There’s a quiet honesty here — fragile, spacious, and deeply human.
It feels like standing at the edge between night and dawn, not rushing toward light, just listening.
Subtle and beautifully sincere

@handontherock hahahaha!!! I'm only 5 feet 7 inches... I'm too short to make nothing epic!!😅

@handontherock I thought you named these little corsican!!😅😅😅

Damn are you sure you didn't nick a Pink Floyd out take and insert your vox? Very nice work Juan!

Echoes of Home

driving layers of piano , 200bpm in 4/4 time

what everyone's thinking

A stripped down  acoustic version of my song with just my Taylor 114ce guitar and my voice.

The North Pole was melting
And fearing a catastrophe
Santa hitched up his reindeer and flew to Washington DC

The Air Force saw him approaching
They scrambled a fighter jet
They almost shot him down before they realized he wasn’t a threat

They escorted him to the white house
To meet the president.
They posed for a photo together and then Santa Started to vent.

He said please mister president
I know you want to drill baby drill
But all those CO2 emissions are making the North Pole ill

He said I’m sorry Father Christmas
But I’m not interested in energy that’s green
it’s more important to me that we have cheap gasoline
And free Toys made by Elves in the North Pole sounds very nice
But you’re taking away American jobs, so I won’t take your advice

Then Santa said that since the ice will soon melt away
He asked the President if they could move to the USA

He said you and Misses Clause are welcome
because you look just like me
But we can’t have those pointy eared elves
Living here in the land of the free

So Santa flew back to the north pole
And sitting on the last patch of ice
Was a giant spaceship that even Elon Musk thought looked very nice
The Elves had built it while he was gone
tears of sadness ran down Santa’s face
And they all got on the ship, and they flew off into outer space

Now every Christmas Eve people look up at the sky
And they think about those good old days when Santa used to fly
Toys made by elves in the North Pole sure would be nice
But at least we get to buy our gasoline for a very cheap price.

The North Pole Was Melting (Acoustic)

Having another stab at  Humanity 😆 Voice goes some slightly different places here which is always nice to experience as an artist. Maybe a bit of Whacko Jacko influence coming through a bit. What a musical legend Michael was 🤍

The pic is a map of the world which lives beside my studio. I need to update it but I've got lots of my SC connections marked there. Cheers you bunch of inspiring nut balls 😘 

Humanity

We found it looking inside
It worth a mention
Pay close attention
Its love
Its inner light
It’s good
Its right
Its hope with cope
It’s something inside
It’s worth a mention
In every moment
No tension

Find a map,
Draw a heart,
Top lines intersect on an Isle that we are part
Try funny,
Live poetry,
Rule writing
Love love
Let's all absorb this Éire dove

For a while our neighbours tried to fight
They took our Oak,
Built boats,
Made blight
But we survived and became beacons of light for all Earthling'

Before invasion our Druids shone
Just altered myths now paint them wrong
I see mesoamerican beings
Too advanced for christian scenes

So the church rolled in & tried to brain wash us
It worked for a while until the poor kids got it...
So we learned and evolved and found new truth
New truth defined in protecting our youth

So here we are,
Smack bang in the middle
We'll explain it in word,
Or sing it with a fiddle
In the end we are neutral
As neutral as neutral can be
The secret?
Just love and have a laugh
Be a real "me"

Just be the real "me"
We need more real "me"

We found it looking inside
It worth a mention
Pay close attention
Its love
Its inner light
It’s good
Its right
Its hope with cope
It’s something inside
It’s worth a mention
In every moment
No tension
Just flow in projection and reflection
Conversation with true observation

Humanity

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Selmer Alto Saxophone solo. Harmonica solo Hhoner Blues Harp. Fender Electric Bass. Roland 880 Synthesizer Bass. Steinway & Sons Acoustic Piano. Gibson L5 Electric Guitar Rhythm. Hammond B3 Electric Organ Rhythm. Acoustic Full Drum kit set. Percussion Tambourine, Ago go Bells. 22" Zildjian Ride & Crash Cymbal.

Lover's Point

Cabin Fever

Cacade is the second track to be taken from my forthcoming e.p Fear of the kingdom,,the song is an introspective piece of music and its  idea is inspired by the idea of chaos in life  and loss and strange dreams i had 

Cascade

CAST OF CHARACTERES:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals, lyrics, acoustic guitar and composition
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- Mellotron, VST strings 
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – upright double bass, plucked and bowed
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – piano
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson custom T model electric guitar, Danelectro baritone electric guitar, and e-bow
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – production, mix, and mastering
 
Carl came up with this song at the beginning of November on his acoustic guitar, and shared it with the rest of us shortly after. Carl is a songwriting supernova, in case you're unfamiliar with our newest addition to the team. We're always excited and grateful to get to work on his music. 
  Mark was first to add his parts, and continued refining them throughout the process. His work can be heard in the dramatic crescendoing string arrangement and mellotron solo. JJ quickly followed, adding the gorgeous foundational piano you hear throughout. Josh was next to jump in, adding his new upright bass to the song. He played not only the plucked part, but the bowed part in the strings section, too. Ken came along next with his perfect drums to complete the rhythm section.  Last, but not least, Stephen dropped in his electrifying guitar solo and the accompanying textural chords using is Danelectro baritone guitar, followed at the very end by his magical e-bow part. 
  Once it was all in the bag, we asked Tez to produce and mix it for us, which he did in his always expert fashion. 
  This is our latest song of which Carl is the author. He's been making music with us for the past half a year now, and we can't get enough of his abundant creativity. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.
  Also, Carl had this to say about his lyrics, "Labels and putting each other in a particular box is causing big problems on the planet. The song's meaning is born from trying to take labels out of our lessons. In a polarized world, the song pines how we will likely learn lessons properly if we leave ego out of what we are trying to learn. Maybe our art has more relevance for future generations if we do that instead of bolting it to the current people or ideas causing us problems."

ORIGINAL LYRICS BY THE BEAUTIFUL DARK:
Let's play cards
You lying runt
Word poker perfect
A joker to hunt
Motor makeup mouth
Dadless brain itched
Orange sith can shout
Cycle of old child bewitched

Leave out the names
Remove their power
Lessons find refrain
Fake turned to flower

All liars die
'As honest tongue
Dinnseanchas signs our true right and wrong
Transmutation
Time understood
Truth trump card for hate
More blossomed love

Leave out the names
Teach tomorrow's hour
Lessons find refrain
Pure honest power

Lies from power
Carry hidden agenda
Justice can save us from these malady members
Unless they break our sacred norms
They've changed the game with iron fisted porn

Leave out the names
Control our stream
Lessons mute ego
Brutes turn to dream

The system protects us from crazy one
One system collective
Agreement by sum
Normals described
Standards of power
Transmutation of evil
Never named gives real flower

Let's label our love
Let's teach that today
Let lessons of dove
Show us our way

Leave out the names
Remove their power
Lessons find refrain
Fake turned to flower

Leave out the names
Teach tomorrow hour
Lessons find refrain
Pure honest power


Leave Out The Names (The Eclectic Collective)

Cast of Characters:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals, lyrics, acoustic guitar and composition

Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST strings and mellotron 

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh – upright double bass, plucked and bowed

K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken -- drums

J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – piano

TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Tom Anderson custom T model electric guitar, Danelectro baritone electric guitar, and e-bow

Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – production, mix, and mastering
 
Carl came up with this song at the beginning of November on his acoustic guitar, and shared it with the rest of us shortly after. Carl is a songwriting supernova, in case you're unfamiliar with our newest addition to the team. We're always excited and grateful to get to work on his music. 

  Mark was first to add his parts, although he tweaked them throughout the process. His work can be heard in the dramatic string arrangement and mellotron at the crescendo. Josh was next to jump in, adding his new upright bass to the song. He played not only the plucked part, but the bowed part in the strings section, too. Ken came along next with his perfect drums to complete the rhythm section. JJ wanted in on this, too, so he added the foundational piano you hear throughout. Last, but not least, Stephen dropped in his electrifying guitar solo and the accompanying textural chords using is Danelectro baritone guitar, followed at the very end by his magical e-bow part. 

  Once it was all in the bag, we asked Tez to produce and mix it for us, which he did in his always expert fashion. 

  This is our latest song of which Carl is the author. He's been making music with us for the past half a year now, and we can't get enough of his abundant creativity. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed creating it.

  Also, Carl had this to say about his lyrics, "Labels and putting each other in a particular box is causing big problems on the planet. The song's meaning is born from trying to take labels out of our lessons. In a polarized world, the song pines how we will likely learn lessons properly if we leave ego out of what we are trying to learn. Maybe our art has more relevance for future generations if we do that instead of bolting it to the current people or ideas causing us problems."
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:

Let's play cards
You lying runt
Word poker perfect
A joker to hunt
Motor makeup mouth
Dadless brain itched
Orange sith can shout
Cycle of old child bewitched

Leave out the names
Remove their power
Lessons find refrain
Fake turned to flower

All liars die
'As honest tongue
Dinnseanchas signs our true right and wrong
Transmutation
Time understood
Truth trump card for hate
More blossomed love

Leave out the names
Teach tomorrow's hour
Lessons find refrain
Pure honest power

Lies from power
Carry hidden agenda
Justice can save us from these malady members
Unless they break our sacred norms
They've changed the game with iron fisted porn

Leave out the names
Control our stream
Lessons mute ego
Brutes turn to dream

The system protects us from crazy one
One system collective
Agreement by sum
Normals described
Standards of power
Transmutation of evil
Never named gives real flower

Let's label our love
Let's teach that today
Let lessons of dove
Show us our way

Leave out the names
Remove their power
Lessons find refrain
Fake turned to flower

Leave out the names
Teach tomorrow hour
Lessons find refrain
Pure honest power

Leave Out the Names - Eclectic Collective

She Wouldn't Dance

eyes lost in the rain:


Ahh... it's raining inside me again,
Every drop a knife since you left...
Midnight streets empty, my footsteps echo alone,
Your ghost in my eyes, a faded, broken silhouette.
I hold the emptiness like your hands were still warm,
But cold wind slaps my face, shattering my hope.
I remember that smile, now it flows like poison in my veins,
Your words turned to blades, cut the hope, left wounds inside.
I don't cry outward, my tears flooded inward,
Every breath burns my lungs, this life without you is cruel.
Loneliness wraps around me, melancholy overdose,
My heartbeat slowed, like I'm slow-dancing with death.
I got lost in the rain, everywhere dark without your eyes,
This city cold without you, storm inside me, silent sorrow outside.
Melancholy hugs me tight, this pain won't let me go,
My love who left won't return, I know, but I'm still waiting maybe...
Ahh... overdose of sorrow, overdose of loneliness...
Looking at old photos, we smile like it was fake,
Now those moments are residue in my brain, a painful scar.
Friends ask "How are you?", I lie "I'm fine",
But at night I talk to the devil, begging "Let it end".
My dreams became fugitives, happiness lost far away,
Were the days with you a dream, or is this ending a nightmare?
A volcano erupts silently inside, smoke rising to the sky,
Is this what love is, tearing apart and walking away.
Maybe this beat will play at my grave, my words become the tombstone,
Every second without you, worse than death's peace.
I got lost in the rain, everywhere dark without your eyes,
This city cold without you, storm inside me, silent sorrow outside.
Melancholy hugs me tight, this pain won't let me go,
My love who left won't return, I know, but I'm still waiting maybe...
Ahh... overdose of sorrow, overdose of loneliness...
Maybe one day the rain will stop, maybe you'll come back...
But I know, this melancholy is forever with me...
Yeah...

Leon Lee, regards baby

eyes lost in the rain

None of my songs follow any plan. In fact, none of my songs are planned in advance. Why did this one turn out so long and with such a distinctly progressive rock feel? I have no explanation. What are the lyrics about? More or less, they're pieces of advice from one friend to another (which is also me, of course). The main piece of advice is that, when the fatal moment arrives, don't go towards the light. Merry Christmas to all. Ah, the lyrics:
Don't make me laugh, man,
I've only just begun.
You need to eat well,
after all, it's your life.
All these years, mate,
thinking about your career,
you were just living out
your dreams of beer.
never, never, never go to light
never never, never go to light
never go to light
never go to light
be sentimental,
be the pride of your mum.
Don't push the girls, dude,
don't show yourself fooling around

Never go to light

I was born in 1963. I write songs since 1980, always as amateur. I just can't help It.

Never go to light

Juan Carlos Alquézar

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