FOLK MELODIES

sometimes I feel like a leaf.
Love Spring
feels like born again

Spring

Inspired by The Man in Black.

Music and lyrics by Thomas O'Higgins Horna
Performed by FRANK LLOYD.

Cover photo by Andy Earl. Edited by †ॐ

Johnny

I wanna feel alive, but I've never been damn good
'Cause I don't wanna waste your time
Since you left, I lost my drive
To face another day and climb

It's always been too good to last
And I spoke to my heart in vain
Tears and joy are the mix of the past
And now my mind's a hurricane

Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
But I need to check into rehab
You saved me for the rest of the day hey hey
I'm okay to sit right by your side

I've been chasing after the feeling
Of something that I can't describe
I'm holding on but I am reeling
And my soul is trying to revive

Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
But I need to check into rehab (ahhh)
You saved me for the rest of the day hey hey
I'm okay to sit right by your side

J'fais une mélodie même si rien ne m'attend
J'fume du shit et j'vois c'est comme ça que j'mène la vie à fond
De base j'étais mal parti toute façon
J'me perd, plus en plus de mélodies bressons

J'pete mon crane sur une mélodie, plus envie que ça s'finisse
J'pete mon crane sur une mélodie, plus envie que ça s'finisse
Là je kiffe à fond, comme dire fuck à son patron, ouai
Là je kiffe à fond, comme dire fuck à son patron

Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
But I need to check into rehab
You saved me for the rest of the day hey hey
I'm okay to sit right by your side

Mais fuck son patron c'est de gauche ça non?
Hè vas-y roule un pétard

Featuring the young Marseille-based rapper @jimi135 , who injects a burst of fun into this song with his French—or rather, Marseillais—verses.

All instruments & vocals : Christophe

Worries and Fears (Ft JiMi)

I was going down the high road
When he saw me there
At first, I thought that I was dreaming and he said
Let's go for a walk, no no
I don't want no walk
I don't want no talk
I just wanna go home
Then he talked a little while
My eyes were fixing in the sky
All I wanted to remember
Was to keep on watching Peaky Blinders
I don't want no walk (I don't I don't)
I don't want no talk (I don't I don't)
I just wanna chill
I dreamt that I was never say yes
I deamt that I was out of business hey eh yeah eh yeah
How can I ever reach my mind
If I don't let it do what it wants to
Don't let it drive and think too
I don't want no walk (I don't I don't)
I don't want no talk (I don't I don't)
I just wanna chill
How can I ever reach my mind
If I don't let it do what it wants to
Don't let it drive and think too
Don't let it do what it wants to
Don't let it drive and think too
Just wanna feel so lonely

All instruments & vocals : Christophe

I Don't Wanna Talk

I Don’t Wanna Talk

Like a bird on a wire
I am searching for the light
Trying to find my way through
The darkness of the night
Like a bird on a wire
Like a beat to find I move on
My head says no my feet won't slow
I dance all night
And let my emotions flow
With my soul
Like a fire in my heart
Burning bright and very strong
I'II keep on going, no matter
What comes along
Every step I take brings me closer to my dreams
Like a beat in my soul
Gotta keep on movin'
Got no time to slow
No time for losin'
Dancin' through the night
Lettin' my emotions out
Gonna be alright
But sometimes I need to step back
And take a look around
Thinkin' 'bout the past
And how we used to get down
Now things have changed
But I won't let it bring me down
Or make me feel deranged
And when the days get tough
And I'm feelin' kinda low
I'll think back to those times
And let the good vibes flow
Like a beat in my soul
Gotta keep on movin'
Got no time to slow
No time for losin'
Dancin' through the night
Lettin' my emotions out
Gonna be alright
And when the days get tough
And I'm feelin' kinda low
I'll think back to those times
And let the good vibes flow
Oh like a beat to
Like a beat to find I move on
My head says no my feet won't slow
I dance all night
And let my emotions flow
Gonna be alright
Gotta keep on movin' yeah yeah
Gotta keep on movin' yeah yeah
No time for losin' yeah yeah
Gotta keep on movin'
And when the days get tough
And I'm feelin' kinda low
I'll think back to those times
And let the good vibes flow

All instruments & vocals : Christophe

Like a Bird on a Wire

Like a Bird on the Wire

When I start to daydream
My mind turns straight to a woman
Into deserted land lost in time, lost my mind
Go on and ride across the universe flying high
I want to go for a ride
I think I made up my mind
I am on a feather
Good to be lighter
I'm on a ride
No more in danger
I think she's an angel
I want to hide
There may be nothing out there
In the dark side of the sound
Above she's a screamer I can't take another little bit too fast
I cannot take another lonely day to blast
I wanna go for a ride
I think I made up my mind
I am on a feather
Good to be lighter
I'm on a ride
No more in danger
I think she's an angel
I want to hide
On a bass ride, on a bass ride, on a bass ride
He's ready to play a bass ride
That's right
I am on a feather
Good to be lighter
I'm on a ride
No more in danger
I think she's an angel
I wanna

Bass : Frédéric Van Linden @mokeit 
All other instruments & vocals : Christophe

Ah Shit

Nice Weather

Oval

when opportunity knocks
on a window, at evening
and the ways of the world 
make you hesitate to open
don't be affraid, I say now
at this moment
the one that'll pass 
will give room to another
but opportunity knocks
until her fists will start bleeding
for that's what she does
and that's what she's needing

let's say, but I'll deny it,
that the mind 
has an oval shape

she will change her appearance
every other time, be it night, be it day
cause opportunity knocks 
when opportunity may
again and again
till the time you will open, 
invite her inside
offer tea and some bisquits
the day once will come
when she knocks on the window
in a perculiar way

let's say, but I'll deny it,
that the mind 
has an oval shape

which leaves no room for hesitation
and she whispers you're needed
to water the plant
she's so lovingly seeded
don't give her no
help her, do her this favor
she'll be a blast of the past 
and the future in reverse
she'll be the now of the moment

let's say, but I'll deny it,
that the mind 
has an oval shape

in the corner of an eye
utopia hid, with a tear and a sigh
produce of the clashing
of a low and a high
kiss a faded picture
hug a memory
remember the delicate tastes
noone else can see
each me  isn't solely mine
none of the me's is solely me
connecting the roots and the branches
are the trunk and stem of the tree
leaves, blossom and fruit
in a state of being motionless free

let's say, but I'll deny it,
that the mind 
has an oval shape

there's no capital for the questionmark
as the god between captions seems
I'm quite sure, but that's just personal,
I'm one of the inbetweens

infinity clothed
in the craze of the day
a shared kind of uniqueness
in a collective sort of way
contradiction in terms 
these are the terms of contradiction
agitation, irritation
it goes a long way, all these little frictions

Oval

Moonray Girl

She's a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She makes my eyes kind a blur
She's a moonray tale
'Cause her beauty never fails
Her inner garden's not for sale
Some tried and tried to no avail
She was a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She's one of the kind
Whatever you wanted
Slipped out of your mind
She's a moonray girl
Like a lightening in the night
The girl has gone up to the moon
And now I'm crazy as a loon
She was a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She was a moonray girl (girl)
I'll never stop counting the hours
She was a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She was a moonray girl (girl)
I'll never stop counting the hours

It's my very first composition. I wrote this when I was 16. Over 30 years later, it still feels just as young, while I feel less so.
I was never able to finish this song because of a computer bug. The guitar solo, in particular, was temporary. After losing all the files, I couldn't find the motivation to start over.

Moonray Girl

Chasin’ That Dragon

Instrumental lullaby. Music and performance - LeoMReznik. ( And again, my favorite open guitar tuning. This is a short lullaby that is part of an earlier " Open string's lullaby" that was not included in it.)

Rainy Window Lullaby

noxpox - the stars and the black

Ambient/New age track for meditation. Technically I have used a minimalistic approach. A midi file is generated with a NodeJS/Typescript application I have written, rendered with timidity and mixed with audacity on very old laptop running puppy Linux. I have added two nature sound layers. All the rest comes from the generated midi file. Enjoy.

Meditation Three

Clean, melodic smooth sounding guitar rock  ballad.
I've moved on from the 'loudnes wars' for better dynamics and better sound quality. 
Crank it up for better listening 'experience... ;)

'Slowly Guitar'

Butterfly's achievement 

far more dangerous and at a greater distance 
a purring cat is lying next to a dying bird 
and we don't dream no more 

the story of the envellop 
was so much bigger than the letter 
my body is a temple of which the roof collapsed 
and I don't dream no more 

it is a butterfly's achievement 
to blindly follow rules 
etched deeply in its intestines 
with the tiniest of needles 
and it doesn't dream no more 

the deed was done 
the story written 
had a lot to be thankfull for 
but noone to thank
dreams don't dream themselves no more 

each one tries to fit in the previouses footprints 
tries to repeat what doesn't repeat 
footprints are too tight or just a bit too wide 
i guess we'll have to dream some more 

all of us have a past, we can only dream a future 
i have seven dreams a minute 
and they all split up in two, or three, or four, or more 
i grasp to keep them with me 
to read before dispose 
i just don't have the eyes for it 
its a freakin' overdose

A Butterfly's Achievements

Going Down In The Cave

I’m a multi-genre sing/songwrit.  Rock, Indie Rock, Folk, Indie Folk…

I warmly thank those who listen, like, and comment. I do my best to listen in return.

^2023^ |~NEXT~| 11 tracks album
^2022^ |~AH SHIT~| 16 tracks album
PLUS other musical adventures on bandcamp.com

Visit: https://streams13.com

To Paid promotion people
Thanks for reaching out with your paid promotion offer. However, I handle my own promotion and prefer to keep it that way. Appreciate the offer though!

MUSICIANS:

Xtof [ Guitars & Bass - Lead & Backing vocals - All others instruments ] 

Mokeït (@mokeit)[ 2022 - Bass on O my Lilou / Nice Weather / Tears on my Cheek / Unreal / Aurevoir ] [ 2023 - Bass on Baby, I'm a Stalker] 

JiMi (@jimi135) [ 2022 feat "All Alone" - 2023 feat on "Worries and Fears"]

On the title "I'll Be" : Guitars & Rhodes : Nick Rundall @nick-rundall


https://streams13.com

Why Streams13? I had a band in the 90s, The Streams. I chose the name after Lennon's 'I'm only sleeping.' Later, I discovered several other bands named Streams on platforms. So, I added 13 (which is the number of the department where I was born). I did it too quickly, as it's quite an ugly band name and unpronounceable in French. Anyway! Too complicated to change now.

Like a Bird on the Wire

Streams13

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