~

They say to be yourself and yet
Joyous vices they forget
Stay away they warn with ease,
Forgetting we do as we please

Leisure time rarely had
Balancing the good and bad
Tempted by treacherous ways
Enjoying walks on sunlit days

Feeling outside looking in
At people burning from within
Their hardened faces, weary eyes
Tell stories that are no surprise.

Cross my heart
Wont tear apart
This life that we
Share and complete

Everyone seeking their bliss
Each one can take no more of this
Running away to private rooms
Within which they imbibe, subsume

Normal they all seem to be
While tuning out reality
Lost in addiction to themselves
How can it be right that life is hell?

Cross my heart
Wont tear apart
This treasure we
Share and complete

All the joy we seek to find
Leaves a mark upon our mind
We keep weaving through the maze
Trying hard to find our way

~

0003 Lost In Vice

~

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

~

With You Around (2)

Peanut Butter Cup

~

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

~

Our Reality (2)

0168 Kipper the Cat

~

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


~

Takes A Village

~

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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0003 Lost In Vice

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