Yea I'm stressed out 
don't wanna talk about it
cause I doubt 
you wouldn't give a f*ck about it
self doubt 
can't get myself up out of this
the hole that I put myself in
dug it out
put myself in it
don't know how it turned out 
like this 
all I know is I want out
I've had it 
I'm stressed out 
Stressed ooooOoOoout

Stressed out 
I got nothing left 
checked out
so much I regret 
feeling left out 
like I'm second best
don't know how to forgive 
and I can't forget 
yea my life's a mess 
I'm depressed 
and I'm 
stressed out

Yea I'm 
stressed out 
wish I 
could forget about 
what has me
stressed out
but I cant 
live without 
being 
stressed out

Stressed out

From sunlit home, a gentle start,
Deep shadows call upon your heart.
A secret yearning, dark and wide,
Where life and death so near reside.
The book is closed, the movie done,
Yet something lingers, newly won.
A mask you wear, a scarlet guise,
Reflected in your searching eyes.
To be the witch, the bride of dread,
By other worlds you must be led.

The crypt is calling, night by night,
It pulls your soul toward the dark light.
The crypt is calling, deep and low,
A secret place where you must go.

The park is near, the path is clear,
But to the graves you hold it dear.
A longer road, a slower pace,
To find a mirror for your face.
What is the force? What is the need?
To plant the dark and watch it seed?

The crypt is calling, night by night,
It pulls your soul toward the dark light.
The crypt is calling, deep and low,
A secret place where you must go.

A demon’s breath, unseen and far,
A cosmic wound, a guiding star.
It's not your choice, the pull you feel,
To turn the wheel that makes it real.

The crypt is calling, night by night,
It pulls your soul toward the dark light.
The crypt is calling, deep and low,
A secret place where you must go.
The crypt is calling, yours to keep,
A wakeful secret while you sleep.
The crypt is calling – no disguise –
The final truth behind your eyes!

The crypt is calling, night by night,
It pulls your soul toward the dark light.
The crypt is calling, deep and low,
A secret place where you must go.

—
Arrangement and vocals: Volker Redder, Udio, GarageBand
Loops and samples: Volker Redder, Apple's GarageBand
Editing and sound design: Volker Redder, Ozone 11, Sound Studio, VirtualDJ, GarageBand
Lyrics: Volker Redder, translated with the help of Google Translate
Cover design: Volker Redder, Adobe Photoshop, FLUXpro, Apple's Keynote

The Crypt Is Calling

Drown in Your Games

[Verse 1]
Down by the water
I heard your voice low and strange—
fallen promises heavy as anchors
pulling me under your skin

Cigarettes burning like streetlight prayer
your hands stained with last night’s sins
I close my eyes but I can’t remember
every bruise that the silence begins

[Pre-Chorus]
You said love is just a game
but I keep drowning anyway
I still wait by the river’s edge
for the ghost of what you’ll never say

[Chorus]
It’s you only you—
dark as the tide that drags me through—
your shadow plays
a cruel refrain
and I drown in your games
I drown in your games

[Verse 2]
Satin dress cheap perfume
You wore it for me on a broken night—
television glow on faded walls
you laughed like a hymn in a funeral light

I traded heaven for your fake smile
I traded truth for your lies
but beauty’s a curse and you wear it so well
like a dagger tucked under your thighs

[Pre-Chorus]
You said love is just a game
but I keep drowning anyway
I still wait by the water’s side
though I know you’ll never stay

[Chorus]
It’s you only you—
dark as the tide that drags me through—
Your shadow plays
a cruel refrain
and I drown in your games
I drown in your games

[Bridge]
Down down deeper still—
the river hums it drinks its fill
I gave you my song you gave me chains
I gave you my breath you gave me blame
but oh how I love the pain—
it keeps me playing your games

[Final Chorus (softer haunting)]
It’s you always you—
ghost in the water pulling me through—
your shadow stays
a cursed refrain
and I drown in your games
I drown in your games

[Outro]
Down by the water
you never came
still I wait
still I drown
still I play your games

Drown in Your Games

Ballad of a self recognition

"Will Ye Go Lassie Go" is a Scottish/Irish folk song that is also known as "Wild Mountain Thyme" or "Blooming Heather". The song is about a young man who asks a young girl to go with him to gather wild mountain thyme. It is a popular folk song with a long history, and there have been hundreds of recordings made of it by various artists. 
About the song
Title: It is known by several names, including "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?", "Wild Mountain Thyme," and "Blooming Heather". 
Origin: The song's tune and lyrics have their roots in the Scottish folk song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Robert Tannahill. 
Theme: It's a love song about a young man asking his "lassie" to go with him to find wild mountain thyme in the heather. 
Popularity: It is a very popular song worldwide and has been recorded by many artists, including The Corries, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, and Kate Rusby".                     

Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Image: Alex Kinkate

Will Ye Go Lassie Go- The Corries (Cover)

Song about being half drunk under a full moon, at the end of the night with the one you love

Half drunk under a full moon

Pastors & Priests (The Missing)

The Third Dimension

"Follow Your Dreams with all your Heart…" 

from album (LIFE) original release: 2018

mix and mastering by @amin-pishehvar 🙏

Reflection of Dreams

Here's a very special song & video!! It was a collobaoration with Olga V. Glushakova from VerAeternum. I wrote the lyrics and she wrote the music, sang it, perfromed it, arranged it, basically did everything else! Check out her channel on YouTube, it's amazing! She is a magnificent songwriter and performer! A natural star! Link below!

https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCyWV-rT_YK-kdXl3CABwY6g?si=2JpOQqwqmBf7hYIg

  I sent Olga like 5 lyrics and she picked this one to compose the music for and did a great job! I love what she did to bring my lyrics to life! I had offered these lyrics to other musicans before but what she did with them was nothing short of fantastic! It was a wonderful experience, she's the best! As far as the lyrics go, they are quite simple and reflect all things about love and how when you're in love it's everywhere you look. On the billboards, in the movies, in a book, it's in the air!! Olga made it itno a modern sounding song! I think it's great and her and her team did a superb job with it. 

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/QrpLfWs-3is

I added a little musical build up at the begining of the video and then mixed her video into it. I hope everyone enjoys it and goes over to her channel and subscribe and support Olga, she is an amazing artist! Thanks for watching and take care everyone!

“I DON’T CARE WHY"

IT’S UP THERE ON BILLBOARDS,    
IN EACH BALLADEER’S SONG,   
AT CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY,      
OR JUST DRIVING ALONG, 
WHENEVER I’M CLOSE TO YOU,    
I FEEL IT STIRRING INSIDE,  
UNDER THE MOONLIGHT,     
IN STORMY OR SUNNY SKIES,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, 
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,        
      
WHILE DRINKING MY COFFEE,    
WHILE READING A BOOK,   
IT’S IN EVERY MOVIE,   
WHEREVER I LOOK,    
THAT FEELING COMES OVER ME,    
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES,    
CAN’T SEEM TO SHAKE IT,     
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,     
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,

WHILE I'M TAKING A SHOWER,  
HAVING MY LUNCH AT NOON,    
AT THE TOP OF EACH HOUR,    
IN EVERY PHASE OF THE MOON,   
WHAT A STRANGE ODD SENSATION,   
THERE’S JUST NOWHERE TO HIDE,    
I GUESS I’M IN LOVE?     
THAT MUST BE THE REASON WHY,    
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,      
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY,    
NO I DON'T CARE WHY,     
DON'T REALLY CARE WHY,    
I JUST DON'T CARE WHY.   

BY JIM VALDES & OLGA GLUSHAKOVA © 2025

"I DON'T CARE WHY" (Video - https://youtu.be/QrpLfWs-3is)

Wow, this is it, the final song I will be posting for the untitled album Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & the Wormling and I have been working on! We posted the first song, “Ghosting Out,” from this set on January 4, 2021. I started this set of 12 songs in 2020, during the pandemic, using demo tracks that Wou-Wou graciously allowed me to use. I can’t, yet totally can, believe that it took 5 years to finish and finally post all the songs. I am still not sure if all 12 songs will be included in the album since the total run time is about 43 minutes and I like albums to be a little closer to 30 minutes. We still also need to decide on the track sequence. Eventually the album will be posted the album on Bandcamp for free. 

I have written it many times before and I will write it again, it has been an immense pleasure and honor and blast to work with Sticknice, Bitzone, and Wou-Wou on this set of songs. I feel so lucky to have had this opportunity.  

Track Credits:
Heartscore: Violin
https://soundcloud.com/heartscore/tracks
https://heartscore.bandcamp.com/album/the-edge-of-times
https://www.youtube.com/dirkradloff
Stricknice: Guitar
https://soundcloud.com/j-nice-6
Bitzone: Additional Drums and Bass, Mix, and Master
https://soundcloud.com/bitzone
https://www.bitzones.net
Wou-Wou & the Wormling: Synth, Synth Bass, Drums, Original Demo Track, Song Art
https://soundcloud.com/wouwouandthewormling
https://wouwouandthewormling.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/wouwouandthewormling
the Couch King: Lyrics, Vocals, Samples, Production
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com

Lyrics:

I don’t wanna have to do this
But I would be terribly remiss
If I just pretended to shoot and miss 
Maybe I could find somebody nobody’ll reminisce 
Maybe I could find somebody deserving the abyss 
The kiss of deaths sweet lips 
The heat of cold bullets
Rationally tearing you from the grips 
Of life meaningless in this soulless culture gone amiss 
I’ve been hunting these woods since my childhood 
Living as any self respecting and god fearing man should
sovereign and secured in responsibility for one’s own livelihood  
The devil wants you to believe in falsehoods 
and city life leads to no good
The heathens all had me misunderstood 
I wouldn’t want to be with them if I could

It feels like its been me and the bird forever now 
And i can’t allow myself to let him down 
I have him in my sight 
But there is two of ‘em 
Damn it 
What am I going to do with ‘em 
I’m going to have shoot both of ‘em 
I can’t leave a witness
Gotta move with swiftness 
At least this 
male’s a total stud 
and bird will pleased 
As he falls with a thud as his chest spews out blood 
and soil turns to mud
This is the right thing to do, isn’t it
After all I made an agreement 
I can’t permit 
Bird to throw a fit
or It’ll be me my head 
that sits on that wall 
And I really wouldn’t want him to leave me 
and be alone again

The Shrike Pt. 4

Heartscore, Stricknice, Bitzone, Wou-Wou & The Wormling, and the Couch King - The Shrike Pt. 4

I'm now taking a six-week digital detox vacation.
We'll see and hear from each other again in 2026!
Happy Holidays!

"Redder" is a palindrome. Like "racecar" or "level". These pieces of music ain't.

My name is Volker Redder, online I go by "docredder." It all came about because I studied biology and computer science for a long time and received my doctorate as the crowning achievement of my academic career.
As a child, I sang Bach in the church's „Knabenchor Unser Lieben Frauen“ because my mother thought it was good for my soul. And it was, until, thanks to an excellent teacher, I realized that music is like mathematics. After that, I loved not only music but also mathematics and all sciences based on mathematics: physics, biology, chemistry, computer science. So, I went straight into the natural sciences and engineering. Yes, I studied a lot. However, a university career wasn't for me. I wanted to monetize the findings of the various sciences (you can't live on air and love alone) and founded over a dozen companies. Because who wants life to follow a clear formula? I certainly didn't. In addition to adventurous entrepreneurship, the subsequent career in politics (German Bundestag), and a growing family, I was constantly picking up the guitar or keyboard, which is what you do when you want to escape the chaos of everyday life.
Should I say I'm a virtuoso? No. That would be a lie. I'm just too lazy for that. Laziness, or in modern parlance, "efficiency," is a principle for me. And so I founded my "own studio," consisting of a lot of electronics and software. The hipsters call it DIY. I call it "not wanting to act like a big shot and book expensive recording studios." I'm a one-man orchestra, a chef-d'oeuvre who spends all day producing pop, rock, indie, and ambient mishmash until he finally finds it he likes. My menu? Pink Floyd, Genesis, Supertramp, Muse, Zappa, Miles Davis, and many more. Yes, all at once. I told you: mishmash.
There are guys who write music to become famous. Then there's me. I write music to keep myself from going crazy. Sometimes it's funny, sometimes there's melancholy in it, sometimes it's stories from literature or something sci-fi. Or from Tinder dates my daughters have told me. I mean, who hasn't wondered what "being in Tinder light" is? Exactly. I wrote it down. I use everything I can get my hands on: GarageBand, samples, my voice, AI voices, Udio, VirtualDJ, everything! I don't care if purists say it's no longer art. It doesn't matter, the main thing is that my music feels like a window you can look out of and discover something new again and again.
Every song becomes a little adventure. Sometimes I start with a line, sometimes with a feeling I can't shake. It's like an escape from reality, except in the end, there's no escape. And that's a good thing. This is how I stay grounded. Okay, grounded isn't the right word either. Let me put it this way: I've stayed true to myself. And I'm grateful for everyone who listens, shares, or comments.
It makes me feel like I'm not completely alone in this madness. So if you also like songs that don't follow the rules, I'd be happy if you joined in. After all, the world is crazy enough.
You have to fight that with music. I mean, that's logical, right?

The Crypt Is Calling

docredder

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