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She's Out of Sight
03:20
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(I can feel the stars)
Did you feel the stars last night
When I took you to the foreign mountainside?
Or did you let it flood your eyes
The distant glow, the halo of the city sky?
It’s just like you to close your eyes
Clenching tightly, as comet-tails are streaking by
Shining brightly in all their grace
But their light won’t shine through hands that hide your face
City-people please turn out your lights so we can see the night sky
I’m afraid that I may never get this chance again in life
Let me see her one last time in the morning starlight
Before the mourning starts, right after she’s out of sight
Right after she’s out of sight
Disappear just to prove that you were right
You were right, you were alright
You were right, you were alright
You were right, you were alright
You were right …
I was wrong, I wasn’t that strong
I was wrong, I wasn’t that strong
I was wrong, I wasn’t that strong
I was wrong …
Out of sight, and out of mind
Carry on with the willfully blind
Like the girl with the light in her eyes
Agoraphobe to the opening skies
(Starlight)
Let it breathe, or let it sigh
(Starlight)
Let it be, or let it die
You were my tactile starlight
You were my tactile starlight
She’s out of sight
She’s out of sight
She’s out of sight
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2. |
Paradise Lost & Found
04:14
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You came into the light on a dark day
You fell into my life in the strangest of ways
In the middle of the action, you are my distraction
You may be the reason I'm still alive at all
But when I fall,
I hope you always reach for me with your loving arms
Just like you did from the start
Get it right or pay the price
Get it right or pay the price
The price
I've seen your best days
I've lived your worst ways
No idea how many hours
I've droned through life without a smile
I might have crawled out of the hole almost all on my own
It's no wonder I feel so alone
Got a twinkle in my eye, and my future's looking bright
But I still feel like I have no home
And everyone who stepped on me,
I forgive you
And everyone who doused my flame,
I forgive you
But I'll outlive you all
I'll outlive you all
I'll answer that call
And outlive you all
Gonna turn that shit up to 11
On Earth as it is in Heaven
The paradise you'll never see
You'll never see it coming
Because you never loved me
You never loved me
And it was all I ever needed
I love your best days
I accept your worst ways
Just take my hand and we'll make it out of this haze
Remove the heavy black veil,
And let us set sail
I trust your hand to guide us into the light
Setting courses, never veering
I'll trust you with the steering
As we both sail away to where we can die happy
As we both sail away to where we can die happy
As we both sail away to where we can die happy, oh
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3. |
Curtain Call
04:20
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Every day feels like a struggle
To hold myself together
And every day I feel in trouble
Like it will never get any better
But regardless
I keep believing
Keep running toward the dream
I’m always seeing
Manifesting
Right before my eyes
When it comes
I’ll try my best to act surprised
Sometimes it all seems so real
Like it’s there waiting for us just behind the curtain
The voice behind the curtain is telling you it’s there
But life is getting strange
Stranger by the day
So damn strange
And I’m not sure that I’ll be ok
Seems like everyone just passes the blame
It’s just easier to call what I see by name
Will you smile when I make it to fame?
Or will you always be the one to extinguish my flame?
Sometimes it feels so hard to breathe
You’d think the air was being sucked right from our lungs
This whole system was designed to keep us down
Barely breathing, bleeding out and hanging by a thread
Sometime it feels like we’re better off dead
Everything’s so frighteningly fragile
I’m almost too afraid to touch anything anymore
Then I remember that it all burns in the end
What we’re going through, it’s just a phase
And I’m sorry if I seem a little insane
I try to play like life is just a game
But all this guilt, it makes me feel like I’m crashing my own plane
Don’t you wish you could just give it all away
Give all of your pain
But instead it’s being given to me
The voice behind the curtain is telling you to stay
The voice behind the curtain is telling you it’s there
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4. |
S.T.A.Y.
03:42
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Take all of the books off of the shelf
Look at dust formed on the ground
Coded through time, what did I spell?
I moved the thread, did you hear the sound?
S T A Y, stay here with me, S T A Y
Can’t occupy this space with the dust that you left behind
S T A Y, stay here with me, S T A Y
I can feel you here but we’re separate in space and time
I can’t hear your voice
But it is always whispering
Just below the surface
S T A Y, stay here with me
I’m lost without a purpose
Second hand skips,
Second hand skips,
On the family timepiece
Second hand skips
Stops, and then trips
Then whispers divinely
Pack all of your bags
It’s time to go
The world is on fire
I thought you should know
The water is brown
The air’s thick with dust
Ominous sky
Color of rust
I can only hope that you will stay here
S T A Y, stay here with me
I can see the signs and they’re all coming clear
S T A Y, stay here with me
Stay, although this world’s falling apart
Fell into place right from the start
Let it crash down, burn to the ground
If we’re not here, it won’t be too loud
Say goodbye … for me
Say goodbye or …
Take a chance and stay with me
In this rotting, desolate place
Or let go the tether
And float out into the vastness of open space
S T A Y, stay here with me
S T A Y, stay here with me
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5. |
Evasive Dreams
03:30
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It’s right in front of you, so get it
It’s right in front of you, so get it
Tell yourself that you deserve to breathe all the air
To live life without a care in the world
Body’s singing “head south” as the pain pours from our mouth
Maybe it will be better where it’s warmer
Just when I think I’ve found love
Found love
Oh, fuck it, I lost it again
I lost my way out
Lost my way up to the surface
Now I’m gathering my friends to find a purpose
And it seems every step that you make ahead
In the right direction lands you where you started
What the fuck is up with life?
Can’t this dream come overnight?
Or will I always feel like I’ve been outsmarted?
Evasive dreams keep chasing themes
Of life filled with despair and darkness
Now you know what I mean
And I’m coming clean
No longer living in the land of the thwarted
Oh, no
I’ve lost my way out in a land of darkness in the light
With no one left to show me how I died
I’ve lost my way out in a land of darkness in the light
With no on left to show me how I died
Like snow in California,
Signs from up on high,
Bring things back to life now,
Bring things back to life
Oh, the World is changing,
Mayan Calendar ends,
Oh the World is changing,
So rally up your friends
(Bring things back to life)
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6. |
Double Slit
04:26
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You’re logging every good thing and bad thing I do
Any bad thing can cancel out all the good I’ve done for you
Why must we tally up our experiences like this?
This can’t possibly be healthy for anyone
You’re seeking approval from the void
Don’t get trapped in the event horizon
The void never speaks
And the void never sleeps
It only eats, and eats, and eats
As long as anyone’s willing to feed it
Just because you have a feeling doesn’t mean it’s true
Don’t be swayed too easily by the things that happen to you
Keep it level
Keep your head up
Every last decision is a Crossroads
And we can’t go both ways at once
I can still feel the other side
It’s always there
It’s always there
It’s always there
It’s always there
Calling out from underneath the water
Calling out from under there
Calling out from underneath the water
Calling out from under there
From under there
The inaccessible layer that feels so near
Yet so far to me
It remains out of reach
It remains to keep the peace in my life
In my heart, in my mind
Somewhere out there in the vastness of space
I truly believe our antitheses are doing it all right
‘Cos here we’ve got it all wrong and we’re flailing about
It all seems like a breeze, the wars and disease that we spread with ease
Stop this pandemic, before it’s too late
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7. |
Singularity
04:58
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Only you know what's on your mind
Only you know what's worth fighting for
Only you know what it all means to you
What does it all mean to you?
In fighting the good fight
I’ve lost touch with things I wish I hadn’t
I’m trying my best to hold onto it all
But I can only cast so many lines
Fall away, fall away gently
Don’t drag me down as you go
We are coming upon a time
When you’ll see lights brighter than you could ever know
When we’ll all be thinking each other’s thoughts
Feeling each other’s feelings
Forgetting what we’ve been taught
About others’ dealings
You won’t feel it the moment it happens
This awakening cannot be stopped
We’ve set the events in motion now
To spiral out of control, out of our hands
Out of our, out of our hands now
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8. |
Golden Jackal
06:03
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Lost souls find each other
In the darkest of times
Lost souls carry onward
However their paths may unwind
We’re going to meet our makers
Somewhere down the line
Somewhere down the line
And I’m telling you
That it will be fine
It’ll be alright
In the meantime
Could I have your love tonight?
May I have this dance tonight?
Will you give your hand to mine?
And let our fingers intertwine?
The distant feeling of your love
Gives me a surreal vibes
Like imagining hieroglyphic walls
Speaking out like the God Anubis
God of Death
Anubis, God of Life
Protector of the Underworld
His eyes see through your soul
The golden jackal
The golden jackal
Golden jackal
What did the jackal tell you he saw in you?
What did the jackal tell you he saw in you?
Did he see lies, or did he see the truth
Did he see blue skies, or did they wash over you?
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Memory Collector Altoona, Pennsylvania
** Experimental Ambient Electronic music by Memory Collector **
I'm an independent musician/composer
and have been writing music since 2009, all of which has been recorded in various home studios I've had over the years. I'm definitely going for a very different sound with this project, so don't expect anything too conventional! I consider myself a shoegazer by nature but work within many genres.
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