Forever Strangers walks the line between beauty and ruin, a sound for the haunted, the healing, and the ones who still feel too much.
Expect ghost-toned melodies, raw honesty, and lyrics that cut deep and linger.
🎧🖤✨ For the quiet rebels, the dreamers, and the ones who never quite belonged.

****Lyrics****

They said I should’ve burned out by now
Guess they forgot what I’m made of
Guess they forgot…
I light myself

I used to beg for space in the silence
Played nice with the hands that held me down
Bit my tongue ‘til it learned to sharpen
Now every word’s a match I strike on the ground

I’m made of matches
Not built to bend
You tried to drown me
But I breathe flame again
I break in sparks
I heal in smoke
I’m not your lesson
I’m your ghost

You said I’d thank you when I’m older
Well I’m older now
And colder now
Built this fire on your ashes
Lit it with your doubts

I’m made of matches
Not built to bend
You tried to drown me
But I breathe flame again
I break in sparks
I heal in smoke
I’m not your lesson
I’m your ghost

You called me reckless
Called me broken
But I was just unfinished
And now I burn
With intention

I’m made of matches
Not built to bend
You tried to drown me
But I breathe flame again
I break in sparks
I heal in smoke
I’m not your lesson
I’m your ghost

Guess you forgot
I light myself

Made of Matches (Forever Strangers)

a second version with more production work 
song of "suicideJ" retrieved on looperman

painful numbness Ft SuicideJ release

Man In The Mirrorlight

“Demise” is the eighth chapter of The Tunnel, where the protagonist reaches his breaking point. Consumed by instability and despair, he decides to kill the woman he once loved—the one who first made him feel alive. There’s no turning back. This act is not just violence outward, but inward: the destruction of the last part of himself that could feel. He knows he’ll never sleep again. This is his own death, disguised as survival.

DEMISE

I'm running towards my end
I failed to amend
the sky is black
thunder and lighting show my path

to find eyes so calm
makes me feel more enraged
this feels like a dream
like I never commited such crime

pain will remain
pain will remain

the sight of blood couldn't stop me
I had to see things through

I will never rest again
my heart is stained
I will never forgive myself
should've been me the slayed

pain will remain
pain will remain

I got myself here
now it's done
my chance for redemption is gone


from The Tunnel, released August 1, 2025
All music, lyrics, recording, production, and illustration by Juan Plazas

The Tunnel

Demise

Glass God

Veils in the Valley of Mists

Veils in the Valley of Mists
A Kingdom within my mind 
From the battlefield that Never ends
Lost in Lifes Eternal silence 

Forced and deceived  into chaos 
Memories from a life that never was
Dark Wounded Soul
Rejected and forsaken 
It's now my only forbidden horror show 

Buried with  their guilt 
No vision of life
Submit to their truth 
It's all a lie 

Children of the Sea 
Children of the Damned
Forged in Fire, Forged in Death
Drag me through sorrow 
Drag  me through the pain
Will my life in the shadows 
always remain 



Oss-Veils In The Valley Of The Mists

Song about emotional breakup. This song was recorded by Annie first then me. Both versions are on here to emphasise the different emotions felt in both songs ! Enjoy

End of the road ( Male perspective) .mp3

Alright my fellow freaks, outcasts, nerds, rejects, and friends, lets get this song 10,000 streams.

Freaks United

[Whispers Of The Pines + Holy Grail]

[Intro | Sacred Ember Effect]
Light cracks through heaven’s steel,
The echo of war becomes surreal.
Through the forest hums divine refrain,
Legends rise — eternity’s flame.

[Verse 1 | Heavenly Effect]
Sitting in the council’s chair, I reign,
Through burning spires and holy flame.
The legends fall, their time expired,
I hold the truth — the world’s rewired.
Thrones tremble as I take my place,
Light bends before my sovereign grace.

[Pre-Chorus | Rupture Effect]
The blade ascends, the heavens quake,
Reality bends with every strike I make.
Arthur’s throne becomes my ground,
The holy grail begins to sound.

[Chorus | Excalibur Ascendant Effect]
This fortress burns with light divine,
Its walls are forged in fate’s design.
No humility, no fear in sight,
I wield the stars — I own the night.
Through time’s eclipse, I claim my reign,
Excalibur sings in my domain.

[Guitar Solo | Eternal Fire Bends]
(Bright, powerful bends echo like angelic war cries over cinematic percussion.)

[Verse 2 | Radiant Combat Effect]
The queen’s voice breaks the clouds apart,
Her cry ignites my mortal heart.
Through shattered skies, I see the dawn,
The war of gods still raging on.
Steel collides, the truth revealed,
The fate of realms by blade is sealed.

[Bridge | Ascension Rift Effect]
The dawn won’t wait — the thrones collide,
The forest whispers as kings divide.
Angels fall and legends burn,
From flame to glory, we all return.

[Chorus | Holy Grail Effect]
This fortress burns with light divine,
Its walls are forged in fate’s design.
Through crimson ash, the grail will shine,
Eternal power — forever mine.
The realm reborn in sacred flame,
Excalibur ascends my name.

[Outro | Heaven’s Fade Effect]
Through pines and stars, the echoes cry,
The sword still gleams across the sky.
A legend crowned, the war complete,
Excalibur rests — its fate replete.


Excalibur Ascendant

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The Drum I Bring

Text:
Verse 1 (very soft, acoustic)
There’s a road made of questions,
no signs on the stone,
Every answer I carried
turned lighter when thrown.
I followed the echoes
of words I once knew,
But truth never shouted —
it quietly grew.

Verse 2 (still calm, more depth)
I met men with crowns
made of silence and gold,
They sold me their certainties,
carefully old.
But the higher they pointed,
the less they could see,
So I kept my hands empty,
let doubt walk with me.

Pre-Chorus (first lift)
And I learned:
Every step is a risk,
Every breath is a choice,
You don’t find your direction
by following noise.

Chorus (melodic, emotional, not explosive yet)
There are steps we don’t see
until we dare to climb,
No map for the soul,
no straight perfect line.
If heaven exists,
it’s not bought or owned —
It’s built from the courage
to walk alone.

Verse 3 (band slowly comes in)
The wind changed its language,
the night learned my name,
I stopped chasing fire
and started the flame.
What I lost on the way
was never mine,
What remained was the moment,
raw, fragile, divine.

Pre-Chorus 2 (stronger)
And I learned:
Faith isn’t blind,
it’s awake,
It breaks every rule
you were taught not to break.

Chorus (bigger, harmonies)
There are steps we don’t see
until we dare to climb,
No throne at the top,
no end to the climb.
If heaven exists,
it’s not up in the sky —
It’s the truth you accept
when you stop asking why.

Bridge (instrumental → emotional guitar solo)
(long, expressive solo — bends, sustain, space)

Final Chorus (full band, catharsis)
There are steps we don’t see
but they carry us on,
Every fear that we faced
is a light that has shone.
If heaven exists,
it’s right here, right now —
In the choice to keep walking,
no matter how.

Outro (quiet return)
So if you hear a song
that feels strangely like home —
Don’t ask where it leads…
Just go.

Steps We Don’t See

Singer, Songwriter, Composer

About Me
I am a Songwriter, Musician, Singer  and Composer who has been writing original Songs since the Age of 14. Over the Years, I have developed my own Sound and now produce my Music independently. For me, Music is a powerful Force — A Way to express, connect, and create something that resonates beyond Words.

All Songs written and composed by Kurt Arndt 
All Cover-Artworks by Kurt Arndt 

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