Gerard O'Riley

A hard drinking gambling man is a song about loss. How ones addictions can take away everything they hold dear. And when all the good is gone, all you have left are the demons that chased them off. But we only start counting our losses in life when theirs nothing left to lose.

Wild and free is a song about wanting freedom and finding inner peace. It's written as a love story. She feels trapped in a cage and wants him to run away with her (or vice versa). The song also describes a desire to reconnect with nature.

Topic(s): Es ist wie es ist und nicht anders, auch wenn die Relaität nicht immer direkt klar ersichtlich ist. Verunsicherung in den Versen & klare Realität im Refrain. Atmosphere: auf angeschnittene Weise politisch & kritisch, aufklärend im Chorus, evtl. heiter im Chorus, Catchiger Chorus, grundsätzlich habe ich auch im Verse eher Heiterkeit im Kopf... kann aber verschieden interpretiert werden. Genre/Style I was thinking of: Indi-Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Indi-Electronic, Alternative Artist(s) I was thinking of: Kraftklub, Von Wegen Lisbeth, Bilderbuch, Kawa Kawa,... Comments: Typische Pop-Struktur. Pre-Chorus statt Bridge. Die Pfeife im Chorus ist eine Anspielung auf René Margrites' Kunstwerk: "Ceci n'est pas ue pipe". Viel Spaß beim Performen!

The process of moving on from a lost relationship is never linear and it is different for every individual. There will be good days and there will be days where you relapse and it feels like you're back at square one. This song reflects on a personal experience in moving on from heartbreak and the inner battles that my mind underwent to get through this stage of my life.

This song is from the perspective of a child who has an extremely controlling parent who will not let her grow and expand her wings out into the world. She expresses her frustration and pent up emotions that have accumulated over the years in these lyrics.