Fingers dancing on the keys tonight 
A melody born in the pale moonlight 
The echoes rise they take their flight 
Through the silence into the night

Piano maestro .mp3

It rolls in quiet like a hungover prayer
Shakes the screen door, lifts the porch chair
You weren’t on my mind ‘til the still went strange
But I knew that sound, and I knew that name

You come like smoke through a slivered crack
Whiskey words and a coat half-black
Say you’re just passing through for the night
But I still hide the good knives out of sight

Bad wind, blowin’ where you please
Takes the roof, takes the trees
You don’t knock, you don’t stay
You just howl what you don’t say
Bad wind, I know your kind
Always leave more gone than you find

Yeah, I still feel

You kissed like guilt with a Sunday face
Told me losing you was some kind of grace
But I kept that picture in the bathroom drawer
‘Cause you only leave when I start to restore

Some call it weakness, some call it fate
But I just call it late
You don’t kick the storm when it’s halfway in
You board the windows and you let it spin

I’ve laid out the cups, I’ve cleared the floor
I’ve seen this devil, wore this war
I pray for mercy I don’t believe
Then I bless your boots when you finally leave

You don’t ask why when you know it’s wrong
You just hold your breath and hope it’s gone
And I’d take you in if you knocked again
‘Cause I don’t outgrow the bad wind

Bad wind, blowin’ where you please
Takes the roof, takes the trees
You don’t knock, you don’t stay
You just howl what you don’t say
Bad wind, I know your kind
Always leave more gone than you find

And when the morning smells like copper and rain
I sweep the glass, and I don’t complain

Bad Wind

Original Song
by Phil Dutton & Les Corlett

Lyrics

I found my style in my 20's,
Black as the mood,
That I'm feelin' in.
If they catch up to me,
I'll meet my destiny,
They'll hang me high,
For the original sin.

Punks 'n' Rockers,
Bikers 'n' Ravers.
Came from on wide,
To this watering hole.
Too many ghosts,
Inhabit the old ground,
It's to admit,
It was years ago.

There's so many passing,
As I start retreating.
Remembering true love,
Snaps me out of It's spell.
We had some good times,
Some bad times, Some sad times.
Wherever you are,
I'm wishing you well.

We spent a few,
Long pleasant Summers.
We partied all day,
Long into the night.
High times and laughter,
We danced until daybreak.
It's hard to admit,
It was years ago.

They buried Bill,
And we showed that we loved him,
Barry went too,
And we showed that we cared.
There's too many passing,
As I start retreating,
Black is the style,
That I chose to wear.

SNAGGLETOOTH

BLACK

Hip-hop, dark atmospheric beat, male vocals, introspective

Firebound

Stand in the Light

This is the clean version of this song. I hope you like it!

Lyrics © Señor Barends

Enlightened one, hear my cries
I’m down on my knees, too numb to rise
Please grant my life a new start
As I stand here with a weary heart

Let your mercy cut like a winter blade  
Your light shine in this gloomy shade
There’s nobody else left who cares
As I stand here shedding my tears

Break my chains and bleed me clean  
Show me truths I’ve never seen  
Lift this weight that crushes bone  
Call my name, don’t leave me alone  

Let me rise again  
Searing scars beneath my skin  
Help me break the endless wheel  
Cut me loose, let me heal!  

The air is thick with the weight of my sins  
So many, I don’t know where to begin
Wash me clean in the midnight rain  
Let your light erase my shame  

The clothes on my body are all I own
Nobody left to love me, I’m all alone
No place to sleep, no house to burn
What is the lesson I have to learn?

Did greed and pride lead me here?  
Were my hands the blade I fear?  
I crave release, peace of mind  
To leave this cursed cycle behind  

Let me rise again  
Searing scars beneath my skin  
Help me break the endless wheel  
Cut me loose, let me heal
Let me heal

Bless me now with your mercy’s hand  
Lift me up from this broken land  
My tears run dry, my voice is thin  
A broken man begs for life again

Let Me Rise Again

We’re just 2 lost souls

This song is about injustice and man’s attitude towards money rather than people. 
Trumps over here playing golf ? Who cares 
He’s signed a trade deal with Europe today ? Who cares 
What about the innocent people of Gaza and the malnourished children ?

Skies on fire burning red
Ashes whisper where hope once bled
The air is heavy the silence loud
Fear is rising in the shrouded crowd

Missiles falling hearts are crying
The earth is screaming people dying
When the smoke clears who's still there
Skies on fire and no one cares

Skies of fire .mp3

Fading Behind Me

[Verse 1]
I walked the shoreline
barefoot against the wind
sand caught in every silence
waves too tired to even begin

The tide held its breath again
not a promise not a wish
just the calm between each moment
and the sound that never came

[Chorus]
Footprints fading behind me
gone before they reach the sea
I let the wind decide
where I end
where I used to be

[Verse 2]
Loneliness didn’t misbehave
it sighed and turned away
left a warmth I couldn’t handle
and was never meant to keep

The salt air held too many secrets
the sky looked the other way
I kept walking like it mattered
but the ground forgot me anyway

[Chorus]
Footprints fading behind me
like a face no one remembers
I let the wind decide
what to keep
what to leave

[Bridge]
There is no one on the beach now
just the cold
and my retreat
no answers in the tide
just the way it pulls from me

[Final Chorus]
Footprints fading behind me
not even shadows want to stay
I let the wind decide
and it took you away
and it took you away

Fading Behind Me

Hilma Hilma three years old 2.

BIGGER THAN MINE

Winnipeg composer, retired from the farm, still chasing meaning in melody. My work lives where TV cues meet YouTube soundscapes, with a few albums in between. Built in Mixcraft Pro, fuelled by late-night coffee, stubborn curiosity, and a Stoic’s sense of timing. Also writing on politics, history, and philosophy, because sound isn’t my only instrument.

Stand in the Light

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