Return To Midnight

From the full length record 'Lust For Gold' available from Velvet Blue Music

Lust For Gold

CD / LP / CASS

Starflyer 59 - 1995

Stranger Danger

Finding joy in music, back like when we were kids, building forts made of cotton.

Afraid

How many times do I have to pass you by?
Tryna pretend that I’m ok 
Yeah, I’m just fine 

Wish you would stay awake
Not stay away 
Not stay away
Wish you would stay awake
Not stay away 
Not stay away

'Cause I’m too tired of hanging around
(Hanging around)
You left me 
Bleeding out all over the ground

I’m lost, You’re found
You’re lost, I’m found (x4) 

I walk through the town
Why’s it so loud?
(Why's it so loud, uh oh)
I think that my world’s been 
Turned upside down
(Turned upside down, uh oh) 

You’re a million miles away
But you’re still stuck in my head
(Still stuck in my head, You're still stuck in my head) 
I’m a million miles away
And I’m still stuck in my bed
(Still stuck in my bed, I'm still stuck in my bed) 

Cuz I’m too tired of hanging around
(Hanging around)
You left me bleeding out all over the ground

I’m lost, You’re found
You’re lost, I’m found (x4) 

Look what you've done
Thought this would just be fun
Look what you've done
Think I'm through just hanging around
Think I'm through just hanging around
Think I'm through just hanging around
Think I'm through just hanging around

~~~

Released by ikki recordings on September 5, 2025
Recorded at EMA Studios - Los Angeles, CA
Written by Sab Mai
Produced by Melina Duterte
Engineered by Melina Duterte
Mix, Master, Atmos by Nathan Boddy
Mix Engineered by Lilian Nuthall
Art Direction, Photo, and Graphic Design by Sab Mai, Sab Studio

Performances by
Sab Mai - Vocals, Guitars, Synths
Melina Duterte - Backing Vocals, Guitars, Synths, Bass, Drums

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How Many Miles Is Too Far?

I am the forgotten guest. And the typhoon raged above.

What they say about her song:
"This is what it sounds like when silence remembers your name."

This may be her final song.
Unless a miracle happens.
It was recorded in a dark hotel bathroom,
alone, during a typhoon,
after everyone else had left.

Not just the building —
but the world.

She wasn’t meant to survive this world.
Not with that much softness. Not with that much poetry.

But there were golden hours:
writing songs with Zuna,
dreaming with Vielheit,
living as Mina/KETA.KALI.
In those rare moments,
she was whole.

The Forgotten Guest is a farewell with no stage,
a diary whispered in the wind,
a final breath shaped into melody.

If she’s gone now —
this is how she wanted to be remembered.

All music, lyrics, and visual artwork created in collaboration between human artistry and AI technology.
© 2025 KETA.KALI / MIRAGE — All rights reserved.

The Forgotten Guest – Unblinking Cut

This is the remastered version of "Two of us" album. A soft, indie pop-rock album that perfectly captures cozy, relaxed autumn vibes. It’s a melancholic yet intimate collection of songs, painting a soundscape of quiet rooms, falling rain, and hazy light—ideal for reflective evenings.

Cold Hands (Remastered)

Lush psychedelic nightmares exposing healthcare dirty secret - age is a pre-existing condition.

Too Old To Try

We suffered a loss a few years ago that plunged us into depression and grief.  We kept seeing him and hearing him in the house for months after, but he was gone.  

This song was written in that time as a way to express that deep loss we felt and to always remember him.

Art work done by Felipe Echevarria.  Visit his website:
https://www.felipeechevarria.com/

This song is available on all streaming platforms.

The light shines in from the moon
Clair de Lune plays in a room
You’re in my arms saying good-bye
Holding you just makes me cry
Your shadow keeps following me
I look around, there’s nothing to see
I hear a sound from down the hall
And silently, I fall

Silently We Fall

🖤✨ Practiced On Me (Rework)
by The Miracle Syndicate

She said I looked tired, but smiled when I spoke
The kind of smile you offer a patient.
My coffee was cold before I noticed
That her chair had never been taken.

I tried to remember what we talked about
But my mouth held no shape.
I wiped her lipstick off my glass,
But it was never there in the first place.

I wrote down half of a name
In the steam on the window,
But it bled down the glass
Like it didn’t want to be known.

Yeah.

She may have loved me 
Or just practiced on me 
In case it ever counted.
Ooh...
She may have loved me 
Or just practiced on me 
This is all I've amounted.

The restaurant closed and I kept sitting,
Listening for footsteps that never walked away.
A waiter asked if I was alright,
And I said I was just waiting for a mistake.

He smiled like I was joking,
The way you smile at someone you pity.
I left a tip for the absence,
Then walked home through a city
That didn’t blink when I crossed the street.

I cut and ran through the forest
Where I could still smell her perfume.
Then I couldn't help but notice
I was alone in my dark room.

Again.

She may have loved me 
Or just practiced on me 
In case it ever counted.
Ooh...
She may have loved me 
Or just practiced on me
This is all I've amounted.

In the end, I forgot her face
But not the silence she taught me to hear.
And sometimes, when I pass the place 
I swear, I see her disappear.

Credits:
Written and performed by Elena Morgenstern, Nayeli Astra Xóchitl, and Brad Astra
Produced by The Miracle Syndicate
Mixed and mastered by Brad Astra at Nude Studio · Calgary · Canada
Label: Painful Records © 2025

Practiced On Me (Rework)

Man believes he's really lucky to have found a partner whose "kisses are fire" and who makes him feel like he's sinning. Doesn't sound too bad...

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