Lots of wonderful imagery in this song! Some of my favorites are “Magic manna pouring ...” and “chasing rainbows in the dark.”

I love "single drop of rain falling all the way from heaven just to feel the earth again".  I like this song with it's sections.  I can def hear a band coming in to reinforce the more grooving parts

Nice work, Alan. The chords and rhythm made me want to grab a guitar and play along. Raindrops hiding in the ocean is an interesting idea, I really enjoyed this tune.

I love the concept of every drop of water holds a promise, and is an open door.  Also just the whole life cycle of water in your lyrics.  Such hopefully lyrics and beautiful imagery.  I enjoyed the bluesy vibe.

Love the attack and percussiveness in the guitar (guitar is very reminiscent of early Ani Difranco and I mean that as very high praise) and your vocals.  Keeps it propelling forward.

Love the guitar on this- reminds me of James Taylor -- I like the changes in energy -- i.e.  "lightning ..." to "water ... falling gently" and "swept up by a river ..." contrasted with "water .... falling gently"  So many nice touches -- the sudden stop on "drop" Nice way to end, too. Beautifully done and I love how it moves.

Love the start and stop tension with the guitar playing. Really open, jammy vibe, maybe flat7-mixolydian vibe...it just pulls you in and makes you wanna be there. I agree with @shand-walton, I would love 30 measures in the middle to jam this with you. ;)

I love this song. So many gems and though-provoking lyrics! Darkness that sleeps? What?! Your brain is amazing. Chasing rainbows in the night. I just love all the natural, weather contrasting w/life.

bluesy and captivating.  i love the changes and particularly I love how you tag the verse with that descending guitar riff.  actually there is some fantastic guitar work in this - such lush chording and so well recorded too.  this is a fantastic song man.  giving me some Dave Matthews vibes which in my mind is super duper high praise.  very inventive/creative acoustic work bravo man.  great tune.  totally album-worthy

Witness

I once had a dream
All things unseen
Came into view

Life eternally
Breathed forth to be
With all things made new

Oh my love comes down
Sowing seeds from the ground 
Conjures day from night
Growing form in the light 

Through all eyes I see
This tragedy
Played out on stage

Through all souls I learn
Everything turns 
Across the age

So that love understood
Comes from evil and good
There’s no light without dark
Growing hope from a spark

I once spoke the word
Through the void heard
Infinitely 

When does it end
To begin again
Til we are free

Oh my love comes down
Sowing seeds from the ground 
Conjures day from night
Growing hope in the light

Witness

Down The Rabbit Hole
Music by Mark Magram
Words by Mark Magram and Joanna Brumley
Vocals by Joanna Brumley

(v1)
I fell down some rabbit hole
Took the pill that made me small
Sipping on the mad hatters tea

Thought this place was all a dream
Consciousness would rescue me
Wonderland just won't set me free

(lift)
While I'm here I'll just get comfy
The Cheshire cat just grinned at me
when does it end, I could care less
in no rush to go back again

(ch)
Won't.... You.... Come down with me
Down the rabbit hole
See where it leads

Leave the real world behind
Join me in my dreams
Escape to fantasy.... For a while

We can make this our home if we figure out how

(v2)
Every day I'm growing old
Yellow bricks laid in the road
Emerald city waits for me there

I could go home just click my heels
I'd rather lay in poppy fields
Drift away to sleep with no cares

(lift)
Here I'm loved with all my flaws
Lion, scarecrow, tin man, Oz
The colors here are fun and bright
Im in no rush for black and white

(ch)

(br)
Because we found the golden ticket
And now the factory can be yours
And we don't need to understand it
We will just roll with all the metaphors

(lift)
And we can write a happy ending
And give our tale a better end
Where all the bad guys get what's coming
And you and I will always win

(ch)
(ch)

We can make this our home if we figure out how

Down The Rabbit Hole

Hip Joints - High Time for a Good Time (demo)

Once it was magic
Now the mystery is gone
Time was so precious
Then the days dragged on and on and on and on

Eyes the mirror
Looking how did I get here
Playing the same song
Stuck in a groove
When will it end when you got no future
When will it end when you don’t believe

The bottle is empty
You might get a tattoo
Down in the dirt
It’s what you’re going through
And you’re through

Eyes the mirror
Looking how did I get here
Playing the same song
Stuck in a groove
Through thick and thin yet you got no future
When does it end when you don’t believe

Sun coming up at the end of the road
No turning back now
You must go on with the show
With the show

Eyes the mirror
Looking how did I get here
Playing the same song
Stuck in a groove
When will it end when you got no future
When will it end when you don’t believe

001 SWU Spring 22

Lost skies

Water from lost skies
silver clouds can offer more
every drop on every rooftop holds a promise
every drop that falls is an open door

Thunder cracks and shakes the glass
lightning finds the night 
seven sparks arise
There is magic in the manna 
pouring from the ocean in the skies
	Sometimes the inspiration strikes like lightning
	And there’s nowhere left to hide
	Water from lost skies
	Falling gently here inside

every avalanche of water 
is reborn a single drop of rain
falling all the way from heaven
Just to feel the earth again
	Slowly swept up by a river to an ocean
	where every drop can hide
	Water from lost skies
	Falling gently here inside
	Chasing rainbows in the night

Hear the voice of thunder
Hear the noise and wonder
Hear the voice of thunder
Start to rumble and to roll
Tear the sky apart forever
Natures call from long ago
	There’s a passion crashing growing ever closer
	Seas are parting either side
	Water from lost skies
	Falling gently here inside
	Chasing rainbows in the light

In lost skies the darkness sleeps
In the dark the skies will weep

Lost Skies 2

SWU F22 W1 - Wait

Wait for the sun to fade, for the hours to pass, for the leaves to turn
Wait for the winter moon, for the distant stars to slowly burn
If all that I have to do is be patient
as long as I know that you will still be mine
If all you need is just a little time, baby I can wait, I can wait

Wait til the mountains high crumble down oh and turn to dust
Wait for the hardest steel to give its heart away to rust
If all that I have to do is be patient
as long as I know that you will still be mine
If all you need is just a little time, baby I can wait
baby I can wait, oh baby I can wait, I can wait

When the wind is rising and you're miles from the shore
When the waves are crashing down and you're waiting out the storm
If you need me I will be there, I will be right by your side
and if you need a little space, if you need a little time
baby I can wait, I can wait, baby I can wait, I can wait, baby I can wait

Wait

The Sky inside my Brain

I’ve been unravelling traveling a thin line
Licking wounds from a lost time
And the sky inside my brain
Is  turning black and cold

When its midnight and there are no moons or stars
I imagine a crack in the sky that breaks the dark
I see the dawn foretold

Now the clouds are gathering once again
As the hurricane inside my head rolls in

I remember it won’t last forever
And when its over I will be forever transformed
I’m just waiting out the storm

BRIDGE 

Waking up in a world of wild and wicked winds
In a cyclone the raging rain begins
And my shelter is torn

I keep whispering when will the skies turn clear
While I’m wondering how did I get here
My spirits so worn

When the clouds are gathering once again
And the hurricane inside my head rolls in

I remember It can’t last forever
and when its over I will be forever reborn
Waiting out the storm

The Sky Inside My Brain

Your Chance to Shine

So you missed your bus
There’s another coming
Now you’re in a rush
There’s no use in running

When the way is clear you can leave the past behind
When the futures here you’ll get a sign

You are running out of time
To find your chance to shine

While you want to fall
For the only one that you can see
There’s a curtain call
Where your true love will be

When the fruit is ripe you will see it on the vine
When the future’s bright you gotta wait in line

To dance upon the stage that you have set
To watch your own sun rise
To sing the seasons in your songs again
So love will hear your cries
And you will see what lies within

You’re running out of time
To find your chance to shine

Your Chance To Shine

I left my last rainbow in a box outside of town
It was the hardest one to lose
I exchanged my melodies for things I never found

These lonesome dreams
Where angels breathe
Their broken wings forever bound

I was born in misery it weighed my spirit down
I tried to pray my way to God
Traded in my sanity for a chance to hear the sound

These lonesome dreams
When angels sing
Their broken wings forever bound

I left my last rainbow in a box outside of town
It was the hardest one to lose

Lost Skies 2

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