Name: The Test by CHAFE!
Duration: 3 min 13 s
Description: A mix of punk and metal sounds, a bit like a mix of Idles, SOAD, RATM and QOTSA

Music video here: https://youtu.be/qRFWp2Q8dVg

Sunset

A mix of punk and metal sounds, a bit like a mix of Idles, SOAD, RATM and QOTSA

Belly of the Beast

The Test

Bat Country

A symbolist descent into decadence and suffocation. Beauty becomes a burden, desire curdles into decay.

Velvet breathes… it clings to skin,  
A touch so soft it sinks within.  
Each thread a promise, dark and deep,  
Each fold a secret I can’t keep.  

Beneath the weight of velvet red,  
Desire feasts where angels bled.  
Perfume thick, it steals the air,  
A love too rich for flesh to bear.  

The weight of velvet pulls me down,  
Silken hands that make me drown.  
Beauty smothers, sweet and cruel,  
A dying breath, a velvet tomb.  

Lips of wine and eyes of stone,  
Pleasure turns the heart to bone.  
Each kiss heavier than before,  
Until I breathe — no more, no more.  

Soft as night,  
Dark as sin,  
The velvet takes —  
And pulls me in.  

The weight of velvet pulls me down,  
The beauty burns, I wear the crown.  
Beneath its touch, I fade, I swoon —  
My body lost, my breath consumed.  

[outro (Spoken whisper, fading into reverb)]  
Velvet sighs…  
And I am gone.

Beneath the Velvet Skin

Sombras de Sonora

Stalkers Eyes

Defiance Of Youth is a loud, reckless, unapologetic anthem for the people who never fit clean boxes. It’s not trying to teach a lesson or make sense — it’s about noise, release, and screaming the same word until the walls shake. Built on raw energy, chant-along hooks, and zero apologies, this track is for late nights, bad decisions, and laughing at the fact that none of us really have it figured out. If you hate it, it’ll still be stuck in your head by tomorrow.

If you’ve ever screamed just to feel something, this one’s for you.

🔹 Title: Defiance Of Youth
🔹 Artist: John Lockhart
🔹 Style: Punk-infused rock / chaotic anthem
🔹 BPM: Mid-tempo | Mood: Reckless, loud, unapologetic

This song isn’t about being right — it’s about being real.
Too loud. Too wrong. Too gone. Amen.

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Released by:
JLM Records
Release date:
15 November 2025
P-line:
℗ 2025 John Lockhart Music (JLM)

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Defiance Of Youth

Without (unfinished)

(No GenAI involved - I use my voice and VST instruments)
(Translated below)
A l'Est comme à l'Ouest les grands mégalos de la Terre jouent à qui est le plus fort à conquérir le monde et nous regardons cela d'un air abasourdi mais encore persuadé que tout se terminera bien

In both the East and the West, the world's great megalomaniacs are competing to see who is strongest in conquering the world, and we watch this with astonishment but still believe that everything will end well
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Moi je ne suis pas condamné, syndiqué des Carpates
Un vampire d'inepties, un assoiffé de sang
Un roi bouffi en costard, autocrate en cravate
Un tsar froid qui s’engraisse en broyant les vivants

Mais qui peut croire leurs discours, calibrés en cascades
Tu les prends dans la gueule : tu t'étouffes en direct   
Un clown doré baratine, grimé en "camarade"
Quand l'autre a des dossiers pas le choix tu fais risette
  
J'ai des histoires que je m'invente
Je me les raconte sans cesse
Où l'on s'amuse, on plaisante
Assis sur nos richesses
Même si la chute est évidente
J'y crois pas c'est ma faiblesse

J'ai pas de squelette dans le placard, pas de fillette dans mon bain
Voter ça devrait pas être comme sortir les ordures
Mais si t'es mal dans ta peau, à peine un humain
T'inquiète y a des façons de se payer l'imposture

Tu crois que le peuple en Europe c'est une bande de crétins
Un paquet de gens paisibles qui rêvent tout haut c'est pas sain
Dans ton pays t'es le plus beau mais fais pas de plan pour demain
Pleure pas quand les moutons viendront te bouffer les mains
  
J'ai des histoires que je m'invente
Je me les raconte sans cesse
Où l'on s'amuse, on plaisante
Assis sur nos richesses 
J'ai des histoires que je m'invente

Toutes les histoires que je m'invente
Je me les raconte sans cesse
Et même si la chute est évidente
J'y crois pas c'est ma faiblesse 

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I am not condemned, an union member from the Carpathians
A vampire of nonsense, thirsty for blood
A bloated king in a suit, an autocrat in a tie
A cold tsar who grows fat by crushing the living

But who can believe their speeches, calibrated in cascades 
You take them in the face: you choke live on air   
A golden clown sweet-talks, disguised as a "comrade"
When the other has files, you have no choice but to smile

I have stories that I make up
I tell them to myself over and over again
Where we have fun, we joke around
Sitting on our riches
Even if the fall is obvious
I don't believe it, it's my weakness

I have no skeletons in the closet, no young girls in my bath
Voting shouldn't be like taking out the rubbish
But if you're uncomfortable in your own skin, barely human
Don't worry, there are ways to pay for the sham

You think the people of Europe are a bunch of idiots
A lot of peaceful people who dream out loud, that's not healthy
In your country, you're the most beautiful, but don't make plans for tomorrow
Don't cry when the sheep come to eat your hands
  
I have stories that I make up
I tell them to myself over and over again
Where we have fun, we joke around
Sitting on our riches 
I have stories that I make up

I have stories that I make up
I tell them to myself over and over again
And even if the ending is obvious
I don't believe it, it's my weakness

The Test

CHAFE!

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