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The Last Stranding - Lyra Novaela
Inspired by the world of Death Stranding, this is not a song. It’s a signal echoing across a broken universe.

The Last Stranding is a cinematic ambient ballad that reimagines the character of Higgs Monaghan, not as a villain, but as a forgotten soul - exiled for thousands of years on a Beach where time flows differently. Once a porter, once a man who believed in love, Higgs was seduced by the truth of extinction and betrayed by the one who chose someone else. His descent was not madness. It was heartbreak.

This track, written and performed by Lyra Novaela, carries the voice of that sorrow. Told from the perspective of an entity left behind, the song reflects the quiet grief of being abandoned, the desperate longing to be chosen, and the fading memory of a world that moved on without you.

Built with soft fingerpicked guitar, reverb-drenched piano, cinematic textures, cello, and ghost-like vocal swells, the song slowly unfolds into a powerful electric guitar solo before ending in a poetic, devastating outro. 

Created in honor of Death Stranding and the visionary work of Hideo Kojima, The Last Stranding is Lyra Novaela’s elegy for those who were never saved, but still waited. Not a goodbye. Just the other end of the strand.

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Music Video: https://youtu.be/OBoQpEe17Ow [8K Official Music Video]

The Last Stranding by Lyra Novaela

[Verse 1]
I used to carry
what no one else could hold
Finger on the thread...
but the thread grew cold

Built their bridges
from the quiet and the storm
Left behind in light
but never warm

[Verse 2]
You called me chosen
touched my face with fire
Then turned away...
to chase another wire

You said I mattered
but left me on the shore
Now time won't pass
it just becomes more

[Chorus]
This is the last stranding
no voice... no landing
a song without return
a star too slow to burn

This is the last stranding
no place... no standing
just echoes in the clay
and things we didn't say

[Verse 3]
Your promise used to be
Strings that never broke...
just drift endlessly

I built you mechs
from memory and ash
Played our notes in code
then watched them crash

[Bridge]
I wasn't the villain
just the last to know
Love isn't light
if it doesn't grow

And now I wait
with rust in my hair
Not angry...
just nowhere

[Chorus]
This is the last stranding
no call... no branding
no name left in the sky
no wings to learn to fly

This is the last stranding
one heart... disbanding
no tether left to try
just a cleaner way to die

{Instrumental Electric Guitar Solo - Lyra/Higgs}

[Outro]
I loved you more than time could bend
but time forgot... the shape of then
I reached across a dying line
but all I found was static spine

The Beach grew quiet... I stayed awake
rewinding every strand we break
You were the thread I tried to send
but I was always the other end

{Ghost Mech Instrumental Outro}

The Last Stranding

Echoes Of Us VII

Like a Ghost

Lord you’ve been at work
My whole entire life 
Every moment of hurt 
Every single tear I cried 
Wanting to believe your word
But the pain made me blind 

Oh but lord 
I wouldn’t Change a thing 
Cuz my past
Is what made me me 
Oh to go through what I did
I’d do it all again 
Cuz it drove me straight to you
My savior and friend 

I’m now able to see
Why I was so broken 
God didn’t want me
Havin this world to put my hope in
I live in humility 
For all that will never be spoken 

Oh but lord 
I wouldn’t Change a thing 
Cuz my past
Is what made me me 
Oh to go through what I did
I’d do it all again 
Cuz it drove me straight to you
My savior and friend 

All those hopeless nights
All the endless fights 
The broken home 
Nowhere to go 
Never enough
Desperate for love 
Oh but I’d do it all again
To end up in the arms of 
My savior and friend 
Yes even those hopeless nights
All the endless fights 
The broken home 
Nowhere to go 
Never enough
Desperate for love 
Oh but I’d do it all again
To end up in the arms of 
My savior and friend 
Oh God I’d do it all again
To end up in the arms of
My savior and friend 

Oh so lord 
I wouldn’t Change a thing 
Cuz my past
Is what made me me 
Oh to go through what I did
I’d do it all again 
Cuz it drove me straight to you
My savior and friend 

And God with you
I’ve built a life of love
So secure and true 
While it was tough 
I’ll never take for granted 
The life I now live 
But God I know you planned this 
Since I was a little kid 

With all those hopeless nights
And endless fights 
The broken home 
Nowhere to go 
Never enough
Desperate for love 
Oh but I’d do it all again
To end up in the arms of 
My savior and friend 
Oh God I’d do it all again
To end up in the arms of
My savior and friend

Do It All Again

I fell apart again
All things fade, all things fade
Drove past the lakes end
A mess we made, A mess we made
We sold our shit for gas
I don’t care, I don’t care
I said the worst won’t last
But I swear, but I swear

You said you came to find me
But I was someone else
You called it resurrection
I just called for help
We carved our names in silence
But the silence never stayed
You loved me like a decoy
And left me in the grey

I drove to Chicago
With a friend, forgot his name
We slept in cold car parks
What a shithole it became
I fell in love too fast
In my head, in my head
The past came back to cut like glass
And I bled, And I bled

You said you came to find me
But I was somewhere else
You called it deflection
I just needed help
We carved our names in silence
But the silence never stayed
You loved me like a decoy
And left me in the grey

If I was crying
In that van, in the dark
It was for silence
Not for the hope of a spark
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes

You said you came to find me
But I was someone else
You called it resurrection
I just called for help
We carved our names in silence
But the silence never stayed
You loved me like a decoy
And left me in the grey

You came to find me
All things fade, all things fade
Said you could blind me
All things trade, all things trade
We had our hands set 
All things made, all things made
But you designed it
All things fade, all things fade

Decoy

what is true love?

“Waitin’ on You (Nani)” is a heartfelt R&B ballad about distance, patience, and self-doubt.
Inspired by Daniel Caesar’s “Who Knows” and Joji’s emotional tone, this song dives into the feeling of waiting for someone you love while facing your insecurities.

Written and performed by Korone Tobichi, it blends warm guitars, soft keys, and emotional vocals to create a late-night atmosphere — a moment of quiet honesty you can feel in every note.

🎧 BPM: 82 | Key: F# minor | Mood: Sad / Romantic / Soulful

Waitin’ on You (Nani)

A slow-tempo R&B track anchored by lush electric piano, warm sub-bass, and minimal drums with crisp rimshots, Sparse guitar phrases weave through the verses, while layered harmonies and tasteful string pads lift the chorus, Subtle synth textures add dimension to the bridge and outro

Faded Love

[Verse 1]
Motor lights float on the water,
Silver trails along the shore.
Soft as breath, the evening murmurs
Stories whispered long before.

Couples walk beneath red lanterns,
Hands entwined in drifting mist.
I see your shadow in reflections—
A memory the lake still kissed.

✨ [Pre-Chorus]

And every breeze that touches me
Feels like a voice from history.
Hanoi hums a quiet tune—
A promise under yellow moon.

💫 [Chorus]

Midnight at Hoàn Kiếm Lake,
Hearts remember, hearts awake.
Even after time has flown,
The water sings of love once known.
If I return through night and ache—
Will you be there
At Hoàn Kiếm Lake?

🌧️ [Verse 2]

The turtles guard their ancient stories,
Legends breathing in the deep.
And though the city glows around me,
Its soul is something it will keep.

Your laughter lingers in the ripples,
Your footsteps echo in my mind.
And though the years have drifted past us,
This place refuses to unwind.

🌙 [Pre-Chorus]

And every street remembers you,
A map of dreams we wandered through.
Hanoi’s night is soft and wide—
It keeps our secret side by side.

💫 [Chorus]

Midnight at Hoàn Kiếm Lake,
Hearts remember, hearts awake.
Even after time has flown,
The water sings of love once known.
If I return through night and ache—
Will you be there
At Hoàn Kiếm Lake?

🌧️✨ [Bridge – fast, emotional, perfect for the drop]

Neon rain on trembling streets,
Every heartbeat softly meets
The ghost of you I can’t unmake—
Still waiting at Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

🌙🔥 [Final Chorus – bigger, brighter]

Midnight at Hoàn Kiếm Lake,
Where broken hearts can still remake.
If all the world should drift away,
This lake would let our shadows stay.
And if tomorrow’s dawn should break—
I’ll find your light
At Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

Midnight at Hoàn Kiếm Lake

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