Seems Familiar But So Strange

08 Carnival And Cotton Candy

Rayna On The Radio @ The Unsigned Radio Hour

Toujours ici une Demo pour le plaisir des oreilles fait maison sans samples
avec deux guitares une basse un clavier et une drums a la main!!
bonne écoute !

RELATIVITY🎧

Gallows Kiss

These are the days of our lives
They’re passing by so fast
They slip beyond our control
like sand through the hourglass

We waste them on the drama
When it’s really the simple things
Like that night we slept in the tent
Underneath the live oak trees

Now when I look back to it,
It’s a painful memory
If something could stand the test of time,
I thought it was you and me

January icicles pierced through my heart
February never had a chance to start
Flew by and ‘for I knew it, it was March
They say time heals, it feels just as hard

April fool I was for you
Daffodils may never bloom
I held out through the heat of June
Sought answers to things I already knew

July was blue without red and white
August skies weren’t filled with kites 
I can’t remember September nights
I didn’t wake up one time

October wore a costume and went out
November, nothin’ new I’m thankful about
December drowned in pictures of sorrow
I need you yesterday, today, and tomorrow

I know one thing with certainty
You’re wired into my circuitry
I crave your taste so fervently
Fine wine, deep and burgundy

I know I don’t speak cordially
But I pray do me a courtesy
For the rest of eternity
Remember us perfectly

January snowed in with the dog
February wrote you a love song
Cuddled up by the fire all of March
Jumped your car when it wouldn’t start 

Bought you a birthday present in April
Forgave you in May when we got so hateful
Shopped after church on a Sunday in June
And in that moment I already knew

The fireworks came early
It wasn’t quite July
They went off every night in August
and didn’t stop ‘til September 9

October we were Shaggy and Scooby Doo
November Nana’s table laughin’ with you 
They say we’re livin’ on time borrowed 
I need you yesterday, today, and tomorrow

I need you yesterday, today, and tomorrow

yesterday, today, and tomorrow

A HUGE thank you to J.J. for the piano masterpiece of beauty.

Contributions:

Piano: J.J. Terrell
https://soundcloud.com/j-j-terrell
Lyrics, Vocals, Mix : Tam Jennifer

Note on Lyrics - Tam Jennifer

This is a dark one - so a disclaimer for my listeners - one of my inspirations for this was from the thought experiment "Imagine one hand clapping" that we use in yoga or meditation practice, mixed with the idea of "Unstruck" - The word associated with the heart. The Unstruck Sound. - A beautiful way of thinking of it. 
So mixing these ideas - makes it fairly straightforward to produce a love song featuring (what I hope is ) a fairly accurate portrayal of what love can sometimes feel like - in all its complexity.

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Lyrics

There's something in the air between us, my dear.
It's a whisper that you can't, hear.
There's something in the air between us, my friend.
An agony - we can't comprehend. 
.
In this space between, you and me,
Is an ache so deep, and lonely,
With a climb so steep, to get there,
The air is thin, it's suffocating, oh! 
Just out of reach. 
Like a memory, oh! 
But the weight of this is crushing, oh! 
Where do I end?
And where do you begin?
I gave you my heart, to keep,
Safe.
Safe.
You promised me! 
.
Calm, calm, calm and slow. 
Darken the windows.
Hope is a long road.
Time is a quick trick.
.
Calm, calm, calm and slow!
Darken the windows. 
Hope is a long road.
Balancing in the thick, thick.
.
It's like, God, wrote me a poem. 
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And now I know I'm alive. 
Alive. 
.
It has to have a place to go! 
So you MUST know. 
Your face is perfectly placed - 
Your face is perfectly placed - 
.
On Love's Road. 
.
-End-

© Tam Jennifer Hastings, J.J. Terrell, 2024. All rights reserved.

Love's Road (with J.J.Terrell on Piano, 2024)

Wake up in the morning
With the dawn not far behind
Air raid sirens blaring most all of the time
Monkey in the tree swinging vine to vine
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

Life is pretty great
Got nothing to lament
Brown people lined up 'neath the exit sign
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

Brilliant sun in a brilliant sky
If the gun fire stops
I might go outside

Come on over and meet my girl
But keep your voice low
She still startles pretty easy
Why, I don't know
Got a bunch of little babies
Happy all the time
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

This was the land of the free
The home of the brave
Gave it all up for a lower price on eggs
Sometimes I miss voting
But I don't really mind
Got more money in my pocket 
Everything is fine

Brilliant sun in a brilliant sky
If the tide ever goes out
I might go outside

Wake up in the morning
Air raid sirens blaring most all the time
Monkey in the tree swinging vine to vine
Got more money in my pocket
Everything is fine

Everything Is Fine

Just a song I dig!! Couldn’t ever do it justice, but I tried! Happy 2025 to all!!!🙏🙏🙏… and yes, aware that the first line says @ did, on original😎

Rock On- David Essex Cover

I've always believed that this song would sound much better if it was sang as a male/female duet.

I asked Debbie if she would like to join me on the song and I was very happy when she said yes.

She did a marvellous job and added that extra dimension to the song that I always thought was missing.

Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=111kVlpZGfA

Hope you like it.

There’s a girl sits all alone
In her world she calls her own
She cries at night cos he has gone

There’s a boy sitting in his car
Sad brown eyes staring out afar
The jukebox plays their favourite song

Chorus

They should be together
Instead of apart
They are one body
They share one heart
It seems so senseless
It went too far
She was his woman
He was her man

Solo

What’s the story, why is it so
Why it happened no one knows 
Don’t be foolish,  give her a call

Chorus x 2 

She was his woman – He was her man

They should be together(Cooper/DLynn Collaboration)

Nathan threw me a real curve ball on this one...no matter what I tried I couldn't find anything to "fit"...finally he revealed that he was tuned to an open "C",  with A at 432...no wonder everything I tried was flat or sharp ; )

Here is the original track: https://soundcloud.com/nathaniel-ehrnman/weather-the-storm

Weather The Storm 2

Falling stars paint the night so wide
But your glow's gone
And the world feels tied
Every spark fades
Every hope drowns
Why's the sky so dark when you're not around


The moon whispers secrets it used to share
With your laughter that danced in the air
Now the silence is the loudest sound
Why's the sky so dark when you're not around

Falling stars

dear diary…
xoxo, Brooke 🤍💋

Brooke Justus is a lyricist who burst onto the music scene in June 2024. Since then, she has crafted more than 50 original songs that explore the highs and lows of life with raw honesty, poetic depth, and a touch of whimsy. From the playful romance of Dear Diary to the gut-wrenching vulnerability of Even If It’s In A Dream, her music is as diverse as the emotions that fuel it.

Each song is more than just a melody—it’s an experience, meant to be read as you listen. Hidden within the lyrics are subtle clues, layered meanings, and echoes of other songs, weaving a tapestry of stories that unfold over time. Together, they tell one larger narrative: her unfiltered emotional spectrum, captured in real time. Brooke’s lyrics aren’t just heard—they’re felt and seen, inviting listeners on a journey through love, loss, ambition, and everything in between.

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