Feed Me with Your Heart ponyphonic 2018-10-31 | Happy Halloween! Here's a creepy song about Queen Chrysalis from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.-Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/feed-me-with-your-heart-For more Halloween fun, check out these other songs we've worked on...2 Spooky 4U - youtu.be/DWKwq6XemOESally's Song - youtu.be/1Un61mwGKUI-Lyrics:Missing? Goodness, no!I have been right here all alongWell, I stepped out for a momentBut I'm back where I belongYes, I, the one you care forReally, who else would I be?Now just relax, my darling,And give all your love to meThis room is rather cozyAnd this clothing's awfully niceYour affection is delectableI think this will sufficeCall me a romanticBut I feel we're quite the pairMe, the changeling succubusAnd you, the unawareSo feed me with your heartMy sweet, unwitting devoteeYou've someone else in mindBut it's alright with meJust give yourself completelyI'll take all you have and moreYou'll love me like you've never loved beforeI wear this borrowed faceThat says I'm sweet and safe and kindFor I fear that you'd be fearfulOf the thing that lies behindMoth-eaten and sickly,Matted tresses, sharpened teethSlitted eyes of green with charcoal skinAnd ashen heart beneathMy hunger springs eternalI've an emptiness insideI pray that I may prey on youUntil I'm satisfiedI care not for flesh, nor IFor fruit, or leaf, or seedI feast on your devotion, dearYour love is all I needSo feed me with your heartMy sweet, unwitting devoteeYou've someone else in mindBut it's alright with me,Your parasitic paramourWill steal your heart and thenI'll leave you, and you'll never love againYour parasitic paramourWill steal your heart and thenI'll leave you, and you'll never love againYou'll love me, then you'll never love again-Written and performed by Dane Larson
Packt Like Sardines (Radiohead cover) - Ponyphonic ponyphonic 2024-07-04 | After years of waiting...Getting back into it. Hoping to do more originals soon.I thought it would be fun to do an acoustic version of this Radiohead tune. And it's not too hard to play in DADGAD tuning, which is nice since I'm still learning guitar.Note: this is a reupload. Sorry for any inconvenience!
New Remastered Album - Ponyphonic ponyphonic 2023-09-08 | Album art by Enuryn - https://enuryndraws.art/Enuryn was one of the background artists for the "Lullaby for a Princess" animation (credited as Simbaro)13 tracks, extensively remastered and collected into a new album, Heart in a Cloud. This has been many years in the making, and we hope you enjoy it!- WHERE TO LISTEN -Spotify - open.spotify.com/album/0J8MccIm07dtNbHYUpiHShBandcamp - ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/album/heart-in-a-cloudSoundCloud - soundcloud.com/ponyphonic/sets/heart-in-a-cloudApple Music - music.apple.com/us/album/heart-in-a-cloud/1706169708YouTube - youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-by7OSLdhKZcHfRJvYU0PkASAQRzfq70Website:ponyphonic.com
Christmas Time is Here ponyphonic 2019-12-25 | Merry Christmas from Christina and Dane!"Christmas Time is Here" written by Lee Mendelson and Vince GuaraldiSorry there hasn't been any new music in a while. We've been compiling and remastering our old songs into an album, and it's taking a long time. Thanks for sticking around!
Bucky and the Cowboys ponyphonic 2018-12-30 | As a child, my dad loved Westerns. When he was 7, he was hospitalized with nephritis and nearly died. Years later, he wrote this song about the experience, recalling his feeling at the time that his heroes, the cowboys, had guided him to safety.For more of his original songs, check out his iTunes page:itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-i-am/id556293113-Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/bucky-and-the-cowboys-Lyrics:On the second floor of the children's ward,A gunfight's going onIt started late at nightNow it's dragging into dawnA thread of life still clingsTo the tubes in the machinesA barely conscious little boy'sNot sure what it meansSo his fantasies will comfort himAnd make it very clearIt's just him against the outlawsAnd his friends are finally hereFor Bucky and the cowboysIt's a rocky trail aheadTrying to fight the bad guysFrom a hospital bedLook out for an ambushIt's a dangerous rideBut Bucky knows he'll make itWith the cowboys on his sideMom and Dad are in the waiting roomJust praying for their sonWhile Bucky's aiming down the barrelOf a six-shooter gunJust when things are getting mighty desperateWith no place left to hideLike guardian angels to the rescue,The cowboys arriveThe doctors and the nursesThey're watching over himBut they'll never see the real fightThat rages on within, oh...For Bucky and the cowboysIt's a rocky trail aheadTrying to fight the bad guysFrom a hospital bedLook out for an ambushIt's a dangerous rideBut Bucky knows he'll make itWith the cowboys on his sideLook out for an ambushIt's a dangerous rideBut Bucky knows he'll make itOh Bucky knows he'll make itWith the cowboys on his side-Music and lyrics: Don LarsonPerformance and drawings: Dane Larson
The Return ponyphonic 2018-04-23 | This song is based on a character created by my brother, Erik Larson.---In a time when only machines walked the earth, there was a great ruler named Scorpion. He was renowned for his cunning and strength, and also for his cruelty. One day, a group of his subjects rose up against him and, catching him by surprise, narrowly defeated him. They tore him apart and, believing him to be dead, threw him far out into the desert. And, in time, they forgot about him.-But Scorpion did not die, and he did not forget.Though years passed, he thought only of how he would reclaim his city and punish those who stole it from him. Slowly, his scattered pieces conspired to recombine and to make the careful preparations for his return.---Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/the-return---A video of Scorpion in action: youtu.be/T4G-xs_L4So---Lyrics:Over sand,Scattered far and wide,Echoes of the agesWhispering of time and tide...This is my reunionWith the ones who threw me down,Tore me up, cast me outOf their pretty, little town-See this desert, see this land,See it fall into my hand-There was a line twice crossed in the golden sandBetween the fires of perdition and the promised landAnd if my soul pays the bridge toll, wellYou better let me on over 'cause I'm ready to sellI'm gonna take what's mine from thieving handsAnd I will leave the rest to burnAnd there will be no more resistanceOnly fear and love at my return-Sand is giving way nowTo a steady, drumming soundIt is the counting down to judgementOf a metal heart beneath the groundLook, you mighty, on my deeds:Ruined now, but these buried seedsAre growing fast; the roots take holdAnd crack your city walls of old-The gears of time turn 'round againI am much more than I was back when...-There was a line twice crossed in the golden sandBetween the fires of perdition and the promised landAnd if my soul pays the bridge toll, wellYou better let me on over 'cause I'm ready to sellI'm gonna take what's mine from thieving handsAnd I will leave the rest to burnAnd there will be no more resistanceOnly fear and love at my return-And when the dawn burns red with the fire of warAnd when the walls give way and the cannons roarIt will be too late then to run and hide'Cause when you hear me come a-knocking, I'm already insideUp from your wellsprings and foundationsI will be everywhere you turnAnd if you think that you'll defy meWell, my friends, you'll learnYou're gonna help me start the firesOr you will burnAnd there will be no more resistanceOnly fear and love at my return---Written and performed by Dane Larson
Sleigh Ride ponyphonic 2017-12-24 | Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/sleigh-rideMusic: Leroy AndersonLyrics: Mitchell ParishVocals: Christina Ellis, Dane Larson
The Rose ponyphonic 2017-10-15 | This song is based on Revolutionary Girl Utena, an anime series from 1997. As a child, Utena was deeply impressed by a meeting with a prince from an unknown land. She now desires both to find him again and also to become a prince herself. Through dealings with a mysterious group of fellow students including a girl called The Rose Bride, she must decide what it means to be a prince and what it is to love.Here is an excellent, fan-made trailer: http://youtu.be/6FX5iMvJx-0---DOWNLOAD: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/the-rose---Lyrics:Spiraling stairs mark the way of the rose Where hearts fight the battles of love See the dark princess presiding in red And the castle that shines from above One is the siren, the other is home But take care, there is more than you see Remember your promise, oh child of the grave Make your choice carefully Kindness betrayed you and set you against The ones who abuse and control And yet it repaid with so precious a friend A kindred and complement soul Though she is your joy and your reason to be, You are shying away from the word Yes, love isn't always so simple a thing Do you know, have you heard? When stars are just lights on the ceiling And when that something eternal is found Though purring of engines should call you away Don't ever give in to the sound Prince, will you bring revolution and pierce The shell of the world with a sword? A chorus of shadows tells riddles and warns Of fate and the hero's reward Your signet has carried you many a year Do you so lightly throw it aside? Defend the white rose, and so vanquish the pain That imprisons your bride When stars are just lights on the ceiling And when that something eternal is found Though purring of engines should call you away Don't ever give in to the sound---Written and performed by Dane Larson
Shy Heart ponyphonic 2016-11-21 | This song is inspired by the wonderful Fluttershy, from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, who knows all too well the struggle to express one's quiet thoughts in a loud world.Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/shy-heart----------Lyrics:Be yourself, they say, but be assertiveHold your ground but do not be unkindI have sought to be both lamb and lionHeartache is the thing I tend to findCan I only have what I can captureWill I be unheard unless I shoutClamor overwhelms me and I wonderWhat is there to be so loud about?Many are the musings of my shy heartThough precious few are spoken out aloudHow I wish to wrap them up in confidence and styleAnd send them out like magic through the crowdThen everyone would listen and I wouldn't be afraidI wouldn't shrink away and disappearI don't want them to worship me or care that much at allI only want to know they know I'm hereI can wear a mask of pluck and powerBut it never says what I intendWords become like scissors in my keepingAnd friendships are so difficult to mendI don't want to shout above the babbleI'm not even sure what I would sayMaybe just, "Excuse me, could we maybeBe a little quieter today?"Part of me has things she wants and wishesPart of me is worried she is wrongPart of me is busy masqueradingAs a girl whose pieces get alongI don't mean to come across as distantI don't think it adds to my mystiqueI just find it difficult conversingAnd think an awful lot before I speak----------Credits:Vocals: Christina EllisGuitar: Don LarsonViolin: Brittany DavidsonViolin: Emilio VazquezViola: Seth WilleyCello: Gillian KuroiwaString Recording: Mark LanusWriting/Arrangement: Dane Larson
Sallys Song ponyphonic 2016-10-23 | Happy Halloween!A cover of "Sally's Song" from The Nightmare Before Christmas.The cover art:http://kidnotorious.deviantart.com/art/marker-Sally-90982647Music download:ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/sallys-songVocals:Christina EllisPiano:Dane LarsonMusic/Lyrics:Danny Elfman
Dummy! (Undertale Cover) ponyphonic 2016-10-02 | Who needs friends when I've got knives!!!Too late for the Undertale anniversary, too early for Halloween... I don't know. I just figured I'd post it since the next pony song is taking forever. Woo!Get it for free over here:ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/dummyAnd here's the original track:tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/dummyAND for more like this, check out these spectacular Undertale covers:mbulteau.bandcamp.comIf you haven't played Undertale, it's wonderful, and you should totally check it out.
(Live cover) Letters From the Sky - Civil Twilight ponyphonic 2016-07-07 | To see more from this set, check out Christina's channel:youtube.com/user/cmlarson24/videosChristina and Dane, live in Chandler, AZ, at SoZo Coffeehouse.http://sozocoffee.orgVideo by Erik Larsonhttp://www.youtube.com/user/drscorpionx/videosHey everyone! We're (slowly) working on a new recording, but in the meantime, I'd thought I'd share what we've been up to locally.
The Moon Rises ponyphonic 2016-04-17 | An extended and updated version of the original, featuring singer Kristen Calvin -- http://www.kristencalvin.com---Vocals recorded at BrokenWorks -- http://www.brokenworks.com---Art by DarkFlame -- http://darkflame75.deviantart.com/art/The-Moon-Rises-603249824---DOWNLOAD: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/the-moon-rises** Note: the Bandcamp download was altered slightly on 4/30/16 to reduce sibilance. If you have already purchased it, you should be able to re-download it for free. Sorry for any inconvenience! **---The night -- quiet and mysterious -- is Luna's responsibility and her one true love, but her years of raising the moon and stars have been met with cold indifference. As pain and jealousy weigh heavily on her mind, it seems that Equestria may have ignored their moon princess for one night too many...---Now the hour has come at lastThe soft and fading lightHas crossed the west horizonAnd has bidden us goodnightAnd what a lovely night it isTo walk a moonlit fieldTo see the softer shadesThat are by starlight now revealedSo why is it that now,When all is quiet and at restWhen candles glow and all the worldIs at its very bestThe ponies of EquestriaShould lock themselves awayTo shun the moon and wait insteadFor Sister's sunny day?(In umbra Luna est)Am I so wrong to wish that theyWould see things like I do?And am I so wrong to thinkThat they might love me too?Why shouldn't they adore me?Is it not within my right?I'll not be overshadowed!Mine is not the lesser light!I've waited long enough nowFor them all to come aroundAnd though the Sun may plead and threaten,The Moon will stand her groundIt comes to this at last:I will no longer yield the skyIf they cannot loveBut one princess aloneSee, the Moon is risingShe has come to claim the heavens for her ownAnd all will know the wonderOf my dark and jeweled skyWhen all the world is wrappedIn an eternal lullabySo say goodnight to this,The final setting of the sun,Tomorrow dawns in darkness;The nighttime has begun!(Nocte)
Walls ponyphonic 2016-01-04 | "Walls" was inspired by something pretty mundane: reading Internet arguments. It struck me one day that people can appear to have a conversation while actually misunderstanding one another in spectacular fashion. It's hard to come out of our own, personal worlds and try to understand someone else's when they are often so very different. At least, it is for me, and I don't always want to. This song is about the struggle to try.---Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/walls---there is a wall, a yawning rifta glass between two plates adriftI see you shout and start to wavewe talk in riddles, speak charadespicture worlds we've never seenand I'll hear things you'd never meanstill I will aim to see your sideand you'll know that I truly triedand though my darkened spyglass viewcould never hope to capture youthrough forests, over hills and moorsmy canyon wall leans out to yoursthere is a wall, a yawning rifta glass between two plates adriftmy separation and defensemy constant curse, my preferencewould that I better understoodhow to draw near, I wish I could---Written and performed by Dane Larson
Autumn - Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter 5 Contest ponyphonic 2015-11-04 | Hi everyone! I've entered "Autumn" into a songwriting contest hosted by Guitar Center.My Page: http://songwriter.amplifiertv.com/channel/Dane+K+Larson---Thanks so much for listening! Please share this with family and friends!---The leaves are restless in their dancingI lean hard against the windSmell of rain upon the pavementWithered branches sway and bendThere is a whisper at the windowsAnd melancholy heavy in the airAutumn comes in wearing red and yellowAnd leaves with a black veil in her hairThe shadows reach into the twilightScarves are waving their goodbyesTo the sun and to the summerAs the moon begins to riseAnd silhouettes of things rememberedThey form inside my mind's unblinking eyeAs, once again, we find ourselves returningTo make another circle in the sky
In Every Thought ponyphonic 2015-10-10 | A fun little love song with some exuberant orchestration. Enjoy!---Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/in-every-thought---Ever a thought in my mindClever and kindIt's you I adoreAnd should the floodwaters riseOr darkness disguiseJust know that I'm yoursIn every thoughtAnd in every wordYou're the muse, you inspire the artI'll never be lonelyWith my one and onlyYeah, you hold the key to my heartCarefully held in your swayCan't help but playYour song in mineAnd as the moon in the nightBorrows its lightSo do I shineMan, ain't it somethingWhile thinking of one thingI find you have taken its placeAnd why not? I mean,You're the best there has beenYou're the picture of beauty and grace
Air Song ponyphonic 2015-07-26 | A few years ago, I wrote an instrumental that I always thought sounded airy--like flying. Eventually, I got the idea that it should be a song about an airship. Because why not :) There aren't a lot of songs based on sci-fi/fantasy that I know of (not happy ones, anyway), and it was fun to chart some unfamiliar thematic territory.---Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/air-song---You were born -- from Heaven came down And caught your heart in a cloud All your time on the earth couldn't drown The words that rang clear and loud: Your heart is here in the sky Make wings, dear, and fly It's such a perfect night All systems ready We are go for engines on In a rush of wind and a flash of steel And the flap of a dozen sails We broke our ties with the earth just like Two kids in a fairy tale Close your eyes and hold out your hands And feel the wind in your hair Hear the shimmering strains as we ride On wings of warm evening air We've turned our sails to the ground We're heavenward-bound The sky's our highway now We'll paint the heavens With a brush made out of stars Where rain or shine is a matter of Which side of the clouds you're on And if the good Lord wills And the north wind rises, We'll be far away by dawn You were born -- from Heaven came down And caught your heart in a cloud---Art: http://naboolars.deviantart.com/art/Airship-550554606---
Idioglossary ponyphonic 2015-04-12 | A fun little song about the made-up languages between siblings.From Wikipedia: "An idioglossia is an idiosyncratic language invented and spoken by only one person or very few people. Most often, idioglossia refers to the 'private languages' of young children, especially twins, the latter being ... commonly referred to as twin talk or twin speech."I don't know that there are any songs about this yet, so I thought I'd write one.----------Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/idioglossary----------Lyrics:Fritzy was the TV, sorta work and sorta doesn't Like the snowy out the window was the fuzzy on the screen And snorey-borey were the little toys upon the floory And the neighbor kids were always kinda mean So criss-cross sat and chitter-chat, our days were spent conversy Interspersy little words our very own till we'd forget Just where the English end and where our little words beginned And ennui aid and time abet et ceter-eter-ret-set-set-set We take a syllable, the funnier the better And we say it till we make it be a word Lexicon of beg and borrow Idioglossary are, ohIsn't it the bestest thing you've ever ever heard Understood by no one but The two of us and you know what I mean when all I'm saying is a-la-a-wah-a-oh It's something magical, absurd, and so Much fun, this thing that we both know So we made a language and we meant to keep it secret But the words were so hilarious we had to share them all We put it alphabetic and we gave 'em definitions And we wrote 'em out in crayon on the wall Well, Momma didn't really take a liking to the mural Truly, artistry is never understood within its day But maybe, in the end, we like it better as an enigmatic Game that only we can play, it's siblinguistic anyway-------Written and performed by Dane Larson
Applejack ponyphonic 2015-01-23 | Applejack appreciation month was October, but I figure any month's a good one to appreciate best pony.-----------------------------------Download: ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/applejack-----------------------------------LyricsVerse 1:I'm not the sort to fall easily in loveThey are few and far between that catch my eyeBut when she walked up with that smile and "howdy do"My tongue tied knots I didn't know that it could tieShe's gorgeous, pragmatic, industrious and kindShe down-right radiates agrarian allureIf there was a contest for winsome country classThere'd be a bright blue ribbon headed straight to herPrechorus:Blonde, freckled, and green-eyedMy heart is hogtiedThat twang is knockin' me outTake me on down to your farm, girlTurn on your charm, girlThat countrified charisma is what I am all aboutChorus:My, oh, my, yeah she's a down home southern saintShe tells it like it is and won't go sayin' things that ain'tSweet as apple cider and with spice enough to spareAnd I won't ever want no other, I do declareThere is none who holds a candle on this side of anywhereVerse 2:She's not afraid of a little sweat and mudShe's got my heart beating a steady pitter patNo fuss, no pretense, and nary a complaintI swear she hides a halo 'neath that stetson hatCaring, devoted, and level-headed, andGood lord, her baking is a gift from the divineOh tell me that she feels the same way that I doI'll be her sugarcube; she'll be my valentine
Harmony Ascendant ponyphonic 2014-08-18 | Download - With Intro ($1): ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/harmony-ascendantDownload - No Intro ($1): ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/harmony-ascendant-no-intro-2--------------------------------------------------A hymn of praise sung by the citizens of Equestria. Since time immemorial, the world had existed in a constant state of upheaval under Discord's control. Then, the two great sisters, Luna and Celestia, appeared with the elements of harmony and remade the world, establishing order and the cycle of day and night. They remain the upholders of harmony and the symbols of a world in balance, prompting songs such as this from the eternally grateful ponies under their benevolent rule.--------------------------------------------------Narration:It was always very loud back thenA great agitation issued from the ground itself,Rising into the air and filling all with discontent and worryBeneath us stretched a mad landscape of spots and checkersAbove twisted a kaleidoscope skyAnd all between was ceaseless, unbroken chaosEventually, we grew callous to the clamorAnd slipped from anxiety into malaiseShedding our passion and our purposeIt was thus that the two great sisters found usFrom somewhere beyond the horizon, they cameSeeing beauty amidst the bedlam,They took up our sad world between them and tamed it,Bending it to their willAnd when the earth was ready, they looked to the skyAnd there, gave us their greatest gifts:The sun to light the day, and the moon to keep watch in the nightA celestial dance to order our moments;The slow heartbeat of our worldTwo forces in perfect balanceThis is our foundation; from this, all else followsLyrics:Dawn breaks through the darkened skies We lift our heads and dry our eyes When day is done, we're doubly blessed With starry sky and moon for rest No longer bound to hopelessness We dance as one with nature now The sun and moon will show us how Restless was the world we knew And cheerless were the days Of colors run together In an endless mirror maze But then two sisters brought us Out of Discord's dark caprice And gave us lights to guide us Into harmony and peace Day for rising; night for sleep As in heaven, so below Chaos banish; order keep Ever may it thusly go Memories are fading now The fog begins to thin The dreamer is awakened Life can begin And all that's past is preface To the story of today Now that harmony has come And driven dissonance away Day for rising; night for sleep As in heaven, so below Chaos banish; order keep Ever may it thusly goPerfect cosmic symmetry Sisters of the moon and sun Cornerstone of harmony Never let it be undone Day for rising; night for sleep Chaos banish; order keep--------------------------------------------------Personnel:Choir - Christina Larson, Dane Larson, Erik Larson, Jacqui LarsonMusic, Lyrics, Arrangement, Narration - Dane Larson--------------------------------------------------Cover Art:http://naboolars.deviantart.com/art/All-Else-Follows-475260842
Autumn ponyphonic 2014-01-14 | DOWNLOAD (High Quality) $1 -- ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/autumn---Two posts at once?! Since this one isn't pony-related, I thought I'd post it alongside "Starlight Waltz" so as not to alarm anyone. Pony will continue, but I thought I might start adding some additional material to keep you all entertained in the meantime.---Autumn always brings out such a wide range of feelings for me. The fall colors are exquisite to look at, but there's also this foreboding feeling of endings as the world becomes colder and darker. Yet somehow, it's strangely alive with imagination and memory; it's no wonder Halloween falls right in the middle. Anyway, I love it, and I wanted to capture some of its magic in a song. Hope you guys like it!---The leaves are restless in their dancingI lean hard against the windSmell of rain upon the pavementWithered branches sway and bendThere is a whisper at the windowsAnd melancholy heavy in the airAutumn comes in wearing red and yellowAnd leaves with a black veil in her hairThe shadows reach into the twilightScarves are waving their goodbyesTo the sun and to the summerAs the moon begins to riseAnd silhouettes of things rememberedThey form inside my mind's unblinking eyeAs, once again, we find ourselves returningTo make another circle in the sky
Starlight Waltz ponyphonic 2014-01-14 | DOWNLOAD (High Quality) $1 -- ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/starlight-waltz---It's no easy task to bring in the night. The subtlety and scale is overwhelming, but it's what Luna lives for. Over the years, her routine has become something of a dance, partly for efficiency, but mostly from the sheer joy of painting the world in her beloved starlight.---A little instrumental for all of our wonderful fans :) Thanks so much for all your love and encouragment!Background drawing is here: http://naboolars.deviantart.com/art/Starlight-Waltz-426120655
Love is in Bloom - Ponyphonic ponyphonic 2013-08-19 | Music: Daniel IngramLyrics: Meghan McCarthyEver since "Lullaby for a Princess", we've been wanting to perform a song together, and we felt like this one would be really cool as a duet. Once we started recording, we realized the new arrangement kind of needed a third verse, so we decided to expand a little on the "bloom" metaphor with some new lyrics.While we fully plan on doing more original, orchestral songs in the future, we feel the ponyphonic channel has been a bit lacking on the energetic front, and this seemed like a good opportunity to try out a more poppy, modern sound. We had a ton of fun with it, and hopefully you aren't too thrown off by our brief genre shift.This project really pushed both of us, and it took forever (sorry!), but we're really happy with how it turned out, and we are pleased now to present you with our version of "Love is in Bloom". Enjoy!Dane and Christina (ponyphonic)Our brother, Erik, worked on the video and has his own channel full of pony-related shenanigans here http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricDojo----------------Verse 3 (new lyrics):Through joy and tearsWe're carried by love(Love always perseveres)The tiny seed has grownToday, its brilliant flower's shown
Twilights Journey - Ponyphonic ponyphonic 2013-06-22 | DOWNLOAD from Bandcamp: http://ponyphonic.bandcamp.com/track/twilights-journey-remember-me----------------------------------------------------------Twilight's Journey (Remember Me)When Twilight Sparkle set off for Ponyville to "make some friends!" she could never have imagined what fate (and a certain sun princess) had in store for her. So many adventures and wonderful times... and now, suddenly, everything has changed. As a princess, Twilight faces a multitude of new concerns, and she fears that the friendships that brought her all this way will begin to slip into the past. Still, she hopes for the best, and asks, in this time of great changes, that her friends not forget her.-A huge thank you to our dad for writing such a wonderful song and to our brother for putting together this awesome video!----------------------------------------------------------Personnel:Words/Music -- D-Larson - http://www.youtube.com/user/listen2dProducer -------- Jim Abdo - http://www.brokenworks.com/bw_main.htmlVocals ----------- Christina LarsonBGVs ------------ Christina Larson & Dane LarsonVideo ------------- Erik Larson - http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricDojo----------------------------------------------------------Lyrics:Life is full of changeNothing stays the sameNo matter how we try to slow itTime keeps slipping by; you know, itSeems like yesterdayWhen we came each other's wayAnd now I can't help wonder whyAlready, it's time to say goodbyeChorus:For with a closing doorAnother surely opensJust you wait and seeAnd when you look backOn where we've been togetherWherever you may beI hope that you remember meMemories we madeWill begin to fadeAnd though I'll miss you so my friendIt's a beginning, not an endGood will come to we who waitTrusting, but not tempting fateAnd even as the moments flyAlready, it's time to say goodbyeChorusSome may call it happenstanceBut I do not believe in chanceAnd though I don't know where or whenOur paths will one day cross againChorus
Lullaby for a Princess ponyphonic 2012-09-18 | Just as she promised, Luna stood her ground and refused to lower the moon. Faced with the collapse of the delicate order they had worked so hard to build, Celestia was forced to do the unthinkable. Unable to fully utilize of the elements of harmony by herself, she used a fraction of their power to imprison her sister in the moon, saving the world, but at a terrible cost. The harmonic bond between sun and moon was broken forever; now, the elements lie dormant, awaiting new bearers. In time, the darkness in Luna's heart will begin to wane, but with it, so will the sealing spell that holds her in the moon. In a thousand years, she will escape, weakened but still powerful, and the world can only hope that new ponies will be found who can wield the elements and save Luna from herself.But Celestia's thoughts turn again to the present. It will be centuries before she can see her sister again, and for that, she blames herself. Surely she had seen the signs? She thinks over and over of the things she might have said and done differently. But despite her own sadness, she also longs to reach out and comfort Luna, and in this mix of bitterness, tenderness, and very distant hope, she looks to the moon and begins to sing.--------------------------------------------------------High-quality (and remastered!) download: http://ponyphonic.bandcamp.comWell... it's been a while, and in light of the 5 (!) month hiatus, I wanted to make sure the wait was worth it. I've taken a few of the comments on "The Moon Rises" into consideration: this song is quite a bit longer and it features a female vocal! *yay*Please welcome the newest member of ponyphonic: Christina!--------------------------------------------------------Intro:Fate has been cruel and order unkindHow can I have sent you away?The blame was my own; the punishment, yoursThe harmony's silent todayBut into the stillness I'll bring you a songAnd I will your company keepTill your tired eyes and my lullabiesHave carried you softly to sleepVerse 1:Once did a pony who shone like the sunLook out on her kingdom and sighShe smiled and said, "Surely, there is no ponySo lovely and so well beloved as I"So great was her reign and so brilliant her gloryThat long was the shadow she castWhich fell dark upon the young sister she lovedAnd grew only darker as days and nights passedChorus:Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mineAnd rest now in moonlight's embraceBear up my lullaby, winds of the earthThrough cloud, and through sky, and through spaceCarry the peace and the coolness of nightAnd carry my sorrow in kindLuna, you're loved so much more than you knowForgive me for being so blindVerse 2:Soon did that pony take notice that othersDid not give her sister her dueAnd neither had she loved her as she deservedShe watched as her sister's unhappiness grewBut such is the way of the limelight, it sweetlyTakes hold of the mind of its hostAnd that foolish pony did nothing to stopThe destruction of one who had needed her mostChorus:Lullay moon princess, goodnight sister mineAnd rest now in moonlight's embraceBear up my lullaby, winds of the earthThrough cloud, and through sky, and through spaceCarry the peace and the coolness of nightAnd carry my sorrow in kindLuna, you're loved so much more than you knowMay troubles be far from your mindAnd forgive me for being so blindInstrumentalBridge:The years now before usFearful and unknownI never imaginedI'd face them on my ownMay these thousand wintersSwiftly pass, I prayI love you; I miss youAll these miles awayEnding:May all your dreams be sweet tonightSafe upon your bed of moonlightAnd know not of sadness, pain, or careAnd when I dream, I'll fly away and meet you thereSleep...
Winter Wrap Up - Ponyphonic ponyphonic 2012-04-06 | ***Tomorrow, spring is here!***Okay, so spring has sort of already sprung, but this song just makes me want to drink some hot chocolate, throw on a scarf, and go shovel snow. At least, it would if I didn't live in Phoenix :P I went for a slightly more subdued performance of the song here, including a few subtle chord alterations for a more reflective feel. I hope you enjoy my take on that most catchy of pony songs.Btw... I would really like to offer downloads of this, but I haven't been able to secure the rights yet through either Harry Fox or Hasbro. I have an email out to both, and I'm still awaiting a response. In case you're curious (or bored), there's a good discussion of applicable copyright law below (the more you know!)http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2012/03/on-posting-cover-songs-on-youtube-music-licensing-law-explained
The Moon Rises (Original) ponyphonic 2012-02-25 | Download is temporarily disabled but will be back once I figure out where to host it. Soundcloud is a little pricey.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The night - quiet and mysterious - is Luna's responsibility and her one true love, but her years of raising the moon and stars have been met with cold indifference. As pain and jealousy weigh heavily on her mind, it seems that Equestria may have ignored their moon princess for one night too many...Image from: http://naboolars.deviantart.com/art/The-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-260018381-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lyrics:Now the hour has come at lastThe soft and fading lightHas crossed the west horizonAnd has bidden us goodnightAnd what a lovely night it isTo walk a moonlit fieldTo see the softer shadesThat are by starlight now revealedSo why is it that now,When all is quiet and at restWhen candles glow and all the worldIs at its very bestThe ponies of EquestriaShould lock themselves awayTo shun the moon and wait insteadFor Sister's sunny day?In umbra Luna est (the moon is in shadow)Am I so wrong to wish that theyWould see things like I do?And am I so wrong to thinkThat they might love me too?Why shouldn't they adore me?Is it not within my right?I'll not be overshadowed!Mine is not the lesser light!I've waited long enough nowFor them all to come aroundAnd though the Sun may plead and threaten,The Moon will stand her groundAnd all will know the wonderOf my dark and jeweled skyWhen all the world is wrappedIn an eternal lullabySo say goodnight at this,The final setting of the sunTomorrow dawns in darknessThe nighttime has begun!Nocte! (night!)
