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Festival of the Living Rooms #1

by Jela Schmidt

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1.
Avocado Song 02:36
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Avocado Song Job and household, obligations Take my time and try my patience Still I jump at every task I volunteer before you even ask You invite me to a party? I can make snacks, sweet or hearty Decorate the room for you? I´ll help you pack the special gift bags, too! Cause I have a dozen hands and my day has extra hours And eating avocados surely gives me super powers I whirl and twirl and sing a happy tune I think that I won´t need a break too soon Fever shivers, brain like cotton Honestly I feel quite rotten Still I carry me to work Because my brain is definitely a jerk If I stayed home I´d thought me lazy, Now my colleagues call me crazy And a bio hazard too – I would say the same if it was you But I have a dozen hands and my day has extra hours And eating avocados surely gives me super powers I whirl and twirl and sing a happy tune And promise I will take a break quite soon Vacation time, I am so tired Rest and sleep are much desired But I have so much to do And not much time in which to see it through I hop to, if only slowly In the name of all that´s holy How did I fall into this trap? When all I really wanted was a nap! Because I have just two hands and my day no extra hours Not even avocados can give me super powers To whirl and twirl and sing a happy tune I promise I will take a break- I fear that I will break my neck If I don´t really take a break quite soon!
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Around the Bend 02:44
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Around the bend From my office window I can see a path by the garden gate In my mind I've walked it often but I always work too late The path it leads into the woods and then bends out of sight One day I'll be exploring there but just no tonight When I walk out the door the path is calling me The trees they beckon, come and see What hides behind the bend What can be seen beyond the rolling hills What lies across the brook Maybe I should heed that call today and just go have a look? But everyday I leave that path alone Everyday I head straight on for home There is not many a mystery in an ordinary day Adventures surely wait for me but I just can't find the way Only when I close my eyes I can follow the path, you see Around the bend, I am sure, a new world waits for me When I walk out the door the path is calling me The trees they beckon, come and see What hides behind the bend What can be seen beyond the rolling hills What lies across the brook Maybe I should heed that call today and just go have a look? But everyday I leave that path alone Everyday I head straight on for home What hides behind the bend What can be seen beyond the rolling hills What lies across the brook Maybe I should heed that call today and just go have a look? But everyday I leave that path alone Everyday I head straight on for home What hides behind the bend?
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Cinderella Story 03:35
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A Cinderella Story I lived in a fairytale that is both new and old You've heard it often but there are things you're never told I will not lie but I will try to tell the other side Of tears and of pain, of love that's been denied I tell you of a girl who has always been alone, of a mother, who was evil, and a house that was no home He was her second husband, she was his second wife They married in the hope to start a second life He could not learn to love her ambition and her pride She could not forgive that he still mourned his first bride He and his daughter had a bond we could not share, so my mother, she turned evil, my new father didn't care I’d longed to have a sister, a friend to share my heart But she resented me and mother as intruders, from the start I did not wish her harm, but I envied what she had A home a place and friends, a kind and caring dad I was afraid of many things but what scared me most, was a mother who was evil and a man who loved a ghost When my sister met her destiny, a prince she could wed The house turned cold and empty, my new fathers' eyes turned sad His grief turned to anger and so he turned on me My mother locked me out and I had nowhere to flee He had lost at his daughters wedding all that he held dear, for my mother was still evil so my nights were filled with fear May they live forever after, happy, or near enough Romance will turn to partnership, as the fairytale wears off My sister'll be content as any mother sure can be Her prince, the gentle ruler, will bounce babies on his knee But amid all that glory, I just want to remind, every Cinderella Story holds a girl who's left behind
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Doctor Who 03:46
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Doctor Who Doctor when, Doctor how, Doctor where/ Will you ever find someone to share More than the adventure, more than just space To ease the pain being the last of your race Our sky is not orange, the grass only green But in eyes simply human real love can be seen Will you ever feel so safe as to try? Doctor how, Doctor what, Doctor why? Doctor which, Doctor why, Doctor who/ If you lost Rose, just what would you do? Would you seek another garden, Would you pluck another bloom Would you ask her Mom’s pardon, Would you dance again soon? Would you go back to the day that she died? Would you save her and then hold her tight? Would you tell her you love her, would you tell her you care? Doctor when, Doctor how, Doctor where? Doctor which, Doctor how, Doctor what/ Does it take to trust in your heart And not keep it a secret, not hide it within But to speak it out plainly to loose or to win You are safe in your Tardis, safe out of time You stay but a moment, to dazzle and shine You break the hearts of those who have one You have two and should be doubly strong And yet, you don’t dare say the word The last chance, to make yourself heard Will you ever trust love again? Doctor how, Doctor where, Doctor when? Pray that the world takes pity on you Hope that Rose will find a way through She will make it come true Doctor when, Doctor what, Doctor who
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Fall in Love 03:01
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Fall in Love Fall paints leaves in colors bright, wind is in my face I walk among the trees, the light draws patterns in this place Brown and golden, dusty dry, summer’s glory fallen down Leaf by leaf, remembered life, covering the ground And I miss you Candles brighten up the room, a warm and gentle glow The day is done the night is come, I let my worries go Smoke of incense, shadow lines, difficult to see I think about how I feel when you look at me Remembered love fills my heart like echoes of the sun While I miss you I still know, when the time has come We’ll meet again and one touch will Make the silence in my heart Grow still You do not see my imperfections, or rather yes, you do But in your eyes they are all right, and when I look at you My fears and doubts just melt away, my heart takes to the skies It’s easier to love me, when I’m looking through your eyes I wish that I could learn to look at me in the same way Forgiving, loving, caring, kind as gentle as I may And while I learn that maybe I can also do my part And show you how to see yourself when looking through my heart Remembered love fills my heart like echoes of the sun While I miss you I still know, when the time has come We’ll meet again and one touch will Make the silence in my heart Grow still
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Hold my Light 03:26
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Hold my Light I am always surprised that not everybody knows The feeling of dread and fear that only grows and grows Until it covers everything, swallows every hope And I just wish someone could help me cope When the brightness hurts my eyes, will you hold my light? Will you keep it safe, burning through the night? So my darkness does not dim it, does not steal the glow So I can rest and sleep and be sure to know That when the shadows lift and I can once more see You are there and can return my light to me I know that when it hits me, I always turn away That I grow cold and distant and keep people at bay When you cannot read my tone, my stance or my face It means I have already lost the race When the brightness hurts my eyes, will you hold my light? Will you keep it safe, burning through the night? So my darkness does not dim it, does not steal the glow So I can rest and sleep and be sure to know That when the shadows lift and I can once more see You are there and can return my light to me When I push you away, is when I need your aid When I say „oh its nothing“ it means that I‘m afraid When I end each sentence laughing, when I smile too bright It means I really need you by my side When the brightness hurts my eyes, will you hold my light? Will you keep it safe, burning through the night? So my darkness does not dim it, does not steal the glow So I can rest and sleep and be sure to know That when the shadows lift and I can once more see You are there and can return my light to me
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Mosaic 03:21
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Mosaic Walls are everywhere around me Tight passages, corners, shadowplay No beginning or end that I can see If that is not enough who is to blame? Every wall that’s standing in my way or only in my view Offers safety and protection but I just want to break through I am lost in a labyrinth of dreams Caged, kept behind glass What is really me, what do I try to be So that I would not have to be alone? Stone on stone I see only where I fail Am I too large or is the path too tight? Is there a meaning hidden in the veil? Where does this lead? No answer that I find! The wall that’s standing in my way can no longer hold me Bit by bit I tear it down – and I am free But everywhere I just see broken dreams Fragments of colored glass I’m surrounded by light, but every step‘s a plight Not one way leads through this shattered sea Only time that you grant yourself can smooth a fractured heart Calm and serenity will link shard to shard The space between is filled when it sounds as from afar with a song of wind and leaf and like a falling star Glows under me a mosaic of dreams And I am dancing on colored glass Carried by maybe, and by no longer me From not wanted anymore to change from shore to shore Flows under me a mosaic of dreams Shimmering shining glass
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Pyjama Song 02:41
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Pyjama Song Some people want to live among the stars They yearn to see Mercury, Venus or Mars Space calls out to their soul and sings in their heart With every shuttle that leaves for the sky They wish that one day they also could fly Even if there was no return they would long to depart But we already are among the stars We have a place in endless space Earth is a planet too We call her planet blue In the vastness of space with stars all around Why should I seek what I have already found We all live among the stars from the day we are born Saturn and Neptune both circle our sun They have their moons just like we have one When I look up at the sky how could I feel forlorn? Because we already are among the stars We have a place in endless space Earth is a planet too We call her planet blue We´ll keep dreaming and searching til we find a way Knowing even if we have to stay Pluto and Jupiter are our homeworlds´ kin Even if we never leave earth behind There is comfort if we keep in mind Space is not only the goal, but where our journeys begin As we already are among the stars We have a place in endless space Earth is a planet too We call her planet blue
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Red Bull 02:41
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The Red Bull I might be caged though I have not been caught But my fire burns too strong to rage unbound Everywhere I went only fear and death I brought Until a master for my flame I found Now a cave is my prison and my shield Every night I leave on master’s will I roam far afield, my hooves burn the ground To chase the prey but nevermore to kill They are fleet of foot and moonlight pale of hide The creatures that I hunt, magical like me One by one I’d find and chase them through the night And herd them unrelenting to the sea And the cave is my prison and my shield Every night I leave on master’s will I roam far afield, my hooves burn the ground To chase the prey but nevermore to kill When the last silver horn stood before my flame I knew my time as servant must now end My master would not need me and would forget my name Thus freeing me to once more burn the land The cave will not hold me anymore Unbound my flame only knows to kill So I walk down the shore, just once I turn around And drown my flame before I lose my will I free my prey and nevermore will kill
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Silver Scars 02:27
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Silver Scars The wounds on my skin are just mirroring Mirroring The wounds on my soul that no one can see As long as I keep the pain flowing in I have an anchor Something that’s real Scars cross my skin in a pattern, tracing them, reading them, like books on a shelf Each tells a story, each one is different, the memory treasured despite itself They take me away from my pain To somewhere safe and somewhere alone If I follow the lines I know I will find my way home Most have faded away into nothing, I can still see them clearly as on the first day Silvery lifelines hold me together, mark me forever – a small price to pay The scars on my skin are just mirroring Mirroring The wounds on my soul that turned to fading scars As long as I can remember them They still are my anchor My guiding stars
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Try Harder/Just the Same 04:17
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Try harder/Just the same Day by day you smile and fake it Because it´s easier that way They say it helps, until you make it And you try to do as they say Still your soul lies shattered in the grass Like all the stars are spread across the sky Still you try to pick up all the pieces Oh you try and try and try And some will say you must try harder Some will say it is your fault And they will say you would feel better If you would do as you are told But nothing helps to fight the notion Of just not being good enough While inside you battle with emotion You still smile and play it tough In your mind you hear so many voices Pulling you where you just cannot go They seem to think that you have all the choices But they just do not know That you still try to work harder That you still think it is your fault That you try to feel better By doing just as you are told Maybe you just need to hear that feeling broken is okay Give yourself time to find your way To a better day by better day by better day by better day And if the voices once more get too loud And they just won´t quiet down Then you don´t have to blend in with the crowd And you don´t have to play the clown You are loved, just the way you are You are not too much to bear And if your hiding like a clouded star I hope that you are still there Just please do not try harder Do not feel like you´re to blame You don´t have to feel better I still love you just the same We still love you just the same Please still love me just the same

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This was an online filk con on Facebook.
I just seperated the audio file into seperate songs, no other post production.

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released March 22, 2020

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Jela Schmidt Germany

I make music for fun. Some of my music is fun, some is serious, some is both.
On this page you will find home recordings, no professional studio albums.

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