Hellyeah! That dark atmosphere is killer! Love how the track takes time to develop, great work 🤘

good guitars melodies and riffs, vocals remembers End of Green and HIM

Epic tune. Just a hint of Chris Cornell in your voice. Liking that. Song pic is really cool. Great track lads. Lyrics on pout as always. Will try and catch up on all your newbies today 🤘🏽🫡🔆

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This is a slinky little blues built around the title hook ‘Burnt Matches, Old Flames’. A cautionary tale about rekindling old love leaving you more lonely than before. Acoustic guitars, brushed drums and a whispered chorus.

Lyrics can be licensed - let me know if you are interested. Full lyrics below:

Burnt matches and old flames 
Burnt matches and old flames
They’re two things I can’t explain
Burnt matches and old flames 
Burnt matches and old flames 

You play with matches  
You're gonna get burnt 
You fool with old flames  
You're gonna get hurt
But you know, they’re just the same  
They’re just burnt matches and old flames

Burnt matches and old flames 
Burnt matches and old flames
Burnt matches and old flames 
Burnt matches and old flames
 
Some people put their matches  
Back into the box  
Some chase their old flames  
Like they’re hunting a fox 
But to me, they’re just the same 
They’re just burnt matches and old flames

Don’t play with matches  
You’re sure to start a fire  
You’re bound to get burnt 
 Re-igniting past desires
But you know, they’re just the same  
They’re just burnt matches and old flames

Now I beg please hear me  
And heed this tale of woe 
It happened on a lonely night  
When my heart was hanging low

I know the path to trouble 
It’s a well worn track 
I knew right where it lead  
And I should’ve double back

But I followed my footsteps  
I followed my footsteps 
 I followed my footsteps 
I followed my footsteps
I followed my footsteps 
I followed my footsteps   
And guess right where they led?

I found my way to her front door 
I’ve never craved anything this much before 
It was warm in her arms 
It was hot through the night  
But I’ve never been more lonely in my life

Some fires burn slowly 
Some are hard to put out 
Some will consume you  
But do not have a doubt
Wo-oh-yeah

Some fires burn slowly 
Some are hard to put out 
Some will consume you  
But do not have a doubt 
Once it’s been struck 
There’s no use in laying blame 
They’re just burnt matches and old flames

Burnt matches and old flames 
Burnt matches and old flames
Burnt matches and old flames 
Burnt matches and old flames

Burnt Matches, Old Flames

Video at https://youtu.be/pOL6a-dC6FI?si=Bf3kHPIWbqdZM8e2
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This is a song about depression and survival. 

When I wrote it I still had another 25 years of surviving it ahead of me. But I'd made a decision years before, when I was 14, that no matter how bad it got it would always get better, sooner or later. And it always did, at least for a while. And knowing that somehow made it just a little bit easier to smile.


[This is a new mix. Drums by John Bennetts have been added and everything else has been changed, at least a little.]

Verse 1:
It’s more than a song
But less than a dream
I know what I say
Is not what I mean
Pretending my words
Aren’t meant to deceive
I’m playing with doubt
I want to believe

I know that it’s hard
To explain why I’m here
I complain though I know
There is nothing to fear
But the fear and the doubt
That wind through my mind
Are inventions of mine
That help pass the time

Chorus:
So here is my song
I wrote it for me
I need to recall
That it’s easy to be
The times that I’ve faced
My life as a trial
Have taught me to see
That it’s easy to smile

Verse 2:
I’m more than a child
But less than a man
I know where I’ve been
But not who I am
I'll say that I'm strong
I'll tell you I’m free
But none of that's true
I just want it to be

Once I entered a room
I pulled down the shade
I turned out the lights
I wanted to fade
But I noticed the wall
Right there looking at me
Pretending to be blind
I really wanted to see

Chorus:
So here is my song
I wrote it for me
I need to recall
That it’s easy to be
The times that I’ve faced
My life as a trial
Have taught me to see
That it’s easy to smile

Verse 3:
It all seemed to happen
A while ago
At a time I was lost
I just didn’t know
That doubting was simply
A game that I had
It gave me a reason
For feeling this bad

There are times there are changes
My memory moves
Preaching the patterns
I’ve worn into grooves
Repeating mistakes
I made in my youth
Learning the lines
And calling them truth
I can’t help but change
Can't help but survive
I might drown in doubt
But I'll still be alive

Chorus:
So here is my song
I wrote it for me
I need to recall
That it’s easy to be
The times that I’ve faced
My life as a trial
Have taught me to see
That it’s easy to smile

Easy to Smile

•See the Video•

Easy To Smile

Self-Portrait (Alternate Mix)

Miserable Fate - The Opportunist

Vocals & Lyrics : Tomcha
Guitars, Bass, Drums : Ozdemir "Oz" Yilmaz // @miimaz
Guitars, Synth, Mix, Production : Chris Schlü // @chris-schlue

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Lyrics:

Often at night when the sandman has come, I cry over my fate.
Ready to dive in the deep of my soul, I can only unleash my hate.
You know I don't need you because I don't like you.
My illusions ends today!
I don't wanna see you, my craving will kill you.
I fall into decay ! 

PAIN
Stay by my side
GREED
I have no pride 
SORROW
It's just a ride
You can't run away !

ACHE
Yes, I decide
GRIEF
Just pay the price
SALVO
No time to hide 
Try to escape!

My belief rots inside, I must rewrite History ! 
It's hard to stay alive, I'll find the way !

I lost this fight when I gave up my home, the past returns again.
I don't know why my fuckin' chance is gone, Oh! I can only blame myself !
I lost my mind with you at the point I met you.
Distress never ends !

PAIN
Stay by my side
GREED
I have no pride 
SORROW
It's just a ride
You can't run away !

ACHE
Yes, I decide
GRIEF
Just pay the price
SALVO
I can't hide 
Try to escape!

My ambition is right, I will never be sorry ! 
I'm waiting for a sign, Give me a break !

I am made to cheat and lie.
Unstable is my lifestyle.
I'll never follow the line.
I was born to die !
I don't care I can't deny.
Powerful and no respite.
Corruption shines in my eyes.
I deserve to die !

Shame on you ! I crush you !
Shame on you ! I leave you !

I despise you ! I abhor you !
I despise you ! I abhor you !

My belief rots inside, I must rewrite History. 
It's hard to stay alive, I'll find the way !
My ambition is right, I will never be sorry ! 
I'm waiting for a sign, Give me a break !

The Opportunist

From 12 little preludes by I. S. Bach, recomposed by Alisa Wunder

Stream

Prelude c-moll

vuota

"This Morning" [05.05.25] (Jack Miller)
J Dulva and Counting Coup
(c) 2025 Cenote Music

This Morning [05.05.25]

This song's aesthetics were vaguely inspired by @holidaysintheusa  more spacey/ambient songs as well as these two videos:
https://youtu.be/i41mDWwydxo
https://youtu.be/Vmz-yFfkgdU

Be sure to check 'em out when you get the chance. 

The big cover art is by Małgorzata Lapsa-Malawska - Pretty badass in our opinion.

Anyway, thematically, it's about empathy. I don't think there is enough space to fully explain how we perceive this topic. But the story is specifically about how blind empathy can bite you in the ass if you're feeling empathy for a "monster", i.e. sociopath. Think "Red Riding Hood". 

Because these "monsters" will manipulate you into believing that they are  harmless and will cry begging for help and/or your empathy, and for you to understand and forgive all of the horrors they inflict on others, when in reality it's nothing but a ruse to reel you into their manipulation and inflict those horrors on you. 

In the real world, the story's situation can take many forms. At a personal level, most people have, or will be led on and manipulated by a sociopath. If you zoom out, however, there have been hundreds of studies that show that certain positions of power in our world are particularly attractive to sociopaths, simply because of the nature of the job. Politicians, CEOs, Surgeons, Police Officers, Preachers, etc... All these jobs have extreme levels of influence in the world we live in, and are all plagued by people who will go to extreme lengths to come out on top in every situation. But those, everyone knows about, and stands guard against the possibility of a monster among those. But, what about the downtrodden? The ones who appear weak? The ones that don't seem to have any influence whatsoever? Could these groups also have monsters among their ranks? If they do, only our empathy for their struggle is what empowers them and gives them the influence that every monster so intensely desires.

Why would Red Riding Hood consider the poor wolf a monster if it's just a sweet old lady?

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Took the wrong turn 
Hiking in the woods
I do feel safe, but should head home soon

Faded song of birds
Fly towards the moon
For my own sake, I should head home soon

Silence ain't the word
Empathy was not my cure
I've strayed too far from my little commune

Faced now with a choice
To mend a mind's detours
I strained too hard, I should head home soon


In cold winds
Herald the silence of night
Cold winds
Speak in words of delight


I hear crying
Could it be infant? A child?
In distress? Alas...
Stuck in these woods, even I'm Oppressed 


I walk towards the sound
If anything, I'll help
It's already implied what this path entails

I'm here after all
And I know this path so well
I'm already inclined to what lies in it's trail


Strong winds
Bring the loudest invites
But no wind
Now even the owls gone quiet


I hear grunts
What is it? I can tell it is no child
Disguised, it was lies
Alone in these woods, Monsters, too, can cry


[Bridge]


And so I see how I was wrong
Betrayed by my own heart
I hoped to see the Light, instead I find the Dark

Monsters too do beg for life
But only once they've been caught
I can't bear to describe what I found in the Dark


I squint
To see the coldest of eyes
In a pool of red
Here, even the Devil is pale white


///////////MAY 2025

Monsters, Too, Can Cry

Commonwealth

DIE w/ ME 🖤

Climb

Samuel Yuri - Wolves (Official Lyric Version)

Reflections on the life and times of an alcoholic

Drinking Man

l i f e  i s  s t r a n g e..(dyemyhair)

You Are

poison (prod. Ithaka)

“Life is  a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
                                                                                               [William Shakespeare]

Rest in Peace Ozzy

2013- 
Not the best, but no AI can imitate this violence. Can you say the same about your tracks?
Dave does the singing and the hating of technology / Lex does the playing and the managing of web profiles

Microphone:Audio-Technica AT2020
Guitars:Dean ZX (Explorer)
Bass:Ibanez GSR200
Drums are samples recorded by @delaureat 

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Also, F.U.C.K. your A.I. Sabaton-like riffs and vocalists. Use the tool, don't let the tool use you!

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