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IN THE GLOW / Macromemory
Lyrics:

In the glow (x 4)

Something after midnight
In the atmosphere
I can feel you
Like you're standing here

All the things you told me
Live in me like ghosts
Of all the words I've heard spoken
Yours haunt me the most

In the glow (I see you)
In the glow (I feel you)
In the glow (I breathe you)
In the glow (I leave you, in the glow)

Going through the motions
Muscle memory
Heavy isolation
Weighing down on me

Walking away slowly (Walking away from you)
Salt in all my wounds (Salt in all my wounds from you)
Time still hasn't taught me
Just how to live without you

In the glow (I see you)
In the glow (I feel you)
In the glow (I breathe you)
In the glow (I leave you, in the glow)

(2nd verse / Michelle Madison)

In The Glow

This is a happy little track about reconnecting with someone you never quite got over.

Macromemory - Hello
(Jillian Madison)

Hello x 8

(Verse 1)
Hello again, I never could forget you
You're back and I don't care why
The years go by like a rollercoaster
But you didn't fade with time

Come on, come in, come back to my world
The door is open wide
Memories are killing me
Of your face when I close my eyes

(Chorus)
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello
I've been waiting for you
Hello, hello, hello, hello
It's been so long

Hello, hello, hello, hello
You used to love me
Hello, hello
Are those feelings gone

(Verse 2)
Hello again, I'm feeling like I'm floating
High up on some cloud
That's the effect you have on me 
And I don't wanna come down

Come on, come in, come back to my world
I'll show you beautiful things
Don't let go, I think you wanna know
What it's like to be loved by me

(Chorus)
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello
I've been waiting for you
Hello, hello, hello, hello
It's been so long

Hello, hello, hello, hello
You used to love me
Hello, hello
Are those feelings gone

(Bridge / spoken)
Sometimes there are no words
Just hearts beating - lines blurring
Waiting for your life to crash into mine  
Another year, another summertime
You know we used to be real 
You used to unfold me with your words 
I want you to know  me
Wanna feel your skin touching every inch of me
Everybody else  is just scenery

(Chorus / OUT)

       

Hello

(since so many of you have asked - the "tristan" line at the end of the song is a reference to a tune called "breathe" by tristan prettyman)

lyrics (jillian madison)

words are all we've ever had
so what do you have to say to me
make it good, make it last
make it haunt my sleep

lows and highs, long goodbyes
it's just the way we are
i said: "i know, you've gotta go"
the day you broke my heart

yeah you were everything i wanted
i had everything i wanted
you were everything i wanted
and then you walked away from me
and then you walked away

remembering the way we used to be
remembering the things you mean to me
remembering the day when you didn't have to leave
and now i watch you walk away from me
can only watch you walk away from me

complicated history
here we are again
some loves never die
some hearts never get to win

hold you breath and think of me
like i know you still do
picture me lost at sea
looking everywhere for you

cause you are everything i wanted
i had everything i wanted
i would have given you anything you wanted
and then you walked away from me
and then you walked away

remembering the way we used to be
remembering the things you meant to me
thinkin' about the day when you didn't have to leave
and now i watch you walk away

repeating all the things you said to me
up til the sunrise keeping me company
with tristan singing BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE
as i watch you walk away from me

can only watch you walk away from me


Buy on iTunes

You Walked Away

Written and recorded at my home studio in Laguna. Unmastered. It's a midtempo ballad with a piano-y, fiona apple-y vibe. XO JM

THE PASSENGER / Lyrics 

michelle:
oh, the ghost of my past you go
flow right through me
oh, you're the gold on my map, you glow
beckoning me

jillian:
fight the war inside my mind
you invade me
try to connect the broken lines
i feel you fading

chorus, michelle:
i am scavenger
hunting for the pieces you left behind
i can't get to you i've tried, cause
i am just the passenger
you're the one that drove away

michelle:
oh, like a criminal you stole
the best parts of me
oh, it's out of my control
you chose this for me

jillian: 
was it fun tossing me your crumbs?
disregard me
run, declare our time here's done
then discard me

chorus, michelle:
i am scavenger
hunting for the pieces you left behind
i can't get to you i've tried, cause
i am just the passenger
you're the one that drove away

i am scavenger
hunting for the pieces you left behind
i can't get to you i've tried, cause
i am just the passenger
you're the one that drove away

The Passenger

unmastered, home studio. acoustic guitar and drums, with vocal glitching and harmonics.  thanks @coastalmichelle for joining me on this one

LYRICS / jillian madison

smoke signals across the universe
i’ve gotta get a message to you
watch them float right out of here
watch as i float to you

oh you’ll always be the thought i carry around
no one could ever replace you now

oh i need to know you’re still there
don’t fade away on me
i need to know you’re still there
don’t fade awayyyyy

(a bunch of glitching just because)

oh you know i still feel everything
couldn’t let go if i tried
the years can’t wash you off of me
give me something to remember you by

its too late for me, ‘cause you’re too deep down 
that no one could ever replace you now

oh i need to know you’re still there
don’t fade away on me
i need to know you’re still there
don’t fade awayyyy



Smoke Signals

COLLAB WITH @DREADSTYLEMUSIC  - *FREE DOWNLOAD!*

Verses are @CoastalMichelle. Chorus is @JillianMadison. Bridge is @Dreadstylemusic aka JAAH. Check out his stuff, you will love it.

lyrics:

V1: 
you light up the sky
from a thousand miles away
then you disappear into the atmosphere
i wanted you to stay

Chorus:
it echoes
feel it in my heart every time you let go
it echoes
it echoes

V2:
you light up the sky
like you're only mine
don't pretend you won't be back again
the stars need the dark to shine

Repeat Chorus

Bridge/JAAH:
everything you said it's all in my head
it stayed with me ever since you left
she told me i would be worth nothin'
when i was doin' my best
i stay faithful but you failed the test
now my heart's a black hole with no trust left
all the pain you put me through still

Chorus:
it echoes
feel it in my heart every time you let go
it echoes
it echoes 


ECHO - Macromemory ft. JAAH

i've been hiding
only you can find me
come and track me down

i leave you words
like little breadcrumbs
follow - they'll lead you right to me

CHORUS:
and we'll go up in the air, let's go faster
round and round, this love is a disaster
what you do to me is not fair

up in the air like the words you told me
you don't even know the hold you have on me
i want you here with me
it's not fair, it's not fair

i lose control 
when i let myself think about you
i haven't learned, haven't learned how to leave it alone

you make me high
even though i try to deny it
time flies, stop depriving me of you

CHORUS

you left something here
inside me, it finds me
you left something here
it breaks me, it takes me

UP IN THE AIR ............

Up In The Air

 Thanks @CoastalMichelle for joining me on the chorus and bridge.  -JM

when the smoke clears
come back and tell me your intentions
i should get out of here
but i'm so weak when it comes to you

find me now
if only it could be that easy
you know you wore me down
and i can't breathe when it comes to you

another row of white lines 
in my rear view
flash back to you in my t-shirt
you belong in my california nights 
you and i, under an orange sky

and tell me everything you never said
this time
tell me everything you never said

when the smoke clears
find me, i'll make some confessions
i can't look away
you shimmer like silver in the sun 

underground
you are buried inside me
i will write it down
'cause i can't speak when it comes to you

and when you come up for air
you know i will still be there
 
oh love of mine, you live inside me now
oh love of mine, i see you when the sun goes down

another row of white lines
in my rear view
flash back to you in my t-shirt
you belong in my california nights
you and i, under an orange sky

and tell me everything you never said
this time
tell me everything you never said

oh love of mine
(tell me everything you never said)

oh love of mine
(please tell me everything you never said)

oh love of mine
oh love of mine
oh love of mine
oh love of mine
oh love of mine



bandcamp

Everything You Never Said

Lots of synths. Lots of vocoders. Lots of 80s. Hope you enjoy!

TIME TRAVELER | MACROMEMORY
Written by Jillian and Michelle Madison

Take me back, back to the start
Back, back, back, back to your heart
Take me back, back to the start
Wherever you are, a time traveler

I can feel you
Reaching out, I go right through
I can hear you
But I don't know, I don't know what to do

I see you in my mind
Falling back in time
I see you in my mind
It's like you've always been there

Take me back, back to the start
Back, back, back, back to your heart
Take me back, back to the start
Wherever you are, a time traveler

World's on fire
Wasted love will not be found
Time's a liar
But I will wait, I will wait for you now

I see you in my mind
Falling back in time
I see you in my mind
It's like you've always been there

Take me back, back to the start
Back, back, back, back to your heart
Take me back, back to the start
Wherever you are, a time traveler

LIGHT YEARS AGO, I SAW YOU
DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH I'D LOVE YOU
BOUND TO WALK A STEP BEHIND YOU
SO THAT I COULD ALWAYS FIND YOU

I'LL ALWAYS FIND YOU
I'LL ALWAYS FIND YOU
I'LL ALWAYS FIND YOU
I'LL ALWAYSSSSSSSS FIND YOU

Take me back, back to the start
Back, back, back, back to your heart
Take me back, back to the start
Wherever you are, a time traveler

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