Look twice round the room Acting like your scene is set Homebound too soon It's a detail that you're here Glance while they swoon Reacting as your line is cut Homebound too soon It's a detail that you're here Spice up your death Breathing…

'Miserere' is a melancholic song about the absence of god that sounds like synth pop but with harmonies from a church choir. *Lyrics* Miserere Have mercy on me So tenderly cleanse me though I don't believe Through your dark deeds you cannot…

Feeling that something's looming Why, I feel low sounds in my head that shouldn't be there And when the storm it breaks O'er the hill, 'bove the tree high Crack and spark now to fade Get inside Leave home, keep dry All around you is…

There was a time when We'd be scuttling, running hard Cops on tail And grins on faces There was a time when We'd be aching Bleeding slow All worth the time incarcerated They said we wouldn't go far Looks like they got it right then…

*Liner Notes* Was thinking of flexing the vocal synths -- rather than trying to disguise them -- but they just grated -- even more than usual! So went for a subtler, um, heavy breathing motif. Maybe I'll get bolder with the vocal gymnastics going…

Dance with me Ride out with me We are as one Now we're survivors Doubt with me Breathe out with me For I'm the one To free survivors Dance with me Spin around with me For we're the ones Who free survivors Dance with me Sweep…

I think that I'm Incapable of thought I craft and work As that's what I've been taught But see no joy in Rothko or Matisse Their brushstrokes leave me cold A value you can't teach Teach me to feel pain Teach me how to love I think that…

Dec 2023 REM *Lyrics* Ask me, don't tell me I'm biding my time for now Since you took your leave It's vital then, vital now Since we departed Close up my door And block out all the "sorry for your loss, dear" Go now Are we…

*Liner Notes* "Curving and Something Else" has ended up being about memory loss, in the bleak, end-of-life, Alzheimer's way. I'm not a a sufferer (yet!), just an observer. I write songs in this melancholic style ... which requires an sympathetic…