Dance session new year 2025

Pop single with disco elements by Lisa Rogers 

Run To You

Apotropaic

Bandcamp

Melting Point

Produced by Mark Xenophontos 

Lyrics by Mark Xenophontos 

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Walking by the shoreline, salt air fills my chest
Fighting for a vision, put my heart up to the test
But the waves came crashing, knocked me to my knees
Broken but still breathing, learning how to believe

Fear runs like poison
Through my weary veins
But I'm done with all the voices
Driving me insane

No time left to waste, can you hear my beating heart?
Won't stay lost and fading, falling apart
There's a place where the restless find their home
Come and find me, come and find me
I don't want to drown alone

Every dawn's a reminder of the dreams I let slip by
Growing tired of the questions, tired of asking why
This ain't how I planned it, this ain't who I thought I'd be
All I ever wanted was for someone to see me

What a fool to trust in
Promises that fade
I'm done with empty shadows
Time to break the chains I've made

No time left to waste, can you hear my beating heart?
Won't stay lost and fading, falling apart
There's a place where the restless find their home
Come and find me, come and find me
I don't want to drown alone

Give me one more moment
Give me room to see
I've been calling through the darkness
God, set my spirit free

All these broken pieces
Scattered on the ground
I'm tired of the silence
And this empty sound

Of my voice just echoing
In this hollow space
I need something real now
I need to see Your face

No time left to waste, can you hear my beating heart?
Won't stay lost and fading, falling apart
There's a place where the restless find their home
Come and find me, come and find me
I don't want to drown alone

I'm reaching out, I'm calling out
I won't drown alone
Save me now, save me now
I don't want to drown alone

Come Find Me

Produced by Mark Xenophontos 

Lyrics by Mark Xenophontos 

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Fall down, fall down…  
(But I won't stay here…)  
Fall down, fall down…  
(Rise above fear…)  

Hiding in the shadows  
Far from the light  
Fallen out of sight  
In echoes cold and hollow  

Death swings the gallows  
The hammer strikes the steel  
Blood rains in colors  
But nothing ever heals  

This world is breaking  
Still I won't give in  

Burn it down, burn it down  
Let the war begin  
The risk defies reason, but I won't run now  
I fight through the pain though they stole my crown  
Thorns in my side, but I won't let go  
'Cause the war I'm in runs deeper than they know  

Chains try to hold me  
But pain became a prayer  
I cry through the silence  
There's freedom in despair  

Scars tell my story  
But shame lost its sting  
From ashes to glory  
My soul starts to sing  

Still I'm breathing  
On this battleground  

Burn it down, burn it down  
I'm not backing down  
The risk defies reason, but I won't run now  
I fight through the pain though they stole my crown  
Thorns in my side, but I won't let go  
'Cause the war I'm in runs deeper than they know  

The darkness tried to end me  
But the light broke through  
A whisper became thunder  
Made me something new  

Hope's not just a whisper  
It's a battle cry  
I was born to stand here  
I will never die!  

The risk defies reason, but I won't break down  
I walk through the flames with a victor's crown  
Thorns in my side, but the fire flows  
Yeah, I rise again—stronger than they know  

Fall down, fall down…  
But I rise  
Still I rise  
Never die!

Fall Down

For Momma ✝️🖤

Live studio karaoke off the floor☺️

Music by https://youtu.be/tAEek8nO11c?si=DV-gfPHofHKH7CEz

My Way

LYRICS:
Mask on the floor, dust in the air
No one flinches, no one cares
Once we screamed, now we sleep
Our biggest fears are what to eat

Washed our hands till they bled
Now we laugh at what they said
“Stay inside, stay alive”
Now we party just to feel alive

They forgot the plague, forgot the pain
Danced in the smoke, kissed the rain
No more rules, no more cries
Let the virus multiply!
Yeah, we forgot, we let it slide
Welcome back the sickness we hide!

Empty shelves, panic buys
All erased by dollar signs
Hospitals full, we watched them break
Now we toast for old time’s sake

Remember the loss
The choking breath
For those alone
Meant lonely death

They forgot the plague, forgot the pain
Danced in the smoke, kissed the rain
No more rules, no more cries
Let the virus multiply!
Yeah, we forgot, we let it slide
Welcome back the sickness we hide!

We moved on…
But it’s still here.
It never left.
Resurgence is near.

©2025 PICKERING, produced at PicPro Studio

How quickly we forget

Produced by Mark Xenophontos 

Lyrics by Mark Xenophontos 

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Little honey bee
Cherry picked from the tree
Sweet and deadly
That's what you are
Poison hiding
Behind every scar

Tied up in surrender
Gazing up to heaven
Can't remember what I'm fighting for
What am I fighting for

Honey and daggers
That's all you are
Honey and daggers
Gone too far
Sweet lies and violence
Deep in my soul
Losing myself
Losing control

Blood is in the air
Secrets everywhere
Hidden truths beneath
Your perfect skin
Let the chaos begin
Let the chaos begin

Greater heights mean nothing
When you drag me down below
To a world I didn't want to know
What did I want to know

Honey and daggers
That's all you are
Honey and daggers
Gone too far
Sweet lies and violence
Deep in my soul
Losing myself
Losing control

Jezebel come whisper
Sing your poison song
I believed your promises
But I was wrong
I was wrong
I WAS WRONG!
EVERYTHING'S WRONG!

Honey and daggers
That's all we are
Honey and daggers
Gone too far
Sweet lies and violence
Burning my soul
Losing myself
OUT OF CONTROL!

Just a ghost in the night
Just a ghost in the night
Honey and daggers
Just a ghost in the night
Just a ghost in the night
Honey and daggers
Just a ghost

Honey & Daggers

This sultry, sexy, bluesy track is about the feeling of waking up in the beautiful desert of the southwest under the clear blue skies.

Where The Desert Sings

Vocal Production and Mixing - Eat the Trees

It took me a long time to do this one, and I put in the hard work and dedication to make it happen. Extra special Thanks to Eat The Trees.

Lyrics:

Verse 1
Neon veins across a rusted sky
The data weeps, the circuits start to die
Synthetic prayers fall flat and cold
No algorithm can save a soul

Pre-Chorus
Circles spiral into dust (We traded truth for mirrored lies)
Faith corroded into rust (Then watched the sun implode inside our eyes)
History repeats with sterile grace 
A mirror cracked across all space

Chorus
We find the truth we left behind
No light, no gods, no grand design
Just echoes in a dead skyline
Collapse becomes our only friend
We are the end


Verse 2
Oceans rise with a frozen scream
Time unfolds like a broken dream
A paradise we forged in flame
Now no one's left to speak its name

Pre-Chorus
Circles spiral into dust (We traded truth for mirrored lies)
Faith corroded into rust (Then watched the sun implode inside our eyes)
History repeats with sterile grace 
A mirror cracked across all space

Chorus
We find the truth we left behind
No light, no gods, no grand design
Just echoes in a dead skyline
Collapse becomes our only friend
This is the END

THIS IS THE END!

The End

LYRICS:
Blessed be the bean…
Roasted dark…
Ground fine…
Salvation in a steaming cup…

I was born again in a drive-thru lane,
Eyes like sandpaper, so full of pain.
She handed me like mulberry silk,
A venti truth with extra milk.

Steam rose like incense, warm and divine,
The first sip hit like a punch to the spine.
I saw God in a paper cup,
And He said: “Hey! Wake the fuck up.”

Oh Caffeine Messiah, deliver me now!
Shake off this slumber, anoint my brow!
When the world is a haze and my vision is dim,
You fill my veins with holy sip.

Praise be to drip, to pour-over gold,
To mocha prophets, and lattes bold.
I raise my mug to the caffeinated sky —
Caffeine Messiah, don’t let me die!

I knelt at the altar of dark roasted beans,
Heard the barista chant her coffee routines.
“Double shot, oat milk, no foam please”
Her voice was wind through sacred trees.

In this cardboard chalice, I find grace,
A sacred warmth to my cold dead face.
I speak in tongues of jitter and grind,
As blessed productivity floods my mind.

Oh Caffeine Messiah, your gospel’s strong,
You perk my spirit, you right my wrongs!
Your bitter truth, your dark salvation,
Is my jittery joy, and morning foundation.

No sleep till paycheck, no peace without pour.
They ask for miracles, I ask for more…
More cream, more steam, more unholy brew,
And I’ll write 300 emails before noon’s through.

Some bow to idols carved of stone…
But I bow to beans I grind at home.
French press prophets, perked and wise,
Guide me with your roasted prize.

Oh Caffeine Messiah, redeemer of yawns!
Breaker of Mondays, bringer of dawns!
I once was weak, but now I’m wired,
My bloodstream’s buzzing, fully inspired!

You are the cream in the chaos, the sugar in storm,
You heat my heart, you keep me warm!
All hail the brew that wakes the dead —
Caffeine Messiah… raise thy head!

sip
Amen.

©2025 PICKERING, produced at PicPro Studio

Act 3 Caffeine messiah

PICKERING is a nu-tech metal project hailing from Edmonton, AB.

How quickly we forget

PICKERING

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