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Make Believe It Real

by Spirits Burning & Bridget Wishart

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Make Believe (It Acoustic) (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Davey, Falcone, Fry, Plumley, Speight, Thompson, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals, Flute Dan Thompson: Tribal Drums, Chants David Speight: Drum Kit, Shaker Martin Plumley: Acoustic Guitars Craig Fry: Violin Don Falcone: Accordion Harmonium Alan Davey: Bass Guitar Make Believe (Lyrics: Wishart) Where dragons fly Where Immortals cry The castles of your dreams Nothing’s what it seems Where Immortals cry Where dragons fly Nothing’s what it seems In the castle of your dreams In too deep, too deep (You’re in too deep, too deep In too deep You’re in too deep . . .) Silver swords cut through stone Golden chords don’t let go Ancient myths, mystic law Nature’s kiss, true love’s cause Make believe it real Time grows colder Time in endless reams Comes closer, older Where dragons fly Where dragons fly
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Cyber Spice 03:58
Cyber Spice (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Clare, Falcone, Herzberg, Jones, Merryweather, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (Bass Flute, English Horn) Jude Merryweather: Backing Vocals, Choir (recorded by Andrew Rix @ Underground Zero) Nigel Mazlyn Jones: Electric Guitar, 12-String Gliss Guitar Sam Herzberg: Lap Snare with Brushes Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Drums Michael Clare: Bass Guitar Cyber Spice (Lyrics: Wishart) It’s not the same as you or me It runs on electricity It’s not the same as you or me It runs on electricity Has no flesh or feeling Understands your meaning Sophisticated machinery Changing the path of destiny Runs at 60 miles an hour As long as it is charged with power It has the strength of 15 men It can never be your friend Got no name, got no heart Got no name, got no heart They’re all the same All the same All the same Can’t tell them apart Can’t tell them apart Has no flesh or feeling Understands your meaning Got no name, got no heart They’re all the same Can’t tell them apart They’re all the same Can’t tell them apart Got no heart . . .
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Revenant 04:17
Revenant (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Bainbridge, Falcone, Gold-Molina, Monticello, Plumley, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals Martin Plumley: Guitars Gabriel Monticello: Backing Vocals Jack Gold-Molina: Drums Don Falcone: Bass Guitar Harvey Bainbridge: Synths Revenant (Lyrics: Wishart) Terrified, Mystified A killing moon, come too soon . . . Identified, Petrified The living dead, in my head . . . Searing wind, freezing fear Everything, will disappear Pay the toll Humanoid Sundered soul Suck the void Suck the void Hell’s heroes, deathly cries Hell’s heroes, deadly eyes In deep disguise Seek the light Slayers of salvation Death to your creation Ancient dreads Endless nights Slayers of salvation Death to your creation
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Be Careful What You Wish (Lyrics: Merryweather; Music: Chadwick, Falcone, Herzberg, May, Merryweather, Monticello, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: EWI (Flute) Gabriel Monticello: Basses Jude Merryweather: Vocals Nick May: Guitars Sam Herzberg: Djembe Don Falcone: Synths, Piano, Electronic Drums Richard Chadwick: Storm Drums Be Careful What You Wish (Lyrics: Merryweather) It’s so beautiful! It’s incredible! Mother. Mother? Mother respond? Mother’s not talking. Doesn’t seem to recognise my speech patterns. Mother respond Yeh I’ve set it to run ‘til it’s recognised Yeah I’ve set it to run til it’s recognised Doesn’t seem to recognise my speech patterns It’s so beautiful Mother’s not talking It’s incredible All I ever wished for I could fall right through Go freestyle It’s everything I wished for I’m on a real high I’ve just been standing here and gazing outside Moving at this speed …I’m the only one out yet I’m the only one out …their life support systems look normal Can’t take my eyes off all this …For a few hours now Yeah for a few hours …only certain stuff I can access Be a long time to be on my own …long time to be on my own right? Am I alone ….Some hours have passed I think ….Can’t take my eyes off infinity …moving at this speed. …there’s been some shift in the cargo some shift in the cargo …something’s happened all I ever wished for …some stuff I don’t understand….. something’s happened …no, but it’s expensive whatever it is!….. all I ever wished for …the crew will sort it when they’re awake….. I could fall right through …the Company didn’t get back to me…I’ll keep trying I’ve just been standing here …I’ll be unable to contact your base for a couple of months now…. Well something’s happened …when we get back to this quadrant…. Stuff I don’t really understand …thank you…signing off. I’ve just been standing here and gazing Some hours have passed …I’ve just been standing here and gazing outside can’t take my eyes off all this beauty …some hours have passed I think …can’t take my eyes off infinity it’s so beautiful …moving at this speed……am I alone some hours moving at this speed …It’s so beautiful…incredible!
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Skyline Signal (Lyrics: Falcone, Wishart; Music: Bailey, Falcone, May, Pattison, Thompson, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals Dan Thompson: Tribal Drums Jasper Pattison: High Freq Bass Guitar Nick May: Guitars Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Percussion Keith The Bass: Low Freq Bass Guitar Skyline Signal (Lyrics: Falcone, with additions by Wishart) Red lights pulse through shadow trees Pitch-black eyes in last year’s leaves “Snakelings tug, liquid coils, from ground to limb And all the spices hint: the day begins!" White wings flow through buffalo clouds Returning soft lake into salty wilds “Dreaming how our moon has changed Since we have strayed . . .” Fingertips tap their code as they are bathed in light Light that sways, black and back to white Fingertips tap . . . “a skyline signal” Lights obey . . . “a skyline signal” Metal stays, its poison strong New fires close to no one's back Skin-curled leaves, ripple below Thinly-veined, slow motion sap So eternal, this concern Where chips of bone And layers of cold Slide up your stone Fingertips tap . . . “a skyline signal” Lights obey . . . “a skyline signal” Accept what you can, Change what you can’t Ready each breath — To kiss these lips Before they go!
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Demonkind 03:37
Demonkind (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Dunn, Falcone, Pack, Plumley, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (Synths) Martin Plumley: Guitars John Pack: Backing Vocals Don Falcone: Bass Guitar Jim Dunn: Drums Demonkind (Lyrics: Wishart) Got my demon online Chose the colour and design Decided on a male With fangs and a tail Ordered him on Sunday Got here on Monday I didn't have to pay He killed me straightaway I got my demon online People do it all the time It's not against the Law Their world is really poor The Greens are the best Better than the rest I didn't have to pay Cause he killed me straightaway I got my demon online There's a box you have to sign It frees them when you die I wish I'd wondered why It was really kind of weird The way they just appeared At least I didn't have to pay He killed me straightaway Get your Demonkind Don't be left behind If you order one with wings It comes with other things Like ultraviolet scales Supersonic wails No one every pays They eat you straightaway Are a dollar and a dime Click the buttons saying yes They guarantee no mess Such a clever war Delivered to your door You never have to pay They eat you straightaway
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Eternal Energy (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Davey, Falcone, Tausig, Smith, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (Intro Synth, Energy, Dragon’s Lair) Scotty Smith: Drums (engineered by Andy Bowers, @ White Rabbit Studios, Campbell, Ca.) Jay Tausig: Lead & Rhythm Guitars Don Falcone: Piano, Organ, Strings, Synths (Morricone Guitar, Arpeggios) Alan Davey: Bass Eternal Energy (Lyrics: Wishart) Now I am with them From the mountains to the sea Stretched along that silver line of Eternal Energy Eternal Energy, Eternal Energy Swept the air, for miles around Days and nights, filled with sound A graceful, soaring multitude How beautifully, they flew Spoke the seasons, cried their names Times of unreason, have stopped their games Stopped their games, stopped their games Stopped their games, stop, stop, stop . . . Go down, go down, go down . . . Smooth curves like porcelain Are round (round, round) Are round (round, round) Go down No lies, Never lie, No lies, Never lie, No lies, Never lie, Never lie, No lies Wrapped in a cotton wool Fiction future That always paints a prettier picture Wrapped in a cotton wool Fiction future It always paints Here beneath the waves . . .
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Embers 05:12
Embers (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Bole, Falcone, Monticello, Thompson, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals Dan Thompson: Tribal Drums Gabriel Monticello: Bass Guitar Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Percussion Andy Bole: Bouzouki, Gliss Guitar Embers (Lyrics: Wishart) There’s nothing there, there’s nothing there No explanation No indications No congregation No celebration There’s nothing there, there’s nothing there No concrete signs or illustrations No magic finds or observations Burnt out embers of a civilization Gone to dust and decimation There’s nothing there, nothing No guiding lines or welcome light No diamond mines or signs of might No fear, no flight, no day, no night Nothing here, nothing right
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SpaceRocknRoll (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Allen, Bemand, Falcone, Hayles, Herzberg, May, Smith, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals Scotty Smith: Drums Nick May: Portside Guitars (Harmonics, Tremolo, Eccentric Whining, Throbs) Sam Herzberg: Tambourine Paul Hayles: Synths Don Falcone: Arrangement, Effects Steve Bemand: Starboard Guitars, (Distorted Rhythm, Leads) Daevid Allen: Bass Guitar SpaceRocknRoll (Lyrics: Wishart) You felt him scream You fed his soul So does that mean He’s half your whole He touched your heart And scored a goal He played his part SpaceRocknRoll He touched your heart . . . You need to know It’s all a show Case locked, unsolved Tasted, not retold No self control He played the part SpaceRocknRoll He touched your heart . . . You need to know It’s all a show Yet even so You have to go . . .
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Journey Past The Stars (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Alder, Bailey, Dunn, Falcone, Keevil, Plumley, Wishart) Bridget Wishart: Vocals Twink: Tambourine Martin Plumley: Guitars Keith The Bass: Bass Guitar Simon Keevil: EBow Guitar Don Falcone: Keyboards Jim Dunn: Drums Journey Past The Stars (Lyrics: Wishart) Journey past the stars Jupiter and Mars Through the Milky Way To another sun’s rays No one cries in space No one likes the taste Astronomers’ alliance Gas giants’ science Mag-lock remote control Diving down the blackest hole Humanoids on asteroids No doubt it’s a white-out Humanoids on asteroids No doubt it’s a white-out With no air or water This could be slaughter Belter’s breath Monoxide death No one cries in space No one likes the taste High yields in stellar fields Violence in silence High yields in stellar fields Violence in silence Oh the silver glare Of that solar flare Maybe we’re not alone Could be we’ll find a home No one cries in space It’s not the time or the place
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Reflections 14:15
Reflections (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Davenport, Everling, Everling, Falcone, Fry, Herzberg, van den Elsen, Wishart) This track is special for us. It has pushed us in a direction that we never expected to go. It began as a piano improvisation, with lyrics and vocals added to each section. We nearly released it in this haunting and addictive state. On reflection, we took further adventurous steps, adding male vocals and orchestral instruments, making it the track that you hear today. Our CD (disc 1) now starts and finishes acoustically with our trademark wilder space rocking in between, and where one chapter ends, another begins. We have a partner to this track, ready for a future SB & BW venture. Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (Bass Clarinet, Bass Flute, English Horn, Flute, Oboe, Harp) Jean van den Elsen: Male Vocals Sam Herzberg: Dumbek, Finger Cymbal, Djembe Craig Fry: Violin Don Falcone: Piano Renate Everling: Double Bass Detlev Everling: French Horn Roger Davenport: Acoustic Guitar Reflections (Wishart) (i) footprints snowman footprints cross the sky salt water diamonds never dry oyster full, blue brimming eyes Gaia wins the beauty prize black rock beaches, glittering sand pea green seaweed, fringing fans sepia toned, sun scorched lands it’s art, the heart understands skydiving, slow-sliding, high gliding, stone grinding, white lightning, overriding plan low-lying, light-guiding, no timing, night flying cold, crying, death defying plans (ii) why much too young to draw the line it’s not yours, it’s mine you lied I’m right, you’re wrong, she cried you’re so, you‘re so unkind I’m not sure why, I’m not sure why I’m on your side, I’m on your side I’m not sure why I’ve hurt her pride there’s no more time it’s a crime why? enjoying being on my own this tree can be my throne wading in the water saw a fish, I thought I’d caught her (iii) brain and body the only person you can be is you, you, you stuck here with this brain and body like to say (I’d like to say) I’m happy I’d like to say it’s my fantasy though I know the show is not reality the world is full of make believe (iv) smile there she sits, week after week something’s not exactly right something’s not exactly right her hand is just as small as mine and I’m the child, I’m the child let’s give her all our money mummy can’t you see she’ll play with me? her grown up body’s just a disguise she’s a child she’s a child and her smile lights up tonight (v) promises racing to be first to climb the wall running from an angry neighbour crying that we didn’t do it promising in future to behave promising in future to behave (vi) three’s a crowd messing up, mixing up and missing you fitting up, fixing up and feeling you packing up and picking up and pecking you curling up, kicking up and kissing you trust is up, love is loud rushing up three’s a crowd, three’s a crowd crush it up, square it round brush it up and dust it down, dust it down dust it, dust it down twisting all the words my mother told you laughing at my dreams of ever after pulling at the roots of trusting you grabbing at the fading hints of laughter (vii) said goodbye drinking too much whisky on my birthday singing songs on the motorway bringing friends who should stay away, away staying late to wait for you that’s a date I’d hate to lose staying overnight at a friend’s staying here in a house I know facing fear, no doubts I hope staying by her side, as she died closed her eyes, said goodbye
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Always (Spirited Away) (Lyrics: Wishart; Music Falcone, House, McDowell, Plumley, Sabatelli, Wishart, with additions by Potts) This version is Don’s remix of the “Spirits Free” remix. It includes a new EWI (horn) performance by Bridget, and stirs up “Spirits Free” material (Bridget Wishart, Lee Potts, & Martin Plumley), which also includes original “Earth Born” material (Bridget Wishart, Martin Plumley, Simon House, & Don Falcone) Always (Lyrics: Wishart) There’s always someone wanting you There’s something more to do Always... you There’s always a way out of here Always a solution There’s always a way to find Always a conclusion Always... There’s always more to say Always some destruction There’s always an excuse Always in construction Always... There’s always someone watching you There’s always something you can do There’s always someone watching you There’s always something you can do Always... There’s always someone wanting you There’s always something more to do Always... There’s always a way out of here Always... Always a way to find Always.
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No One Cries In Space (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Alder, Chadwick, Falcone, Keevil, Pattison, Plumley, Wishart) This remix of DNA material from “Journey Past The Stars” has been masterfully injected with highest quality additional musical matter Bridget Wishart: Vocals Twink: Tambourine Martin Plumley: Acoustic Guitar Jasper Pattison: Bass Guitar Simon Keevil: EBow Guitar Don Falcone: Keyboards, Remix Richard Chadwick: Space &Apache Drums
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Iceflow 05:36
Iceflow (Lyrics: H. Plumley, Wishart; Music: Anderson, Erickson, Falcone, Thompson, Wishart) This is a vocal version of the instrumental from Allies & Clansmen,”The Next Descendant” Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (Horns) Dan Thompson: Tribal Drums Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Percussion Doug Erickson: Acoustic & Electric Guitars Dave Anderson: Bass Guitar Iceflow (Lyrics: Hannah Plumley & Bridget Wishart) With my eye I spy Something beginning With ‘Why’? And I love And I love The way he smiles And gives me hugs When he says goodbye PS I love you I love you I spy A leaf in the sky I spy It’s the colour of Your hair You can see the sun and the moon You can see I’ll be home soon . . . The sun and the moon Be home soon . . . (Now, now, now) Sweet as a vase You will die for life . . . (I love you, I love you) Torn to shreds Never been born Torn to shreds
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Make Believe It Real (Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Allen, Bainbridge, Falcone, Hayles, House, Pattison, Thompson, Speight, Wishart) This is a subtle remix of the version from “Hawklords Friends and Relations, A New Dawn” Bridget Wishart: Vocals David Speight: Drum Kit, Shaker Dan Thompson: Tribal Drums, Male Chants Jasper Pattison: Bass Simon House: Violins Paul Hayles: Electric Piano, Synths Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Percussion Harvey Bainbridge: Part 2 & 3 Wah Synths Daevid Allen: Electric Guitars Make Believe (Lyrics: Wishart) Where dragons fly Where Immortals cry The castles of your dreams Nothing’s what it seems Where Immortals cry Where dragons fly Nothing’s what it seems In the castle of your dreams In too deep, too deep (You’re in too deep, too deep In too deep You’re in too deep . . .) Silver swords cut through stone Golden chords don’t let go Ancient myths, mystic law Nature’s kiss, true love’s cause Make believe it real Time grows colder Time in endless reams Comes closer, older Where dragons fly Where dragons fly
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Chain Of Thought Lyrics: Wishart; Music: Walsh, Wishart, with additions by Monticello, Falcone) This is a special track that Miles and Bridget created & donated to Spirits Burning Bridget Wishart: Vocals, EWI (English Horn, Cello, Double Bass, Bass Flute, Flute) Miles Walsh: Guitars, Keys, Drums Gabriel Monticello: Bass Guitar Don Falcone: Mellotron, Final Mix

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Noh Poetry is proud to re-release the third Spirits Burning & Bridget Wishart album. This was originally released in England in 2014 as a double CD; disc 1 was the new studio album, and disc 2 was a bonus disc.

This digital album excludes one song that was on CD Disc 2, the cover of Pink Floyd's Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk. We are hoping to include it in a future release, a full album of cover songs by Spirits Burning.

A World Full of Make Believe . . . woven by Bridget Wishart & Don Falcone, with Daevid Allen (Gong), Hawkwind family members Dave Anderson, Harvey Bainbridge, Steve Bemand, Richard Chadwick, Alan Davey, Paul Hayles, Simon House (David Bowie), Dan Thompson, & Twink (Pink Fairies), plus Keith the Bass (Here and Now), Nigel Mazlyn Jones, Nick May (Whimwise), & members of Citizen Fish, Lastwind, Mrs. Green, Spaceseed, Tang, Underground Zero, University of Errors, & more . .

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released April 7, 2023

Produced by Don Marino Falcone

Mastered by Jakko Jakszyk (King Crimson)

Cover Artwork: Bridget Wishart
Graphics Design & Layout: Karen Anderson

Eternal Support: Hannah, Martin, & Karen
Pre-completion listeners: Nat Carsten, Gabe Cory,
& Doug Erickson

Bridget records her EWI parts via MIDI,
using Garritan Orchestra and Kore Synth software

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www.donfalcone.com

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Spirits Burning California

Spirits Burning is a music collective led by Don Falcone.

The band celebrate space, prog, new music, and other genres, and have included input from family members of Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult, Gong, Clearlight, Van Der Graaf Generator, and many other groups.

As of 2024, Spirits Burning have released 18 albums, featuring over 270 musicians.
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