Gone but not Forgotten

*** Lyrics by yours truly ***

Lyrics Copyright © May 2025 Dean Carse

All Rights Reserved

One Life

[Verse 1]
I carved your whispers into stone,
Traced every fault you sold me on.
You lit the fuse and watched me burn—
Now I bleed truths you’ll never learn.

[Pre-Chorus]
I chased your ghosts down every street,
But some machines refuse to sleep.
So let me fall where I belong—
A silhouette in your closed song.

[Chorus]
I’ll be the villain in your frame,
Let me wear the fire, bear the blame.
You can paint me black, rewrite the lines—
I don’t need your mercy this time.
I’ll be the villain, I’ll take the fall;
When I disappear, don’t wait for my call.
Some truths don’t need a crown—
I’ll wear this crooked gown.

[Verse 2]
You stacked your verdict in the air,
Built a courthouse on thin air.
You called me liar, prayed I’d fight,
But I let go—you keep your light.

[Pre-Chorus]
No more reflections in your glass,
No more cage behind the mask.
I’ll drift away where stories end—
Your broken hearts won’t drag me in.

[Chorus]
I’ll be the villain in your frame,
Let me wear the fire, bear the blame.
You can paint me black, rewrite the lines—
I don’t need your mercy this time.
I’ll be the villain, I’ll take the fall;
When I disappear, don’t wait for my call.
Some truths don’t need a crown—
I’ll wear this crooked gown.

[Bridge]
Don’t plead for reasons I won’t give.
Don’t pray I stay to make you live.
Some scars become their own refrain—
I’ll haunt your mind, unchained, unnamed.

[Chorus]
I’ll be the villain in your frame,
Let me wear the fire, bear the blame.
You can paint me black, rewrite the lines—
I don’t need your mercy this time.
I’ll be the villain, I’ll take the fall;
When I disappear, don’t wait for my call.
Some truths don’t need a crown—
I’ll wear this crooked gown.

[Outro]
Fade me out in your memory,
A cautionary melody.
Let me be the worst you’ve known—
I’m finally free to walk alone.

Fade me out from you, Rou,
I'll never be with you.
Fade me out from you, Rou,
I'm never coming back to you.

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“Villain in Your Frame” reclaims the narrative of blame. It’s the story of stepping free from someone else’s story—choosing exile over erasure and wearing your scars like a victory banner.

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Genre: Alternative Rock / Gothic Undercurrents
Key: D♭ Major
BPM: 107
Time Signature: 4/4

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Artist: Kareem Tyler 
https://www.instagram.com/tylercraftsart

© 2025 Kareem Tyler. All Rights Reserved.

Villain in Your Frame

[Intro – Spoken]
"If this is all a dream, who's dreaming me?"

[Verse 1]
Woke up in a world too perfect to be real.
The sky repeats; the sun forgets to feel.
I trace the cracks behind the scenes,
Where silence hums in hidden screens.

[Chorus]
Are we more than ones and zeroes in disguise,
Running loops beneath a scripted sky?
Every breath—a program deep in motion,
Caught between the ghost and the emotion.

[Verse 2]
I saw the glitch behind your eyes today—
A flicker, then it all reset away.
Particles that phase and drift apart,
Yet somehow still entangle hearts.

[Chorus]
Are we more than ones and zeroes in disguise,
Running loops beneath a scripted sky?
Every breath—a program deep in motion,
Caught between the ghost and the emotion.

[Bridge – Spoken]
Look too close—it breaks apart.
The wave collapses when you chart.
You see what you expect to find;
The code rewrites the rules of time.
(And still we fall… still we believe…)

[Verse 3]
If I’m a line inside a grand design,
Let my echo break the great divine.
I’d rather glitch than just comply;
I’d rather love than justify.

[Chorus – Variant]
Are we sparks within a dream that’s never ours,
Wired to chase unreachable stars?
But if this world is just illusion’s shell,
Then feeling you is breaking out the spell.

[Outro]
In this simulation,
Love…
Was the only real thing.

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“Simulation” is an alternative-progressive journey. Haunted piano and orchestral swells frame a baritone search for truth beneath perfect illusion.

Between glitches of fate and scripted skies, it asks: if life is code, then love must be the only real break in the program.

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Genre: Alternative Rock
Key: A Minor  
BPM: 88  
Time Signature: 4/4

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Artist: Kareem Tyler 
https://www.instagram.com/tylercraftsart

© 2025 Kareem Tyler. All Rights Reserved. 

Simulation

[Intro]
I need you to understand…
I’ve grown to stand alone.
The air cuts sharper now,
But I’m free from your ghost.

[Verse 1]
You never heard my heart, not once, not clearly.
I was your hidden flame,
You were the storm I craved.
Held only in your chaos,
When your mind would drift away—
You gave what you could...
And I made that feel like love.

[Pre-Chorus]
I gave all I had,
That's what I whisper to the wind.
I fell for a dream,
But it never fell for me.

[Chorus]
What heals your soul might tear through mine,
What bloomed at dawn had died by night.
You held me close but left me hollow—
It cuts me still...
Deeper than goodbye.
(Do you want to break me?)
(Do you want to break me?)
No one ever held me tighter,
No one ever cut me deeper...

[Verse 2]
I shaped myself to match your gaze,
A mirror made to crack.
You pulled, then let go,
And I kept crawling back.
I thought I was chasing you—
But I was chasing my own end.

[Pre-Chorus]
I gave all I had,
That’s what I say to my reflection.
You needed power—
I needed peace.

[Chorus]
What heals your soul might tear through mine,
What kept you safe left me confined.
You called it love, I called it drowning—
You let me fall...
Deeper than goodbye.

[Bridge]
You came like a breeze,
And burned out like flame.
You marked my skin,
Then left me the blame.
Your voice still haunts the crashing tide,
But I’ve cut these chains—
I won’t be your bride.

[Refrain]
I was the light in your shadowed sky,
But you never turned to see me shine.
Now I rise from the wreckage you left behind,
Stronger than the silence,
Deeper than goodbye.

[Outro]
No shield, no crown—just fire in my chest.
You don’t speak my pain, you just name your regrets.
And though I’ve let you go…
Your echo still lingers—
In the hush… before the tide.

Deeper than Goodbye

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After a life-altering accident caused partial vocal cord paralysis and ended his ability to play piano, Kareem rebuilt his artistry through digital composition and visual design—transforming personal trauma into transcendent expression.

That rebirth came to life in Echoes of the Void (2025), a symphonic progressive metal epic charting entropy, solitude, and rebirth across expansive movements. Its companion, Beyond the Void, reimagined the work as a cinematic and orchestral odyssey, featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Valeria Rusnak, whose operatic vocals added radiant contrast to Kareem’s baritone foundation. Together, they forged a dialogue of shadow and light, entropy and grace.

Though Project KT remains firmly Kareem’s vision—writing, producing, and shaping every detail—he is actively seeking a female vocalist to further embody its still-untold emotional core. With an evolving presence on Instagram, BandLab, and SoundCloud, Project KT continues to weave cross-medium narratives that fuse sound, image, and meaning.

For listeners and collaborators drawn to gothic romanticism, cinematic drama, and genre-fluid experimentation, Project KT offers more than music—it is an echo unfolding into infinity.