Summer's End

MAY from SPRING A Symphonic Poem

Morgen, Kinder, wird's was geben (Trad. Weihnachtslied, trad. Christmas Song)

This is a live version of Coming Up For Air recorded at the Con Club in Lewew using a TASCAM DR-05X on 19th April 25. Not the best of mixes, but not bad considering it's recorded on a small handheld device.

Coming Up For Air (Live) 250419

From the album: "Curiosities Of Outsider Art" (Sept2025)

Lyrics:
I'm the dark prince
On leave from the castle
The wine was over served
Feasting on the metaphors
Operas left unheard
Jewel encrusted areoles
Glass bottom gondolas
The saccharine muses
Behind the literary personas
Will you share this fever dream, my love? (2X)

Your God's most marvelous creation
In between the inhalations
I'm stuck here in this tourist trap
On the Astral Plane
I have nothing left to lose
And nothing left to blame
Do synesthesia feelings
Have a similar refrain?
Will you share this fever dream, my love? (2X)

My European suits
I'm a gentleman of leisure
The sounds from the unknown
Message and receiver
The trumpets blast in the city distance
I'm among the bourgeois class
Napoleonic pursuits
Kept under wraps

You were lost in my dream
I had your hand
I lost you in the waves
You were lost to the sea
I look for you everywhere I go
In the rental cars
The midnight bars
In every future embrace

Will you share this fever dream, my love?

Fever Dream

Just add colour! ‘Nuff said.

Bass - Hedges
Guitar - Norsa
Drums - Willy

Funk Jam

The Jersey streets are alive tonight
And the bridge is flooded with rain
The city’s coming through the windshield
And the wind howls like a train 

Headlights bounce off the gutters
And the girls on the boulevard
A siren closes the distance
And cuts off all the cars

The Red Bank rain hits me
Like a hammer from the sky
But the radio pulls me close 
Lays me out for another night 

The streets lay down so quietly
Like a promise left for dead
And the station’s fading fast
As the hours tick ahead

The screen door’s blowing open
And the headlights disappear
The DJ says the songs are coming
Like some turntable Paul Revere

The Red Bank rain hits me
Like a hammer from the sky
But the radio pulls me close
Lays me out for another night

Yeah, the Red Bank rain hits me
Like a hammer from the sky
But the radio pulls me close
Lays me out for another night

Red Bank In The Rain (with Joliz)

Cast of Characters:

Steve's Planet -- @steve-vervaet — acoustic guitar, vocals, lyrics, and composition

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

Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez – Fender Stratocaster electric guitar

Mistrermark -- @user-432503709 — Mark — organ 

Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)–@josh-clary-1 –- four string fretless Warwick bass and Roland electric piano

TexMex Shaman–@texmex-shaman –Stephen– mix, 
mastering, and production

This song began with Steve, who wrote it on his guitar and sang 
it, before sharing it with Eclectic Collective about half year ago, 
back in the fall. Always grateful to Steve for sharing his amazing music with us, we kept it alive even though it had stalled out on us for whatever reason. 

  We had a decent skeleton from our original go at it, but decided to scrap it, and start fresh. Ken, being the one who actually revived it, added his solid drums first, providing for a groovy foundation. Tez came next, surprisingly, adding his hooky guitar fills throughout. Mark hopped on shortly after, adding the organ you hear coming in around the 2:00 mark. Josh took his turn after that, even though it was only a couple of days between, by adding his fretless bass to complete the rhythm section. He also, in the same recording session, added the electric piano you hear throughout. 
  
Once it was in the can, we asked Stephen to mix it for us, in his 
always professional manner. 
  
We all love working on Steve's songs, and admire him as a 
musician, singer, and songwriter. This makes almost a half dozen songs on which the EC has collaborated with Steve, and we're sure to add many more. We hope you enjoy listening to this song as much as we enjoyed creating it.

Original lyrics by Steve's Planet:

Please Come Home - (Eclectic Collective w/ Steve Vervaet)

Gentle acoustic guitar lays the foundation, fingerpicked verses flowing into lush strummed choruses, Subtle strings and soft upright bass fill out the texture, while light percussion—like brushed snare—adds intimacy, The bridge introduces delicate piano before a hushed acoustic outro

Eternal Flame

Like We Used To

Let’s 
see a movie 
In that theater
Where we used to

Well, 
you see 
It was a long day 
And I don’t care to

Let’s 
Take that trip 
Around the world 
We always meant to

We’ve got these bills
Responsibilities
And I don’t care to
I don’t care to 

We do the same thing day after day
Like a tv movie left on replay
The clock is ticking
The time is now
We need a reset 
Just tell me how
I’m dyin’ here
I’m all alone 
I’m in the dark, 
I’m on my phone
I’m dead inside
I’m a dial tone

Let’s 
go skydiving
Honey, it’s dangerous
And I don’t dare to

Let’s 
Walk on the beach
Feel the sand 
Beneath our feet

We do the same thing day after day
Like a tv movie left on replay
The clock is ticking
The time is now
We need a reset 
Just tell me how
I’m dyin’ here
I’m all alone 
I’m in the dark, 
I’m on my phone
I’m dead inside
I’m a dial tone

Let’s 
Learn to live again
Like we used to
Like we used to

I
Want to feel young
Like I used to
Like I used to 

We do the same thing day after day
Like a tv movie left on replay
The clock is ticking
The time is now
We need a reset 
Just tell me how
I’m dyin’ here
I’m all alone 
I’m in the dark, 
I’m on my phone
I’m dead inside
I’m a dial tone



Red Bank In The Rain (with Joliz)

Robert S. Dean