...............................................................................................................................................
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded & Mixed in July 2021.
..............................................................................................................................................

Tempus - What Heaven Fears

Given the time of year for this release, we found ourselves working on a track that felt very evocative of Christmas’s past, while working on the principle that a song is not just for Christmas ! 
  
Best wishes of the season to all.  

...............................................................................................................................................
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at SG Audio Production Studios
Recorded December 2021
..............................................................................................................................................

Stop all the songs, Hold all those phones,
Roll out the Christmas  parade. 
Bring in the day, The old fashioned way,
Never  afraid.

There's a Mountain,  ahead
We can move it, Should we dare,
To take, The chance,
Of all,  life's  gifts  

This is the one,
You have become, the sun that shone,
The whole day through,
I will be home, 
The road maybe long,  before the Hope 
Is gone to soon  

I was standing in the Gutter,
Living like no other,
Everyone could see,

You were talking with a stranger,
Living life in danger,
Of all the things you’d be.

Lock all the doors, surrender the cause,
Stop all the songs, that breaks in your heart,

The Parade - The Tempus Collective

...............................................................................................................................................
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at SG Audio Production Studios
Recorded December 2021
..............................................................................................................................................

Alone - The Tempus Collective

Redemption:

All the prayers I've made
On this cold September day
Has the call been heard 
Or just failed send. 

All the faith I've shared 
Has it changed this world
Dictatorships and power trips 
Religious words that contradict 

I've rid myself from all that's free
The bourbon that's from Tennessee 
The cigarettes, the girls, the weed,
Yet still you turn your back to me. 

Should you forgive me 
Then I shan’t fear you
Please don't regret me
Or shed no tear.....

Please don't forsake me
For I have loved you
Please don’t forget me,
When I have gone .......


...............................................................................................................................................
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded, mixed and mastered at SG Audio Production Studios
Recorded June  2022

Cover Art :  Antonio J. Manzanedo
..............................................................................................................................................

Redemption - The Tempus Collective

BIRMINGHAM.

In 1960 Birmingham Alabama is the most segregated city in southern America, a brutal regime is in place denying blacks any rights. City Mayor, Bull Connor sets his dogs on the black community, he hoses them, and denies them all civil liberties. Churches are burned and men, women and children are brutalised, some are targeted and killed as a result of the colour of their skin.

1963 saw the civil rights fight start in this city, so chosen because of its troubles. One year later, following the great march on Washington and Luthers ‘I have a dream speech’ the civil rights act of 1964 was signed.

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, 
but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

...............................................................................................................................................

How do you tell, your seven year old girl,
She aint going to funtown, today 
It’s the colour of your skin, she just aint getting in,
Not today, no how….

The dream that once you had, Forever shall be heard,
Let freedom ring, this day, From every city

If they take your name, sing it,
As the churches burn, there never was shame,
And as the crosses flame, white cotton Dixie,
Jailed for peace and prayer, Alabama 63,

If a man has not found, some – thing for which he is prepared to die,
Then he aint fit to live, this life we call our own, we call our own…
Gotta fight to call our own………

Thank god almighty, we are free at last…..free at last……

...............................................................................................................................................

Music & Lyrics by S Grieve & K Fleming
Guitars courtesy of Steven Young.
Recorded & Mixed in July 2014.
(based around the words of Martin Luther King Jr.)

..............................................................................................................................................


'Birmingham' - Tempus

The unwinding coil of life, from the perspective of one who has passed while serving his country through the horrors of war.

The Unwinding Coil  -  Tempus

Written by G. Numan, this is a complete rearrangement and a Tempus take on the Numan sound. Created for a competition here on Soundcloud, it gave us the opportunity to work with a hero of ours, it has been a pleasure to work on a track where we can feature the vocal of a rightly regarded icon of modern day music.

Scanners - Tempus:  (Ftg Gary Numan)

Here again, All the wonders of men,
He breath’s his end,

He checked out of this world,
Every fathers prayer, Wasted ……..
Back and Forth, Driftwood on the sands….
...............................................................................................................................................

Music & Lyrics by S Grieve & K Fleming
Recorded & Mixed in January 2016. 
..............................................................................................................................................



Driftwood  - Tempus

King of Catastrophe.

One day feeds to another,
Flick the radio on, Don't even bother,

A chasm grows, Resentment gathers,
Silence, the currency in tatters

Do you feel me, The king of catastrophe,
Teardrops,  become the rage in the sea,
Raindrops, the rage in sea.

An empty room,  my eyes feel the weight,  
Revel in the gloom,  Lifes in a state,

Iam always here,  where Ive been before, 
Thinking that I can, Knock down this door.


Just a phase that came to soon, 
Our demise in fractured full bloom,
I’ve got no big master plan, 
Iam the real nowhere man.



...............................................................................................................................................

For Brian Lennon
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by Iain White, S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded & Mixed in July 2018.
..............................................................................................................................................

King Of Catastrophe  -  Tempus

The Blood Red Moon.

...............................................................................................................................................

Words & Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Recorded & Mixed in October 2018.
..............................................................................................................................................

The Blood Red Moon - Tempus

**Updated Mix **

Run The River

I run the river
The river runs to me
Dances clear and so very free,
Like veins that will carry 
Bloodlines flow, into the sea

Dark water still - today
Deep and cold as, night  becomes the day,
Bewitched by the winter,
The frozen lochs are skater free…..

Run the river, Run with me….
Hold forever, hold that fear….

The path is soft but, crisp below
The leaves that breath hold
Secrets of us all
Submerged by the waters
The undertow will pull you through the day
...............................................................................................................................................

Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by  S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded & Mixed in January 2019.
..............................................................................................................................................

Run The River - Tempus

The Tempus collective’s take on this track by The Boss

Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen

She'll let you in her house
If you come knockin' late at night
She'll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right
If you pay the price
She'll let you deep inside
But there's a secret garden she hides
She'll let you in her car
To go drivin' round
She'll let you into the parts of herself
That'll bring you down
She'll let you in herheart
If you got a hammer and a vise
But into her secret garden, don't think twice
You've gone a million miles
How far'd you get
To that place where You can't remember
And you can't forget
She'll lead you down a path
There'll be tenderness in the air
She'll let you come just far enough
So you know she's really there
She'll look at you and smile
And her eyes will say
She's got a secret garden
Where everything you want
Where everything you need
Will always stay
A million miles away
...............................................................................................................................................
Songwriters: Bruce Springsteen
Secret Garden lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Played & Produced by S Grieve & K Fleming
Additional guitars by Mark Cowan
Recorded & Mixed in April 2019.
..............................................................................................................................................

Secret Garden -  The  Tempus Collective

Latest composition from us - one for a darkened room and headphones !
...............................................................................................................................................
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded & Mixed in June 2019.
..............................................................................................................................................

The Lighthouse - The Tempus Collective

Rise

Strange love, is rare,
Embrace it if you dare,
Strange loves, can fade,
With a pocket full of tears,
Wept through all those years,
And a suitcase, full of dreams,
Empty now, or so it seems,

I stopped the rain fall, I stood to face all,
I rise again, I rise again

Strangers and neighbours, updated status,
Taking their chance, Like your never gonna get again

If you ever find a way to feel, You can really work and make it real,
Should I ever make a move for you, you can love me if you feel it too

So love breaks
you Hide away,
Rise up, shout out (Rise)
Shine on, move on (Rise)
Break free, with me, (Rise)
Stand and face up, leave it this way...

...............................................................................................................................................
Music by S Grieve & K Fleming
Words by S Grieve & K Fleming.
Recorded & Mixed in November 2019.
..............................................................................................................................................

Rise - The Tempus Collective

Tempus - 

Thanks for taking the time to listen to our music. feel free to leave any constructive comment - it is always welcome. 

Tempus are a duo consisting of myself  (vocals & keys), and Stewart Grieve (keys & engineering / production), plus some like minded collaborators.
Through the years our musical tastes have evolved to encompass the various styles and genre's that make up our sound today. 

I hope you enjoy our music and thanks for dropping by. 

Kevin Fleming.

The Tempus Collective:

Popular tracks