Toronto (FAWM 2016)

Toronto

Chagall
FAWM 2016

Liner Notes

LYRICS ARE SO MUCH EASIER YOU GUISE.

Lyrics

Loving my town
Hanging with friends
This is my hood
They call it a ghetto
but hey! now
I'd say life's pretty good

Hey, hey, this is Toronto
Multicultural pride
Be who you really are
No-one needs to hide
This is Toronto
This is Toronto

Just go downtown
Ride the streetcar
Take a look around
All the people of
different nations
Just getting along

Hey, hey, this is Toronto
Multicultural pride
Be who you really are
No-one needs to hide
This is Toronto
This is Toronto

Chill at the waterfront
Yeah down at Harbourfront
Watch those tall ship sails go by
Summer beats and sweets and I love

Hey, hey, this is Toronto
Multicultural pride
Be who you really are
No-one needs to hide
This is Toronto
This is Toronto

Hey, hey, this is Toronto
Multicultural pride
Be who you really are
No-one needs to hide
This is Toronto
This is Toronto
Hey, hey, this is Toronto
This is Toronto
This is Toronto

Copyright Chagall Sierra & Paperbag Empress Records

Broken Stepping Stone (2015)

Broken Stepping Stone

2015

Chagall

This was inspired by a photo I took of some broken back steps in a local apartment building.


Lyrics:

There's a broken stepping stone
But I don't know how to fly
I've been living here alone
Yeah the reasons make me cry
I'm not alone in wondering why
We're all so alone

How do you climb broken stairs
Where do we find repairs
When that broken stepping stone
Just won't lead us home

Every rain becomes a mudslide
There's no sidewalk on the hill
So much emptiness inside
That nothing seems to fill
I'm not alone in wondering why
We live to die

How do you climb broken stairs
Where do we find repairs

Broken broken broken
Broken broken broken
Step step step no step
Step step step no step
Broken

How do we leave the past behind
Where do we find peace of mind
When that broken stepping stone
Just won't lead us home


Broken broken broken
Broken broken broken
Step step step no step
Step step step no step
Broken

Berry-Stained (2009)

Berry-Stained

Chagall

Tagged As:

crucio folk celtic

Liner Notes:

Double Crucio! Bwahaha. Now I just need to crucio someone else's music for this... and it'll be perfect!

Girls in Uniform: Magic Road

"Come with me, and we'll take the magic road
Where the grass is green and the dandelions grow"

Vikki Flawith: Lady of the Lake

"Feel the lifeblood of the land"

Lyrics:

I wandered on the green and met a lady fair
She stared at me in wonder
How is it that you see me now

I replied there is a strange glow about you
Her horse roared at me as I put out my hand
How is it that you see me

Oh we'll take the magic road, she said
Where the grass is green and the dandelions grow
Feel the lifeblood of the land
The colour of crushed berries
Rush through your soul like water and like snow

The sting and the freedom
The power and the price
Just remember these words of sage advice
Hold on to that which you love, but hold on freely

I wandered in the woods and met a fairy Queen
I stared at that strange sight
How is it that I see you now

She replied there is a berry that glows in the dark
Her courtiers laughed at me as I wondered aloud
How is it that you see me

Oh we'll take the magic road, she said
Where the grass is green and the dandelions grow
Feel the lifeblood of the land
The colour of crushed berries
Rush through your soul like water and like snow

The sting and the freedom
The power and the price
Just remember these words of sage advice
Hold on to that which you love, but hold on freely

Feedback:

•  Vikki Flawith 6 days ago
  

  hey, I have been wonderfully crucio'd! Really like the flow of the words, and the mystic story... plse let me know when you have music 

•  Girls In Uniform 1 week ago
  

  Oh cripes! I've been crucio'd! First time ever! And with such a lovely title and sentiment in the lyrics. Looking forward to hearing this, and looking forward to doing some crucioing myself... FAWM.org had better watch out.

•  Karan 1 week ago
  

  Sheer magic. Beautiful and wise.

The Long, Sad Saga of Not Playing KOTOR (2009)

The Long, Sad Saga of Not Playing KOTOR

Tagged As:

folk cheese geekery starwars jedipop

Liner Notes:

A couple of days before FAWM 2009, I got a really bad cold, and wanted to do nothing but curl up with blankets and soup and KOTOR. Really, really craving a good game of Pazaak, some ship-to-ship fights... Star Wars sound effects... blaster and lightsaber battles...

Lyrics:

Going to play KOTOR and going to play with blasters, oooh
Going to play KOTOR and going to play with lightsabers too
Gee this is really crashing and giving weird errors
What the hell is going on?

I found the discs and couldn't find the serial
Couldn't find the serial
Couldn't find the serial
For the life of me

I finally realized that KOTOR doesn't have one
KOTOR doesn't have one
KOTOR doesn't have one
Gosh I feel silly

Going to play KOTOR and going to play with blasters, oooh
Going to play KOTOR and going to play with lightsabers too
Gee this is really crashing and the videos are half untextured
What the hell is going on?

I thought it was my DVD drive going all to hell
But then I found the error of my ways
KOTOR was coded in the golden olden days
Long before dual cpu - and we've got quadcores now!

My ancient dinosoar, still won't play my KOTOR
Because my computer's got two cores

So to avoid all the hassle, I uninstalled
And went to install on the laptop
Which is even older and has only one processor

Going to play KOTOR and going to play with blasters, oooh
Going to play KOTOR and going to play with lightsabers too -
But the second install disc is corrupt!
SINCE I INSTALLED IT LAST NIGHT!

WTF WTF WTF!
WTF WTF WTF!

I already uninstalled it from the desktop
So I couldn't just copy the files over and edit the registry
And my friend who also owns it was babysitting and couldn't bring it over
So now, to play my game
I've got to PIRATE A GAME I ALREADY BOUGHT!
I'm going to PIRATE A GAME I ALREADY BOUGHT!

Going to play KOTOR and going to play with blasters, oooh
Going to play KOTOR and going to play with lightsabers too
Going to play KOTOR and going to play with blasters, oooh
Going to play KOTOR WOOOHOOOO!

A Garden Among The Flames (2009)

FAWM 2009, retrieved by the Wayback Machine. Wish I'd put all of them public. Argh.

A Garden Among The Flames

Liner Notes:

"Wonder,
A garden among the flames!"
- Ibn Arabi

Lyrics:

Parched and dry I wander low and high
Ceaselessly restless even rested
The sun burns and the night freezes
The sun burns and the night freezes

But even here in this infernous place
Your calm, beloved, is felt in my heart
I wonder to see
A garden among these flames

Divided in thirds and filled with singing birds
Fountains flow mid mountains of flowers
The sun cools and the night eases
The sun cools and the night eases

With you in my heart I am free
In spite of the heat surrounding me
Flames leap like fountains
Embers burn like flowers
The rushing winds greet me in chorus

With my heart I kiss this woe and it is gone
Your calm, beloved, is felt in my heart
I wonder to see
A garden among the flames

I Forgive (2010)

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Written during FAWM 2010 while I was supposed to be on hiatus.

I Forgive

I forgive but don't forget
The road ahead is thorny yet
and I know he's just not sane
Or he wouldn't have caused so much pain

Trying so hard to move on
Every day since I found out I'm strong
What you did to betray my trust
It's unforgivable but I'm a saint

Dying a little inside
Every day this pain don't subside
I'm still angry just to be clear
But ain't no use to carry hate

I forgive but don't forget
The road ahead is thorny yet
and I know he's just not sane
Or he wouldn't have caused so much pain

I was mistaken about him
I don't know who he is
I thought I did

I forgive but don't forget
The road ahead is thorny yet
and I know he's not sane
Or he wouldn't have caused so much pain

I forgive but don't forget
The road ahead is thorny yet
and I know he's just not sane
Or he wouldn't have caused so much pain

Liner Notes:

lapetitekiwi wrote a song called "I'm so angry" and then wrote a song called "I'm trying to forgive you" and here's my "I forgive" just because.

Devin, you're a songfather again. 
I do have some melodic ideas so call me first.