After The Rain has been published in All of Me Vol. VI, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Weather Experience by The Prodigy. Title art is by Johan Swanepoel.

Listen to After The Rain by Richard Charles Stevens (Weather Experience Suite)

It was little more than cloudburst
Gone as fast as it became
Yet every flower thirst
To taste the ardour of the rain
.
Teardrops stained the hardening terrain
Unto the pardoned earth’s reclaim
And I nowise felt so disheartened to remain
The darkened skies then parted
To remarkable amaze
As I embarked upon the voyage of voice untrained
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
.
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
.
Aeons had passed
In the cold light of day
Untold were the nights
Within which I felt chained
My heart was near felled and my arteries flamed
To speak well and highly of masterpiece framed
To speak well and highly of masterpiece framed
To speak well and highly of masterpiece framed
.
It was little more than cloudburst
Gone as fast as it became
Yet every vein that burst
Returned a part of me to hardening terrain
I felt entitled to remain
To sight the pardoned earth’s reclaim
And it was little more than cloudburst
In refrain
.
It was nothing less than covenant
To end the trend of sufferance
To bend the rules that govern us
The same curfew that smothers us
My scars remained uncovered
As the rain became my lover
And my naked soul then barrel rolled
As it outstayed its cover
.
On another day
I may have faded black
Delayed react
And factored in a multitude of reason
In my head
Ten thousand thoughts
All screaming for endorsement
Yet I needed only one to be believed in
One well placed regenerative seedling
One well placed regenerative seedling
(Regenerate)
.
One well placed regenerative seedling
(One well placed regenerative seedling)
One well placed regenerative seedling
(One well placed regenerative seedling)
One well placed regenerative seedling
(One well placed regenerative seedling)
One well placed regenerative seedling
(Regenerate)
.
It was little more than cloudburst
Gone as fast as it became
Yet every flower thirst
To taste the ardour of the rain
Teardrops famed the harvested terrain
Unto the pardoned earth’s reclaim
And I felt faithfully entitled to remain
.
(Regenerate)
.
My ardent lips then parted
To remarkable amaze
As I embarked upon new voyage of choice refrain
(Regenerate)
Rejoicing every nightfall in the rain
(Regenerate)
Rejoicing every nightfall in the rain
Rejoicing every nightfall in the rain
Rejoicing every nightfall in the rain
Rejoicing every nightfall in the rain
(Regenerate)
.
It was nothing less than covenant
To end the trend of sufferance
To bend the rules that govern us
The same curfew that smothers us
My scars remained uncovered
As the rain became my lover
And my naked soul then barrel rolled
As it outstayed its cover
.
On another day
I may have faded black
Delayed react
And factored in a multitude of reason
In my head
Ten thousand thoughts
All screaming for endorsement
Yet I needed only one to be believed in
One well placed regenerative seedling
.
It was little more than cloudburst
(It was little more than cloudburst)
Gone as fast as it became
(Gone as fast as it became)
Yet every flower thirst
(Yet every flower thirst)
To taste the ardour of the rain
(To taste the ardour of refrain)
.
Teardrops stained the hardening terrain
Unto the pardoned earth’s reclaim
And I nowise felt so disheartened to remain
The darkened skies then parted
To remarkable amaze
As I embarked upon the voyage of voice untrained
Rejoiced in the unharbour of refrain
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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 This arrangement of Blessing in Digression pays homage to and features lyrics from Remedy by Professor Green ft. Ruth Anne, fused with my own.

Listen to Blessing in Digression by Richard Charles Stevens (Remedy Suite)

Deep inside the mainframe of our brains
Beneath the membrane
An express train of stress strain neglect retention fret and pain parades
Like chambermaids our major aim is draining penetration raids
Making sense of feelings lending weight to headless reeling
(Feel it)
(Feel it)
(Feel it)
.
This masquerade then plays charades
Degrades communication aids
Until we place the blame on selves
In stealth of wealth concealing
(Feel it)
Contaminating cells commence their seeding
Screening each breath steaming
Thieving from our oxygen
Until our boxed in chests start heaving
Toxins seep beneath our shielding
Riddling us this and that
Whittling defences down on grounds of insufficient fact
Erratically the static hums as self-assassins bang the drums
Their tactics to make passage runs
To smash and grab our handsome sums
Then splash the cash and take the reins on actioning dramatic cuts
.
Oh we let it go
So won’t you come sit next to me
I got the remedy
Oh you never know
Oh I could give you what you need
I got the remedy
(Feel it)
.
Deep inside the mainframe of our brains
Beneath the membrane
The emphatic need to bleed
Relieving tension in detention
(Feel it)
Midst steep of apprehension we prepare for misadventure
Unaware of the redemption that reflection tends to tender
(Feel it)
Should we possess the scruples of a payday lender
Then we’re spent
Need to learn the purge
Resist the listless urge to burden vent
(Feel it)
Take exception to excursions furthering distress
Address the topics logic views as chronic in regress
Less than zero reasons to mislead ourselves
Deceive ourselves when tears we shed replenish
Every time we kindly bleed ourselves
Not too late to stake a claim on famed terrain
Redeem ourselves from making same mistakes again
Embracing pain to make a telling daisy chain from major veins on layaway
(Feel it)
Breakaway from naming shaming others while we lay awake
And fame that which we seek to reawaken in ourselves
(Feel it)
.
Deep inside the mainframe of our brains
Beneath the membrane
The immense range of imagination
Need not fret of tax evasion
Free to roam the open plains
Go for broke and break the chains
Only we make claim to fame
Possess the tools to change the game
(Feel it)
Suspend the rules of known dictate
And leap with chaperone of faith
(Leap)
Leap with chaperone of faith
.
Collected dues lay destitute
When we refuse selves restitude
In favour of exactitude ingratitude ineptitude
(Feel it)
Faithless acts no less than crude
Of destiny disproved
Awaiting fates pre-dated
Not a blessed caress impressed anew
Slaves to our expectant mood
Restrained within asbestos suits
We lose the thread of each tear bled
Commandeer worst fears instead
And yet for all the curses
Every one of us is blessed
(Feel it)
Once we learn the ties that bind
Defiantly digress
Tis the most precise of science
More or less
.
The most precise of science
More or less
(Feel it)
.
Oh we let it go
So won’t you come sit next to me
I got the remedy
Oh you never know
Oh I could give you what you need
I got the remedy
.
Oh we let it go
So won’t you come sit next to me
I got the remedy
Oh you never know
Oh I could give you what you need
I got the remedy
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of Untold pays homage to Dub War Chapter 2 by Dance Conspiracy.

Listen to Untold by Richard Charles Stevens (Dubbed Suite)

Hear you
Feel you
See you
Taste you

.
Hear you
Feel you
See you
Taste you
.

Hear you
Feel you
See you
Taste you

.
Taste you
.

I hear you
I feel you
I see you
I taste you
I bathe in your soul’s sweet perfume
Each shade of you I fade to
In dreams I embrace you
In sun I am spun
While the moon comes undone
Would presume this to be of your decree
Twas rumoured in the whispers of the breeze
Make to measure waves of pleasure
In our keep we claim the treasure
Deep and wide our eyes behold
The greatest tale as yet untold

.

Expansive is the vista that parades in grace and kind
Permissed one wish
Would kiss thine lips
Remain this way inclined
Fixate on cascading smile
And trace adjacent lines
Lost within your rendering
Transcending space and time
(Fly)
.

The mighty sea invites the keep
Of treasures deep and wide
Your flighted eyes incite the rise
Of idealistic tide
The stalling waves of fallen braves
Bid enclave of the distant light
Land and sea most handsomely you braid

.

Expansive is the vista that parades in grace and kind
Permissed one wish
Would kiss thine lips
Remain this way inclined
Fixate on cascading smile
And trace adjacent lines
Lost within your rendering
Transcending space and time
.

The mighty sea invites the keep
Of treasures deep and wide
Your flighted eyes incite the rise
Of idealistic tide
The stalling waves of fallen braves
Bid enclave of the distant light
Land and sea most handsomely you braid

.

On dry land
No more
In thine hand
We soar
Our flight plan
Prestiged to be freely adored
I reach to my nightstand
To glean light
No more
For deep in thine eyes
I can see heretofore

Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more
Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more
.

Deep in thine eyes
I can see heretofore

Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more

.

On dry land
No more
In thine hand
We soar
Our flight plan
Prestiged to be freely adored
I reach to my nightstand
To glean light
No more
For deep in thine eyes
I can see heretofore

Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more
Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more
.

Deep in thine eyes
I can see heretofore

Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more

.

Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more
Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more
.

Deep in thine eyes
I can see heretofore

Every sweet dream
My dear Keeper
And more

.

Changing room to one with view
I see the sun and moon delight
They reunite to offer blessing
Timeless curse the stars undress within us

.

In less than words
They lend address
Through silent verse
They reinvent the final breaths of absolute beginners

The final breaths of absolute beginners
The final breaths of absolute beginners
The final breaths of absolute beginners

.

I hear you
Feel you
See you
Taste you
Inhale
Exhale
All embrace you
Fall asleep and lean to face you
Stir from waking dream to chase you

.

Hear you
Feel you
See you
Taste you
Inhale
Exhale
All embrace you
Fall asleep and lean to face you
Stir from waking dream to chase you

.
Make to measure waves of pleasure
In our keep we claim the treasure
Deep and wide our eyes behold
The greatest tale as yet untold

The greatest tale as yet untold

The greatest tale as yet untold

.

I hear you
I feel you
I see you
I taste you
I baste my desire in the sweetest perfume
Each shade of you embraces truth
Each serenade betrays our youth
Seduces aeons lost in mute translation
In faithful place of proffered grace amazing

.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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Keepsake Soul has been published in All of Me Vol. I, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Heavy Dirty Soul by Twenty One Pilots. Featured art is by Android Jones.

Listen to Keepsake Soul by Richard Charles Stevens (Heavy Duty Suite)

See my soul
It’s here
It’s there
No loss accounting
Wear and tear
By all accounts
It’s everywhere
On other counts
It’s very rare
.
See my soul
It’s here
It’s there
No loss accounting
Wear and tear
By all accounts
It’s everywhere
On other counts
It’s very rare

The reason for its heady air
I season it with debonair
It leads me to all kinds of places
Speeds my gaze to smiling eyes

.
Happy faces never far behind

Never far behind

Happy faces never far behind
Not for I
.

Unrestrained from masquerade
No longer in disguise
Readymade for serenade
Through faith cascading eyes
Finding fresh inventive ways to innovate a life through art
Defibrillate an ailing heart
And liberate remaining parts
.
Could never trade this soul of mine
Or I would surely die
It’s all you see
That’s all of me
And very purely I
Hopscotching the open roads and skipping rope with rainbows in the sky

It’s all you see
That’s all of me
And very purely I

.

All of me
And very purely I

.
See my soul
It’s here
It’s there
No loss accounting
Wear and tear
By all accounts
It’s everywhere
On other counts
It’s very rare
See my soul
It’s brave
It’s bold
Amazing grace
To have
And hold
It’s every fable
Never told
Forever
In the making
.

Happy faces never far behind

Never far behind

Happy faces never far behind
Not for I
.

Unrestrained from masquerade
No longer in disguise
Readymade for serenade
Through faith cascading eyes
Finding fresh inventive ways to innovate a life through art
Defibrillate an ailing heart
And liberate remaining parts
.
Could never trade this soul of mine
Or I would surely die
It’s all you see
That’s all of me
And very purely I
Hopscotching the open roads and skipping rope with rainbows in the sky

It’s all you see
That’s all of me
And very purely I

.
Suddenly awakened
From my slumber
Nowise torn asunder
By the distant cries of thunder
Arisen by persistent strike of lightning
.
Darkened sky now brightening
Enlivening the air
Heightening the sense of every widened eye declared
Ripening the cloistered garth
Entitling anointed path
It’s here
It’s there
By all accounts
It’s everywhere we are
.
Unrestrained from masquerade
No longer in disguise
Readymade for serenade
Through faith cascading eyes
Finding fresh inventive ways to innovate a life through art
Defibrillate an ailing heart
And liberate remaining parts
.
Could never trade this soul of mine
Or I would surely die
It’s all you see
That’s all of me
And very purely I
Hopscotching the open roads and skipping rope with rainbows in the sky

.

Suddenly awakened
From my slumber
Nowise torn asunder
By the distant cries of thunder
Arisen by persistent strike of lightning
.

Suddenly awakened
From my slumber
Nowise torn asunder
By the distant cries of thunder
Arisen by persistent strike of lightning
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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Widow’s Kiss has been published in All of Me Vol. VI, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Atmosphere (Sub Base Field Mix) by Chaos & Julia Set. Featured art is by Thomas Dodd.

Listen to Widow’s Kiss by Richard Charles Stevens (Atmospheric Suite)

Forevermore I’m spun

Forevermore I’m spun
Forevermore I’m spun
(Spun)
(Spun)

.

Dressed to kill
The spiderwoman violates her prey
Gossamer and ash exact sweet rapture of decay
Dextrous this vender of arachnid distemper
Janus-faced her brash embrace
Yet unmatched in her splendour

.
Unmatched in her splendour

Unmatched in her splendour
In her splendour

In her splendour

Unmatched in her splendour

.

Unmatched in her splendour

Unmatched in her splendour
In her splendour

In her splendour
(Spun)

.

Her bite is one long kiss goodnight
Tomorrows notwithstanding
The sorrows of her quarry
She no less than has a hand in
The hollows of her eyes delight the very flies she bids affright
Coals exposing blackest night
Never one time dappled light

.

Dressed to kill
The spiderwoman has me in her sights
Feel her toxins coursing through my veins and this delights
Tangled in her web
Intrigued to see my own demise

Drown my every sorrow in the hollows of her eyes

.

Sat astride her victim
The tangled web she weaves then twists
To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight

.
One long kiss goodnight

One long kiss goodnight

To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight

.

I feel her writhe

Beneath the sheets

Know well the kind

Of heat she seeks

Serpentine

She slinks

She coils

Purging ink

To reap her spoils

(Writhe again)

Squirming

Surging

Lurching

Scourging

Urging forth

All force converging

Merging with the flesh

Meshed to attest

Each undressed breath

Insurgent

Verging on insane

The pain is less inflamed

When entertained

Untamed is the beast

Which creeps with fleet

Through labyrinthine veins

Locked within unblinking gaze

Powerless to shrink away

Know not what to think or say

And ignorance is bliss
.

Even in this shrinking space

I feel relieved to drink her taste

Sourness of its sweet embrace

The flowers in her kiss

My pale lips purse

To lift the curse

And peek beneath its veil

Inhale the stale air

Thus declare allegiance to prevail

Bleed it into every sinew

Feel malfeasance discontinue

Herein to congeal the tissue

Gripping blackened lung

Scale the rungs

To height of bane

Introduce the light again

All terrain

To cauterise

While saucer eyes

Delight again

Blighted air exhale

As she breathes frailty back to life again

Then waits until the dead of night

To writhe again

Waits until the dead of night

To writhe again

Waits until the dead of night

To writhe again

.

Dressed to kill
The spiderwoman has me in her sights
Feel her toxins coursing through my veins and this delights
Tangled in her web
Intrigued to see my own demise

Drown my every sorrow in the hollows of her eyes

.

Sat astride her victim
The tangled web she weaves then twists
To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight
.

One long kiss goodnight

One long kiss goodnight

To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight
(Goodnight)

.

One long kiss goodnight

One long kiss goodnight

To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight

.

Sat astride her victim
The tangled web she weaves then twists
To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight

.

Forevermore I’m spun

Forevermore I’m spun
Forevermore I’m spun
(Spun)
(Spun)

.

Forevermore I’m spun

Forevermore I’m spun
Forevermore I’m spun
(Spun)
(Spun)
.

I feel her writhe

Beneath the sheets

Know well the kind

Of heat she seeks

Serpentine

She slinks

She coils

Purging ink

To reap her spoils

Squirming

Surging

Lurching

Scourging

Urging forth

All force converging

Merging with the flesh

Meshed to attest

Each undressed breath

Insurgent

Verging on insane

The pain is less inflamed

When entertained

Untamed is the beast

Which creeps with fleet

Through labyrinthine veins

Locked within unblinking gaze

Powerless to shrink away

Know not what to think or say

And ignorance is bliss

Even in this shrinking space

I feel relieved to drink her taste

Sourness of its sweet embrace

The flowers in her kiss

.

Sat astride her victim
The tangled web she weaves then twists
To bind the wrists while priming lips
For one long kiss goodnight
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of Aces Wild pays homage to Got Any Hardcore by M-D-Emm.

Listen to Aces Wild by Richard Charles Stevens (Got Any Hardcore Suite)

Living breathing hardcore soldier
Still unbeaten
Far more bold than tales of old foretold as She takes hold of fate and dictates play
.
From sunrise
Through the dead of night
The staircase winds to my delight
The ties of bind bid sweet release
Each step a key to destiny
Awakened from the skin I shed
To make a mound to rest my head
In bosom of the only she
Who ever felt like home to me
.
So many souls within her keep
No more charmed hold of essence steeped
Entreating she to set a scene seen fleetingly in treasured dreams
Leisured to proceed am I
With heedful eye for feeder line
Need not such sight anaesthetise
For mine is not to reason why
.

Would bet on black to taste her red
To trace the tracks of tears she bled
Adhere to years of retrospect
That led me here
In fever sped
Her heaving breast
A place to rest my head
For all eternity
To see the gift of ceaseless love return to me

.
All in at the river blind
To play the table one more time
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Poker face unchanging
Luck she be a lady on this night
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight
.
All in at the river blind
To play the table one more time
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Poker face unchanging

Aces wild
Luck she be a lady on this night
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight

Her royal flush
My dangerous delight

Her royal flush
My dangerous delight
(Aces wild)
.
I yearn to seep within cracks of her skin
Double back to enrapture each vein underpinned
To amaze in the stature of one so unhinged
From the framework of secrets and lies
.
Her eyes relay no cheap mistruth
Her heart bleeds grape of sweet vermouth
Confiding seeds of deepest root
No wise man would deny
All of me
Is all I have to give
And I would give it all
To see her live her life
The way a reawakened child might play
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Face unchanging
Brave and wild
I would gamely fade to black
To hang my hat upon her fragrant smile
As has been the way
For every aeon we reprise
.
All in at the river blind
To play the table one more time
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Poker face unchanging
Luck she be a lady on this night
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight

(Delight)

.

All in at the river blind
To play the table one more time
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Poker face unchanging

Aces wild
Luck she be a lady on this night
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight
(Aces wild)
.
All in at the river blind
To play the table one more time
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Poker face unchanging
Aces wild
Luck she be a lady on this night
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight
.
All in at the river blind
To play the table one more time
Calling
Raising
All appraising
Poker face unchanging
Luck she be a lady on this night
Her royal flush
My dangerous delight

.
So many souls within her keep
No more charmed hold of essence steeped
Entreating she to set a scene seen fleetingly in treasured dreams

Leisured to proceed am I
With heedful eye for feeder line
Need not such sight anaesthetise
For mine is not to reason why
.
Living breathing hardcore soldier
Still unbeaten
Far more bold than tales of old foretold as She takes hold of fate and dictates play
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of Emblem pays homage to Energy Rush by M-D-Emm.

Listen to Emblem by Richard Charles Stevens (Energy Rush Suite)

my heart is an emblem

.
of all that i am

.

my heart is an emblem of all that i am
every ventricle blushed with the soul of romance
wide open when hopeful
most vocal unspoken
a token of all that i am
.

i wear it with pride upon chest
it is all my attire when undressed
no emotion remains unexpressed
joy or pain—either way i am blessed
it is all of the things i know best
in the autumn it sings
in midwinter attests—to the whereabouts of spring
wherein dead leaves refresh
and the blessed wheat to best reap and thresh

.

my heart is an emblem of all that i am
every ventricle blushed with the soul of romance
wide open when hopeful
most vocal unspoken
a token of all that i am
.

my heart is an emblem of all that i am
every ventricle blushed with the soul of romance
wide open when hopeful
most vocal unspoken
a token of all that i am

.

my heart is an emblem of all of me—calling
to all who afford it to beat and cease stalling
sometimes it is glass
others bursts into flame
and i thirst for the days when my veins are ablaze

.
veins are ablaze
veins are ablaze
veins are ablaze
i thirst for the days when my veins are ablaze
.

my heart is an emblem of all that i am
every ventricle blushed with the soul of romance
wide open when hopeful
most vocal unspoken
a token of all that i am
.

my heart is an emblem of all that i am
every ventricle blushed with the soul of romance
wide open when hopeful
most vocal unspoken
a token of all that i am

.
can only love hard
in the softest refrain
surrounded by hearts of corroborative twain
nevermore gainly than when it is seen
with no air to concede of its grace
with eyes open wide—it confides
of the reason i cry every time seasons change
to release all the teardrops estranged
my entire adult life as i grew more endangered
fell to the wayside and felt like a stranger
came to fresh faced like a baby in manger
and famed my divine reconception
famed my divine reconception

.

my heartstrings were frayed
amidst coarse enfilade
pulled in every which way and direction
twisted and tangled
hamfisted and mangled
yet angled towards sheer reflection
man made the organ i wear upon chest
an object of mortal affection
yet beneath—in its wake
lies a portal to some place
way deeper than most care to mention

.

a second brain exists within
less anal in retention
with the heart of a brave
i feel charmed to embrace
the birthplace of more innate connection

.
one celebratory of flaws and imperfection
migratory no more
for it feels cherished and adored

in pride of place—when wide awake
in safest keep—when deep asleep
the drapery of seamless dreams
that feed through intravenous means

.

ever bold with the lacquer of sheen
once untold in belief
long annulled—reenacting the scene
one can actually breathe when they’re seen and believed
when the chill of the breeze need not fracture serene
when the flame is ablaze
in each neighbouring vein
on parade—in persuasion unique
should this heartbeat of mine then conspire to grow weak
i know well to rely on the science of sleep

.

my heart is an emblem of all that i am
every ventricle blushed with the soul of romance
wide open when hopeful
most vocal unspoken
a token of all that i am

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Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of Truth and Dare pays homage to Get Down by M-D-Emm.

Listen to Truth and Dare by Richard Charles Stevens (Get Down Suite)

Love at first sight
First taste
First touch
That feeling revealing no ceiling to touch

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Love at first sight

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First taste
First touch

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Love at first sight
First taste
First touch
That feeling revealing no ceiling to touch
The sense of immenseness
Of leisured consensus
That led us to here
Where adventures are endless
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Every forever a feather so fetching
It need not to bleed to leave deepest impression
Ream upon ream of sweet dreams in succession
Taught the most heedful of lessons
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You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes

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The sense of immenseness
Of leisured consensus
That led us to here
Where adventures are endless

Led us to here
Where adventures are endless
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You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Yours the sacred name
Ours the great acclaim
You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Mine unshaken faith
Now we break away

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You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Yours the sacred name
Ours the great acclaim
You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Proud to stake our claim
Now we break away
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Dancing in the flames
We blaze the embers

(Now we break away)

Dancing in the flames
We blaze the embers

(Now we break away)
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Love at first sight
First taste
First touch
That feeling revealing no ceiling to touch

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Dancing in the flames
We blaze the embers

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Dancing in the flames
We blaze the embers

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Patience was key
Then to savour the sweetness
Anything less than fair play was beneath us
Better we kept this one treasure a secret
Till we reached here
Where the pleasures are ceaseless
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You’re the only truth I dared to prove
Yours the balm all harm to soothe
Ours the stance enhanced for two
Glancing past the last light fading
Baby we ignite the view
Dancing in the flames
We blaze the embers
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When the going gets tough
We’re all knowing
In touch to keep growing our love
For we’ve shown it enough
To make known such a diamond can grow in the rough
And be home every time that we touch
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Truth is I’m youthful
With you to commute to
Rooting out gains from the pains we’re immune to
Due to remaining
We knew either way
The future was ours
In the now as we choose to allow ourselves dues we accrued and make use of the tools to endow with the power to fuse
No ruses
No bruises
Pursuits too intrusive
Grounds to astound at our unbounded usage

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Two pairs of lips and their fair share of juices
One tongue too swift to be muted
No burden to bear
When we’re hurting we share
Our aversion to worsening words of despair
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Diversions are plentiful
Versions identical
Nursing each bleed
Defeat incomprehensible
Two hearts that beat through the sweetest of ventricles
Reasons to breathe evangelical
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Love at first sight
First taste
First touch
That feeling revealing no ceiling to touch
The sense of immenseness
Of leisured consensus
That led us to here
Where adventures are endless
.

Adventures are endless

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Adventures are endless

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That feeling revealing

Love at first sight

No ceiling to touch
First taste
First touch

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Patience was key
Then to savour the sweetness
Anything less than fair play was beneath us
Better we kept this one treasure a secret
Till we reached here
Where the pleasures are ceaseless
.

Adventures are endless
(Endless)

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You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Yours the sacred name
Ours the great acclaim
You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Mine unshaken faith
Now we break away

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You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Yours the sacred name
Ours the great acclaim
You’re the naked flame bright in my eyes
Proud to stake our claim
Now we break away

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Now we break away

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Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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The original version of Telling Kiss, named A Kiss To Tell has been published in All of Me Vol. I, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to and features lyrics from Magnet and Steel by Walter Egan. Featured art is by Cyril Rolando.

Listen to Telling Kiss by Richard Charles Stevens (Magnet and Steel Suite)

She moved in allegro
Faster than the speed of light
Master in technique of flight
In steepened height of season
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Breezing through the teasing leaves
Weaving with increasing ease
My eyes discerned a pleasing scene
The king in me perceived a queen
This had to be the most exquisite creature I had ever seen
Needed no more reason to proceed
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Requested that she lead
Could never question such prestige
This so rare noble title deemed
Exceeded token of esteem
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With you it’s alright
To show the way I feel
With you it’s divine
My secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel
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Sweet seraphim remembered from the one chimera left unspoiled
The only time I’ve ever felt conjoined
The reason why the term soulmate was coined
Two pieces of an ancient puzzle magnetised like steel
Together we shall reinvent the wheel
(Reinvent the wheel)
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With you it’s alright
To show the way I feel
With you it’s divine
My secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel

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For she indeed I would exceed the speed of light
Would remaster the entire technique of flight
Shuttle mountain ranges to the tree of life
For hers is flame that burns forever bright
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With you it’s alright
To show the way I feel
With you it’s divine
My secrets to reveal
For you are a magnet and I am steel

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For you are a magnet and I am steel

For you are a magnet and I am steel

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Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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A Kiss To Tell has been published in All of Me Vol. I, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Girls by ORAX. Featured art is by Cyril Rolando.

Listen to A Kiss To Tell by Richard Charles Stevens (Girl Suite)

I have seen her some place in my dreams
I have seen her some place in my dreams
I have seen her some place in my dreams
I have seen her some place in my dreams
(In my dreams)
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She moved in allegro
Faster than the speed of light
Master in technique of flight
Shuttled past the tree of life
In steepened height of season
.
Breezing through the teasing leaves
Weaving with increasing ease
My eyes discerned a pleasing scene
The king in me perceived a queen
This had to be the most exquisite creature I had ever seen
Needed no more reason to proceed
Needed no more reason to proceed
(In my dreams)
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As gentleman requested that she lead
(In my dreams)
No part of me could question such prestige
(In my dreams)
Never once more noble title deemed
(In my dreams)
Howbeit this some way exceeded token of esteem
For I had seen her some place in my dreams
(In my dreams)
I had seen her some place in my dreams
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While regularly sleep had been deployed
(In my dreams)
Effectively my reverie was rendered null and void
This seraphim remembered from the one chimera left unspoiled
The only time I’d ever felt conjoined
(In my dreams)
The reason why the term soulmate was coined
Two pieces of an ancient puzzle magnetised like steel
Together we could reinvent the wheel
Together we could reinvent the wheel
(In my dreams)
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No need to strike a deal with treaty infinitely struck
Gods may call me crazy but this lady brought the luck
(In my dreams)
Nothing nipped and nothing tucked
One endless stream of give-a-fucks
Boundless dreams to run amuck
And breathe in something real for once
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Breathe in something real for once
Breathe in something real for once
Breathe in something real for once
(In my dreams)
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Long since scathed by passion’s brunt
Impassioned now to brave its front
And pave the way for greater love
Engraved in bust of Venus
Had angels seen our faultless waltz
Then I’d have given very many pretty pennies merrily for any of their thoughts
Tossed them in the wishing well
Before my glossing lips could swell
For just one single flawless kiss to tell
(In my dreams)
Just one single flawless kiss to tell
Just one single flawless kiss to tell
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She moved in manner transcendental to both time and space
So much so that I have no remembrance of her face
Know her fragrant scent
Recall the taste of her embrace
For this one dream I’m never ever less than keen to chase
For she I would exceed the speed of light
For she I would remaster the entire technique of flight
For she I’d shuttle mountain ranges to the tree of life
For she is both the shadow and the light
And hers the flame that burns forever bright
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Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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