This arrangement of Echoes of Eternity pays homage to Music Takes You by Blame.

Listen to Echoes of Eternity by Richard Charles Stevens (Music Takes You Suite)

Echoes of eternity repeating

Repeating
Repeating
Repeating
Repeating
.
I shall ne’er forget the day
Archangels fell in love
Scattered from the heavens in the promise of retelling
Kisses in remembrance of the lips that swelled to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
.
Echoes of eternity repeating
.
Pleading for a love so grand
That open hands alone can only dream to chaperone its safest keeping
Fingertips that glance the hearts of those so gently weeping
Charmed by calm caresses even when they cease their beating
Fleeting in remembrance of the lips that swelled to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
Fleeting in remembrance of the lips that swelled to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
Fleeting in remembrance of the lips that swelled to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
.
I shall ne’er forget the day
I wept away the tears of rain
Impressed upon the soiled terrain
Reclaimed from toil of solitude
Embracing bloom of May through June
Of yesterdays gone way too soon
Todays resumed to rumour of tomorrows sun and moon
Through whom the light and shade parade in tasteful tune
Chasing rainbows opportune
To braid them through the sky’s surprise
Appraise the light
Delight in fragrant bloom
(Repeating)

Chasing rainbows opportune
To braid them through the sky’s surprise
Appraise the light
Delight in fragrant bloom
.
I shall ne’er forget the day
I sat astride the bayside crying
Sought a way to break this spell
Felt compelled to dying trying
Testifying death-defying ventures brave exemplifying
Tinted rose hip recollections
Hinted at redressed projections
Dignified of blessed reflection
Clear as sheerest Crystalline
Dignified of blessed reflection
Clear as sheerest Crystalline
Dignified of blessed reflection
Clear as sheerest Crystalline
.
I shall ne’er forget the day
The way it made a play for night
To scale the heights of great acclaim
And stake a claim on trading rights
Melting ice in swelter of engendering delight
Making haven safe then taking shelter deep inside
Leaping blind to take the reins of secrets of the mind
Make them into daisy chains
And reminisce on lazy days
Lounging in the hazy shade of all four seasons twined
Settling the skyline as it freshens in unique horizon
Bleeding truth from eyes that weep in keeping with a high tide steeped in diamonds
.
I shall ne’er forget the day I died
(Repeating)
I shall ne’er forget the sweet embrace that breathed me back to life

.
I shall ne’er forget the way we played charades and masqueraded one-time lives through playful art of mime
(Repeating)
I shall ne’er forget the trace of fingertips across this heart of mine
(Repeating)
(Repeating)
(Repeating)
I shall ne’er forget to wear their signature in place of greatest pride
(Repeating)
(Repeating)
(Repeating)
(Repeating)
I shall ne’er forget the day
The angels fell in love
I shall lend great urgency to fervently retelling
Kisses in remembrance of the lips that e’er swell to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
Kisses in remembrance of the lips that e’er swell to greet them
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity repeating
.
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
.
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
.
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity repeating
Echoes of eternity
Echoes of eternity
.
I shall ne’er forget the day
Archangels fell in love
Scattered from the heavens in the promise of retelling
Kisses in remembrance of the lips that swelled to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
.
Pleading for a love so grand
That open hands alone can only dream to chaperone its safest keeping
Fingertips that glance the hearts of those so gently weeping
Charmed by calm caresses even when they cease their beating
Fleeting in remembrance of the lips that swelled to greet them
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
.
Echoes of eternity repeating
(Repeating)
Echoes of eternity repeating
.
Repeating

(repeat to close)
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of i Want pays homage to Stay The Night by Zedd feat. Hayley Williams. Featured art is by Marco Escobedo.

Listen to i Want by Richard Charles Stevens (Stay The Night Suite)

i Want it
i Want the fairytale and all that it proposes
i Want to drop the shawl and run wild through the roses
i Want to seek the deepest truth within and willfully expose it
.
i Want it
To traverse the path I’ve chosen
With the worth of brave returning interwoven
To defer the waves that change our pace when broken
To prefer the way our hearts parade when open
To seek the light in darker shades
Succeed despite debacle days
Proceed through secret garden maze
And bleed to seed the startup phase
i Want it
Every i Love you unspoken
To be childlike in delivery and lifelike in its motion
.
i Want it
To embrace the hum of overrunning ocean
To see illumination coming
Cradle its devotion
To play among the sun rays spun
Delay the moon with sense of fun
Then whence it cometh
Head to summit
Rummage through the stars becoming
Plummet to the depths of me
To rise up in ascendency
Slow heel to toe
Reveal there is no end to me
Essentially make sense of dreams
That set a scene most zestfully
When bleak mists whisper destiny
Lean in for sweet kiss breathlessly
.
Life is too short to be caught napping when the rapping at my chamber door implores that I place best foot forth
Remapping course
Endorsed by happy thoughts long sought
No longer in the brambles caught
Life no more grand lesson taught
Than how to rise from trampled fall
All of me is all I had to grab a lifeline fast
Great woe had befallen me
Yet audibly at least had passed
At last a cease to self-decree
An end to start
To reconvene
A beating heart uniquely themed
The greeting card to all who see
The all of me incautiously bequeathed
Scenic art to reinforce belief
Reenergised in eyes delighting sketch designs
That testify intensified incline
To see mankind survive the night
Outstay the moon and break on through
To play among the sun rays spun
Then whence it cometh
Overrun the summit
With a sense of fun
.
i Want to make a fairytale
And set sail to become it
With a pocketful of pebbles and a rebel cause of courage
i Want it
Every braveheart to embark on artful flourish
For i Wish to see a masterpiece encouraged
.
i Wish to see a masterpiece encouraged
.
i Want it
To embrace the hum of overrunning ocean
To see illumination coming
Cradle its devotion
To play among the sun rays spun
Delay the moon with sense of fun
Then whence it cometh
Head to summit
Rummage through the stars becoming
Plummet to the depths of me
To rise up in ascendency
Slow heel to toe
Reveal there is no end to me
Essentially make sense of dreams
That set a scene most zestfully
When bleak mists whisper destiny
Lean in for sweet kiss breathlessly
.
i Want to make a fairytale
And set sail to become it
With a pocketful of pebbles and a rebel cause of courage
i Want it
Every braveheart to embark on artful flourish
For i Wish to see a masterpiece encouraged
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of A Thing or Two of Such About pays homage to NAKED (Uphoria Remix) by AD†AM.

Listen to A Thing or Two of Such About by Richard Charles Stevens (Naked Suite)

Take a shine to luxury

Take a shine to luxury

Where destiny abounds
.
I know a thing or two about recovery
Of trading in the old me for another me
The voyage one takes to greatest rediscovery
When faced with strife contrived to illustrate a life destabilised
And take a shine
.
To master our own puppetry
Untangling our strings
As we were not supplied with wings to simply dangle
Shambling through pre-production
Angling for reconstruction
Handling our business
With ambition lifting gifted function
Lived-in we may be
But need not labour on assumption
We are fated to narrate a mazy tangle

Too late in the day to make pretend I lend consent to fate
To see me dress lament upon descent

.
I know a thing or two about the voices in my head
The choice where I decline to pay great mind to the lamentable suggestion that the quest is geometric to the end
When relevant to essence better spent
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Make a great eruption kid
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Make a great eruption kid
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Make a great eruption kid
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Where destiny abounds
.
I was barely seventeen when I first dreamt of reinvention
Identity was hesitant at best
That was then
And this is now
High time to envisage how to give a more preeminent address
Essentially belief is long-term memory redeemed
The extrasensory unsheathe of virtuous blade
Only when we bleed
Can we be clearly seen to breathe
And credence thereby steeps the breeze
To turn the page
.
I know a thing or two of light and day
Renewing right of way
To do or die entitled either way
Reliance placed a smile unto my wizened face
As I remained the same way facing
Famed in pride of place
I know a thing or two of why we shy away from diamond trade
On slightest trace of unsustained devout
Yet still I stand here unafraid
Of death’s caress and tired tirade
To side with fate when destiny abounds
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Make a great eruption kid
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Make a great eruption kid
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Make a great eruption kid
.

Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Where destiny abounds
.
I know a thing or two about recovery
Of trading in the old me for another me
The voyage one takes to greatest rediscovery
When faced with strife contrived to illustrate a life destabilised
And take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
Take a shine to luxury
.
(I know a thing or two about)
I know a thing or two of why we shy away from diamond trade
On slightest trace of unsustained devout
Yet still I stand here unafraid
Of death’s caress and tired tirade
To side with fate when destiny abounds
.

I know a thing or two of grounds
To leap profoundly
Breach the boundary
Sleeping soundly
Whereby dreams be found
I know a thing or two of such about
I know a thing or two of such about
.

Too late in the day to make pretend I lend consent to fate
To see me dress lament upon descent

.

Too late in the day to make pretend I lend consent to fate
To see me dress lament upon descent

.
I know a thing or two about the voices in my head
The choice where I decline to pay great mind to the lamentable suggestion that the quest is geometric to the end
Intent on setting precedent for eloquence self-evident when relevant to essence better spent
Besides I’m not the kind of guy to vent
Besides I’m not the kind of guy to vent

.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of Articulate pays homage to Forever Free by Try Unity.

Listen to Articulate by Richard Charles Stevens (Forever Free Suite)

writing isn’t therapy to me
it’s nothing short of everything to me
words don’t let me down
when i’m found drowning
all at sea
words help me to practice with exactness what i preach
writing isn’t therapy to me
and so you see
i’ll do so proudly and allow myself to breathe
(articulate)
.
mine is far from hobby
need not lobby for a vote
leave me feeling groggy
when i’m commonly provoked
tease me as an oddity
relieve me as commodity
to see me be dishonourably revoked

words give me relief
when I’m forced down upon my knees

words don’t let me doubt myself
and leave me ill at ease
on a wing and prayer
words will not lean to doctrinaire
deem it obscene to share the hopes and dreams i openly declare

.
words remind me kindly of deserted trail behind me
as they guide me to the light some way before me
words don’t change their story
when i’m taking inventory
while the details may be gory
i’m a brief tale from repair
.

.
my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my love in bid sincere to live through art
.
my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my cavalier heart moved to cheer the parts
(of every bled rose red dead set to dance)
.

my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my love in bid sincere to live through art

(of every bled rose red dead set to dance)

.

my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my love in bid sincere to live through art

(of every bled rose red dead set to dance)

.

my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my cavalier heart moved to cheer the parts

(of every bled rose red dead set to dance)
.
dead set to dance

dead set to dance

dead set to dance
my cavalier heart moved to cheer the parts
of every bled rose red dead set to dance
(articulate)
.
words cut through vast swathe of haze
on lazy days and danger nights
words revere sincerely glaze of tears that stain my angel eyes
words deny unkind persuasion hasten to decline
therefore by association
straighten wavered line
once i die
in full flight
words will scale the greatest heights
elevating skies
as they gracefully rise
elevating skies
as they gracefully rise
for all time

(articulate)
.
unmistakably words claim my right to reprise
the performance of all former lives realigned
thus inviting the lightning to strike in the heart
of a viking brave
spartan
or lion with mane

.
words are my way to say
i’m okay when reclining in the light entwined with hibernating shade
words parade the twain
and not a verse be slurred in vain
even in the blur of rain
my words concur with playtime thriving
striving to identify the cloud to prize its silver lining
words are entire universes furthermore defining
through enlightenment entitlement and cycles of reprise
words are diamonds
vital source to shine
.
words don’t let me down
when i’m found drowning
all at sea
words help me to practice with exactness what i preach

words remind me kindly of deserted trail behind me
as they guide me to the light some way before me
writing isn’t therapy to me
and so you see
i’ll do so proudly and allow myself to breathe

.

writing isn’t therapy to me
and so you see
i’ll do so proudly and allow myself to breathe
(articulate)

.
my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my love in bid sincere to live through art
(articulate)
.
my thoughts
my hopes
my fears
my tears
my sweat
my blood
as souvenirs
my cavalier heart moved to cheer the parts
of every bled rose red dead set to dance
.
dead set to dance

dead set to dance

dead set to dance
my cavalier heart moved to cheer the parts
of every bled rose red dead set to dance

(articulate)
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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The original version of The Swallow and the Blackbird has been published in All of Me Vol. V, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. This arrangement pays homage to Bohemian Like You by The Dandy Warhols. Featured art is by Brooke Shaden.

Listen to The Swallow and the Blackbird by Richard Charles Stevens (Bohemian Suite)

Riddle me this
A keepsake kiss to remember you by when I’m gone
Should I die then I won’t be gone long
For I know now of where I belong
Having heard the blackbird in full song
I know now of where I belong
.
It was snagged on a bough in the here and the now
Then appeared to have since fled the scene
It was everywhere about me yet unseen
Thus profoundly I proceeded kneeling in the quilted leaves
Gazed up at the wilting trees and still they painted evergreen
The same portrait that hung in pride of place within forever dreams
Wide awake my eyes relayed the hideaway a child once claimed
A secret place where fireflies traced the outline of two highs embraced
This tidal wave wed bridle reins of idle days and cycle lanes
Of pirate raids and tire chain smiles
That pulled taut thoughts that sprawled for miles
.
Riddle me this
A keepsake kiss to remember you by when I’m gone
Should I die then I won’t be gone long
For I know now of where I belong
Having heard the blackbird in full song
Having heard the blackbird in full song
I know now of where I belong
Having heard the blackbird in full song
.
Honest to a fault
No mortal fraught or taught denial
Two bottle rockets caught between their altered course awhile
.
When the night became of day
We huddled in our haven safe
Within the hollow of the oak
The swallow and the blackbird woke
The only home they’d known was here
A vicious gust had blown them clear
The wind pinned back their only hope
To snatch and catch a single tear
To carry forth a souvenir
Before their ashes disappeared
.
Riddle me this
A keepsake kiss to remember you by when I’m gone
Should I die then I won’t be gone long
For I know now of where I belong
Of the heart inside still beating strong
Having heard the blackbird in full song
.
Gazed up at the wilting trees and still they painted evergreen
The same portrait that hung in pride of place within forever dream
While wide awake my eyes relayed the hideaway a child once claimed
A secret place where fireflies traced the outline of two highs embraced
This tidal wave wed bridle reins of idle days and cycle lanes
Of pirate raids and tire chain smiles
That pulled taut thoughts that sprawled for miles
.
Riddle me this
A keepsake kiss to remember you by when I’m gone
Should I die then I won’t be gone long
For I know now of where I belong
Of the heart inside still beating strong
Having heard the blackbird in full song
Having heard the blackbird in full song
Having heard the blackbird in full song
.
Returned to hear the blackbird sing
To learn the secret of its wing
To turn my eye towards the skies
As high above the quartz
It flies
Dwarfing space
Relacing time
The swallow and the blackbird climb
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of Double Axel pays homage to Helicopter by Bloc Party. Title art is by GraniaA.

Listen to Double Axel by Richard Charles Stevens (Helicopter Suite)

Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
.

Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
.

Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
.
As she skated the rink
In the blink of an eye
I negated to breathe
Any more than a sigh
The storm clouds perceived were unthinkably mild
Overseen by a child inexplicably wild

.
As she skated the rink
To the steepest toe pick
I discerned the vaguest whisper of a smile
.

As she skated the rink
To the steepest toe pick
I discerned the vaguest whisper of a smile
.
I glanced all about me
In state of confusion
Elated mistaking my favourite illusion

.

Ours would be a love of great divine

.
Unless by the farthest stretch of my imagination
She was facing me with every kiss when her lips duly blew them

.

Ours a love famed of great divine
.
Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned
.

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned
.

Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
Would have done the same
Had I not been trained to remain polite
.
I felt unseen fusion of fear and captivation
Some way beyond my keen articulation
As she skated the rink
In the blink of an eye
My dreams received the sweetest themed narration
.

Inflamed I discerned the vaguest whisper of a smile
Unchanging was its flicker
Not a glimmer of denial
Life had paraded so many a trial
As I downwardly spiralled
Undetected

.
Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
So how could I then fail to be affected
.

Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
So how could I then fail to be affected
.

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned
.

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned

Lost in a melody
Found within reverie
Heavenly
Togetherly
And tenderly crowned

.
Angel eyes
And graceful lines
Across the ice
Her name she signed
This time felt inclined to do the same
Renew a vital flame
In view of my enlightened faith
I knew through to the final fade
The light and shade were ours
To braid in twine
.
Her figure of eight
Was unweighted and freighted the brave air about her
In grace celebrated
I waited impatiently
Like a kid basically
Vacantly gazing skybound
As she skated the rink
In the blink of an eye
My eyes dressed the sight of resound
As we gleaned the adulation of the crowd
As we gleaned the adulation of the crowd
.

Divine delight projected
Through foresight in kind directed
To the redefined light vested
While our run of nines was bested
As we leapt we swept the board
To be blessed exact accord
For our flawless double axel
Not a judge begrudged reward
Felt no less than apt award
Perfect tens expressly scored
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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Beating the Machine is a verse I wrote in 2020 challenging the increasing trend of public shaming on social platforms. And a frank narrative as to how the tabloid media, in particular, are acting as attack force. In a sense, it is an open letter to mankind. Saying, quite simply, please be kind. This arrangement pays homage to Bang Ya Head by Wargasm.

Listen to Beating The Machine by Richard Charles Stevens (The Headbanger Suite)

Let’s run through it

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

Do we not see

That we are feeding the machine

Hating others openly

Is needlessly obscene

Do we not appreciate the weakness of our schemes

We live to be facetious

It’s as heedless as it seems

.

Making crude assumption based on reams of skewed pretence

Screaming bloody murder when we muse the need to vent

Every hateful word is one much later we’ll repent

For thirty silver pieces are fictitious when they’re spent

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

All the while

The media are pulling all the strings

Growing ever seedier and clipping all our wings

They create the narrative

Each time the songbird sings

Anything to get us good and riled

.

They consider us too weak to seek a greater understanding

Meek and mild

Defiled by each decree they have a hand in

Sworn to oath to be the most esteemed earth-born companions

Not a one foreseen to be upstanding

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

The vision they attest is really no less than outlandish

For they brandish weapons some way from pristine

Lengths they will traverse to hurt are needlessly obscene

Indeed they’re every bit as heedless as they seem

.

Needling each seedling unto the point of bleed

Draining veins

Anointing joints with chloroform and bleach

Joining every dot

To further populate their reach

Blotting each horizon with disease

(Let’s run through it)

.

Winning isn’t everything

Indeed it’s barely anything

When victory admits defeat to beaten victims perishing

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Love runs through it

Hate defiles

.

Love is fluid

Hate is bile

Let’s run through it

Break disguise

.

All the while

We puppeteers are pulling all the strings

Growing in enormity and broadening our wings

Should we create the narrative

Each time the songbird sings

Then we’re anything but beaten in the wild

.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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Writhe is an original work, inspired by Andrzej Żuławski’s 1981 film, Possession. This arrangement pays homage to Everywhere You Go (Fury Weekend Remix) by Scandroid.

Listen to Writhe by Richard Charles Stevens (Everywhere Suite)

𓆚
Writhe again
Writhe again
Writhe again
𓆚
Writhe again
Writhe again
Ride again
𓆚
Dark angel
Please do take a seat
At my table
And pour yourself a tipple of your choice
Raise a toast
To gracious host
As maître d’
I’m favoured most
To solve the ancient riddle of your voice
𓆚
Part your lips
Impart a kiss
That whispers where the party is
Grip my heart
And strip its bark
To frisk the barb of arteries
Bleed them dry
With evil eye
Upon the flesh
You cleave aside
Equalising no less than a masterpiece
𓆚
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
𓆚
Dark angel
Your thorns are my porn
Slide in the blade
While my veins are still warm
Flay me
Betray me
Sweet sister of mercy
For luck may be a lady
But she’s shady when she curtsies
𓆚
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
𓆚
Writhe again
Writhe again
Ride again
𓆚
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
𓆚
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
𓆚
Writhe again
Writhe again
Writhe again
𓆚
Writhe again
Writhe again
Ride again
𓆚
Death becomes
Each breath undone
To breathe my black lung white
Inviting
Death becomes
Each breath undone
To breathe my black lung white
Inviting dead of night to dress up to the ball
Sooner seal my fate
Than wait a plateful of eternities
To dine with one so tastefully unborn
𓆚
Dark angel
In this moment
I am shadow
In thy name
The narrows of my mind
Confide of sanctified terrain
Herein
Deep in the marrow
Hallowed earth
Bids curse refrain
For nature versus nurture
Offers blessing to be gained
Herein shade
Is dearly slain
To bleed the need to breathe again
And seize the day
Dark angel
In thy name
Divine is thy eternal thirst to slake
Divine is thy eternal thirst to slake
Divine is thy eternal thirst to slake
𓆚

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of 1-800 Sundial pays homage to Do It So Good by Wargasm.

Listen to 1-800 Sundial by Richard Charles Stevens (Done Good Suite)

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
(Spun)
.

Remember always

The smile of a flower

The taste of a kiss from the sun

The endless walkways you have faced

And the grace with which every foot race has been run

.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun

Remember always

The tears of every duct once wrung

The years you nearly came undone

The days when clearly you played dumb

The weeks that soon changed into months

Defeats paraded all at once

Then take great comfort from all you have overcome

Take great comfort from all you have overcome

Take great comfort from all you have overcome

.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
(Spun)
.

Remember always

The smile of a flower

The taste of a kiss from the sun

The endless walkways you have faced

And the grace with which every foot race has been run

.

Remember always

The games you played in school hallways

The way it felt when out of place

The cards they dealt

The poker face

Knowing full well you were different from the rest of the curriculum

The silence that replaced your rightful place to be articulate

Remember always

That there was one thing in particular

That made you most dissimilar to those whose hopes lay wasted

.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
.

Every sun kiss tasted

Is a day redecorated

To midsummer night a dream

And every reason left to chase it

Naked to the flowers which empower bones to enthrone them

Hero of the hour with towering heart apart wide open

Remember always

That every shower tides the ocean

Once we glance behind to power forward motion

Glance behind to power forward motion

Glance behind to power forward motion

.

Remember always

The miles you traversed

The curses you lifted

The furthered ellipsis

The taste of a kiss from the sun

The endless walkways you have run

And the grace with which you ably overcome

Remember

All the ways

To taste the sun
(Taste the sun)

.

Remember

All the ways

To taste

Remember

All the ways

To taste

Remember

All the ways

To taste the sun
(Spun)

.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
(Spun)
.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
(Spun)
.

Remember always

The games you played in school hallways

The way it felt when out of place

The cards they dealt

The poker face

Knowing full well you were different from the rest of the curriculum

The silence that replaced your rightful place to be articulate

Remember always

That there was one thing in particular

That made you most dissimilar to those whose hopes lay wasted

.

Spun from the lace

Of another time and place

And in contrary way

You’ve barely just begun
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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This arrangement of  Namasté pays homage to If I Know You by The Presets. For my beloved wife Sharon Louise on her birthday. I love you baby, Fly.

Listen to Namasté by Richard Charles Stevens (Knowing Suite)

Namasté
I bow to the divine in your eyes
And each true colour I see shining through
For every shade and hue reveals
A piece of you
No thief could steal

A piece of you
No thief would dare to steal

.

Namasté
I bow to the divine in your eyes
Each true colour I see shining through

Bathed in white light
For every shade and hue reveals
A piece of you
No thief could steal

A piece of you
No thief would dare to steal

From your naked smile

.

Even when my heart stands still
I feel you beat within it
It climbs atop the peak
For every time you sneak a visit
Each night
The floorboards creak
They speak your name
And I am bound to the persuasion of the feeling this elicits

.

Namasté
I bow to the divine in you
And each true colour I see shining through
For every shade and hue reveals
A piece
No thief could steal
A piece of you
No thief would dare to steal

From your naked smile

.

No need to take my heart
When I am well at ease to give it
No need to cast a spell
To tell my lips
To breathe in symmetry
My flesh veil need not limit me
When thine is a more blessèd trail
No need to use my eyes to see
Beyond the pale advice to seek

.
Would sooner speak
In silent tongue
Than see your dreams in strife among
Would rather die
Than testify no sight of where my life begun
.
Would sooner speak
In silent tongue
Than see your dreams in strife among
Would rather die
Than testify no sight of where my life begun
.

Namasté
I bow to the divine in you
And each true colour I see shining through
For every shade and hue reveals
A piece
No thief could steal
A piece of you
No thief would dare to steal

From your naked smile

.

For such fine beauty
Thine is duty far outreaching civic
My sweetest dream’s forever scene has never been more vivid

.

For such fine beauty
Thine is duty far outreaching civic
My sweetest dream’s forever scene has never been more vivid

.
My death day
As had been foretold
As I recall
The air was cold
The mist was thick
My eyes had dulled
The candle down to wick
Yet I felt amplified and lifted
Needed to be gifted one thing mystic charmed and true
.
That one thing
In a psalm
My love
Is you
.

Namasté
I bow to the divine in you
And every sweeping vine of you
That feeds my heart’s reclining root
For every piece of you that spills
My arteries are seen to fill
No thief could steal
A masterpiece
Defeat the will defining you
And as for me
I’m merely keen to set the scene providing dues
Reminding you
That you are seen
As mystic ever charmed and true

.

Some way from lost
When found anew
No faith betossed
On grounds of rue
Shall never stop
Renowning you
Shall never cease belief
That every piece of you
Is piece of me
And I would give my last
To see you breathe

.
Every piece of you
Is piece of me
And I would give my last
To see you breathe
(repeat to close)
.

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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