The Missing was written for my parents who I lost some years ago. Anyone who has gone through grief knows that it never really leaves, although somehow you learn to cope. The lyrics came to me at a time when grief had come to visit. It's a song of thanks for, and a celebration of, the great love of my parents and an acknowledgement that sometimes, you just need to take a day. I've been told that it's one of my best songs to date and people are relating to the lyrics. The song builds and builds with a haunting chorus that sticks in your mind.  The music was composed in GarageBand and all arrangements and production is done by me.

The Missing

Angie Kuske - The Missing

This song is about an explosive relationship where the couple are constantly arguing and complaining about each other but, somehow, the relationship just works and they can't live without each other. All their friends say they must be crazy!  I am the lyricist and Larry Dillon is the composer. Larry has provided this demo which is looking for a singer to do it justice. Lyrics below:

VERSE 1: 
The glow in our eyes 
Could light a fire 
But sometimes, not so bright 
We'd cross swords 
Over the slightest thing 
A sharp sting, 'bout nothing

PRE-CHORUS 1:
My friends would tell me they didn't know 
Should I stay or should I go

CHORUS: 
They'd say I'm crazy to love you 
But crazy more without you 
Quite a mystery 
You and me
Crazy to love you 
Crazy more without you 
As the stars explode 
Lights up our road 
Crazy to love you 
Seemed nowhere to turn to 
But they didn't know how 
Good our making up could be 
Having you here so close to me

VERSE 2: 
Without you I'd be a desperate fool 
Complaining, ear bending 
I'd rush home
Never could play it cool 
For you girl
You were all of my world

PRE-CHORUS 2:
By 2am they'd block all of my calls 
Cause I'd drive them up the wall, about you

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE: 
We'd make up with all our might 
Fight with fire then hold you tighter 
They couldn't see our bond was never in doubt 
Our crazy love's what makes it right

REPEAT CHORUS

Crazy to Love You © Angie Kuske and Larry Dillon 2017 (demo)

This song is about single people going to a bar looking for love.  They make eye contact with a beautiful stranger, but will this stranger be their one true love or just another fleeting encounter? I wrote the lyrics and Ariel Cubria wrote the music and performs the song.  Lyrics below:

Verse 1:
Hats and scarves and coats in cars
Find another late night bar
Where strangers dance around each other
Will you be my only lover
Or are you looking for another
One night stand

Pre-chorus:
Dancing talking mind is walking
Into future lights with you

Chorus:
Will we flash by like Black Friday
Pleasure rush til Cyber Monday
Will we be a lasting treasure
Holding fast but no fast measures
Will we find a life forever
Or Black Friday love

Verse 2:
Drink it back make eye contact
Will you take this stranger back
Or will you dance around each other
While one drink becomes another
If you see no-one above her
Take her hand

Repeat pre-chorus
Repeat chorus

Bridge:
Now you’re rushing
In slow motion
Lips are touching
Heat explosion
Out of nowhere
Comes the notion
You’re the one emotion
I will ever need

Repeat Chorus

End:
Will we be a lasting treasure
Holding fast but no fast measures
Will we find a life forever
Or Black Friday love
Will we travel life together
Or Black Friday love
Don’t want another stormy weather
Cold Black Friday love
Go Black Friday love
No Black Friday love

Black Friday Love © Angie Kuske and Ariel Cubria 2018

This was written with the composer Robin Hutton and this new version has been produced by Jonathan Essex. It has a real "50 Shades", Ellie Goulding feel to it! Lyrics below.

Addiction never bothered me
I never got the point
Begged and teased and lured me
I dared not disappoint
Poison dripped straight from your heart
And found its way to mine
I'm so hooked and torn apart
It's true that love is blind

CHORUS
Your love is a drug
That wrecks my veins
Remorse pleasure and pain
You are the storm
I can't control
But oh, I love the rain

You studied love so carefully
You learned at super speed
Tripped me up and taught to me
How easy you succeed
Did you set me up to fail
And did you ever care
Our wreck goes down with burning sails
No hope of rescue there

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
I'd like to think that some day
I’d fly to better things
But when I find a runway
You’re there to clip my wings

REPEAT CHORUS

Addiction always bothers me
Now I get the point
Begged and teased and lured me
I did not disappoint
Poison drips still from your heart
And spills its way to mine
I'm so hooked and torn apart
Addiction left me blind

REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT BRIDGE
REPEAT CHORUS

© Angie Kuske 2016

Love's Drug Ellie Goulding style vocal © Angie Kuske & Robin Hutton 2017 Produced by Jonathan Essex

This is an unashamedly romantic song for anyone who has ever been in love.  I wrote the lyrics and Mamek Koro wrote the beautiful music.  Bonnie Nadine, who was instrumental in bringing us all together, is the stunning vocalist. This is a truly international collaboration - I am in the UK, Bonnie is in the States and Mamek is in Japan. Lyrics are copied below:

I danced with you in the springtime
Was it so long ago
Holding your hand inside mine
Hearing you sing soft and low

All the times we were so blessed
All the life we knew
Our silhouettes and red sunsets
I remember my March waltz with you

Danced with you in the springtime
It was oh so long ago
Your loving arms felt so fine
That was all I know

Danced with you from the spring to the fall
We’ll dance on into the blue
You’re my heart, my home, my all
I remember my March waltz with you

Into the blue
Into the blue
I remember my March waltz with you

March Waltz © Bonnie Nadine, Angela Kuske and Mamek Koro 2018

This is the second song which I've had the pleasure to create with Bonnie Nadine as the beautiful singer and Mamekorro as the fabulous composer and musical performer.  Again, I wrote the lyrics, which were inspired by someone telling me that my parents' souls had always been together, throughout all of time, and always would be. The lyrics are copied below:

 The long day has come to an end
 I’m tired and I am needing a friend dear
 So if it’s OK I’ll stay here, remain here
 With you there’s no need for pretence dear

 Let’s pour the wine
 And let us fall back in time
 And let’s remember how the sunshine
 Has been kind in our lives

 And when it comes to the end of the night
 And we wake with the light
 I will find you still warm in my arms
 With the dawn burning bright

 We are the two halves of one soul
 We’ve been that way forever
 And when we met 
 I knew I’d come home
Throughout all time
 You’ve been mine
 And I was always yours
 We’ve lived through peaceful times 
 and cried when our land went to war

 If this life should come to an end
 Don’t cry your heart I promise to mend dear
 Hope you’ll be OK to stay here, 
 the time’s near
 We’ll soon be together again dear

 The new day it dawned in the end
 I’m glad that I have found a new friend dear
 And if it’s OK I’ll stay here, with no fear
 It feels like I know you from somewhere

 Don’t forget
 We won’t forget

Two Halves of One Soul © Angela Kuske, Mamekkoro and Bonnie Nadine 2018

This is a completely new version of Black Friday Love - same lyrics but this time Oliver Njikho has composed the melody.  So it has a totally different feel to previous versions. Looking for an artist to record it - if that is you, please get in touch! Lyrics below:

Verse 1:
Hats and scarves and coats in cars
Find another late night bar
Where strangers dance around each other
Will you be my only lover
Or are you looking for another
One night stand
One night stand

Pre-chorus:
Dancing talking mind is walking
Into future lights with you
Dancing talking mind is walking
Into future lights with you

Chorus:
Are we gonna flash by like Black Friday
Pleasure rush til Cyber Monday
Are we gonna be a lasting treasure
Holding fast but no fast measures
Are we gonna find a life forever
Or just a Black Friday love
Oh love oh love
Or just a Black Friday love
Oh love oh love yeah

Verse 2:
Drink it back make eye contact
Will you take this stranger back
Or will you dance around each other
While one drink becomes another
And if you see no-one above her
Take her hand
Take her hand

Repeat pre-chorus
Repeat chorus

Bridge:
Now you’re rushing
In slow motion
Lips are touching
Heat explosion
Out of nowhere
Comes the notion
You’re the one emotion
I’ll ever need

Repeat Chorus

End:
Are we gonna find a love forever
Let’s travel life together
Cos I don’t want another stormy weather
Let’s travel life together

Black Friday Love © Angela Kuske & Oliver Njikho SCAMP Demo

*Correct version now with vocal!*
This is a new version of a song originally sung by Ariel Cubria. Ariel did a fantastic job but we wondered how the song would sound with a female vocal, and Nolita Golding has now provided us with her excellent vocal. Please do have a listen and let us know what you think!  Lyrics below.

Verse 1:
Hats and scarves and coats in cars
Find another late night bar
Where strangers dance around each other
Will you be my only lover
Or are you looking for another
One night stand

Pre-chorus:
Dancing talking mind is walking
Into future lights with you

Chorus:
Will we flash by like Black Friday
Pleasure rush til Cyber Monday
Will we be a lasting treasure
Holding fast but no fast measures
Will we find a life forever
Or Black Friday love

Verse 2:
Drink it back make eye contact
Will you take this stranger back
Or will you dance around each other
While one drink becomes another
If you see no-one above her
Take her hand

Repeat pre-chorus
Repeat chorus

Bridge:
Now you’re rushing
In slow motion
Lips are touching
Heat explosion
Out of nowhere
Comes the notion
You’re the one emotion
I will ever need

Repeat Chorus

End:
Will we be a lasting treasure
Holding fast but no fast measures
Will we find a life forever
Or Black Friday love
Will we travel life together
Or Black Friday love
Don’t want another stormy weather
Cold Black Friday love
Go Black Friday love
No Black Friday love

This is a song about the love between vampires - an inspiration which hit me in the wee hours of a sleepless night. It has a similar vibe to The Disturbed and "The Sound of Silence". I wrote the lyrics and composed the music and perform the song myself, so this is another which is all my own work! Lyrics below:

Verse 1:
A thousand years ago
A girl I did not know
Who came to me one night
My soul alight with fright
I saw her catch the air
Red diamonds in her hair
She woke me from my sleep
And in a voice so deep
She sang

Chorus:
There it is
The life force
Underneath your skin
Knock knock can I come in
There it is
The life force
Howling at the moon
Tick tock I’ll be there soon
Sticky sweet
The life force

Verse 2:
A hundred years went by
In the blinking of red eyes
I learned her ancient ways
We slept away the days
Companions of the night
Together lost in flight
The scent upon the wind
Would surely call us in
And we’d sing

Repeat chorus

Bridge:
Then our lands went to war
Just like they had before
Man’s unexploded bomb
Exposed her to the sun
Through ashes on the wind
I thought I heard her sing

Repeat chorus x 2

The Life Force

Cherry Tree Park Romance by Bonnie Nadine Newman

Nebraska, Alaska by Larry Jenson

Hello!  I'm a singer-songwriter and the songs on this Soundcloud account are older songs which are either demos or collaborations with other artists. My own, current songs are available in all the major stores here https://songwhip.com/artist/angie-kuske. I've grown as an artist since this page was first launched and now sing my own songs in my own unique way! I've been told that my style reminds people of Kate Bush, Kirstie McColl and Blondie amongst others. I write catchy pop songs with an 80s vibe (unintentionally as it turns out - I much prefer the 60s and 70s!!). I try to make my lyrics interesting and relatable with good imagery. In recent years, I've been the lyricist for Staffan Öfwerman who was a musician behind Roxette for many years. Those songs can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAksokcEB1MzVbtlyYaZS0OxSoK8eNs3r

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