*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…

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…

*Lyrics* So look here An option So take the time to get it right They're held to the light If you don't bite that hand It can be right Things get tangled So take the time to get it right We've only got a dime Cast your eyes It…

I wear black It reflects on my mood Stirring, restless, unfulfilled I tell you, it's not being cool I still wear black It reflects on my mood Stirring, restless, unfulfilled I'll level, it's not for cool When I'm calling I'm falling…

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…

Nov 2023 REM https://www.rpmchallenge.com/remchallenge Let's see Are we friends now? As I look in from the outside Fall out Trying to believe If what they say is real And so anxious You're cut adrift I understand You feel that…

Attention! All heroes! The poppies row on row We are the dead since Fourteen Gas, gas! We quarrel The poppies for your foe It's over: dying since Fifteen We die: the guns roar The people throw the torch to us We are since Sixteen…

'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…

It's awful quiet here In the graveyard Playing Hamlet to your ghost It's so healthy here To start a graveyard You need to shoot a man or two It's so idyllic here In the bud yard Flowers only fail when they are plucked So raise…

Left behind to toe the line They have all cashed out now You're out of time Left without grape on the vine That bottle's drained out now You're out of time Leave now (or they get you) Leave now (or they get you) Leave now (or they…

Graffiti on the Hollywood sign You left your mark For all to see it clear Graffiti on the Hollywood sign You left your mark For all to see it clear If you haven't got the time To get your point across clear Never fear Graffiti…

Hot air and history That's what this place is famed for You'll see there in the tree The scars and burns they're shamed for They shout loud It's all history You stand proud It's your own, we can see

I'm doing my best here So cut me some slack dear I'm always in focus Maybe not on things you chose for us I'm trying real hard here Stuck out in the yard dear It isn't my comfort zone Even though you think I call it home I'm doing…

The corn is heavy As you pack for the city And you, you feed the fire As they burn out the seed You work so hard Like the oil is your own Keep it slick so we get all the best So look around And listen to the sound Of a nation's heart…

Look in the future We'll do telephony I'll call your number Will you answer me? See what you're doing Block that call from me Track where you're going Dark telephony See in the future We'll tweak DNA Block all the freaks out Keep…

They said "on your bike" Don't strike Don't try fighting We cannot bail you out We'd rather rip your heart out now They said "move down south" Leave your friends behind you You scraped for dirty gold too long It's time to clean your…