that's a really sweet and evocative song man. Great lyrics.  Gorgeous vocal too, especially the ending bit. your voice seems 'honest' a familiar if that makes sense.  Nothing quite like the bare honesty of a singer/songwriter and an acoustic, sharing their art.

I’ve heard quite a few of your tracks now and i have to say you have such a good voice. This is why i love soundcloud!

Well I almost scrapped this song but after 3 weeks writing words, and then realizing how fun it is to sing, i kept it. I'm trying to figure out how to add a little lightheartedness to my music, but i think this one just turned out creepy lol. NOTE:  I always felt a little uncomfortable with the words, i just really didn't like them, so I reworked the chorus and a few other lines, and rerecorded the vocals. It seems a little better now...
 

I've seen my own worst enemy
Every night just staring back at me
Through the mirror with such animosity
And baby, it drives me crazy
I don’t understand what’s with this guy,
He don’t know that he’s alive
He combs his hair on the wrong side

I don’t expect you to understand,
But I’ve got these hammers for my hands
I like to start with everything
and smash away what I don’t need
and scattered all around are the pieces off of me
oh baby can’t you see what this done has to me

It’s a strange strange situation 
I need a little information
If it’s real or just imagination
Don’t say it’s so, I can’t believe 
Its down to you and me again
Up against the world my friend
Who can say   how this will end
 
It’s 3am and you’re slamming doors
Cause ‘I don’t speak your language anymore’
While I’m on my knees picking pieces
Of me up off the floor, 
I can’t lose much more, these pieces could be the last of me,
I wish I could see the way you see
is there anything left in this debris

Hammer Hands

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitar played: Taylor 714CE tuned DADGAD
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.

Having just completed my third solo album, I thought I would do another acoustic guitar instrumental and it now being the month of May.................

The Month Of May

Inspired by Electrometis Fiona Greasley
On Bandcamp.

Shoegazers Anonymous

Ultra

Huge thanks to Iano @Rosarius for the guitar parts and to Bruce on bass... 

Are you ghosting me? Is that your deal?
Is that what this is and how it feels?
And how the hell does that work for you?
Is there guilt, do you have no clue
How it feels to love and care and trust so much
And share your dreams and fears and such
When suddenly …. There is nothing

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

Verse 2
Emptiness, no sound, no sights
A void once filled with excitement
The thrill of the pace and hunger
Their absence strikes me repeatedly
Not once, not twice, with every ping on my devices
Messages not from you scream the truth
You’re not coming

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

Verse 3
I scroll sometimes through the words
Your wrote to me when you saw my worth
No warning of the savage cut
One day warmth, the next day none
Hours of laughter, not pretending
Now a story with no ending
And I swear that I'll delete them all but don't 
Once more succumbing

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

M8
What does that say about me?
That I could be such a fool
What does that say that 
You could be so cruel

Chorus
And I think I’ve been mistaken
Are you sick, have you been taken?
Any cause to ease my shame
Cos I really cannot take 
That the mark I left could be so faint 
So easy to erase
Like I vanished without trace

Vanished Without Trace

Ulanara（1718~1766）

Ulanara is the second wife of Emperor Qianlong.
In 1750 she was made Empress by the strong recommendation of Empress Dowager .

(1765), during the Jiangnan tour, she was directly sent back to Beijing, incurring the emperor's wrath. It is said that she cut her hair, which was taboo for a Manchurian, but it is not clear.

She was subsequently stripped of all powers and she was not buried as Empress after her death.
There is no figure of her in the picture scroll depicting the empress and consort of the Qianlong Emperor.

Check out the music video for the song here!(≧∇≦)ﾉ
https://youtu.be/6Zd7A2zLbUY


乌拉那拉是乾隆皇帝的第二任妻子。
1750年，在皇太后的强烈推荐下，她被立为皇后。

(1765年)，江南巡视时，直接被遣送回京，招致皇帝震怒。据说他剪了头发，这是满洲人的忌讳，但并不清楚。

她随后被剥夺了所有权力，死后也没有以皇后的身份下葬。
在描绘她的皇后和妃子的画卷中没有看到她的身影。

You can purchase high-quality WAVE files here.
您可以在此处购买高质量的波形文件。
https://linkco.re/ezpHGY7E

皇后 乌拉那拉  ＜Empress  U・la・na・ra・＞mp3

Written Performed And Recorded By DMc.Music November 2022.

Tidal Wave (Lyrics)

I remember when we ran away
I took your hand Kissed your smiling face
Stepping out to a new day rising sun
We'd spend our days throwing skimming stones
We made a wish only we would know
Summertime how the days went on and on

You're washing over me
Like a tidal wave
You're washing over me
Ooh like a tidal wave
I'm drifting all the way yeah

We made a bed on an empty beach
We sang and danced we were young and free
Time goes by You stay in my memory

You're washing over me
Like a tidal wave
You're washing over me
Ooh like a tidal wave
You're washing over me
Like a tidal wave
You're washing over me
Ooh like a tidal wave
I'm drifting all the way yeah

It's like a tidal wave when i see your face
It's like a tidal wave when i see your face
It's like a tidal wave when i see your face
It's like a tidal wave when i see your face

All Lyrics Written By DMc.Music @Copyright2022

Tidal Wave (Brand New Track)

Vocals, guitar, and production by Caris Chapman @caris-chapman
Lyrics by Sarah Lettes

Lyrics:
I wanna climb
To the bottom of a song
And scrape up all the feeling

I wanna fly
To the edge of every prayer
An watch those words start healing

Sorrow grows on sorrow
Like moss grows on a stone
Still I roll on
Hope tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be home
Someday I’ll be home
I hope someday I’ll be home

I wanna crawl
Into the space between the lines
And know just what you’re thinkin

I wanna hold
Your heart right where it is
And keep that thing from sinkin

I wanna look all my fears right in the face
And shake all their cold hands

I wanna spin
The world just like a top
And see just where my life lands

Sorrow grows on sorrow
Like moss grows on a stone
Still I roll on
Hopin tomorrow
Tomorrow I’ll be home
Someday I’ll be home
Someday I’ll be home

Edge of Hope

Powered by logic pro. Original was made in 1991.

December 14th (2023ver. Sketch)

MlCK and l made this song over two years ago--He most generously agreed to let me Publish---You may have heard lt at his address- We both Love thls song very much, And we hope you do too!!:):)

Production and all orchestrations By Teth Sin
Lyrics and Singing ------by Stonerjazz

The Maestro

captured in the eddy of the river bright, the still life painted with the colors of the soul, the dead-eyed and the damaged wander through the landscape of the misty light without compassion for our plight.

even in the darkest night there’s drops of paint, notes from my guitar, and tiny light that usher in such lush delights, though worthless in the merchants eye, the maestro has the wings to fly…

it’s a big mess, got a hole in my chest, taken down and crushed like apples in a press, i confess to everything i’ve ever done. every single one of us… on the run.

when minds are quiet, the stink of revolution floats in the air, and the overlords they waste away in deep despair… slippin in the deep end not so quietly. fantastic sights!!
tin can rattle in the back, living in a tiny shack, standing in the middle of a two lane blacktop gazing at a cloud i saw some thirty years ago.

The Maestro  featurlng Teth Sin

Tom was kind enough to post up this open collaboration and I couldn't resist a chance to add some harp.  Check out more of Tom's extraordinary blues guitar at his Tom Adams Aka Tytlblues page.  
https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
Hope you enjoy! Stay Safe and Stay Well!

The Thrill Will Return with Tom Adams (Guitar) and David Skellenger (Blues Harp)

nothing you can do that can't be done

based in dc

looking to write lyrics for other singers! dm me if I can write lyrics for you :)
it's a treat to be able to hear so many talented artists on here! keep sharing!

collaboration with Kneon Knight (@lee-morse-576700121): https://soundcloud.com/afterpluto

collaboration with Papa Adams https://soundcloud.com/new-insomnia

link to Spotify below

Edge of Hope

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