A collection of folk music and singer/songwriter songs from Soundcloud artists . If you make this kind of music send your songs my way any time.

SoundCloud Folk Music Implosion

Deeper In The Sun

All of my songs from the last couple of years, which I'm trying cull through to pull together a couple of official album releases.

The ALL

Some undressed songs off the tape machine..........cheers for having a listen


chaos on my mind, gets hard just to find the time
keep on looking, trying to find a clue
but then again, it's nothing new

hide seek night and day, you see me and look away
grey is raining, deep is blue
but then again, its nothing new

up down white or black, getting healthy heart attack
ink the skin, another bad tattoo

right wrong in or out, get ignored talked about
subscribe or follow, discard or use
but then again, its nothing new
it's nothing new

eyes see colorblind, lock the door, free the mind
paid on time, or overdue

chaos on my mind, gets hard just to find the time
keep on looking, trying to find a clue
but then again, it's nothing new
it's nothing new

It's Nothing New

We go deeper, always deeper in the sun
When the light of the day, day is done
When the world is upside down
And the sky is holy ground

Now we're rolling, oh rolling out the scrolls
And cracking all the codes
The cipher lies within the book
Cryptic pages, take, take a look
In a glass, an image undefined
But a face beautiful and kind

Pull the strings that light has spun
Fall deeper, deeper in the sun
And the last, the last shall be first
And the meek will inherit the earth
When we shake, we shake the curse
In this glass, this image undefined
And the face beautiful and kind
In the sun, deeper in the sun
Down down

Tom Hanson - acoustic guitars, vocals, synths

Listen boy now to your elders
And you won't play the fool
Listen to their wisdom
And wear it like a jewel
A glittering jewel
The golden path of progress
Is sometimes much ado
Oh turn around, look backwards

And now this is me, I am he
And the time has come

Listen boy now did you think that
This was all new?
Nothing comes from nothing
Or appears out of the blue
The beautiful blue

And now mark the time, free the mind
And dig for the truth
Don't forget, no regret
They will forgive our youth

Listen boy now, there's a strange man
In the mirror
If you look close boy, the face
Is getting clearer
Now what do you fear?
And what do you hear?

I am you, that much is true
And the years have run
Break the chains, strengthen what remains
Yes the time has come

Listen boy now to your elders
And you won't play the fool

Tom Hanson - acoustic guitar, vocals
Dan Lawonn - cello, 12 string guitar, tenor guitar

Listen Boy Now

Oh won't you tell me, where was I
When you came down from on high?
Was it the forest for the trees
When I missed you among the leaves?

But still you found me, how could you tell?
Did you know when or where I fell?
Oh yes you found me down the well
And you put me under your spell

And if I fade away, don't let me fade
And if I stray, don't let me stray
And if I climb back down the well
Pull me out, put me under your spell

Now there's a dream I always dream
Could be delusion, or a fantasy
A new moon rising, a ringing bell
And everyone under the spell, the spell

And if I fade away, don't let me fade
And if I stray, don't let me stray
And when I fall back down the well
Pull me out, put me under your spell, your spell

Under The Spell

"Looking back it's now so clear
How the road beneath my restless feet
Had a reason it brought me here
Often obscure and bittersweet"

Master Journey

JOURNEY

Don't look at me, don't you think I see
The light in your eyes?
The beauty everywhere, I'm trying not to stare
Or idolize, it's no surprise
I could never be the only one you need
It's in the eyes, they tell no lies
So don't look at me, now don't you think I bleed
Like everyone?

Oh stay, stay a little while
You can still make me smile
And you never know

Oh don't look at me, not so longingly
If it's not what you mean
I don't want to share any castles in the air
No fantasies, chimera dreams
No don't look at me if you really don't believe
'Cause there's no in between

But stay, stay a little while
You can always make me smile
I will wait like a little child
'Cause you never know
Where the wind will blow
And I want you so

Tom Hanson - acoustic guitars, vocals
Dan Lawonn - cellos, tenor guitar

Don't Look At Me

When the night descends like a cloud
When you try not to think too loud
You never want to be proud
You just want to fade

When the last ember burns out
When you just want to forget about
The remains of the day, listen

Oh hide, hide away
Sweep it all, all away, away
In the silence float away
And fade

All the clamor, the rush of the crowd
Hear the crack of that thundercloud
Is there refuge somewhere underground?
'Cause you want to fade

And now so far below
Take it easy, make it slow
'Cause there's nowhere to go
Just a world to dream
And hey, hey, oh listen
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Now hide, hide away
Send it all, all away, away
In the silence float away
And fade

Yes hide, hide away
Throw it all, all away, away
In the quiet drift away
And fade

Tom Hanson - acoustic guitar, vocals

To Fade

Took a walk in the garden
As the day was starting
And the clouds were parting
At the turning of the wheel

I want to drink it
Not overthink it
Deflate or shrink it
This turning of the wheel

Have I been be hypnotized
Or mesmerized
By moonlit skies
At the turning of the wheel?

Now the memories are returning
And all the yearning
My heart was burning
At the turning of the wheel

Took a stroll in the garden
As the day was starting
Felt like a pardon
This turning of the wheel

The Turning Of The Wheel

Video now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lTXvFZJpF8

She stood there in "the shiver ring"
That was the name we gave the ring
Our footsteps made in the snow, a circle of truth

Let go all the lies and the make-believe
There's no snow jobs in the shiver, shiver ring
So she stood there and spoke her truth
When she said "I love you"

And in the cold, cold wintertide
The hard truths can't be denied
And I, I say I love her true
I really do

When we stepped into the shiver ring
Our breath in the air was glistening
A vapor born of something new

So goodbye winter and hello spring
Now we're rising from the shiver ring
My love, oh I remember
And everything still rings true

Tom Hanson - acoustic guitars, vocals
Dan Lawonn - cellos

The Shiver Ring

One of my favorite recent songs.  I was looking to include it in a specific album, but in that collection it didn't quite fit--until I experimented with removing the bass guitar.  That changed the mood and now it fit better.  I do dig the bass part so not sure what I'll do, but thought I'd share this version while I "sit with it" for a while:

Swirling in the sun
Did you dream the starling again?
The many and the one
Soaring like a starling again
You hear the haunting sound, look around
Will you be the starling again?

Join the chorus, sing along
That murmuration song

You hear the cries
And you are a starling again
Ride the rhythm of the skies
Will you dance the starling again?

In a chorus, a symphony
A canticle

Oh I don't know why
You are so shy today
You don't know when
It will come again your way

The isolation fades
And you are a starling again
Down the desolation days
Fly like a starling again
The madness, the rage, turn the page
Oh you are a starling again

Join the chorus, sing along
That murmuration song

I don't know why
You try to hide away
Who can say when
It may come again your way?
Look to the skies
Starlings will rise today

Starlings (alternate)

She wore a garland of daisies
She skipped across the field
The morning sky was hazy
It all seemed a bit unreal

I tried to tell you about her
I cried, "come, come along"
You ran right through the clearing
By then she was gone

All these moments, like memories, slip away
Pretty flowers fading with the day
Silver raindrops that quietly evaporate
Just like time my love, just like time

She seemed a little like changeling
A child of the fey
It was the way she floated
And glided on her way

I really wish you could have seen her
And the daisies in her hair
I turned to you for a second
Then she wasn't there

All these moments, like emotions, melt away
Pretty flowers wilting with the gray
Silver raindrops that softly evaporate
With time my love, with time

Image by Jeanette Ranney

Then She Wasn't There

Dream, dream, dream, oh dream my darling
Green, green, green the grass on your hill (on your hill)
You know I wish you all the world
If only it were up to me my girl

Dream, dream, dream, oh dream a star
You know in my eyes that's what, what you are (yes what you are)
Rain drops fall from storm clouds overhead
And you will be washed clean again and again

And this is my promise
This is my prayer
And my, my purpose
To see, see you there

Yes dream, dream, dream, oh dream my angel
Who knows how high you may fly (but oh you'll fly)
And you know I wish you all the world
And if it were up to me my girl
You'd have it, oh yes you would

And this is my promise
This is my prayer
And my, my purpose
To see, to lead you there
This is my promise
Now this is my prayer
Oh my purpose
To see, see you there

Dream, dream, dream oh dream

Image by Barry Sherbeck

This Is My Promise

New song recorded tonight.

Last night I opened up the window
as streetlight stood in for the moon
across your skin a summer breeze was filtered through the trees
announced by flickered candlelight

and I wondered is this you and me asleep in childhood dreams
or just another night
are we a wishful vision cried into a pillow
after a long and bitter fight

well its a high price paid just to be here
two poor tired souls... in a golden moment

tonight I open up the window
as moonlight calls out for our dreams
across the sky I hear a voice from somewhere far away
hello and thank you for the day

and I wondered is this you and me asleep in childhood dreams
or just another night
are we a wishful vision cried into a pillow
after a long and bitter fight

well its a high price paid just to be here
two poor tired souls... in a golden moment

Golden Moment

Going On - Stereo Sonic

Here you will find little acoustic pop songs; melancholy, dreamy-folk things. Sometimes some jangly, fuzzy rock tunes or ambient pieces as well. Work-in-progress demos to finished tracks, informal playlists to official album releases. Enjoy.