This is a dark-wave / new-wave track inspired by Depeche Mode. The theme is being different to others, and being happy out of place.

Lyrics:

Shadowed I walk alone
My world is dark like stone
They wear colors so bright
I can't join in their light
They laugh and shine so clear
But my heart holds the fear
In their glow I'm unseen
Caught in a world between

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

They see rainbows and sun
But for me it’s all gone
Their smiles don't touch my soul
In this dark I feel whole
In their world I’m a ghost
A shadow they have lost
No matter how they try
I’m a dark lullaby

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

I know you think I am cold
Invisible
A phantom that you cannot hold
At home in the dark

Out of place I stand
Where dark is my land
In a world of light
I'm lost in the night

I'm lost in the night


Dark

This song was originally written as an acoustic track with just piano and vocals, and has been through multiple levels of feedback to reach its current stage. I have tried to approach overcoming isolation and depression in a way that is generally relatable, and to build to an optimistic conclusion. It's in Db Major, which is the musical equivalent of someone putting on a happy face.

Lyrics:

Did you ever feel that the world's not listening
Did you ever feel that the world just don't care
Did you catch a glimpse of the sky made of diamonds
Did you look again and it wasn't there

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

Did you ever think that you were a loser
Did you ever think that you didn't belong
Did you hear the song in the colors of the rainbow
Did you look again and it was gone

When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal as your world falls apart

You're not the only one that's hurting
You're not alone in your pain
You can find solace in remembering 
That rainbows only follow rain


When you see through the illusion
And you break through your confusion
You can find the truth in your heart
You can heal your world and not fall apart

Yes, you can heal your world and not fall apart

The Illusion

Written, Performed and Produced by Sarah Paradise-Brown

This track is not yet mastered.. it may be a bit quiet... will do another mix before this becomes the final version.  This song will complete my album due for release on 22nd Sept (This year!) 🤪

Sometimes I feel nobody
But a stand-in for everybody
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

Love me when I am only
Too old and just sad and lonely
An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

No matter if my world is falling down
My world is falling down
My world is falling down

You know my trophies
The prizes they bring
They don’t win me love
They don’t mean a thing
Those medals will just turn to rust
What matters is I'm good enough

Not good enough for you
I can feel it's true
Got the world in my hands
But I'm losing you
Oh I'm shinning bright
But it's all out of view

Not good enough for you
What more can I do

An overachiever’s make-believer’s mind
But in truth I’m dying, dying
To be good enough for you

Good Enough For You

I do love it when your brain just locks into an idea and it feels effortless to create something.  

I also like it when MY brain does that, too!  And that's what happened with "Quibble"--the latest Interbay track to drop exclusively here on SoundCloud.    

At 114bpm, it grooves instead of sprints.  The palette of sound colors is limited to just a few and the grind of repetition is a feature on this track, not a bug.  There is progression and there is acceleration, as the energy level of the song does built throughout the tracks length.  

And the lyrics construct a narrative that is about storytelling techniques and escaping a seemingly inevitable fate--"the magic of quibbles."  That sure feels like a worthy topic to make an Interbay song about!  

Is there at least a little bit of Rufus Du Sol influence here?  I think so.  Your mileage may vary, of course.  

"Keep your eyes out for those sly quibbles."  

Heading into the weekend, this slightly dark but still worthy of an enthusiastic dance track feels perfectly timed.  Hopefully you'll give this one a listen, a like, a repost and share.  Add it to a groovy dance playlist.  Leave a comment.  

Most of all, please give this page a follow.  If you'll look, there's nearly 500 original tracks in the back catalog of Interbay here--and all of these have been posted one per day for nearly 500 consecutive days.  That means, so far, every day brings a new surprise present for you to open up and check out--of course, it's always the same...a new Interbay track...but, those tracks sure aren't going to sound the same as each other!  

Worth it?  I think it is...though some may quibble with that admittedly biased opinion.

You should make your own decision.  To do that, you need to listen...and you should follow!

"Quibble" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Running on water

Crypto Obsession

Mia Wray - Ghost In My Machine (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) (cover)

We are all gods

Amantis

The Bunker

"You want to know how often I feel frayed?  All the time."  

There are books  (like "Revolution in the Mind") that describe the recording processes used by The Beatles to such degree that you could tell whether George Harrison had had his tea when he recorded his solo for a specific song.   

I find that fascinating (and yes, I LOVED Peter Jackson's "Get Back" documentary/recovery.)

Now, Interbay is NOT The Beatles (a phrase I never would have believed that I'd ever feel the need to utter) but I sometimes feel that you could, by listening to Interbay songs and reading these descriptions, understand what's going on in my life (and sometimes the world.)  

Today's Interbay track, "Frayed", was written and produced in its entirety over the past two days.  And if you get the general sense from this track that I'm feeling "a bit stressed"--well, I guess you don't need the Interbay version of "Revolution of the Mind"...because you cracked the code!  (Whoa-uh-oh.)  

The sinusitis that started in Southern California has turned into "the crud"--so, I've been feeling miserable--my throat is sore, my brain is mushy, can't talk, everything hurts, and let's not talk about food (either going in or out...ahem.  TMI?  Probably.)  I haven't felt this bad in a long time.  

Still, I dragged myself (as safely as I could, in this post-pandemic, always-pandemic world we live in) to everywhere I had to go, got done everything I needed to get done (well, there's ALWAYS more to be done.)  But I didn't do so without stress.  

Then, at one in the morning today...my kid comes out of their bedroom and says "I just threw up".  They'd stayed home from school, but I thought it might just be a Ferris Beuller situation ("Lick the palms.") and they just wanted to play video games more than they wanted to go to school.  Since I'm not a doctor, I usually will err on the side of caution.  I'm glad I did.  

Less happy about having to clean up everything (which was substantial...and delivered with some force in a wide spray pattern) while sick myself--but it felt strangely good, too?  I'd been the husband of a woman who fought stage IV colon cancer for six years...I helped clean up a lot of messes.  

And it is nice to feel useful.  Even if that means picking up chunks of shark shaped fish nuggets from a pile of dirty clothes and a recently used suitcase and the hallway and the bathroom (in general) and etc.  

This track is noisy.  It is aggressive.  It is uptempo.  It comes with jump scares.  And it is all about feeling like you're at your wits end.  (Or, that I felt like I was at my wits end when I made it...but feel free to join in!)  

Synthpop/hard house/techno?  As ever...it's Interbay.  Mutant pop made by a crazy old man with questionable skills and too much time on his hands.  

Who doesn't want an endless supply of that?  

Please, Listen, Like, Repost, Share, Playlist, Comment AND FOLLOW.  I'm going to fall into a Dayquil/Nyquil coma and be thankful that my kid has been comfortably asleep after the early morning food catapult.  

(And big hugs from me if you, too, are feeling frayed.  I get it.  I truly do.)

"Frayed" *SoundCloud Exclusive*

Post-punk, dance, indie, electronic, and mutant pop in various styles (seriously!)--new tracks being posted daily (every day for over a year, so far!)

Interbay is the new project of Peter Greyy (previously of Cremation Dance and DangerScience), based out of Seattle and Phantom Laboratories West.

"Frayed" SoundCloud Exclusive

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