I recently was given a Yamaha PS-55 musical keyboard to play around with and I wanted to try to make a piece of music using only the sounds it could make. Almost all sounds except the piano come from this home keyboard from 1983! The keyboard belongs to my uncle and I remember playing on it often when I visited his house and being fascinated with the sounds it could make. The sad thing is that my uncle has now moved into a care home, so I've been helping my family a little bit with sorting and clearing out his place.

This ended up being a short song - a song about a cruel thief called dementia.

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Ooo it's fading away

Time's fading away now

Ooo it's fading away

Time's fading away now

When was the last time

That you ever felt confused

And lonely at a party

Full of friends?

Important conversations

From just yesterday

Seem somehow out of reach

And out of view

Ooo it's fading away

Time's fading away now

Ooo it's fading away

Time's fading away now

Say goodbye

It was nice meeting you

But I won't remember your name

Say goodbye

It was nice knowing you

But I won't remember your face

Empty cupboards

And empty rooms

That's all you remember

Faded conversations

And things

Your face not familiar

Say goodbye

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