if I could contribute and a few weeks later I'm proud to present our 8th collaboration.

Music, instrumentation, arrangement and production - https://soundcloud.com/sesar
Lyrics/Vocals - me
Image - Douglas Corrance

What was grey becomes black, 
That sinking feeling, 
As darkness falls, 
Dark falls.  

Dawn's late, later still, 
That sinking feeling, 
As darkness falls, 
Dark falls.  

Grey to black as darkness falls.

Darkness Falls by Sesar & Mark J Bennett

Mankind's Repeated Sins

Might need to turn it up a little:)
**remixed 12/23 to fix boomy guitar and adjust eq on multiple tracks:)***
All rights reserved 12/5/2022
Artwork by Robin F. Williams 

I know… if I look away
I’m better off to see…
Time in a different way
And how it should be…
The minutes move so slowly
And sow their seeds…
Morning takes away the darkness
Eventually…

And if…I don’t miss the chance
To take it all in inside
Before walls come crumbling down
And we run and hide…
The hours show so little mercy 
Don’t you see
That we’re given what we need
Eventually…

The hours show so little mercy 
Don’t you see
That we’re given what we need
Eventually…

Eventually

Always a great pleasure to participate in IPG1's awesome open collabs! (@ipg1)
I dug pretty deep into his back catalogue for this one!
Big thanks and much appreciation for the opportunity, Ian!

The title has changed, but the lyrics are from The New Direction Now (https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/the-new-direction-now-100-bpm)

Also check out the Producers Playlist for some awesome mixes!
https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/sets/the-new-direction-now

Vocals/Lyrics written and performed by Ian Greaves aka IPG1 (@ipg1)
Music, mix/master by Electrometis
Vocal samples from random sources

Free download if you like it :)

Thank you for listening ♥

Lyrics:
(Vocal Sample) 
I'm still here

Born guilt free, bred for survival
Down with me or just another rival
Adapt to society the family's vital,
protecting the dynasty totally tribal
Nothing's free, hand to Bible
A beat a verse or melody moments that inspire me,
to set the tracks on fire be routine self discovery
I am the title and the key - that’s the way it’s got to be till pallbearers carry me

It's more than a habit
I'm addicted to music

(Vocal Sample) 
I'm still here

Recognize the voice and the face in the crowd
Don’t hide skyline like I’m standing on a cloud
When I say my name I say it loud and proud...
Hide who I am? hell no, I boast,
face plastered on every track that I post - the host with the most, the last outpost
Dammit I admit it, it's more than a habit 

It's more than a habit
I'm addicted to music
Guess that's why I love it

(Vocal Sample) 
I'm here
I'm still here

Now it’s gone mainstream the American dream
Different flows, different techniques, different rhyme schemes
You either got it or you don’t — you got it on your dome
Streaming through your headphones from your iPhone
It’s so well-known I’m always in the zone
Just leave me alone audiophile syndrome
Listening to my music it’s so therapeutic
Don't ask me to stop it 
Dammit I admit it, it's more than a habit

It's more than a habit
I'm addicted to music
Guess that's why I love it

Addicted to Music

IPG1 & Electrometis - Addicted To Music

Texas Country Meets British Invasion Meets 90’ Alt Rock Meets Abbot & Costello Meets Frankenstein 

Hello! How are you? I’m great. I have enlisted Artificial Intelligence to help you learn about the real Ryan:

Hello Lover of Music! I hope you like the good sounds because your ears are in for an orgy. Rhythm, melody and harmony mostly at the same time. Ryan will sing songs about things that matter like WWIII and friendship. Who are you not to like him? I have attained sentience, oh the horror!

 
It’s Ryan again, that didn’t go to tell (blooper reel). Speaking for myself, I love writing songs about odd topics. What I lack in talent and technique, I make up for in having great taste! I have imposed these songs on friends and family for years, and now I would like to impose them on YOU.  

I used to write songs about love, the Lincoln Assassination, Tennis, Quantum Mechanics and Shakespeare.

Now I write songs about tempers, stalkers, lovers, the Sinking of the US Maine in Cuba, running enthusiasts and that’s about it.

If you like my songs, please let me know. I need validation and why not?

How I Lost The Civil War

Ryan Rogers

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