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Whispers & Notes

by Social Simon

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lgriffiths
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lgriffiths Waking up to this liddle tune as the sun streams through the window.....sweet, gentle, chilled, natural, calm, relaxing, peaceful, positive, thought provoking.....and breathe.
So......writing a few words. Well there is a comment box!!! Does anyone read these??
Have you got a thang about long grass?! 😊🌾🍃🌿🌱
I have enjoyed how you pronounce your ‘u’ s for a while now, and this track doesn’t disappoint. Only Yorkshire folk will appreciate it. ‘Up’
mindira
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mindira These are wonderful songs. Simon's voice can be so powerful and joyous on Hope & Social tracks but there is a beautiful fragility to his singing here - both mournful and curiously uplifting. I love his take on the world and eagerly await future Social Simon releases.
jill
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jill Each week I think I can’t love the new track more than the last one. This is really lovely Simon, lucky Lucy!
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1.
Everyone's got opinions I see Everyone's got a profile but me Lock me inside the house And throw away the key I've got skills they're as useful as snow On a coal fire that's making me cold Throw me inside the house And throw away the key Cos honey I'm living inside night and day Shifting mood through shades of grey But the spring will spring The shoots will grow The birds will land And that's how I know There's a life in the way that we spin There's a life in the touching of things Lay me down in the long grass and forget about me Cos honey I'm living inside night and day Shifting mood through shades of grey But the spring will spring The shoots will grow The birds will land And that's how I know If I can help with a whisper or note If I can help in the words I devote Show me where to sign up And forget about me
2.
Somewhere we’re staying sober While here we’re drinking in Out of date shop bought lager Tonic and dregs of gin Somewhere the light is blinding While here the dark begins Somewhere the world keeps turning While here we’re standing still But I like standing still Being alone Writing music on my own I like being with you Being with them Slaying dragons in forest dens I’m the lucky one I feel bad I’m the lucky one Somewhere a voice is pleading While here we’re chuckling Somewhere a cry is fading While here we’re settling in But I like settling in and snuggling down Spending days in my dressing gown I like feeling love And spitting rage Causing problems for problems sake I like breathing in and screaming out Staying quiet for hours and hours I love being with you And being with them Cash my chips I’m the lucky one I’m the lucky one I feel bad I’m the lucky one Somewhere the world keeps turning While here we’re standing still
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What’s so wrong with being forgotten when you’re gone? What’s so wrong with moving things along? If I was a bird I’d die unwritten by the passing sky What’s so wrong with being forgotten when you’re gone? What’s so wrong with being forgotten when you’re gone? What’s so wrong with moving things along? If I was a tree I’d fall unsung, unspoken by them all What’s so wrong with being forgotten when you’re gone? While there’s still some light to guide your way While there’s still some heat to feel Burn this fire out like a memory And when it fades away just let it fade away Tell me what’s to gain from legacy? Apart from not repeating these mistakes But then I’ve had a lot of fun just doing what i shouldn’t have done Maybe that’s the point of legacy While there’s still some light to guide your way While there’s still some heat to feel Burn this fire out like a memory And when it fades away just let it fade away Write it down and chuck it in the sea Press record and smash to smithereens When I’m gone you’ll have the things you need to mourn in memories And when it’s done forget me and I’m gone While there’s still some light to guide your way While there’s still some heat to feel Burn this fire out like a memory And when it fades away just let it fade away
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Dear Lucy 03:03
Dear Lucy I miss you more than the sunshine The weather is making me pine for your love Stay now God keep me close to your voice The cost of a call leaves us no choice But to skirt around the difficult ground Spring will come each this time each year And loosen all of our ties And with each spring I hope that we grow And maybe multiply I've been wondering how we make a difference Give a nudge keep the world on its axis I must confess I don't profess To know how to right all the wrongs that need righting To fight all the fights that need fighting Come here lay and guide my way Spring will come this time each year And loosen all of our ties And with each spring I hope that we grow And maybe multiply Strange how the men in the wigs choose the sentence Demand our respect and our deference They don't know The pressure of the daily grind The ease with which we sway The faded line of wrong from right Where I lose my way Spring will come each this time each year And loosen all of our ties And with each spring I hope that we grow And maybe multiply
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Babbylu 02:53
We moved away from instant stuff We moved away from all of us I've been washing plates and pans In places where we used to stand Play our favourite records 'til the morning We moved away from day to day The smell of booze and fags and ashtrays I've been mopping bathroom floors In places where we used to fall Writhe around in circles 'til the morning There's a light in my mind that flickers and flames A book full of prayers that I couldn't name The way that I name those nights I spent with you Babbylu So here's a glass to teenaged kids Who think their style and grace will outlive A plummet into middle age Sifting through those shades of grey To find some clothes that last another wearing There's a light in my mind that flickers and flames A book full of prayers that I couldn't name The way that I name those nights I spent with you Babbylu

about

At the start of lockdown I was in the middle of writing and recording a new Hope & Social album and also attempting to finish my first solo record after 2 years of putting it off. Both things were put on hold but, like thousands of other musicians around the world, I started to write and record some new bits and pieces and some things I'd been meaning to set down for years.

Mainly recorded late at night after the kids' bedtime or hiding out in the van at night, they're smaller, less finished, maybe less thought through than a 'real' record should be. However, I decided there was very little point in them sitting on my laptop gathering digital dust when a few people might enjoy listening to them.

So here they are, released one a week to fit in with the punishing homeschool and child care schedule that mix-master Ed and I have at the moment. It's not rock n roll but I like it.

Thank you to everyone who bought this release in its first 6 weeks when all money raised was donated to FARE SHARE - the UK’s national network of charitable food re-distributors. We raised enough for 3000 meals to be distributed.

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released July 22, 2020

MIxed by Ed Waring

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Social Simon Leeds, UK

Singer with Hope & Social. One time singer with Four Day Hombre. Messing around on my own for a bit.

www.socialsimon.co.uk

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