Pick up the pieces and throw them aside!

This was a co-write with a friend, Troy Utz, and it's about picking yourself up again when life has kicked sand in your face! We did a demo with a female singer thinking the song would be good as a kind of diva-pop epic, but it was bloody awful! As so often in life, the stripped-back version seems to work better here.

WATCH THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/-GauxYsYVsM

I hope the song helps anybody who is going through a hard time at the moment.

CREDITS:
Words & Music: Robert Gray & Troy Utz.

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COPYRIGHT
Copyright Robert Gray and Troy Utz 2001.
All rights reserved with no unauthorised reuse or distribution.

Rise Up

“Who Is My Neighbor?”

I have a neighbor
Who lives across the hall
I don’t know his name
Don’t know much about him at all

We pass with a nod in the hall
We ride the lift together
I wonder if he likes football
I think I’ll ask him later

But I know later is never
But I don’t know if it matters

Who are all these people around me
Who am I to them, who are they to me
Who are all these people who confound me
Are they so strange or is it me

I ride the subway
Lots of people there
Sometimes I see the same ones
Like that girl with auburn hair

I’d like to strike up a conversation
But I don’t wanna risk some complication

See all the many people
Sitting knee to knee
The one don’t know the next one
What he thinks, feels, or needs

You’re welcome to make a common guess
But, way things are, you’re liable to get in a mess

Who are all these people around me
Who am I to them, who are they to me
Who are all these people who confound me
Are they so strange or is it me

- - -
Music by Corey Ball
Lyrics by August Lysy

Mastered by Spencer Martin

Who Is My Neighbor?

Stellar Winds - The Storms are on the Ocean

In Memories

Apple Music

Storms are on the Ocean

And My Parking Space
 Lyrics and Music by Mike Krath

I saw a building go up today
In a city that didn’t need another building
And My view was blocked when I didn’t even have a window,
And my parking space,
And my parking space,
Gone. 
 
And I saw a gated park today,
In a city that had a thousand parks already.
And it was locked and required a key
And I was arrested when I tried to enter. 
And my parking space,
And my parking space,
Gone. 
 
And I wondered why I bothered
To make this place my home
When I couldn’t even manage
To make a space my own,
 
And I saw a sidewalk being built today
On a street where no one was in a hurry. 
And I heard a shout to cross the street
When there wasn’t a light to warn you. 
And my parking space,
And my parking space,
Gone. 
 
Instrumental
 
And I wondered why I bothered
To make this place my home
When I couldn’t even manage
To make a space my own,
And why a woman without a child
Walks a lonely road to find one,
Or why a man who wants a mate,
Takes all the steps to be alone. 
And why the things we want to keep,
By time and chance move on. 
It’s not like we don’t see it,
But when we do, it’s gone. 

And my parking space,
And my parking space
Gone.

Lyrics/Music by Mike Krath

My Parking Space (remixed)

Water Element

This song suddenly came to me when I woke up.

#New #Original #Song #BONSAI

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 

[Verse 1]
Not withered, that’s fine, okay, alright
We’re just too strong and gonna go crazy
Oh, I drop my leaves in winter, every year
Yeah, I love light clothes, I’m too cool

Leave Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo
Anyway, Coralberry has kids, so
When red fruits are born, maybe cute
I think it's okay to put her in your room

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo

[Verse 2]
He came to see the strawberries, but  
He doesn't know where we are, he doesn't know
Oh, he’s still a kid, he’s careful, three years old
Yeah, he ate grapes, in a good mood

The son of withered autumn leaves, it’s me
My branches are red like coral
Even if all my yellow leaves are scattered
You don't have to put me in your greenhouse

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo

[Chorus]
We survived, look at us, look at us
This hot summer, 2021
Our name is BONSAI, just BONSAI
Survive with water, that's how we do

Yeah, we’re hardcore gamer, low maintenance
Eternal survivor, Japan to world
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo 
Autumn leaves, Coralberry, Heavenly bamboo

BONSAI V２

See you next time

Taken from new 2022 EP: Vega, and available from February across all major platforms including Soundcloud, Spotify and Apple Music.

Vega is a purely instrumental project incorporating dirty instrumentation and low-fi electronic elements. The listing includes a varied mix of styles and influences compressed into 5 punchy 3 minute tracks.

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Sixty Million Postcards

tweaky mind

Check the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuGQrpJw5sQ

This track is included in my new collaborative album HIGHFLUX: https://ariad.bandcamp.com/album/highflux I collaborated with my amazing friend @primaloop. I hope you will like the result as we do. The full album contains a bonus track.

primaloop: original drums and effects
ariad: keyboard and effects

More infos about this collab:  https://ariad-music.com/music/highflux

HIGHFLUX

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Acid city

[ABOUT THIS SONG]
Little acoustic ballad. I think you've ever felt the feeling that you can't wait to tell your loved one that you love them so much. But, your loved one is sleeping or far from you. The first verse says, "Will you tell me what you saw in your dream tomorrow? Let me say 'Goodnight' to you for now.

[LYRICS]
目を閉じて
浮かんできたものを
明日僕に教えてくれよ
夢みてる　君におやすみ

今日はどんな一日だったの？
思えば君と話す時間もなかった
だからせめて　君におやすみ

You are you
君は君だから愛おしいんだよ
この気持ちを君は知ってるのかな

今日はどんな一日だったの？
やっぱり君の声が聞きたいよ
だけどそっと　君におやすみ

You are you
君は君だから愛おしいんだよ
だけど今　君は夢の中

目を閉じて
浮かんできたものを
明日僕に教えてくれよ
夢みてる　君におやすみ

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