Taken from his 2019 solo album ‘Save His Calm‘, Mike Vass has shared a new video for Gates of Saints. The album was his first of self-penned songs (the title is an anagram of his name) and offered a sonic snapshot drawn from key events from his life over the last few years or those people close to him.
Many of you that follow Mike will know he spent some time in the hands of the NHS in 2013 and 2016 and some of the songs reflect on those experiences. Being as it is the last Bandcamp Friday of 2020 today (Bandcamp waiver all fees from sales for today) Mike has decided that all sales of the album from today are to go to the NHS Charities Covid-19 appeal as a small token of his gratitude for the life-saving treatment he received a few years ago.
Gates of Saints Lyrics
I don’t have long left on this earth to write
I tried my worst but I must soon give up this fight
I’ll close my eyes and turn my thoughts to the light
God didn’t grant a happy ending
you look on me with smiling eyes
you try and help me to rise above this
sense of certainty my liberty’s been taken from me
and I’m headed for my longest night
God didn’t grant a happy ending
At least this ward is warm and quiet and clean and bright
and all the doctors dress in robes of pearly white
Just like the gates of saints, where angels they take flight
but, God didn’t grant a happy ending
I wish to live with all my might
Hold the string of my favourite kite
Instead I’ll lie here as my chest grows ever tight
God didn’t grant a happy ending
No, God didn’t grant a happy ending.
If you’ve not yet got the album, purchase it here: https://mikevass.bandcamp.com/album/save-his-calm
Unique tune commission gift idea
In Mike’s own words….
I’m offering a limited number of tune commissions in time for Christmas this year
What’s involved: This is an opportunity to commission a tune – a unique gift idea for someone special in your life for only £200
What’s included: A brand new melody composed by me – you can decide what it should be -a waltz, a jig, reel, march etc.
A recording of the tune in hi-res wav and mp3 format on fiddle plus tenor guitar
A PDF score of the melody which can be printed and framed and wrapped up for Christmas!
Email Mike if you’d like any more information mikevassmusic@gmail.com