A concept album about how I felt being a teenager and then coming of age at 18.

Eighteen [18]

27/02/2025

[Vers 1]
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
When love lights up your life, don’t give it away
Don’t mess up your days when things are still sweet
We had our nights, our fires burned deep

Cooking for hours, drinking too much
Laughing at ghosts, forgetting the rush


[Chorus]
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
I nearly lost my way in the morally gray
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
We can still be truly one – just let me stay

[Vers 2]
In a busted town, full of broken angels
We learned what we should’ve learned long ago
Will I ever find that simple peace?
Just some private time, a family home

I have no roots, everything feels hollow
I need to be alone in this broken town

[Chorus]
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
I nearly lost my way in the morally gray
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
We can still be truly one – just let me stay

[Bridge]
They stole my best years, stuffed them away
A second-class citizen, a crack in the glass
Don’t get me wrong, the night will heal
The broken hearts from yesterday

[Chorus]
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
Being a fool is a luxury these days
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
Compassion is here to stay

[Chorus]
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
Being a fool is a luxury these days
Don’t give it away, don’t give it away
Compassion is here to stay

Don't Give It Away

Silver Lines
(A tribute to "The Knive")
[Intro]
Silver line, past the sign.
No way back, just the crime.
[Verse 1]
Cut my hand into pieces,
traced the lies in silver lines.
Roads unravel, pulling forward,
dragging me through a dirty mind.
[Chorus]
Faster, faster—no way back.
Racing lessons, fade to black.
[Verse 2]
Streetlights blur into Morse code,
tires hum a lullaby.
Lost my brakes on the horizon,
guess I'll learn to fly or die.
[Chorus]
Faster, faster—chase the thrill.
Win or crash, you pay the bill.
[Outro]
Glass in my veins, wind in my lungs.
Nowhere to stop, nowhere to run.
I was kind my whole damn life,
but when I broke, they came for blood.

Silver Lines

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[Verse 1]
Your tiny hand, the weight of time,
the world stood still, your breath met mine.
Fairy tales in a quiet room,
starlight soft against the gloom.

[Chorus]
We were written long before,
a quiet feeling I adore.
Who am I to ask for more –
a second chance or just ignored?

[Verse 2]
You stood on the bed, hair falling wild,
microphone in hand, my fearless child.
Singing loud with all your might,
chasing dream-birds into night.

[Chorus]
We were written long before,
a quiet feeling I adore.
Who am I to ask for more –
a second chance or just ignored?

[Bridge]
Your voice still lingers in the air,
soft and clear, though you're not there.
I trace your name in dust and light,
whisper it once, then hold on tight.

[Outro]
We were written long before,
a quiet feeling I adore.
I turn around, the door is gone,
but your song is never done.


Adore [Edit]

[Verse 1]
I trace the cracks on my bedroom wall
Counting the days ‘til I lose it all
They say, "Be patient, wait your turn"
But I was born to crash and burn

[Chorus]
Sneakers on, heartbeat loud
One foot out but I’m still tied down
Ghosts of voices in my head
Telling me to play pretend

[Stick]
But I’m running, running nowhere fast
Chasing dreams that never last
Screaming out but no one hears
Sixteen years just disappear

[Verse 2]
City lights, they pull me in
Quantum promises on paper-thin
I touch the fire just to feel
Anything that’s real, real, real

[Chorus]
Sneakers on, heartbeat loud
One foot out but I’m still tied down
Ghosts of voices in my head
Telling me to play pretend

[Stick]
But I’m running, running nowhere fast
Chasing dreams that never last
Screaming out but no one hears
Sixteen years just disappear

[Bridge]
Do I stay? Do I go?
Is there something I don’t know?
Will the world still spin the same
If I just fade away?

[Chorus]
Sneakers on, heartbeat loud
One foot out but I’m still tied down
Ghosts of voices in my head
Telling me to play pretend

[Outro]
I trace the cracks on my bedroom wall
Counting the days, but I lost them all

Play Pretend [Sneakers On – Edit]

[Verse 1]
Awake in shadows, lost in a bend
Fingers grasping at the dodging end
Tears spill like diamonds, stories unfold
The night is whispering, secrets retold

[Pre-chorus]
No one answers, lost in the night
Just echoes of dreams that fade out of sight

[Chorus]
No one answers, no one speaks
Just dial tones and crooked dreams
No one lingers, no one leaves
Just friction ghosts with cracked out teeth

[Verse 2]
She rubs her eyes till the skin turns red
But the phantoms stay, they hum instead
Like radio static in a hollow chest
Like fingernails tapping on window flesh

[Chorus]
No one answers, no one speaks
Just dial tones and crooked dreams
No one lingers, no one leaves
Just friction ghosts with cracked out teeth

[Bridge]
The boy calls himself from a payphone shell
His voice loops back, a paper thin yell
The girl rides fast, the brakes don’t bite
Her wheels kiss brick, and time ignites

[Outro]
No one answers, no one speaks
Just dial tones and crooked dreams
No one lingers, no one leaves
But still, we breathe – but still, we breathe

No One Answers [Tears Spill Like Diamonds]

Note: In light of the recent AI breakthroughs, we feel it's important to clarify that we've been working with voice modulation since the mid-1990s – originally inspired by David Bowie's album Outside. Our approach predates AI-driven tools and is rooted in treating the voice as an instrument, shaped and sculpted through earlier technologies.

We fully understand that questioning authenticity may not be the intention – but it's worth remembering that all electronic music is, by nature, mediated and transformed. Even Nietzsche pointed out how modern tools shape us: inserting paper into a typewriter already creates a distance that handwriting does not. Perhaps birdsong is the only truly authentic sound. 🐦

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