Name: If I go by Max Yoshio
Duration: 3 min 10 s
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Winter Friends

Midnight Flowers

°°°·.°·..·°¯°·._.·  💎  ·._.·°¯°·..·°.·°°°

You're from a house outside the city
Frosted windows bleeding colours from the neighbour's trash pile
Close to the airport but you've never been
Above the clouds it's always sunny
But you're happy where you are

They told me I could be anything
My mind is mixed and jumbled up like a shaken snow globe
All work and anxious never resting
I wanna be a movie star but you just want a walk-in wardrobe

Looking out on the city, where you grew up
It's become too much for you
Out the window the small town, where I grew up
And it's not enough for me

My dinner's waiting in a paper bag
It's too late again, I'm doing stupid shit that doesn't matter
You've got a family, they depend on ya
You buy a week of groceries without thinking and I think that's clever

Looking out on the city, where you grew up
It's become too much for you
Out the window the small town, where I grew up
And it's not enough for me

How do you find a life that's big enough
How do you find a life that's big and
I feel like I'm in the dark
You see light wherever you are

Dressed Up For Nandos

Multidimensi

Kisah Ini

Knocking On Heavens Door

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If I go

"Losing Game" is a raw confession wrapped in smoky soul and midnight blues. It's the sound of loving someone you know will break you — and still holding on. Gritty, bruised, and heartbreakingly honest, this song dives deep into the addictive chaos of a love that was never meant to be won. With haunting melodies and lyrics that bleed vulnerability, "Losing Game" captures the bittersweet beauty of refusing to let go, even when the odds are stacked against you.

Losing Game (Black and Blue)
Verse 1
Quarter past three, lipstick on a glass
Another call you let just pass
Lies scattered like ash on the floor
I sweep 'em up but they just birth more
You bend the rules like smoke in the breeze
I chase your ghost, fall to my knees
Every time I think I’m in your light
You shut the door, you kill the fight

Chorus
Loving you's a losing game
Sinking slow, calling your name
Hearts break easy in your hand
Loving you's a losing game, a dying plan
Loaded dice, a stacked deck too
The house don't fall, the house is you
Still I play, still I fall through
Black and blue, black and blue

Verse 2
Summer night, streetlights flicker dead
I wore my heart, you wore my dread
Swore I'd fight, swore I'd stay
You laughed and kissed it all away
I kept the score, kept the dream alive
You moved the goal, you let it die
Shifted sands under my bare feet
A lover’s war I couldn't beat

Bridge
Maybe I should bow out, leave you cold
But darling, you’re the poison I sold
Sip by sip, you burned through me
A sweet disease I couldn't flee
Hope’s a noose I tie too tight
Hanging on for one more fight
A junkie's bet, a sinner’s hymn
Still I dive, still I swim

Final Chorus
Loving you's a losing game
Trading blood for a hollow name
All my songs, they bleed for you
Loving you's a losing game, black and blue
Cards marked up, dice kissed with lies
The house don't break, the fool just cries
But I'd rather drown in the mess we made
Than breathe alone in a clean escape

Losing Game Black and Blue

When fear has its hold on you
You’ll feel it’s chill before the warmth
(Before the warmth you’ll feel the chill…)
But if you let it take hold
Hold you it will
For as long as you get comfort from its embrace
It will hold you close (hold yiu close)
And steal your will
Your will. (Your will)

Hold on
Hold on
Emergency crews reported on the scene
Repeat and repeat again
Until numbness takes control
Fly away. Let go. Never to return
To the you, you used to know

Repeat and repeat again
Until numbness takes control
Fly away. Let go. Never to return
(To the you, you used to know)

The stress kills
Calm down they say
But the pills they gave me
Take my confidence away
I want them to comfort me
And perhaps they do
But the numbness invades my every move

Hold on
Hold on
Emergency crews reported on the scene
Repeat and repeat again
Until numbness takes control
Fly away. Let go. Never to return
To the you, you used to know
When fear has its hold on you
You’ll feel it’s chill before the warmth
But if you let it take hold
Hold you it will
For as long as you get comfort from its embrace
It will hold you close
And steal your will
Steal your will
Your will
(Your will) 
(Steals you)
[fade out]

numb

Lying in the sand

Wronged

Somebody else's song

Dear friends, we have seen many videos from Gaza, but I have never seen a flower there. Nor any green trees - only ruins!

Where do the Flowers Bloom

They sent their kids to the place where they
have heard is help
but they did not realise the danger
for the kids when they seek for
something to eat because hell is here
They have to run through the streets
between volleys of fires from soldiers guns
But where can we see them bloom, the flowers in our world

In other parts of the world we see
healthy children play 
under green trees with birds who are singing
for all kids who are stopping to
listen to their song since they live where they
take peace for granted when they are out on the 
streets also when the night has come
But where can we see them bloom, the flowers in our world

The nature gives so much life to all
of us who live
on this planet whereever we may be
it’s also for the people who are un-
lucky to be in the middle of disgusting hell
but they will raise and show everybody 
that the peoples wish is powerfull 
But where can we see them bloom, the flowers in our world

Lyrics in Swedish

Var slår blommorna ut

De skickade sina barn till den plats där de
har hört talas om hjälp
men de insåg inte faran
för barnen när de letar efter
något att äta eftersom helvetet är här
De måste springa genom gatorna
mellan eldsalvor från soldaters vapen
men var kan vi se dom slå ut, blommorna i vår värld


I andra delar av världen ser vi
friska barn leka
under gröna träd med fåglar som sjunger
för alla barn som stannar upp för att
lyssna på deras sång eftersom de bor där de
tar fred för given när de är ute på
gatorna även när natten har kommit
men var kan vi se dom slå ut, blommorna i vår värld


Naturen ger så mycket liv till alla
oss som lever
på denna planet var vi än må vara
det är också för de människor som har
otur att befinna sig mitt i det vidriga helvetet
men de kommer att resa sig och visa alla
att folkets önskan är kraftfull
men var kan vi se dom slå ut, blommorna i vår värld

Where do the Flowers Bloom - 2025-08-13 18.02

Max Yoshio, (maxyoshiocomposer@gmail.com)

Max Yoshio is the composer behind NORA, 3020 — an ongoing archaeological music project that documents real and projected events from the year 2000 onward. Each release is presented as a recovered audio artifact from the 20st century

If I go

Max Yoshio

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