The weather from Episode 19a. Composed by Larry Cardozo and Ron Fink. Performed by The Ventura Klezmer Band.

Eliezer's Waltz

Original song by the fabulous PhemieC! Covered modestly and with respect.

Furever (cover by Rosielord)

In honor of fifty years with Doctor Who (and the incredible fiftieth anniversary episode.)

Special thanks to my lovely little sis, who played the clarinet!
•••
We are something you cannot recall, just on the tip of your tongue
just a moment lost in the fabric of everything, all space and time and the war that you’ve won
and you tried to forget us, you had too, we guess, and Doctor, you tried to move on
but time gets rewritten, and as for the rest: forgotten, but never gone.

We are two billion children you counted, one death at a time
and we hung there over your head and your heart, your forgotten crime
and you needed to forget us, but you never could, no Doctor, you never moved on
and time got rewritten, now it’s as it should be: never forgotten, and no longer gone.

We are Gallifrey, Gallifrey is our home
we will light the way, guide the way when you roam
we are not lost, but just misplaced
we are your most familiar face
we are Gallifrey, Gallifrey, home.

We are golden and older than time itself, older with each passing day
lying locked in the ticking of clocks after you lit the skies of poor Gallifrey
and your heart grew so heavy, with each dying scream, and you knew you could never go on
but now that you’re ready, you’ve faced the dark past, it’s time to right your worst wrong.

We are everything you ever knew, every last thing that you are
and now we are painted both of your hearts, shining bright as the stars
and you’ll never forget us, and we won’t forget you, and now as the time’s moving on
come home, oh Doctor, to where you belong, where the things that are gone are not truly gone

We are Gallifrey, Gallifrey is our home
we will light the way, guide the way when you roam
we are not lost, but just misplaced
we are your most familiar face
we are Gallifrey, Gallifrey, home.

We Are Gallifrey (a Doctor Who waltz)

A fan song for the silt verses!

Lyrics:

All water returns to the rivers
And all the rivers are as one 

And the current that flows 
To the ocean knows 

It's just waiting for the storm 
That's yet to come 

All water's like blood in a vein
Going, then returning to the heart

One father in the water,
We call you sisters and brothers 

If creatures of the current's 
What you are

When the river inherits the sea
When the ocean returns from the sky

Risen in the water we'll be
Shifted and changed by the tide

All water returns to the rivers
All the rivers are as one 

As you have gone
Return to his arms 

And see what you 
Were mean to become

All waters just fragments of the whole
The Trawlerman of silt and shell and bonee

The river embodies the seas 
And calls them back home from the skies 

Ebb and flow
The current only goes
Until it's recalled by the tide

Return To The River

Song commissioned by Els. Written about her original story, Stowaway. You can buy it here: http://www.etsy.com/au/shop/CallieChronicles It's got mermaids and pirates and steampunk lesbian adventures and everything!

The viola was done by my absolutely fabulous friend, Declan. http://gallifreyananglerfish.tumblr.com/ I can't thank him anough for helping me out. He put up with so much recording nonsense and it took practically forever. Thank you, Declan, you flawless human being you!

Moon rising up above the ocean
sun falling down below the sea
and I’m so far away
from any break of day
so far from the place where I should be.

Someone is waiting in the distance
someone I’m trying hard to find
I knew her long ago
but just like water flows
so flow the crashing waves of time.

Time drips away like water
slipping through our fingers and our fins
I promise, my friend, I’ll find you
and where we meet, another world begins.

Someone is singing in the distance
someone is crying tears of pearl
my maiden of the sea,
maneli – stay with me
and someday, we both will change the world.

Someday, I know that I will find her
someday, at least I think I will
and when at last we meet
her smile will be so sweet
and Earth’s slow rotation will stand still.

Life slips away like treasure
sinking like the mem’ries of our sins
we’re parted, but still I love you
and when we meet, another world begins.


Time and Treasure

A song co-written by moi and my friend Allison, who plays her cello beautifully. We hope you enjoy!
~
I’m running through this house of mirrors
All I can see is my reflection
We all live in this house of mirrors
The only way out is in.

Is this my reality? Are these pixels on my TV?
Are these moments genuine? Is my life even mine?
I was born within these halls, I am plastered on these thin walls
every turn I see another version of myself.
These walls never shatter, the glass is ever bending 
They control the latter, the shift is never ending
I can tell no longer which one of me is real
I don’t think it matters anyway.

I’m running through this house of mirrors
All I can see is my reflection
We all live in this house of mirrors
The only way out is in.

What is our reality? Darkness and brutality?
Lethality, morality, mortality, normality?
There’s nothing that was meant to be, no manifest destiny
there is only is and how it seems to be.
There’s nothing here that matters and nothing here that doesn’t
there’s nothing here that ever was and nothing here that wasn’t
and pathways twisting, turning, fill you up with quiet yearning
for somewhere where you know you’ve found your way.

Stop asking for reality, it’s no better than a screen.
I can bend these walls and make them melt the way I want.
I was blind but now I see: you can’t run and you can’t leave
and objects in these mirrors may be closer than they seem
glass can never shatter, it only can be twisted
no matter how hard we punch – angry and tight-fisted
it’s not about escaping, or looking for the door
I don’t want to get out anymore.

I’m running through this house of mirrors
All I can see is my reflection
We all live in this house of mirrors
The only way out is in.


Out Is In

A song for John Egbert - to complete the Beta Kids quartet!
Probably my favorite A Capella song I've done yet. Hope you all enjoy!
•••

It seems like it’s been ages since I’ve been home
I don’t even know what it feels like anymore.
I don’t dream but if I did I know
I’d dream of walking up the steps and opening the door
and seeing too many birthday cakes
and urns filled with ashes
and too many posters with too many memories.
I wouldn’t dream of rainbow blood
and skin with all these slashes
and things that never should have been set free.

It hasn’t been that long yet, relatively
but everything can change in just a passing second
you know how some birthdays can feel like nothing much
but other feel like centuries are lit upon your bones
and I guess that’s a lesson learned
if I’m doing the learning
how there’s not much difference between one second and the next
but that makes the difference
just that little second
between breathing and not breathing anymore.

and I haven’t had a moment to catch my breath
It seems every time I blink I see nothing but death
nothing but death
nothing but death, death, death, death.

I’ve learned a thing or two about nostalgia
like how it creeps upon you like it was always there
and how each little thing can then remind you
like little jokes and rubber bands and bobs of snow white hair
and how each passing moment 
is tinged with sharp regret
but passes so quickly you can’t even see it go
and we are all moments
just these blips in time
passing so quickly I can’t even say hello.

I punch holes in the film of time I’m without reason without rhyme
you’d think it would make me wise but it just makes me dead inside.

I know that it’s been ages since I’ve been home
I don’t even know if I had one anyway
maybe it was destiny or chance
but alchemy took over me and carried me away
to where planets crash and burn
and people become gods
and we get no choice in whether we’re human or not
and it’s no matter who we’ve lost
there’re games that must be played
but I remember what they all forgot.

and I haven’t had a moment to catch my breath
It seems every time I blink I see nothing but death
nothing but death, death, death, death, death, death
So give me just one moment to catch my…


Catch My Breath

Finally, as promised long ago, a Night Vale song! This one is for Carlos the Scientist, back when he was still stuck in that desert otherworld.

Stay tuned for the upcoming Home Pt. 2...
•••
As I wander through this strange world
with these bright skies and these red lights
I just wonder how you all are
all the way back home.
 
Is it sunny? Is your cold gone?
Did I leave the kitchen stove on?
Are you happy? Do you miss me?
How are you getting by alone?
 
Well I’m alright, I’m fine.
I guess I’m meant to roam.
To never settle down somewhere,
to never have a home.
 
And I don’t know where your town is
and I don’t know how I came
I just know that once I got there
my entire life had changed.
 
It’s not what I was expecting
it’s not what I thought I wanted
but these moments I’ve collected
are the times I’d never trade.
 
And they’re all in my mind
These memories you’ve sown
like when I asked and you agreed
that we could start a home
 
I guess I was delusional or otherwise just juvenile
to think that just by wishing I could change the facts
but I’m a scientist and none of this can alter the hypothesis
that I don’t belong anywhere, in fact
 
I’ve been thinking for some time now
maybe this was meant to be
maybe I’m meant to get stuck here
and you’re meant to be here with me
 
But sometimes I close my eyes and
I see nothing but the strange land
where I found friends, love, and purpose
and for once I was not alone.
 
When those doors shut, then I realized
that no matter how hard I tried
I could never be a part of
that place that I called home.
 
But that’s alright, it’s fine
‘cause thanks to you I’ve known
what it feels like to live somewhere
what it feels like to love someone
to truly have a home.

Home Pt. 1

Crushed Creations

Just Someone, Not Me

Sometimes you actually work on the new songs you're currently writing, and sometimes you procrastinate and record a song you learned in chorus
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This recording has been sitting in my files for like... months, and I think it's pretty fun so I decided to share it! This is a traditional song from Ye Olden Times and it's very fun to sing.

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Covers

Babylon is Fallen

I don’t usually post WIPs but it’s been a hot second since I’ve posted any musical content on here so... fuck it! 

Absence of Light was the first A Cappella song I ever recorded. I was 16, if you can believe it! A baby! A wee child! Anyway, I've improved... a LOT since then, so I thought I'd go back and do an updated, cleaner recording of the song. 

This is a WIP, so it's not polished and there are some awkward silences here and there. But I thought I'd share it anyway. I'll take this down and replace it with the finished version when I'm done!

Absence Of Light Version 2 WIP

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