LYRICS

I remember how it was
When life felt new,
When I was still just so young.
Endless dreams-
We could aspire to be anything.
And dance among the stars.
In the age of spring
We could soar on paper wings
And just be who we are.
But it would not last.
Lofty dreams just fade too fast.
We're waking up today.

REFRAIN
It just ain't how it used to be.
Delusions choked by misery.
A distant memory full of lies.
(A truthful sadness)
Did I give up on my dreams?
Or were they ripped away from me?
Why do we give up over time?
(We fall to madness)
What have I let myself become?
Melancholic, cold, and numb.
Do childish dreams just fade away?
(A price that we must pay)

The smell of grass and summer rain
Helps ease the pain,
And crimson glasses let us see:
A better time
Where we spent days with ones we loved,
And there was magic in the world.
But it could not last.
Lofty dreams just fade too fast.
We're living in today.

It just ain't how it used to be.
Delusions choked by misery.
A distant memory full of lies.
(A truthful sadness)
Did I give up on my dreams?
Or were they ripped away from me?
Why do we give up over time?
(We fall to madness)

It just ain't how it used to be.
Delusions choked by misery.
A distant memory full of lies.
(A truthful sadness)
Did I give up on my dreams?
Or were they ripped away from me?
Why do we give up over time?
(We fall to madness)
What have I let myself become?
Melancholic, cold, and numb.
Do childish dreams just fade away?



Just Ain't How It Used to Be

I’m an Atlanta-based music producer and artist creating original electronic body music (EBM) with touches of industrial, synthpop, and dark electro.

My goal is simple: to make you move — just like the legendary EBM artists of the '90s and 2000s did. Influences include VNV Nation, Assemblage 23, And One, Neuroticfish, Seabound, Ministry, KMFDM, and more. Their sound shaped mine, and I hope my music resonates with you in the same way.

🔁 If something hits you, please like, comment, and repost — it makes a huge difference.

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🎛️ All sounds are 100% original.
❌ No samples. No AI-generated content.

© Please do not use any part of my work without permission.

This is my second account for my partly new discovery of the genres electronical Wave/Synthwave/Darkwave/Coldwave, Synthpop, Industrial, Rhythm 'n' Noise, Noise, Postpunk, EBM, IDM, IBM & appropriate in all facets and wings around to separate this incredibly interesting and beautiful new door for me from my first account https://soundcloud.com/noone_1.
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I like everything dark, abstract, liquid, technoid, slow, fast, deep, chill, soft, emotional, broken, straight, trip hoppy, heavy, industrial, noisy, dubby in all kinds, forms and excesses of D&B, Jungle, Chillstep, Atmospheric, UK Future Garage, Ambient, Old School East Coast, Old School Techno/Rave, Autonomic, Ragga, Dub (Soundsystems), Downbeat, Lowbeat, Trip Hop, Downtempo, Noise, Industrial, Rythm n Noise, Breakbeat, Experimental, Accid Jazz, 90s UK GRIME, such kind of breaks, beats, bass ALL AROUND just like I also discovered electronic synth/cold/darkwave/postpunk as an VERY interesting new paths. My understanding of music mainly characterised by: David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Prodigy, Wu Tang, LTJ Bukem, Krush, Kid Koala, DJ Food, Goldie, Roni Size, CAM, Andy C, Kid606, Dieselboy, Q_Bert, BTTB, Tricky, MC Conrad, Ed Rush, Antipop Consortium, Vadim, Massive Attack, KanKick, Enduser, Coldcut, Architect, Broken Note, And One, Project Pitchfork, Hype, Shy FX, Grooverider, Optical, Rebel MC, Marky, Zinc, Krust, Kool Herc, Tim Westwood, Beastie Boys, Kris Kross, KRS One, Busta, Snoop Dogg......feel free to follow me into my much bigger heart for this world here https://soundcloud.com/noone_1
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If you're SO insanely happy about every single new follower here like i am......i think it should give me and my self-worth (a lot) to think about, I absolutely know. For this reason: my biggest THANK YOU to every single follower. You and all this here really mean a lot to me.
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I know that music can neither heal nor prevent the decades-long existing global sick capitalism, consumption, politics, lobbyism, corruption, systems, society/s that are sick of it, nor the imminent climate collapse resulting from all these causes. But what it can heal and fill up wonderfully I know: hearts and souls - even empty, cracked, damaged and discarded ones. And that completely free of charge. Unbelievable nowadays...what is also clear: we will never be enough people to be able to break the capitalist climate-damaging sick system globally in time, now it has been really too late for too many years gone by. I live against this system as far as my framework as a system-dependent taxpayer allows me to do so. Music is an enormously important part of it. We should tune in together to the inevitable real climate collapse. With happy hearts & souls filled to the brim with music, contentment & love. Only then will the demise of our livelihoods be bearable for us all.
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War, natural disasters, politics, violence, protests, riots, injustices, attacks, terror and much more. Back then, compared to today, it was all relatively completely unfiltered, clean and completely free of any media and political fake news manipulation and twisted propaganda. All the pseudo massiv CAPITALISTIC problems, much more its numerous symptoms of illness such as "burn outs", "social media", "depression", "shortage of skilled labour", "housing shortage", with manipulation, fake news, advertising, capitalistic, political influence soaked "media", or topics such as "urban gardening", "gentrification", immigration, all that "self-love, self-worth, what is happiness, the search for the self" madness, "gender", LGBT, "metoos". ... didn't exist back then or were healthy, normal, simple, clean. And yes, people's worries and fears back then were the same as now, just as real, normal, simple BUT FREE from any capitalist distortion, self-promotion, exaggerated and inflated hyperbubbles. Without the very large, constantly spreading epidemic of capitalism, there would probably be less than 40%? of all these problems on our planet, and a global negative climate collapse would never have been an issue. Religion does not affect our climate alone, but in numerous religious political disputes harms people beside climate, nature and all living creatures the most.

Every beat is a heartbeat, every lyric is a story.

Just Ain't How It Used to Be

MΣSSIΔH SIGNΔL // MESSIAH SIGNAL