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Deep Field

by balveda

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1.
Back in the day, Breakdance was the sound I began to play, I thought that was cool, But then came house beats and samples too, Oh no no, I could not play guitar, That sort of dream just seemed so far away, But then I met this boy, He was all about the funk and he played with joy, So come on…. I thought I told ya, He’s a funky man, He is a true funk soldier, I thought I told ya, He’s a funky man uh-huh, (Repeat) He gave me mix-tapes full of funk for me, On ZX is MatchDay II, You know my sides split from the comedy, While Earl Grey is on the brew, Stetsasonic Talkin’ All That Jazz, And Janet Jackson kinda made me glad, The Brand New Heavies dreaming on their dreams, And Prince, Sly and James gonna make you say…. Hey, I thought I told ya, He’s a funky man, He is a true funk soldier, I thought I told ya, He’s a funky man uh-huh, (Repeat) (Outro) Hey, he’s a funky man, Yes he is, yes he is uh-huh, He’s a true funk soldier, I thought I told ya, He’s a true funk soldier, Yes he is, yes he is uh-huh.
2.
(Oh) When I think back to the times, Before these sunny days, I can never rewind what’s inside, Press stop or pause or play, No way, And she makes me feel like I always new I should, She’s unbelievable, ‘Coz every time that I feel like I’m no good, She’s there to pick me up, All up again, Breaking everything down to pieces, ‘Coz all our time is brief, I would rearrange altered edges to flow, To before we drove these streets, ‘Coz although everyday in the present, Here and now, it's unbelievable, (yeah) I’m chasing shadows of now, Searching for more time for this to grow, But it doesn’t help me to pretend, Not in the end, ‘Coz…. She’s my days, She’s my days and nights, Always, She’s my nights, Believing that I can be brave, Now the disparate forms bind together, And edges slide in place, And it feels like sometimes, Everything has grace, (And it’s all ok) And I want to be near you to take you to the place, That’s unbelievable, (Yeah) And I will love you, love you, love you, Within these signs and times, This matter’s not the end of line, She’s my days, She’s my days and nights, Always, She’s my nights, Believing that I can be saved, She fills my days, she shields my nights, She takes my breath away but it feels alright, (Repeat) She fills my days, she shields my nights, She takes my breath away but it feels alright, She finds a way, she shines her light, She moves my shadows somewhere out of sight, She fills my days, she thrills my nights She makes the best of me and it feels alright, Oh it feels alright, yeah, You know I feel alive, ‘Coz you know it feels alright, Hey yeah yeah, I feel alive, She takes my breath away but it feels alright.
3.
Flicker 05:24
I just can’t believe we fall for this every time, And I can’t believe what I saw today, Chasing memories of some thoughts we once occupied, We can define ourselves anticipating the frames. Peoples find themselves enslaved, (Just be glad it’s not you) Without the means to find their way, (Finding out what’s true) Obstructions to un-mined potentials are laid down, By that which claims a higher stage. Rejected and de-humanised, Receiving our fears, Projected to you and I, But I say it’s all just a game. Blinded, theological states, Allow the pedlars at the gate, To bring down upon, all of our times, The repercussions of hate. (They want you to know you’re) Respected by unseeing eyes, Perceiving their fears, (they've nothing to show) Pretending to sanctify, But it’d say it all just insane, And it’s all just a game, And it’s all just insane, And all of us just must wake up! So this deception won’t prevail while we’ve open eyes, And it won’t receive my attention this day, You can chase memories of the thoughts you once occupied, But I won’t define myself anticipating the flames. Striving to exemplify, Thoughts that make clear, (To receptive minds) This reality is justified, Reviewed and updated by peers. Outro All of us must just wake up, And all of us must just stand up. Don’t suffer faith.
4.
By The Way 03:30
Since this all, Seems to fall, By the way. In truth you cannot fight it, So you’d better satisfy this, ‘Coz the truth is somewhat blinding, You’d better say what you’re gonna say. And if soon you rectify this, Find some way to define it, It’s not like the sun stops shining, If you’d care to say what you’ve got to say. We hide behind the fabric of controlling action from our point of view, And yet deny the fact that we are truly formed within the context of a few, So let’s remind ourselves of imminent demise and of the shame we would feel, To have squandered all these rhymes only to find ourselves looking back on what might have been. Recently I’ve found, What is my sound, Still procrastinate, Make little ground. Turn it down, turn it down, turn it down, Don’t you know how to, Turn it down, turn it down, turn it down, Do this thing for me, yeah? Do this thing for me, yeah? Coz it’s all I know not to see it. Nah nah nah nah nah....
5.
Circles 04:04
Taking all the time that you want to decide, ‘Coz if you know it then just say it, It won’t take as long as if you hide, ‘Coz every time it come to the bit, Emotion verses logic and circles keep closing on it, Maybe the time has come now, Surely it’s better, somehow? It’s almost out of my hands, It’s almost out of my head, So hear me say it now…. If I could ever see this, In all these colours again, I would. Oh, yes you know I would, It’s always been in my head, I can’t seem to stop or get rid of it, Now it’s time to change, Take apart and rearrange, And invest in inside, ‘Coz it’s not too late, You can lift that weight if you try, And so it seems we face a choice, And you can softly feel the voice, Smoothing circles round and round, We’re spinning round and round, And if I could ever see this, In all these colours again, We’ve got to look to move ahead, Through all these visions there instead, Into collective sunshine, And as it starts to leave behind, Sensations crossed this boundary lines, So I give you this for instance now, Come now, somehow, It’s almost out of my hands, Out of my hands and my head, It’s out there instead, So I give you this for instance now.
6.
No, you can never stop what’s in these veins, Despite what you might think you have control of…. Look at my face and know, And look at where faith is going, ‘Coz you cannot trace my soul, And you can now bring this on. This box we’re pushing ourselves into, We’ve got to break it down, ‘Coz this box won’t, Open our eyes to all the devils inside, This box we’re pushing ourselves into, We’ve got to break it down, ‘Coz this box won’t, Open our eyes to all the beauty outside. Now, we’re gagged and bound, So don’t make a sound, Stay underground, ‘Coz you don’t know what we are in for. Save, all the innocents from one another, Pray, If you think it’ll make a sound, Stay, In your opaque dreams and sometimes wonder, How safe is the future ground, (From shaking under). This box we’re pushing ourselves into, We’ve got to break it down, ‘Coz this box won’t, Open our eyes to all the devils inside, This box we’re pushing ourselves into, We’ve got to break it down, ‘Coz this box won’t, Open our eyes to all the beauty outside. Look at my face and know, And look at where faith is going, ‘Coz you cannot trace my soul, And you can now bring this on. 'Coz you know that, You will never stop what’s in these veins, Despite what you may think you have control of, You will never stop what people think, The resolution starts from when we’re bold.
7.
I don’t know….. I stay up on my own again, To see the world unknown, It’s in my head, (Make it stop, the dreams we drop) And I should’ve seen, I should’ve taken care to leave them somewhere safe to find, Instead they’re left behind the broken door of wasted time. These frames don’t show, How fever grows, How could you know? Waking, first to feel elation, Copied by design, It’s in this thread, (Make it stop, the themes we crop) And I wouldn’t dream, I wouldn’t shake this ardour if it means I’m left behind, Smashing through the wealth of agents, Coursing through the lines. These frames don’t show, How fever grows, How could you know? If you counsel me, You’d better find the key and lock the door, Void is the space in-between, Deep is the sleep within my dreams, I’ve seen this place before. Still chasing down the same strays….
8.
Delta 69 04:26
Stay with this sound, if it’s getting you down, and you, can’t sleep. Stay with this sound, if this feeling’s profound, and your, night feels bleak. Stay with this sound, if it’s getting you down, and you, can’t sleep. Stay with this sound, if you’re spinning around, and you, Can’t sleep. Pushing against the flow, assuming but they don’t know, and you’re trying to straighten it all out. The release is the blame that takes, the addiction exonerates, what in essence is self denial. Stay with this sound if you, You cannot sleep, Stay with these bounds if you, You cannot speak, no. Fighting your way under, slip and sliding your way back to, gulfs of stillness and shadowy fallout. Grasping at lasting peace, improbable, head is full of bees, when it should be a place of solace. Stay with this sound, if it’s getting you down, and you, can’t sleep. (Oh no no) Stand your ground, if they’re spinning you ‘round, and you’re trying not to heed, just let it flow and grow, Step and you’re free. You can, See light, Through me, It’s only just begun, To take, It’s form, And function, Lines we’ll see. Stay with this sound, if you’re spinning around, and you, can’t sleep. Oh no no, like me. Stay with this sound, if you can’t get it down, and you, can’t breathe. You can break these bounds if you don’t know. Can’t seem to feel the way I need to, Can’t seem to see the line to push through.
9.
Relation 06:32
Considering what’s been, for the offering, I’m surprised that anybody’s sane. 'Coz you can see the suffering, On a road to nothing, And its anybody’s guess if it will ever be the same, In the end game. Images of violence, We’re imaging with silence, But you watch it all go by another day, It’s just another face, In another place, Oh but when you take it in, You don’t know where it’s been, Sometimes I think we need begin, Perceiving from within. (Take these things you “know”, Watch inception grow, Breed the shock waves). Facing backwards the future’s behind you, And it’s never gonna change, ‘Coz the ways we stumble, Throughout our part in this expanding maze, Where we play, It’s closing in around us now, As we fall in to the trap of day to day and here and now, We are not listening to the sounds, We are not changing things around. Despite this, We are “free”, Inside this? Just look around, And if we stood beside it, Would it change everything? Because we cannot relate.

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"I do", I thought........

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released October 31, 2019

All songs composed, arranged, produced and performed by Balveda; except keys on TFS (G.Bolton) and live drums on Opaque Dreams (S5E). Circles and Relation original music written - long ago, in a galaxy far away - with G.Bolton.
Album cover image: NASA STScI, planetary nubula NGC 2818, Hubblesite.org

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balveda Scotland, UK

Me, Myself and I: a classic De La Soul track, and also my approach to making music in recent years. Born of necessity rather than preference since the opportunity to write, record, play, learn, is often fleeting and all too brief; Deep Field is a collection of individually conceived tracks and those (see album notes) that have been re-imagined from past collaborations. ... more

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