🔥 Sandman – Song Insight & Lyrics 🔥

🔻 Sandman – Song Insight
Some nightmares don’t come in the dark. They come in the quiet moments, in the weight of choices we never got to make.

"Sandman" is a song about being trapped in a life set in motion without your consent. It’s about feeling like a passenger in a story written by someone else, forced to rebuild from the wreckage of a fate you never asked for. It explores the pain of being left behind, the questions that linger long after someone walks away, and the silent battle of finding yourself in the ruins they left behind.

With haunting verses, a chorus that echoes resignation, and a bridge that questions trust itself, Sandman embodies the struggle of moving forward while feeling chained to the past.

This is for the ones forced to pick up the pieces.
For the ones left standing at a crossroads with no map, no answers—
And for the ones who refuse to let the past define them.

This is "Sandman."

🔻 Sandman – Lyrics

Opening
"I can’t help but eel like it was all a dream.
Standing at the crossroads, waiting to be seen.
Trapped in a space where the past won’t shift,
A version of my life I’m too scared to admit."

Verse 1
"But the weight on my chest keeps dragging me low,
Pulling me under where the light won’t show."

Chorus
"This is my existence, the world set for me.
I never asked for this, but there’s no way to leave.
A decision I couldn’t make, and yet,
I'm stuck to rebuild again, this life that you left me with."

Verse 2
"The path was carved without my say,
Twisting my soul in a storm of grey.
I gave you my heart, but you let it divide,
Now I’m left to gather this silence inside."

Pre-Chorus
"But the fractures within refuse to mend,
The trace of the past that will never end."

Chorus
"This is my existence, the world set for me.
I never asked for this, but there’s no way to leave.
A decision I couldn’t make, and yet,
I'm stuck to rebuild again, this life that you left me with."

Bridge
"Why would I ever let someone close?
Why take the risk when it all turns to ghosts?"

Final Chorus
"This is my existence, the world set for me.
I never asked for this, but there’s no way to leave.
A decision I couldn’t make, and yet,
I'm stuck to rebuild again, this life that you left me with."

Outro
"I can’t help but feel like this is all that’s left,
A constant cycle with no way out.
A passenger in a story lost at sea,
Still holding the weight of your name in me."

🔻 A Fate Not Chosen
Some choices are made in an instant. Others are made for us, set in motion long before we ever had a say.

"Sandman" is for those who never got to decide.
For those left rebuilding from the wreckage of someone else’s decisions.
For those forced to find their own way when the road was carved without their consent.

This song is a fight against fate—a battle to reclaim what was stolen.

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Sandman

"Shadow Walker" by Calalga Beats is an atmospheric trip-hop/downtempo track that pulls you into a nocturnal cityscape. Featuring a hypnotic synth loop, a steady driving beat, and a prominent bassline, the song creates a moody, urban atmosphere filled with a sense of mystery and introspection. Haunting female vocal samples and spoken word verses paint a picture of solitary walks through concrete canyons under bleeding streetlights. The perfect soundtrack for navigating the city shadows. #TripHop #Downtempo #Electronic #CalalgaBeats #ShadowWalker #Atmospheric #Urban #Nocturnal

Shadow Walker

This is my entry for Round 3 of the "Spintunes" contest! The prompt/challenge was to "write and record a song that makes prominent and creative use of motivic development - a technique for creating extended melodies through repetition and variation of a short, memorable melodic fragment called a motive".

LYRICS

Waking up in purgatory
Isn’t where I thought I’d be
Aftertaste of argument
No that isn’t what I meant

And you do this every time
Just for a reaction
Yeah, you do this every time
Is it part of the attraction

Maybe you’ll go to prove that I need you
Maybe you’ll stay when I don’t believe you
Maybe you’re sweet, maybe you’re scary
Push me away only to tell me
Oh, don’t you want me anymore

What’s my motivation here
On a scale of one to fear
Weighing up the evidence
Isn’t making any sense

And it kills me every time
My heart on the pavement
Yeah it kills me every time
How you claim it’s an accident

Maybe you’ll go to prove that I need you
Maybe you’ll stay when I don’t believe you
Maybe you’re sweet, maybe you’re scary
Push me away only to tell me
Oh, don’t you want me anymore
Oh, don’t you want me anymore

I love it when you change
I love it when you change your
I love it when you change
I love it when you change your mind

Another day in purgatory
I guess that’s how it’s going to be
Our record’s playing on repeat
It’s never sounded so sweet

Maybe you’ll go to prove that I need you
Maybe you’ll stay when I don’t believe you
Maybe you’re sweet, maybe you’re scary
Push me away only to tell me
Oh, don’t you want me anymore
Oh, don’t you want me anymore

Don't You Want Me Anymore

Alt version: Venus

I'm Drowning

iv. someone else (wings from shiori tsuda ep)

He walks in light
A shining flame
A spark ignites just at his name
No need for stars when he's around
His laugh alone's the sweetest sound

His eyes are oceans
Deep and wide
I lose myself
No place to hide
Each glance he throws
My heart's on fire
He is my dream
My one desire

He is the guy I want
My call
He is my love
He is my all
Through every storm
Through every fall
He lifts me up
He stands so tall

No need for diamonds
Gold
Or fame
His love is worth more than a name
The world may spin
But he's my ground
With him
My joy knows no bound

His touch is soft
His heart is kind
A treasure rare
So hard to find
In his embrace
I find my peace
A love like his will never cease

He is the guy I want
My call
He is my love
He is my all
Through every storm
Through every fall
He lifts me up
He stands so tall


I Lose Myself

Where Fates Align

Take Your Life Back.mp3.m4a

The East and West Divide

I walked out on the moor
Out by old Hawk’s tor
Sat among the Stannon stones
To think of those gone before
Climbed the highest point
To see things from both sides
Where the ocean meets the sea
The east and west divide

I walked out on the moor
In the shadow of Rough Tor
Where Allen waters weave and wind
Sparkle in the light
Dymond’s on the mind
Sorrows of another time
Where the sun crosses the sky
The east and west divide

I walked out on the Moor
Across those old granite tors
To feel what others felt before
To bring it all to mind
Passages of time
Murmurations in the sky
I will never understand
The east and west divide

I walked out on the moor
Like so many long before 

Written by Jon Woode 3rd March 2025

Artwork: Original  painting by Laura Terry. Brooding Sky, Dartmoor, oil on canvas 80 x 80cm

The East and West Divide

Made from the first 7 seconds of  Ableton Note Fun 02 by Marcin Kulik 
https://soundcloud.com/marcin_kulik/sets/ableton-note-tells-stories

first 7 seconds Marcin Kulik Abltn nt fun 12 frogfold experiment

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