Mixed for Blank Shell Shutter

"A.L.E.X." is a pop ballad about a young man choosing the wrong path of life. The title is both a name and an acronym standing for "all lies excused with ecstasy", though ecstasy is a pars pro toto image. Written in my teenage years, this song has a special meaning to me, because its songwriting, arrangement and instrumentation was years ahead of my knowledge and capabilities. I had to grow up first to understand the real meaning of the lyrics. It's not a song about drug abuse. It's a song about self-rejection, pretending a better self and ending in a desaster. After 15 years of hard work, we were able to finish this song even better than expected. I'd like to thank everybody for taking this unbelieveable journey with me and turning my draft into a gemstone.

This song is part of my album "Going My Way" which can be downloaded at Bandcamp.

Credits:
Nadine de Macedo: Composition, Arrangement, Production, Lyrics, Piano, Programming (Orchestra)
Roman Wreden: Vocals
Alex Pinheiro: Guitar, Solo
Chad Lenig: Drums, Bass

==== LYRICS ====

You were such a shy guy
but I can't keep watching you cry
I'm the only one who knows your truth
and the minds that you bemused

Narrator of so many lies
In fear of dropping your disguise 
cause you look like your ego who died

A.L.E.X.
All lies excused with ecstasy
still drowning in your fantasy
Are you searching for an answer
or for a better...

A.L.E.X.
All lies excused with ecstasy
your life has been a misery
Don't keep reminding those years
where you've been rejected 

You were such a silly boy
but they treated you like a toy
This was the reason for your weakness
shammed coolness turned to bleakness

Narrator of a broken dream
Your hope is vanishing like steam
See your blue eyes turning dark and grey

All lies excused with ecstasy
There's more in life than you have seen
Why have you stabbed the one you've been

A.L.E.X.
All lies excused with ecstasy
your life has been a misery
Don't keep reminding those years 
where you've been rejected

Still drowning in despair
waiting for someone to care
I said that you’d believe in you 
but you surrender

A.L.E.X
Why don't you leave your lies
release yourself from your disguise
There are so many things that
you can do without

A.L.E.X.
All lies excused with ecstasy
still drowning in your fantasy
Are you searching for an answer
or for a better...

A.L.E.X
All lies excused with ecstasy
life needn't be a misery

Going My Way

A.L.E.X.

Radio Silence

The Darker Side Of Feeling Good

Darker Shades Of Doubt

Variation on a Theme by Sanshu Seiso - First Part of Triptych

The magnificent work of Sanshu Seiso, from which this variation was directly and slavishly derived, is here: https://soundcloud.com/sanshu-seiso/y-brume 

I am most grateful to Sanshu Seiso, for graciously allowing me to attempt variations....entirely inspired by his masterpiece. If there be any merit in this piece, full credit is due to Sanshu Seiso. Mistakes, on the other hand, are mine alone.

First Variation On 'Y-Brume' By Sanshu Seiso

Brian Butts - Guitar, Drums, Bass, Keyboard, Master Mix
Jeffrey Colon (Bastacho) - Recorder https://soundcloud.com/jeffrey-colon-3?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Reification

Bandcamp

Drifter (feat. Bastacho)

Dragging down victims with me

MY LOVE MY GOD MY FORGIVENESS

YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING
I AM THE NOTHING KING

When The Warden Wanted Her Way

Sometimes the only way to get frustration out for me is to make a song about it. 
Maybe you will, maybe you won't understand my lyrics and gel with them, but ya gotta consider that nobody else does what I do LOL

Happening Again

Sometimes Ya Don't

Ukigumo ～浮雲

"Dorian Gray" is a complex progressive metal song coming straight from hell. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray", we tell a story about hedonism digging right into the human abyss. This song is as violent and witty like Dorian Gray in this book. Be prepared for brutal shredding, heavy vocals and temper changes telling the life of a tormented soul. I couldn't resist drawing a portrait of how I imagine Dorian Gray. I am happy that we turned our individual strengths into something big. How would this song sound without Chad's heavy drum grooves, Against The Tempest's passion for technical metal and ambient leads, I AM MEADOWS' powerful and versatile voice and my lyrics on epic chord progressions? Prepare for headbanging, cause this "Dorian Gray" is gonna be heavy and dark.
Content Warning: strong language and violence. 

Nadine de Macedo: composition, arrangement, production, piano, organ, lyrics, cover illustration
Chad Lenig: drums
Against The Tempest: guitar, bass, arrangement
I AM MEADOWS: vocals

Where to find us:
https://soundcloud.com/nadinedemacedo
https://www.reverbnation.com/chadlenig
https://soundcloud.com/att_music
https://soundcloud.com/iammeadows

==== LYRICS ====

A spell extending my lifespan 
Inside the portrait of a man 
Just look at me, I'm a handsome juvenile
My beloved died of a poison in a vial

Yellow French book without a name
Teaches me how to play war games
I wanna be much more literate and mundane
How come love 
causes so much ache and so much pain? 

Pray for sinners
Pray for saints
All is covered up with paint  

I can be
Whoever I want to be
My soul is old but I'm forever young
Oh, can't you see
What's hidden inside of me
A rotten beast with nothing left undone

Dorian Gray

An evil grin upon my face
I'd like to kill the human race
I am the saint, ready to wipe out your disgrace
Let's liquefy the painter's corpse in nitric ace

PLEASE HIDE MY PICTURE
WHO I'M DEEP INSIDE
NO TIME FOR STRICTURE
SWALLOW MY FOOLISH PRIDE

STRICKEN WITH DESASTER
SHATTERED PILASTER
STRICKEN IN YEARS
MY DEAPEST FEARS

Pray for Satan, 
Pray for God
Purify against all odds

I can be
Whoever I want to be
My soul is old but I'm forever young
Oh, can't you see
What's hidden inside of me
A rotten beast with nothing left undone

HOLY FACE OF SATYR
DON'T LET ME BE YOUR MARTYR
CREEPING MOB OF VERMINS
IDENTITY CONFIRMINED

MY LIFE IS BEYOND CONTROL
I'D LIKE TO STAB MY CANVAS SOUL
THE PRECIOUS PORTRAIT I EXTOL
DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE!

I wriggle like an eel
My face lost all appeal 
My heart still made of steel
Now I can't conceal

I have been 
What the portrait meant me to be
I've grown old, my portrait still stays young 
Oh, have you seen 
What's hidden inside of me
A rotten beast with nothing left undone

DORIAN GRAY

DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE
DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE
DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE
DIE MOTHERFUCKER DIE

Dorian Gray

Y-Natrium

Monster Earth

R O C K

Kiss Of The Sun

Gone Shopping

We make soundtracks for scenes in movies we imagine.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWIZ4SP-uNA

Evasion

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Sometimes Ya Don't

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