I’ve never heard the original so yours is now the definitive version for me.

Manic song Great interpretation. Trying not to sing the chorus 🤪

During lockdown, I recorded a song for a virtual open mic night. I started to play around with the files for the recording and this is what came out!

It's Well

My Soul

A song about the agony of deciding whether to settle down or not and society's expectations around that.

Verse 1
Everyone knows better than me
What I should be wanting out of life and… what I need
To live happily
For eternity

Verse 2
Maybe one day I’ll stop settling up and settle down 
And maybe you’re the one that’s still around
When it comes to that
Would you wanna bet?

Chorus
Well I’m not scared enough of ending up alone - just yet
Still think I’m better off being on my own - I bet
you think there must be something wrong with me, I get it
I know you’re probably right and not the first one who said it
Maybe one day I’m grey and old and full of regret
But that’s a long way down the road and I’m not there just yet

Verse 3
Everyone seems to be looking for love
That special someone Disney made us all dream of
From our early days
Like there’s no other way

Verse 4 
Maybe I’m just cynical and secretly crave
That smiling knight in shining armour, so handsome and brave 
Enough to take my hand
And finally understand

Chorus
Well I’m not scared enough of ending up alone - just yet
Still think I’m better off being on my own - I bet
you think there must be something wrong with me, I get it
I know you’re probably right and not the first one who said it
Maybe one day I’m grey and old and full of regret
But that’s a long way down the road and I’m not there just yet

Bridge
At 25, there was still so much life
Ahead, at 29, we all still had plenty of time
At 33, I still wanted nothing but to be free
While half my friends had disappeared into their families
At 34 I wonder if the door’s still open
Or/and if a part of me is actually hoping 
For something I never thought I wanted
And if I don’t get it I’ll forever be haunted
Or if do, I’ll wake up from someone else’s dream
To find a fairytale you’re trapped in is nightmarish scene

Verse 5
Everyone wants someone to hold
If I search long enough I’ll find a fitting nut for this bolt 
Or some other cliché
Will take my breath away

Verse 6
But maybe there’s more than one way to live your life
And maybe mine doesn’t involve two kids and a guy
Or maybe I’ll look back (one day)
On what I could have had…

Chorus
Well I’m not scared enough of ending up alone - just yet
Still think I’m better off being on my own - I bet
you think there must be something wrong with me, I get it
I know you’re probably right and not the first one who said it
Maybe one day I’m grey and old and full of regret
But that’s a long way down the road and I’m not there just yet...

Not There Just Yet (demo)

Khan-Tengri slashed the sky.
 flowing blood
 In the valleys of gloomy glass.
 Shut up, don't talk.

 Be quiet.  Not a word.  Learn
 The silence of the snows.
 Nothing new, how not to be angry -
 You will go beyond the edge of the ice.

 Reality is the rustle of avalanches
 Swaddled us.
 About something bright we see dreams
 And we are waiting for the last hour.

 The wind tore off my skin from the mountains,
 Reality burned.
 My small rubbish is burning in the rays
 And darkness sets in.

 What's behind the snowy ridge
 Why all this pain?
 Why do I need this gray world,
 Multiplied by zero?

 Freedom, happiness and flight
 Or decay and decay?
 Food, work, bank account
 And vulgar vaudeville?

 The arrogance of the peaks flies from the ridges
 Into the space of silence.
 Tengri flickers like a ruby ​​-
 Free, half price.

 The spirit is enchanted by height,
 Suffering is over.
 On the slope, in a golden haze,
 Father sleeps in tulips.

 4. 08. 2022

 Khan-Te'ngri is a pyramidal peak in the Tien Shan.  Its name, translated from Turkic, means "Lord of the sky."

Wind from the mountains

Ever Since Nineteen Eighty One

Black Forest

Back

BITS OF STRING

Misurnu

Time Train

312. ballad of tom jones (space).mp3

method: computer keyboard, voice and mouse only - no physical instruments were harmed
narration: There are places where things begin and end. A wanderer follows a brook upstream and reaches the spring which is in deep shadows under a large rock and trees. The soil underfoot is nearly liquid. This is a beginning, not understood. A single leaf lands on his head, splitting it open. The liquid protruding from it runs  throughout his life. It's a story crackling with age. A romantic movie? Yes, why not.
image: self-gimped

gedicht / copyright jo richter:
(as published in Auslegpapier)

Später war da ein Rinnsal,
das sich den Abhang hinabwand.
Dem Wasser zu folgen, führte
den Wanderer bergan.

Die Quelle fand sich
unter einem gewaltigen Felsen.
So feucht war der Grund dort,
dass die Füße einsanken, als weile
felsab ein Gewässer aus fließendem Gur.
 Ein Schatten lag baumwipfelschwarz,
wuchtig und unberührbar darüber, von
vereinzelten Lichttupfen durchnetzt.
Hier ist ein Anfang, den keiner versteht,
der einfach da ist, so oder so.

Ein Blatt löste sich und
fiel auf den Scheitel
des Wandernden, sanft und so
chirurgisch präzise, dass
es die Schale des Schädels aufbrach
als sei die Fontanelle eine ur-
sprünglich angelegte Sollbruchstelle.
Das Nass, das sich daraus ergoss, floss
als ein Menschendasein durch
die Zeit seines Lebens.

chasma ges

Chasma Ges

Y-Paisley Boogie

Folk indie punk singer songwriter, guitars, keyboard. Jordan Watkins co-wrote 7 songs and plays guitars on those songs (as attributed). Also writing credits (as attributed) to Nigel Boot, K. Biggle and M. Rambout on 8 songs.

Putting my stuff out there "where funk meets punk"- using dynamic Shure SM58 microphone and Ableton 11 live recording software. Hohner Strat, Epiphone ES339 guitar, Taylor GS Mini Acoustic, Hohner harmonica and Yamaha keyboard E463.

Fave bands - L7, Lemonheads, Fat Tulips, Joy Division, Strawberry Story, The Smiths, Shonen Knife, Sex Pistols, Heavenly, The Fall, Slits, Bhundu Boys, Vaselines, The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub, Shalewambe, Jonah Moyo, Billy Bragg, Felt, Velvet Underground, Jeffrey Lewis, Jimi Hendrix....plus loads of other stuff.

Thanks in particular to Damian Smith and the Journeymen, QB Bills and The Strums for getting me into the Soundcloud community, and John Stone for listening from the start, and all those great musicians around the world listening in. Wonderful that music that didn't even exist a day, or even hours ago gets to go around the world. Always brilliant to be amongst the first to hear new stuff.

Remember, inconsistency means, even if one track is dodgy, the next might be a masterpiece. Keep listening folks, and keep making great music.

TOP 3 MOST PLAYED SONGS FOR EACH MONTH

JAN 2022
1. MCCARTHY'S GAME
2. FIELDS OF DREAMS
3. WEATHER WOMAN
FEB 2022
1. SO MANY THINGS TO DO
2. QUEASY
3. CAN I HAVE MY BALL BACK PLEASE
MAR 2022
1. PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
2. MY NEW GIRLFRIEND
3. GCHQ
APR 2022
1. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT
2. YOU ARE NOT ALONE
3. YOU WON'T REGRET DOING NOTHING AT ALL
MAY 2022
1. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
2. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
3. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING
JUN 2022
1. A MILLION TEARS FOR YOU
2. PURPLE ZONE
3. SWEET HOME ALABAMA
JUL 2022
1. SEVEN NATION ARMY
2. THREE LIONS
3. PASSENGER
AUG 2022
1. STOP THE FROWN
2. NITE CLUB
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
SEP 2022
1. STOP THE FROWN
2. FEARLESS
3. EINE KLEINE PUNKMUSIK
OCT 2022
1. THE INSOMNIA SONG
2. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
3. RUNNING UP THAT HILL
NOV 2022
1. HELEN
2. DON'T CHA
3. STOP THE FROWN
DEC 2022
1. LA PUNKEILLAISE
2. CHRISTMAS LIGHT
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
JAN 2023
1. THE PRICE OF WAR
2. SHEENA IS A PUNKROCKER
3. THIS CHARMING MAN
FEB 2023
1. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
2. JA JA DING DONG
3. BIG GAY HEART
MAR 2023
1. SONG TWO
2. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO LOU REED WAS
3. CRISPIN WAS A STREET CLEANER

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