Songs of May 2020

Track 1 of the Nothing Ever Happened EP. Available at https://themightyorchidking.bandcamp.com/

Why do I feel so cold? 
What is this pain in my soul? 
Why do I do the things I do? 
A means to an end; I'm passing through. 

What are the skulls that we hold? 
Innocence stands like a distant role. 
Where do I stand? I don't understand. 
And how will I know when I'm a man? 

Nothing Ever Happened. 
It Was All Imagined. 

Patterns are repeating in the sky, 
Rainbow serpent passing through the night. 
Speak to me you never really die. 
This is just love whispering goodbye. 

I was summoned to the highest court, 
They could not stop these electric thoughts. 
I close my eyes and block out the sound, 
And wait for the light to rise through the ground. 
Cease to exist and learn how to love, 
Happiness rains down from above. 

Nothing Ever Happened. 
It Was All Imagined. 

Patterns are repeating in the sky, 
Rainbow serpent passing through the night. 
Speak to me you never really die. 
This is just love whispering goodbye. 

Nothing Ever Happened. 
It Was All Imagined.

from Nothing Ever Happened, track releases April 28, 2017 
Michael Rea - Guitar 
Martin van Heerden - 12 String Guitar, Harmonies 
Pete Martin - Bass, Harmonies, Keys 
Jonny Bennett - Vocals, Drums, Cowbells, Shaker

Nothing Ever Happened EP

Nothing Ever Happened

Released on all major platforms 19.10.18. 
https://open.spotify.com/album/2CA8RXkasnuPSXyhaHl6oX
Produced by The Mighty Orchid King, Mixed by William Stephen. 

I’ve been searching for the beauty in anything,
Trying to see if there’s a beauty in suffering.
As I woke up I remembered the doctrine 
of infinite kindness, a boundless love is beckoning.

We were spun like a blanket from the ancient hands of earthly time.

Saw the Armada of my pride,
Rolling in on the coming tide.

Up on Beacon Hill,
The Earth stood still
Up on Beacon Hill.
And I was filled
with empty space in my veins.

(Thoughts are just floating balloons at the fair.)

How does the tempest roll back with your breath?
At my behest it bared the most beautiful blue. 
In these fleeting moments I perceive the absolute connect between all things, 
Between us is the truth.

But when all that you can see is suffering,
Makes you wonder, is it safe to light the beacon?

And my song was delivered from an ancient voice within my mind.

Saw the Armada of my pride,
Rolling in on the coming tide.

Up on Beacon Hill,
The Earth stood still
Up on Beacon Hill.
And I was filled
with empty space in my veins.

BEACON

Taken from The Doctrine Of Infinite Kindness, out June 26.

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I cut you down so I can read,
We gather round the fire in your belly.
Learn how we made your people bleed,
My eyes burn like the fire you are keeping.

All my friends are working for free, 
To save their mother
There won't be another.
Just trying to live naturally,
I seek the Forest Language
In the Autumn. 

We cut open the Lungs of the Land.
Looking for fragments of golden air.

After the fire we could not breathe,
After the fire we lived in denial.
Share broken pictures on a screen,
Get into bed and hide under the covers.

Against the crystal magic sky,
You know the one that bleeds from blue to orange.
They say the blood will never dry,
I wonder why our eyes are closed to wonder.

Protectors cut down with the trees,
Why are we scared of these primal connections?
Trying to find community,
But cut adrift I float into tomorrow.

We cut open the Lungs of the Land.
Looking for fragments of golden air.

Truth is like a waterfall,
Sweeps me along an image of forgiveness.
Highest heavens form a pool,
You drink the water then you will remember. 

Fill my room with pretty flowers:
Orchid Power. 

We cut open the Lungs of the Land.
Looking for fragments of golden air.

Lungs

New single from Lowpines. Released to coincide with a UK wide tour with Benjamin Francis Leftwich. Lowpines (Oli Deakin) has been writing and producing with Benjamin and others for the past few years and has performed with him live all over the world. This single was recorded in Brooklyn during a break between tours, self-produced by Lowpines.

Lyrics:

Full of distraction
Troubles untold
Wearing that sadness 
In the folds of My clothes  
You didn’t see it 
Or maybe you did 
It’s not like I tried all that hard 
To keep it hid
  
You ask me to build  
While the world stands still  
I am willing but I don’t know how 
Let cold winds blow 
Til the snow blocks the road 
I will follow in the  Path of the plough  

Pressed to the window 
Face to the glass 
Trying to listen for the trains 
As they pass 
They sing through the branches
Whales in the night 
And shots in the distance keep 
Trying to change my mind  
You ask me to build  
While the world stands still  
I am willing but I don’t know how 
Let cold winds blow 
Til the snow blocks the road 
I will follow in the 
Path of the plough

Path Of The Plough

Strange Vibes by M3ON ft.Abi Flynn
digital distribution 10th April 2020
written & produced by Tim Lea Young
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STRANGE VIBES

Strange Vibes

Back in the High Again

Taken from The Doctrine Of Infinite Kindness, out June 26.

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Don't know if I am on the train or if I'm getting hit
I follow the path each time but lose the trail 'cause it's dimly lit
I pay my tab each day costing more everytime
They're coming thick and slow wherever I go they're coming with

Flies
They can seek straight when they dive
Lines
Can fly far when you're on time

Take one wrong step you're out the door not needed anymore
The blood is cold the milk is old and I don't want a bowl
I tear the hole each week I stitch it up everytime
Don't matter how many times 'cause it always feels like I'm wasting nine

Flies
They can seek straight when they dive
Lines
Can fly far when you're on time

Head

A tune made during 24 hours of Covid19 isolation

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