Name: Forgotten Voices
Duration: P00H04M30S
Description: I chose this song as the title track because there are so many "Forgotten Voices" represented on this album: the homeless, lonely people, those who have passed from this life and the Earth herself.

Forgotten Voices

from Forgotten Voices by Brian Whistler

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I chose this song as the title track because there are so many "Forgotten Voices" represented on this album: the homeless, lonely people, those who have passed from this life and the Earth herself.

lyrics

In a lonely corner of the city
In a barren world of brick and glass
A figure sleeps upon the sidewalk
In the shadow of a dreary street lamp
Lying on his tattered bed of cardboard
Newspaper blankets shield him from the bitter cold

In the chilly light of early morning
Sirens rouse him from his restless dreams
Makes his way down to the usual corner
Where the cafe sign in neon gleams
Puts a hand out to a passing stranger
Who only turns away pretending not to see

And in the end forgotten voices
Are drowning in the roaring of the stream
A river of uncertain choices
Where do they end up
All those broken dreams?

Who can know the path that this man travels?
Who can count the sorrows that he bears?
All the unknown ways a life unravels
And the road that lead to bitter tears?
Now he makes he way through the busy city
He is swallowed by the crowd and disappears

And in the end forgotten voices
Are drowning in the roaring of the stream
A river of uncertain choices
Where do they end up
All those broken dreams?

credits

from Forgotten Voices, released August 18, 2015
vocal & ac. guitar*:Pablo Rodriguez
sop sax, oboe, eng horn: Paul McCandless
piano: Brian Whistler
synth: Brian Whistler
bass: Gary Brown
perc.:Marquinho Brasil
drums: Celso Alberti
Arrangement: Brian Whistler

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Brian Whistler San Francisco, California

Brian Whistler has been playing and writing music since his late teens.

"Forgotten Voices" forges a signature synthesis of many styles, including Brazilian jazz, Balinese bamboo music, African and Haitian drumming, and electronic world fusion elements.

His new compositions are instrumental vocalise journeys inspired by his love of nature.

(All compositions and arrangements) by Brian Whistler ... more