All songs produced, mixed, and mastered by Nicky Donovan.

Additional vocals by Johnny Alves on Track 3, and Dasianae on Track 6. Dasianae's vocals can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvNkK7HJrfY

Mass in track 4 recorded by dobroide in 2005. Their recording can be found here: freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/6991/

Album artwork by Greg Bond. Hire Greg to design graphics for you here!: gregbonddesign.com/Home

Special thanks to:
Greg, Johnny, Jack, Alex, James, Jake, Bella, Pop, Karima, Mr. Grossman, Duly Noted, Laug, Jarius, Ryan, and everyone else who has supported and believed in me.

Hand of god

Burning Daylight

Divination

128kbps

released September 1, 2023
written, performed, produced, mixed, mastered, etc. by me (nicky donovan)
visuals/cover art also by me (:

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everything is temporary
white curtains with a stain and old cat hairs
like a memory
shadow of altered life

dont tell me what im prayin for (x4)
ichthys on the chain cause it feels right, gotta hide it, gotta find it
some meaning in the months i wasted
my dreams are outta focus

dont know what im waitin fooooor (take it by the reigns x2) (feel it in my veins x2)
my brother when ya find it
when ya find it
dont wait up for meeeeee

what does 7 mean?
where's the next che-eck?
binding seals in the dark like a secret
i dont feel it
the beginning
false wisdom weeping sage fertile crescent

feeling nascent
overwhelmed with willows over eden
open windows
i can breathe in
the beginning
new beginning

ICHTHYS

but one day, tiny flames will dance across the darkness...

produced, mixed, and mastered by nicky donovan
written and recorded by nicky and jake donovan (@hckeke)

lyrics:
creating without sacrifice
feel sanguine in the moonlight
i'm a maggot i'm a false knight
didn't feel this for my whole life

2016 i had grace i had high hopes
i was naive messin' with the free trial
2021 empty field i was stifled
my becoming, intertidal

no false idols reckonin' with the cycle
lily of the valley i'm a poisonous disciple
always and forever 637 was the trial 
i can make it better, i can make it better

whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
yeah-eh, eh-eh, eh-eh
whoa-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
yeah-eh, eh-eh

i nurtured what i could
findin' what i have
that's a new feeling
the stars are so bright

don't rush against the current
once the dam breaks you'll be certain
i was impatient pullin' back the red curtain
i'm me every single day, i'm me (yeah)

(local composer nicky donovan kills a drummer)

only place i feel safe
lemme get a real taste
one more night, walkin' through the streets in high heels (heels)

i can't close an open door
but i don't want it anymore
maybe these things will never change
and we're returning back to form
and you can show me how to heal
your skin's too cold for me to feel
(skin's too cold)
but can you show me that it's real
the sirens

i don't like the place i'm sleepin' in
a story where do i begin
we're castin' stones without a sin
we'll be together in the end
there was a time i let you in
i heard about it from your friends
i know i won't do it again

(okay!)

(you've changed, colonel)

(i can't figure it out)

(you, you)

 just another day spent
another day wasted
said you didn't need me but you can't find a replacement?
recording in the basement
horror on our faces
pop a fortnite e-pill
hope they didn't lace it

serum presets all for free, on my kits for beats shit
had to change some lyrics, i'd get put on the no-fly list
lookin' at you sideways when you're askin' who the goat is
put all of your savings into nickly_coin$, there's no risk!

TinyFlamesDX!!! (ft. hc keke)

recorded prod mixed mastered by nicky

is it thy wish to be born anew?

i shed my husk i lose myself i lost my face
i untangle my arteries i built new fins
if you ripped your stitches did you still escape?
restructure your roots and find yourself unscathed

if i'm self-referential and vague enough does it make me deep?
can i find one more metaphor for every memory?
does it make sense to add meaning to everything in your life?

it's no sink or swim it's a lifeline
i'll be standin' there on the sideline
you just need to try, it's your first time, it's your first time, first time

middle of the sea, i'm my best find
nascent in the deep, eyes so wide like
keep messin' it up, keep messin' it up,
keep messin' it up, keep messin' it up, yeah

it's no sink or swim it's a lifeline
i'll be standin' there on the sideline
you just need to try, it's your first time, it's your first time, first time

middle of the sea, i'm my best find
nascent in the deep, eyes so wide like
keep messin' it up, keep messin' it up,
keep messin' it up, keep messin' it up, yeah

it's no sink or swim it's a lifeline
i'll be standin' there on the sideline
you just need to try, it's your first time, it's your first time, first time

middle of the sea, i'm my best find
nascent in the deep, eyes so wide like

does it make sense to add meaning to everything in your life?
does it make sense to add meaning to everything in your life?
does it make sense to

come out from whence ye hide
come out say i
or will ye be gravestones?
is it thy wish to be born anew?
to become a sweeting?
reborn of my beloved egg
i will birth thee as a sweeting

no sacred works/wish

daily track from summer 2024 and blueprint for no sacred works/wish
extended and remastered for Having Conversations 10.9.2025

written performed recorded mixed mastered by nickly_d
cover art by nickly_d

first time/lifeline (2024)

@joysick64 @hckeke

cover art by hc keke
produced by nickly_d and joysick
written by nickly_d, joysick, and hc keke
mix master by nickly_d

My Friends

a tune about leaving earth and remembering its beauty (:

EARTH MEMORY

this is a small compilation of tunes i've made and worked on since october 2019. each one has a specific memory and feeling attached to it. enjoy (:

p.s. please listen on spotify or bandcamp if you can! soundcloud audio is hard and pretty stupid. thanks!

nickly_d

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