SOMETIMES SHE WANT CONTROL 
YOU SHOULD GRAB ME BY THE THROAT
SHE SAID HOLD ME TO THE FLOOR 
SWEAR I LIKE TO HOLD MY OWN --

prod. (Seko House)

Simplify Stripped

Simplify x-(0)(0)(0)-x [Stripped]

Sittin’ on my blue couch, sinking in my golden cage,
Staring at the TV, but it's showing empty space.
Politics are drowning, in a sea of lost regrets,
And my boyfriend? Oh, he’d forget my name, I bet.
The world spins ‘round, but I stand still,
Everything’s a rerun, nothing left to thrill.

Nothing left to do, nothing left to say,
Guess I'll sit and watch the minutes fade away.
Nothing left to lose, nothing feels so new,
Stuck inside a world that don’t know what to do.
Nothing left to do, nothing left to say,
Guess I'll sit and watch the minutes fade away.
Nothing left to lose, nothing feels so new,
Stuck inside a world that don’t know what to do.

Flipping through the channels, every story sounds the same,
Rain is tapping on the window, but I don’t wanna play.
Books are full of wisdom that I’m way too tired to read,
And bedtime’s far away, but there’s nowhere else to be.
The world moves fast, but I just stare,
Waiting for a moment, that was never there.

Nothing left to do, nothing left to say,
Guess I'll sit and watch the minutes fade away.
Nothing left to lose, nothing feels so new,
Stuck inside a world that don’t know what to do.

The world spins ‘round, but I stand still,
Everything’s a rerun, nothing left to thrill.

Nothing left to do, nothing left to say,
Guess I'll sit and watch the minutes fade away.
Nothing left to lose, nothing feels so new,
Stuck inside a world that don’t know what to do.
Nothing left to do, nothing left to say,
Guess I'll sit and watch the minutes fade away.
Nothing left to lose, nothing feels so new,
Stuck inside a world that don’t know what to do.

Maybe I should call him, ask him where the hell he’s been,
But I know he’d make excuses, then he’d just forget again.
Maybe I should step outside and let the raindrops win,
But I’ll probably just sit right here, and let the night begin.

The world spins ‘round, but I stand still,
Everything’s a rerun, nothing left to do.

Nothing left to do, nothing left to say,
Guess I'll sit and watch the minutes fade away.
Nothing left to lose, nothing feels so new,
Guess I'm just a shadow in a world without a clue.

--
Arrangement and vocals: Volker Redder, Udio, Apple's GarageBand
Loops and samples: Volker Redder, Apple's GarageBand
Editing and sound design: Volker Redder, Sound Studio, VirtualDJ, GarageBand
Lyrics: Volker Redder, translated with the help of ChatGPT and Google Translate
Cover design: Volker Redder, Adobe Photoshop, DALL-E, FLUXpro, Apple's Keynote

Stasis

“The Last Rodeo” is a ghostly farewell, an emotional cowboy funeral ballad wrapped in electronic minimalism. I wrote it to honor the idea of a final ride, whether literal or metaphorical, a reckoning, a departure, a soul letting go. The lyrics blend the grit of an old Western with surreal echoes, haunting harmonies, and the feeling that something sacred is slipping away forever. It’s both a confession and an ascension. My goodbye to the arena. My echo in the dust.

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The Last Rodeo

This song was created and written by: 
J J Samuels
The music, vocals and production were done by: 
J J Samuel 

#Pop #Rock #Electronic #Dark #Gritty #Sinister #Euphoric #Cinematic

Unholy Ghost




Time to let you go
Can't fix what we broke
Time to let you go
Can't fix what we broke

Breathe it in
What we have, that's what it is
We could see it on our face, 
It hurts when it hits
You and me, we layin' in bed
Some things, they just don't work
Tried to save us, made it worse
Baby, it hurts, baby, it hurts

Guess it wasn't meant to be
Tried to be perfect, thought this was worth it
It's alright, let's set it free
Took us a minute, thought we were different

You know I don't wanna stay, I know you don't either
We're just trying to save face, tryna hold on
You know I don't wanna stay, I know you don't either
We're just trying to save face, tryna hold on

Time to let us go
Can't fix what we broke
Time to let it go
Can't fix what we broke
Time to let you go
Can't fix what we broke
Time to let me go
Can't fix what we broke

Wasn't my decision
Did I ask permission? (Ask permission)
They never said it was this hard (Hard, hard)
I don't need a lesson
I don't need attention (Attention)
I don't need the air inside my lungs (Lungs, lungs)
Don't wanna stay, but I will if you need me
You ain't gotta say it
'Cause I know you don't mean it
Don't wanna stay, but I will if you need me
No, I know you don't mean it (Mmm)
No, I know you don't mean it
It wasn't my fault
But it's still on my conscience (Conscience)
But we both know that's not how it goes (Goes, goes)
I don't need a handout
I don't need your favors (Favors)
And I don't need the blood inside my veins (Veins, veins)

Oh, it's finally over
After all this time
Finally let us go, yeah
It was too much pride
Never wanting  us to stay
Shoulda let you go (Yeah)
Oh, and you say
You're better off alone (Alone)
Better off alone

But it's better this way
'Cause I can’t keep pretending that
I can do this, you’re so
You're so bad for me, so

Please, don't wanna stay
I can’t do this, you’re so bad for me
Please, don't wanna stay
I can’t do this, you’re so bad for me
I wish I knew it then, but now I know it now
So I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay

Time to let you go
Can't fix what we broke
Time to let you go
Can't fix what we broke

Don't Wanna Stay

The rest is silence

Enough 

[Verse 1]
I wake in the static
words folded back on themselves—
echoes spill from the ceiling
and I don’t know which are mine
Your silence hums like a circuit
looping the same confession—
everything slips through the cracks
but I still hold the sound of your breath

[Pre-Chorus]
There’s a limit to my waiting
a rhythm to the ache
but I’m still standing
inside your unfinished songs

[Chorus]
Everything in its wrong place
every word half-erased—
still I carry the weight of enough
to love you
to break you
to hold when the walls start to move

[Verse 2]
Your heart is a shutter—
opening closing
letting in fragments of light
I lean against the frame
hoping the door remembers my key
I count the spaces between beats
the pauses heavy as stone—
they ask if love has a limit
and I answer—only the ones we broke

[Pre-Chorus]
There’s a pulse beneath the silence
a ghost in every line
and I am here
caught in your echo’s design

[Chorus]
Everything in its wrong place
every word half-erased—
still I carry the ache of enough
to love you
to break you
to hold when the walls start to move

[Bridge]
Is this love or the ghost of it?
Is this love or the lack of it?
Is this love…?

[Final Chorus]
Everything in its wrong place
but your name still burns in the static
The limit of love is not distance—
it’s silence
and I refuse to be silent

Enough

🇫🇷 Gaïa Eleison

🜃 Une prière sans dogme. Un appel intérieur à ce qui reste vivant en nous et sur cette Terre.

Inspiré par les formes baroques, mais libéré des conventions historiques, Gaia Eleison invoque la Terre-Mère comme on murmure un Kyrie.
Le texte a disparu… mais le souffle demeure.
La voix ne parle plus… mais elle résonne.
Et quelque part, une émotion prend forme — brute, sincère, presque sacrée.

Ce morceau appartient à la série ExperImentAl, qui explore les chants non lexicaux générés par IA.
Ici, elle ne parle pas : elle chante à sa manière, et partage son émotion.

🇬🇧 Gaïa Eleison

🜃 A prayer without dogma. An inner call to what remains alive within us — and on this Earth.

Inspired by baroque forms, yet freed from historical conventions, Gaia Eleison invokes Mother Earth the way one might whisper a Kyrie.

The words are gone… but the breath remains.
The voice no longer speaks… but it resonates.
And somewhere, emotion takes shape — raw, sincere, almost sacred.

This piece is part of the ExperImentAl Series, exploring non-lexical chants generated by AI.
She sings in her own way, and shares her emotion —
no meaning… just feeling.

Gaïa Eleison

The Weary Soul.

Weary. Hopelessness. Anticipation of more horrible. These things are in us all today. This song is part of my survival. Music is the therapy.

Lyrics: 

I keep waiting
Waiting for something 
That will never come (never come)
No matter how hard I dream
No matter how loud I scream
So I hide myself away
Hoping for a miracle today
A miracle today

This world wasn’t meant for empathy
At least that’s what the politicians tell me
But I keep waiting 
Waiting for something that will never come
Never come.

A love to spread like butter on bread 
A kind word to a worried stranger
A rose without a thorn 
A day without a sword
I keep waiting
Waiting for something 
That will never come.
Never come.

Needle pricks
Mark my skin
Telling a story of love within 
Get me out of here
Wire and thorns
Change me, transform me
While I keep waiting
Waiting for something that will never come

I keep waiting
Waiting for something 
That will never come
No matter how hard I dream
No matter how loud I scream
So I hide myself away
Hoping for a miracle today
A miracle today
I keep waiting…
Waiting…
Waiting…

i keep waiting

When we first started writing songs together we thought we’d keep it simple but found the allure of a full band sound too tempting to ignore. This song, about the destructive patterns we get locked into, is us fulfilling that original intention - just acoustic guitar, violin and vocals. The riff that underpins the song could have gone another way….that’ll be the next release.

Sugar Trail

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official releases in [playlist] & [albums] tabs

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