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Written and produced by © Don Minolta // Minolta Records

I've taken the pictures from my mind
To save them for a rainy day
I feel i have left nothing behind
and i have everything to gain

I know 
You are there to guide me through the day
I know
No one here can take your love away
You give me strength to go on
Give me strength from my pain

Seeing the person that I am
Was not so easliy achieved
But when you came into my life
You showed me who i need to be

I know 
You are there to guide me through the day
I know 
No one here can take your love away
You give me strength to go on
Give me strength from my pain

You give me strength to go on
You give me strength to go on
You give me strength to go on
Give me strength from my pain

Stength From My Pain

Strength From My Pain

Dave

Written and produced by © Don Minolta // Minolta Records

I'd travel round the world
just to see you girl
2 years I drove four hundred weary miles a day
just to see your face
I close my eyes and pray
we will be together
forever 'till the end

they say the end is near
they say the end is nigh
sometimes it makes me wonder why i even try

and i don't pretend to know
what time could bring tomorrow but i know
something could change it all

We walk into the deep
the land of vast and steep
we walk amongst the broken, the weary and asleep
this god forsaken place
we march without a trace
somehow we learn to muster
to find the strength again

and i don't pretend to know
what time could bring tomorrow but i know
something could change it all
something could change it all
something could change it all

Something Could Change It All

Could've Been Us

We are stardust, you and I,
No one made of less, no one born too high.
From nebula dreams to the dust on our skin,
The universe lives quietly within.

We Are Stardust

Originally for my dog Cordy, this song is a tribute to my dog Roggie...

Roggie

Bonjour à tous

Un souffle d’âme un hommage à Nicole Croisille
En fouillant dans mes archives studio, je suis retombé sur une vieille maquette, restée discrète, presque oubliée, qui date de 1984. 
En la réécoutant, une évidence s’est imposée : ce souffle musical portait déjà en lui quelque chose de fragile, lumineux, intemporel.
De cette archive est né cet hommage à Nicole Croisille, une artiste dont la voix a toujours su faire vibrer l’indicible.
Pour moi ce morceau s’est imposé naturellement comme un hommage. Parce que sa voix, dans sa justesse et sa profondeur, savait toucher ce que les mots n’arrivent pas toujours à dire. 
Parce qu’elle a chanté l’émotion sans artifice, avec sincérité.
“Un souffle d’âme” est une chanson simple, mais habitée. Elle parle de cette présence invisible qui reste, même quand le silence s’installe. 
Elle est devenue, avec le recul, une manière discrète de lui dire merci.
Bien musicalement

Composition :	        Laurentides Music 
Arrangements :	Laurentides Music 
Copyright :	        Laurentides Music 2025


Un souffle d’âme - Hommage à Nicole Croisille

Vocals & guitars played sang by me. No AI is ever used in my music. Drums and keyboards sequenced manually. Takes ages tbh. I hope you enjoy listening. I love writing and performing original music.

Fool for Love (The Tall Trees)

Written in honor of my twin sister's massive heart. 

Lyrics: 

[Intro]
I’ve been spinning on this circle…chasing hearts that couldn’t stay.
Giving love like it was oxygen…just to watch it float away.
But I’m not the same woman—who thought pain was the proof.
There’s a fire deep inside me now. And it’s lighting up the truth.

[Verse]
Another year. Another heartbreak. Same old tears upon my face.
Thought love would be my rescue…but it left without a trace.
I gave 'til I was empty. Lifted men up just to fall.
Tried to be their northern star—
but no one risin’ to the call.

[Chorus]
I was turning on a wheel…spinning ‘round the same sun.
Giving all I had to give…but never being the one.
Still, I didn’t hold back love. Didn’t close the fading gate.
Even pain became a prayer…
and I still chose to radiate.

[Verse]
They say the world keeps turning…but I feel it in my bones.
Each goodbye was a teacher. Each silence carved in stone.
But I never let the hurting…be a reason not to feel.
Love still flowed right through me—
even when it wouldn’t heal.

[Chorus]
I was turning on a wheel…‘round a sun I didn’t know.
Now I see—it was my own fire…keeping me aglow.
What I gave was not a weakness. Just strength misunderstood.
And I’d do it all again…
just to transform what I could.

[Bridge]
This last one was different. I came out brand new.
Heard the voice of God in the wind…and morning dew.
Life began to whisper. And I finally heard the call.
That I was not made to chase—
I was born to stand tall.

I’ve got my own sun rising…at the center of my chest.
Burned away the fear—
what I deserve has come to rest.
I’m guided now by ancestors. And I’ve never felt so clear.
I’ve never felt so clear…
My soul’s already moving…
and the one I seek is near.

[Verse]
They were mirrors—every one of them…reflecting back myself.
Now the universe is my mirror.
There’s no end to my wealth.  
I don’t need a love that’s lesser. I don’t ache to be enough.
I want love that knows my thunder…
and can meet me in the rough.

[Chorus]
I’m no longer on that wheel. I’ve stepped off into the light.
Built a fire from my heartbreak…now it’s burning warm and bright.
So I’ll sit here on this mountaintop…and watch the valley bloom.
I see another peak ahead—
but there’s no more need to zoom. 

[Outro]
My pain had a purpose. And now I see…
The suffering didn’t break me. It came to set me free.
Yeah, no suffering can break me…
this soul of mine is free.

Revolutions around the Sun (Amy's Song)

Sommerabend

The Break

Hey, I’m Sean! I like reading philosophy and comparing the coffee at different cafés. I wish I was better at the drums and could speak Spanish. I write and produce alone in my apartment, and release new music the first Wednesday of every month.

The Break

Sean Davidson