Hi everyone,

I had in mind to post a Dutch song I finished yesterday, but probably because I heard it about a million times, I decided to post this song instead: https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130/abandoned-places
I made this in september.

It is a song about a lost love, the memories are the abandoned places.
I once got a book from my son with this title, but it was about real buildings everywhere in the world that are abandoned for some reason. I liked that title immediately for a song. Well, here it is!

I used melodyne specific on the harmonies. It are all my voices. I'm experimenting to create better and more natural sounding harmonies. Don't hesitate to tell me what you think of it. I like to tearn. But stay kind...

Hope you like it,
Hans

Instruments
Style:_LAKEFOG.STY (Lake Fog 4x4 Newgrass with strings)

RealTracks in song: 1418 :Bas, Elec, Southern Rock Gel16 85
RealTracks in style: 2825:Piano, Acous, Country Pop Mike Gel 85
RealTracks in style: 378 :Guitar, Acousestisch, Double Time Gel 88
RealTracks in style: 2335:Strings Quartet, Gel 85
RealTracks in song: 2338 :Violin, Pop Low Gel 85
RealDrums [in Style :PopAmericanEv^1-a:SdStkHB, b:SNHB

Lyrics
Abandoned places
(c) HWBerkhout juli2017/ 2020

VerseThere was a moment I can't recall
Somebody told me I soon will fall
And in the daylight I saw it more clear
It was worse then I'd feared

VerseStill could not get it in my mind
I never faced things of this kind
Oh listen, please hear
I wish you stayed here

Chorus
Now all I see are abandoned places
I never knew that they still exist
And these were all abandoned places
that I have seen but never missed, oh no

Verse
Where to rely on, where am I ?
Maybe there is no why
And though it's dark now, I can see a light
Some distance away, but still in sight

Verse
And I put my faith in that
It does relieve my head
Oh, give me a call, please come near
I wish you stayed here

Chorus
Now, all I see are abandoned places
I never knew that they were all mine
And they all have familiar faces
I haven't seen them for a long, long time
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Abandoned places, everywhere
Abandoned places are still there
All I see are abandoned places
I always thought that they were away, but they stay

Verse
In the nighttime, in my bed
I keep on thinking what you once said
You whispered in my ear
I wish you stayed here

Chorus
Now all I see are abandoned places
They stay forever which I did not know
And I remember all their faces
I'd seen them all a long time ago, oh no
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Oh I see all these abandoned places'
They stayed forever which I did not know
And I fear that they can't be banished
They stay here and they won't go
And once they were all beautiful
But time made them fall apart
like my heart

Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130