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Here is a lesser known, very early, Christian hymn based on the Greek text “Prayer of the Cherubic Hymn” in the Liturgy of St. James. It seems to have been created by Cyril of Jerusalem c. 347. I recorded this version many years ago using a Tascam…
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I went to that High School, I wonder how many of them survived the Thirst:)
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This song is a work in progress. I attended an online songwriting workshop hosted by Chad Shank (Minnesota Songwriters Association) who was talking about songs with varying length lines to create more of a conversational atmosphere and the use…
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A fresh battery in Sonuus, so it's monophonic midi guitar time. Poor recording quality though. Elottronix plugin was used in this. Uploaded a new version, because the FB-beeb was so annoying
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Midday field. I watch the lark, which serenely rises in circles up to dissolve there, forever. He sees no danger around. Why [should] I care?
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I recall that in childhood we all watch adventure films (or performances), and here the children…
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Beauty and artistic taste is clear to everyone and eternal, although it does not save the world.
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A Late Walk
Robert Frost
When I go up through the mowing field,
The headless aftermath,
Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew…
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Inspired at a "safe" distance by my friends on our Zoom song writing chats.
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Lift Me Up
© 2020 Gregory A Connor
Rising tide, lift me up, let me float away
This Safe harbor turned to mud, this…
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A strat and a slow minor blues are a go to for an overheard cell phone call.
The tone is pure strat wiggly bar juju. Thanks Robert Cray
Blues lyrics are not required to be politically correct
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A song I made up in retro style, just for a bit of fun ;- ) I used various guitars. It's partly sung in English and some of it in French. I try to do my own mixing, so don't expect too much LOL... Regardless, I hope you enjoy it ! Kind regards…
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We wrote and recorded a new song while we are all on lock down...have really missed playing with the band. Lindy wrote the song and recorded his part at his home studio sent it to me and I added my parts and vocals Our studio is behind Ken's house…
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Prior to recording these Vocals/Lyrics my Microphone died on so i had to use my phone voice-recorder with not knowing how the sound would be. Anyway i had a blast making this Song.
Lyrics:
Broken Dreams on repeat It’s a tie for the Grip…
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A new song
The worst man possible for the job right now
KC
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You divide and conquer
While there is fear and hunger
You play a dangerous game
But you won't take any blame
Your're a cheat and…
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A collaboration of many Talents, Greg Connor, Colleen Dillon, Steve Krell, Bethan Mathis. Sure there are more to come, fun times.
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a few of us are writing a song using the same base track .
when they are all finished we will put up a play list here is mine
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Mother Nature has been trying to tell us for some time now that we need to focus less on us and more on the gift of a planet we've been given. There's been attempts but in the minority not the majority. Profit first, planet second, people third…
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The title track to my 2020 release really opens my mind a bit right now. A bit manic, a bit dark and a bit hostile. It has been clear as I tracked this release that my metal self has emerged in the attempt to simply up the irons and make it…
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Truly not much explanation needed here. There's a looming presence over us right now no matter where you turn and the idea that this is certainly a Plague of Persistence inspired this dark creation. This is from my 2020 release State Of Darkness.
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Another early track in 2016 I was trying to express the sense of freedom I get when I play guitar. It is this type of freedom that led me to start teaching and the freedom continues to grow. Another track from my 2016 self titled debut.
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Here's the first of several versions that you'll see from a collaboration across the inter webs started by Greg Connor. He got us together on the Zoom and then look what happened!!!! Music and lyrics collaborated with the talents of Steve Krell…
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wrote this song back in 2017 when i had too many thoughts i wanted to express in music, so i wrote a song about having that instead of the thoughts themselves lol...
not 100% how i'd like it to have turned out, but i like it all the same... especially…
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from the album "the Machine"
I am not the catalyst
I'm not the pistol, the stamen, the seed
creation abandoned me
I am not the catalyst
there are books with words i've never seen
which makes me love them even more
I'm not the hero, I…
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from the album "the Machine"
feel, the cold steel
my heart, has no soul
what more, could I ask for
a life with no goal
it's hard to be a total automaton
here we, go softly
into that good night
and press on, the games won
no need to…
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This Track was recorded a couple of years ago, and I started thinking about it because of the recent Track "dreaming" that I uploaded.
My friend Lavasir Nordrum (http://www.lavasir.no/portfolio/into-the-mendicant) somehow managed to get us…
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He was told to act a certain way.
Systematic Settings
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The last 6 months, I've been sight reading a Bach Chorale each morning (there are 400 of em!) and occasionally one sticks out that I really like.
This one sounded great on the Wurlitzer, which is literally note for note playing the chorale…
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This song was inspired by David Lowery's movie named A Ghost Story, starring Casey Affleck. Really touching and sad movie, even if measured by Casey Affleck standards.
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Give me love is a great and dope love songs.
Click and listen
Don't forget to drop your comment.
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We're bored in lockdown again. I call out for collaboration and Joe Whibley pops out of the aether. And this is what happened. Joe did a fucking fantastic job with most of the work (playing all the instruments and a vocal), I just stuck in some…
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Nodding your heads is a good thing.
Industrial rock
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so.... i first wrote & recorded this song in 2015, and then did a new version in 2017, and here's my updated 2020 version...
still not totally happy with it but... here we are anyway lol...
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A super aggressive song by zak ft Greg James. A fight for victory over all competitors!
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One of the last songs we recorded before the lockdown
Hans Nooitgedagt Jr - drums
Bingsolex - lead guitar
Erwin B - bass, recording
KC - vocals, guitar, keys & mix
When you told me I was blind
It almost blew my mind
When you told…
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Korg SQ-1 arpeggiator to Korg Vocal Modular audio into Korg NTS-1 synth - no other effects or devices used.
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A few thoughts on this one....
First.. does that... could it... do you think... Reggae? I wasn't planning on that but it just sort of happened. I'm not sure how but... I think... I think I might like it.
In a spur of the moment thing…
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This is a song that I wrote some years ago
I wasn't satisfied with the result and completely rerecorded it
KC
I woke up this morning, tried to get out of bed
My head was in a spin. Lord, I felt so bad
My hands were trembling, my knees…
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First off thanks (MTC) jim for letting me play around with this lovely backing track. i just wish i could of mixed it better i'll have to get the books out and actually read them this time, instead of clicking here and there and hoping for the…
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Light, Jazzy and a bit prog in places... I had the season of summer in my mind when I did this one
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Sample & Hold driven sequences with Euclidian Drums
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Pure Data sawtooth and sine waves with interactive midified lap steel.
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When I tell people I am a terrible singer, this is what I'm talking about. Listening to myself here is making my teeth ache.
This was the first idea I had for the April 2020 RPM Challenge - Social Distance Edition. I used a 1x12 combo amp…
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This is a recording from my i phone off my back deck at home in Mill Valley tonight. Everyone howls at 8 pm for 1 minute in solidarity for the healthcare providers during this pandemic with COVID 19. its been going on for over 2 weeks now…
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Kill the Mocking bird
Do what needs to be done
Protect the innocent,
From the Evil that will come
They count on you
The Innocent
Beware the Raven Lord
It taps at your chamber door
It beckons you by name
Speaking some forgotten…
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When I look into your eyes
You keep your love so disguised
It’s just the only way
You keep your feelings locked inside
Will you give it one more try?
To help your feelings come alive
Let your emotions all take flight
And when you do…
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When you talk about me you always put
Me down
You always say I’d be better off
Under ground
You were really holding back tonight
Alright
You offered me a second shot
But why?
It Doesn’t matter what I say
It Doesn’t matter what I…
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So long ago
Feels like yesterday
But I miss you
Each and every day
What can I say?
You always did things your own way
Never half way
You were there for me
In ways I can’t repay
And now it’s come to light
I can’t believe it’s been…
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You’re looking better, Every day
You’re all together, In every way
Birds of a feather, You and me
Let’s get together, shouldn’t we?
Cause when I see you standing there all alone
I think how would it be
To have you for my own
And when…
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Don’t you know I’ve seen your picture
Staring right back at me
Don’t you know I hear about you?
I wonder what it all means
Don’t you know…I’ve waited for you
Don’t you know…That I still care
I dream I have you walking
Right alongside…
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So, this is it
It’s really not your scene
And time proved it wasn’t
What it seemed
Try and imagine
Now listen to your heart
And you will find your passion
Once again
Cause when you try to fake it
There’s a Chance you’ll pull through…
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You can wait a lifetime
And never get another chance like this
Opportunity’s knocking, right now
What are you waiting for?
Are you afraid of what’s in store?
There’s a lot of good and bad, out there…
It’s the chance of a lifetime
Or…
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With the road flat ahead of me
I push the pedal to the floor
No looking back any more
My future is ahead of me
As for the past I closed the door
I’m leaving all of that behind
Gonna be, better times ahead
Won’t stop until I am dead…
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The NOODLES go all Jean Michel Jarre by accident!
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Passover is a time for redemption from exile and all kind of disasters in our lives. I really tried to make this a happier upbeat track.
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Home from work for 9 days. How is everyone doing? Stay safe and have fun on this weird global time off! got a new FX peddle , super octave, that im using here instead of a bass guitar.
Enjoy! Reef
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Thanks Movement to Contact for the backtrack... I needed the practice for sure!
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Two tracks of the Korg NTS-1 without any additional effects.
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similar mood to cri(sis), lap steel and pitch-to-midi triggering oscillators in Pure Data patch.
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I started writing this on 3/02/20 putting the Jesus Prayer in Latin to my own melody. The words are “Domine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei, miserere mei peccatoris”, which means “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner “.
The…
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This Is a short prayer of petition to Our Lord that translated from Latin means “Lord Jesus, heal me”. I recorded it with my Martin HD 28, capo on the 4th fret.
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Mr Angel Ebukalifa is back with this Hot Trap Jam Titled "LoASb" He ft Konscious On this one
A jam you shouldn't skip
LOASB is the new street Slogan
This wonderful Hit is produced by K Man
Download and rate
Download…
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Greek Bouzouki, Clarinet, bass and midi drum track.
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I'll admit it right up front . . . This is the result of an idle mind.
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Well it's been a long while (as seems to be the pattern lately) and I was inspired by Greg and Ron's new songs.... Then I saw a lovely note from the Proods saying "I must have been writing during this crazy time" - so I had to respond with something…
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TeeJay lekssy is a good talented artiste that will really move the industry,he's here with a new singles title"I DEY VEX"how ever the song was produced by PM...Download and enjoy the vibes of teejay lekssy
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Didn't want to write this song … I figured there were one-thousand songwriters (here in north Texas alone) that were stuck at home and writing goofy songs about the virus. But, it wouldn't leave me alone, so I recorded it to get it out of my head.
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I asked Olivia to name something (in three or four syllables) that causes her consternation. Her answer, "Society". Sometimes she follows my scratch vocal line when I record a demo for her, this time she just let it rip, and it is probably the…
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Something quite sad and Melancholy about this. Could be more tan just sad but that's all up to personal interpretation.
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I wrote the backing track a couple years ago after watching the documentary “It Might Get Loud.” It somehow evolved into a li’l tribute to Bob Dylan (Bob really deserves so much better). The words allude to a number of Dylan’s songs: “Like a Rolling…
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My post-RPM Challenge plan is to just keep going. Here's my first March 2020 Challenge song.
I am trying to go much more raw and low-fi than usual. One guitar straight into one amp. No doubling, not extensive overdubs. Same with the vocals…
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I have never written a song about the RPM Challenge itself, until now. Have we really been here for 15 years? It needed to be fun, it needed to be a great dance number. I had the gtr riff, and realized it would be even better as a horn line. The…
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This one came to me as I was sleeping on a plane, delayed on a tarmac. I dreamt that McCartney was singing this, sort of. I came out of the dream abruptly when the pilot said we were finally cleared to take off. I racked my brain to figure out…
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I have had this riff for a while. It needed a song. It needed cowbell. It got both, and it's a great song to drive to.
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We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.
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Robert Frost
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This one came together rather quickly -- maybe a total of one half hour total to quickly compose and record each track one after another.
For those with an interest in such things:
The drum track was "played" on a Korg KARMA keyboard workstation…
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A post-rock inspired track with an ambient, textured intro building into a distorted climax and soothing back out into an ambient closer.
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
RPM 2020
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
RPM 2020
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from the album "Winter of Our Discontent"
RPM 2020
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Another Sweepers original. Thanks, guys! (Not sure where the occasional snare ring is coming from, but I didn't have time to track it down...)
Willis ??? - vocals, guitar
Tommy U. - guitar
Bob P. - bass
Jonny P. - drums
Kevin C. - recording…
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Chris’s tune lyrics, vocals drums, bass and acoustic guitar, Toms electric guitar, Johnnys Keys
Vibe
Fix me baby, give me a fix
Open up your bag of tricks
Build it up now, lay the bricks
Sugar on top, then stir the mix
All that rhythm…
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Garys tune, lyrics, vocals, guitar
Toms bass Chris drums
Johnny Keys
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GIRL I USED TO KNOW
AS SPARKLING FRESH AS NEWLY FALLEN SNOW
A HEART TURNED TO STONE
SO SYNICLE AND ALL ALONE
TIME WONT HEAL THE PAIN
ONLY EMPTYNESS…
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1980 called...it wants it's synth back. Keepin' those drums in the pocket...
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Haven't felt like this in a while...it's good to be back.
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Yes I saw a chupacabra.
Recorded for the 2020 RPM Challenge
Hello Little One
Hello little one
Glad I ran into you
Are you some kinda freak
Or did you escape from a zoo?
Ears like a fox, look like a dog
About as much hair as you'd…
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When I made my demo of this song, Nancy said she really liked the melody of the chorus and that overall it was her favorite tune of mine to date, hence the title.
I thought the first section of the song would be ideal for a sitar, however I…
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The story behind this one is almost the same as "Swamp Thing," only this one spawned lyrics to boot.
Major props to Erika for her fabulous vocal!
Jon and I played the leads. I bookended the track and Jon did everything in between.
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Is it surf music? Exotica? Both? Neither? Did Jacques Cousteau have anything to do with this?
Percussion on this one by Cyclops Cow and Sum Gai.
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Conceived in the shower in mid February with the backing track fully recorded less than an hour later. Who doesn't like the Ramones?! Just a fun track to celebrate RPM's 15th anniversary. The lyrics lean toward being tongue-in-cheek. I don't hole…
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Music by Geoff Cox
Harmonica by Ben Blackett
Lyrics by Ben Blackett and Geoff Cox
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Haunting/Experimental. Last 3+ minutes slides into obscurity and deepness.
Hope you like it.
Stay healthy.
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Well, this song showed up right at the end of the recording session, and it reminded me of why I do this - and it was just what I needed.
THANKS FOR COMING
I agreed to meet
I smile and take a seat
To hear you say how I could be a star…
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Well EVERY album needs a love song!
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU
Doctor says my numbers aren't where they're suppose to be
Gotta change my eating habits and work out more than once a week
I know I tend to get addicted to things that make me…
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Of all the souvenirs, photos, baseball memorabilia, and musical instruments in my study, the item I value the most is one small 3x5 of my sister and me.
3x5 OF ME AND YOU
I sit with my belongings around me on the shelf
Pictures of my heroes…
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The last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers died not long ago. Go look them up if you don't know the story. These were some of the finest men to ever serve.
CODE TALKER
Boys were dying across the ocean
Words were stolen, and codes…
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Just a little instrumental.
HYGGE
/ˈh(y)o͞oɡə,ˈho͝oɡə/
noun: hygge
A quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture).
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Sometimes we don't resist the brightest flame until it's too late.
ACETYLENE
Baby, you burn - I never learn until I'm on fire
A dangerous game - the hottest flame I've ever seen
I can't look away from your blinding display, drawn by desire…
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The seeds of this song were sown years ago. If only those who left knew what they were headed for.
BACK TO SHORE
The sky was so high when you set out from shore
The sun at your back, you were longing for more
When it started to pour…
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