Umrandungen, Vol. 1

Umrandungen-01-04 (Remastered 2025)

Sometimes you love people so much that you wish you could travel back in time to be there at all the moments they needed you.

This is a post punk cover version of my song Seventeen. The original version is here:

https://kindnessinc.bandcamp.com/track/seventeen-bonus-track

Composer & lyricist: Antoine G
Arrangement: Antoine G & Charles Eric Charrier

Antoine G:  vocals, drum machine, keys, melodica, production
Charles Eric Charrier: bass 1 & 2 https://charlesericcharrier.bandcamp.com/
Dominique Queffélec: violin 
Béatrice Temple: background vocals

Art: Foxy HxC Macfly https://hxcantares.bandcamp.com/

VERSE 1:
Sometimes I wish that I would be seventeen again
And I’d meet you in the park on a sunny morning
I’d put my arms around you, and hold you so tight
That all of your nightmares would come  to pass

VERSE 2:
Sometimes I wish that I would be seventeen again
To keep all these bad boys a distance away
To shelter you from their lies and from their hate
And from the sad thoughts you had at night

CHORUS:
Cause sticks and stones can break your bones
And tear your heart to pieces
Yes the stones will break your bones
And then burn your soul alway 

VERSE 3:
If I could turn the clock back, rewind the hands of time
I would be there on the days when your thoughts went dark
If I could lighten up your somber days  with a smile 
I'd show you a future that looked bright

VERSE 4:
If I could be seventeen again, I’d teach you how to fight
I’f teach you how to raise your fists and rise out of the night
If I was seventeen again I’d keep you close to me
I’d wave away the clouds and tell you you’re free 

CHORUS:
Cause sticks and stones can break your bones
And tear your heart to pieces
Yes the stones will break your bones
And then burn your soul alway 

VERSE 5 (BRIDGE):
I’d tear down every wall, fight every fear you have
To  give you all of the love that is mine   
I’d fight against thousands, and I would fight every day    
To bring you peace and joy and chase the pain away

VERSE 6:
If only  I'd be seventeen again
I could meet you in the park  on a sunny morning
I could  put my arms around you, and hold you so tight
That  all of your nightmares could come  to pass

Seventeen  (the kind version)

UZ MORE

Devil May Care was inspired by the title of a James Bond continuation novel by Sebastian Faulks, published in 2008. The lyrics, however, do not closely follow the plot of the book, but instead seek to capture the idea of Bond (especially the 60s style) in words and the feel of music.

Lyrics, Melody, and Vocals - John Hobbs
Music - Claudette Evans and Josh Elliott
All Production and Instrumentation - Josh Elliott


Devil May Care 

Roulette wheel, such cloak and dagger 
The spying game and British swagger. 
Girls they come and girls they go 
Without care but still they hope. 

Out of the dark, pistol drawn 
A silhouette against the dawn. 
The devil may care much more than him 
The devil may care and play to win. 

He's a shadow, secret man 
The villain has a master plan. 
On the trail clues abound 
So many plots underground. 

Out of the dark, pistol drawn 
A silhouette against the dawn. 
The devil may care much more than him 
The devil may care and play to win. 

In his lair the spy arrives 
Has his target in his sights. 
The sanctum stirs, tension high 
Plans unfurl, stifled cries.  

Out of the dark, pistol drawn 
A silhouette against the dawn. 
The devil may care much more than him 
The devil may care and play to win. 

Chaos reigns as plans are lost 
Loyalties a bitter cost. 
Fights subside calmness found 
The spy and his girl homeward bound. 

Out of the dark, pistol drawn 
A silhouette against the dawn. 
The devil may care much more than him 
The devil may care and play to win. 

John Hobbs

DEVIL MAY CARE

Liquid Eyes is no ballad.
It drips — not with melody, but with pressure. With a tension that creeps just beneath the surface, too viscous to cry, too volatile to hold.

This track isn’t tender. It pulses. It seethes.
Somewhere between body music and psychological glitch, it captures the moment where a system overheats — and you can’t tell if the burn is inside or out.

This isn’t emotion. It’s exposure.
Not a breakdown. A transmission.
From a place that doesn’t care if you feel — only that you listen.

Liquid Eyes

Hit me back im a baseball
hit me back
hit me back
kiss me back
love me
im adorable
make a mess 
so i can confess
my love for you
lets get wet
down and wet
i propose to you

this is what my love
sounds like in my stupid head
im not gonna forget you
not even when im dead

you are the freedom
life is in store for us

get down
get down
just the 2 of us

you are
we are
the survivors of it all

we are
we are
we are the stars 
that we thought we saw
i know you saw
you know you saw it too

i know i talk too much
until my face goes blue

i only wanna live with you

The Engineer Is To Blame

BOUNTY

C'est Ank Fa by The Mercury Sounds - Instrumental

C'est Ank Fa

NickJC Feel The Love FT Unknown Kid11111

I saw you in a dream
i was you and i was me
you were there but you couldnt see
sitting on the couch next to Gigi
I only dream when I sleep next to my baby

so you can thank her for me even being here maybe
I forgive you
but you've lost your privilege lately
40 years in the desert
and we would all do it 
for love
so who am i to judge? 

its of this earth
but who the hell are you?

I am the same
I just got split into two

now ive past the test of trust
and have become one
of this earth
if its all about love
then just take me

Here I am
Here I am
Here I am


Im of this earth baby
youre not gonna save me
i save me

Here I am

Here I am

Of This Earth

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