Swinging through the deepest forests and highest branches on an overcast day

Forest Bounce

The Dossier

Written/performed/arranged by NDSO. Guitar by Aaron Olson. Mixed by Stripedelic Studios.

KING CAT (ft. Aaron Olson)

A journey through perception, introspection, and apathy by NDSO. Deep bass and trap-influenced drum tracks featuring electric and bass guitar, highly processed vocals, and a varied spectrum of synthesizers and samples.

WHAT LIES BENEATH

AMIREAL (ft. Michelle)

OUT OF YOURSELF (ft. Derek Olson)

A journey through perception, introspection, and apathy by NDSO. Deep bass and trap-influenced drum tracks featuring electric and bass guitar, highly processed vocals, and a varied spectrum of synthesizers and samples. Mastered by Stripedelic Studios.

SIMULATIONS (ft. Aaron Olson)

A song for a friend I barely knew, a long time ago

Stick Figures

A speechless journey through the underworld

DEATH SPRINGS (Instrumental)

INCINERATE (Instrumental)

I remember when I first saw you
I remember when I first saw you
I remember when I first saw you

And I don't know why
When I'm with you
I don't want another second
To go by

When I'm with you
When I'm with you

And I don't know why
I look at you
Like I've never seen anything before

And I don't know why
When I'm with you
I don't want another second to go by

And I don't know why
I look at you
Like I've never seen anything before

And I don't know why
When I'm with you
I don't want another second to go by

When I'm with you
When I'm with you

And I don't know why
I look at you
Like I've never seen anything before

And I don't know why
When I'm with you
I don't want another second to go by

And I don't know why
I look at you
Like I've never seen anything before

And every time
I look at you
It's like I'm falling in love
All over again

Don't Know Why

GRAVEN WING

GAME BOY

Do you remember what life was like before all this? It seemed like we would be okay. 

I miss those days, and all the good and bad between them. How did we get here, of all places? Is this what we were born for? 

Or is this another bridge, to another place, where we'll be okay again? 

I hope we get there someday.

Someday

COPYRAT

DIAMOND GIRL

last july

CARPE DIEM 
____________

Never thought that I would feel like this
Pavement on my skin feels like a kiss
Never thought that I would see the light
So bright it hurts but I can't close my eyes

Never again will you be this way
And never again will you be afraid
Never again will you feel this pain
And never again will you see today

Bruised and bumping all through our life lines
Eyes up in the cold stars at night
The bite of the winter air
Sweating a summer breeze

I'll play back moments like these
I'll play back moments like these
I'll play back moments like these

Never again will you be this way
And never again will you be afraid
Never again will you feel this pain
And never again will you see today

Never again will you be this way
And never again will you be afraid
Never again will you feel this pain
And never again will you see today

Carpe!

Never Again (feat. Michelle)

Shoreline

You smell that?
It smells like money.

Piece by piece
Foundational treachery
Irons buckling
Birds can't sing when they can't breathe
And sharks can't bite gutted on the beach

Piece by piece
Virtuality's tape across the eyes
A noose of our best interests
Tightening behind the scenes
Leashing the beast

Piece by piece
The animal of all of us
Dies with its progress infinite
Man's grasp exceeds the dream

Piece by piece
We built ourselves to heaven
See what's beyond
That's what we need
The hunger will never cease

Piece by piece
We built ourselves to heaven
See what's beyond
That's what we need
The hunger will never cease

Bland the nuance of the masses
Swap my pain for plastic
Bland the nuance of the masses
Swap my pain for plastic
Bland the nuance of the masses
Swap my pain for plastic
Bland the nuance of the masses
Swap my pain for plastic
Bland the nuance of the masses
Swap my pain for plastic
Bland the nuance of the masses

Piece by piece
We built ourselves to heaven
See what's beyond
That's what we need
The hunger will never cease

Piece by piece
We built ourselves to heaven
See what's beyond
That's what we need
The hunger will never cease

Piece by Piece

I'm sick of feeling sad
Wherever I'm at
I'm sick of being mad
About problems that slip through my hands
Living in myself
Breaking out of the cell
Of being overwhelmed
I know I can stand up
I know I can help
This world's problems might be too big for me
But I can offer my life
To everyone close to me
And to everyone close to me

I'm talking to you
And anyone listening
You can't carry everything
But I know you can stand up
I know you can help
Looking out for each other
Not every man for himself
But everyone for all of us
And everyone a part of us
Working together like cells
In the tissue of a muscle of a body
Of a city of a nation of a globe
In a universe
That goes on neverending

I'm sick of feeling sad
Wherever I'm at
I'm sick of being mad
About problems that slip through my hands
Living in myself
Breaking out of the cell
Of being overwhelmed
I know I can stand up
I know I can help
I know I can help
I'm sick of being sad

So, I'm talking to you
And anyone listening
You can't carry everything
But I know you can stand up
I know you can help
Looking out for each other
Not every man for himself
But everyone for all of us
And everyone a part of us
Working together like cells
In the tissue of a muscle of a body
Of a city of a nation of a globe
In a universe
That goes on neverending

I'm talking to you
I'm sick of being sad
Sick of being sad
I'm sick of being sad

I'm sick of feeling sad
Wherever I'm at
I'm sick of being mad
About problems that slip through my hands
Living in myself
Breaking out of the cell
Of being overwhelmed
I know I can stand up
I know I can help

This world's problems might be too big for me
But I can offer my life
To everyone close to me
And to everyone close to me
I'm talking to you

Sick of Being Sad

Every second's a gift
Yeah, that's what they say
But the ship is adrift
With no stars to light the way

Killing my time
Watching it go by
Melting away like
Blood on the ice
Killing my time
Watching it go by
Melting away like
Blood on the ice

Months keep falling off of the calendar
Like autumn leaves in the slightest breeze
I swear the days used to be a bit longer
I swear I knew more than what's already been

Killing my time
Watching it go by
Melting away like
Blood on the ice

No more spare time
Just more receipts
You drew your line
This time's for keeps

Don't answer now
These debts run deep
Destiny on the line

Just let it ring
Just let it ring
Just let it ring
Just let it ring
Just let it ring
Just let it ring

Killing my time
Watching it go by
Melting away like
Blood on the ice

Killing my time
Watching it go by
Melting away like
Blood on the ice

This flood is constant
And my legs feel so weak
Washing away the last of me

Blood on the Ice (ft. Michelle)

Facefirst

Sitting at home
Was your only crime
Burning your candle
Melting in the lamplight
Somewhere more familiar
Nothing sinister in hiding
Feeling safe in familiar space
Nowhere that you haven't been

This is your lifeline
Floating out of time
Caught up in the daily
Trapped in others' designs

Earthly revolution so much more than 365
Lively telegraphics
Deadly at the right time

Breathe a bit of clarity
A peace in singularity
Destiny's polarity
Putting us right where we need to be
Deadly at the right time
Earthly revolution so much more than 365

Treading time externally we
All are tied to something in the
Inside of our earthly bodies
Certainty is all we need
Better than a remedy it's
Everything you'd ever see
Forever is a single point
Farther away than anything

So, cast your lifeline
Cast your lifeline
You can reel and wind
Through the every daily
Make your own design

Lifeline One

A splintering feeling
Of nothing at all
Glitter across the concrete
As the glass falls

Happy shattering
Thoughtful patterning
Of everything we are
Temporal scattering
Around us all
The casts fall off
And we are healed
The time is gone
Our lives can start

Happy shattering
Thoughtful patterning
Of everything we are
Temporal scattering
Around us all
The casts fall off
And we are healed

Happy shattering
Thoughtful patterning
Of everything we are
Temporal scattering
Around us all
The casts fall off
And we are healed
The time is gone
Our lives can start
Happy shattering

Happy shattering
Happy shattering
Thoughtful patterning
Happy shattering
Temporal scattering
Happy shattering
Happy shattering
Happy shattering
Happy shattering

Happy Shattering

Nosebleed

Cliffside Joust

I know that there's a lot of shit
That I missed
But I don't go out much and
Was never the one out there to be starting the big things
No big dreams
Behind these empty eyes
They say everyone has a soul
But in that case, mine must've left a long time ago

Cause I'm smiling to the world but I feel so empty
Most days don't even seem worth a memory
My body moves but I don't feel a thing when I bleed
It's like my life's on a track and I'm just shooting the scenes

But maybe someone will see
A scene play out in my life
And project a meaning on it
Something I don't see, that they like

And if it touches someone
Even for a moment
Then everything had a purpose all along
Alright

Cause I'm smiling to the world but I feel so empty
Most days don't even seem worth a memory
Did you see my scene?
Have you seen my dream?

Beginning to question
Every lesson in my brain
It's insane
This infection spreading every day
Believe me when I say I can't see
Because of these emergencies
Flooding my every waking dreams
It's easy to please
Make them smile
But never feel truly seen
Tears of a clown dripping down my face
Fears all around
Swim and drown in place
Playing my role
And I learned all of my lines
Search for my soul
But I'm running out of time
Life's a stage
But I'm the audience watching
A beautiful life worth living
Is what I'm dodging
Looking with my empty eyes
But they don't see a thing
Cooking up more of my lies
Trying to find meaning
Hoping to find meaning
With my empty eyes
-Milc

Cause I'm smiling to the world but I feel so empty
Most days don't even seem worth a memory
Did you see my scene?
Have you seen my dream?

Staying in your lane is a crime
Against your whole life
Such a sorry state of confinement
And such a passionless ride
It's like the worlds slowest suicide
A life long suicide
A life long, life long-

Did you see my scene?
Have you seen my dream?
Did you see my scene?
Have you seen my dream?

Empty Eyes (ft. Milc)

Some nights
When I can't sleep
I look back
And wish it was me
And then I laugh
Because I see
That once again
I'm hit with jealousy
I'm hit with jealousy

A spiteful young man
I once thought
The world owed me
More than what I got
I coveted the love of everyone
Like what I thought you had

Some nights
When I can't sleep
I look back
And wish it was me
And then I laugh
Because I see
That once again
I'm hit with jealousy

I wanted to pull the feathers from your flesh
That I could fly like you did

Some nights
When I can't sleep
I look back
And wish it was me
And then I laugh
Because I see
That once again
I'm hit with jealousy

But I'd give the skin
Off of my back
To see you in the sky again
And I'd swear to God
If I thought he'd listen

But the only person
That made me believe
Isn't here any more
Isn't here any more

Isn't here any more
Isn't here any more
Isn't here any more
Isn't here any more
Isn't here any more
Isn't here any more

___________________

I remember a night you and I ate M&Ms together. Your family had a giant bowl of them out as decoration, and everyone had already fallen asleep. We ate so many that we felt sick, and we drove to get tacos to fix the sugar sickness. That summer was one of the best of my life. Miss you.

Jealousy

Wind pulls us
And wind blows us down
The endless
Fight to stay out of the ground
It calls us
That peaceful deepest rest
And we all rust
Victims of the elements

This life will break you
But you'll still stand
A monument to fortitude
An iron blade of grass
This life will break you
But you'll still stand
Weathered ambition
Eaten by the sand

Your spirit is a lightning rod
And others need the flash
The conduit of all you've dreamed
Lighting up the vast
You will be the thunderhead
And we all hear the crash
Life will test us
And we'll all pass

We'll all pass
We'll all pass
We'll all pass

Like the marble goddess
Without her face or hands
Her wings spread heavenward
A marvel of the past
Winged victory of Samothrace
Still standing
Though time has taken her face

This life will break you
But you'll still stand
A monument to fortitude
An iron blade of grass
This life will break you
But you'll still stand
Weathered ambition
Eaten by the sand

Your spirit is a lightning rod
And others need the flash
The conduit of all you've dreamed
Lighting up the vast
You will be the thunderhead
And we all hear the crash
Life will test us
And we'll all pass

We'll all pass
We'll all pass
We'll all pass
We'll all pass

Thunderhead

Chariot

Channeling my soul into something more permanent than flesh

NDSO

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