Got busy again. Still stuck with just an internal mic in my MacBook and I'm trying to save some money for better equipment. Anyway, I like this one. I hope you do too, and if so, you're free to share it to the world :)

-- Lyrics --

The first time I saw you
You made me smile
Awkwardly shuffling your feet
To the beat
You asked, will you dance with me
For a a while
I said, I'll give you anything
You'll ever need

And we listened to the sound, of the melodies we found
In the dark
Moving our bodies, flowing through the crowd
Made a spark

Yet the same needle that made the music ring
Starts to sting
As black turns grey, sounds fade away
In the dark
You were looking for a different tune
You were looking for a different tune

The last time I saw you
You forced a smile
Awkwardly shuffling your feet
To the beat
You said, I can't see you
For a while
I said, well if that's what
You really need

And I listened to the sound, of the elevator going down
In the dark
Every affection buried in the ground
Left a mark

The same needle that made the music ring
Starts to sting
As black turns grey, sounds fade away
In the dark
I was looking for a different tune
I was looking for a different tune
I was looking for a different tune
Biding my time for you
Looking for a different tune
I remembered the songs we knew
Looking for a different tune
And I know that they hurt you too
Looking for a different tune
I swayed to somebody new

And we listened to the sound, of the world going round
In the dark
Shouting to the sky, when my voice gets out
It goes far

The same needle that made the music sting
Makes it ring
For the melodies we play, are bound to stray
In the dark
We were looking for a different tune
We were looking for a different tune

In Tune

Been working on this one for a while. No changes in the gear department, so we'll call it lo-fi. Hope you'll enjoy.

-- Lyrics --

I wonder what's been going on
Inside my head
Deep waters have been troubling thoughts
I can't grasp yet

Hit the snooze for extra time
I can't create
All the promises I forgot
Sorry I'm late

How many times did you try to dive to
Face what you know
Give me some time to get there 'cause I'm
Caught in the undertow

I'm on my way
To be better every day
As I begin to find
What has been on my mind
The waters begin to clear
When I confront my fear
The light of a new sunrise
Helps me realize
All that I hold dear

I wander through these blue, blue days
Look up and see
Dark clouds have been hiding the world
Away from me

Another deep breath I take
And push on
Leave no stone unturned
'Till the break of dawn

How many times did you try to climb
just to fall back down
No one learns without failure
is the lesson I've found

I'm on my way
To be better every day
As I begin to find
What has been on my mind
The clouds start to disperse
When I comfort where it hurts
Believe me when I say
I've got bigger parts to play
In this universe
In this universe
In this universe

I'll fill my life
Beyond and above
With the all of the friends and family I love
And the things I know
Let me show
That I've got a long way to go
Before I break myself
Or shake myself
Until my conscience explodes

On My Way

Same song as before, played differently. I like it better this way :)

-- Lyrics --

I wonder what's been going on
Inside my head
Deep waters have been troubling thoughts
I can't grasp yet

Hit the snooze for extra time
I can't create
All the promises I forgot
Sorry I'm late

How many times did you try to dive to
Face what you know
Give me some time to get there 'cause I'm
Caught in the undertow

I'm on my way
To be better every day
As I begin to find
What has been on my mind
The waters begin to clear
When I confront my fear
The light of a new sunrise
Helps me realize
All that I hold dear

I wander through these blue, blue days
Look up and see
Dark clouds have been hiding the world
Away from me

Another deep breath I take
And push on
Leave no stone unturned
'Till the break of dawn

How many times did you try to climb
just to fall back down
No one learns without failure
is the lesson I've found

I'm on my way
To be better every day
As I begin to find
What has been on my mind
The clouds start to disperse
When I comfort where it hurts
Believe me when I say
I've got bigger parts to play
In this universe


On My Way (Alt Take)

Saturday morning coffee creativity! I read somewhere that dynamic range compression is a thing when recording songs, so I used "Chris's Dynamic Compressor" on the recording. If anyone has any info wether it's deemed okay to use on an undubbed single track i'll be greatly appreciated! Enjoy!

Edit: compression failed. lol.

-- Lyrics --

Break the world apart in thousand pieces  
Break it down until you've found the one  
Which makes you run 'round and 'round in circles  
Uncover all the reasons why

The lights in the sky have been turned on
What have you done?
The things we do now happen only once
What have you done?
The world can't keep spinning if it's missing
Just one part

Or so they say
You took her heart
To keep it safe
So they say
You took her heart
Put it on display
So they say
But you couldn't be further apart
From the truth

Order all its parts in little boxes
Stack them tall until you've made undone
The architect's commit to brittle substance
Is hardly enough to say why

The lights in the sky have been turned on
What have you done?
The things we do now happen only once
What have you done?
The world can't keep spinning if it's missing
Just one part

Or so they say
You took his heart
To keep it safe
So they say
You took his heart
Put it on display
So they say
But you couldn't be further apart
From the truth

You couldn't be further apart from
The truth won't appear when we're just near
When you put the hearts apart for conviction or fear
Oh the world keeps spinning if you're dismissing
Just one heart

Or so they say
You took their hearts
To keep 'em safe
So they say
You took their hearts
Put 'em on display
So they say
But you couldn't be further apart
From the truth

So They Say

This one was a b*tch to record on a sunday.

// -- Lyrics --

December saturdays
Your kaleidoscopic gaze
Finds my face
Like the eye of a storm so calm
It leaves no trace

December saturdays
Where have you been all my life
Never knew you could sway me
Left or right

Then you'd say
That I'm you brother at the rudder
When it breaks

The wind and waves and sun will know
When there's nowhere left to go

December saturdays
Summer's fuzzy haze
Melts away
Like snow on them mountain tops
Left to Icarus's fate

December saturdays
I'd knew you'd come along
To rue all of the ways I'm
Right or wrong

Then you'd say
That I'm not a victim of this system
They've made

Mountains will decay
Many men must fall
When nothing's left at all

Fight or flight brings no way out
Fight or flight brings no way out
Fight or flight brings no way out
You can run but you don't have to shout

My mind will keep me warm
My mind will keep me warm
I'll sail right into the storm
To find my way
My mind will keep me warm

My mind will keep me warm
My mind will keep me warm
I'll wait 'till the break of dawn
Finds the light of day
My mind will keep me warm

Sunday will come
When the storm is done
We'll find our troubles
Among the rubble
And rain

December Saturdays

Déjà Entendu: a sudden feeling of melancholy that arises when listening to a specific song, album, or artist, while at the same time realizing how much has changed in the meantime.

Anyway, that's what this is about.

// Lyrics

The rain ticks through my open door
The pitter patter reminds me of the start
When then and now were less apart
When I tricked and stumbled, fooled and fumbled around
Quietly listening to the sound
Of the static in the attic of my mind

But I never heard it this way before
No I never heard it this way before

Feel your feet tread on familiar ground
The pitter patter reminds me of our home
Where I found and left them bones
Of many-a-lives lived of any-a-man which now is gone
Humming their forgotten songs
Of the change they made before my eyes

But I never heard it this way before
No I never heard it this way before
What used to be suddenly seems more

But, you can't go back
Anyway
No, you can't go back
Anyway
No, you can't go back
Anyway

But now and then it feels like when
The rain sounds the same once more
Now and then it feels like when
Them boots feel the same once more

But you never heard it this way before
But you never heard 'em this way before
What used to be suddenly seems more
What used to be suddenly seems more

Anyway

Lately I've been busy with other things (internship; uni; work) so I haven't been producing a lot. But I have been listening a lot to San Fermin. They've made a fantastic album and this song got stuck in my head, so I tried to make cover of it. You should definitely check them out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZY5jmqYJmQ

Oh, and effects! I experimented with low-pass + a small reverb as recommended by a friend :) Sorry for the low volume; the other laptop is less liberal with mic positioning.



San Fermin - Methuzelah (Cover)

Finally forced my brain to finish one of my own songs instead of learning covers. It's still rough around the edges and I lack proper recording equipment but it's out there. On the internets.

-- Lyrics --

Do you remember when we slept in the woods
Where brushes of leaves painted our roof
Quietly sung to by the swaying of trees
Our love carried in the summer breeze

The sun had risen and you left me then
Like moths to a flame we met our end
Blinded by fear, my head spun
There's no way I could extinguish the sun

When our love is tough
My tears are't enough to extinguish the sun
I can't extinguish the sun for you (4x)

I dreamt of a place for you and me
Where the sun disappeared into the sea
Forever lost between the ocean waves
Our love only grows in shade

And even if I tried to
I know that it would hurt you to extinguish the sun
I can't extinguish the sun for you (4x)

In these moments I'm reminded how
Our love is just a shadow now
Delicately cast on our past lives

And the dark side of the moon
Makes a lifeless cocoon
Where nothing but our love survives

This unattainable desire
To rob the sun of its fire
Won't help you come close to me
Won't help you come close to me

When our love is tough
My tears are't enough to extinguish the sun
I can't extinguish the sun for you (8x)

Extinguish the Sun

I make songs under the moniker Architecture. They're about life and things :) On a scale from 'wow' to 'meh', my recording equipment would be an 'errr..?', but it works.

architecture