"Dark Water" by Fragile Gods. Remixed and remastered in 2023.

Lyrics:

Missing for days x 4

I can’t believe
There’s so much rain
Water coming 
Through my windows

We’ve got to leave
But I can’t find you
It’s too late
It’s too late now

Dark Water is rising
I see danger on the horizon
Dark Water is rising
I see danger on the horizon

I watch the beach decay
We could be swept away
I watch the beach decay
We could be swept away

There’s nothing to left to say
We need to get away
There’s nothing to left to say
We need to get away

Calling your name
No one answers
Looking everywhere
I can’t find you

I won’t leave
Leave without you
It’s too late
It’s too late now

Dark Water is rising
I see danger on the horizon
Dark Water is rising
I see danger on the horizon

I watch the beach decay
We could be swept away
I watch the beach decay
We could be swept away

There’s nothing to left to say
We need to get away
There’s nothing to left to say
We need to get away

Missing for days x 4

Dark Water

"When The Nighttime Comes" by Fragile Gods with additional vocals by Aika Zabala.

Lyrics:

Waking from a restless dream
The air is hot and still
This room is just like mine
Only the walls bend towards infinity

Walking down endless stairs
Each step is longer than last
Hours later at the front door
Stepping outside into the abyss
What I see I don’t understand
I don’t see no birds, no cars, no people
I know these streets but I don’t know where I am
I know these streets but I don’t know where I am

Is anybody here?
Can anybody hear me?
I don’t know what’s real
And I don’t like this feeling

When the nighttime comes
I hear electric hums
That I can’t get out of my head
When the daybreak comes
I can’t find anyone
Only empty streets instead

It feels like I stepped out of time
Trapped on an empty stage set
Walking past the same old houses
Hyperreal with no signs of life
Doesn't matter which way I go
Every road circles back on itself
This world is glitching
Everything in improbable positions
There is no future and no past
Just an ever-present, never-ending now
Just an ever-present, never-ending now

There’s got to be a way to bend
The bars of this cage
There’s got to be a way to escape
This abandoned stage

When the nighttime comes
I hear electric hums
That I can’t get out of my head
When the daybreak comes
I can’t find anyone
Only empty streets instead

What kind of world
What kind of world is this?
Where straight lines
They don't exist

What kind of world
What kind of world is this?
Where straight lines
They don't exist

What kind of world?  (repeat x4)

When the nighttime comes
I hear electric hums
That I can’t get out of my head
When the daybreak comes
I can’t find anyone
Only empty streets instead

When The Nighttime Comes

"In the Light" by Fragile Gods

Lyrics:

These are the days 
Of broken promises 
Talking so fast 
But nothing makes sense 

These are the days 
Of lost connections
Living on islands
With bridges burned

These are the days
Of falling slowly
Trying to hold on
But going down

These are the days
Of repetition
Where every day
Is just the same

In the Light 
You are standing 
Glowing gently
Moving slowly


These are the days
Of pointless drudgery
Working so hard
But nothing achieved

These are the days
Of false prophets
Pushing superstitions 
And crooked schemes    

These are the days 
Of wildfires 
Polluting the air that we breathe

These are the days
Without a future
Heading straight towards catastrophe

In the Light 
You are standing 
Glowing gently
Moving slowly

Scraping back the layers
Peeling back the years
Nothing else remains
Except for my fears

I don’t know you
But I need you
Where are you?
Where are you?

In the Light 
You are standing 
Glowing gently
Moving slowly

In the Light

My thoughts – flicker like starlight
My dreams – vanish in daylight
Night birds sing to me       
My life  – guided by moonlight 

Before the stars collide
We can watch the heavenly motions
The cold fire in your eyes
Leaves so many words unspoken

Before our hearts collide 
Our days will be frozen
When the night finally dies
The sunrise will be golden


I walk - under the streetlights
You live – basking in sunlight 
Sleepwalking without living
One chance encounter changed everything

Before the stars collide
We can watch the heavenly motions
The cold fire in your eyes
Leaves so many words unspoken

Before our hearts collide 
Our days will be frozen
When the night finally dies
The sunrise will be golden

Ghost In the Machine

Ghost In The Machine

"White Snow, No Sound" by Fragile Gods

Lyrics:

Snow is falling, drifting across the land
Crystals sparkling in the harsh, white light
Memories submerged in the snow
I'm lost, lost in a world of white
There’s another world underneath, just out of sight

Memories are replaying in a loop 
Without order without meaning
The meaning is lost in the repetition
Afterimages in the snow 
Flashback in endless white
It's better when things are underground, out of sight

White Snow, No Sound
White Snow, No Sound

There is no sound
I can't remember what you said 
It's lost in the snow
It's lost in the wind
And before the light fades and before it gets too cold
I gotta find a way home
I'm off track
I could be lost 
Gotta get back
I need to backtrack
Your voice is in the wind
Your face is in the trees

Your face
Your voice
Get back 
Backtrack
Flashback

Your face
Your voice
Get back 
Backtrack
Fade to black

Your voice is in the wind
Your face is in the trees

White Snow, No Sound
White Snow, No Sound

I like it better when it stays underground

White Snow, No Sound

White Snow, No Sound

"Shadowboxing" by Fragile Gods

Lyrics:

Under siege 
By unseen forces
Shadows moving on the wall
Maybe they're not there at all
Maybe they're not there at all
Under pressure
Overwhelmed
When your heart is black as coal
There is no way to mend your soul
There is no way to mend your soul

Now it's getting clearer
I'm only hitting myself in the mirror 
Shadowboxing with the wall
There’s nothing to be gained
There’s no way to win at all
I think I'm ready for a fall
I think I'm ready for a fall

Glued together
But falling apart
Walking the streets feeling adrift
Will this fog ever lift?
Will this fog ever lift?
Disconnected
Out of phase
On the outside looking in
In the game but I can’t win
In the game but I can’t win

Now I’m on the ropes
Fading fast and losing hope
There’s no one in my corner
I have no strategy
Looking in the mirror I see 
My opponent is always me
My opponent is always me

Feel the impact
Feel the strain
Hit, hit back
Feel the pain

Now I’m going down
I’m losing yet another round
All this fighting with myself
Is only wrecking my damn health
There’s no way to win at all
I think I'm ready for a fall
I think I'm ready for a fall

Shadowboxing

Lyrics:

Living on the precipice
Walking too close to the edge 
We can imagine that we’re living safely
But we’re falling off the ledge
We can look for the stars tonight
But they’re too far away to see
I don’t know what you’re looking for
But I know that you don’t see me

And the hours are slipping slipping 
Slipping slipping away
Slipping away just for one day
And the days are nothing nothing 
Nothing nothing but grey
Just for one day
And the edges are starting starting 
Starting starting to fray
Slipping away just for one day
And we have nothing nothing 
Nothing nothing to say
Just for one day

Living under house arrest
But I’m not sure of my crime 
Why am I living in limbo
Doing nothing but serious time?
I want to argue my case 
And launch a vigorous appeal
But I’ve completely lost touch 
And I’m not sure what is real

And the hours are slipping slipping 
Slipping slipping away
Slipping away just for one day
And the days are nothing nothing 
Nothing nothing but grey
Just for one day
And the edges are starting starting 
Starting starting to fray
Slipping away just for one day
And we have nothing nothing 
Nothing nothing to say
Just for one day

What’s yours is yours 
What’s mine is mine
 There is no future
We’re in decline
Just hold that line

What’s yours is yours 
What’s mine is mine
There is no future
Just hold that line
Just hold that line

And the hours are slipping slipping 
Slipping slipping away
Slipping away just for one day
And the days are nothing nothing 
Nothing nothing but grey
Just for one day
And the edges are starting starting 
Starting starting to fray
Slipping away just for one day
And we have nothing nothing 
Nothing nothing to say
Just for one day

Slipping Away

In the mirror 
I can see 
A reflection 
Looking back at me
He is more
Than he seems
Sometimes he
Smiles knowingly
Touch a mirror
Liquid silver
Feel my hands 
Passing through
I can see
What lies beyond
I step through
Into another world 

Distant voices calling
Phantoms pulling me in
It feels like I'm falling
Into another world
Distant voices calling (Lost in a dream)
Phantoms pulling me in (Lost in between)
It feels like I'm falling (Phantoms calling)
Into another world (Pulling me in)

I don’t know
Where I am
In this world
Of peculiar shadows 
Looking out
I see me
Standing there
Dazed and bewildered 
I am now
One of them
A phantom lost
And forsaken
To live here
Forever
Is the price
of stepping beyond 

Distant voices calling (Lost in a dream)
Phantoms pulling me in (Lost in between)
It feels like I'm falling (Phantoms calling)
Into another world (Pulling me in)

In the world behind the glass 
There’s no way to get back
Lost within silver light
Reversing day and night

Distant voices calling (Lost in a dream)
Phantoms pulling me in (Lost in between)
It feels like I'm falling (Phantoms calling)
Into another world (Pulling me in)

In the world behind the glass 
There’s no way to get back
Desperate cries phantoms roam 	
Forever trapped no way home

Another World

"Greatest Misses" is a love-gone-wrong song produced as an unabashedly 80s dance track. Aika Zabala provides backing vocals.

Check out the video: https://youtu.be/V-anTXqzR2I

Traffic patterns 
Out of sync
All red lights
Down the line

Leaves are falling 
In the garden
Fruit is dying 
On the vine

I push when you pull
and you pull when I push
Feelings just get in the way

I push when you pull
and you pull when I push
What a touching display

My greatest misses
Involve your kisses
It happens all the time
It happens all the time
I feel I'm losing you
I don't know what to do
It happens all the time
It happens all the time

Seldom speaking
Calls unanswered
Static and silence
Down the line

Icy days
Frozen nights
We are running
Out of time

I push when you pull
and you pull when I push
Feelings just get in the way

I push when you pull
and you pull when I push
What a touching display

My greatest misses
Involve your kisses
It happens all the time
It happens all the time
I feel I'm losing you
I don't know what to do
It happens all the time
It happens all the time

All I wanted was affection
All you gave me is rejection
All I wanted was affection
All you gave me is rejection
This cold kind of love
This cold kind of love

My greatest misses
Involve your kisses
It happens all the time
It happens all the time
I feel I'm losing you
I don't know what to do
It happens all the time
It happens all the time

Greatest Misses

Fragile Gods, the New York-based dark synthpop project of Frederick Frantz, creates flowing retrosynth tunes with minimal, atmospheric arrangements and unique vocals often backed with rich female harmonies. Their music, sounding as if it came from a cassette from another era, evokes the sounds of classic synthpop and industrial bands. 

In 2023, Fragile Gods released their long-awaited full length album, "Dark Water." Meticulously crafted over four years, the album features a diverse range of tracks, from the danceable to the surreal. Throughout the album, Frantz's vocals are both emotive and haunting, delivering lyrics that explore dreams, longing, and alienation. 

In 2019, Fragile Gods returned with their second EP, "Cold Comfort," and a new approach. The poppier elements which were hinted at on the prior release were now more to the front. Frantz's vocals are more melodic and less distorted. However, not all the rough edges have been sanded off as witnessed by "Step Outside the Frame." 

The band's 2015 debut "The Future Never Came" was influenced by the likes of 80s EBM bands Nitzer Ebb and Cabaret Voltaire with occasional synthpop elements surfacing. 

Fragile Gods is a band that is constantly evolving, creating a retro-futuristic sound that is both unique and timeless.

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