Weather Endeavors

Music and Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Guitars by Isaac Ravi, Wei-Ming Wong
Produced by Darren Ashley

LYRICS
Listen closely to the lights up here
Everybody's eyes are on the momentary song
Watching sleepy little sounds appear
We'll sing away what's left to right all of these wrongs

The love and hate
The stops and waits
Just liberate 
Just liberate my heart
Abandon you and I'm nothing
So take me to your stars
Apart from you I am nothing
Nothing

Rumor is we never get this far
But I see more than all these solitary cars
Don't you worry if we really make the par
Cuz love is more than keeping score of who we are


The love and hate
The stops and waits
Just liberate 
Just liberate my heart
Abandon you and I'm nothing
So take me to your stars
Apart from you I am nothing
Nothing

Liberate

LYRICS

Fade away
Back and forth on boats of thoughts we sail (yeah yeah)
See the grey 
Where's the fun in all these games we play (yeah yeah)

Now he's drying his damp heart in the sun that isn't shining
A shell of what he had when he knew home, home

Fade away, I can't find myself today
'Cause nothing's right 
But nothings wrong

Fade away
Words will never make the cut we pay
Punctuate
All your thoughts concerning yesterday

Now falling, our leaves of vulnerability applauding
Fake the jump pretend that we are home
We are home

Fade away
I can't find myself today
'Cause nothing's right 
But nothings wrong
Watch the stars shine
Fade away
But watch the stars shine as you pray
'Cause nothing's left 
But it feels so right (but it feels so right)

Fade Away

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley


Cover Art by Cedric Cha

Breathe In

LYRICS 

Please take a ride with me to the other side
Where night, sun, moon and stars all collide
Time is an old man parading his might
Younger days call to forget what he's like

Listen and know and just know that you're feeling alive
Listen and know yeah just know that you're feeling alive

Steady, hold your horses
You're only a step away from changing your whole life with just perspective so

Listen and know and just know that you're feeling alive
Listen and know yeah just know that you're feeling alive


Music by Darren Ashley & Tatsuro Miller
Lyrics by Darren Ashley

Reset

Collaborated with my high-school mate to make this song during the lock-down. I recorded her singing through a video call from Malaysia to Seattle. Nate Kim recorded his violins at his home. 

Lyrics & Vocals by Molly Leigh Fish & Darren Ashley
Violins by Nathanael Kim Tan


Molly Leigh : 
https://www.instagram.com/mollyleighfish

Nathanael Tan : 
https://www.instagram.com/natekimtan


LYRICS 

I don't ever want you to let me down
I just want you to save me when I drown
When I drown

Shine a light through these prism bars and see a colorful world.
(they said we can go outside now)
Shine a light through these prison bars and see a colorful world
(i think)
Wear my heart on my sleeve and a gun on my lips to protect it
Because every homie that said 'trust me' were the first ones to wreck it 
Pool full of liquor mixed with the canned drinks
Then think to myself Kendrick might not approve of these rap schemes (idc)
Understand that i overthink 
Hide behind flash bang rhymes just to make your ears blink
Chicken out and deny God 3 times before daybreak
Then show all my friends Jesus is King by Kanye?
Batman’s kryptonite yeah it’s all just jokes
Facebook fake friends yeah they all just pokes
Sometimes they put your fire out so you only see smoke
While they talk behind your back you turn around they smile and pass you a toke
Shine a light through these prison bars and see a colorful world
I’m just like everyone else trying to escape my soul
I’m just like everyone
When I drown

Drown Ft Molly Leigh

Music by Darren Ashley
Lyrics by Evelyn Feroza


I wake, wake
Wake, wake to find you

Oh how I've waited
Wait
Waited for you

And when you left me broken with these words unsaid
Sometimes I feel you when I'm breathing but it's hard to admit
That I hated how I've waited for you, I've waited

So tell me if it's in my head
So tell me it it's in my

So you want to play with emotions
Well mine's hanging on the line
Do you really want to see me cry?
Say it man don't keep me waiting
I'm weak I know but I can try and keep it cool
I wonder if you knew how much I needed you

And when you left me unbroken with these words unsaid
I feel like I don't want to admit 
That I hate it
I hate this
I hate you

So tell me if it's in my head
So tell me if it's in my head

If I let you tell me you feel the same way I got you
Tell me if it's in my head
Tell me if it's in my
Can't take this baby I need truth 
You play your games i ain't no fool

Only want to see me when it fits you
Never seem to catch me when I trip too
Tell me i'm the only one you're in to
Tell me I'm the only one you're in to

Only want to see me when it fits you
Never seem to catch me when I trip too
Tell me i'm the only one you're in to
Tell me I'm the only one

Wait - Darren Ashley x Evelyn Feroza

Here's an attempt at drum & bass. I had fun making this one. 
(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

LYRICS

I see it in your eyes
You just want to see the sky
Throw your cares to the light
I just want to see you fly

Zenith

Cher/Daft Punk - Believe/One More Time (Darren Ashley Remix)

Drake - Hotline Bling (Darren Ashley Remix)

Music by Darren Ashley
Lyrics by Evelyn Feroza, Gregory Ramanado, Shikara Shahrin
Vocals by Evelyn Feroza, Gregory Ramanado, Shikara Shahrin, Darren Ashley
Mixing & Mastering by Darren Ashley

Follow Darren Ashley : 
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/darrenashley/
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/5N0Y2...

Can't Miss You Ft Evelyn Feroza, Gregory Ramanado, Shikara Shahrin

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley

Take my heart apart tomorrow
Shake off all them cupid arrows
This garden of words left unsaid
connect my heart back to my head all over again
If ever I am gonna make it through the day

Words never come out easy when it's you i'm talking to
And I would rather keep them in my lungs 
Than mess them up in front of you
I know, I know I shouldn't
But no one keeps me on my toes as much as you

It's crazy when you smile
My world stops just staring at you
I try, still I try
But you melt my head I fumble on my thoughts
Cuz no one keeps me on my toes as much
No one keeps me on my toes as much
No one keeps me on my toes as much as you.

On My Toes

1st mini track of the year.

Visuals by idomoji

Shakuhachi

My remix of a song by the Four Freshmen. 

It's A Blue World (Darren Ashley Remake)

Music by Darren Ashley


Nintendo, Konami, Sega.

Visuals by idomoji

Daijobudesuka

Music by Darren Ashley, Jupiter 7 and Anthony Tony Parker of JUNY
Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Visuals by idomoji



LYRICS

Flying high, no one see you
Just ignore the warning signs
Fight and fight distant shadows
But you know what lies inside

Wanna be a change cuz you know the world, yeah it won’t stop no it won't stop
But what remains not these crowns or these thorns but what you start 
straight from that heart

I’m talking 'bout love
Pure unconditional 
Yeah, that good stuff
Forget yourself for awhile
Everyone needs love

You’re not alone
You’re not alone

Everyone needs love

One glance at the beautiful world
You got to live you’ve got to give you’ve got to believe beyond your eyes now
Don’t fight the inevitable it’s got to be, its got to be, but you could be free
If we just start

Start talking bout love
Pure unconditional
Yeah that good stuff
Don’t say it’s alright cuz 
Everyone needs love

You're not alone
(So let her know that)
There's so much more
(Than this solace)
You're not alone
(So let him know that)
There's so much more
(Than this solace)

You're not alone
There's so much more

You're not alone
There's so much more

Surrender

Surrender ft. Jupiter7 & Anthony Parker

Guitars by Wei-Ming Wong & Isaac Ravi
Lyrics and extra music by Darren Ashley
Produced by Kieran Kuek

If I Don't Stay

Music by Darren Ashley
Visuals by idomoji

Good Night

LYRICS

Staring at the crowd
Waiting for a sound
It took a little time
But now you're here
Afraid to lose your mind
Forgetting what is real
Place your hand in mine
And we're out of here

So cry like you have it all 
And win like you lost the fight
Love like you only have tonight
Love like you're dying
Cheer for the ones who try
Sing for the ones who leave
Love like you only have tonight
Love like you're dying

Fear is how we fall
But fear is how we rise
Won't you place your hand in mine
And we're out of here

So cry like you have it all 
And win like you lost the fight
Love like you only have tonight
Love like you're dying
Cheer for the ones who try
Sing for the ones who leave
Love like you only have tonight
Love like you're dying


Immerse

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Produced by Darren Ashley





LYRICS

Another morning
Another day to fight
Lingering moments
Yesterday's left behinds
So turn the page
Remember now is now.

Not the pretender
Find your way through this noise
You're the defender of your heart's one true voice
So understand no one knows their end


But you have now
Make it count
make it count
Throw your doubt
Don't look down
Make it count

Make it count
Don't look down

You have now
Make it count

Good Morning

Music by Sugar Shrill
Vocals by Darren Ashley
Co-Produced by Darren Ashley

https://www.facebook.com/sugarshrillmusic
https://soundcloud.com/sugarshrill 
Visuials by idomoji


LYRICS

I try to explain
I tried to get through your brain
But you don't listen no more
And I don't want to fight this war

You tried to believe
That we could find some relief
Yeah after all of this mess
That maybe we could break free

Now we're floating miles
Watch the skies change today
Never knowing 
You're a part of me
And the irony is we're already free

Cuz  you and I we were meant to fly
Yeah they said we could touch the sky
I can only sing so many times
I wish that I could see it through your eyes

Now we're floating

Sugar Shrill - Blue Ice ft. Darren Ashley

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley

Visuals by idomoji


I know it feels like this life is on repeat 
Still so many places that you've never been
Heart beating softly though no one is listening
So you escape to the empire inside your dreams

Sometimes life kicks you down 
'Til your heart hits the ground
Don't forget what it was like when you only had dreams 

Escape to the empire inside your dreams.

Empire

Composition & Lyrics by Talitha Tan
Acoustic guitars by Talitha Tan
https://soundcloud.com/talithabe
https://www.facebook.com/Talithabe

Bass by Herman Ramanado

Produced by Darren Ashley




Okay

Talitha Tan - Okay

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Produced by Darren Ashley


Visuals by idomoji







LYRICS

Break away like water that's trapped in a rock
Like summer when winter unlocks
She knows there's an end
She tears at the wind
Whatever life brings
Whatever makes her sing
Whatever takes her away


Break your lines 
Paint what you see in your mind
You will find, you will find
Break your lines 
Paint what you see in your mind
Take your time, take your time

Break your lines
Paint the colours in your mind
You will find
You will find yourself

Fly by night
You will find
Don't compromise
Fly by night
Realize
You will find yourself

Lines

Lyrics by Rozella Marie
Music by Darren Ashley & Rozella Marie
https://soundcloud.com/rozellamusic

Produced by Darren Ashley
Visuals by idomoji

Rozella - Dark Side

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Produced by Darren Ashley









LYRICS

There's a raging
There's a black hole deep inside
There's a question
Killing many weakened minds
I can't save you
I've got mirrors that I hide
Spend your own fears
And bring all of mine to life
Would you catch me if I'm falling?

They're upon you
Stay up all night just to fight
All these notions
All the darkness  plain in sight
There's no dilation
When your shadow blocks the light
Spend my own fears
And bring all of yours to life
Would you catch me if i'm falling?


Visuals by idomoji


Question

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Produced by Darren Ashley

Visuals by idomoji

She takes in the open sky
The stars in her eyes they shine
But she don't wanna watch life go by 
She don't wanna watch life go by

Back from the grind breaking to pieces
Wipe off the sweat and let all her senses go
Heart on the line head in the riches
But will it ever stop 
But she don’t care cuz she’s got all her bigger dreams
She always said that love is stronger than it  seems
And even if her world caved in she’d have her means
Inside her head she’ll dance the night away 



She takes in the open sky
The stars in her eyes don’t lie
But she don’t wanna watch life go by
She don’t wanna watch life go by
Cuz life is but you and me
We all search for unity
But till then she close her eyes
Till then she close her eyes
And then she dance

Move

Music & Lyrics by Darren Ashley
Produced by Darren Ashley

Visuals by idomoji






LYRICS

Places we don’t go
Feelings we won’t feel
Faces we don’t show
Scars that never heal

Pay them with your time
Fake it till it’s real
Awake all through the night
Because you still remember why you’re still alive


Always searching 
Past the shore
Floating way above the ocean floor 
Wide eyed wonder 
Just like before
Check the compass once again for something more


When it’s time 
You will shine
Raise your heart unto the sun above
When you find 
It’s alright
You were meant to be here from the start


Coursing  through your veins
A million raging dreams
Lay it at your feet
Getting closer than you’ve ever been


When it’s time 
You will shine
Raise your heart unto the sun above
When you find 
It’s alright
You were meant to be here from the start


Compass

Last and final track of the Monday Juice series.


Circles

Music and Lyrics by Darren Ashley 
Vocals by Darren Ashley and Jane Chong. 





Staring up at the ceiling
I go blank
Waking up with this feeling
That stepped up a rank
Try to make an appealing
To never hesitate
Just wanna believe in
a day we'd all relate

Is this worth your time?
Will I get it right?
Only time will tell
Or will this pass as well?

Sunny afternoon weather
Snap your mental camera
Turn it up a little louder
And it will all fall into place
Paint a different picture
Spray the canvas with our thoughts
Glue the pieces together
And realize that it's you

All in His good time
He always gets it right
Rest your mind at ease
Just feel the morning breeze

Morning Breeze

Live version of Daijobudesuka.

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/4CXOKxq7li4lzZySKGV6gd

LYRICS 

So I bust through the door and I rush through my flow. Whether I make it out alive I never know. Because I took another dive into the place where they don't go and if I never come back then I won't make it to your show. I'm sorry. I love me. I know you still resent me. I made a promise to myself and I'm not breaking any vows. One day I'll separate epiphanies. Then I'm going to make sure that you sing with me. But for now I'll put my records on and migrate to higher ground (cold climate)from all of you that said we wouldn't last. Because I'm two faced and I'm right brained and I'm wasting life on these fast lanes just watching people puff-puff-pass. So we drop stops and we don't flop because that's how we roll. When i'm breaking down the sounds I follow me where I go. They think they own us but we run the show. They think they own us but we run the show. And we're going to take it higher.

Daijoudesuka (Extended Version)

Daijobedesuka (Extended Version)

Far Out

Yeah Why not?

Music by Darren Ashley
Lyrics by Darren Ashley & Soraya Taib



MANA DIRIKU

Hatiku yang curiga ditinggal mati
Ku minta maaf ku tidak pasti
Kisah kita akhir di sini

Agarku kenal erti derita ni

Biarku lupakan sentuhanmu
Biarku sendiri
Oh sudahlah

Ku ingin bersamamu
Tapi ku dengar mimpi yang merdu
Oh sayang mana diriku?
Ku tidak tentu

Mungkin kitakan bertemu hari nanti
Tapi ku tak kan meninggal mimpi yang ku kejari
I just wish that it would be okay

Ku ingin bersamamu
Tapi ku dengar mimpi yang merdu
Oh sayang mana diriku?
Ku tidak tentu

Mengapakah kau curiga?
Persoalan yang bermain di hati
Usah kau berbisik lagi
Jangan kau ragui 
Dirimu di sini
Telah ku dakapi
Sehingga akhir nanti

Dari terbit suria 
Hinga wajah bulan jelmar
Dari gelpan laut
Hinga terang angkasa
Ku temui diriku denganmu


Darren Ashley

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