SKIN

https://lifeontheverge.net/2016/02/07/my-ugly-lemon-tree/

lifes lemons prod LickOwens

A Love Begin

Stay with me a while
I cant understand your face
You happy or youre not
You can say youre tired of me

Its a blurry memory
When i think of you and me
Got no time to wait and see
Now youre just a ghost to me 

What am i supposed to say 
When my clouds are grey
Why dont you x2
Go on
Like you have before
Empty company 
Is all i found in you
I can finally breath 
Im far away from you
Finished 
Im so done
Hope you see me
The things youve done
My heart is sick
My mind is dumb 
I hold on too much
The things youve done

WASTED TIME

Written & Recorded in 2022. I'd like to revisit this one.

Lyrics:

I’ve been working for a long time, digging this hole
It’s hard work but I go, and it’s taken its toll
Tried following the path of people I know
But it’s an endless road, all alone

I hate the way I’m feeling, but self-loathing is treason
It’s tough enough to be alive
I stop myself from breathing, no chance of ever healing
I built my life around a rhyme

The desert’s cold, there’s no loopholes
And I’ve missed every shooting star
I lose my faith, but not my pace
So I can say that I made it this far

I cry a million rivers but they dry
It don’t make sense to me
And when I scream, there’s only silence
Some type of psycho pseudoscience
Can’t figure out the truth behind this phenomenon
It goes on and on and on

No time, no rhyme, no reason
I give into the season of blue
I can’t decide my feelings
The weather cuts the shape of my mood

No telling where I’m going, the wind is always blowing
I shift in and out of my prime
At any given moment, the pressure’s overflowing
And everything’s a waste of my time

The desert’s cold, there’s no loopholes
And I’ve missed every shooting star
I lose my faith, but not my pace
So I can say that I made it this far

I cry a million rivers but they dry
It don’t make sense to me
And when I scream, there’s only silence
Some type of psycho pseudoscience
Can’t figure out the truth behind this phenomenon
It goes on and on and on

Pseudoscience (Demo)

your downfall

Where Are You Now?

you/beauty

Ya Es Tarde

Tak Bisa Jauh Darimu

Aku Menanti

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Crummy -  DP master v1 - 16 bit

Matthew Heller
Goodbye & So Long
La musique est l'art qui permet à l'âme de se livrer à l'universel.

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