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Here's our first ever single released online! Nostalgic!

Written by Zel Bautista. Arranged and Produced by December Avenue. Co-produced, Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Macoy S. Manuel at Earbender Recording Studio, Cavite, Manila PHILIPPINES.

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It's time to go
Someone has to move on
But I don't believe I'm strong
That's what you should know

I find it hard to leave you
And I just can't understand
What am I without you?
Are we meant to face the end?

If you really need to go
Then I will never have to curse you
And I'll never ever have to beg you
Someday I'll finally find a way

When I look into the sun
I see you shining above me
Embracing all the memories
That you make my fantasy
Would I learn to rest to live my life again?

It's time to go
I should have to move on
Now that you are finally gone
How am I to know?

I found it hard to leave you
And I just could not pretend
What am I without you?
Are we meant to face the end?

If you really need to go
Then I will never have to curse you
And I'll never ever have to beg you
Someday I'll finally find a way.

When I look into the sun
I see you shining above me
Embracing all the memories
That you make my fantasy
Would I learn to rest to live my life again?
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Time To Go (First Single)

Now Available on iTunes!!!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/breathe-again/id781361542?i=781361559

Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Macoy Manuel at Tower of Doom.
Produced by December Avenue & Macoy Manuel.

Facebook: facebook.com/decemberave
Twitter: twitter.com/decemberave
Instagram: @decemberavenue
Youtube: youtube.com/decemberavenue


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Is it real, are you really over here?
All the empty spaces seem to be where I am moving.
Are you near to the sound of these illusions?
I keep dreaming of your face and feel fine for a while.

And I'll break the time to keep us stranded for a while
And i'll take the chance to watch you far from here so I can

Breathe again
By the love I've waited like the sunrise
And the warmth of a dream that I have seen through eyes

Breathe again
You're the reason I believe it's alright
Take me deeper into you
Take me home where my soul is

Is it real, are you really over here? 
when i look into the night I see the day is clear.

And I'll break the time to keep us stranded for a while
And i'll take the chance to watch you far from here so I can

Breathe again
By the love I've waited like the sunrise
And the warmth of a dream that I have seen through eyes

Breathe again
You're the reason I believe it's alright
Take me deeper into you
Take me home where my soul is

Breathe again
You're the love I wait before the sun rise
To the warmth of a dream that I have seen through eyes

Breathe again
You're the reason I believe it's alright
Take me deeper into you
Take me home where my soul is

And I'm running after you
You're the home where my soul is.
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December Avenue - Breathe Again

Tower Sessions Presents: DECEMBER AVENUE 
Watch the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LCGMm3heHA

For the sixth episode of the second season of Tower Sessions, December Avenue performs their song - "Sleep Tonight." This performance was filmed and recorded at Tower of Doom Studios during a live recording session.

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Tower Sessions on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/towersessions

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Tell your goodnight to the light and close your eyes
There's a better place for you than to stay awake
You'll get closer to a paradise of dreamers in love
You'll get better like heaven has done something

So lay now
Hear me all through the night/I'll take over the night
There's no teardrop, You can count on me tonight
Or I'll stay up with you

Baby it's alright
I'll be right by your side
No need to cry out loud
Nothing to cry about
Baby it's alright
I'll be just by your side
I'll keep you on my sight
I'll never leave 'til you sleep tonight

Cover you with my arms and hold you tight
I'll be listening to your wonderful and calm little voice
I'll keep watching 'til my eyes burn down

I'll never sleep, I'll never leave, I'm gonna chase this dream tonight

December Avenue - Sleep Tonight (Tower Sessions Season 02 Episode 06)

My debut track that I worked on with Ean Aguila and Lucas Ferrer.

The song came out on Dec. 5, 2015 on the UP Underground Music Community's Lo-Fi 6.

Lyrics:
Not oh so long ago
I met a Joe who saw
The good side mostly 
Of a girl so lost
In her old habits

Loved him
But she let him go
Didn't really know just how
To settle into
A willing beau
Who told her

I confess
Oh, I profess
My eyes are only for you
And I regret 
The time I've set
To tell you
All that I need to

Ohhhhhh x4

It's taken a little time
For me to find my way
Through all my reasons
For letting go
When I start feeling

The tingle of these butterflies
There's no more disguise for me to
Settle into
Now now now

Now I confess
No, I profess
My eyes are only for you
And I regret 
The time I've set
To tell you
All that I need to

Do I still, do I still
Catch your eye
Hold me still, hold me still
In your eyes

Now I confess
No, I profess
My eyes are only for you
And I regret 
The time I've set
To tell you
All that I need to

Ohhhhhhh

Eye-catcher

Our first track!

Benjamin Manaligod - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Jan De Vera - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Joric Canlas - Bass
Bryant Ayes - Drums

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Lyrics:
I hear them calling
They're calling out to me
They tell me freedom is here
Yeah freedom's finally here

And all the while rain is falling
Just like notes on a symphony
They tell me not to feel fear
'Cause freedom's finally here

'Take one bite to take the fall
We'll be right next to you through it all
With these words I saw
With these words I saw

I once was caged but now I'm free
And I don't really wanna go home
I once was blind but now I see
And I don't really wanna go home
I've paid the price, I know the cost
Don't preach to me, I know I'm lost
And if my father calls for me
Tell him I don't really wanna go, don't really wanna home

Tell me again
What's it like on the other side
Are you still living in fear?
Are you still living in fear?
Aren't we all just human
We turn to dust when we die
Sacrifice every year
To please the gods we hold dear

'Take one bite to take the fall
We'll be right next to you through it all
With these words I saw
With these words I saw

I once was caged but now I'm free
And I don't really wanna go home
I  once was blind but now I see
And I don't really wanna go home
I've paid the price, I know the cost
Don't preach to me, I know I'm lost
And if my father calls for me
Tell him I don't really wanna go, don't really wanna go home

No I don't wanna go back to where I couldn't run
Do you see me now? I've only just begun
I won't stop to lay my head
Until I've reached the sun
No I don't wanna go back to where I couldn't run

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Produced by Kian Ransom
Lyrics by Benjamin Manaligod



Prodigals

These are original songs recorded right after they were written. :)

Rorschach Blots (prototype)

These are original songs recorded right after they were written. :)
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Let’s lay in the fields of green
Tell each other things we really mean
All the places we have been
Are nothing compared to this

Tell me all about your dreams
All the things that you could be
The future we haven’t seen
Is nothing compared to this

I know it’s all uncertain
And I know these things take time
So you and I will climb that mountain
And see what’s on the other side

Let’s lay in the fields of green
Tell each other things we really mean
All our favourite movie scenes
Are nothing compared to this

I’ll tell you all about my
All the things that I could be
The future we haven’t seen
Is nothing compared to this

I know it’s all uncertain
And I know these things take time
So you and I will climb that mountain
And see what’s on the other side

I know it’s all uncertain
I know we’re both unsure
But if we part ways, at least this mountain saw
That you were mine, and I was yours


Mountain Eyes (prototype)

Our first EP! Special thanks to Kian Ransom for making this EP possible. :) Check out his band, The Ransom Collective: https://soundcloud.com/theransomcollective

To support our music, you can buy this EP on Bandcamp for $3.99. Just click

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar - Benny Manaligod
Back-up Vocals & Lead Guitar - Jan De Vera
Drums & Percussions - Bryant Ayes
Bass - Joric Canlas

All songs written by Benny Manaligod
All songs arranged by Benny Manaligod, Jan De Vera, and Bryant Ayes
All songs recorded and produced by Kian Ransom

Aphrodite EP

Aphrodite

04 Aphrodite

Maybe

03 Maybe

Yvaine

02 Yvaine

01 Prodigals

Lyrics:
Tell me where your treasure is
Tell me, what does your heart miss?
Tell me of the men you've kissed
In this city made of mist

Tell me of your search for truth
Through the lens of foolish youth
Tell me what you had to lose
In this life we did not choose

There's much to say
These sunken eyes won't stay awake for long
But I will stay
From morning light until the break of dawn

Raconteur (raw)

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I can't help the fact im looking for the things that I've ignored
I never thought that I could see the one that I adore
Come to me and comfort me, I know that I want more
Destiny's controlling me to choose just like before

What mystery it can bring to you and me?

I look upon the distant star and all I see is that we are in different places and time                               
Across the border of your shoulder standing right into that corner
She may be the one

Thank you lord I'm glad to have her
Help me for there is another woman I would love to love and I feel so undivided
I'm confused with my desire
I'll try to find a way back into finding who to love
I feel so undefined
 
I wont let the things that lead me to you break me when I fall
Another chance another life and I wont ask for more
Come to me and say you need me for you wont live alone
Destiny's controlling me to choose just like before
 
When misery begins to conquer me..

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Music and Lyrics by Zel Bautista
Performed by December Avenue

Recorded, Mixed, Mastered by Macoy Manuel at Earbender Studio.

Undivided - December Avenue

Meaingful Silence will be included in our upcoming EP, "From Morning Light/Till Break of Dawn", which will be released on Sept. 8, 2017.

Lyrics:
Don't worry 
About the things that have been bothering you for so long 
Don't worry 
About all of the ways this could go wrong 

Just tell me how you really feel 
You don't have to pretend when you're with me 
'Cause in the end 
I'm still your friend 

You told me 
You're afraid that I would get hurt 
Well don't you worry 
I'm not asking for much, you have my word 

Tell me how you really feel 
You don't have to pretend when you're with me 
'Cause in the end 
I'm still your friend 

And when you see that we were meant to be all along 
When it's all clear 
I will be here 
Singing our song

credits:
releases June 3, 2017 
Lyrics by Benny Manaligod 
Arrangement by The Ridleys 
Artwork by Therese Jose 
Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - Benny Manaligod 
Second Vocals/Electric Guitar - Jan De Vera 
Bass - Joric Canlas 
Drums - Bryant Ayes 
Recorded at Raketship Project Studio 
Recorded and mixed by Paolo Vivas

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThBRAMrvxUo

Meaningful Silence (Our Song)

Benny:
Have mercy on me, O God
According to Your unfailing love
I was a sinner at birth
To whom You gave wisdom that comes from above
Don't cast me out I have nowhere to go
Cleanse me and I will be whiter than snow
You ask for my life so I'll give it
Though this grief has torn me apart
Take my broken spirit
Take my broken heart

Sofia:
[Read the poem here https://hellopoetry.com/poem/1097398/the-state-of-my-heart-as-seasons-change-other-letters-dear-future-husband/ ]

Benny and Sofia:
You ask for my life so I'll give it
Though this grief has torn me apart
Take my broken spirit
Take my broken heart
You ask for my praise so I'll give it
I'm coming back to the start
Take my broken spirit
Take my broken heart

Broken/The State of my Heart as Seasons (The Ridleys x Sofia Paderes)

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Too much buff and I'm getting so much compromised
I need to lessen the worries that have crossed my mind
Calm down and stay below, you don't need to be a foe

I wanna lever the visions that intense my eyes
I'm gonna suffer it's all that I can visualize
Too young to go with the flow, too soon I'm sinking below

But I want nothing more than a/your smile that will show
Everything we lived make me feel I can grow
Even if I hide, all my wishes were gone
And I'm trying to take this world out off my shoulder
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Music and Lyrics by Zel Bautista
Performed by December Avenue

Recorded, Mixed, Mastered by Macoy Manuel at Earbender Studio.

World On My Shoulder - December Avenue

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Can you open your eyes again
To see that im falling in love with you 
And see there is no end to this line

I'm not fooling you all around
I dont want us to be just friends
Well i'll open it up and my heart just begins to melt right this time

I've seen you flew away
In spite of these confessions
There's nothing to say

What lies behind those eyes are few
There are billions of us that wave at you
So i'll stand right and turn on the lights
Just to see me through, to see me through..

Cant you see that there is no end
For me coz im falling in deeper now 
But it seems that i cant read through your mind

I dont want you to be alarmed
I just needed to see your face
Well i'll open it up and my heart just begins to melt right this time

I'll show you through it all
And after all the process
I need you to know.
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Music and Lyrics by Zel Bautista
Performed by December Avenue

Recorded, Mixed, Mastered by Macoy Manuel at Earbender Studio.

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