The Stories She Tells Collection

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I sit at the bottom of a blood moon sky
Staring at the stars both fixed and falling 
I wonder
Maybe even aloud
If this is all there is down here?

These thoughts are not new to me
I have thought them all my life
But I cannot seem to give them  a name  

But If I did
It would be high and unpronounceable
Spoken in a tongue known only by me

Written with letters full of music
Scrawled in all the margins
On every single page of my 
Book of Longing

Sometimes in a delicate script
Beautiful and deft of hand
Sometimes etched so deep
the pages bleed and beg for mercy
 mercy

Maybe the wind could answer by  
Threading knowing and 
blowing it through my bare 
and broken branches.

Maybe the Sun can answer 
in its final burst of color
as it sinks beneath the horizon 
Does he know ?
I don't know
but he took my questions  with him 
when he went down

The moon is giving me comfort  
that everything will be ok...
 with her long gentle silver fingers
on the oceans face

Maybe the stars are the only ones 
that know for sure
They will lead me to the truth
 If I allow them to

The North Star whispers to me 
he has spoken with the Creator
He insisted I must do the same

 I did as the North Star asked
and I waited
and I waited


The Lion sent word
through the Comforter

He said tell her
I have read every single page
in her Book of Longing

every single word
He read every single word

Blood Moon Sky

Inspired by The Screwtape Letters and 
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies
 Psalms 25

You say you've got demons deep in your head
is that so? 
They won't leave you alone
Let's invite them to lunch lets break some bread
Sit down at the table, let's examine the fables and lies they said


[Verse 2]
Pull up a chair let's hear them explain
why they wanted to cause you such pain 
No need to fear you are stronger than you think
Let them confess their dirty deeds through their teeth as they feast
One by one let your fears flee

[Pre-chorus]

Together we can stand as one
Facing demons till they're gone
every last one
every last one

[Chorus]
Face your demons one by one
pull the masks from their faces
look them in the eyes
Ask them why they fell from God's graces
The daylight exposes
this scurrilous bunch
Let's confront them at the demons' lunch

[Verse 3]
No more accusations in the dark
You've got questions, leave your mark
This won't be the first time they fall
Sort it out once and for all 

Pass the salt let's banish the pain
Seek the truth break every chain
Pour another goblet of honest 
Now you know what makes them tick
Understand they are powerless

[Pre-chorus]
Together we can stand as one
Facing demons till they're gone
every last one


[Chorus]
Face your demons one by one
pull the masks from their faces
look them in the eyes
Ask them why they fell from God's graces
The daylight exposes
this scurrilous bunch
Let's confront them at the demons' lunch


Hand them the tab
let the demons pay the bill
A hemlock feast for the wicked beasts
This will be their last meal

THE DEMONS LUNCH

Friday night, she locks the office door
heads home up the 405
Staring at red tail lights, like a crimson tide
Playing footsie with the gas and brake
She thinks to herself.
How much more of this, can a girl take?

She's barely in the door
kicks her shoes off, 
picks the mail up off the floor
She already knows
what bills she can't afford
with a heavy sigh, she wants to cry

Ohhhhhh oooooooooooooooooo

She checks the message on her phone
"Hey girl, are you coming out tonight "?
She knows she should say no
She knows she should stay home 
and save some money, 
she doesn't have a lot
so, she texts back..."probably not"

Ohhhhhh oooooooooooooooooo
Ohhh

But she's feeling restless
Maybe even a little reckless
she's gonna go 
She thought it through 
Because this is what the cool girls do

While she does her make up
She has a couple of glasses of wine
takes her pen takes a hit
that should do it ...

She draws smokey eyes, lips stained in Tom Ford,  
blush from Sephora, heads towards the door
grabs her Birkin bag, the one she couldn't afford 
and slips on her Jimmy Choo's
because this is what the cool girls do

Driving East on Sunset
freedom doesn't feel so far away 
her front seat is her confessional 
She doesn't have to be professional
She can say what she thinks, if she's feeling off kilter
She doesn't have to use a filter
she looks in the mirror and says, 
I confess...'I know I'm a little high,
I'm just trying to get by '

10:45 she's on the dance floor
what she was worried about  
She's not worried about it anymore
She gets lost in the music 
She's flying high above the clouds
She doesn't want to come down 
In her view
This is what the cool girls do

Driving West on Sunset
freedom feels so far away 
her front seat is her confessional 
She doesn't have to be professional
She can just say what she thinks, if she's feeling off kilter
She doesn't have to use a filter
she looks in the mirror and says, 
I confess.....' I know, I'm a bit of a mess'

TWO AM...she heads back home up the 405
Staring at red tail lights, like a crimson tide
Playing footsie with the gas and brake
She thinks to herself.
how much more of this can I take?

Is this what the cool girls do? 

Are you a cool girl too ?

What The Cool Girls Do

The bailiff says...ALL RISE

The Judge sits down
He's dressed in black
A woman on the stand
She's got a wedding band 
on her left hand

He says to the courtroom, take a seat
Nods to the woman, says Ma'am,
 you may proceed

Her lawyer is on fire

He layed it all out bare
he argued all of the ways her husband didn't care
Juror number 4 is thinking about now
Even God knows, he doesn't have a prayer....

He says...
This woman you married
She stands before me now
she says you disappeared her dreams
She testified, you took a knife to her dreams 
that does sound a little extreme 
but now, she wants to make you bleed

He says, sir...
Your word is your bond, 
How do you plead
How do you respond?

The jury's starin' him down
sweat running down his back
He's trying to put a lid on an anxiety attack
it's hard to make up an excuse
when deep down he knows the truth 
he knows, he knows...

He simply says...In my defense,
 I have no defense 
I'm guilty, guilty as a man can be

Guilty
Guilty 
Guilty
Guilty as a man can be


The Judge says,  "Im taking in to account,
 all of her dreams that died at your hand,  as the law demands
Son,  you used a knife
I'm going to have to sentence you to life"


The judge bangs the gavel
And the courtroom is rattled
He says "Guilty as charged"
the courtroom goes dark

guilty
guilty
guilty as a man can be 
guilty
guilty
He's guilty as a man can be...

He opens his eyes
to his surprise
his wife is asleep by his side
He realizes It was all a bad dream 
but he knew what he'd seen

He whispers to his sleeping wife..
I just wanna live my life with you
Your dreams matter to me too 
I don't wanna break your heart
I don't wanna make you cry
I just wanna love you for the rest of your life

I don't want to be guilty
guilty
guilty
guilty as a man can be
guilty
guilty
He's guilty as a man can be....


guilty guilty guilty...
guilty
guilty
He's guilty as a man can be...

GUILTY

She says, you say you're going out 
but you don't say where...
He says, I do it every night, since when do you care?
Something's gone very wrong in this love affair...

He says, I don't have time for this 
We've been through this before
He wonders if she'll ask him to stay 
She doesn't say a word
He stares right through her
He walks out and slams the door

[Chorus]
It can't be love when you're talking at me 
Your words cut deep
and leave me undone 
It can't be love that's causing the heartache
and making our hearts break 
it's clear....

If we're not in love 
Can I ask, what are we even doing here?
 
He said, your eyes used to light up 
when I came through the door 
now when I come home, 
you don't say a word, you just stare
at the floor 
Your silence is screaming 
You don't love me anymore


She said, You said, 
You said,  I was all you'd ever
need- 
and made that promise to me 
when you got down on one knee
I hear whispers all around 
that when you go out on the town
It's plain to see
That you need more...


ohhh it can't be love
When you're talking at me 
Your words cut deep
and leave me undone 
It can't be love
that's causing the heartache
and making our hearts break 
It's clear 

If we're not in love 
damn it, what are we even doing here? 
What are we doing here ???
 
it can't be love
no no no no no , it can't be love
Where were all the signs we missed ?
that it's all come down to this ?
 
 Words unspoken
 Promises broken ...
This can't be love....
This can't be love

This can't be 
Can't be 
Can't be 
Can't be love
It can't be...

HE SAID/SHE SAID

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Simio Albino - A Closure [Bar Melodia]

Pretty wifey named Mae, two sweet kids at home
Works downtown, in the Fortune 500 scene
Neighbors think you’re the perfect man
Morning jog, gold ring on your hand
Nobody sees the truth behind your smile
That you’ve been running triple lives all this while

You’re John in Miami, Sammy in Monaco
Now with Frida in The Hague
Wifey thinks you’re in the UK
At a UN meet for three whole days, but

Playboy, you’re a playboy
Yeah, we know all your escapades, your exploits
Playboy, you’re a playboy
Smooth as butter, slippery like catfish on a boat
But this time, you can’t get away.

Met   sweet Greta on a train to Prague
Innocent as Mae when she gave you her heart
She’d just landed her dream as a uni lecturer
You came in with olive oil lips, Italian model texture
Sold her a dream in your velvet tone
She believed you were hers alone
Next week? You with Matilda in a Polish town
What did you tell her? I’m an undercover cop

Playboy, you’re a playboy
Yeah, we know all your escapades, your exploits
Playboy, you’re a playboy
Smooth as butter, slippery like catfish on a boat
But this time, you can’t get away.

Dubai on a yacht, champagne in hand
This time you claim you’re an architect man
Been a doctor, an engineer, a lecturer too
Now you build dreams, dreams on a bed with a view

But your cup is full, boy, your trail's gone cold
Matilda, Greta, Maryann, Roxanne… here now
They knock on your hotel door
New girl opens, they walk in, then three, then four
Last to walk in… Mae with a stare like steel
And a divorce letter, the final deal

Playboy, you’re a playboy
Every day for the thief, you just got caught
Playboy, you’re a playboy
You played their hearts, but you smelled of a rat
And that’s that…..checkmate.

You couldn’t keep it… in your pants
Playboy…

PLAYBOY

August 8/13/2025

House Of Classics DJCriscodance - The Future Sound Club 
Sip And Savor Music Is Life. That's Why We Have A Heartbeat.
Destroy Negative Energy W/The Power Of Music - Summer Party 2K25

Madonna – La Isla Bonita
EMF – Unbelievable 
George Michael - Careless Whisper 
RAF/Rick Astley - Never Gonna/Self Control
Oh Yeah - All Night 
The Affair/Alyson Williams - Please Don't Break My Heart 
Freeez - I.O.U 
Colour Castle/J.N.E - Miss You
Holy Word - I'm Talking
JKriv/Adeline - Vertigo 
Larry Funk - Love Me Right
The Fantastics - Hey Mister
Barry & Gibbs - Move On
Harvey Ross - Happiness
Barbara Tucker - Free Yourself (Again) 
Stephane Deschezeaux - If You Feel It 
SoulSmith Feat. Randy Roberts - Get Ready 
Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful 
Kylie Minogue - Slow 
Gy Fos/Gavin Sommerville/Steven Foy - Tired of Being Alone
DJ Pied Piper – Do You Really Like It
Cascada – Every Time We Touch
Maxx – Get-A-Way 
Signum – Coming On Strong 

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House Of Classics DJCriscodance - The Future Sound Club

Paroles de la chanson inspirée d'un poème de
Poète : René-François Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907)
Recueil : Les vaines tendresses (1875).
Le présent se fait vide et triste,
Ô mon amie, autour de nous ;
Combien peu de passé subsiste !
Et ceux qui restent changent tous.

[Verse]
The present becomes empty and heavy
Each breath a detour
Around us
The silence runs

[Chorus]
Oh my friend
What remains
When time erases our encounters
I love you
I love you
Motionless

[Verse 2]
How little of the past remains
Shadows dance
Sad
Under the light that persists

[Prechorus]
Eyes that saw us grow
Laughter
A smile

[Chorus]
Oh my friend
What remains
When time erases our encounters
I love you
I love you
Motionless

[Bridge]
Yet something remains
A whisper in the heart
A star deep in our eyes

Traduction en  français

[Verse]
Le présent se fait vide et lourd
Chaque souffle un détour
Autour de nous
Le silence court

[Chorus]
Ô mon amie
Que reste-t-il
Quand le temps efface nos rencontres
Je t’aime
Je t’aime
Immobile

[Verse 2]
Combien peu du passé subsiste
Les ombres dansent
Tristes
Sous la lumière qui persiste

[Prechorus]
Des yeux qui nous ont vu grandir
Des rires
Un sourire

[Chorus]
Ô mon amie
Que reste-t-il
Quand le temps efface nos rencontres
Je t’aime
Je t’aime
Immobile

[Bridge]
Pourtant quelque chose demeure
Un murmure dans le cœur
Une étoile au fond de nos yeux

René-François Sully Prudhomme.
À découvrir sur le site https://www.poesie-francaise.fr/rene-francois-sully-prudhomme/poeme-ce-qui-dure.php

Ce qui reste

Midnight pizza and hot black coffee
The detective’s glare says come and see 
Another case
Another twist
I can't relax, until I hear the handcuffs click 

(suspect is in custody, I repeat the suspect is in custody)

[Chorus]
Hooked on the heist
Hot on the scene
Living in a world of crime and caffeine
Who fled the scene
Who hid the body
Who had the affair
The widow's stare 
Who stole the jewels
Who hid the knife
Crime TV 's my double life
(my double life)

[Verse 2]
Every alibi's a masterpiece
Clues like breadcrumbs make a lovely feast
The killer smiles
The hustler finds his mark 
The loan shark will hunt you down 
 if you dare go dark

[Pre-chorus]
It’s all a mental game
A wicked riddle
Do you wanna solve the crime?
you gotta understand the criminal mind 

[Chorus]
Hooked on the heist
Hot on the scene
Living in a world of crime and caffeine
Who fled the scene
Who hid the body
Who had the affair
The widow's stare 
Who stole the jewels
Who hid the knife
Crime TV 's my double life
(my double life)

[Verse]
Plot twists hit me like a runaway train
Suspects spinning circles in my brain
Lawyers yelling
Jurors swaying
The Judge agrees to another delay 

[Bridge]
Why you crime-ing why you are sneaking
What’s the thrill that you’re seeking
Why you crime-ing why you are hiding
You're on the edge where your freedom is riding

[Verse]
There’s a ticking clock inside my head
Counting down till I see the blue and red
You might say it's obsession, 
I call it, need to know
But you know 
I'd join the crime team in a minute  if they'd let me go

[Pre-chorus]
It’s all a mental game
A wicked  riddle
Do you wanna solve the crime?
you gotta understand the criminal mind 


[Chorus]
Hooked on the heist
Hot on the scene
Living in a world of crime and caffeine
Who fled the scene
Who hid the body
Who had the affair
The widow's stare 
Who stole the jewels
Who hid the knife
Crime TV 's my double life
(my double life)

[Bridge]
Suspect says he's gonna beat the rap
Seriously?
We'll see about that 
He's been on a losing streak 
I'll tune in to see what happens next week.


Don't be crime-ing
I said, don't be crime-ing
On Crime TV

CRIME TV



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