2025 Competition Entry:
Richard Neuberg by Richard Neuberg
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Genre
Folk
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Performer(s)
RICHARD NEUBERG – guitar and vocals
Description
This song has a few layers to it. But principally it’s about light emerging from the darkest of times.
I wrote it having emerged from a period of illness, and this song was a reminder to myself that pearls are often created within the toils of suffering.
The ’stars under your skin’ refers to my sister, who had tattoos of stars. She died when she was quite young, after suffering hugely with her mental health. The last line is a kind of message to her, wishing that she could have seen through the dark times, to find a new life beyond the suffering.
I wrote it having emerged from a period of illness, and this song was a reminder to myself that pearls are often created within the toils of suffering.
The ’stars under your skin’ refers to my sister, who had tattoos of stars. She died when she was quite young, after suffering hugely with her mental health. The last line is a kind of message to her, wishing that she could have seen through the dark times, to find a new life beyond the suffering.
Bio
Pasting what I put on my bio page:
I was the front man and principal songwriter in the band Viarosa from 2002-2010. We released an EP and a couple of albums, and we toured quite a bit in the UK and in Europe. Our releases were met with critical acclaim, but it was difficult to make much money from the whole thing, so in a bid to try and find an income through music, I started producing other artists in 2009. I then set up Strawhouse Studios in 2010, and I became very busy recording and producing and mixing a number of artists until 2020. During this time, my own music took something of a backseat, although I was slowly working on a solo album. Sadly I became unwell with a chronic illness at the start of 2020, so much so that I had to stop working, and I haven’t been able to return to work since then. My own album has been on hold too, but with the help of some friends I am hoping to be able to finish it later this year (I had recorded most of the guitar and voice by early 2020, before I became unwell). The songs I am submitting for the competition are some of the songs from this as yet unfinished album. And although they have actually been produced with a more instrumentation, I am submitting the songs in their most elemental form, just voice and guitar, in order that the song itself can be the focus.
I was the front man and principal songwriter in the band Viarosa from 2002-2010. We released an EP and a couple of albums, and we toured quite a bit in the UK and in Europe. Our releases were met with critical acclaim, but it was difficult to make much money from the whole thing, so in a bid to try and find an income through music, I started producing other artists in 2009. I then set up Strawhouse Studios in 2010, and I became very busy recording and producing and mixing a number of artists until 2020. During this time, my own music took something of a backseat, although I was slowly working on a solo album. Sadly I became unwell with a chronic illness at the start of 2020, so much so that I had to stop working, and I haven’t been able to return to work since then. My own album has been on hold too, but with the help of some friends I am hoping to be able to finish it later this year (I had recorded most of the guitar and voice by early 2020, before I became unwell). The songs I am submitting for the competition are some of the songs from this as yet unfinished album. And although they have actually been produced with a more instrumentation, I am submitting the songs in their most elemental form, just voice and guitar, in order that the song itself can be the focus.
Lyrics
EVERYTHING DARK IS LIGHT
Stars under your skin
Look up and see what they bring
See what they bring
When the night runs through your wings
You were cornered and tied to the past but now you see that
Everything dark is light, it’s how we dream it
You thought you’d lost the fight
But you were only waiting for the light to come in
Come, come to the dance
We’ll waltz, we’ll stay ’til the last
We’ll stay ’til the last
So the night blows through our wings
We were torn by the tides of chance but now we see that
Everything dark is light, it’s how we dream it
You thought you’d lost the fight
But you were only waiting for the light to come in
And everything dark is light, it’s how we dream it
You thought you’d lost the fight
But you were only waiting for your life to begin
To begin, to begin, to begin
Stars under your skin
Look up and see what they bring
See what they bring
When the night runs through your wings
You were cornered and tied to the past but now you see that
Everything dark is light, it’s how we dream it
You thought you’d lost the fight
But you were only waiting for the light to come in
Come, come to the dance
We’ll waltz, we’ll stay ’til the last
We’ll stay ’til the last
So the night blows through our wings
We were torn by the tides of chance but now we see that
Everything dark is light, it’s how we dream it
You thought you’d lost the fight
But you were only waiting for the light to come in
And everything dark is light, it’s how we dream it
You thought you’d lost the fight
But you were only waiting for your life to begin
To begin, to begin, to begin
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