I used to be in regional honor choirs when I was in high school, and there was this one hilarious "help tape" that was sent to us in preparation for our first rehearsal. I don't know who, and I don't know where, but some person plunked incessantly on this out-of-tune piano in order to outline the simple melody that we were meant to learn. I found the tape several years later, warbled and weird, and found myself making a song over the piano tape plunk, cutting up and rearranging the first few measures into something different than before.
lyrics
A memory, something undone
A history where we come from
So far away, a faded dream
When we awake, what will it mean?
And I want to go where the stars shine only for themselves
And I want to go where the moon glows for nobody else
And I want to go where the lights turn on and off alone
And I want to go where we're free to truly be our own
Truly be our own
And I want to go where the stars shine only for themselves
And I want to go where the moon glows for nobody else
And I want to go where inside each eye's a little light
And I want to go where together we can light the night
We can light the night
Michelle Stodart’s folk music captures hope in melancholy, addressing the transformational aspects of the most challenging times. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2023