Golden Sun

Traces of Ancient Past

Kingdom by the Sea

He loved her from the day he saw her
floating in a shaft of sunlight
in the mellow hour of a summer day.

She came out the blue as in a dream,
and turned his life into a song
he carried in the chambers of his heart.

He took her to a golden shore;
she loved the sea and the salty sand.
The days were long, their love strong.

He promised her he would never part.
as his hand caressed her glossy hair.
Their bodies twined in love’s embrace.

With a fall of snow, white winter came.
Then she grew pale and her heart did chill.
In a graveyard by the sea, she lies as if asleep.

The days grow long and the nights grow cold;
he dreams of her in their love’s embrace
as they together lie in their kingdom by the sea.

—©2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).
       (July 15-7, 2021)

Kingdom by the Sea

Where Unicorns Dwell

Memories

Sitting here, all alone, 
with these pictures on my mind,
memories that are made 
with the colors of our lives, 

It feels so strange 
after all these years
that seem so short.

We were young when we met,
and I held you in my arms,
and the days were so bright
when I looked into your eyes.

It feels so grand to be here 
with you still in my arms.

It feels so grand to be here 
with you still in my arms.

Sitting here all alone,
with these pictures on my mind,
memories that are made
with the colors of our lives

It feels so strange 
after all these years
that seem so short.

Life's been good to us
I'm so glad to be with you.

Sitting here, all alone, 
with these pictures on my mind,
memories that are made 
with the colors of our lives, 
 
It feels so grand to be here 
with you still in my arms.

(C) 2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Memories

Some Day

Some day, when my mind is clear and right
when I feel the ground below me
I’ll sit right here and think about my life
and you, my love.

Some day, when a soft wind blows
when no dire storm is in the sky
I’ll sit right here, send my love to you
again, my love.

Life is good when you can leave the world
to mind itself, rid your mind of care
 and sadness, and sing along the wind,
again, my love.

Some day, when my mind is clear and right
I’ll sit right here under our peach tree
and think about our lives together
how I’ve loved you so, my love.

Some day, when my mind is clear and right
when I feel the ground below me
I’ll sit right here and think about my life
and you, my love.

--© 2021 Jim Valero (All rights reserved).

Someday

She Floats in the Air

She floats in the air, above the ground,
Her hair catches the sun, it shines in her eyes,
She loves starry nights, she laughs in the rain.

She comes into your life and makes it beautiful,
Her life is like a rainbow and a song of love.

She looks into your eyes and the world turns bright,
She plays into the stream and your soul gets healed.

She floats in the air and laughs in the rain,
She plays in the water, and heals your soul.

She floats in the air and laughs in the rain,
She plays in the water, and heals your soul.

--(C) 2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

She Floats In The Air


I come gently
Like the evening rain

I come in silence
Like the dews of a virgin morn

I come suddenly
Like thunder, like the rain at noon

Rites of first tuber and leaves to you

--Remi

Opening The Lotus Flower

Just a Simple Man

He’s just a simple man who loves the rain
The stars at night and the wind in his hair
He likes to feel the summer breeze
Upon the beach when his love is near

Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh 

In the long days of his life
He’s learned the quiet ways
As he feels the winds of days
In the bright light of his love

Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh 

In the morning when he wakes
He greets the brand new day
Takes a deep breath, feels the joy
Living life in quiet and his love so near

Oooh Oooh 
And his love so near
Oooh Oooh
And his love so near
So near

He’s just a simple man who loves the rain
The stars at night and the wind in his hair
He likes to feel the summer breeze
Upon the beach when his love is near

So near
When his love is near 
So near

Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh 

when his love is near
So near, so near

Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh 

when his love is near
So near, so near

Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh 

when his love is near
So near, so near

Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
Oooh Oooh Oooh 

when his love is near

So near, so near
So near.

--©2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Just A Simple Man

Why Don’t You Come

There’s a strong wind outside,
brings dark clouds and the rain;
in here is cozy and warm 
and I’ve got a friendly fire.

Why don’t you come 
and stay the night?
We can have some wine,
discuss events and the days 
we have spent away 

from each other.

Parara papapa pa parira
Parara pa pa papa ra ri ra
Pa pa papa pa parira

Why don’t you come
and stay the night?
I can pick you up,
bring you home again,
and keep you warm 
through this night

of winter time. 

Parara papapa pa parira
Parara pa pa papa ra ri ra
Pa pa papa pa parira

Why don’t you come 
and stay the night?
We can have some wine,
discuss events and the days 
we have spent away 

from each other.

--©2021 Jim Valero (All rights reserved).

Why Don't You Come

I Miss You (Again)

A Love Like This

We met so long ago, 
though it still feels like yesterday,
We’ve been through many changes.

We still are.

Throughout those years now gone,
We had our ups and downs;
Through rainy days and sunny days,
We had each other’s back.

When our son was born,
Then we had a family,
And though we were not perfect,
We did the best we could.

Dada dida dida dad dadida 
Dada dida dida dad dadida 

The world keeps spinning round,
The times they are a-changin’,
And in this world today,
It is so hard to find 

A love like this, oh yeah,
A love like this, oh yeah

A love like this, oh, oh, oh, oh,
A love like this, oh, yeah,

We met so long ago, 
though it still feels like yesterday,
We’ve been through many changes.

We still are.

Throughout those years now gone,
We had our ups and downs;
Through rainy days and sunny days,
We had each other’s back.

When our son was born,
Then we had a family,
And though we were not perfect,
We did the best we could.

Dada dida dida dad dadida 
Dada dida dida dad dadida 
Dada dida dida dad dadida 
Dada dida dida dad dadida 

--©2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

A Love Like This

Always, My Son
(for my beloved son, Aldar)

I thought I'd write a song for you today
that shows what is in my heart and in my mind;
but what do you say to your grown up son
that doesn't sound too silly and over the top.

Could I just bring back the memories
of former times when you were just a boy;
how you played on that strange and crazy bird,
flipping arms and dancing all over the place.

I remember how we used to build
castles and planes upon the rug,
playing golf among the cars
in the parking lot of our old building,

my son.

And no matter where you choose to go,
you can count on me,

always, my son,
always, my son,
always, my son,

always my son,
always my son.
always, my son,

--(C) 2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Always, My Son

The Whistling of the Wind

What do you do when your love is not around?
What do you say when words don’t seem to have
Much meaning anymore?

What do you do when your heart’s been broken badly?
What do you say when your life’s been torn to shreds
And there’s no one there to help?

And you wonder what you did wrong
And you wonder was it only you

And you know there is no answer
Just the whistling of the wind.

What do you do when the night is cold and lonely?
What do you say when the world has turned to gray
And your heart is dark and empty?

And you wonder what you did wrong
And you wonder was it only you

And you know there is no answer
Just the whistling of the wind.

Do you take a walk around the park
See couples hug and kiss?

But the only sound you hear 
just the whistling of the wind.

What do you do when your love is not around?
What do you say when words don’t seem to have
Much meaning anymore?

What do you do when your heart’s been broken badly?
What do you say when your life’s been torn to shreds
And there’s no one there to help?

And you wonder what you did wrong
And you wonder was it only you

And you know there is no answer
Just the whistling of the wind;

And you know there is no answer
Just the whistling of the wind.


--© 2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Just The Whistling Of The Wind

Cosmic Love Divine

Touch me softly in the dawn of night
Let me hear your whispers in the dark
I can hear the rustle of your hands
I can hear the rushing of your heart

Touch me softly on the sweet sea sand
Let me feel the texture of your lips
I can feel the satin on your skin
I can feel the sunlight of your love

Love immeasurable
Love that’s real
Cosmic love divine

Love immeasurable
Love that’s real
Cosmic love divine

Love immeasurable
Love that’s real
Cosmic love divine

Love immeasurable
Love that’s real
Cosmic love divine

Love immeasurable
Love that’s real
Cosmic love divine

--©2021 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Cosmic Love Divine

--(C) Jim Valero, 2018 (all rights reserved).

Whales are beautiful, intelligent creatures that have sailed the seas for thousands of years. They have their families and their language. They communicate with one another, care for their offspring. This is a song for those gorgeous beings who share this planet with us.
 
A voyage to the high seas to listen to the songs of the whales. Sound architectures, multiple textures, layers of sound.

Song of the Whale

Another Xmas Time

Another Xmas time
Another year gone by
We wish each other well
And hope next year is good 

But the world’s so wrong
There’s so many fears
We don’t get along
There’s so many tears

Another Xmas time
Another year gone by
We wish each other well
And hope next year is good 

Hatred roams the streets
Madmen rule the day
More divisions and more walls
While the world decays

Another Xmas time
Another year gone by
We wish each other well
And hope next year is good 


—© Jim Valero, 2018 (all rights reserved)

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Another Xmas Time

Days of December

These days of December 
when dry leaves are falling 
we sit by the fire
to sip our red wine 

remembering days 
of laughter and revel 
and Yuletide with dear friends 
we loved who live in our heart

we sing the old carols 
we learned in our youth
and make much merry 
with kin and friend

we travel the distance 
between us and wish 
one another farewell

we look to the future 
and smile in good faith
we wish one another 
good fortune and joy

Let’s sing the old carols
Make merry and laugh
And wish one another
A good Merry Christmas

Let’s sing the old carols 
we learned in our youth
and make much merry 
with kin and friend

Let’s travel the distance 
between us and wish 
one another farewell

This song is copyrighted:
--(C) Jim Valero, 2018 (all rights reserved).

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Days of December

“Now when she saw Narcissus wandering
In the green byways, Echo’s heart was fired;
And stealthily she followed, and the more
She followed him, the nearer flamed her love,
As when a torch is lit and from the tip
The leaping sulfuric grasps the offered flame.”

—Ovid, “Narcissus and Echo,” Metamorphoses, bk. III.

This song is copyrighted:
--(C) Jim Valero, 2018 (all rights reserved).

Echo and Narcissus

"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan 
A stately pleasure-dome decree: 
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran 
Through caverns measureless to man 
   Down to a sunless sea. "

--Samuel Taylor Coleridge,  "Kubla Khan: Or, a vision
 in a dream. A Fragment. "

Music Composed, Played, and Mastered by Valhjim.
Copyright: (C) 2020 Jim Valero.

The Pleasure Gardens of Kubla Khan

Copyright Notice:

From the strings of the Queen of Heaven, Goddess of All the World's, strings of the sacred Harp vibrate all harmonics of the Cosmic Scale, begetting all the worlds, galaxies, and universes that have come to exist.
      She stops for a while to make a beautiful melody, engendering Earth, and all the  myriad worlds she contains: shapes, colors, sounds, textures, animal, and vegetable, life: 

Consciousness everywhere
and a song of love. 

This is the concept behind the song.
I hope you like it.

Thanks for listening
And for your feedback. 

( C) 2021 Jim Valero (All rights to this track reserved). 


--(C) Jim  Valero, 2019 (all rights to this soundtrack are reserved).

Reflections

This track is copyrighted: 
--(C) Jim Valero, 2020 (all rights reserved).

"What might have been and what has been
 Point to one end, which is always present.
 Footfalls echo iin the memory
 Down the passage which we did not take
 Towards the door we never opened
 Into the rose-garden. My words echo
 Thus in your mind."

                                --T. S.  Eliot, "Burnt Norton."

Into the Rose Garden

Babbulkund: The Colossus

Time After Time

Time after time 
you woke up in the dawn
Time after time 
you had dreams in your mind

Time after time
you walked right up the path
seeking for the sun
on the cliffs of your heart

Time after time 
you climbed up to the stars
in the velvet touch 
of the soft-feathered moonlight

Time after time 
you gave out all your love
seeking for a heart
that would feel like your own

own, own

There are many paths 
that lead to worlds unknown
There are sundry suns to see

There are sundry stars 
that shine in the sky
but your heart is just your own.

--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Time After Time

--(C) 2020 Jim Valero (all rights reserved).

Bronceliande

Brocéliande (also known as Breselianda, Bersillant, Berthelien, Berceliande, Brecheliant, Broceliande) is a legendary enchanted forest that had a reputation in the medieval European imagination as a place of magic and mystery. 
Brocéliande is featured in several medieval texts, mostly related to the Arthurian legend and the characters of Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Lady of the Lake, and some of the Knights of the Round Table. It first appeared in literature in the Roman de Rou chronicle by Wace in 1160.

The Enchanted Forest of Bronceliande

Eclipse

In Search of Ancient Life

Valhjim is a music composer with an eclectic approach to different genres: rock, pop, folk, New Age, and experimental electronic music. Greatly driven by imagination and poetic imagery, he combines multiple instrumental textures to fire the imagination of his listeners. 

His more experimental ambience and electronic music is built with layers of suggestive sound textures, rhythms, and melodic lines that stir the imagination into suggestive imagery and worlds unseen, true architectures of sound that open up limitless spaces to explore. Often Valhjim's melodies sail through genre thresholds, crossing over from one genre to another, from neo classcal to electronic, or from jazz to rock or new age.

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