This is great, always love seeing you around!

Feel like I'm listening to Peter Gabriel, hot damn!

@user-730934821: ^This comment is too cool :D

Our Closest Friend:

The doors have been opened, now step foot inside
Come join the festival of faceless disguise
Spirits appear as the night comes alive 
To convene with the guests and possessed both alike

Take part in the final event
The Grand Masquerade is accepting of all who attend
The last invitation’s been sent
It’s signed here:
Sincerely yours, 
Our closest friend

A crowd of illusions show secrets withheld
No need to deny that desire you felt
Higher we rise, while the magic’s dispelled
Now the wax in our wings is beginning to melt
I’ll swallow the sky as I fall back to earth
We’ve feasted on Heaven, now let’s sleep in the dirt
A rebirth for a soul that’s been lost in a curse
An untimely demise for the rest of the world

Take part in the final event
The Grand Masquerade is accepting of all who attend
The last invitation’s been sent
It’s signed here:
Sincerely yours, 
Our closest friend
What did you think we intend?
Enjoy the conclusion
We knew we would see you again
The affair is approaching it’s end
I propose a toast to the host,
Our closest friend

Our Closest Friend

Formula for Starting Over:

This is how it begins
My formula for starting over
My blueprint to reinvent myself again
I try to fit in
Though I'm not much of a Casanova
Sometimes I color outside the lines where you might not expect
We try to be friends
And hope we don't blow our cover
Why bring it up when it's easier to pretend?
This is how it begins
My formula for growing older
Take a moment to breathe
Before you dive back in

This is my formula for starting over
Formula for starting over

Tell me how have you been?
Wish I was better at conversation
I hide my frustration behind a fleeting smile
So you tell me when
Yeah, you tell me when we're okay again
Though I don't suppose that will be for quite awhile

This is my formula for starting over
Starting over now
Formula for starting over

I will admit
Sometimes I still get jealous
I shouldn't be possessive
I've struggled to let you go
This may be hard to hear
I really wish things were different
But I know we won't regret this down the road

Formula for starting over
Formula for starting over
Starting over now
This is my formula for starting over
Starting over now
Formula for starting over

This is how it begins
My formula for getting over
Our history, and everything we knew
Everything has an end
And even though we're short of closure
Starting over's all that's left to do

Formula for Starting Over

what's that you say? you lose, i win? CHECKMATE.

demo.

january 2020.

a little rough on the vocals. check out the pinkerton synth.

laughing, i'm always laughing
never frowning, i'm always laughing
smiling, i'm always smiling
and never pouting
i'm always smiling

bad times, they go
good times, they flow

beaming, i'm always beaming
never hiding
always beaming
growing, i'm always growing
always knowing
always growing

good times, they flow
bad times they go
keeping my head above the water

Simon Cameron Fletcher - Laughing (demo)

A half-improvised piano piece. You can watch a video I made for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsw41BS5n0

Piano 1 - Demo

Throwing my bit of copper into the heavily bronzed well of honey-inspired tunes. Been relatively busy with other's music, so it feels good to get *something* out, albeit the vocals being rushed, but that's just cuz I'm more of an instrumentalist. Whaddya gonna do, I've exercised my vocal writing muscle for this track and hopefully next track will be better, who knows, just glad to take sail ya know.

Written, performed, mixed, mastered by Empty Angels
Additional Keys (the fast ones especially) by Ian Clark

Lyrics:
I met her in my dreams, we'd been
Takin our time like it never ends
It kinda hurt to play my part
Knowin that I'll wake without her in my arms

My face melt like cake in a desert
I couldn't stand up
Took almost three days to recover
Is this love

She's so sweet
Honeycream

I met her in my dreams again
She had a cardinal primed at the hip
To set its perch upon my heart
You know that these branches aren't fallin apart

My face melt like cake in a desert
I couldn't stand up
Took almost three days to recover
Is this love

She's so sweet
Honeycream

Liquidated in a lake with you
Like an atom smasher we fuse

Honeycream

Look Who’s Laughing Now:

My thoughts get so mixed up 
When I try to think through this disarray
Now you’ve tried to dismiss my opinion
But convictions don’t go away

I’ve tried to stay strong
But it feels like we’ve been here before
And whether I'm right or I’m wrong
This isn't funny anymore

You had your chance to choose
Now your luck’s run out
It’s time you pay your dues
Look who’s laughing now
You found me beaten and bruised
Kicked me when I was down
What were you trying to prove?
Look who's laughing now
How the tables have turned
It all comes back around
There's nothing you can do
Look who’s laughing now
You got what you deserved
There can be no doubt
Now the joke’s on you
Look who's laughing now

We’ve been running in circles for days
Finding every potential mistake
And I wish that this wasn’t the end,
But we know it’s too late
Is there anything left to explain?
I didn’t expect things to turned out this way
Your intentions are best put to rest
In the bed that you made

How the tables have turned
It all comes back around
There's nothing you can do
Look who’s laughing now
You got what you deserved
There can be no doubt
Now the joke’s on you
Look who's laughing now

You make me feel so ordinary
Why should I care if you disapprove?
You’ve been keeping me stationary
I think I need to be on the move

I’ve tried to stay strong
But it feels like we’ve been here before
And whether I'm right or I’m wrong
This isn't funny anymore

You had your chance to choose
Now your luck’s run out
It’s time you pay your dues
Look who’s laughing now
You found me beaten and bruised
Kicked me when I was down
What were you trying to prove?
Look who's laughing now
How the tables have turned
It all comes back around
There's nothing you can do
Look who’s laughing now
You got what you deserved
There can be no doubt
Now the joke’s on you
Look who's laughing now

Look Who's Laughing Now

Single for 'Lone Songs', available for FREE here: https://martin-nilsen.bandcamp.com/album/lone-songs

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BANDCAMP
https://martin-nilsen.bandcamp.com/
YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEZXImNHjUgOwV_LZlR3iAQ

Wishes

source track
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl

Skyline

Gossamer

Unwound:

Save your breath
I won't have you pitying me 
Bite your tongue
You insult me with your sympathy
I don't need your lectures
Or threats of leaving, 
Heaven forbid
Hold your tears
Your drama isn't welcome here
I tell you, "Let it be"
Instead you choose to persevere
Why don't you take a picture?
It'll last much longer than we ever did

How can you say that I'm the only one?
You pull my strings and watch me come undone
I'm lying on the ground
All unwound and out of love
I've had enough of you

Oh I’ve had enough of
You and your lies
I should cut you down to size
But I'll be the bigger man,
‘Cause I know you won't apologize
Say what's on your mind, 
But don't forget to think
Before you speak
Lose that tone
Before I lose my composure too
We should have known
This contention’s been long overdue
Let’s hash it out
Talking loudly always does the trick,
Wouldn't you agree?

How dare you say that I never cared
I didn’t mean to hurt you girl, I swear
But I won't let you walk away 
Until I say my fair share. 
Let's be clear
How can you say that I'm the only one?
You pull my strings and watch me come undone
I'm lying on the ground
All unwound and out of love
I've had enough of you

Unwound

How Does It Feel:

Excuse me, I guess it's just a dirty habit
I have a tendency of thinking too much about it
I've tried everything to keep you out
But I get so lonely when you're not around
Time flies faster when we're having fun
In one week I think we may have jumped the gun
You say you never saw this happening
Look in my eyes and tell me what you're thinking

You said you meant every word you spoke
But it hasn't felt the way it had before

So tell me baby how does it feel?
You made me think this was for real, oh yeah
If you don't need me let me go
But before I leave please let me know
Tell me baby, how does it feel?

I found out, it hit me like a ton of bricks
I never thought it ever would have come to this
I knew you once, but now it's just a passing glance
I want you back, but I know I can't take that chance
Goddamn, you really had a hold of me
I wish you never had let go of me
But I can't live this way
We're slipping out of reach

You said you meant every word you spoke
But it hasn't felt the way it had before

No part of me is proud of this
But seeing you happy makes me sick

So tell me baby how does it feel?
Tell me baby, how does it feel?
You made me think this was for real
Tell me, was this real?
If you don't need me let me go
But before I leave please let me know
Tell me baby, how does it feel?
How does it feel? 

When you lie awake at night
Do you think of me, even once in a while?
Or has your love really run its course?
Honey, I've been running back and forth
Over our top forty moments
'Cause you still haven't told me
Won't you let me know?
How does it feel?

Unwound

Pretty O.P.

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