Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:03 +0200 https://hearthis.at/wdwlmjv8/ en-EN contact@hearthis.at contact@hearthis.at https://hearthis.at/wdwlmjv8/ https://img.hearthis.at/t/r/1/_/uploads/5796/image_user/w1400_h1400_q70_ptrue_v2_----cropped_2fc9540b01c7030ca7cb9699c1d15063dsc8741rt.jpg no no https://hearthis.at/wdwlmjv8/lake-of-lost-souls-lavallinbennett-collaboration/
My instinct said that a powerful, passionate arrangement needed to carry an equally important subject. Graham had briefly mentioned to me his 97 year old mother who is in a care home and suffers the condition of dementia and I asked him if he felt alright about Alzheimer’s Disease (a form of dementia) as the theme of the song and if I changed the title to ‘Lake Of Lost Souls’. Sadly nowadays, almost everyone, including myself, knows or has known someone who has lost something of their identity and so much of their dignity to this terrible disease. I hope this song strikes a chord and it is intended with respect to be cathartic and therapeutic.

As always I’m very grateful to Graham for his imagination, skill and patience but on this collaboration he enabled me to write something of a very personal nature. If you have time please show your appreciation on Graham's cloud, Lavallin – Lake-of-lost-souls-lavallin-mark-j-bennett
We are both aware that this song demands much of the listener and we just hope that it may touch others in the same way that this song has moved both of us and hopefully draw attention to the plight of those affected.

Here are some links if you need more information.
www.alzscot.org/
www.alzheimers.org.uk/
www.nhs.uk/conditions/Alzheime…s/Introduction.aspx

Vocal, Lyrics and Artwork – Me
All Music and Instrumentation - https://soundcloud.com/lavallin
Instrumentation: Fender Strat through Apogee Gio pedal board interface to access the onboard GarageBand amps & FX pedals for all electric guitars.
Korg Kronos and Roland Jupiter 50 synths
EWQL ‘Voices Of Passion’ layered backing vocals/choirs 
Atmosphere loop
All recorded and mixed in GarageBand.
“Lake Of Lost Souls" ( © Lavallin/Bennett 2014 )

I mourned you this morning,
Though you’re not yet gone,
This hand I am holding,
Used to belong,
To the one closest to my heart,
Distant now, forever drifting
On the lake of lost souls

Comfort and peace,
Sweet release.

Between two worlds
Now is time to let go
Is but a fleeting domain,
Your spirit will always be free.
Now is time to let go
Between two worlds

Comfort and peace…
Distant now, forever drifting
Comfort and peace…
On the lake of lost souls

Distant now, forever drifting
Comfort and peace…
On the lake of lost souls
Comfort and peace…

I mourned you this morning,
Though you’re not yet gone,
This hand I am holding,
Used to belong,
To the one closest to my heart]]>
My instinct said that a powerful, passionate arrangement needed to carry an equally important subject. Graham had briefly mentioned to me his 97 year old mother who is in a care home and suffers the condition of dementia and I asked him if he felt alright about Alzheimer’s Disease (a form of dementia) as the theme of the song and if I changed the title to ‘Lake Of Lost Souls’. Sadly nowadays, almost everyone, including myself, knows or has known someone who has lost something of their identity and so much of their dignity to this terrible disease. I hope this song strikes a chord and it is intended with respect to be cathartic and therapeutic.

As always I’m very grateful to Graham for his imagination, skill and patience but on this collaboration he enabled me to write something of a very personal nature. If you have time please show your appreciation on Graham's cloud, Lavallin – Lake-of-lost-souls-lavallin-mark-j-bennett
We are both aware that this song demands much of the listener and we just hope that it may touch others in the same way that this song has moved both of us and hopefully draw attention to the plight of those affected.

Here are some links if you need more information.
www.alzscot.org/
www.alzheimers.org.uk/
www.nhs.uk/conditions/Alzheime…s/Introduction.aspx

Vocal, Lyrics and Artwork – Me
All Music and Instrumentation - https://soundcloud.com/lavallin
Instrumentation: Fender Strat through Apogee Gio pedal board interface to access the onboard GarageBand amps & FX pedals for all electric guitars.
Korg Kronos and Roland Jupiter 50 synths
EWQL ‘Voices Of Passion’ layered backing vocals/choirs 
Atmosphere loop
All recorded and mixed in GarageBand.
“Lake Of Lost Souls" ( © Lavallin/Bennett 2014 )

I mourned you this morning,
Though you’re not yet gone,
This hand I am holding,
Used to belong,
To the one closest to my heart,
Distant now, forever drifting
On the lake of lost souls

Comfort and peace,
Sweet release.

Between two worlds
Now is time to let go
Is but a fleeting domain,
Your spirit will always be free.
Now is time to let go
Between two worlds

Comfort and peace…
Distant now, forever drifting
Comfort and peace…
On the lake of lost souls

Distant now, forever drifting
Comfort and peace…
On the lake of lost souls
Comfort and peace…

I mourned you this morning,
Though you’re not yet gone,
This hand I am holding,
Used to belong,
To the one closest to my heart]]> 50692 no no Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200 2012-07-14T00:00:00+02:00 7:25 https://hearthis.at/wdwlmjv8/ripples-genesis-tribute-lavallin-bennett/
Mark Bennett: Vocals and artwork (image of the Water of Leith courtesy of Doug Corrance)
Graham Lavallin: Guitars, arrangement and production
Instrumentation: Fender Strat through Apogee Gio pedal board interface to access the onboard GarageBand amps & FX pedals for all electric/slide guitars.
Ovation Celebrity electro-acoustic guitar through Roland Sonic Cell interface and custom acoustic guitar patches for acoustic guitars.
EWQL Steinway D Piano, drumkits and percussion.
Roland Jupiter 50 synth strings and bass.
Arturia ARP2600 Arpolina lead synth.
AMG Arp Solina Strings
AMG Mellotron

All recorded and mixed in GarageBand.

Thanks for listening:))

'Ripples' ~ Genesis Tribute (Original music and lyrics by Genesis, written by Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks)

Blue girls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise
They got pretty blue eyes
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange
Looks strange, looks strange

Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand
Pulls you down on your knees
While you're down a pool appears
The face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Sail away, sail away

The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know
The water gets below
Seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know

Angels never know it's time
To close the book and gracefully decline
The song has found a tale
My, what a jealous pool she is
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the blue girls have all gone away

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Look into the pool
Ripples never come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they've gone to the other side

Songwriters: BANKS, TONY/RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL
Ripples lyrics © EMI Music Publishing


Just in case you need a comparison, YouTube video of Genesis performing the original - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5i-qcqX-yk

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Mark Bennett: Vocals and artwork (image of the Water of Leith courtesy of Doug Corrance)
Graham Lavallin: Guitars, arrangement and production
Instrumentation: Fender Strat through Apogee Gio pedal board interface to access the onboard GarageBand amps & FX pedals for all electric/slide guitars.
Ovation Celebrity electro-acoustic guitar through Roland Sonic Cell interface and custom acoustic guitar patches for acoustic guitars.
EWQL Steinway D Piano, drumkits and percussion.
Roland Jupiter 50 synth strings and bass.
Arturia ARP2600 Arpolina lead synth.
AMG Arp Solina Strings
AMG Mellotron

All recorded and mixed in GarageBand.

Thanks for listening:))

'Ripples' ~ Genesis Tribute (Original music and lyrics by Genesis, written by Mike Rutherford & Tony Banks)

Blue girls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise
They got pretty blue eyes
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange
Looks strange, looks strange

Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand
Pulls you down on your knees
While you're down a pool appears
The face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
Gone to the other side
Sail away, sail away

The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know
The water gets below
Seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know

Angels never know it's time
To close the book and gracefully decline
The song has found a tale
My, what a jealous pool she is
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the blue girls have all gone away

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Look into the pool
Ripples never come back
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they've gone to the other side

Songwriters: BANKS, TONY/RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL
Ripples lyrics © EMI Music Publishing


Just in case you need a comparison, YouTube video of Genesis performing the original - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5i-qcqX-yk

]]> 44778 no no Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:09:07 +0200 2014-06-20T09:09:07+02:00 9:20 https://hearthis.at/wdwlmjv8/sleepless-on-the-stair/
Words and music by Mark Bennett
Played and recorded using Garageband software instruments

Stealing out of bed then,
Descend the stairs in silence,
Door affords a glimpse through,
Cigarette smoke that’s curling
I plead, But I’m not tired,
You will be in the morning.
That’s how youll find me,
Sleepless on the stair.

Staying up late to watch,
My first horror movie,
Was over before it started,
Was all too much for me,
Karloff was just a growl,
From the darkness of the hall
Thats where youll find me,
Sleepless on the stair.

An Apollo mission,
I knew that I was missing,
Something more important,
Than slumber and mere dreams,
Of moons, stars and rockets,
Galaxies and comets.
You’ll find me dreaming,
Sleeping on the stair.]]>
Words and music by Mark Bennett
Played and recorded using Garageband software instruments

Stealing out of bed then,
Descend the stairs in silence,
Door affords a glimpse through,
Cigarette smoke that’s curling
I plead, But I’m not tired,
You will be in the morning.
That’s how youll find me,
Sleepless on the stair.

Staying up late to watch,
My first horror movie,
Was over before it started,
Was all too much for me,
Karloff was just a growl,
From the darkness of the hall
Thats where youll find me,
Sleepless on the stair.

An Apollo mission,
I knew that I was missing,
Something more important,
Than slumber and mere dreams,
Of moons, stars and rockets,
Galaxies and comets.
You’ll find me dreaming,
Sleeping on the stair.]]> 22443 no no Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:38:06 +0100 2014-01-17T18:38:06+01:00 4:04