Puzzling Chamber♯4 D85 浮かれインソムニア

This is another song from my "Island Suite". Created with Ableton Live and some virtual instruments like Zebra2, Dune 3, Electra, DS Thorn, Nemesis and other VST plugins. Sit back please, relax and enjoy the atmosphere ;-)
The image was composed from my own photos in GIMP.

Fantasy Island

Fanstasy Island

Elevation

Opening track to my most recent album "Cautious Walking" As always thanks for your support.

Check out the Halloween video I made to this song from old Disney animation. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFw7SFepWIQ

Lyrics:
Cruising down the alley way, escaping from the town
Brushing off the cob webs and heading westward bound

Before the attraction of constant interaction
Desperation leads you
To margin all rations
Remembering to cash in
The 39 lashes
The 39 lashes

They placed you on the ground, and cursed at the crown
Had patience for the multitude and all that they had found. 
There really was no option, time to fold the cards down
Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far
Getting ready for a trip to that lonely Black Star. 
Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far
Getting ready for a trip to that lonely Black Star …..yeahhh

She parked to the side of the road
And took the call inside
Pressed a random text that knew the call -    had been cut short. 
Maybe it was time before and time before that
Maybe it had ran its course like a useless old map             …… 
Stopped from the running for/ got so tired and so sore
Manning up the Manchild
Manning up the Manchild
Stopped from the running for/ got so tired and so sore
Manning up the Manchild
Manning up the Manchild 

Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far
Getting ready for a trip to that lonely Black Star. 
Blazing in the hot sun the time was not too far

Cautious Walking

Manning Up the Manchild

When I read that Nikola Tesla first arrived to the United States with only four cents and a pocket of his own poems, I thought what a song that would make! Thinking about the loneliness, trepidation and anticipation he must have felt made this pretty easy to write. This song features Donata Greco on flute, Manuel Trabucco on alto sax, Stefan Pavlov on the fretless bass and Nicola Polidori on the drums.

Four Cents And A Pocket Full Of Poems

“It is not the the bruises on the body that hurt. It is the wounds of the heart and the scars on the mind.”
― Aisha Mirza (Author)

“When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.”
― Rev. Donna Mulvey

A sister song to "I had a fight", told from the point of view of the partner of the alcoholic in that song.
Many thanks to Patricia Fortuny for that idea - I love you! I hope I've done justice to the subject matter and to all women who have found themselves in an abusive relationship.

lyrics
He hasn’t hit me yet
But I’m ready for the blow
Though if he does, I’ve nowhere to run, nowhere to go
He hasn’t hit me yet

I knew he was a wild one
Right from the very start
A boozer and a ladies' man
Yet, somehow I lost my heart
I thought he’d settle down
And learn to drink a little less
But I was just trying to fool myself
I see that now, I must confess

At least he hasn’t hit me yet …

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

The owner’s outside, he’s waiting for the rent
How can I tell him it’s already been spent?
And when himself comes home, staggering from the booze
I complain about the money; he tells me it’s his to lose
Oh oh oh oh
But he hasn’t hit me yet

He hasn’t hit me yet
And perhaps he never will
But in his drunken rage he seeks to blame
It’s the fear that haunts me still
So much unexpressed!
I’m sick from all the lying and the hiding
People wond’ring if I have been crying
And at night I … cannot rest

There are no hidden bruises on my skin
But then some blows don’t have to physically connect
No, no, no, no! No hidden bruises on my skin
It’s true some blows don’t have to physically connect
You see … my bruises lie within

… my bruises lie within
… the bruises lie within
… they lie within

Gotta get away, gotta get away x3
Gotta get away … there must be a way

credits
from Stranger in your own land, released December 30, 2020
Music and lyrics: Michael Sellers
Vocals: Michael Sellers
Guitars, piano, musical arrangement, & production: Sergio Aguilar
Drums: Rodrigo Uribe
Cover designs: Loretta Sellers Fortuny
Track cover photo: Image by Layers from Pixabay

Stranger in your own land

Bruises Lie Within

Buy on Bandcamp

Bruises Lie Within 5 Stars/Commended rating in the UK Songwriting Contest, 2021

if you were the king of the moon
what would you do
would you chose the light or the dark to stay

king of the moon

ÇA SEMBLE HIER
IT SEEMS SO LONG
TANT DE MATIÈRE   
FOR JUST ONE SONG

ET CHAQUE JOUR
JUST LIKE TODAY
REMPLI D’AMOUR
AND EVEN MORE TODAY

MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I HAD EVER SEEN
DEPUIS LE TEMPS DU LYCÉE
THE HAPPIEST MAN WHO HAS EVER BEEN
C’EST MOI ÇA N’A PAS CHANGÉ
AND FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE TO THE BOSTON’S SHORE
EN PASSANT PAR LA FLORIDE
MOI J’EN REDEMANDE I ONLY ASK FOR MORE
L’AMOUR N’A PAS PRIS UNE RIDE

AND NO HURRICANE OR CONTREPLAQUÉ
COULD EVER STAND ON OUR WAY
WETHER SHINE OR RAIN TU M’AS FAIT CRAQUER
ET JE CRAQUE ENCORE TODAY

ÇA SEMBLE HIER
IT SEEMS SO LONG
POUR UNE CHANSONG
WITH SO MUCH LOVE
AND MAGIC IN THE AIR
MAGIC IN THE AIR

ROBIN'S SONG  (Lyrics) Song for... Robin

based on several tracks by Daphne Oram whose Oramics machine and composition method is nothing but incredible. this Moramics series is dedicated to her.

check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ08diPUv6A

Moramics Part II

Dedicated to all the bad girls in my life.
Lyrics:
Well, i've seen her around 
I've seen her hanging around Downtown
And walking in the halls
At Pomona Junior College
She has a leather jacket
And a Darby Crash T-shirt on
And I find it so attractive
When she tears out on the 
Museum Lawn
She has a Kawasaki death ray smile (2X)
She takes her charm gun
And she sets it to stun
You know she did. You know she did

They say opposites attract
She seems to be a spy for love
But she's actively rooting for its decline 
She set off the fire alarm
Just to see it rain inside
She gave me something for 'a trip'
And now I've lost my scholarship 
She has a Kawasaki death ray smile (2X)
Now she takes her charm gun
And sets it to stun
You know she did. You know she did

She says she is a heretic
But in her hair
Underneath her motorcycle helmet
She wears French barrettes
She has a Kawasaki death ray smile (2X)
She takes her charm gun
And set it to stun
You know she did. You know she did

She has a Kawasaki death ray smile
And there's no more looking back
For this all-American boy

Kawasaki Death Ray Smile

Going to on the album as a filler track – I mean instrumental – on my final album coming out, Adon Willing in the very near future, and then I must focus on other Spiritual endeavors! I will still be on here from time to time, however.

Featuring Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnwd_5P2_hGVNkQfScEmP_w

He Is Our Great Reward

Michael Sellers is a guitar playing singer-songwriter from England, now living and recording songs in Merida, Mexico. 

Landing page: https://linktr.ee/michaelfirthsellers