A beautiful tune that carries a heartfelt message especially for the children suffering in war and all that goes with it. And you are right, it can be seen in their eyes.

what a beautifully stated first verse..so true..we need to see and then react not stand by in silence.

Such a wonderfully poignant, touching song and performances Bengt!

Nice gentle singing like always ✨✨✨

Most touching and delicately performed song...

beautiful guitar talents and the vocal harmonies a special. a nice mix in of harp sets the mood

I heard today that a ceasefire has been decided in the Middle East from January 19, 2025. So good for the population! And YES, the ceasefire in the Middle East was implemented. Now we hope it lasts!
Oh, so much news reaching us world citizens. It's uneasy both here and there. We expect a ceasefire in the Middle East in two days. Hope it goes through! Then we have the war against Ukraine - it's written in the stars how it will go here!

News

I sit here and I look through my window panthe winter storms are raging and the snow falls down
the news reach me and I am surprised how all things can go wrong
there are those fires in the states
I feel so pity for those folks


The peace in the Baltic sea seems to be threatened now
there are some vessels who destroyed several cables on the bottom of the sea
they call it hybrid war which may be the new way to be bad
we really hope that it will stay
with these insidious attacks


When the world has been troubled, the politics seems to shift 
from democracy to the harder right wings  
One can see this in Europe and also in other parts of the world.
this is so bad for the poor
who usually gets hurt


I wonder what has happened in the Middle east
they discussed a ceasefire - but how long will it take
to come to a decision down there so the people can breathe out
I feel so pity for these folks
who suffer so much

News - 2025-01-17 13.50

J'ai longtemps considéré l'amour comme un sujet mièvre, bercé probablement par une culture Disney couplée à ma formation d'ingénieur assez matérialiste
Mais avec le temps je me suis complètement décomplexé sur le sujet et j'en suis venu à penser que c'est le sujet le plus important de l'univers.
On le chante depuis la nuit des temps sans comprendre son origine. On parle d'une forme d'attachement mais c'est bien plus profond. 
Je pense que le véritable amour réciproque créé une forme d'intrication quantique entre deux êtres que ni la distance, ni le temps, ni la mort ne peut défaire. Quelque chose qui dépasse nos dimensions et notre compréhension comme l'évoque l'excellent film 'interstellar'. Bref c'est du sérieux et ça méritait bien encore une chanson ;)
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Un sentiment
Intangible et puissant
S'est affranchi du temps
Vire à l'omniprésent

Deux ne font qu'un
C'est étrange et divin
Même si je ne sais pas bien
Où je tombe, d'où tu viens

Si le coeur était la vie
Si l'amour au fond
Jouait d'autres dimensions
Au delà de l'esprit
Au delà des mots
Quelque chose de plus haut, de plus beau

On le ressent
Mais personne ne comprend
Universel pourtant
L'intrication en grand

La gravité
Entre nous s'est plié
Aucune loi jamais
Ne pourra nous séparer

Si le coeur était la vie
Si l'amour au fond
Jouait d'autres dimensions
Au delà de l'esprit
Au delà des mots
Quelque chose de plus haut, de plus beau
Quelque chose de plus haut
Quelque chose de plus beau 

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For a long time, I considered love to be a mawkish subject, probably lulled by a Disney culture coupled with my rather materialistic engineering training.
But over time, I've become completely relaxed about the subject and have come to believe that it's the most important subject in the universe.
We've been singing about it since the dawn of time without understanding its origins. We talk about a form of attachment, but it's much deeper than that. 
I think that the true reciprocal love creates a form of quantum entanglement between two beings that neither distance, time nor death can undo. Something beyond our dimensions and understanding, as evoked in the excellent film 'interstellar'. In short, it's serious stuff and deserved another song ;)
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A feeling
Intangible and powerful
has freed itself from time
Becomes omnipresent

Two become one
It's strange and divine
Even if I'm not sure
Where I fall, where you come from

If the heart were life
If love deep down
Played other dimensions
Beyond the mind
Beyond words
Something higher, more beautiful

We feel it
But no one understands
Universal yet
Big entanglement

Gravity
Between us is bent
No law ever
Can separate us

If the heart were life
If love deep down
Played other dimensions
Beyond the mind
Beyond words
Something higher, more beautiful
Something higher
Something more beautiful 

Quelque chose de plus beau

Dear friends, missiles are raining down on Ukraine every day!!!
This is a fairy tale about a nine-year old girl and her little three-year old brother.
Today I heard a voice from Gaza: "NOW WE CAN HEAR THE BIRDS AGAIN!"
I really hope that the people in Ukraine soon can hear the birds!

Those Two keep Together

They are the only who survived after the digusting attack
against the house where they were born
and their appartment was on the third floor
They just remember the flash of light
and that their father screemed- kids You must get out
The Year twentyfour was a terrrible year
that noone ever in the world could imagine

It was the missiles from the east falling down on their house
where they have lived for several years
they were a family consisting of several kids
and also daddy and their mom
and also Granddad and Grandma was there
The Year twentyfour was a terrrible year
that noone ever in the world could imagine

the little girl of only nine found her little brother of only three
under the masses of broken bricks
he laid his lovely little arm around her neck
and then she felt the love from him
I will not ever leave You my love
The Year twentyfour was a terrrible year
that noone ever in the world could imagine

They wrote a letter to the guy who is shooting at them
please stop the shooting- we don’t feel well
and have You seen all the men that You have lost
we do believe that You were wrong
when You entered the land of ours
We certainly hope that the year of twentyfive
will be a peaceful year without casualties

Those Two keep Together - 2025-01-20 12.36 (Lyrics in description)

A twist on the 'Appearance Medicine' phrase.

APPEARANCE MEDICINE

Tripping round some corridors
Nothing but neon lights
Floor polish and hidden voices
There you are before my eyes
It’s appearance medicine
Like a hormone injects in a vein
It’s appearance medicine
A face that lights a flame
S O B and tachy heart when lightning seeds a body start
That jumps a gate to permeate my actual need 
For you with me - today

This hospital’s a restaurant
Medicine is the menu
God’s own surgeon shaped the face
That walks me to the moon
It’s appearance medicine . . .

Ah-huh Ah Huh da da da da da da da da
It’s appearance medicine
It’s appearance medicine

Everyday it’s much the same
Going on that ward round
Floor polish and hidden voices
Soon my heart it’s on the pound





Appearance Medicine

Link to  video:  https://youtu.be/ej-kUFEdbzk
that I submitted to the 2025 NPR Tiny Desk Contest.
This was a bit of an experiment. The audio was recorded using an iPhone 16 and then I used the Logic Pro stem spitter to separate the vocals and guitar so I could mix each track separately.
I still intend to have one more go at recording this using a better mic set up.

Bounce Back Up Acoustic Version)

Texte et voix La Gazelle https://soundcloud.com/amandine-esno
Musique par HyLGZ22

Le soleil dans les interstices parcourt ma peau encore chaude de tous mes rêves inachevés
je brave le sol froid sous mes pieds j’ouvre les rideaux sur mes possibles
ciel bleu et haut, mer sombre lointaine
c’est dans cette étendue que j’avance
tout m’appelle je frissonne à l’odeur salée de cet océan aux pins mêlés.

Je suis sorcière dans ma longue robe noire
ma langue murmure sans que je m’en aperçoive
d’antiques psaumes et des sortilèges habiles
mes mains pleines de charme caressent l’avenir
la certitude me tient debout la tête haute

Nous sommes des embarcations
lancées sur un océan agité
Certains devront sortir les rames
d'autres juste gonfler la voile

Les beaux senaus avantagés par leurs mats, leur robustesse
Et les esquifs plus modestes plus discrets
Seront par le vent ballottés
Sans cesse trouver son chemin et apprendre alors
Les tempêtes essuyées nous indiquent le nord

Les bateaux se croisent parfois se heurtent
Mains décharnées aux gouvernails meneurs

Je veux baisser les voiles
Jeter au loin rames et amarres
Desserrer les poings
me laisser amadouer
Bercée par nos langages adoués

Ne plus subir les courants
Laisser venir depuis la grève
Le flot et le jusant
Entre deux retenues deux courants je m'apaise

Mes pieds avancent dans les clapotis
je ne ressens pas les vagues
je les passe comme d’anciens habits
et ma robe se met à flotter autour de moi
de mes mains je salue les ondes les plus lointaines

J’appartiens à ce sable sous mes pieds à ces eaux qui m’appellent
à la terre toute entière c’est elle qui me dompte et m’apprivoise
c’est à elle que je me livre
je veux communier pour ceux qui luttent
je veux remercier pour ceux qui brûlent
je veux être nature et légère

Gothic Futuristic Oratorio #2

Kenny Roger’s Cover with my musical friend from North 🇺🇸

You Decorated My Life

I've always wanted to play this because it is one of my favorite songs. Let's just say it has been on my to-do list for a couple years and I've always been afraid to attempt it. Thank you for listening!! I appreciate you!

Yamaha Acoustic Guitar
Peavey Bass
6 different woven synths
Vocals

We don't have to worry
Life goes where it does
Faster than a bullet
From an empty gun
Turn yourself over
Loose change we could spend
Grinding down diamonds
Round, round, round the bend
Round, round, round the bend

People pushing harder
Up against themselves
Make their daggers sharper
Than their faces tell
Babe, its your time now
Loose change we could spend
Where we are going
Round, round, round the bend
Round, round, round the bend

Round the Bend (Beck Cover)

Adieu Monsieur le Professeur

No Strings Attached
Incredible Timing
Smooth Sailing From There

Illusions Of A Man

Dear friends, this is a song for the weak people of the world

Silent Words

Have You heard those silent words that come from the smallest ones
They are the people that seldom are heard
They are so small and they can’t compete
with the guys that screem so loud
and noone listen to the words they say
we need to clear our ears so we can hear their voice


The children are silent when they suffer from something bad
we have seen pictures from Palestine and Ukraine
their eyes are empty reflecting pain
and the tears have now run out
and noone listen to the words they say
we need to clear our ears so we can hear their voice


In some parts of our cruel world the women don’t dare to speak
it is so strange that it can be like that
these women speak with some silent words
but in the future we will hear
what they say with their silent words
we need to clear our ears so we can hear their voice

Silent Words - 2025-01-29 14.24 (lyrics  in description)

Dear friends, I worry more and more about the state of the earth! More and more wars flare up, the climate is worrying with natural disasters as a result! Strong malevolent rulers emerge and succeed in egging the population of the respective countries. History has shown how it goes - I think of such men as Hitler and others! The war causes huge emissions of greenhouse gases! Instead, use the soldiers to plant trees and fight the terrible forest fires!

The Baltic Sea is living dangerously
 right now! Scores of ships in deplorable condition transport oil across the sea. The risks are great for extensive oil disasters! I have made some songs for the Baltic sea just to make people understand the problems.

I have recently published some of my songs on YouTube - search for Bengt Roth.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bengt+roth
I write almost all of my songs, and I sing my songs and play the guitar and the harp - no more. My recording equipment is quite modest with a Furch guitar, Alhambra guitar, Röde microphone, Focusrite and Garageband. My studio is our guest room in our house.
I was young during the 1960s when Dylan became famous. I was a member of a folk song group during that time. I love Dylan´s music!! I was also a big fan of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas and the Papas and several more singers. I like folk music and the old protest songs. I love the music of Eva Cassidy. I was also a big fan of Björn Afzelius, and I love the music of Tom Petty. I am very inspired of the music of John Denver.
Bengt and certainly several 100 million people are intensively protesting against all evil around the world!
I love to sometimes write songs that are a bit weird and self-ironic!
You know that I am a novice in the "recording business", and sometimes I have to revise the songs.
My whole grown up life was occupied by my profession as a doctor in intensive care and anesthesiology. After that I have got the possibility to be dedicated to music. 
My songs are a matter of extreme happiness and extreme sadness. I write all the music and lyrics except "As tears go by", "House of the Rising Sun", and songs by Evert Taube.
I love to leave some message with my songs!
I have no previous experience of writing fiction. I have, however, some experience in writing non-fiction. I wrote my thesis, and some chapters in a textbook in anesthesiology. I was also member of a group who introduced an education program in pediatric cardio pulmonary resuscitation for laymen in Sweden.
I have created a repost page "Bengt Erik Roth Repost Page".

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bengt+Roth

Silent Words - 2025-01-29 14.24 (lyrics in description)

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