When I Have Fears
John Keats
Words: John Keats (1795 – 1821)
Music: Michael Michaelis
1
When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high-piled books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;
2
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
3
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,That I shall never look upon thee more,
4
Never have relish in the faery powerOf unreflecting love; -
5
then on the shoreOf the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
Michael: Vocals, Guitars, Violin & Viola, Piano, Bass, Cymbals & HiHat, Wave Drum (Percussion), additional sequencer programming (Marimba, Clarinets, Timpani).
Recorded, edited, and mixed proudly using Cubase.
(Last Update: 3.11.2018)
[All Rights reserved. © Michael Michaelis, 2018]
Gravity (Remix)
For some reason, I didn't wrote any new music for the last couple of month. Instead, I spent my time exploring guitar sounds, and practicing violin. As a „playing ground” for my experiments I used a song I wrote about two years ago, Gravity. Almost all tracks are new recordings – not with the results I dreamed about, but much closer to what I want to hear.
„Gravity” was the first song I unpacked my violin again, after I stopped playing pretty much exactly forty years ago. That was the main reason for me to go back to that specific song: convincing myself that constant practice (for almost two years, now) really makes a difference.
Telling Fairy Tales (Children's Song)
When I watch a child lost for the world in it's game,
I wish so much I could do the same,
becoming myself without being alone,
becoming the center of a world that is my own.
Wish I could close my eyes and bad things go away,
wish I could yawn about what important people say,
wish I could be innocent and honest about anything and everyone,
wish I'd be certain again that after the rain comes the sun.
There is a holy place where children play,
I was there, I learned a lot, I even knew my way,
but I had to leave, I'm so sorry, I couldn't stay.
Once I was steering a ship thru time and space,
but wherever I went I always could see my mother's face,
I still know how these wrinkles feel,
smiling at her, and the doubts her smiling could heal.
Words & Music: Michael Michaelis
Michael: Vocals, Guitars, Violin, Bass, Cymbals & HiHat, Wave Drum (Bass Drum, Snare, Percussion), Keyboards (Marimba).
Recorded, edited, and mixed proudly using Cubase.
[All Rights reserved. © Michael Michaelis, 2018]
Children's Song - Interlude+Solo
Music: Michael Michaelis
Michael: Guitars, Bass, Viola, Cymbals & HiHat, Wave Drum (Bass Drum, Percussion).
Recorded, edited, and mixed proudly using Cubase.
Salt Of The Earth
(1)
When you look out of your window, what do you see?
Traffic and people, maybe a cut-down tree.
When you open your door, what do you smell?
Almost odorless, probably poison, but you never can tell.
When you open your window, what do you hear?
The sound of the beast, feeding of domesticated fear.
What do you see looking at the sky at night?
Barley a star, just a blanketed dome made of city light.
(2)
Poor people's barracks covering the valley like straggly moss,
churches like breathing giants, bearing their builder's cross.
High towers bending like grass in the storm,
bridges made of steel, cooing like a newly-born.
(3)
What would happen if you look out your window at the open seas?
Or if you start your day watching a line of trees?
What would you do for a clear vision of the stars at night?
But what about the horrors that are back with no light?
How would you feel living in a home like a breath of roses?
But would you face the perils untamed nature imposes?
(4)
This city was raised by many generations, stone by stone,
It has a graveyard for it's builders, and a life of its own.
Words & Music: Michael Michaelis
Michael: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboard, Alto Recorder, Violin & Viola, Cymbals & HiHat, Wave Drum (Snare, Bass Drum, Toms, Percussion).
Recorded, edited, and mixed proudly using Cubase.
(Last Update: 17.2.2018)
[All Rights reserved. © Michael Michaelis, 2018]
