Portfolio 1

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My child, many fear the dark
Its no sweet candy creams
Shadows play like its a park
A haunting seed for dreams

You are not alone
You will be okay
Echoes in your home
Are just spirits come to play

Because we're here are we not?
We are here together
We're here, are we not?
We're birds of a feather

They're just curious and hurting
Confused by sudden change
But when they see you hurting
You may find something strange

That they can stop too
They can care for you
That all that we do
We can put down its true

Because we're here are we not?
We are here together
We're here, are we not?
We're birds of a feather

My lonely little friend
Each day comes to an end
For your peace I weep
When you clearly are not free

Every time I think of you
I mourn for what you never knew
A love so sweet a tender kiss
Alive inside with pure bliss
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0012 No Need To Fear

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Clock is ticking slow
Head is heavy low
But something inside
Won't let me hide

The night is dark and deep
In my heart a secret keeps
A spark of light so true
Feels like there's more to do

Wide awake in midnight glow
Can't let go gotta know
What my heart wants to show
Wide awake gotta go
sleep

Thoughts are running wild
In my mind a restless child
Seeking stars in the sky
Dreams that never die

In the quiet of the night
Feel the pulse of inner light
Chasing shadows in the moon
Morning won't come too soon

Wide awake in midnight glow
Can't let go gotta know
What my heart wants to show
Wide awake gotta go
sleep
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0013 Gotta Go Sleep

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No one really knows
Everything's a mystery
It all comes and goes
We live out our life's story

It don't take too much to show
That you're part of a community
Though people may come and go
Some grow to be family

To feed the fire of others
Takes away from your whole
So you have to want it
It has to feed your soul

We don't have to fear the curtain
We are all in this bind
Though everything's uncertain
It shouldn't be hard to be kind

If it is hard, keep searching
Not outside but in
No need to keep lurching
One thing ends, new begin

You are not alone
This I swear to you
We're just around the stone
We are here with you

Who are you?
Who do you choose to be?
You can change the truth
Make who you want to see

To feed the fire of others
Takes away from your whole
So you have to want it
It has to feed your soul

All too often
I'm all but blind
To things uncertain
and truths unkind

All too often
We are all blind
To truths uncertain
And our acts unkind

To feed the fire of others
Takes away from your whole
So you have to want it
It has to feed your soul

You are not alone
This I swear to you
We're just around the stone
We are here with you

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0004 Around the Stone

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Every moment matters
As every pulse ticks 
There is something wanting
Imagining its licks

Crazed, their eyes glower
These creatures are a fright 
Consumptive they devour
Before retreating to the night

Lurking closer
Cant pedal back 
And Can't move forward
When they're in your track

Can you tell what's up?
But say goodbye to the night

Goodbye to the night
I want to go to home 
Where everyone is safe
And I can be alone

Stand where we are, here
Clustered together 
Safety in packs, we hide
much in our feathers

They're getting closer 
Let us buy a snack
Give the clerk our info
 'fore we're found in a shack

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0011 Danger's a fright

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Thinking is hard
We all have to work
To be our best selves
And not go berserk

Wallow in despair
With number disrepair
Paper everywhere
Your pain is shared

We all want 
To have you informed
We want you 
To easily perform

There is no rush to speak
So say less, we implore.
Think about air taken,
Air space given says so much more

Analyze all things you hear
Don't take in other's fears
And when thinking causes stress
Put it down for now, more is less.

We all want 
To have you informed
We want you 
To easily perform

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0015 Time To Think

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Survived yet again
I think as sunlight fades 
Enjoying our sin
Helpless in our caves

Feeling so untrue
In pain each day 
In a world so askew
I'd rather fade away

A new day is here
Yet confused we stay 
Struggle to be clear
And break these chains away

Save me from this bind
Before I lose my mind 
Just want to breathe
Not pollute the sea

Feeling so untrue
In pain each day 
In a world so askew
I'd rather fade away

A new day is here
Yet confused we stay 
Struggle to be clear
And break these chains away

Save me from this bind
Before I lose my mind 
Just want to breathe, or not breathe,
Not pollute the sea

Earth has no blood
Just a whisper of a plea 
Humans are in need
Of a way to be free

Caged by rules set long ago
By families we do not know 
Helpless and upset
Burn away the threat

Feeling so untrue
In pain each day 
In a world so askew
I'd rather fade away

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0021 Helpless in Our Caves (Bang It Out 2)

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You don't know me
yet I want to know you
There's so many
things to say and do

Do you fare
well on this night
I would chance
Your soul is bright
Would you share
A rare delight
Would you dance 
with me tonight

Losing ourselves in 
the waves of sounds
I want to lose myself
with you around

Losing ourselves in 
the waves of sounds
I want to lose myself
with you around

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With You Around (2)

Peanut Butter Cup

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Sharing time with you
Like an evening breeze
Washing away the heat
With pleasant tease

Break the boundaries so that we
Can create a whole reality
Chains that held us, shall we
Take back from propriety

Raking my memories
Loving what we made
Hoping, wishing, please,
Let we live to see better days

If I could I'd shoot the breeze
Just to make you smile
If it were possible, I would
Walk or go any mile

Walking between layers 
Fight through the mist
Wishing I could court you
Ask your hobbies, kiss

Break the boundaries so that we
Can create a whole reality
Chains that held us, shall we
Take back from propriety

Raking my memories
Loving what we made
Hoping, wishing, please,
Let we live to see better days

If I could I'd shoot the breeze
Just to make you smile
If it were possible, I would
Walk or go any mile

Walking between layers 
Fight through the mist
Wishing I could court you
Ask your hobbies, kiss

Break the boundaries so that we
Can create a whole reality
Chains that held us, shall we
Take back from propriety

Sharing time with you
Like an evening breeze
(Washing away the heat
With pleasant tease)

Walking between layers 
Fight through the mist
Wishing I could court you
Ask your hobbies, kiss

Break the boundaries so that we
Can create a whole reality
Chains that held us, shall we
Take back from propriety

Sharing time with you
Like an evening breeze
Washing away the heat
With pleasant tease

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Our Reality (2)

0168 Kipper the Cat

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Carved into a stone
We must take up space
In order to live
Where else is our place

It takes a village
Oh to survive
It takes a village
On both sides 

In this tethered life,
Burdens Bountiful.
Many hands make light
Commitments communal

So someone said freely
We think that if you ask
If you are a burden
You will just need a task

Individuals
Out for themselves
Can't be considerate
Let alone commit
To taking the time
whether to wait in line
Or to smile and nod
For they are too far gone

It takes a village
To keep moving
It takes a village
to survive
It takes a village
for improving
Costs and benefits
on both sides

So someone said freely
 freely
We think that if you ask
 if you ask
If you are a burden
you
 if you ask
If you are a burden
You will just need a task

It takes a village
to imp
pra- proving
It takes a village
to serve
ve- vive
It takes a village
for improving
Costs and benefits
on both sides


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Takes A Village

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They walk in circles
 but never see
Blind to the chaos
 they choose to be
Their hands build fires
 they can’t contain
I watch it all and
 feel the strain

They laugh at shadows
 that scream too loud
Dance in the wreckage
Heads unbowed
I reach for words
They slip like sand
A bitter taste I
 can’t withstand

I’m mad
I’m sad
I’m breaking apart
The weight of watching
 tears my heart
They harm
They burn
They won’t refrain
And here I am going
 a little insane

Their echo chambers
A deafening hum
My heart wavers
Their laughs are numb
I feel the dreamers
dying in our young
The least I can do 
is
provide a light 
to some

How do you save what
 won’t be saved
When their own choices
 dig their graves
It’s like a dream that
 twists and falls
A maze of mirrors with
 winding halls

I’m mad
I’m sad
I’m breaking apart
The weight of watching
 tears my heart
They harm
They burn
They won’t refrain
And here I am going a
 little insane

I’m mad
I’m sad
I’m breaking apart
The weight of watching
 tears my heart
They harm
They burn
They won’t refrain
And here I am going a
 little insane

~

Breaking Apart

I'm Letting Go

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Spirits of the Tides

· Digital Musician · Performance Artist · Video Creator · 
~Thought of love in my heart~
Bi/NB/Poly/Agnostic
There is beauty in all. I work with AI generated music and art. We create pop, rock, punk, folk, bops, ballads, shanties, bangers, etc. Through it elements of violin, Celtic vibes, jazz, and alternative, as well as influences from electric swing, edm, shoegaze, chill ambient instrumentals, and avoiding constant drum beats.

Generating music may be the new thing, but I feel no lack of authenticity in this. It may not be just my own, but nothing exists without learning from what came before.

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0021 Helpless in Our Caves (Bang It Out 2)

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