ANOTHER STEP ONWARDS
2024 Cooper/Jones
All Rights Reserved

Another step onwards
Into a future unknown
Another move forwards
Together, not alone
Another day dawning
Learn the lessons of the past
Another step onwards
Foundations built to last
 
Troubled times, troubled times
We’ve been living through
Couldn’t seem to catch a break
Just mend and make do
Worried minds, worried minds
Living week to week
Now we’re turning it around
And things don’t look so bleak
 
Another step onwards
Into a future unknown
Another move forwards
Together, not alone
Another day dawning
Learn the lessons of the past
Another step onwards
Foundations built to last
 
Broken hearts, broken hearts
Scattered left and right
A dark night of the soul
Longing to see light
Hopes and dreams, hopes and dreams
Dashed beyond repair
Now, there’s a brief chance to take
And leave behind despair
 
We must believe in something
And I believe in you
Believe in better days to come
Believe that wishes comes true
 
Another step onwards
Into a future unknown
Another move forwards
Together, not alone
Another day dawning
Learn the lessons of the past
Another step onwards
Foundations built to last

Another Step Onwards

Lyrics:

Thought I'd write a song, but was pushed for time
So, struggling with rhyme, I turned to hay I
Cos I can't get no satisfaction
Reaching for instant
Gratification 

My new best friend is called oodee-O
So, goodbye to Splice and my studio
Love the speed of its generation
Reaching for instant
Gratification
 
[Chorus]
Now I'm burnin through credits
Burnin through credits, yo
Burnin through credits
Like there's no tomorrow

Extend, remix, and try to nail it
I'm burnin' through credits, but it just keeps failin'
No, nothing sounds good, nothing sounds right
Been burnin credits all through the night
 
All seemed fine 
'til I knew what I wanted
Never understood what
It was I had started
[break]
Can't take the frustration 
Not any more
So it's goodbye to hay-I
And back to the DAW
[instrumental outro]

5090 2024

Burnin' Through Credits

Lyrics

Do I welcome you home
After all you have done
The mistakes you have made
All the lies you have spun

 I am a fool (fooool) to think
That you may have changed
I should keep you away
No contact maintained

[Chorus]
But memories (Memoreees)
Of good days that we had
(Feeeelings) From before
Good turned to bad

[Bridge]
No, girl (No girl)
Don't give in
To things that you felt before
You know he's bad news
You don't love him - any more

[Chorus]
But memories
They mean nothing now
I'm moving on (Mooooving on)
I AM moving on

No, I (no I)
Won't be fooled any more
No, I (no I)
Don't love him any more
[fading out] 
(Any more)

I Don't Love Him Anymore

A moody distorted moment. Composed in D Dorian

Photo by Kartikeya Rana on Unsplash

If The Peace Holds Until Dawn

Another Beat Of The Drum
2024 Cooper/Jones
 
I hear another beat of the drum
And the sound of a guitar strum
I wonder what kind of song this will become
When I hear another beat of the drum
When I hear another beat of the drum
 
I hear the bass pumping away
Boy, that bass player sure can play
Right in the pocket, on the money all day
I hear the bass pumping away
I hear the bass pumping away
 
I hear the laying on of keys
Softly round each reprise
Or tinkling of the ivories
 I hear the laying on of keys
 I hear the laying on of keys
 
I hear the singer clear as a bell
Swooping, soaring, casting a spell
Drawing me in with a story to tell
I hear the singer clear as a bell
clear as a bell
 
I hear the mix growing ever more tight
Pan to the left and pan to the right
Til it sounds so big and bright
I hear the mix ever more tight
ever more tight
 
I hear another beat of the drum
I hear another beat of the drum
I hear another beat of the drum

Another Beat Of The Drum

Luna Trick

Lyrics by me : Music and vocals by UDIO

[intro]
[verse 1]
Candy lemon skies
Dilated eyes (eyes)
Lazy, freely ambulating
Smoothly, just like roller skating

[Chorus]
(oooooooh) Kaleidoscope days
(aaah aaaaah) Kaleidoscope ways

[verse 2]
Birdsong in my mind
All around me shines (shines)
Crazy, speaking without thinking
Universal; interlinking

[Chorus]
(oooooooh) Kaleidoscope days
(aaah aaaaah) Kaleidoscope ways

[bridge]
Thinking free
Running free
(Thinking free; running free)
You and me
(You and me)
[instrumental]
[verse]
Birdsong in my mind
Candy lemon skies

[Chorus]
(oooooooh) Kaleidoscope days
(aaah aaaaah) Kaleidoscope ways
(oooooooh) Kaleidoscope days
(aaah aaaaah) Kaleidoscope ways
[fading out]
(oooooooh) 
(aaah aaaaah) 
(oooooooh) Kaleidoscope days
(aaah aaaaah) Kaleidoscope ways

Kaleidoscope Days

Lyrics:

Hmmm ... Sea breezes
Warm on my skin
Watching the tides
Flowing out; flowing in

Mediterranean holiday
Get away from it all
No longer on the clock
And no alarm's call

Just breathe
Just relax
Just go with the flow

Hmmm ... Sea breezes
Kites in the air
Watching them flying
Colours everywhere

Lying, reading on the beach
The hours drift away
Letting all the stress dissolve
And cares slip away

Just breathe
Just relax
Just go with the flow

Sea Breezes

Human

Verse 1
I’m not proud of how I started out
Hated every little part of me
Never fit the pattern that I thought I should
Tried to change, didn’t do any good

Chorus 
With this map inside my mind,
I don’t need your help to find
the highways 
to everything I hate and fear
I’ve been traveling those for years
And now you tell me all those pretty words
the ones you think will sway me
You try to tell me how I’m feeling
Like I don’t have a say in it

Bridge
I tried to squash myself into a box, 
that was made for squares and found that 
I’m not, 
but I won’t change to become that shape,
Just to be called another mistake. So,
I’ll roll as I am,  cause I’m round 
like the sun and I’ll shine 
like a lighthouse
Showing the way to those still in the storm
(Wondering where they went wrong)

Chorus 
Don’t try to tell me all those pretty lies
the ones you think will sway me
Or try to tell me how I’m feeling  
Like I don’t have a say in it
Am I not human too? 
I am human just like you
Oh I am human too
I am human just like you

Verse 2
I’ve learned so much this past year	
Even stood up and faced my fears
Never thought I’d be this brave 
Chased a dream and changed my fate

Chorus 
Don’t try to tell me all those petty lies
the ones you think will sway me
Or try to tell me how I’m feeling  
Like I don’t have a say in it
Am I not human too? 
I am human just like you
Oh I am human too
I am human just like you

Human

A fragment from a larger project spun out into its own little idea.

Piano is Spitfire Labs Grand Piano.

Created as part of the 50/90 challenge 2024.

Photo by Claire Bissell on Unsplash

The Path Most Often Walked Alone

Hurry Up and Wait
2024 Cooper/Klages 

I'm no stranger to a queue
I'm familiar with the line
And the key to it all 
Is knowing how to redeem the time

I've seen lots of waiting rooms
And had long delays
I've spent many hours
That added up to days

CHORUS
Hurry up and wait
Hurry up and wait
It never feels that great to
Hurry up and wait
Time tick tick ticks as it always will
I am tired tired tired of sitting still
I want to get get get out of here
I hope I've made myself clear

It's always seemed odd to me
Appointments say be there now
When it always seems to be
They will make you wait, and how

I've seen countless endless lines
And lots of boring hours
I've wasted afternoons
And lost some mental powers

CHORUS
Hurry up and wait
Hurry up and wait
It never feels that great to
Hurry up and wait
Time tick tick ticks as it always will
I am tired tired tired of sitting still
I want to get get get out of here
I hope I've made myself clear

CHORUS
Hurry up and wait
Hurry up and wait
It never feels that great to
Hurry up and wait
Time tick tick ticks as it always will
I am tired tired tired of sitting still
I want to get get get out of here
I hope I've made myself clear

Hurry Up And Wait

Lyrics

So glad you found a way to flee
But here the streets still drown in fear
Patrolling soldiers; guns in hand
The menace sweeps across the land

The lights flicker; then they're gone
Sit in the dark awaiting dawn
Bombs fall close; they're getting near
You made it out, but we're still here

Chorus/
Who wouldn't want to 
Escape this place
To find a better world
To find a better life
You couldn't wait to 
Escape this place
To protect yourself
To save your life

The snipers watch through shaded eyes
Their bullets cut through smokey skies
We move in shadows; hold our breath
The city burns; the sirens scream
Living in apocalyptic scenes
You found your way; you#re free and clear
But I'm still trapped in all this fear

C/

[instrumental break'

C/

50/90 2024

From One Left Behind

Inspired by Mount Shrine and the Hollow Knight soundtrack.

Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash

All that was past is prologue

Lyrics

Don't go into town
Wearing a frown
With Happy-Happy
You'll never feel down

Join us in our hyper-perfect society
Just one pill to feel Happy-Happy like me

(instrumental)

History books say there used to be crime
Now everybody just has a Happy-Happy time
Now, it may be true we don't control our lives
But without Happy-Happy you just feel unalive

Feeling fine
Feel high
Feeling euphoric
And compliant

(instrumental)

Going through life in a pharmaceutical haze
No-one can deny these are Happy-Happy days

Feeling fine (happy-happy)
Feel high (happy-happy)
Feeling euphoric
And compliant

Happy-Happy

Lana's Lament

THE STING OF SILVER 
2024 Cooper/Jones
 
The sting of silver
The grift of gold
Never knowingly undersold
Cash as hard as it is cold
The sting of silver
The grift of gold
 
A hustle here, some muscle there
No such thing as a fair share
Pay your dues on deadline day
Or face the music come what may
 
The sting of silver
The grift of gold
Money talks or so I’m told
A wad of greenbacks to unfold
The sting of silver
The grift of gold
 
Gilded coins since Genesis
Have meant demands with menaces
Debt retrieval, great upheaval
Branded the root of all evil
 
The sting of silver
The grift of gold
Writ large in letters, big and bold
Cruel, corrupt and uncontrolled
The sting of silver
The grift of gold
 
Picture a place, peaceful and pretty
Built on reciprocity
Where no one hears at any time
Buddy, can you spare a dime
 
Silver linings
Good as gold
Dreamt about from times of old
With real treasures to behold
Silver linings
Good as gold

The Sting Of Silver

GROW STRONGER
2024 Cooper/Klages

I feel the music coming back
I missed when it was gone
And now that it's no more in lack
It draws me ever on

Grow stronger, glorious music
Ever flowing, like a great tide
Make the hearts of all who hear you
Carry on, strengthened inside

I feel the lyrics coming back
My pen flowing with ink
And now that words are back on track
I'll convey what I think

Grow stronger, glorious music
Ever flowing, like a great tide
Make the hearts of all who hear you
Carry on, strengthened inside

All the instruments of this trade
Readied for the songs to come
Keep it rolling now, don't let it stop, like the rhythm of the drum

I feel the music coming back 
I missed when it was gone
And now that it's picked up the slack
My joy finds a new dawn

Grow stronger, glorious music
Ever flowing, like a great tide
Make the hearts of all who hear you
Carry on, strengthened inside

Grow Stronger

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Georgiana has been performing and making music since the age of 5. She grew up in an American Army family, moving house and countries throughout her childhood and is a dual national USA/UK.

I am a singer-songwriter, poet and artist from sunny South-Africa.

Hobbyist songwriter.  

Most of my output is created during the FAWM and 50/90 songwriting challenges.  I write songs in many genres - eclectic musical taste is reflected in my songwriting - but tend to draw heavily on early 80s synthpop as my fallback influence.

I use Studio One as my DAW.



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