Music by Brian Vaughn
Photo by Matt Hoffman (unsplash.com/@__matthoffman__)

The Day After Yesterday

You two look so good
Just the way you should 
Could the groom please take my hand
Just one dance

Dressing for myself
And nobody else
Feel like it's my chance to confess

My hair is scented rose
Like the day when you propose
But sadly I said no
I'm sorry

With her you get along
Your vows do lifelong
And for that I'll leave at dawn

I don't need a man
I don't need a chance
I'm happy for you're moment
To see you be excited
I put my high heels on
I'm free when I'm alone
Congrats on your first wedding
Best wishes to your marriage
I really should go home

Don't mean to be rude
But I don't feel so good
I've come to flatter you
But maybe

I couldn't get it through
I saw the ring, she showed me too
The same gem I saw last June
When you were on your knees

My dress is satin gold
Like the day when you propose
But sadly I said no
I'm sorry

It's time to let you go
Just like you when I went home
And for that I'll leave at dawn
So slowly

I don't need a man
I don't need a chance
I'm happy for you're moment
To see you be excited
I put my high heels on
I'm free when I'm alone
Congrats on your first wedding
Best wishes to your marriage
I really should go home

pov: you're watching your ex get married

Became what we once feared
Slowly we turn the gears

Lifeless we own what we once shared
A turn of light begins to tear
A moment left is all we have
to set things right

Turning to black
You’re gone and I’m nothing
Your face sinking in like it’s rotting in the grave

Lie awake
Nothing to save

Tortured by the thoughts
Of everything ending
No way to stop what’s coming next

Fading daylight rests upon
Our weary eyes struggle to move on
Fading moonlight sleeps within
Open our eyes to begin

When the light dies so do I

Gone

Bleeding
Suffering
Lifeless
Sewn to grave

Lifeless we own what we once shared
A turn of light begins to tear
A moment left is all we have
to set things right

Turn to black
You’re gone and I’m nothing
You’re mine to save with all I have

Lie awake
Nothing to save
Stay awake
You’re mine to save

The Simulacrum...

Guitars and composition by Sebastian Fairchild
Bass and visual art by Christopher Peter
Vocals and lyrics by Kona Ossana
Synths by Jared Meyers
Drums by Naman Sachdev
Mixing and mastering by Mattias Ohlsson at MO Metal Productions

Simulacrum

Today we inaugurate this new section called HEADLINERS, where we invite leading artists around the world to perform sets and release music by our label.

Our first guest is @rickyryanmusic, one of the most important DJs in Argentina 🇦🇷 RR bring us a set that touch all the listener fibers, taking us on a pleasant and nice journey. His mixes are subtle and appropiate, as if all the tracks were made by the same composer. Without doubts, he is the closest thing to a symphony orchestra director.

The set is available on our SoundCloud and YouTube channels.

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Hoy inauguramos esta nueva sección llamada HEADLINERS, donde invitamos artistas referentes de todo el mundo a realizar sets y lanzar música en nuestro sello
.
Nuestro primer invitado es Ricky Ryan (@rickyryan), uno de los djs referentes mas importantes de Argentina. 
RR nos trae un set que logra tocar todas las fibras del oyente, llevándonos a un viaje placentero y llevadero, sus mezclas son sutiles y apropiadas, como si todos los tracks fuesen del mismo compositor. Sin duda es lo más similar a un director de orquesta sinfónica
. 
El set está disponible en nuestro canal de SoundCloud y YouTube

D9SAHL001 | HEADLINERS - Ricky Ryan

Lyrics and music by me
Photo by Tony Phan (unsplash.com/@phanchutoan)

Kisses on the cheek are the fastest way inside
My heart lifts off like a thousand fireflies
Fills the empty spaces with a temporary light
So cut the chat and give me a FaceTime
I like to see you're really there
I like your eyes
You might think that I'm old fashioned
And I'm not going to fight it

Come off it now
What are you doing here?
Either you know
Or no amount of small talk is going to fix this hole

So come off it now
What are we doing here?
Let's move this conversation out into the sunlight
I know that nobody likes it here
You know that nobody likes it here

We hate this place based on our profiles
And I don't think there would be any other reason
For us to tell each other such a pointless lie

Get off it now
What are we doing here?
Are you too emotionally unavailable to want to talk?

And is your goal to keep it online?
Because I would rather be outside
I know that nobody likes it here
You know that nobody likes it here

Fireflies

CHOKKTAW – Reflections (feat. Brian Vaughn)
(Future Bass)
August 2022

Lyrics:
Circling the earth again (ooh)
I'm upside down (ooh)
Ride along and make a wish
And the first star you see
Is a satellite

Love is in the air around us
Love is everywhere you are
Breathing in again
Trying to experience
Everything about it
Everything about your love (pulls me under)

A dim reflection of your light
I set my fear aside

Love
in the air around us
Love
everywhere you are
 
All the way, all the way
All the way we go
All the way (5x)
Everything about your love
Pulls me under

Hey love
You're a blazing sun
And I'm
A dim refleciton of your light
Hey love (hey love)
I set my fear aside (set my fear aside)
I am a satellite
And your gravity
Pulls me under

Love
in the air around us
Love
everywhere you are
 
All the way, all the way
All the way we go
All the way (5x)
Everything about your love
Pulls me under

A dim reflection of your light

Reflections (feat. Brian Vaughn)

Emotional and melodic featuring an arpeggio rich drop thats euphoric and upifting. 

Stellar Electric is available on Spotify1!!

Nervous

Music and lyrics by Brian Vaughn
Photo by Mourad Saadi (unsplash.com/@mougrapher)

Sun beams on the open road.
Straight ahead, no destination.
I just saw the first firefly of the summer

The skin between your shoulder blades is pale like moonlight on the water.
Hints at possibility.
Had me blushing.

But don't wait.
Time moves like a hurricane, and we'll be swept away.
Don't wait.
Waiting leads to running away,
And I think we've got something here.

Let's not waste the afternoon.
Let walk down to Brooklyn bridge?
Just one thought is on my mind.
Can you guess what it is?

I think I know the perfect place.
I was walking there the other day.
And i'd like to share with you, if you wanna?

So don't wait.
Time moves like a hurricane, and we'll be swept away.
Don't wait.
Waiting leads to running away,
And I think we've got something here.

So if you agree, then why are we waiting?
I've probably done enough hesitating for the both of us.
I think it'd be a nice change of pace just to tell you right to your face that I care about you,
And I'd like to see where it goes from here.

Summer

Brian and I both like this old Iris album (Wrath) so we figured we'd cover a song from it.

Appetite (IRIS Cover)

I had a lot of fun with this amazing song from Brian. I wanted to get myself out of a rut that was self imposed. His amazing voice and well developed tracks allowed me to explore my imagination and develop a completely unique experience. I only manipulated what was there, I did not add anything. I hope you enjoy:


The Original: https://soundcloud.com/brianvaughn/love

Love (DEATH MIX)

RIDE OR DIE

Portals

Lyrics and music written and performed by Brian Vaughn.
Photo by Jesse Orrico (@jessedo81)

"The Cannon's Mouth"
I'm not trying to make a play.
I'm a dim reflection of the light you hold inside.
If you're gone, I'll seek to find you north and south.
I'll look beneath the water.
I'll sleep inside the cannon's mouth.

From your shining morning face to the furnace's sigh
I played my part, then to oblivion.
Skip past the wisdom and the world too wide.
I'm listening to the whistle sounding.

You are the piece that I am missing.
You showed me the love in the lie.

Into the fire and onward, through.
Had earth no charm to keep me from you.

The Cannon's Mouth

Lyrics by Luna Ruan
Music and vocals by Brian Vaughn
Photo by Daniele Colucci

"Fire"

We walked down a one way street,
Kicking pebbles at our feet.
The city burned like the sun.
Smell of ashes in the air.
Boarded windows and empty stairs.
Dozed for a while and we're gone

In the hazy afterglow the distant car horns cry.

In my sleep we were ablaze.
Your hand burned my face as I tore us apart.
You screamed at me to confess.
Was it love or loneliness that made us reach for the stars?

You pretend nothing's wrong,
But we both know I'm to blame.
We are the ash and I was the flame.

We wake,
And can’t remember if it was June or December,
In a year with no end.
California laid to waste,
And between us only space of a life that we’d planned.

You pretend nothing's wrong,
But we both know I'm to blame.
We are the ash and I was the flame.

Fire

Music and lyrics by Brian Vaughn. Photo by Ingmar (unsplash.com/ingmarr).

Lunar orbits.
Trace the moon.
I think it's not so far from me to you.

It's predictable I suppose, but here I am.
Another kind of gravity.
"Like an open book", you say.
Share your words with me.

        (And there's that thought again.)

Words can paint a picture, but in the end you'll see what you want to see.
I don't even know if intentions count for anything.

I don't mean to intrude in a song about you.
I guess I made it about me too.

        (What if it comes back again?)

Oh, now I know.
You're such a moving target.
A painted pillow with people on it.
I think I drank too much and floated to the moon.
I'll be sure to keep an eye for you.
I tried to let my guard down but there's only so much I can do.
So for now, I am silent.

Tell me a secret.
I don't really do that well with sleep.
I don't have a handle on you.
You've got an advantage over me.

Though you'd probably argue.

Oh, now I know that you're a moving target.
A painted pillow with pictures on it.
Yeah, now I know a poem or two, but I'm still on the surface of you.
I tried to let my guard down but there's only so much I can do.
So for now, I am silent.

Lunar Song

Assassin

Guitar, lyrics, and vocals by Brian Vaughn
Percussion by Aaron Sharpes
Bass guitar by Karl Ridgeway
Photo of San Francisco by Casey Horner

"Fear"

Out of fear, she was holding on
And I saw it for what it was only because I'd been there

What if the best is behind us and by hoping for better we ruin what we have?
Sometimes I feel too old
I spend most of the time in the past
And it adds up

The last time that I felt alive, I was with you
Now I just kind of get by
The city streets after dark
And a warmth that came from you that lit my heart
I've played it over time after time

Feed me lies and I'll be fine
Stream of conscious
Tell me what's been on your mind
And I'll read in between the lines

I can remember a time when I knew
The song I should sing is about you
Staying up late at night to read the words that I hoped you would write
but you never do

Fear

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Fear

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