"The Light" (Cover Songs), by Lifelong Lesson

"The Light" (Cover Songs)

by Lifelong Lesson

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Here are some of the cover songs I did from soup to nuts.

I began in early 2016 and had to stop around June 2018 due to life issues that were beyond my control.

And so here you will find 17 of my covers. The actual number of cover songs that I worked on for this album totals around 31 or 32. The remaining 12 or so still need a little work since they are not up to my standards to be released yet. I'd say they're around 80% done. Hopefully I can finish them soon - once the storm of life dies down.

I hope you enjoy them. They're free, so please help yourself - just enter "$0.00" for the "Name Your Price" and it will let you download any of my songs in whichever format you'd like.

But if you do have a few extra bucks to spare, it would be appreciated beyond words. ... more

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1.	Movin' Out 3.0 (Originally Performed by Billy Joel) 04:36	info
2.	Space Oddity (Originally Performed by David Bowie) 04:59		buy track
3.	Don't You Forget About Me (Originally Performed by Simple Minds) 04:51	info	buy track
4.	Stand by Me (Originally Performed by Ben E. King) 02:52		buy track
5.	Strawberry Fields Forever (Originally Performed by The Beatles) 02:53	info	buy track
6.	Fade to Black (Originally Performed by Metallica) 07:17		buy track
7.	Something Just Like This (Originally Performed by Coldplay & The Chainsmokers) 04:11		buy track
8.	A Matter of Trust (Originally Performed by Billy Joel) 04:49	info	buy track
9.	Comfortably Numb (Originally Performed by Pink Floyd) 05:34	info	buy track
10.	Without You (Originally Performed by Badfinger - Covered with the Mariah Carey Version in Mind) 03:24	info	buy track
11.	Bohemian Rhapsody (Incomplete Test/Demo) 03:06	lyrics	buy track
I kind of modified the lyrics ever so slightly. I'm sorry - please don't hurt me! Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see I'm just a poor boy - I don't need your sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me Mama, I just killed a man I put a gun up to his head - pulled the trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters It's too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go Gotta leave you all behind to face the truth Mama, no (any way the wind blows) I don't wanna die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
12.	Be My Baby (Originally Performed by The Ronettes) 03:02	info	buy track
13.	Black (Originally Performed by Pearl Jam) 05:05	lyrics	buy track
Songwriters: Eddie Vedder / Stone Gossard Sheets of empty canvas Untouched sheets of clay Were laid spread out before me As her body once did All five horizons Revolved around her soul As the earth to the sun Now the air I tasted and breathed Has taken a turn Oh and all I taught her was everything Oh I know she gave me all that she wore And now my bitter hands Chafe beneath the clouds Of what was everything Oh the pictures have All been washed in black Tattooed everything I take a walk outside I'm surrounded by Some kids at play I can feel their laughter So why do I seer? Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin Round my head I'm spinning Oh, I'm spinning How quick the sun can, drop away And now my bitter hands Cradle broken glass Of what was everything All the pictures had All been washed in black Tattooed everything All the love gone bad Turned my world to black Tattooed all I see All that I am All I'll be Yeah I know someday you'll have a beautiful life I know you'll be a star In somebody else's sky But why Why Why can't it be mine?
14.	Would? (Originally Performed by Alice in Chains) 03:44	info	buy track
15.	Unchained Melody (Originally Performed by The Righteous Brothers) 03:48	info	buy track
16.	Everything She Wants (Originally Performed by Wham!) 04:36	info	buy track
17.	Feliz Navidad (Originally Performed by Jose Feliciano) 03:34	info	buy track
18.	Movin' Out 2.0 (Originally Performed by Billy Joel) 04:35	info	buy track

about

"The Light" is part of a quadruple album, titled "The Light & the Grip of Night".

"The Light" is comprised of just cover songs. "The Grip of Night" contains only my original songs. The entire quadruple album contains over 53 songs in total.

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released March 1, 2018

Erik Diaz - all instruments (including vocals), recording, mixing, mastering (engineering).

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Lifelong Lesson Linden, New Jersey

Lifelong Lesson is a "one-man band" music project created by Erik. D.

He is both a self- taught multi-instrumentalist and self-taught audio engineer who records and produces his own music.

All of Lifelong Lesson's music is offered free of charge. Enter $0.00 when asked "Name Your Price". ... more

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