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touching from the sea

Here are the lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Nena’s back again,
Stronger than before.
I had the greatest love,
But I don’t have it anymore.


[Verse 2]
Do you think
It’s all about love?
Do you think
It’s money we dream of?
Maybe there’s a life
In a better world above.

[Chorus]
I was too tired to care,
Too tired to even try,
I lost my lucky star
And watched it pass me by.
But now I’m wide awake,
Reaching where you are,
I won’t be too tired
To follow my lucky star.

[Bridge]
The streetlights shining brightly,
The night air’s in the breeze.
The rain is on the pavement,
So slippery, slick with ease.

[Verse 3]
Somehow the street is glowing,
Much brighter than it seems.
The puddles shine like diamonds,
Reflections full of dreams.

[Chorus]
[Chorus]
I was too tired to care,
Too tired to even try,
I lost my lucky star
And watched it pass me by.
But now I’m wide awake,
Reaching where you are,
I won’t be too tired
To follow my lucky star.

Nena's Back Again

[Verse 1]

I fall through broken glass,
the ground gives way again.
Hands are torn, names erased,
still a fire hides within.

[Chorus]

No matter how I fall,
no matter what I lose,
as long as breath is mine,
I’ll carry the sparks through.

[Verse 2]

For those whose hands went silent,
for children yet to be,
nothing here was wasted –
every break feeds memory.

[Chorus]

No matter how I fall,
no matter what I lose,
as long as breath is mine,
I’ll carry the sparks through.

[Bridge]

Torn apart, yet never empty,
scattered light still calls my name.
Every fracture is a window,
every silence holds a flame.

[Verse 3]

I carry them for fathers, for mothers,
for the ones who never came.
I carry them for son or daughter,
and for the echoes of my name.

[Chorus]

No matter how I fall,
no matter what I lose,
for past and future both,
I’ll carry the sparks through.
The thin link is you –
the thin link is you –
as long as I breathe,
I’ll carry the sparks through.

[Verse 4]

The world may build its distance,
may try to draw a line,
but nothing can erase you,
your love is still in mine.
I planned to always hold you,
and I always will remain.
No silence and no distance
can ever change your name.

[Chorus]
No matter how I fall,
no matter what I lose,
for past and future both,
I’ll carry the sparks through.
The thin link is you –
the thin link is you –
as long as I breathe,
I’ll carry the sparks through.

Carry the Sparks [The Way Home]

Dissapeared

When we first started writing songs together we thought we’d keep it simple but found the allure of a full band sound too tempting to ignore. This song, about the destructive patterns we get locked into, is us fulfilling that original intention - just acoustic guitar, violin and vocals. The riff that underpins the song could have gone another way….that’ll be the next release.

Sugar Trail

Goodbye Is To Long A Word 
By DP music UK 

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Take me...
To where we end...
Forgive me...
I've lost a friend.

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Pray for me...
In times I'll need...
To save me...
I'll cut so.

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I bleed...
Deep inside for you... 
Can you see...
Anyway through.

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Goodbye is to long a word...
If we could try...
We would, fly like birds...

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Goodbye is to long a place...
To live and die...
Never to look upon your face...

Goodbye is to long a word.

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Show me...
There is still sometime...
A gift to see...
Is your still mine.

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Maybe...
I can live at least...
in knowing...
That deep inside.

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Were at peace...
Just for me and you...
Can you see...
Anyway through.

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Goodbye...
Is to long a word...
If we could try...
We would, fly like birds.

🎶 

Goodbye is to long a place...
To live and die...
Never to look upon your face...

Goodbye is to long a word.

🎶 

I bleed...
Deep inside for you... 
Can you see...
Anyway through.

🎶 

Goodbye... 
Is to long a word...
If we could try...
We would, fly like birds.

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Goodbye, is to long a place 
To live and die...
Never to look upon your face...

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Goodbye is to long...

A word.

Goodbye Is Too Long A Word

Shadows Of The Empire

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Every time I Look into your Eyes

Lyrics © 2025

Released into the unknown, life had us tightly gripped 
Always fought to hold on tight, until that final slip

Our souls have met before
I know the truth 
But to earn this chance, there's work to do
Separate paths we must walk alone
I plead with my heart wholly
They both lead us to home

The sunlight to my darkness
She came to me like bliss 
But the moment we collided 
We brought on the eclipse 

Cosmic shards, temporarily aligned
A shooting star brings us a gift 
"Let gravity pull us back once more" 
I close my eyes, and wish 
 
I'm scared out here in the darkness 
I must find the way out by myself 
Faint thoughts of you still guide me
Like wielding a candle bleeding as it melts 

I'll escape these crumbling castle's walls 
And battle each demon that I face 
Once there are no enemies I'll find my rightful place 

We waited for the perfect time
But we only caught a glimpse 
You're my true north i know I'll find
I was prepared for every risk  

I couldn't find you among the castles wreck 
You've kept yourself somewhere safe 
Behind a layer that protects 
But it's blocking our embrace
Only you can decide to step outside 
If you can trust and hold some faith 


I'll flip a coin into the wishing well
And If our paths rejoin
Then that.. is where.. I'll wait



Eclipse (Lunar)

Bossa Nova Jazz, keeps things cool, about some very hot, serious, frightening political subject, such as freedom. Where do you think our Democracy stands today (2025) ?

Democracy's Bend - Jazz 05

Some force
Submits this utterance
In support 
Of its motion to become
Something new
Something new

To become
And become again
And become
And again become
Something new
Something new

And in opposition to the pending motion
Of another force to enjoin to enjoin
All the old and good and ubiquitous
Tendencies of the universal being
The universal being

To become
And become again
And become
And again become
Something new
Something new

And in opposition to the pending motion
Of another force to enjoin to enjoin
All the old and good and ubiquitous
Tendencies of the universal being
The universal being

Some force
Submits this utterance
In support 
Of its motion to become
Something new
Something new

To become
And become again
And become
And again become
Something new
Something new

New moody blue
New moody blue


Words and Music (c)  2001, 2003 by Jack E. Morris

Something New

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New Orleans independent songwriter Jack Strange offers a rich catalog of original AI-free progressive folk-rock songs, blending decades of rock, folk, and alternative influences. Strange's albums include “Blood on the Neutral Ground" released in September 2025, as well as "Still Alone" (2000), "Heartbeat" (2002), "Ever Laughter" (2003), the post-Katrina EP "Back in New Orleans" (2009), and a new home studio album projected for release in February 2026. 

All Strange songs are written, composed, and arranged by Jack Morris, except William Shakespeare wrote the lyrics in "Sylvia Who" (1589), and William Blake wrote the lyrics in "Tyger" (1794).

All Strange songs are performed by Jack Morris, with special guests the Morris Family Chorus performing on "Peace and Joy," featuring Beckham Breaux, Theresa Ocampo,  Payton Morris, Everett Breaux, Jordan Morris, Nora Ocampo, and Marigny Breaux, and Nora Kate Ocampo performing backup vocals on “Love Haunt.”

"Neutral Ground" cover art photo courtesy of Stacey Morris Breaux.

"Back in New Orleans" cover art courtesy of Joshua Breaux.

All Strange recordings are produced by Jack Morris.

All Strange songs are available for licensing for publication, performance, and commercial use.

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Strange also is the author of "Would-Be Poems" (2025) and "Snake Tales" (2020). 

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Jack Strange does not exist. He and his musical and literary works are products of a human imagination. Any resemblance to natural or artificial persons, living, dead, or electronic, or to analog or digital musical or literary works, is entirely coincidental.

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