Beyond this realm
Beyond the sea
Beyond this frail reality...


An ethereal, orchestral dreamdance

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Beyond the Realm

It had gone from your eyes when you saw me
The light that used to adore me...

Originally a poem called, A Kind Of Splendour,  turned into this piece of pop magic retitled,  Autumn Leaves 

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Autumn Leaves

This village forged from the coal-face of the past 
Still living in the shadow it has cast...

Folk sing-along song of the old pit villages left to decay after the closure of their lifeblood...

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Old Neville's Black Lung

Goodbye Mr Frost did you leave the children screaming?
Give their life some meaning?

A dark, gothic rock opera. 

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Mr. Frost

Come sit atop my bed of bones 
With crimson hue and darkened tones...

A snippet of Dark, smooth jazz (with a hint of tongue in cheek)

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 


Bed of Bones

It's a 
Great view from my Ivory Tower 
The window is frosted but I still feel the power...

A Punky political gut punch 

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Mr Rhubarb

In the backstreets of my mind 
I kicked a ball against a wall
It bounced into a neighbours yard 
I cut my hand upon a shard...

Mental health affects almost all of us at some point in our lives. We all break sometimes.

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 


Broken Friends

If ever I fall will you catch me 
And sing me a sweet lullaby...

A Love Song for all

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

If Ever I Fall

Put a cassette in my Walkman 
Pulled up my acid-washed jeans...

Retro, tongue in cheek funpop

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Back to the 80's

Before the demolition turned my old Street Into rubble 
I went to steal some memories of our laughter & our struggle...

nostalgic memories 

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

A Changing Breeze

I ate some strange old mushrooms 
Got chased off a shark...

Yip, if you know, you know...


I ate some strange old mushrooms
Got chased off a shark
It jumped outta my beer bottle
And began to bark

I ran through a dying mist
Straight into a wall
Then into the deepest sleep
I began to fall.

Into strawberry Fields
With lemon drizzle streams
And coconut shells
Full of incoherent dreams 

Chorus:

Oh
What a strange
Old day
Making conversations with nothing to say.

What a rare
Old time
Meeting all the demons from the cracks in my mind 

And what a place 
To be
Paying the ferryman
Just to be me

My mind's gone astray, 
it's a

Strange - old - day!

And you told me we were finished
But your head was so diminished
The only thing left were your lips

And they said we were over
Cos I was never sober
But floating through the air came some riffs

So I brought my air guitar
Showed her how to be a star
But she ran straight outta the door

But I was so gone
T. Rex Bang a Gong
That I passed right out on the floor

Oh
What a strange
Old day
Making conversations with nothing to say.

What a rare
Old time
Meeting all the demons from the cracks in my mind 

And what a place 
To be
Paying the ferryman
Just to be me

My mind's gone astray, 
it's a

Strange - old - day!

And I awoke in my bed
Laid beside my own head
And it frowned with such disappointment

I said, please leave me be!
It's not me that you see
But, another small fly
In life's ointment!

Oh
What a strange
Old day
Making conversations with nothing to say.

What a rare
Old time
Meeting all the demons from the cracks in my mind 

And what a place 
To be
Paying the ferryman
Just to be me

My mind's gone astray, 
it's a

Strange - old - day!

©️ Stephen W Atkinson 2025


Strange Old Day

You said we were a miracle 
Yet here we stand so cynical...

Love, obsession, betrayal. 
Sometimes, your hometown isn't so easy to leave behind.

Amelia

You said we were a miracle 
Yet here I am so cynical 
Tearing flesh & breaking bones
You said my heart was your home
When all the stars fell from the sky
You never asked the reason why
And here I stand: a mausoleum 
While you're nowhere to be seen

[Chorus:]
Amelia, where did you go?
You left me here without a soul
You took the moon, you took the sun
Now, I can't love anyone

Chimneys burned when we were young
The dust of coal was in our lungs
We said we would escape from here 
Hand in hand, we had no fear
But, time erodes a youthful soul 
Forgets the things that made you whole
And this old town: it draws you in
Gets under flesh, & under skin

[Chorus]
Amelia, where did you go?
You left me here without a soul
You took the moon, you took the sun
Now, I can't love anyone

[Instrumental]
[Bridge]

Amelia, you will return
And this old town, will be your urn
And in the twilight, you will see
The people we used to be
The people we were
Until you were no longer there

Amelia
Amelia


©️ Stephen W Atkinson 



Amelia (Lost Without You)

I passed by a window 
Where an old man smiled 
and misted up the dirty pane...

Life, love & loss. A look at our own mortality 

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

The Misted Pane

There was a time
When love defined 
All of the things 
life could show....

Love, loss & the afterlife?
(poem/lyrics originally called,  A Love Song)

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Forever

In the eerie cool night 
She drifted in 
With her coal-black eyes 
And pale white skin ...

Just a tale of revenge straight from hell!

©️ Lyrics by Stephen W Atkinson 

Something from Hell

What Is It I See_ (Remix)

Published North East poet with a love of lyrics & music tries his hand at using controversial AI to construct some of his original lyrics & poems into song. The results are, like the technology itself, sometimes staggering. 
Humour, mental health, love, loss, nostalgia & heritage are all explored, as well as a few of his darker offerings.
Stephen acknowledges AI can never, & should never replace  real musicians, they will always be the rhythm in our bones. But, for poets & lyricists not blessed with musical ability, it can be a wondrous rabbit hole to fall into...

Any 'real' musicians wanting to replicate or do their own version of any of Stephen's 'songs' are quite welcome to try. Just DM Stephen on here with your version. 
❤️



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