LYRICS

Long night over the ocean
And as strong a mind as ever
But I don’t think you know
Where to hide anymore
We are hopelessly connected
Connected

Will you fly before

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you, alone
I love what you couldn’t love alone
I’m for you, alone

We tried to go it alone
But I told you all my secrets
One at a time
Even your unlocked heart
You left it open
We are hopelessly connected
Connected

It’s your mind that hurts

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you, alone
I love what you couldn’t love alone
I’m for you, alone

Seagulls in my heart
We both know this feeling
Meet me somewhere far away
I’m not going there for fear
Sinking like the red sun in Cancer
I couldn’t go, couldn’t go, couldn’t go there 
Alone  
Alone 

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you, alone
I love what you couldn’t love alone
Alone
I’m for you, alone

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LYRICS

My eyes open like the bedroom window
Half way, unsafe, it’s cold and I’m tired today.
You smile, oh, but I’m looking through you.
So patient. How do you stay transparent
When I'm opaque?
How do you stay?

I’m never home inside my room, no no
Tell me why I fight to stay alone
I wanna know you see right through my camouflage

And I like it this way
Dragging out the lonely
Am I faking, when I push away?
I’m too old not to see what I’m missing, slipping, slipping

I’m never home inside my room, no no.
Tell me why I fight to stay alone
I wanna know you see right through my camouflage

I should say something
Keep the door open
It isn't hopeless but I'm losing time
And I'm using up your kindness
I don't like this slow fade
It hurts to be half-way
Like I'm stuck behind the frame
And I don't wanna hide, no no
No I don't wanna hide

Ooh I'm never home inside my room, no no
(Haunted by the silence and the hope)
Tell me why I fight to stay alone
(Even though you haven't given up)
I wanna know you see right through my camouflage

Echoes EP

Camouflage

LYRICS

I felt you in the phone line
Too much space behind the hello
One more half-hearted invite
So you can feel safe
So you can feel loved

But I didn't speak my mind, no
Cuz I didn't want to be alone
Call it "compromise" and I
Play along

I knew, love
I knew, I knew, but
I still believe in lies
I knew, love
I knew, I knew, but
I still believe in lies
Ooh, ooh

Of course it didn't feel right
Your bare shoulder, barely touching mine
Waiting for the goodbye
It was already over
Am I blind?  Am I blind?
It's not just this time.

Didn't speak my mind, no
Cuz I didn't want to be alone
Toxic compromise when I
Play along

I knew, love
I knew, I knew, but
I still believe in lies
I knew, love
I knew, I knew, but
I still believe in lies

Home for now, home for now, home for now
When you're gone it's someone else, someone else, someone else
Wake me when it's over now, over now, over now
I don't even know myself, know myself
I still believe in lies, in lies

(I knew, love)
Home for now, home for now, home for now
(I knew, I knew, but)
When you're gone it's someone else, someone else, someone else
(I knew, love)
Wake me when it's over now, over now, over now
(I knew, I knew, but)
I don't even know myself, know myself
I still believe in lies, in lies
Ooh, ooh

Lies

LYRICS

I thought we had our footing again
Your smile had just begun to feel innocent
When it went out like a candle flame 
Don’t go away

And suddenly there’s no one home
And every minute aches like a day in my soul
Don’t vaporize the love we made
Don’t go away

Lay the ghost of you down
Lay the ghost of you down

Even though we’re bound to lose 
Even though we kid ourselves to think that we’re choosing
I’m terrified but I can say
There’s still a way
There’s still a way

Lay the ghost of you down
Lay the ghost of you down

Tell me what you need
Tell me what you need
Don't go away 
Don't go away

Lay the ghost of you down 
Lay the ghost of you down

Don’t go away
Don’t go away

The Ghost Of You

Say Something ft. Sophia Moore
Written by Ian Axel, Chad Vaccarino, Mike Campbell
Produced by Rob Seals & RYTERBAND
Mixed by Rob Seals
Mastering: Reuben Cohen, Lurssen Mastering

LYRICS
Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I am feeling so small
It was over my head
I know nothing at all
And I will stumble and fall
I'm still learning to love
Just starting to crawl

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I will swallow my pride
You're the one that I love
And I'm saying goodbye

Say something, I'm giving up on you
And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
And anywhere, I would've followed you, oh
Say something, I'm giving up on you

Say something, I'm giving up on you
Say something

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LYRICS

Long night over the ocean
And as strong a mind as ever
But I don’t think you know
Where to hide anymore
We are hopelessly connected
Connected

Will you fly before

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you, alone
I love what you couldn’t love alone
I’m for you, alone

We tried to go it alone
But I told you all my secrets
One at a time
Even your unlocked heart
You left it open
We are hopelessly connected
Connected

It’s your mind that hurts

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you, alone
I love what you couldn’t love alone
I’m for you, alone

Seagulls in my heart
We both know this feeling
Meet me somewhere far away
I’m not going there for fear
Sinking like the red sun in Cancer
I couldn’t go, couldn’t go, couldn’t go there 
Alone  
Alone 

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you, alone
I love what you couldn’t love alone
Alone
I’m for you, alone

Echoes - Extended Mix

LYRICS

Long night over the ocean
And as strong a mind as ever
But I don’t think you know
Where to hide anymore
We are hopelessly connected
Connected

It’s your mind that hurts

We tried to go it alone
But I told you all my secrets
One at a time
Even your unlocked heart
You left it open
We are hopelessly connected
Connected
We are hopelessly connected

It’s your mind that hurts

The symphony opens up
I’m for you, alone
See my soul in the sunlight
I’m for you alone
I love what you couldn’t love
Alone
I’m for you alone

I couldn’t go there alone
Alone

Long night over the ocean
And as strong a mind as ever
But I don’t think you know
Where to hide anymore
We are hopelessly connected
Connected

I couldn’t go there alone
Alone

Echoes - Alex Banks Remix (Single Edit)

Echoes - Alex Banks Remix

LYRICS

When it hurts the most,
you’re the only one who knows me
from the inside.
I’ve found home,
and you’ve found a way to hold me
so I don’t hide.

There’s nothing left to say,
not a lonely hesitation.
I know that you’ll remain.

You’re a lighthouse,
and you’re carving out the fog.
I was used to being lost.
You’re a lighthouse
when I’m frozen in the dark.
I can see your heartbeat through my window.

We can stop time,
like the space between the waves
and a low sun.
You’re not mine,
But you’re where I go to pray
and feel like someone’s listening.

And there’s nothing left to say.

You’re a lighthouse,
and you’re carving out the fog.
I was used to being lost.
You’re a lighthouse
when I’m frozen in the dark.
I can see your heartbeat through my window.
I can see your heartbeat through my window.

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Master Version: DYv1L-1 48-16

Lighthouse

LYRICS

Sometimes you hide, just out of reach. 
You know I’m wanting, waiting.
I play helpless sometimes. 
But tonight, I hear you breathe.
I hear you blooming, humming 
your electric lines.

Symbols in my fingers, finally we’re meeting 
in between the folds, underneath the seeking.
Twist me in your socket. 
Twist me in your cold glass hands, 
And take me over.
Take me over.

You know how I love this taste. 
Riding out on vines and light waves.   
Spreading open like windows like a pasture like the water at the bottom of a lake.   

Far beyond the pain I know better than to give in to.   
Far beyond the phone call I've no need to make. 
Far beyond the lines that make the constellations. 
Far beyond thinking of something other than today 
You take me over. 
Take me over.
Take me over.

In between the pauses,
in between the stopped up struggles, 
in between the protests of friends, enemies, and family,
in between the numbers,  
in between the hard lines on the graph paper,
in between my expectations 
you take me over.

There’s something you need me to do.
There’s something I know how to do.
There’s something only I can do. 
and I can feel the night 

banging on the buildings.
Banging on the buildings.
I can hear the sand banging on the hourglass,  
banging from the inside. 

All the words you've never spoken,
all the words I've never written,
all the words we we’re never meant to hide.
Take me over.
Take me over.

Almost too fast to handle.
Almost impossible to breathe.
There’s no relief out here.
There’s no relief and I’m

inside out and your pulling the strings,
you’re pulling the strings,  
we are smoke and twin ribbons
and now we're woven into waves.

We are the lines that make the constellations,
lines that cut the sunrise,
lines that carve the world into shapes,
neon lines and i can 

see it all in magenta and lemon,
see it on the shockwave faces,
see it all snapping and reaching 
like a church on fire 
take me over.
Take me over.
Take me over.

Copyright ©℗  2020 Jason Ryterband. All rights reserved.
Master version: DYv1L-1 48-16

Undefended EP

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Take Me Over

LYRICS

You move like dust in the sunlight,
hear the waves and you harmonize. 
They say I’ll know it when it feels right.
Well everything is golden 
the moment that you open 
your brilliant eyes.

You find the space between the raindrops.
Never brace, just shrug it off, shrug it off.
Hold my face when I feel lost.
Everything is golden 
the moment that you open 
your brilliant eyes.

Play on the high wire,
it’ll be alright.
Dance on the skyline,
it’ll be alright.
Outside of time.
Three thousand miles 
you’re in my view.

When we’re sinking in the pillows,
speak your mind with a laugh that knows.
Something told me to follow 
your brilliant eyes.

See inside what I’m afraid of.
I might hide but i’m not giving up, giving up.
Leave me a light, you know i’ll meet you 
where everything is golden,
the moment that you open 
your brilliant eyes.

Play on the high wire,
it’ll be alright.
Dance on the skyline,
it’ll be alright.
Outside of time.
Three thousand miles 
you’re in my view.

Copyright ©℗ 2020 Jason Ryterband
Master Version: DYv1L-1 48-16

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Brilliant Eyes

LYRICS

Ohhhh,  
Cannot cancel you out. 
Cannot cancel you out. 
Cannot cancel you out,
you out.

I shoulda known 
you’d ruin my routine.
We are connected.
Nothing goes unchanged.

When you’re close, I’m taken over.
It’s a hopeless and simple chemistry.
We are connected.
I’ll never be the same.
Never be the same. 

(Hold on) 
There’s always something left behind.
(Hold on)
Don’t think that you could tread so lightly. 
(Hold on)
Like an echo, leave the silence singing, oh,
singing…

Ohhhh,  
Cannot cancel you out. 
Cannot cancel you out. 
Cannot cancel you out,
you out.

When you go,
I’m still electrified.
We are connected. 
It’s better not to fight. 

You are the oil  
in my temple tonight.
We are connected.
I’m saving nothing from the fire.
I’m saving nothing from the fire.

(Hold on) 
There’s always something left behind.
(Hold on)
Don’t think that you could tread so lightly. 
(Hold on)
Like an echo, leave the silence singing, oh, singing, oh, singin…

Ohhhh,  
Cannot cancel you out. 
Cannot cancel you out. 
Cannot cancel you out,
you out.

Copyright ©℗  2020 Jason Ryterband. All rights reserved.
Master version: KMv3La-1 48-16

Connected

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LYRICS

I’m fine
Hot wired
But something’s broken
Takes a little time
To start a fire
I can’t control it
Shaking all the lights
Something’s come alive

What am I saving it for? Saving it for? 
Watching the door, watching the door
Wondering when I’ll speak my mind
Are you sleeping?
Cause I’m up all night
No

I don’t like this nine to five and
I can’t always be alright no
When they say to close your eyes 
Stay awake!
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Stay awake!

I’m fine
Hot wired
The system’s broken
I don’t need a raise, I need a riot
To stay in motion
How do you keep the game up?
Do you believe your smile? Believe it?

What are you saving it for? Saving it for? 
Watching the door, watching the door
Dreaming all the books you'd write
Wondering if you missed the ride
What are you saving it for? Saving it for? 
Watching the door, watching the door
It’s never over!
Ooh, it’s never over!
No, no

I don’t like this nine to five and
I can’t always be alright no
When they say to close your eyes 
Stay awake!
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Stay awake!

I don’t like this nine to five and
I can’t always be alright no
When they say to close your eyes 
Stay awake!
(Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Stay awake!

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Stay Awake

LYRICS

One drop of honey on my tongue.
Two days to lose my center.
Take me like a thunderstorm.
Leave me by the side of the road.
You are the taste of summer.
You are the face on my mind
and the spell I’m under.
I love the way you keep me high.

We made the city proud
with a hunger for recreation.
The kind you dream about.
The kind that gives me hope again.
Is it history repeating,
when we colonize the midnight?
Never quite what I’m seeking, but
I love the way you keep me high.

Tonight, there’s something deeper in your eyes,
and I can’t keep myself upright.
I can’t seem to hide.
But I tell myself it’s all just fun and light.
Are you so surprised to find, I’m holding out for you?
I’m holding out for you!
I love the way you keep me high.

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LYRICS

You're brilliant eyes
Play on the high wire 
It’ll be alright 
Dance on the skyline 
It’ll be alright 
Outside of time 
Three thousand miles 
You’re in my view

Brilliant Eyes - Jody Wisternoff Remix

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Lighthouse - Boxer Remix

With a debut EP that has amassed over 6 million streams and a sophomore on the way, LA-based songwriter and producer RYTERBAND continues to evolve as a genre-blurring, chart-topping artist. From minimalist acoustic ballads to energetic house beats, RYTERBAND’s catalog has enjoyed much radio play (BBC Radio, Kiss FM, SiriusXM betaBPM, Tomorrowland Radio) and hit Apple Music's Top 200 Charts in over 100 countries. He has signed tracks to mainstay dance labels Anjunadeep, Colorize, and This Never Happened, and he has contributed to over 60 TV shows and films as a composer, music editor, and songwriter, including hits like Euphoria, Brooklyn 99, and The Umbrella Academy.

Inspired by the spiritual journey that unlocked his creativity, RYTERBAND’S 2020 EP “Undefended” is an homage to self-expression and authenticity. The standout track "Brilliant Eyes," co-produced with GRAMMY-winner Bob Cutarella, had a multi-year stay on Spotify's Chill Tracks and won grand prize in the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. In 2021, RYTERBAND also released his dance single "Make Me Wild" (Anjunadeep), with prominent electronic producer Boxer. The song went on to hit #4 on the Beatport Melodic House Chart and is part of a collection of remixes and collaborations with other giants in the electronic realm, such as Jody Wisternoff, Indian Wells, and Alex Banks. 
 
For the remainder of 2023, RYTERBAND will be releasing singles culminating in his sophomore EP, “Echoes.” This second body of work finds RYTERBAND moving into the shadow aspects of the human experience. Each song offers insight into a different character defense behind which we can uncover our most honest and vulnerable selves. RYTERBAND says of his forthcoming EP: “Echoes is a sort of musical travelog through my own process of psychological healing.” True intimacy occurs when each story has been flipped, each record unearthed, each sleeve emptied. 

RYTERBAND’s latest reveal off his forthcoming EP is a double-sided coin exploring trauma and resilience. “The Ghost of You” puts an inquisitive lens over trauma, asking, “Who do we become when the past takes us over?” Colorful harmonies echo the sentiment of a weary yet resilient heart, moving the listener in an almost psychosomatic way. Blooming with a delicate piano and orchestral strings, the singer begs his lover to be with him in the present, freed from yesterday’s wounds.

“I've always loved live strings, and it was an honor to work with the award-winning FAME'S Orchestra in Macedonia. The experience left me in tears.”

Keep up with RYTERBAND’s story by following him on Spotify and Instagram, to hear the finished Echoes EP, remixes, and everything that follows!

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