Amazing job as always, Scott. It's always a pleasure for me to listen to your music.

I’ve been tasked with teaching you the secret of the universe.
Not sure why it’s me – but then again, why not?
It’s not something I take lightly, so I’ll tell you soon, but first.
Clear your mind of all that you’ve been taught,
Start with an empty page, set your spirit free.

One more thing before I share the secret of the universe,
You need to understand, this wasn’t my idea.
This is something that’s been building – now it’s time to break the curse.
Clear your mind of all that you’ve been taught,
Start with an empty page, set your spirit free.
Think of all the wars that have been fought,
The coups that have been staged – the dreams of being free.

Are you ready? I’ll soon tell the secret of the universe.
It might blow your mind – it might just set you free.
Lately hatred has momentum – this’ll put it in reverse.
Clear your mind of all that you’ve been taught,
Start with an empty page, set your spirit free.
Think of all the wars that have been fought,
The coups that have been staged – the dreams of being free.
All along the answers we’ve long sought
Were known, but not engaged – it’s time to set them free. It’s love.

Now that you’ve been told about the secret of the universe,
You can use it all you like, and I recommend,
That you plan to put to use the secret of the universe.
You will find that some are hard to love, love ‘em anyway, it’ll set your spirit free.
Some will love you back and some will not, love ‘em anyway, it’ll set your spirit free.

Love until you can’t, then love some more, love ‘em all you can, it’ll set your spirit free

Secret of the Universe

Love Light - Robert Grigg & Combstead

Written & Produced by Andrew Holden
Composed and Recorded by Andrew Holden

I'm Just a Boy

Introduction in English:

Sometimes I wonder if there is some kind of ‘safe place’ in this world. Everywhere I look: Wars, climate disasters, starvation and poverty. Not to mention the increasing everyday violence at home, in the neighbourhood and on the streets.
As early as 1962, John Lennon described in the song ‘There's a Place’ (perhaps also under the impression of the Cuban Missile Crisis at the time with the acute threat of a third world war) that sometimes the only thing left to do is to retreat to an inner safe place when the outside world (as is now increasingly the case again) is increasingly on the brink of an abyss.
In this respect, this song is highly topical, although I would like to add that the search for the inner safe place should only ever be temporary, in order to regain strength there (for example through one's own musical creativity) in order to make a greater contribution to the preservation of the earth and human coexistence in the outer world.
I am sure that John Lennon meant this kind of fluid balance between gathering oneself inwardly and being lovingly in the world.       

Introduction in German:

Manchmal frage ich mich, ob es auf dieser Welt eine Art "Sicherer Ort" gibt. Wo ich hinschaue: Kriege, Klimakatastrophen, Hungern und Armut. Ganz zu schweigen von der zunehmenden alltäglichen Gewalt zu Hause, in der Nachbarschaft und auf den Strassen.
John Lennon hat (vielleicht auch unter dem Eindruck der damaligen Kuba-Krise mit akuter Dritte Weltkriegsgefahr) in dem Song "There's a Place" schon 1962 beschrieben, dass einem manchmal nur der Rückzug an einen inneren sicheren Ort verbleibt, wenn die äußere Welt (wie jetzt zusehends wieder) zusehends an einem Abgrund steht.
Insofern ist dieser Song brandaktuell, wobei ich hinzufügen möchte, dass das Aufsuchen des inneren sicheren Ortes immer wieder nur vorübergehend erfolgen sollte, um dort (etwa über eigenes musikalisches Schaffen) wieder Kraft zu sammeln, um in der äußeren Welt verstärkt einen eigenen Beitrag zum Erhalt der Erde und des menschlichen Miteinanders zu leisten.
Ich bin mir sicher, dass John Lennon diese Art von Fließgleichgewicht zwischen sich innerlich sammeln und liebevoll in der Welt sein gemeint hat.              


There`s a place (Lennon/Mccartney)

He kept wishing on a star, but all the stars had turned to dust.
All his life, he followed rules, and never really had a chance to fly.
You might say, it’s his turn now, but circumstances won’t allow.
So he keeps on keeping on, but deep inside he’d question why.

Making mistakes is not a bad thing, if you only learn to turn it ‘round.
You can learn a lot if only you remember what it was you did wrong.
But you’re buried in the sand, and you just don't understand,
The mistakes you’ve made have taken on a life of their very own.

So you keep on doing the same thing; nothing changes
Now it’s broken, but nobody seems to care.
Do you care enough to, maybe, take some chances?
It takes nerves, do you dare?

There are a million things to do, but you can only do one at a time.
Second chances don’t come easy, and you’d better get it right, right now All the chances that you burn often show up out of turn.
So, a bad decision doesn’t mean it’s over.

So you keep on doing the same thing; nothing changes.
Now it’s broken, but nobody seems to care.
Do you care enough to, maybe, take some chances?
It takes nerves, do you dare?

Bad Decisions

Mastered by A7 Recording Studio

Lyrics:
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love,
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love.
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love. 

It’s in the air that we breathe, it’s in the blossoming trees,
It’s in the animals feeding from your hand.
It’s in the ocean roaring, the mighty peaks a-soaring,
In every blade of grass and every grain of sand.

It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love,
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love.
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love. 

It may seem aspirational, or just investigational, 
But it’s undeniably true true true true.
Love is under everything, it’s always there to make the heart sing,
Filling up the distances between me and you.

It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love,
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love.
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love. 

It’s in the air whenever lovers kiss
It’s in the air when you think about the people that you miss
And if you’re fortunate and glimpse the other side,
You’ll feel love go higher and higher and higher so high.

It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love,
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love.
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love love love
It’s all love it’s all love it’s all love. 

It’s there in every human eye, everyone who passes you by,
It may be hard to believe it when life sinks low.
When you face an evil hour, step right  into your power,
Direct it into the love where solutions grow.

It's All Love

Pasarla bien

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Baby What You Want Me to Do [03.24.25]

I’ll sing out a song of freedom. I’ll sing to my heart’s content.
And I’ll keep singing just as long as I can.
And when they said no more percussion, I knew it might sound different.
But I kept singing - I think I understand.

I still sing my song of freedom. My voice is a sword to pierce
The cold, hard armor of a nation that’s lost its plan.
And when they said no more strings now, I struggled to fight the tears.
But I kept singing - I think I understand.

I know they’ll never take away my voice.
I’m always gonna sing my song.

INSTRUMENTAL
And when instrumentals were all banned, I pushed on because I can.
But I kept singing - I think I understand.

I know they’ll never take away my voice.
I’m always gonna sing my song.

“The bass,”they said, “just has no place here.” I gave in reluctantly.
I still have my guitar and voice, and that might just cross the span.
“But guitars,” they said, “must go too,” I shed a tear once again.
But I kept singing - I think I

Song of Freedom

What happened to the time? It flew.
It’s as if we truly knew the time was fleeting.
Perhaps we didn’t take the time.
Maybe we both just lost our minds at that first meeting.
And the clock ticks on, it’s the same old song.
So, the old is gone, the new moves on, and here we are again.

But the old is not forgotten, the new is not yet done.
The same things just keep happening, and we’ve only just begun
To understand the time, and to realize,
That growing old with you is what’s keeping me young.

The moments are not always kind
But that never stopped us try’n, that song kept playing
Still we’ve never lost our way
Always found the words to say what needed saying.
And the clock ticks on, it’s the same old song.
So, the old is gone, the new moves on, and here we are again.

But the old is not forgotten, the new is not yet done.
The same things just keep happening, and we’ve only just begun
To understand the time, and to realize,
That growing old with you is what’s keeping me young.



Growing Old with You

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Retired the beginning of 2023. Been writing music seriously for about six years. Thanks for listening - and sharing!

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