Saturday, July 4, 2020

EllaHarp and Simon Alexander - Free Saturday (“FL&R”)


     Finding songs that can be legally downloaded is easy. The difficult task is to find legally downloadable music that we recommend. Our plan is to post at least one Free, Legal and Recommended (FL&R) song each Saturday.

     The harp, vocals, harmonies and percussion are all EllaHarp, which is the performance name of Ella Dawn Jenkins, a harpist, vocalist and songwriter based in the San Francisco Bay Area (Half Moon Bay). “Screaming Into the Void” is the title track of her upcoming album. The album is scheduled for release in Fall 2020.

     “Screaming Into the Void” by EllaHarp – name your price


“Screaming Into the Void” by EllaHarp
Write to the possible before you
Sing of the trouble and the true
Send it to the emptiness and never tell
Blow it a kiss and wish it well
And scream

Scream into the void
You're dreaming
Your screaming into the void
And silence is louder than noise
loud loud loud loud loud

Time it's the enemy, it's the only thing we own
The waiting game is never shown to you
Wait longer, ask more, ask less
Be better, just do your best
And scream

Scream into the void
You're dreaming
You’re screaming into the void
And silence is louder than noise
Loud loud loud loud loud

Loud loud loud

One grain of sand in the sea
One little voice in the millions of people
A hundred times in a day
Chase the fear that runs

And drives you like a fire in the sun
Drives you like a fire in the sun
Like fire, fire, fire
And scream

Scream into the void
You're dreaming
You’re screaming into the void
Keep dreaming
Keep screaming into the void
And silence is louder than noise
Loud loud loud loud loud

Loud loud loud

     This year, Simon Alexander re-released “Home.” In explaining the song, he said:
 My grandfather grew up in Austria, in a city surrounded by mountains. Ever since I was a child I have wanted to go there, and a couple of summers ago while traveling Europe, I finally did. All by myself. I ventured up to the tallest mountain, sat down near the top, and started writing this song called 'Home'. My solitude, the sheer beauty and my devout bond to this place made me feel closer to being alive then perhaps ever. I felt that no matter what we want in life we all seek for a place to call home, and this was mine.

     “Home” by Simon Alexander 



Lyrics of “Home” by Simon Alexander
I’ve been so far away, in this beautiful blur
my mind was led astray by the silence that occurred
in the slumber of a child bedded by the blues
I might just stay a while, it’s what I need to do

Believe I’m sent here to roam,
but all I need is a place to call home.

The sun has been my light in the absence of her
but when it leaves at night it’s nobody’s concern
among the stick and stone I’ve learnt to be alone
but not knowing what is right I’d rather stay unknown

Believe I’m sent here to roam,
no need for sympathy ’cause all I need is a place to call home.

I’ve filled my lungs with gravel from the roads I’ve walked
a cage to rattle, blooded by what I sought
for a place that I call home

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