The coupling song of PLAY LOUDER, which is an acoustic performance, features the artist's emotional and powerful vocals and an acoustic guitar's beautiful sound. It was recorded in one take using a smartphone. He didn't use the metronome function so he doesn't know the BPM. This song is 8 minutes and 44 seconds long. This song is full of soul. Please listen.

Lyrics :
So So So
So Oh Oh
So So Ah
So 明日踊るから
消えないで

So Sooo Oh
So So Oh Oh Oh
So So Hi
So 全て捧げるから
振り向いて

So So Oh
Soooo Oh
So So Ah La La La La La Oh
So 何もいらないと
囁いて

So So Ohho
Soooo Oh
So So Oh
So 歩いてゆこうと
はにかんで

La La La
La La La La La La La La La La
La La La La
La La La
La La La La La La La
La La La La
Unnn Unnn

もう一度
もう一度
もう一度
私を
もう一度
もう一度
もう一度
私を
もう一度
もう一度
もう一度
Oh
もう一度
もう一度
もう一度
私を試して

オー
あなたがいれば
終わりのときも
受け入れられる

オー
あなたがいれば
終わりのときも
受け入れられる

オー
あなたがいれば
終わりのときも
受け入れられる

オー
あなたがいれば
終わりのときも
受け入れられる

RETRY ME

Cast of Characters:
The Beautiful Dark -- @thebeautifuldark -- Carl — vocals, lyrics, ovation acoustic guitar, and composition
Mistermark-- @user-432503709 -- Mark –- VST flute and percussion
TexMex Shaman– @texmex-shaman –Stephen — Taylor acoustic guitar
K2 and the Three [and the Four]--@k2andthe3, @k2-kara –Ken — Chinese percussion
Entheogenic Psychonaught (Josh Clary)– @josh-clary-1 –Josh — acoustic upright double bass
J.J. Terrell– @j-j-terrell – kitchen tea kettle as percussion 
Llanpsych -- @llanpsych -- Tez –mix, mastering, and production

This song was written by Carl about a friend of Mark's, Rosemary Phelan, whom he had told us all about. She was an community nurse and accomplished musician, who died of cancer back in 2015. Here's what Carl has to say about her:
  "Upon hearing Marks [tribute]track, I was struck immediately and wrote a tribute song for Rosemary which we have for you here. This is the perfect example of synergy between artists that both still create and share together and that have passed on yet their music and spirit still inspires us forever. It's real connections with real feelings and we are very proud to share it with everyone today. The name Rosemary means "Dew of the Sea."

  Carl came up with this song on his acoustic guitar, and shared it right away with Mark, whose friend it's about. Mark added the thrilling hand drums you hear throughout, giving it a very distinct groove. He's also responsible for the thrilling flute solo in here, too. Stephen threw in next, adding his magical melodic acoustic guitar, and doing the fills, too. Ken came along after, adding his groove strengthening Chinese percussion. Now that it had a very solid rhythmic base, Josh added his upright acoustic bass, completing the rhythm section. Not to be outdone, JJ, oddly enough, found out a few months back that his kitchen's tea kettle makes a wonderful percussion instrument and put it in here, as well.
  Once the recording was all wrapped up, we tapped Tez to do the mixing honors, which he did like the sonic wizard he is.
  This song was a labor of love, and we really tried to honor Rosemary in an authentic way, in a style befitting her musical legacy. Carl once again shows his amazing songwriting and compositional skills in here, and we're very grateful to him for sharing his magic with us, as always. We hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed making it.
Original lyrics by The Beautiful Dark:
 A beautiful voice
Sowed splendid spirit
Soul spread with bows
Needy nursed
Rose hearted
Wolf cub howl of perfect sine
Words to mend
Healing all time

Selfless art
Reflect your being
An instant infinite therapy beam
You made your mark in forever with now
You tamed your time through healing wow

Dew of the sea

Perfect music
Perfect word
Unimposed
Soul suture surge
A beautiful Rose
Merry musical Mary
Finest fingers composed
Lungs of lark love fairy

A beautiful rose
Healing forever
Your spirit lives on
Compose for our clever
A beautiful voice
Sowed splendid spirit
Soul spread with bows
Needy nursed
Rose hearted

Dew of the sea
Great spirit infinitely

Here is a link to Rosemary's website where you can find some of her writings
www.rosemaryphelan.com
Here is a link to a performance by Rosemary and a nice interview.
https://youtu.be/N1v-jiR4eNE?is=-dCrzvFg8eea0qE9

Dew Of The Sea

It’s not for you to say
That I’m running away
Minding my own business
Like a zombie

It’s not for you to say
That I’m selfish
Mad and bold
But this is what you told
And it still cuts me

I’ve lasted for so many years
But now I’m cracking up
Like soda in a cup

You talk like you know
Every scar
Every ghost
But you don’t see the notes
On my bedroom floor

You say I’m “too much”
Then you ask me to stay
Pick a version of me 
Or get out of the way

I’m not your diagnosis
I’m not your little joke
You lit the fuse inside me
Then laughed at all the smoke

It’s not for you to say

FAWM is over. This one was recorded tonight. I had to sing really low because my wife is sleeping. Im happy with Februarys surprise writing binge. This one still needs a chorus.. I hummed it thru. I dont know if itll ever get done.  Plerase hit me up if you need me to listen to your songs.. any new ones you have. I cant get SC to send me notifications.. 

Lyrics :  
Listen to your mother
Listen to your mother
Momma taught so many things
A Dirty lifes gonna leave a ring
Cant make no calls cant pull no strings
Hot air small talk how are things?
Listen to your mother..

A dirty lifes gonna make you croak
Stranded ditched and buster broke
Dirty money up in smoke
Now wipe that smile it aint no joke
Listen to your mother

Dirty hands and I dirty life
Dirty kids and a dirty life
Momma taught som many things
And dirty is what dirty brings

Listen to your Mother

** LYRIC VIDEO ** https://youtu.be/g8TnSFFjGTA
So on Christmas Nite of 2024  (which was also the First Nite of Hanukkah), a Song came to me literally out of Nowhere that I ended up recording at the beginning of last year (2025) called “The City Of Magically” ( https://soundcloud.com/user-321467328/the-city-of-magically)
As crazy as it may sound, I was sort of hoping a similar occurrence would transpire again this past Christmas of 2025 ~ & somehow it actually magically Did :-)
These two songs have a bit of a theme & the beginning of a little storyline so I’ll be pairing them together ~~
This one in particular is Literally the Most “Sugary" Song I have Ever written / recorded ~~
Not actually sure what to even think of it myself, but I recorded it as exactingly as I could to how it came to me ~~
No One is going to convince me that my Beautiful Late Mom didn’t  somehow have something to do with all of this , Especially as she was like Light Itself ~~
Would Love to Hear Any Thoughts !!! :-)

© Donna Dior  2026

IN THREE SECONDS

Speechless Waves

Speechless Waves (Mix 2026)

Swans are beautiful especially in mated pairs. 

1928 Gibson A2 mandolin, 1976 Roselle dulcimer.

Dance of the Swans

As the spring season approaches we typically look to craft ourselves something within the realm of Celtic music. Based on Nat’s familiarity with certain Scottish traditions, specifically the Bonnie Rose, which is a description of Scotland, the Red tartan worn by some and the Wild Rose and Heather Sprig which can be found in the Highlands. She penned this beautiful song. It’s a soulful tribute to the timeless beauty of the land and its long history with a life well lived. 

Video: https://youtu.be/4EkPkYKhSbA?si=3n2Drxm39KcZgg2L

All music written, performed & produced by Daniels & Durgy
© 2026 Daniels & Durgy
Gentle Rain Records

Lyrics:

Lay me down
A bonnie rose
Where the misty mountains call
Where the river flows and the heather grows
By the place where you loved me so

Let the wind remember my name
As it circles round the stones
Lay me down
A bonnie rose
Where my heart first roamed
In the hills where heather grows
Lay me down
A bonnie rose

I can hear your laughter still
As we ran through fields of gold,
And your sweet smile lingers  
Like the sweetness of a tune
Pressed like petals in my memories of you

Let the wind remember my name
As it circles round the stones
Lay me down
A bonnie rose
Where you swore your heart to me,
And I swore my heart to you
Lay me down
A bonnie rose

If the mist comes rolling low
And the path is hard to see
Follow every quiet memory
Back to where you carried me

Let the wind remember my name
As it circles round the stones
Lay me down
A bonnie rose
When my working days are gone
In the highlands I will roam
Lay me down
A bonnie rose

Let the wind remember my name
As it circles round the stones
Lay me down
A bonnie rose
Take my hand once more in yours
Where the highland heather grows 
Lay me down
A bonnie rose

Where The Heather Grows

Special thanks to @WiborgBamford
AND @LadyMapleLeaf !!
A nice collab with amazing souls ..  
Rhythm guitar Walker 
Vocals Walker
Bass Walker 
Piano .. strings  and backing vocals @LadyMapleLeaf
Lead guitars @WiborgBamford 

.. LYRIC .
You'd think by now i'd know the score 
I don't even know the game anymore 
When you shone out baby
I went blind 
Nothing in my hands .
Look around you sometimes rainbows 
Making so many people smile 
Through the sadness that surrounds them
Nothing in their hands .

You can decide 
so you'll decide 
Where you wana be 
You can decide 
So you'll decide 
You'll decide for me ..
.... 
You can decide 
so you'll decide
what you wana see
You can decide 
so you'll decide
You'll decide for me ..

You'd think by now i'd know the score 
I don't even know the game .

.. .. written by RJWalker 2026
.....photo by @LadyMapleLeaf

YOU'LL DECIDE .

I can still remember when I was just like the other men and could defend my near and dearest with my life
But that was all before I took a step that wasn’t sure and pure effeminacy has left me less than wife
Well less than mine
Cos my backs fucked 
Like a matchbook in the wind

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