Name: Scarred and Abandoned by The Tau Project
Duration: 3 min 55 s
Description: title says it all, about breaking up and the feeling of being abandoned

Kill Or Be Killed

Meteora

Don't Stay

Time For Annihilation: On the Record & On the Road

Burn

Papercuts

Faint

Not knowing
If asleep or awake
Not knowing
If this is a dream
Then understanding
What this all means
There was a light in the sky
Brighter than the sun
Then a sound and a burning heat
Then a silence so complete
Then I looked down to see
There was a shadow of me
And the truth plain to see
Was that the shadow of me
Was exactly the same
As the shadow with my name

I am the shadow
And now you know
I am the shadow
In the darkness I grow
I am the shadow
That devours the night

Fear me and what I've become
Heed me, time to turn and run
I am the fight in the dog
I am the righteous and the strong
I am the sting in the scorpions tail
I am the wind in the Dutchman's sail

I am the shadow
Now you know
I am the shadow
Fear me and what I've become
Heed me, time to turn and run
I am the fight in the dog
I am the righteous and the strong
I am the sting in the scorpions tail
I am the wind in the Dutchman's sail
I am the shadow
Now you know
I am the shadow

I Am The Shadow

title says it all, about breaking up and the feeling of being abandoned

Scarred and Abandoned

The Only Hope for Me Is You

Say You'll Haunt Me

sugar honey ice & tea

CREDITS:
Mark Saunders © 2025
Album & other Art all created by Madeleine Saunders © 2025 (https://www.instagram.com/inkyb_aby)

A huge Thank You and so much gratitude I owe to my friend Matt Cahill of PRS Records for guidance, advice and all your time and expertise you gave me and for mastering some of the Tracks, thanks Bro.

Thanks to Christos Kouzinos for all your help with the drums, drum patterns and beats.

Thanks to Don Naley for all your much needed guidance and help with Guitar, Samples and Loops, Chord Progressions, Synthesizer and a load of other shit too numerous to mention.

Thanks Greg Hamlin (Legend) for bailing me out and providing vocals (both Lead and Backing) on a load of tracks as well as some Guitar stuff.

All of the The TAU Project tracks were created using a mixture of DAW’s and a multitude of Plugins (Reason, Audacity, Waveform, MeldaProduction, Cakewalk, Reaper, Voicemod, Overloud, Graillion, AVS Audio Converter, Surge XT and Vital) as well as real time electric guitar, drums, keyboard/synth, various royalty free samples and loops. Some AI was also used in the pre and post production and creation of these tracks, in particular with synthesizer and some sound layering.
Last but not least thank you to the Four Angels that provide me with Love, Support, Inspiration and Encouragement every single day, Lauren, Madeleine, Mackenzie and Ruby.

The Tau Project was really just a bit of fun to begin with but has wound up being a bit more than that, it’s also been very cathartic, and to be honest a hell of a long time in the making. Some of the lyrics to these tracks were written when I was in my late teen’s right up until present. 
There is a mixture of styles and genres so that it may seem a bit schizophrenic but it was deliberate. I was attempting to pay homage and respect to my musical influences throughout the years from the 70’s and 80’s NWOBHM, The Hair Metal years, Hard Rock and Rock influences, Punk, Hardcore, Nu Metal, Grunge, Blues and probably some other influences in there I’ve missed. Hopefully it isn’t too disheveled and crappy and seen for what it is.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I have, and if not don’t complain to me I didn’t force you to listen.
ALL METAL ALL THE TIME UNTIL THE DAY I DIE

Scarred and Abandoned

The Tau Project

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