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2018_03_22-1

This is the lyrics version of my piano piece (https://soundcloud.com/konrad-spittelberg/the-clap-of-one-hand). (Roughly) same melody, but now with lyrics. 
If the melody left you puzzled about the title, maybe the lyrics will connect the dots. Hope you enjoy it — drop me a comment, I’m curious what you think!

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The Clap of One Hand - Lyrics
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The high priest looked the monk straight into the eyes 
“You search for wisdom, want to see through disguise 
Then hear the clap of only one hand, 
Imagine tasting the kiss of only one lip!”

The monk was puzzled, did not know what to make of this question 
His mind was racing without the slightest suggestion 
The meaning was hiding so deep 
He could as well go to sleep

And as he lay down he thought and he thought some more, 
And soon he’d snore a Monkish snore 
Deep in his dream he saw the cosmic law 
As it is and will be and has been before

To find the truth you need to see the world through different frames,
As place and motion, time and energy play Heisenberg’s games
The one single truth, the clap of one hand deceives the ancient lore

And then his dream shifted to our world
Where flags of dogma are unfurled
Where it’s en vogue to scorn the views of those 
Whose minds are differently curled

They yell their slogans convinced that it's only their kind who knows truth
They silence doubt and debate to keep everything smooth
They vote in blocs convinced others mean harm
They don't want to discuss they don’t want to disarm
They spit poison and phlegm - 
Them is us, us is them

The monk awakened quite surprisingly rested – and something like pride filled his chest 
The dream had opened his eyes and he knew the deep meaning that the koan expressed 
And so as fast as his feet could carry him he ran to the temple ground Requesting to see the high priest and as soon as he met him he told him the solution he found:

“Avoid the clap of one hand 
'Cause you can not understand 
The world in all its true colors if your mind cannot bend 

Every Current or Tide 
Must with others collide, 
A single stream is quite boring, nothing happens inside.

Seek out the voices that are not like your own – 
Don’t guard your comfort like a dog protects its chewed upon bone 
Be cautious if all of your friends do agree – 
You might discover greeater insights without cheap harmony

A field of only one crop may spark in sunlight like gold, 
But slight disease might turn these fragile monoculture to mold 
No coral alone can just survive with it’s kind – 
Reefs only thrive when hundredthousand curious creatures entwine

Don’t flatten the ground so that your pace can be faster –
'Cause if you don’t train your balance each false step means disaster 
All life, all vision needs to ripple and bend – 
Not frozen in uniformity but free to transcend”

The monk fell silent, his speech was complete - 
He wanted praisal, but the priest kept his seat. 
An awkard silence filled slowly the air, 
The priest just sat there with a calm, timeless stare

“I like your thinking—it rings wise, it rings bold, 
It has reason, it's crafted, it's gold. 
But, dear monk, there might be one subtle twist: 
There is one aspect that you seem to have missed.

You see the truth where opinions compete, 
That wholeness only grows where none is complete. 
But if no single view should stand out alone 
Then even your own view must be overthrown

You praise duality, the joining of two - 
But what if your view in itself is not true? 
What if the world isn't built as you claim? 
What if we’ll never know the rules of the game?"

Hear the clap of one hand 
Avoid the clap of one hand 
Hear the clap of one hand 
Avoid the clap of one hand 
Hear the clap of one hand 
… Reflect on the clap of one hand

The Clap of One Hand (Piano Poetry)

Time keeps moving on like the clicking of the Grand old clock.
All we can do is to make the best of the time that we have got and enjoy the moment.

Resonance

WELL IT IS HEAVEN  IN PARADISE
PASTIS AT SEVEN EN TERRASSE
AN ANGEL IS PASSING SUR LE TROTTOIR D’EN FACE
LIFE WAS A BLESSING IN DISGUISE

YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY
NOW YOU’RE IN HEAVEN IN PARADISE

HEY HAVE A MANGO IT’S ON THE HOUSE
DANCE A FANDANGO WITH MICKEY MOUSE
NEVER SAY NEVER DIEU EST DANS LA PLACE
SILENCE ET FERVEUR UN ANGE PASSE

YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY
NOW YOU’RE IN HEAVEN IN PARADISE

IT IS HEAVEN IN PARADISE
PASTIS AT SEVEN ABOVE THE STARS
NEVER SAY NEVER YOU NEVER KNOW
ALWAYS IS OVER YOU HAD TO GO 

YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY
IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY
NOW YOU’RE IN HEAVEN IN PARADISE

YOU HAD THE WORST YOU HAD THE BEST
AND NOW YOU GET ETERNAL REST
AT LAST
RELAX RELAX RELAX…

HEAVEN IN PARADISE (Lyrics)

We welcome your feedback!

Composed, produced & performed by Srouly Frank

Where are You

9_ Synthsesis - EPopPart ‘My Heart is in Trance’ Remix - 1st release on MMJ 04 July 2020 (re-release on Soundcloud 07 August 2025)

I was so excited about the ElectroPop Part of Synthsesis that my heart went into a trance! That's what it sounds like! #trance #electro #pop

(produced with Music Maker JAM)

Synthsesis - EPopPart ‘My Heart Is In Trance’ Remix

Torbjørn: vocal, instrumental and vocal composition https://soundcloud.com/tobbenv
Oddrun: vocal and vocal composition
Mastering: Njål Frode Lie
Poem: William Blake
"Ah! Sun-flower" is a poem by William Blake, published in his collection Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem explores themes of longing, weariness, and the human desire for something beyond earthly existence, using the sunflower as a symbol. 

A big thank you to you Torbjørn, what a great joy to sing this beautiful poem.

Poem: William Blake

Ah! sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun,
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller’s journey is done;

Where the youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves and aspire;
Where my sunflower wishes to go.

Ah! Sun-flower. Torbjørn Vagle. Oddrun Eikli

Hello everyone,
this is the second part – or rather, another chapter – of my musical theater project.
For this song, I’m lucky enough to be joined by Sarah Paradise-Brown, whose incredible voice gives this piece a very special depth.

"Blood" is a song about a seemingly hopeless love between a woman and a vampire. It tells a story of longing, danger, and the bittersweet realization that this love can never be fulfilled. Between attraction and pain, both struggle with the desire that binds them and the necessity of letting go so they won’t destroy each other. 

Video now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wrYE7F06mwU



Blood

Your scent is moonlight on the wind
A promise wrapped in trembling skin
I hold you close, but not too near
For what I want is what you fear

You breathe like fire beneath restraint
Your touch is warm, your world is faint
And though your lips could steal my soul
I’d give you all, and not feel cold

You shine where I can never go
But still I linger in your glow
If love means letting go of fire
Then let us rise above desire

Blood is calling from below
Blood is more than I should know
Blood would turn the night to me
But love… wants more than destiny
Blood is silence wrapped in sound
But love is where we won’t be bound

I've tasted death in every shade
But nothing made me feel this way
You made the world turn soft and slow
And showed me things I’ll never know

You gave me truth without disguise
A world of pain beneath your eyes
But I can't live with what you are
Even love can’t cross that scar

I want you…
I know...
I need you…
But we can’t...
So hold me once, then let me go
Don’t drink the love we’ve come to know

Blood is beating like a drum
Blood is where we both came from
Blood could bind me to your name
But love is not a thing to tame
Blood may sing, may plead, may flood…
But not tonight, not with blood

If I must live without your flame
Then I will carry still your name
If I must walk into the day
I’ll dream you home some other way
Some love survives, 
survives in broken light
But not tonight…

Not with blood!


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Credits:
Vocals: Sarah Paradise-Brown &  Axel Menningen
Music: Axel Menningen
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Blood

The miracle that happens everyday all over the world.  

Night into Day

The duration is set to 61.8 bars to represent the Golden Ratio metaphorically. The song is based on a 432Hz tuning fork and is about empowering humans of all ages to teach themselves the universe as they genuinely see it themselves and stop listening to the liers that talk the talk but are actually idiots like many world leaders. We have all levels of intelligence through all cohorts of society. Just because someone convinced you to vote for them, doesn't make what they say truthful and has no reflection on their true intelligence. Read yourself and read the world. Maybe we shouldn't be told what there is to see... Maybe we should look at it and figure it out ourselves! Who knows you might get a slightly different result to Archimedes and humanities collective consciousness might evolve with you...

The Real You

When in life can we learn
At what point finds true answer concern
Eureka to young
Eureka to old
Anytime on your line can be self told

True intelligence empowers your moral marrow
High ground in heart
Learn from sorrow
With firm principles
Become untouchable
Stoic self trust as fathomable infallible

Truly clever says bye to belief
You'll stay on truth toes and live light relief
Whatever your focus
Meditate that calm mind
Wise to intuitive
Being that meant kind

Karma from Dharma
Fate from faith
Belief gets renewed with love for own face
Flush the vanity
We own only one you
So why hate yourself hence confusing your new

Our luminous mind 'need future explain
More new to believe in when light shines that plane
Whether theory of all or strings we never knew
Just live in the now to find the real you

👶🏿 The Real You 👶🏿

Highland Dawn ( free download  mp3 )

vocals, lyrics and melody line: Stina https://soundcloud.com/user-145322370-110316878/tracks 
synths, piano, drums: Tom
many thanks for this great collaboration !

LYRICS
Threw the sorrow times we fly above,
Above the dark water with love...
Threw the Hungry times we need to stay,
Stay alive and think about.........

Travel threw the darkest times
Travel threw a nightmare..
Travel threw our sorrow times
travel threw it all
travel threw it all .......travel threw it all
................................. threw it all (whisper)

Threw the happy times we laughed..
Laughed all day with love
Threw the happy times we had..
had a good night of sleep...

Travel threw the darkest times
Travel threw a nightmare..
Travel threw our sorrow times
travel threw it all
travel threw it all .......travel threw it all
................................. threw it all (whisper)

Threw the sorrow times
Threw the happy times
Threw the hungry times

oooooaaaaaauuuooooo Travel

Travel threw the darkest times
Travel threw a nightmare..
Travel threw our sorrow times
travel threw it all
travel threw it all .......travel threw it all
................................. threw it all (whisper)

Threw the darkest times we go
WITH LOVE!!!!!!!!

In Dark Times (with Stina)

Well what can I say about this, exept from the loose tie and fun its.... The Thing 
Composition, instruments and vocal: Torbjørn

The Thing

One of my collab works with Canadian maestro Ed Cunningham (February 2018)!

For Glenda   /   Ft. Ed Cunningham

Well, this is very short one. But I left room for vocals. Anyway open to all.

My Thoughts Will Not Stop | Open to All

Written and performed by Richard Brown

This is a song I wrote and performed with one of my bands many years ago.

Lyrics

Back in violent times
never close your eyes on hope
then you'll breath, and I'll be there with you
as the world falls down

If there's a crashing sound 
never look around don't know
what you'll see, and I speak the truth
as the world falls down

It goes beyond a dream, a most violent reality

In a world of another kind
you know It's hard to speak cause your tongue is tied
I know of a world you can't decide c'mon
You've run out of time

When the world goes cold
I'm there for you I'll hold you close
if you believe, I wouldn't leave you behind even though time is not mine as the world falls down

So I built that rocket
Would you ever knock it now

 In a world of another kind
you know It's hard to speak cause your tongue is tied
I know of a world you can't decide c'mon
You've run out of time

So new faces in so old places looking back upon your destiny 
With our changes we turn the pages arranging there for ones eternity
Drowning sorrow with time we borrow little boy blue and the silhouette
Awake the danger with strange behaviour
Love and hope you don't forget

Come to my world......

Watching The Moth

Ultimatum

A  song about our contemporary emptiness and inconsistency.   The title was respectfully inspired by the beautiful novel by Milan Kundera, written in the 80s but so suitable for our time.
Thanks to Mark Bennett for proofreading my lyrics
Thanks to Hal 9000 for his participation

Our Unbearable Lightness of Being

Many thanks for listening to my songs. 
My influences comes from many places and I dont always know what comes next 
The album «ten waves» by Jimena Arroyo and me are now available on Spotify
"ten waves" ℗ 2020 Jimena Arroyo & Torbjørn Vagle
open.spotify.com/album/49F0sSLfSsfWOpAfr1EgJe
Check also out my songs with Oddrun Eikli https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fp2HGStdCYNJHWvlBQsIK?si=GVqRPRyTTkyfy9WIz5ZLjw
 thanks to all of you I`v been so lucky to create music together with!!

The Thing

Torbjørn

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