An epic musical journey that is well worth listening all the way through, no shortcuts.

A Stillness Interrupted

This song started out many years ago as a novelty party spoof on blues. I would ad lib the lyrics and improvise an accompaniment on acoustic guitar which meant no two performances were ever the same. See Retrospection’s Facebook page for a sample.

Recently I decided to do a serious blues rock version and this current track has been inspired by the blues rock style of Eric Clapton and the licks by other blues artists. The lyrics still do contain just a little hint of the mischievous fun from the old party days.

Back Fence Blues

Wreckage

This song is about knowing you can't mess up things that are meant for you. It's about not being afraid of the journey as it's 'funny how it all works out for good'

Copyright Mia Wilks 2025 PRS 

Lyrics 

Verse 1

You’ve been in a rut 
Running out of luck 
Can’t seem to find your purpose 
You’ve been feeling stuck
Doors keep closing shut 
Tell you how it’s worth it 

Hey
It’s ok 
Ya don’t say 
I’ve got a feeling 
Everything is gonna fall right in place 
One day 
One day 

Chorus 

Funny how it all works out 
Even through the ups and downs 
Funny how it all works out for good 

Breath in breath out
Let go of doubt 
Everything all works out for good
Funny how it all works out for good 


Verse 2

You don’t feel the love 
It’s never quite enough
Can’t seem to find your purpose 
You’ve been feeling rushed 
Life is kinda tough 
Tell you how it’s worth it

Thank you to David and Justin for collaborating on this track

For Good

Woke up with the river in my boots,
Sky lookin’ like it owed me a fight.
Train wailin’ down by the bayou bend,
Sounded ‘bout right for my night.

Left my roots in a busted bottle,
Traded road signs for smoke and sin—
Ain’t no compass when the devil’s drivin’,
Just a twitch in the bones and the wind.

I drift like the wind don't know me,
Float like the rain forgot my name.
Keep on movin’ ‘til the lines get crooked—
Guess I was born to drift anyway.

Found a shack where the porchboards groaned,
Old man squintin’ through a kerosene haze.
Said, “Boy, you look like a long-lost story—
With too many starts and no last page.”

Hung my coat on a nail full o’ rust,
Took a swig from a jar that bit like fire—
Even ghosts’ll sit when the sky turns red,
Even sins run outta desire.

I drift like the wind don't know me,
Float like the rain forgot my name.
Keep on movin’ ‘til the lines get crooked—
Guess I was born to drift anyway.

Every goodbye’s just a slow exhale,
Every mile’s another curse I sell.
Some folks stay, some raise hell—
Me? I drift... and I drift real well.

I drift like the wind don't know me,
Float like the rain forgot my name.
Keep on movin’ ‘til the lines get crooked—
Guess I was born to drift anyway.

Guess I was born… to drift anyway.

Drift

"Memory Card: Silent Hill 2 (Sleepless Specter Remix)" is a collection of remixes from the PS2 game, Silent Hill 2.

Laura Plays The Piano (Remix)

Uptempo rock song by John Hardman/Beats Working
Vocals/guitar/keys - JH
(c)(p) Swamp Music & Swamp Records UK for all territories

Leavin' - John Hardman

Streetside Philosophy's second album Cliffhanger is a deep dive into the core style of the band, and explores a gritty side of the indie / alternative genre.  All songs were recorded using only live analog instrumentation by songwriter John Spivey.  Cliffhanger was a culmination of 15 years of original writing and tells a cryptic story layered with hidden meanings.

Gills

Fight to live another Day

I guess, I am late to Hakan's party .... is anyone still around?

To wit: Hakan (well) offered a "psychedelic dance". How could I resist?
You might enjoy listening to his playlist of collaborator's versions, culminating in the original: https://soundcloud.com/user-370942421-686440500/sets/psychedelic-dance



lyrics / copyright jo richter:

how long
how long can you stand the tension
life moves
and thrives on vital suspension
night's claws
a pilot's midnight conundrum
hold tight
pay tribute to the handsome

original image: copyright jo richter

his midnight clone

his midnight clone - - - with well

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
"Deus Ex Machina"
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang

Deus Ex Machina is an arresting sonic and theatrical experience of man’s perennial struggle between fate and free will. Charged with both pathos and ethos, the song is a musical revisitation of classical literature’s greatest tragedy – the story of Oedipus Rex.

"Deus Ex Machina" tells the story of King Oedipus of Thebes, who despite all his efforts, ends up fulfilling the prophecy he was trying so hard to avoid: that he would kill his father and marry his mother.

Inspired by the sonnets of Shakespeare and the lyrical poetry of Ancient Greece, the lyrics tells the story of Oedipus Rex – a play by Sophocles written over two thousand years ago. The song is chanted and recited over the music much like in the chorus in Greek tragedy.

Released worldwide on September 18, 2020, "DEUS EX MACHINA" is the third single of The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara. The track forms part of the independently produced album ‘Full Spectrum'. 

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Lyrics 

On the path of peril, the blind king staggers away
All he can see is darkness like a shroud
Groping through mist and cloud, the devil his only friend
Doomed is he to find release only at his end

Cursed is he who incurs the wrath of envious gods
Woe is he, he who walks alone on the road to ruin
Woe is he, whose fate is abandoned to the wind
Woe is he, the end too dread to tell, too dark to see

Trial is the test of man
Hubris will be his fall
Fate is the curse of man
In god’s envy, tragedy befalls

Hamartia is the flaw of man
Hubris be his downfall
Trial is the test of man,
But death befalls us all

Oh cursed Oedipus, 
Pursued by the hounds of fate
For slaying and laying with kindred, 
You took out both your eyes

All your sins laid bare
Your shame you alone will wear
So you go away without a guide
A vagrant with no sight

Oh cursed Oedipus, 
Hallowed be thy pain
A blind man wandering across the land
Never to be seen again 

Oh cursed Oedipus, 
Hallowed be thy shame
Architect of his own tragedy
So vanished he, into a shoreless sea 

Trial is the test of man
Hubris be his fall
Fate is the curse of man
In god’s envy, tragedy befalls

Hamartia is the flaw of man
Hubris be his downfall
Trial is the test of man,
And death will end it all

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Full Spectrum

Deus Ex Machina

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High school music teacher / hobby musician & producer.  I have a lot of fun creating rock/metal, and other genres just using software/sampled instruments.

A Stillness Interrupted

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