Name: Follow The Light - 16-minute Prog-rock Space Opera by SynergyV
Duration: 16 min 26 s
Description: A ride to the stars in the style of early prog-rock Yes and Genesis. In mostly 7/4 time and Lydian mode.

Dreamer is a collaboration between myself and Marvin Cripps, who wrote the wonderful lyrics for this song.
Once I read them, I was so inspired, I began writing the music.
For this song, credit is given as The Cripps Hermans Project.

The fun and whimsical cover was created by my wife Diana Hermans.
Richard Hermans: Music, vocals and video
Marvin Cripps: lyrics and suggestions
Cover art: Diana Hermans

Dreamer

A ride to the stars in the style of early prog-rock Yes and Genesis. In mostly 7/4 time and Lydian mode.

Follow The Light - 16-minute Prog-rock Space Opera

An original song about life’s choices. Music and lyrics by me. Put together with the Reaper DAW and a variety of instruments for the music, with the vocals created using the Natalie and Solaria voices in SynthesizerV Studio Pro.

**LYRICS**
VERSE 1
Sometime. Sometime.
In good times. I’m on cloud nine.
Peacetime. Breaking the ties that bind.
High crime. Working overtime.
Swing time. The rules don’t apply.
Night time. Time for goodbyes.

CHORUS 1
Daytime. Wake up at the edge of creation.
Sunshine. Close my eyes and feel the sensation.

VERSE 2
Sometime. Sometime, but not today. 
In hard times.  We’ll take a leap of faith.   
Fine line. Fine lines, crossed!
Just in time. Find what we lost.
Night time. Hold back, afraid to fall.
Life line. Chance is the sweetest of all.

CHORUS 2
Daytime. Staring at the end of creation.
Sunshine. Close my eyes and pray for salvation.

VERSE 3
Sometime. Let’s take a stroll, you and me. 
This time.  Find the door and turn the key.
Coastline. Past left behind.
Borderline. See what we find.
Night time. The moon at midnight.
Life line. Ooo what a sight. 

CHORUS 3
Daytime. Reaching for the edge of creation. 
Sunshine. Close my eyes and wait for damnation.  

INTERLUDE
Moon at midnight, what a sight.

VERSE 4
Sometime. Sometime, but not today. 
In hard times.  We’ll take a leap of faith.   
Fine line. Fine lines, crossed!
Just in time. Find what we lost.
Night time. Hold back, afraid to fall.
Life line. Chance is the sweetest of all.

CHORUS 4
Daytime. Staring at the edge of creation.
Sunshine. Close my eyes and hear the ovation.

Sometime

Ruined (Revised)
Words: Dina Bailey and Gregg Hart
Music: Gregg Hart

I want to look into your eyes
And feel the warmth of your presence
And your hand on my face
Here I am again
Missing you…I’ll wait for you

How long will I go without seeing your face
How long will I live without hearing your voice
You captured my heart and kept it with you
So when we’re apart, I’m without my heart too
(I’m without my heart too)

Why this present distance?
I just cannot understand it
Have I wandered from you
Or is it just a part of living
Living in this world (Living in this world)

How long will I go without seeing your face
How long will I live WITHOUT your sweet embrace (yeah)
You captured my heart and kept it with you
So when we’re apart, I’m without my heart too
(I'm without my heart too)

I long for your face 
I need to hear your voice
Your presence is life
And my heart is yours

There’s no one like you
No one else will do
You have captured this heart now ruined for all but you
You have captured this heart now ruined for all but you
You have captured this heart now ruined….it’s been ruined for all but you

Conversations

Ruined

Assurance
Gregg Hart
© 2024 Midiboy Music

I close my eyes and I drift away to a place that I can hear you say I love you
Sometimes you seem so far away even though I know you always say I’ll never leave you
And I know that what you say is true, I know it’s me and it’s not you because you love me
I need to learn to trust you now, and you’ve given me no reason to doubt that you love me

Oh my love I hope you realize, that when I look into your eyes, I’ll always love you
I’m never all that far away, just call me up and I will say how much I love you
I want you to know that my love is true, and I am completely devoted to you and only you
I thank the Lord for giving me you, for your loving heart that’s always true, please know that I love you
I love you
I love you
Whoa oh oh

Lets close our eyes and drift away to that place that we will always say I love you
And we will never turn away and things will always turn out OK, when we say I love you
And you know one thing that is true, no matter what we’ll make it through, whatever happens
This love we have that God gave to us, is built on love, faith and trust, and were thankful, yeah
Whoa oh oh
Oooh oooh
Oh oh
Oh yeah
Yeah yeah

Assurance

In your eyes I see the truth,
The pain that pushes away those who come near.
Led by the darkness that you bear,
Yet you stand strong for others, your own fears unclear.
Through storms you've weathered, battles fought,
Each scar a story of the battles you've won.
But love's embrace, a realm untrod,
For fear's grip tightens when the past is done.
Yet within you lies a glimmer of light,
A whisper of hope amidst the night's despair.
Though shadows dance, obscuring sight,
Love's gentle touch waits, tender and rare.
Let down your guard, let love draw near,
For strength is found in the arms of love

Love's Gentle Touch

Don't Call Me

04 - Tato - SU - Gold

04 - Tato - SU - RH^ - Carved

Wish you could see all that you did,
Wish you would reconsider to ease my pain.
Can you tell the good from the bad, or do you even care?
Memories like daggers, piercing through my mind,
Every smile, every word, now tainted by your lies.
But still, I hold on to the hope that you'll realize,
The damage you've caused, the tears I've cried.
Yet, in the silence of the night, I find strength anew,
To break free from the chains of your deceit,
To rise above the hurt and find my truth,
For in letting go, my heart finds its beat.
So farewell to the past, to the pain you've wrought,
I'll emerge stronger, with lessons hard-fought.
And though scars may linger, I'll face the dawn,
For I am resilient, and my spirit lives on.

Memories Like Daggers

00:00: Epochal 80 - Dave Spiers
Features multiple instances of the CS-80. Effects used include the Strymon Blue Sky and OhmForce’s OhmBoyz

04:08: Ode to the 80- Kent Spong
A single-take improvisation on the CS-80 fed though the UAD Lexicon 244.

06:55: It Breathes - Dave Spiers
Recorded using the CS-80 in conjunction with Spectrasonics Omnisphere (Strings), Keyscape (Piano) and GForce Minimonsta (Bass Growl) and VSM (RS-505 Strings) This didn’t make The Mighty CS-80 video final cut but is included here to show how well the 80 sits with other good instruments.

11:38: Frank’s Theme - Dave Spiers
A single-take improvisation using the CS-80, Jupiter 8 (Arpeggio) and Oberheim 8 Voice (Unison Chords). Recorded directly into the camera input with an over zealous compressor clearly evident when the 8-voice chords play.

Original music taken from "The Mighty CS-80" video found on our GForceSoftwareTV YouTube channel.

Amateur musician making music since the 70's in a wide range of styles. I've been using synthesized voices since Vocaloids back in 2013. Recently discovered Synthesizer V and WOW! has the technology improved. I will leave up the old Vocaloid pieces for now and post new pieces (and some remakes) with SynthV original songs.

Follow The Light - 16-minute Prog-rock Space Opera

SynergyV

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