You see that guy in the gucci suit
The one with the Rolex
The one walking into the high-rise like he owns the whole damn block

He got a secret
He still checks his bank balance a dozen times a day
Still gets that little knot in his stomach everytime the phone rings
Still remembers the taste of instant noodles and the feel of a secondhand coat in a bitter wind

He ain’t no different to me

I see that girl on the corner, all torn jeans and defiant eyeliner
She’s got a story, too
A story of late nights and empty bottles and a phone that never rings with the right name
She got a tattoo of a bird on her wrist, a tiny thing
It’s not about freedom
It’s about being grounded
It’s about a cage she can’t fly out of

She ain’t different to me

We all got our ghosts
Our regrets
Our silent prayers whispered into the pillow at 3am
We’re all holding our breath, waiting for the other shoe to drop.
The CEO, the janitor
The influencer with a million likes, the kid with no friends
We’re all just trying to get by, trying to make sense of the noise

We put on these masks
The tough guy
The pretty one
The smart one
The one who has it all figured out
But peel back the layers and what do you find
The same raw, vulnerable heart
The same fear of not being enough

So next time you look at someone and think
“I could never be them” 
or
“They could never understand me”
take a moment
Look closer
Past the clothes
Past the car
Past the curated feed

You’lll see it
The flicker of doubt in their eyes
The tremor in their hand when they think no one’s looking
The way they stare at the ceiling, wondering where it all went wrong, or where it’s all going to go

And you’ll know.  They’re just like you. and me.

They ain’t no different.  Not one bit

Are We All The Same

Track inspired by a museum painting where pilgrims walking to Emmaus realize that their travelling companion is Jesus. 

Road to Emmaus (electric) remastered 2025

Right Behind

This song was written by my wonderful soul filled cousin, Lucy Stapleton

Drums: Sean Norgrove
Bass: Colin McCann
Guitar: Peter Evans
Vocals: Lucy Stapleton
Guitar: Carl Culliton

Lyrics and Original Composition: Lucy Stapleton

Arrangement: Ammeca Soul

02 All Time

This song was about the tragedy of the twin towers attack and written in 2001. RIP to all the victims 🤍

Lyrics
Tell me this..
Do we know about your fundamental ways?
You kind of miss ..
Our way of life and way of strife, it kind of pays!
Where is the bliss,
In this collapse, in this relapse of olden days and olden ways

Now you've gone and made unsure tomorrow
With what we here no one knows what to follow
Try let your feelings flow and then swallow these lines

Tell me this...
Why have you gone and swallowed yourselves?
Your hypocrites
You could have called this something else
With your fists
This jihad shows nothing but hell,
'Aint hard to tell

Now we long for your reason to greet us
Pledge holy war with yourselves try and beat this
Remember peace in your afghan two fingers worldwide

It's possible
Through the years you've been used and abused
But by whom?
Not the innocent those who take the rule
And you assume
That these people care what you do...
They've got no clue!

Now you've gone and made unsure tomorrow
With what we here no one knows what to follow
Try let your feelings flow and then swallow these lines
Now we long for your reason to greet us
Pledge holy war with yourselves try and beat this
Remember peace in your afghan two fingers worldwide


Drums: Sean Norgrove
Bass: Colin McCann
Guitar: Peter Evans
Vocals: Lucy Stapleton
Guitar: Carl Culliton

Lyrics and Original Composition: Carl Culliton

Arrangement: Ammeca Soul

03 The Collapse

Forces

You may or may not recognize this cover because the arrangement I chose generally fits my acoustic folk style and sound.........

"Linger" is a song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries from their debut studio album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993). Written by band members Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan, and produced by Stephen Street, "Linger" was first released as the second and final single from the album on 15 February 1993 by Island Records. It was later re-released on 31 January 1994.

"Linger", which has an acoustic arrangement featuring a string section, became the band's first major hit, peaking at number three in their native Ireland, number eight in the United States, and number 14 in the United Kingdom."                Wikipedia

Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Image: Duygu

Linger-The Cranberries (Cover)

The devil flees the brightest glow

SOON to move to Bandcamp as an album - in the meantime, you can also listen in sequence here: soundcloud.com/sonic-textures/sets/scalar-fields
instruments: Jeff Gardiner and jo richter
voice: Jeff Gardiner
modulation, arrangement and all that: jo richter
lyrics: Jeff Gardiner in collaboration with jo richter
image: Jeff Gardiner in collaboration with jo richter


stepping off the edge with desire
he was the flyer on perception's broken wings
sixteen times he bounced and landed on the ledge
with the shack at the back where the 
old man sat on some  wooden crates
and spoke of gates in dreams
and trips and traps and strategies and 
cautionary tales about inorganic beings
and how to catch a rabbit or lion or a squirrel
with some sticks and strings

sticks 'n' strings

scalar fields pt 9: sticks' n' strings- with stonerjazz

A young woman named Penny is locked away in a stone chapel by the sinister reverend, her hope fading with every passing dawn as hunger and isolation gnaw at her spirit. But when Bradley arrives at the vicarage—tractor rumbling, clutching a mysterious artefact in need of translation—possibility stirs anew. As Penny struggles to call out for help with her weakening, rasping voice, a tale of resilience unfolds where sunlight, birdsong, and the courage to hope might mean the difference between captivity and rescue.

Morning At The Chapel

Rearranged for guitar. Original composition by Jeremy Soule, music for Morrowind OST

Morrowind Theme Song (live cover, instrumental guitar arrangement, orig composition by Jeremy Soule)

Hello, Welcome to my music.
All these creations are made by hard work and years upon years upon years of practice and trying to explain this world and the human condition to myself in the process through poems & songs. Thanks for all of your wonderful support.
Peace and Love to Everyone,
Carl Culliton

02 All Time

The Beautiful Dark