{"id":7564,"date":"2025-07-09T08:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7564"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:53:03","slug":"for-once-in-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/?p=7564","title":{"rendered":"For Once In My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"For Once In My Life\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R16_lEpItHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written and recorded around 1990. I just bought a Yamaha TG55 sound module and was revelling in the opportunities and sounds that that could give me. All the recording was done on a Fostex 8 track, synced to an Amiga computer running Dr. T&#8217;s Midi Recording Studio. Those were the days &#8211; cables everywhere &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Close your eyes in the silence of the night<br>Darkness like velvet<br>I know I don&#8217;t need the light<br>And I know that this time I&#8217;ve got it right<br>For once in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All I see, this image in my mind<br>Fragile like moonlight<br>I know I need your embrace<br>And I know that I&#8217;ve found some heavenly place<br>For once in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soft as the breeze on a warm August night<br>Cool as a breath of the air<br>Turning at last to that pale morning light<br>Falling like rain, I am here<br>For once in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know I don&#8217;t need a light<br>And I know that this time I&#8217;ve got it right<br>I know I need your embrace<br>And I know that I&#8217;ve found some heavenly place<br>For once in my life<br>For once in my life<br>My life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as the darkness turns to flame <br>     Then the heartbeat<br>You make your mark, I stake my claim<br>     Cuts the silence like a knife<br>I never knew, I never knew your name<br>     Then the lips meet<br>But still I trust you just the same<br>     And what was dead returns to life<br>For once in my life<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written and recorded around 1990. I just bought a Yamaha TG55 sound module and was revelling in the opportunities and sounds that that could give me. All the recording was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"rishi__cb_customizer_meta":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7572,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7564\/revisions\/7572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westsongs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}