Name: Make You Feel My Love by Gregg and Moira (The Mellow Tones)
Duration: 3 min 31 s
Description: This is our cover of a Bob Dylan song. Produced by Lou Ferguson at Spotted Dog Studios.

Such a beautiful song! Great job everyone! Backup vocals is a nice touch too

April 14, 2024. Two years ago today, I moved from the UK to Japan - from my aunt's ground floor flat in Watford to a 19th floor apartment in Tokyo. Eat Shiitake Now is the story of my journey here. Thank you for listening. If the music moves you, please share it with your friends and family.

All songs are presented chronologically, in the order they were written. From Bristol green, to Watford grey, to Tokyo blue. I recorded the album alone over 18 months in bedrooms at various elevations. There were times I didn't have the energy to sing complete takes. The album is dedicated to my Aunt Elisa. Thank you, loved ones, for helping me find my breath again.

Eli x

credits
released April 14, 2024

Written, recorded, mixed by Eli Carvajal
Bass/Drum Machine (The Laundry Song) by Louis Cherniavsky
Mastered by Tim Debney
Photography by Sayuri Murooka
Back Cover Design by Gareth Rowntree
Special thanks to Imai Cleaning and Moe chan
Dedicated to Elisa Carvajal

Golden Week

Drummer Boy

fire and the box - stripped-

NJ Transit (voice memo)

Artwork by Vladimir Kush

Written 18 years ago.... is what I'll say in ten years.

I’ve been an addict all my life long
to games I can’t win and puzzles I can’t solve
It’s been some kind of sick fascination
to find myself in impossible situations 
-
and this one is one of those
I’m a deep sea fish reaching for a desert rose
I’m a parking lot, hoping that a garden grows
I’m me and you’re you and my only way through is to divide by zero

you don’t like me much but I promise you this
if you knew me better you’d like me even less
If you could see what goes on in my thoughts
I think you’d personally lead the firing squad

but even though I wouldn’t agree
I’m so flawed, I’d assume I deserve it for something
this song just needs to be worthy of suffering 
I just want you to want something you can’t get anywhere except from me

It puts me out of sorts, but I think you’re my twin
and I ought to sue you for copyright infringement
but i’m sure at the court you’d have this winning defense:
my best is your ground floor, you do all I do and more, you’re improved at the core, so I’d best be out the door, with my obsolescence 
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but you don’t know the thing you’ve offered
for a minute my sadness has an object
before this it hung shapeless as fog upon me
Now it’s fenced in a daydream that I can keep and smother by slow degrees
(And I guess you'd call that "sorrow laundering")

so even if it’s been in your mind
and even if there were enough time
and even if it’s true, what I swear I have seen
what you’d have to do would split you at the seams
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it’d never be worth the risk
a dream gambled for so much less
just come clean, a daydream is all this is
some scene, from a movie we probably all saw as stupid kids

I’m sure you can tell most of this is an act
It can all go to hell, as a matter of fact
If I even thought this one could be solved
If I even thought the words could be carved
If I even thought I had something you want 
I’d ruin my life for those lottery odds.

Sorrow Laundering (Acoustic Demo)

In this uncertain world where are you going , somewhere faced against the odds, a place to belong,
Remaining strong in depths too deep to see, but there is one thing for sure, 
I believe when I'm with the Lord, time means nothing to me, when I'm with Jesus, there's strength and power there
There's nothing to fear, for I know His promises, and in His presence that's where we belong.

People come and people go, one day you know another you don't.
White is black, black is white, where's the stability in your life
Age is your limit and time is a frame
And what you put in it, is still taken away

God is the same yesterday, and tomorrow
Never changing, preserving the way of His Saints
And giving assurance for the time that is borrowed
He promises to wipe away all of our sorrows
Renewing our hope for a better tomorrow.





In His Presence That's Where We Belong

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This song blends the intricate fingerstyle of classical guitar, inspired by Bach’s BWV 996, with the ethereal and melancholic warmth of Sufjan Stevens’ “Mystery of Love.” The melody flows gently, weaving an introspective and poetic narrative of love and longing, set against a serene, golden-hued landscape. Soft, emotional vocals complement the delicate instrumentation, creating an intimate, cinematic atmosphere. The song evokes a sense of nostalgia and quiet reflection, capturing fleeting moments of beauty and the bittersweet nature of time and memory.

Echoes of Time

This is our cover of a Bob Dylan song. Produced by Lou Ferguson at Spotted Dog Studios.

Make You Feel My Love

She’s not mine
She’ll never be mine
All those days when I thought she had time
When I feel like this, I want her near
She’s not mine, never be mine
But then time, should be on my side
I know time, should be on my side
But then time, should be on my side
But time, why does she take her time?
Where are you now? Where are you now?
It’s been 5 years now 
And I’m still not with her
Five years now and I’m still wanting her
When I feel like this, I want her near
But she’s not mine
Never be mine
Why can’t I tell her
How can I let her know
Let her know what I want
When I watched her go
Saw her go
Yeah I did
But I loved her
No, no, no, no
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
She’ll never be mine
All those days when I thought we had time
When I feel like this, I want her near
But she’s not mine, never be mine
Where are you now? Where are you now? Where are you now?
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?
She’s not mine
Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Fundament der Träume

A Jazz ensemble featuring vocal Jazz standards and soft pop music. @themellowtones_qb

Make You Feel My Love

Gregg and Moira (The Mellow Tones)

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