...'strid' & 'kneth' ... met on the internet ... and decided to unite forces in ... aSkEN project ...

words & music ... fit each other ... they rhyme & combine... initiated to just give some ...audible examples for singers, bands and producers who are desperately ... in need of ... a good couple of songwriters ... they discovered that... the aSkEN songs are ... some how ... some kind ... of ... special ... making the unsuspecting listener ... just ... go crazy...
so ... where does aSkEN project go?... we don't know !... maybe that's up to you !...

Vocals and instruments on the aSkEN songs: ...Annelies Gheeraert (Vocals)...Daan Breuls (Drums, Percussion)...Luc Van Overschelde (Mouth-organ)...Maarten Decombel (Acoustic guitar)...Thomas Vanhauwaert (Keys, Hammond, Pads)...and Kenneth Vermoote (Electric guitar, Folk guitar, Lap steel guitar, Harmony vocal, Harmonica, Bass, Bassmandoline, Drums)... (c) Astrid Rhemrev (Netherlands) & Kenneth Vermoote (Belgium)

Lyrics and Songs (demo):

 
 

The light still shines
I can't run away
The desert
Reflections
Someone
Do you - I don't know

2011-2012: aSkEN project ... recording in ... the studio... 2013, July 23: Kenneth and his new band NEELA live on stage at the Gentse Feesten (BE) with songs of 'aSkEN project'... 2015, May 14th: NEELA free single "The light still shines" released on Youtube

 
     
         
 

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I've lived so many lives before - But the past is gone... long gone ... How come my heart still feels sore - Can't we make it undone...

But the light still shines, Shines on me, Yes the light still shines, Shines on me

The rain falls out of the sky - And I'm in this desolate land ... Trying to bury all the lies - When the thunder comes...take my hand

But the light still shines, Shines on me, Yes the light still shines, Shines on me

I used to think that live was easy - I used to think that live would please me ... Never realized ‘till now, that I was wrong, so wrong
But the light still shines and makes me strong, so strong

And if tomorrow never comes - I know that I have really lived ... And when I go to sleep at night - I know that today was a gift

Cause the light still shines, Shines on me, Yes the light still shines, Shines on me

(c) Lyrics by Astrid Rhemrev; Music by Kenneth Vermoote; Performed by Neela; Free single on Youtube

 
 
         
  I can't run away      
 

Every night - There they come, from my screen
Every night - There it is, there's the scream
Turn it off, I try - But I can't run away, run away, no no - I can't run away, no no

I feel numb - But they invite me to dance
Feel ashamed - Can't get out of my bench
Turn my head, I try - But I can't run away, run away, no no - I can't run away, no no

I don't have to worry, I am safe, I am free - And tomorrow I can buy myself a brand new tv

And I watch - That is all I can do, all I can do
And I think - It's not real, this is not true
Close my eyes, I try - But I can't run away, run away, no no - I can't run away, no no

(c) Lyrics by Astrid Rhemrev; Music by Kenneth Vermoote

   
         
  The desert      
 

I am walking in my dreams through the dessert all alone - I miss the engine moaning of my car - The sun is burning on my face, I don't know where to go - I never went this way, so far - I say hey, could you care about me - My eyes are bleeding, oh please, would you help me, to get me free

And I am wounded badly, some snake-bites in my feet - Phantoms all around, and I can't stand the heat - The sound of falling raindrops on my window wakes me up - And I don't care that it's just a dream - I say hey, could you care about me - My eyes are bleeding, please, would you help me, get me free

I think I fall asleep again cause I feel sand grains in my throat - I need some water so get me on a boat - And let me sail on every ocean let the wind take me away - On a trip that is just a dream - The men are covered up, I can only see their eyes - A scorpion is getting near - They whisper soft and shake their heads, is this my paradise - This is real, it's not a dream - So I say hey, could you care about me - My eyes are bleeding, oh please, would you help me, get me free - So I say hey, could you care about me - My eyes are bleeding, oh please, would you help me, set me free

(c) Lyrics by Astrid Rhemrev; Music by Kenneth Vermoote


 

 

 

 

 

 
  Reflections      
 

I used to sing along - Got the tunes still in my head but something turned... out wrong
All the people that I knew - Were the best friends that I had we used to talk... till morning dew - Do you remember - All the time we spent together feeling fine - What ever happened - To those days of harmony, when everything did rhyme

We thought the sky was blue - And the grass was always green till we found out .... that aint true - All the bad things on tv - We would make them go away we were so strong... we didn't see - Do you remember - All the time we spent together feeling fine - What ever happened - To those days of innocence, when everything did rhyme

How I want to turn back time - But the clocks don't work that way they just don't work... that way - So I try to do the best - Do best that I can do and I just hope... that you do too -
Reflections ..... just reflections .....

(c) Lyrics by Astrid Rhemrev; Music by Kenneth Vermoote

   
         
  Someone      
 

Someone is out there, Looking for me, Someone is out there , Reaching for me
He might be asleep now, Dreaming of me, He might be walking, Meanwhile thinking of me
Someone is out there, And I know he knows me, Someone is out there, And he cares about me
He might be drinking, Wishing he was with me, He might be driving, In is car to me

Someone is out there, Searching for me, Someone is out there, Longing for me
He might look at the stars now, Just like me, He might be smiling, When he's thinking about me

It could happen any day now and any day would be fine
But I'm not gonna sit and wait for him to be mine
I'm gonna laugh with you and dance with you all night long
And no one's gonna point his finger at me telling me I'm wrong

Someone is out there, Believing in me, Someone is out there, Sending his love to me
He might be drinking, Wishing he was with me, He might be driving, In is car to me

(c) Lyrics by Astrid Rhemrev; Music by Kenneth Vermoote

   
         
  Do you? - I don't know      
  Do you ever think of me - Do you really try to see - What's inside me, in my heart - Do you listen when I speak - Do you reach out when I seek - On days when I'm feeling weak
Would you care if I should stumble, I don't know, I don't know
Would you care if I should fall, I don't know, I really don't know

Do you ever look at my face - Do you see what's behind the lace - Or when I've changed my hair - Do you try to understand - Do you ever take my hand - When my back is a little bit bend
Would you care if I should stumble, I don't know, I don't know
Would you care if I should fall, I don't know, I really don't know

All my days have changed into night, I can't believe I used to think I felt right
Soon I will feel numb, I will feel numb - Like the sun implodes and turns off the light, That's how it feels, and this time I'm right , Soon I will feel numb, I will feel numb

Do you ever think of me - Do you really try to see - What's inside me, in my heart - Do you listen when I speak - Do you reach out when I seek - On days when I'm feeling weak
Would you care if I should stumble, I don't know, I don't know
Would you care if I should fall, I don't know, I really don't know


(c) Lyrics by Astrid Rhemrev; Music by Kenneth Vermoote