Justin is sleepy. His head droops over his desk as I begin to run through the new vocabulary. Behind him Sean has yet to take out a book, bag still on his shoulders and cheeky nonplussed smile on his face. Alice and Holly are already interested and repeat the words loudly. it’s five fifty-five on…
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Buzz
I shouldn’t have watched three episodes. One was enough. I should have gone to bed then. Now it’s after one. Too awake, but need to sleep. Wednesday tomorrow, only midweek. If I sleep late I wake late and I’ll be in a late cycle again. Brush teeth, wash face. Mouthwash empty, must buy some more.…
Pre-match Jitters
Before the Match It is 12:30. Three hours ahead in New Zealand it is 3:30, and counting down inexorably to a historical kick-off. Two celtic teams stand at the entrance to a sacred arena: a place in the rugby world cup semi-finals. Not since 1991 when Scotland beat Samoa was there such an opportunity. Scotland…
Scrumble
Tilted Hindered by passing breezes Not trying to cause a fuss of course Just Sneezes Rhythm upset I’ll get there yet Not trying to make a scene you know Just Woolgathering Mossrolling Dustgrowing Oldening Closefoldening I’m not trying to upset anyone right now I’m just endlessly circling prey that won’t die For in the vulturesphere…
What it Means to Me
Finally started to use FruityLoops to work a bit more than vocals and acoustic into a track. Hard to keep it sounding smooth, but it does make for a far more complete sound. Here goes nothing. This is the result of a long day and then some, hopefully it has something of worth in it…
Not so Different
demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/talkAboutDifferences.mp3|titles=Not so Different] we’re not so different, we’re not so far apart so long to the old city, we long for a new start where there are open spaces, to swing an idle thought where we can feel the future, and let ourselves get caught in currents of emotion, away from roads on rising…
Pep Talk (Summertime)
Aimless, thoughtless, unbounded, loosened, ragged… Blast! Gurgling loops, round and round and each curve a little more eroded. No, you are dreaming of entropy again! What is the use? Oh, so that is what you are asking? Is there another? There are always others. Hmmmm, it has seemed clearer. But that first stinging rebuttal comes…
Reboot, Reload, Repeat
why is it easier to come up with a new tune than to make an old one better and why do they start to sound the same if you come up with a lot? I need some new dimensions in these tunsions. el demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/reboot.mp3|titles=reboot] Tinsel minstrels battle cries Long term loans short term highs…
Deserting the Circus
demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/desertion.mp3|titles=Deserting the Circus] Hungry hunter hot on your heels, money no good for whatever he steals. Wait now for the moment to come, knots that they tied all coming undone. I ‘d rather get up, I’d rather get out, I’d rather stay quiet, i’d rather not shout- See all these obstacles barriers bone diggers,…
Swell
Swell hell unforgiving unbidden The anchor drags along the sea floor, fish scattering and sand billowing. Deep peace in the dark depths disturbed. Chase up along the wire coils and then bow and boat and wave crests thudding below a rumbling sky. Black clouds snigger as they race each other and dump down heavy bands…
To Slowly Grow
demo: [audio:http://donakello.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/toSlowlyGrow.mp3|titles=To Slowly Grow] Waiting, waiting again. Way in, still in to begin. Stranded, abandoned by fate. Handed, my papers too late. Wandered into the wilderness, lost my compass and my map. From point to point I must impress, the scale of things, the beat i tap, The feet i track. Patience, a virtue indeed.…
Effortless
demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/effortless.mp3|titles=Effortless] You make it look so easy, you make it seem so effortless, Forget all the rest. Hopes willing hearts desiring, go filling up with rising sun- The only one. Time’s shackles tied to our souls, sworn to surrender all our softly gained remains and our goals . When it rains it pours down…
Flux Internal
demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/flux2.mp3|titles=Flux Intrernal] The storm around us grows, the window shakes, the curtains blow In a flash I see a pale reflection A bolt of blue lights up the room, and raps of thunder beat their tune In a dash I aim in your direction And suddenly it all subsides, we re-emerge from where we…
I am Not Me
demo:[audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IAmNotMe.mp3|titles=I Am Not Me] Angels aimed at peoples, catching off the steeples with their eyes Turned to face the truth but it is racing for the sunset from the lies I tried to make a difference, but the only good is riddance from your hold I walked along the river banks, until i fell with…
Content
And now he was flying, content pouring from his mind through his fingers into a void and there, late at night aimed at the dawn pouring from his soul, to no-one at all in a state so rehearsed from the previous verse he shakes with some vigour and coughs out a curse oh I could…
Here, or hardly, or highly
a little bit vague no? water calm and soft and a slight blue in the last evening of the year, dog racing from pier to random pier, chasing birds or shadows. So it silently slid by, and what little space is left to grip and drag sheetlike to cover out the draughts. The year is…
Feel
Demo:[audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Feel.mp3|titles=Feel] Pages unturned, prayers unheard, Of nature’s way with broken words. Worth pennies or pounds, you’re buying rounds, For everyone, for everyone Again Long distance line, all doing fine Head held aloft when connections are dropped Go about days in a distracted haze And on again, and on again And You don’t feel like you…
Restless Runaway, Recover!
Restless gestures, patterns unfolding, spikes and holes in patches and rows, a scaled terracced surface that sends you into convulsions of compulsive repulsion. It is one of the gaps, and you are on the edge, and the wild wind blows hard at your back, and your feet unsteady with toes hanging over that distant ugly…
Are you there?
demo: [audio:http://donalkelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/WereYouThere.mp3|titles=Are You There] So you’re deeply seeking to keep awake, Because your dreams are making your days’ life seem fake And you’re disillusioned about all that you have, In the eyes of others you see someone mad. And are you there waiting for me? In this time that we find ourselves we fail to…
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
Night, slouched around the house Well fed fire, glowing in the stove, Machines, humming low on standby. I sit and wait and watch in the in-between hours. Tomorrow will hardly bring answers, But will at least offer new hopes of recovery, And every morning the bandages are changed, the cuts cleaned and washed, But still…