We Only Ever Meet in Strange Dreams

Tracklist:
1. Getaway Car
2. Ghosts
3. Devil On My Shoulder
4. Strange Dreams

Production: Alex Haines
Mixing: Tom Archer
Mastering: Alex Killpartrick

We Only Ever Meet in Strange Dreams

Mashup of "Summertime Sadness" by Lana Del Rey and "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry. My sister Mikee helped with the instrumentals! Enjoy! :)

Photo (c) The Virgin Suicides, 1999

Teenage Sadness (Katy Perry Lana Del Rey Mashup)

Music and lyrics, (c) Monica Colet 2014
Photo (c) Risky Business 1983 (Warner Bros.)

An original song :)

LYRICS:
We kept in touch
The entire summer season
So when fall came around
I believed, there was no reason

To stop, drop and roll
‘Cause I figured, baby, we on fire
But when the rain started to pour
You put my heart on a wire

Pre-chorus:
And left me confused
Have we put out the fuse?
Now my heart’s on the line
And I’m wasting my time

Chorus:
Sitting on the stairs
In my underwear
Wondering why the hell
You haven’t called
Babe, it got me thinking
You know, I just have an inkling
That you never really liked me at all
Boy, you’re so confusing
Do you find the fun in losing me to
Your mixed signals?
Your mixed signals
Your mixed, your mixed signals

You asked me once
If maybe we could chill that Friday night
I’m still kicking myself ‘cause I couldn’t make it
But darling, is it really a crime

That I had previous commitments
Couldn’t cancel my plans
Now you’re always busy
Looks like I’ve missed my chance

Pre-chorus:
Hold on – is that just some excuse?
Did I already lose?
Am I just a fool for you?
Is this all horribly, embarrassingly misconstrued?

(Repeat chorus)

Bridge:

I don’t know what to do 
About you
I guess all I want right now
Is the truth
‘Cause despite all the odds
I’m still really into you
Do you feel the same way too?

It’s so frustrating….
Do you wanna be friends or study buddies or strangers or call you later, it’s complicated, or........
…… Dating? :>

Pre-chorus:
Tell me the truth about it
Don’t you leave me hanging without it 

End Chorus:

Sitting on the stairs
In my underwear
Wondering why the hell
You never called
Babe, it got me thinking
You know, I just have an inkling
That you never really liked me at all
I suppose that would be fine
Though I do want you to be mine
But only if you want me to be yours, too
I refuse to be ignored
Or simply settled for
So don’t send me
Mixed signals
Mixed signals

You’ve got the green light, it’s a go
But give me the red light if you’re like, “no” (2x)

I think you’re really cool- you should know officially
So, tell me, honey, what you really think of me




Mixed Signals

My cover of the White Stripes' "Cold, Cold Night." Kind of minimalistic and dark and jazzy, and a little bit inspired by Twin Peaks. 

Cold, Cold Night - The White Stripes (Cover)

Music + lyrics by Niki Colet
Produced by Alex Haines
Mixed by Tom Archer
Mastered by Alex Killpartrick

STRANGE DREAMS

I don't know how to call you
But I haven't been right
Fell too fast into promises
Empty hands, you reached for me
Outside, dark into daylight
We only ever meet in strange dreams
Where I run and you can't chase me
Do you think we jumped the gun?
Told me I was the only one
These days, I wake up in a cruel fight

I'm dancing into every party in town
But my heart hurts
Does it get worse?
Where do I put all this wanting
So it doesn't burn
Only one way
Let it break first
Let it break first

I'll ask after your lovers
Nothing ever lasts
The same four pop songs on loop
I cross the street you've colored blue
In memories fading fast
I sat still and let you love me
Through every voice that screamed, "You can't try"
What am I supposed to do
In this city without you
Thought I'd love you for a long time

I'm dancing into every party in town
But my heart hurts
Does it get worse?
Where do I put all this wanting
So it doesn't burn
Only one way
Let it break first
Let it break first

Reaching for me in the dark
I saw fire in your heart
On your street, I'm seeing stars
Broke me open, now I'm scarred
Reaching for me in the dark
I saw fire in your heart
On your street, I'm seeing stars
Broke me open, now I'm scarred
Reaching for me in the dark
I saw fire in your heart
On your street, I'm seeing stars
Broke me open, now I'm scarred

I'm dancing into every party in town
But my heart hurts
Does it get worse?
Where do I put all this wanting
So it doesn't burn
Only one way
Let it break first
Let it break first

Strange Dreams

Secret pre-release preview of my upcoming EP, We Only Ever Meet in Strange Dreams.

Tracklist:
1. Getaway Car
2. Ghosts
3. Devil On My Shoulder
4. Strange Dreams

Production: Alex Haines
Mixing: Tom Archer
Mastering: Alex Killpartrick

Devil On My Shoulder

Ghosts

Getaway Car

euphoric anthems to accompany the first of spring after a long winter. music that feels like a celebration unfurling, a soundtrack to falling in love with your own life and everything you have. the sound of a triumphant return to you, crawling out of the gates with your heart yawning open 💥

TRACK LIST:
Martika - Love… Thy Will Be Done - Prince Mix
John Glacier - Emotions
One Dove - Fallen
Yawning Portal - Cut to the Feeling
Lael Neale - I Am The River
The Durutti Column - Abstract of Expression
Oklou - ict
Imago - Tomorrow Never Knows
default genders - secret garden .NUXX
Orbital - Chime (Edit)
Faye Wong - 夢中人
Okay Kaya - And I Have A Blessed Life

HIGH FREQUENCY VOL. 1

Mashup of Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" and Feist's "My Moon, My Man" ft. samples from The Virgin Suicides (Trip Fontaine's voice) and Twin Peaks (Laura Palmer's voice)

Image (c) Paramount Classics, The Virgin Suicides

A mashup in which Trip Fontaine and Laura Palmer have a conversation!!!! Haha

The Suburbs, My Man - Arcade Fire x Feist Mashup by Niki Colet

Produced by: Luis Puno (https://soundcloud.com/stayexcellent)
Music & lyrics: Niki Colet
Vocals: Niki Colet
Bass: Raj Sangalang
Rhythm guitar: Paolo Sioson
Lead guitar, keyboard, drums, and other miscellaneous instruments: Luis Puno
Album art (photography): Niki Colet

Shadow Man

Music and lyrics: Niki Colet
Produced by: Nick Lazaro
Vocals: Niki Colet

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A friend of mine said when he saw you last
He thought you sort of changed
So as I sing my heart to you
I can’t help but feel strange

You were broken, you were cold
And I loved you so, I loved you so
I loved my home, loved my four walls
But I loved you most of all

One day, I will sing you a song
Soft and sweet
The first three notes strong
And when we dance, the band comes on
And when we dance, the band comes on

I tried so hard to be cool for you
But I’m only pretty with makeup on
Now I’m not even yours to be pretty for
But I was uncool long before you were gone

One day, I’ll look into your eyes
Soft and sweet
Like a kiss goodbye
And I’ll confess I never tried
But I want to see you one last time

We will always go to the same parties
At different times
And you will always be a has-been
Of what could have been but never materialized
And though I’ve changed, though I’ve tried
You’ll always think I’m too innocent
So why should you waste your time

Could’ve been, should’ve been, never even tried
Could’ve been, should’ve been, never even tried

And you were there, standing by the ballroom door
That night, we were strangers waiting on a chance
And I remember you, your scuffed leather shoes
Alone in the back of a bus
And I was falling in love while you were singing the blues
And I was falling in love while you were singing the blues
And we were softly skimming the surface
When you turned away ‘cause all your cards were dealt
And then you left me stranded on the floor
With a strangled hello dying in my throat

A friend of mine said when he saw you last
He thought you sort of changed
So as I sing my heart to you
I can’t help but feel strange

One day, I will sing you this song
 - The last I’ll ever write for you -
Leave the stage when I’m done
And I’ll say goodbye to you

One Day (Single)

One Day

Music and lyrics: Niki Colet

~~~

Hunched over a guitar 
He plays an old tune 
As you watch his body move
 You can nearly see yourself swoon

Chorus:
It's just him and you
 In that lonely room
 And the window's misting over
 On this cloudy afternoon

He turns away for a moment
 To pick up a pen that fell on the floor 
Just as you open your mouth to ask 
What he's in here for

Chorus:
And the only sound there is
 Is a silence that can never be broken 
For the only words you wish to speak 
Shall never be spoken:
"You're a rock god in a blazer and pleated pants 
You're my Thunderbird and the ivies never seen you dance"

You would take him home
 But he wouldn't go home with you 
Your plush velvet seats 
Don't go with his scuffed leather shoes
Pale young man 
He can really play the blues
 But you are only  
The lonely girl who watches the news  (yes, you do, baby)

Chorus:
And he would be so perfect 
If only he weren't so cool 
He sits at the finest tables
 In cafeterias and bars you could never get into

And if he would let you start 
You would tell him what's in your heart:
"You're a rock god in a blazer and pleated pants 
You're my Thunderbird and the ivies never seen you dance 
You're my James Dean and I wish I were your Natalie Wood 
But all I am to you is a Doris Day who never could"

Hunched over a guitar
 He plays an old tune 
As you watch his body move
 You can nearly see yourself swoon
 And a million things could happen 
But - oh! There he goes, out of the room 
And as you watch his body move 
You can nearly see yourself swoon

~~~

From my debut EP, released on Valentine's Day, 2014.

Produced by:
Andrew De Pano
Miles Malferrari
Anj Florendo

Photography by:
Karen De La Fuente and Mare Collantes (Shutterpanda)

Album design by:
Vicky Marquez

Music and lyrics by: 
Niki Colet

Vocals by: 
Niki Colet

Monica Colet (EP)

Swoon

Music and lyrics: Niki Colet

~~~

I have rumbled, face-to-face
With the lords of Penzance
Heard the clinking of gold under wooden decks
As we sparred over the sea of France

And I have been a princess
For the mere span of a day
Simply so I could wear a jeweled dress
And dance the night away

I’ve stumbled over the rolling hills
To watch the tigers sleep
I’ve woken up to their gleaming eyes
And the sparkle of growling teeth

But I’ve run from worse things
I’ve escaped from monsters of lore
Great furry beasts and octopi
Of a size you’ve not seen before

I’ve seen love bloom at a bullfight
Between a Spanish matador
And a flamenco dancer from Seville
Who sashayed her way through the gore

And yet – I don’t know
I roam through desert and snow
Searching for more than the simple hope
Of your effervescent glow

So I’ve frolicked in the wild wild wood
Tasted the Andalusian breeze
A delicacy of some special sort
From the nymphs in cypress trees

And I inhaled glistening fumes
As a gifted illusionist
Threw disappearing powder onto the ground
And twirled off into the mist

But I’ve cried under blue skies,
Unable to defeat
The stampeding battalions of horses and men
Who drove me out onto the street
So don’t be fooled by my rambling
Adventure is no simple feat
Neither is wondering where to go next
Or lay your head to sleep

But I’ve slain 200 demons
With the same gold-hilted sword
Bequeathed unto me by the great old man
In the clouds and mountains yore

Wish I could stay here in my bubble
Wish I didn’t have to grow
Wish I could stay a child and stay out of trouble
But if I did I’d never know

That you can singlehandedly 
Defeat a league of pirates
And sneak your way into royalty
For as long as you can keep quiet
You should breathe and laugh and sing
In the face of danger
Imagination’s a frightening thing
But reality’s all the stranger

When you feel you’ve gone too far
And nowhere all at once
Lie down and look up at the midnight sky
Revel in how far you’ve come

If you watch closely, you can see
All the old stars fall
As the new stars shyly twinkle through
Alas, you’ve seen it all

~~~ 

From my debut EP, released on Valentine's Day, 2014. 

Produced by:
Andrew De Pano
Miles Malferrari
Anj Florendo

Photography by:
Karen De La Fuente and Mare Collantes (Shutterpanda)

Album design by:
Vicky Marquez

Music and lyrics by: 
Niki Colet

Vocals by: 
Niki Colet

Adventures

Music & lyrics by Niki Colet
Produced by Emmanuel Aguila
Mixing and mastering by Roy Macasaet
Vocals by Niki Colet
Acoustic guitar by Niki Colet
Electric guitar by Michaela “Mikee” Colet
All other instruments by Emmanuel Aguila
Recorded at Eelectric Studio
Vocals and electric guitar recorded at Redverb Studio by RJ Mabilin
Single cover art by Clara Cayosa

Available now on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play, and other online music platforms.

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You touched my face and smiled
You said, "Come away with me"
I was holding someone else's child
And she cried when I said,
“I can't leave”
Leave

There was a circular bar
Flashing lights out of a sci-fi movie
You knocked back the last of your favorite drink
Put out a cigarette as you said to me
Hey
Babe

You pulled me to your lap
Gave me a kiss
You made a joke and I laughed
Said, "You're the only person that I would ever
Miss"
Miss

I don't think we get to choose
You will always be my muse
I never wanted to stitch your seams
You still show up in my dreams

I still listen to The Doors
With my windows rolled down in the dying light
But you don't live here anymore
I never told you but I just might
Sail away
To outer space

The last time we met
You shaved off
All of your Jim Morrison hair
We could never have been together, you said
Because I'd never go there
What if I tried
Tried

I don't think we get to choose
You will always be my muse
I never wanted to stitch your seams
You still show up in my dreams

So stay for a day
I tried to scrub you off
But you won't wash away
come back
When you think it's time
I don't care what you do
You'll always shine

The memories get murkier the harder I look
There's no getting over you
I tell myself I left
But I don't think that's something I'd ever do

Come back
Come back
You can come home late
Come back
We can dance to the sound of 1963
I could listen to you play
The same old riff of Bohemian Rhapsody

I don't think we get to choose
You will always be my muse
I never wanted to stitch your seams
You still show up in my dreams

You still show up in my dreams
You still show up in my dreams
You still show up in my dreams
Come back
Come back
Come back

You Still Show Up in My Dreams

The Sound

I wrote this song pretty recently. Hope you like it!

Love in the Time of Mistaken Despondency

“Big City,” the second single off of Endless Summer, out on May 31

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Before she got into her car and
Pulled out of the driveway
She pulled me in close
I thought she'd never let go
She said, "I don't think that 
You really belong here
I think you need to get out of this place

Every single day it's the same routine
The same places, faces, the same old scene
And nothing's ever as exciting as it's cracked up to be
Maybe all I really want is a brand new me

I live in a big city 
that feels like a very small town
Where all the people know your name 
But pretend not to see you
When you're around

He cornered me at the bar
Put his hands round my waist
Said he was bored
Didn't even bother with names
Well it's not like he would've needed them anyway
He said "at this point, I'd go home with anything"

Oh how I watched you from afar
And wished this could be real
But you didn't want me
You wanted something to feel
And I can't help you
Can't even help myself
Cause I've been lonely too
And there's been no one else

I live in a big city 
that feels like a very small town
Where all the people know your name 
But pretend not to see you
When you're around

And I feel like just another cog in the wheel
All the time
Wish I had something real and pure and beautiful
I could call mine
I base my value on other people
But there's no one around
All of my imaginary lovers packed their things and drowned

I live in a big city 
I live in a big city 
that feels like a very small town
Where all the people know your name 
But pretend not to see you
Pretend you don't

I live in a big city
That feels like a very small town
Where all the people know your name
But pretend not to see you
When you're around

She said, "I don't think that you really belong here
I think you need to get out of this place"

Big City

Wrote this song a couple of weeks ago. I may do another recording later on. Enjoy!



When I Romanticize

https://nikicolet.substack.com/p/voice-note-2-if-you-let-me-an-ode

When you’re around I lose myself
High on your fumes like nothing else
Crawl through my window
Take a shiner for you
Wanna get out of here?
You know what to do

I’d catch lightning for you, baby

Oh I could spend my whole life 
Wasting time by your side if you let me
When you look at me, I come undone
You don’t even have to try
I’m already sold on this high
‘Cause you get me
To a place I’ll never come down from

Your hands on me, it feels so easy
Cards on the table, you see me clearly
Take your shot
I’d pull the trigger for you
Let’s drive away fast
Tell me what you wanna do

You run through me electric

Oh I could spend my whole life 
Wasting time by your side if you let me
When you look at me, I come undone
You don’t even have to try
I’m already sold on this high
‘Cause you get me
To a place I’ll never come down from

We could, we could talk for hours (all, all, all I wanna)
I could, I could spend it all with you (all, all, all I wanna)
We could, we could talk for hours (all, all, all I wanna do)
I’d start a fire to be with you
You’ve got me right here, burning

Oh I could spend my whole life 
Wasting time by your side if you let me
When you look at me, I come undone
You don’t even have to try
I’m already sold on this high
‘Cause you get me
To a place I’ll never come down from

To a place I’ll never come down from (I’m on fire)
To a place I’ll never come down from (All I want to)
To a place I’ll never come down from (I’m on fire)
To a place I’ll never come down from (All I want to)


Music and lyrics (c) Niki Colet 2020

Voice Note #2 - If You Let Me

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I do all the things like
Hold you when you’re not right
But I’m not your girlfriend
Itching just to know now
All about how your day went
But I’m not your girlfriend

What would it take
For you to stake your claim
I wait up for you, take you serious
You talk so sweet
But you’re so hard to read
I’m tired of all the spaces between

Go a little crazy, cry when you don’t call me
But I’m not your girlfriend
Think about you constant
Whizzing through my mind like
Maybe I’ll tell him

What would it take 
For you to stake your claim
I wait up for you, take you serious
You talk so sweet
But you’re so hard to read
I’m tired of all the spaces between

Before we turn the lights out
There’s always a goodnight
And then I dream about you
Reach you for real this time

You drive, I call shotgun
I could do this all night
But I’m not your girlfriend

Voice Note #3 - Girlfriend

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Hands up on an empty floor
Nobody else likes dancing anymore
But I don’t care
I didn’t come to make friends

You had charm and all the right words to say
And well, I guess you’re still that way
But I don’t care
You were never mine, anyhow

So I’ll cry
And I’ll keep dancing through the tears
Forget tonight
I’ve been standing here for years
When the lights change back from
Red to gold
And the bartender says
It’s time to go home
I’ll be fine
Out on that dance floor alone

Chin up, it’s over now
I can’t feel when the music’s this loud
Thrumming beat
Come and drown it all out 

Spinning around your ghost
You don’t know and that’s what hurts me the most
So I tell myself
That I’m better off somehow

So I’ll cry
And I’ll keep dancing through the tears
Forget tonight
I’ve been standing here for years
When the lights change back from
Red to gold
And the bartender says
It’s time to go home
I’ll be fine
Out on that dance floor alone

Wishing, waiting
Spent all my life aching
Only hating
All the tension fading
If nothing else, I’m 
Done sitting by the phone tonight 

Hands up on an empty floor
Nobody else likes dancing anymore
But I don’t care
I didn’t come to make friends

So I’ll cry
And I’ll keep dancing through the tears
Forget tonight
I’ve been standing here for years
When the lights change back from
Red to gold
And the bartender says
It’s time to go home
I’ll be fine
Out on that dance floor alone

Voice Note #4 - Hands Up

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I wanna lock you up
Keep you in my heart forever
Slow dance for a hundred years
I wanna drive you wild
But for real this time

There’s a chamber of my heart
With your name written on it
Every night you come home
To somebody else

She gets to crawl into bed
And ask you how your day went
Kiss you on the cheek
Whenever she damn pleases

I know it’s not real but
Can I keep you? 
Can I keep you?
I’d never break her heart
I never wanna break her heart
Can we pretend this is a question I can ask
Can I keep you

I look into your eyes
And feel like you might understand
All the different ways I can be
All the difficult things I am
Like nobody else can

But oh my darling I’m a mess
And I can’t run away from it
Half of me just wants the best for you
And we know the answer

She gets to take your hand
Whenever she feels like it
Lean into you, make new plans
You’re all hers for the weekend 

I know it’s not real but
Can I keep you? 
Can I keep you?
I’d never break her heart
I never wanna break her heart
Can we pretend this is a question I can ask
Can I keep you

I’d never break her heart
I never wanna break her heart
Can we pretend this is a question I can ask
Can I keep you

Can I keep you
Can I keep you
Can I keep you

I wanna lock you up
Keep you in my heart forever
Slow dance for a hundred years
I wanna drive you wild
But for real this time

Voice Note #6 - Can I Keep You

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What do you do when it’s fading
Jump a ship that needs saving
Left a light on at your window
But it makes me sad

I miss my friends
My childhood room
College town where I spent
All my time driving to you

Missed all your letters
I’m sorry I didn’t try
To treat you better

It was a cold kind of hunger
That I felt then
Constantly ashamed of all the ways
I’d never measure up
Never be enough
Or all too much

He took my hand
I thought it was a joke
He said, “No, you’re beautiful,
I mean it though”

Missed all your letters
I’m sorry I didn’t try
To treat you better

Here’s a prayer to all the things
I never believed in enough
For all my fears I’ll light a candle
Face a mirror and tell you that

I missed all your letters
Sorry I didn’t try
To treat you better
Missed every letter
Wish I knew what I could do
And that it mattered

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry

Voice Note #7 - Wish I Knew

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You walked me over to the doorway
I stood in the palm of your hand
And I didn’t wanna leave you
Except I didn’t know it then

You touched my arm so lightly
And said, “One day you’ll be a star”
You turned around to hail a taxi
As I climbed into my car

And I cried all the way home
I cried all the way home

Sometimes it’s easier to fall apart
Than to forget I had a moment in your heart
Feel us dancing in the dark
I cried all the way home
I cried all the way home

thought I saw you standing in the audience
At a show I did the other night
Heard my breath catch before I felt it
But it turned out to be a trick of the light

The last I heard from you, it was raining
Over the roof of your apartment in Japan
The truth is that I hardly knew you
But I wish we had a fighting chance

And I cried all the way home
I cried all the way home

Sometimes it’s easier to fall apart
Than to forget I had a moment in your heart
Feel us dancing in the dark
I cried all the way home
I cried all the way home

The night we said goodbye, I wish I kissed you
Before I went and packed up my guitar
I drove past you waiting on the sidewalk
And I cried all the way home
I cried all the way home

Voice Note #9 - All the Way Home

Because he's my James Dean and I wish I were his Natalie Wood.

Finally finished writing this song a week ago! Hope you like :)

Photo (c) Clueless, 1995

LYRICS:

Hunched over a guitar
He plays an old tune
As you watch his body move
You can nearly see yourself swoon

It's just him and you
In that lonely room
And the window's misting over
On this cloudy afternoon

He turns away for a moment
To pick up a pen that fell on the floor
Just as you open your mouth to ask
What he's in here for

And the only sound there is
Is a silence that can never be broken
For the only words you wish to speak
Shall never be spoken:

"You're a rock god in a blazer and pleated pants
You're my Thunderbird and the ivies never seen you dance"

You would take him home
But he wouldn't go home with you
Your plush velvet seats
Don't go with his scuffed leather shoes

Pale young man
He can really play the blues
But you are only 
The lonely girl who watches the news
(yes, you do, baby)

And he would be so perfect
If only he weren't so cool
He sits at the finest tables 
In cafeterias and bars you could never get into

And if he would let you start
You would tell him what's in your heart:

"You're a rock god in a blazer and pleated pants
You're my Thunderbird and the ivies never seen you dance
You're my James Dean and I wish I were your Natalie Wood
But all I am to you is a Doris Day who never could"

Hunched over a guitar
He plays an old tune
As you watch his body move
You can nearly see yourself swoon
And a million things could happen
But - oh! There he goes, out of the room
And as you watch his body move
You can nearly see yourself swoon


My acapella cover of the beautiful Kodaline song, "All I Want."

Photo (c) Perks of Being a Wallflower, 2012

Niki Colet

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