Testing out new vocal style, a bit too much distortion in the mix but whatever.

I Looked in the Mirror and I Was Wearing a Hat (Vocal Test)

Monster

Balance

A truckload of clips made between 2010 and 2014 in no particular order. 
Some are whole songs, some aren't finished, some are experiments, some are riff ideas, some may never be used again.
Uploaded here purely for historical reasons and in case anyone is interested in hearing some of my old material.
This list is currently incomplete and will be updated as I find more files in old backups.

Ancient History - Gat Damn Boy Where'd You Get That Blue Eyes White Dragon?

A short sample clip I made with some phresh riffs as a sort of audition tape for my friend's band.

No Shirt, No Sweet Tart Necklace, No Service

Al Bumen And The Hen Pecked Hootenanny

Lyrics:

I am composed under the watchful eyes of all the businessmen of the world
Stark white, no patterns, all traces of a conscience bereft
A liar caught red handed, now the player is playing the pews
And now the judge does not sleep with his eyes closed
Get away from here
You have no reason to stay
Don't do it for my sake
They're coming for you
I always thought you'd know better than this (better than this)
I know you'll do what's right
Naked, just right

Thanks For The Tits But

Here it is, Ghost, available for streaming on SoundCloud finally. If you want to buy it or download it for free, you can do so here:

https://codexobscura.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-single

Lyrics:

I don't know if I'm losing my grip 
Or if I know too much 
Numbing fingers feeling for a surface 
Maybe I'm just losing my touch 
Laugh it off when I'm searching for help 
Nothing so priceless 
Should feel this worthless 
Nothing I do feels any less pointless 

I never stopped to help 
But I did begin to resent you 
You never taught me anything about myself 
But when you gave up trying 
You taught me how to cope 
With losing my whole life 
I know you were scared- 
Imagine the fear in a child having to watch 
as its mother loses everything 
I could do nothing as mother cried her eyes out 
I could not use death as an excuse 

Goodbye to the ghost of shallow company 
Goodbye to the ghost that taught me how to quit 
I wish you were here to see how happy I am 
I miss you 
Now I breathe these words in solitude 
These words that I wish that I didn't know 
I miss you 
I miss you

Codex Obscura - Ghost (Single)

A song I wrote for Ever Closer that I ended up not wanting to use cause it didn't fit in with the rest of the album, and it also is in a key I can't sing in comfortably. I'm considering it a B-Side for now but maybe I'll finish it one day.

Slipcast - The Luck Of The Gab

Burden will appear on my upcoming album Holy Teachings of Self Defeat, which releases on 11/5/16. The mixing may change a little cause I'm a fucking twat.

You can buy (pay what you want) or download the single for free here:

http://codexobscura.bandcamp.com/track/burden-single

This is a song about how Christianity made me fear that God and my family hated me for being gay/trans as a kid, so I hid it from them and myself for as long as I could. 

All I wanted was to start over somewhere with a new name and a new face, but I had to accept the reality that even there, someone would find me out and put me right back into the position I was in before. 

I eventually learned to accept that this was my life and I can't change the past, so I might as well keep pushing forward through all the physical and emotional pain towards making myself feel happy. 



Lyrics:

Open sores from head to toe in the shapes of a few names 
Put her aside, she is an embarrassment to everyone 
Love is pick and choose, fuse one and one and there is option left 
Walking side by side by side 

Let the burden die 
I emerge from the exit wound as a bullet aimed straight for the head 
Now it's raining and I'm left at a crossroads with no way home 
Open it by the spine and let the words fall out 

Let the flood carry me to a place where no one knows my name 
I will start again and be burned at the stake for stealing gold from the king who stole it all from me 
I will never stop because I like the pain 

I want to die inside and feel it slip away 
The torment rips me apart and makes me feel alive 
Do it to us again and remind me that I'm still here

Holy Teachings of Self Defeat

Burden (Single)

Been wanting to remaster this one for a while. Finally did it, sounds so much better.

Yhorm the Giant (bd mix)

This has got to be the catchiest thing I have ever written.

slipcast - Softer Things

Trying out writing/mixing trumpet and piano with sort of emo-y music

On the Night That We Left (A Test)

Ancient History

Ancient History - Thrash

Ancient History - Greg Louganis's Great Lubed Anuses

Ancient History - CREST TOOTHPASTE WITH TARTAR CONTROL MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PIECE OF SHIT

Ancient History - B. 4-6-12

Ancient History - 36 Ghost Groove TMF

Ancient History - A. 4-3-12 2

Ancient History - Get Your Hands Off of My Corn

why'd you have to be so fucking perfect 
now i can't sleep knowing you're about to leave 
everyone i love separates from me 
i am meant to die alone, i accept it 

fuck this distance, i can't take it 
no fucking friends, i can't stand it 

she, she is my 
my, my everything 

fail, fail again 
fail 

i almost fucking had it

Wilt

wilt - 01. 703

fuck your safe 
fuck your friendships 
fuck your love 
fuck your stability 

you don't know what you have 
i am happy 
i fake a smile 
you hold hands 
use them to tear me apart 
beautiful angels, look at you both 
fuck your closeness

wilt - 02. Wilt

you owe me a new pair of Yeezys after that stunt you pulled last night

The Suffocating Air of an Empty Room (Clip)

Sole member of Codex Obscura. Here is a bunch of music I've made over the past 9~ years.

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