Fear is a friend,
Good friends don’t let go of your hand.
That’s how they gonna get you -
When war is peace.
You smell of rage, 
Are you resisting change?
Maybe your heart’s meant to betray,
What your eyes lie about.

You want proven love?
I could love you. 
And here, as a result,
You can love every child,
And every broken adult.

You want proven love?
We won’t judge you.
I could love you!
I could love you!

Freedom doesn’t ask,
When she won’t belong to you at last,
Can you really forgive that traitor -
For stepping into the past?
You can’t think with yourself no more,
Yet you’re still trying to be what you were before. 
Why don’t you walk while things are safe?
You must be ill.

You want proven love?
I could love you. 
And here, as a result,
You can love every child,
And every broken adult.

You want proven love?
We won’t judge you.
I could love you!
I could love you!

We’ll mark a tally, you run the race,
But how far will you go in this endless space?
All is still wrong even if wrong decides what’s right.

You want proven love?
I could love you. 
And here, as a result,
You can love every child,
And every broken adult.

You want proven love?
We won’t judge you.
I could love you!
I could love you!

I could love you!
I could love you!

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Released on 15 June 2024 
(Originally Released 9 December 2022)
Music & Lyrics: Margarita Byk
Mixing: 
Binaural/Surround Sound: Margarita Byk
Stereo: Mike Langford
Mastering & Recording: Adam Jason Burt
Vocals & Guitars: Margarita Byk
Bass Guitar: Jake Brown
Drums: Terran Artis

Cover Artwork (Photo & Editing): Margarita Byk

I Could Love You (Re-recorded)

We have a fiend in our nightly hour -
For within our fate hell has already wandered too.
Our will’s so frail; She’s always ‘bout to cower,
That it does not matter what we do. 

Could be the depths of the soul that are hollow,
Make the right path so dim and grim to follow.
So can a heart sink deep into the blackness,
And lost to men!–men who’d hear its sadness. 

So c’mon sing out the spirit you bear!
It’s just your numbing despair -
fanning the last ash of fire!
In these dire days,
We all quickly tire!
And dance for the heavy wind,
That points us to nowhere...

The devil’s head peers from the lagoon,
Croons under your stars, low and outta tune.
You sense a phantom grinning, at the bay -
of your hope’s oasis, bent on your dismay.

C'mon sing out the spirit you bear!
It’s just your numbing despair -
fanning the last ash of fire!
In these dire days,
We all quickly tire!
And dance for the heavy wind,
That points us to nowhere…

Nowhere, nowhere!

So c’mon ring out the spirit you bear...
It’s just your numbing despair...

So c’mon sing out the spirit you bear!
It’s just your numbing despair -
fanning the last ash of fire!
In these dire days,
We all quickly tire!
And dance for the heavy wind,
That points us to nowhere...

Us to nowhere!

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Released on 15 June 2024
Music & Lyrics: Margarita Byk
Mixing: Margarita Byk
Mastering & Recording: Adam Jason Burt
Vocals, Mandolin, Guitars & Bass Guitar: Margarita Byk
Drums: Reid Campbell

Us to Nowhere

"Horde," an instrumental piece.

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Released on 15 June 2024
Music: Margarita Byk
Mixing & Recording: Margarita Byk
Mastering: Adam Jason Burt
Synths & Bass Guitar: Margarita Byk
Drums (Logic Pro Programmed) designed: Margarita Byk
All sampled work from Pixabay.

Cover Artwork (Photo & Editing): Margarita Byk

Horde (Intro) [Instrumental]

"Dawning Skies," an instrumental piece.

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Released on 23 October 2024
Music: Margarita Byk
Mixing & recording: Margarita Byk
Mastering: Marc Rivera
Synths & various percussion: Margarita Byk
All FX/sampled work from Pixabay.

Cover Artwork: Daria Byk

Dawning Skies

"The Battue," an instrumental piece.

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Released on 23 October 2024
Music: Margarita Byk
Mixing & recording: Margarita Byk
Mastering: Marc Rivera
Synths & various percussion/beats: Margarita Byk
All FX/sampled work from Pixabay.

Cover Artwork: Daria Byk

The Battue

Bug eyes of lights from passing cars,
Misshapen by ever-changing views,
From under these distant stars.
Some have their world defined,
Lucky to have been born with a strong foundation. 
Some bear a cross too hard on their back,
Go out like light as their last bet on liberation…

I’ll relieve my calloused hands,
They’ve plowed through sod of my years.
And still, beneath me, I didn’t raise much dust;
A tragic case blazed by many tears.
It’s painfully hard and confusing,
These cycles of mistakes and constant losing. 
Trudging uphill, fog makes it tough to see -
a shelter in a twisted place where I’d be free!

I cue up a melody for my last ride,
She’ll tell me if there’s worth in the tears I’ve cried!
I’ll sing the melody to my goodbye tune,
Lending an ear before all is gone!
I’ll free my ghost under rays of a new dawn…

I’ll find a desolate mount of wasteful moments,
Spent with people who’ll wound up tearing secret veils,
Shielding my eyes from jarring truths.
How time makes us wonder,
Standing under the colors of a young goner.
To who, without much reason why,
Life, swiftly, granted grace to die!

Mm, hm, hm…

I!—Burning all bridges rather than walk ‘em!
Took a look in hopes, to meet a stranger’s eye.
Figured, in them there’d be faith’s steady ground,
But nobody’s around. 
Only crossroads like crosses on my way…
I swallowed what was left unsaid, soon it’ll be said,
For everyone starts to listen to you when you’re dead… 

Making one last glance at the world I gotta love,
I’m wishing dearly there’s a kind world for me above.
The wind hums the melody to this violet night, 
And I lend an ear before all is gone.
Oh, I freed my ghost under rays of a new dawn…

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Released on 30 November 2024
Lyrics & music: Margarita Byk
Recording: Marc Rivera, Margarita Byk
Mixing:
Stereo: Marc Rivera, Margarita Byk
Binaural/Surround Sound: Margarita Byk
Mastering: Marc Rivera
Guitars, bass & synths: Margarita Byk
Drums: Scott Rodberg

Cover Artwork: Ron Lach

Confessions of a Suicide

A bonus track featured alongside my single "Confessions of a Suicide." It's the official instrumental for the song!

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Released on 30 November 2024
Music: Margarita Byk
Recording: Marc Rivera, Margarita Byk
Mixing:
Stereo: Marc Rivera, Margarita Byk
Binaural/Surround Sound: Margarita Byk
Mastering: Marc Rivera
Guitars, bass & synths: Margarita Byk
Drums: Scott Rodberg

Cover Artwork: Ron Lach

Melody for My Last Ride (Confessions' Instrumental)

Hello ❤️ I’m Margarita, and I’m a rock musician, lyricist, producer, and mixer from Southern California! My music encompasses various topics: Internal struggle, self-growth, and the endless navigation of adulthood. Overall, I largely center my songwriting on the imperfections of life and how we tend to escape or accept them, as well as share other “miscellaneous” thoughts I have about this world in general through it.
Furthermore, I practice Binaural Sound mixing! (Spatial Audio), which I incorporate heavily in my autogenous musical style — Binaural Rock (Binaural sound is an audio mixing technique that creates the illusion that the instruments are moving around you in a 3D-like mode). I consider myself quite an audio tech nerd, and I love to learn/experiment with different instruments in my compositions as well 😊
I began taking music seriously in 2021, when I was 16 years old, when I started uploading my music via acoustic demos to YouTube! I then soon decided to take the next step, and in August of 2022, I ventured into a recording studio, ready to record my first fully-arranged single “I Can Hear the Flowers Laugh,” which was released early in October of that year! Since then, I released two albums: A 5-track EP titled “Ocean of Life,” and recently a 15-track LP titled “Jejune,” along with some more individual songs. 
Moreover, when I’m not working on music, I like to express myself creatively through other interests such as art, and I really love to read :))

So I’m excited for where my journey is going to take me, and I hope you'll come along for the ride!

The Battue

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