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Outside Of The Fever Dream

Lyrics:
I got a ticket to the heavens.
This fever dream’s got to end soon.
I know that time can never go back.
This fever dream’s got to end soon.

Get on the plane, it’s time to go.
Forget your name, no desire to know.
I’ll leave it all behind once I’ve awoken
from a nightmare to a coma.
Say your goodbyes, close the door.
Embrace the skies, below it no more.
The world has let me down, so let me up.
Shellshock in the warcry of the angels.

Why can’t the world become normal again?
I’m sick of the fever dream.
Don’t lose my mind waiting for it to end.
Snap out of the fever dream.
Because
I got a ticket to the heavens.
This fever dream’s got to end soon.
I know that time can never go back.
This fever dream’s got to end soon.

Sometimes I got nothing to say.
It’s like we’re all becoming insane.
Sometimes I think ignoring it is better.
Sometimes I can go on forever.
Did I pass away unable to tell?
Is this purgatory, heaven or hell?
Sleep paralysis locked me out of my life.
I don’t belong in this timeline.

Why can’t the world become normal again?
I’m sick of the fever dream.
Don’t lose my mind waiting for it to end.
Snap out of the fever dream.
Because
I got a ticket to the heavens.
This fever dream’s got to end soon.
I know that time can never go back.
This fever dream’s got to end soon.

Every decade is the same old story now.
Of the decadence of fame and the glory now.
Desperation to remember how it was before.
It’s just a fraction of the long term.
Like thunder clapping in applause.
To the lightning acting as the cause.
Our soul has been gradually falling within.
Can’t notice till after our calling begins.

It’s just worse than it’s ever been.
Wake Up.
Wake Up.
Wake Up.

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I'm usually not thrilled about my singing but it's important that I take the risk of being rejected as an artist.
https://alexvylen.bandcamp.com/track/this-fever-dream
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This Fever Dream

A song I composed, wrote and sang in September of last year but then finished doing the best I can at mixing and mastering it just now. I hope to get all these older projects out and published first before working on my newer projects.

Lyrics:
Tossing and turning. (x4) 
Every night I’m tossing and turning. (x2) 
I can’t pretend that it’s over.
Too addicted to being sober.
Reminiscence now is soaking up my eyes.
Like distant clouds floating in the skies.
Bad blood was going down and out, but water made it thin.
No bones about it now, it’s gone with the wind.
It’s rainwater under the bridge.
And I can smell the scent of the rains in the air, after the thunderstorm, heaaah, after the thunderstorm.
Tossing and turning. (x4) 
I can’t remember what it was like before.
Drops are coating everything that’s outside the door.
But now I have another way to go.
I’m bound to never have to lay low.
I’m scared to discover what’s next for me.
Cause I remember how the thunder affected me.
The lightning’s so electrifying.
And I can smell the scent of the rains in the air, after the thunderstorm, heaaah, after the thunderstorm.

After The Thunderstorm

Lyrics:

Like VHS at night.
Up till the morning light.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

That song I heard before.
A thousand times or more.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Re-resurrecting the past.
We never guessed it won’t last.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Throwbacks now a main event.
I know that’s not the same intent.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Pay homage like it’s rent.
How days constantly are spent.
Yeah sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Days I was not extant to see.
My present day identity.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Ask me why I sorely miss it.
Age was just a single digit.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Remember this? Remember that?
Today you exist but we’re bringing it back.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

No conscience in you no pain.
No contribution no gain.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

No inspiration to miss.
No ignorance no bliss.
Yeah sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

And now the world is raging on.
The problems like to stay along.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Repetition till the next day.
Repetition over decades.
Sound familiar?
Found it peculiar.
Must be nowstalgia.

Reassert forgotten idols.
We deserve a prophet/profit, I know, but
We desert our prophets/profits idle.
Must be nowstalgia.

I swear it’s gotta be.
I swear it’s gotta be that.
I swear it’s gotta be.
Must be nowstalgia.

Bandcamp Link: https://alexvylen.bandcamp.com/track/nowstalgia

Nowstalgia

From July 2021, a year ago. 

Lyrics:
I swear that I’m not lonely.
Don’t care that you don’t know me.
I am my friend you won’t be.
Feelin’ left out but I’m not lonely.
Have fun without me.
And I’m glad, you never found me.
You and your friends could help me, but we’ve never met.
(I have)
So much to say.
But I’m not here to stay.
Because nobody up there acknowledges me when I did my best.
I swear that I’m not lonely.
Don’t care that you don’t know me.
I am my friend you won’t be.
Feelin’ left out but I’m not lonely.
Nobody knows my history.
Nobody paid attention.
Of course I can’t build a castle like you.
While you’re all joining hands, I have only two.
None of you know me, I’m here but you don’t see.
Myself and me only, I swear
The future’s too
Unpredictable
Something’s missing you’ll
Come to miss it like they took it away.
It don’t belong to you, but you’ll stutter to them.
Like you’re longing for the middle of the summer again.
Come to think of it,
Nothing rings a bit
Of a singular bell about it in my memory. Is it dead to me?
Oooooh it’s a little late for you to understand.
Oooooh it’s a little late for me to take your hand.
Aftermath of Actium.
Solitude is back again.
Can’t sound professional but no one controls me.
I’m ruling over nothing but I swear I’m not lonely.
~
Everywhere is quiet except my mind.
Happiness is something I’ll never find.
The final foe to defeat was myself.
Soul is damaged beyond repair.
I’m without any studio.
This is nothing that you would know.
This song is about to end, but I’m not stopping there.
(I feel so left out)
I swear that I’m not lonely.
Don’t care that you don’t know me.
I am my friend you won’t be.
Feelin’ left out but I’m not lonely.
I swear that I’m not lonely.
Don’t care that you don’t know me.
I am my friend you won’t be.
Feelin’ left out but I’m not lonely.

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Bandcamp Link: https://alexvylen.bandcamp.com/track/im-not-lonely

I'm Not Lonely

Lyrics:

Across the universe, I lie myself down.
Atop the pool’s surface I can rest now.
My own mall and my own stairway.
Draft in the hall is in my own airways.

How did I get here?
How can I leave?
How did I get here?
I’ll never leave.

I never estimated it would be this way
I underestimated that I’d see it today.
I wasn’t ready for the feeling I’d get.
I’m rising through the water and the ceiling is next.

Can’t believe that I won’t wanna stay here.
Wanted to be all alone with no neighbors near.
This isn’t fair I demand to enjoy this.
Can’t escape but waking up can destroy it.

How did I get here?
How can I leave?
How did I get here?
I’ll never leave.

I never estimated it would be this way
I underestimated that I’d see it today.
I wasn’t ready for the feeling I’d get.
I’m rising through the water and the ceiling is next.

My Very Own Liminal Space For Fun

Slightly older track.

Lyrics:
Let’s get started with the frontier.
Your position’s uncharted when you come here.
But anybody here can die.
Life is a dream just passing you by.
Take a breath, now take another.
The stakes are this when we hate eachother.
Unofficial truth sinking under.
One day you’ll remember that, with-
-no way it’ll ever matter.
Venturing west with your life.
And only the best will survive.
Yeah.
Don’t you wanna make it?
You gotta be the danger out here.
Don’t you miss the peaceful times?
Don’t you wish to be confined?
And don’t you wish you had the will to sleep at night?
Before the future, it’s the wild west. Only a champion can stay there.
Life’s not fair at the end of the day. So why should I play fair?
Step on over the plate, take control of your fate.
Every single curveball is bound to disorientate.
Gotta make sure it’s actually done right.
To swing so hard you can afford to bring a bat to a gunfight.
Soon, every single drop of your life is spent.
But it’s already obvious where all of the time went.
You had to use it up staying alive.
And now you’re on your death bed, waiting till the angel arrives.

Part of my (unofficial) EP from June last year: 
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/alexvylen/fairplayhttps://alexvylen.bandcamp.com/track/fairplay

Fairplay

Photosynthesis (Instrumental)

Coming to Spotify soon!
I will keep trying to innovate and expand my boundaries as much as I can while following my soul.
The lyrics were written in Summer 2020.

Lyrics:

(What do you mean how many people is this song about?)
The less you know the better, but just for me
I guess it shows you’re ready for what you see
It’s not your business cause I said so
Only my head knows
That you know it’s not my fault
Frightened by my reckoning, another numbered day
I can give you anything, just look the other way
Payback isn’t something I want to deserve
No justice is served
You know it’s not my fault

How could you say such things about me?
How could the blame tie strings around me?
Lines getting moved on the ground again
This is how I am
But you know it’s not my fault
Recorded my voice, by your only choice
But you know it’s not my fault
You know it’s not my fault
You saw me on tape, it’s all in your face
But you know it’s not my fault
You know it’s not my fault

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

If you point your finger, you’re another deranged one
Lumping you together cause you’re under the same sun
I’ll say you’re only obsessed with me
To keep you from questioning
That you know it’s not my fault
Peace is all I ever wanted, maybe this is clear
Piece it all together and I’ll make you disappear
I’m not a hypocrite, I’m just sick of this
And I swear that you know it’s not my fault

How could you say such things about me?
How could the blame tie strings around me?
Lines getting moved on the ground again
This is how I am
But you know it’s not my fault
Recorded my voice, by your only choice
But you know it’s not my fault
You know it’s not my fault
You saw me on tape, it’s all in your face
But you know it’s not my fault
You know it’s not my fault

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
(There’s no limit to how many people this song is about)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You Know It's Not My Fault

CAN'T MOVE MUST MOVE
THIS ONE IS THE FIRST OF MANY MORE
THIS SONG DEPICTS HOW I FEEL ABOUT TRYING TO GET NOTICED BUT NOTHING EVER CHANGES FOR SOME REASON
IT FEELS LIKE SLEEP PARALYSIS (instrumental)

ODE TO SLEEP PARALYSIS

Lyrics:

It’s deep into the day.
But me, I’m in the shade.
It’s not about to rain, but I can’t see through the
Clouds above me.
How tragic of me.
Almost everything around me is in the sun.
I know it’s just my brain.
But now I’m drowning in the rain.
You see a lot in my worried gaze.
Dreams? There’s a lot of them.
Screams? There’s no stopping them.
Maybe it’s anxiety.
But maybe it’s just my
Cloudshadow.
Cloudshadow.
Cloudshadow.
Cloudshadow.
(That’s what I’ll call it for now)
The world around is bright
But I’m still in the night.
I’m not about to cry, but that’s only on the
outside of me.
Define unlucky.
I cannot for sure because it’s relative.
I know it’s just my mind.
I’m living on the other side.
And it feels like a physical type of
pain, but it’s in the soul.
Flames, but they’re freezing cold.
Maybe it’s depression.
But maybe I’m under a
Cloud’s Shadow.
Cloud’s Shadow.
Cloud’s Shadow.
Cloud’s Shadow.
(I’ll figure this out)
Out here I’m on my own.
I’m better off alone.
My thoughts begin to drone and roam but
They’re not my own.
Where the sun has shone.
It recedes away, when I take a step.
The brighter is the sun, the darker are the shadows.
It’s a contrasting battle, but
I’d rather have lost, if that was the cost.
Might be schizophrenia.
But maybe I’m where the
Clouds Shadow.
(shadow the ground)
Clouds Shadow.
(they shadow the ground)
Cloud’s Shadow.
(it shatters the ground)
Cloudshadow.
(dragging me down)
Cloudshadow.

https://open.spotify.com/album/4l3k7VKUjgM8McLBbV0VhR

Cloudshadow

Released on the Summer Solstice last year on Spotify etc. Now released on the Summer Solstice this year on Soundcloud and Bandcamp.
https://alexvylen.bandcamp.com/track/choreomania

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