Debut track from the forthcoming LP "The Rebellion".

Written and recorded by Andrew Beeken

Glitter

The second track taken from the forthcoming album The Rebellion.

Composed and recorded by Andrew Beeken, who plays guitar, bass and keys, and programs drums and other loops.

The Shattering of Kings

Programming, keys, synth and vox by Andrew Beeken

Transmit

The first new release from Stage of History since 2018s Only Human, Monaco is the first of a series of tracks due for 2024 representing a new, more rock focused direction for the Lincoln based solo project.

Written, recorded and mixed by Andrew Beeken, who plays guitar, bass, keys and arranges drums

Cover art by Kieran McClung

LYRICS

Riding on winters breath
You were frozen, divine...
Would your plans come to pass,
Or would they simply die?
And in the embers of love
That's fading in time
Is this the end of the line?

In the echoes of the fallen snow
Where the shadows never dare to go
She will scream and run to Monaco
And there she will forever glow

And into summers death
These alien climes
Of where you dare to tread
For her sweet smile
But now it's been so long
Does this feeling linger?
Do you see your future?

In the echoes of the fallen snow
Where the shadows never dare to go
She will scream and run to Monaco
And there she will forever glow
When the dreams of her refuse to leave
And the pain begins to breed disease
Then you realise you have to go
And follow on to Monaco

Monaco

An alt-electronic track from Stage of History. Written in 2018 and released in 2023.

Vocals and programming by Andrew Beeken.

Cover art generated using Adobe Firefly.

LYRICS

Time stretching out before my eyes
Like a digital sunset I'm moving blind
Fading light

A catastrophe that fills the void
The space in between us is destroyed
We are one

Interface...

Build a home inside for you and me
If we try to move on cut us loose
Set us free

Interface in to the world
See the stars exploding one by one
Now you're done

The ideology is changing
The boy will become the answer
Another hero in their dreams
Of ones and zeroes so it seems...
The constant buffering of data
The information getting staler
He calls her name into the ether
He has to die before he meets her

I'm falling to the blackest night
The planets surround me, I'm coming home
Time is gone

I never thought that it would end like this
The interface has destroyed our lives
We are undone

Interface...

Interface

Music and lyrics by Andrew Beeken
Photo by Marah Bashir on Unsplash

A new mastering of a track I recorded for 2014s Rebellion album, with newly tracked guitars, better eq and new effects on the midi tracks. 

Lyrics

If the world should end, would you come back to me? 
It's the same old story - I'm left, unkind...
If I open my mouth, would you fill it with lies?
To drown out the noise of the buzzing of flies? 
That's your love...

Is the asphalt too tough? Does it break up your bones? 
As you crash to the ground in the wreck you've become? 
Should I run far away to my point of return? 
Or should I knuckle down and start to rebuild
All your love? 

All the words that I write that I want you to hear...
F**k your life, drown your tears, leave the space where you are. 
That's enough of your lies, of your damn alibis. 
Cos' I'm sick, and I'm tired of when you patronise
With your love.

Did You Think This Was Your Love Song?

Music and words by Andrew Beeken
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

LYRICS

In skies darker than deep November blues
I'm crossing these ice fields to my soul
My body - broken and tattered on the floor
A reminder of my curse, since you're gone

The pressure that breaks my bones
Repeating
The ideas in my head
Retreating
I will crash, I will never go home
Until the dark settles in my heart

In skies darker than deep November blues
I'm crossing these ice fields to my soul
My body - broken and tattered on the floor
A reminder of my curse, since you're gone

The screeching of feedback sounds
A wailing
The torturous screaming out
Descending
I said I love you, please never forget...
But now this blood runs over my hands
Staining my lies...
Staining!

In the fields I walk
In the ash I walk
Through the ice I walk
I am torn, I walk
To the sun I walk
When I burn I walk
To your breath I walk
To death I walk

And in the end, breaking down all these moral descents...
I'll bury this lie in the ice fields of my soul
Lost in time - all the memories of this love...
It is the end - I am gone!

Icelandia

Music and lyrics by Andrew Beeken

Original photograph by Unsplash user Martin Bennie

LYRICS

I needed more from you
But the things you said cut through
And now we're here, and I'm still alone
I'll never come home

These broken panes of glass
Reminders of the past
Can be repaired, but you're still gone
You'll never come home

What's the cost of love
An ending that's too much
Too little or too late
A price you cannot pay
Or is it just that you don't want to
And now you're running away?

I don't deserve this love
I'm just asking too much 
It's too little
It's too late
I could have paid the price
But I simply ran away, that was my mistake

You deserve more from me...
I should have realised, it's just my fault
And now I'm here, I deserve to be alone...
And you'll never come home...

Come Home

New track from Lincoln based indie pop band, Stage of History!

Music and Lyrics by Andrew Beeken

LYRICS

Been high for so long I am never coming down again
Treehouse in the clouds, let the lethargy set in
And if you could take all my broken promises
Throw them. Tear them. I'll make it right...
Those yesterdays won't come again...

Feelings leave us adrift on the waves
She opens her arms wide and lets the oceans in
Burdens are not given - at least not in hand
Holding out in hope that we will be one again
Choking back what I don't mean...

My soul is ending...
I cannot believe the fighting over nothing...

I said I would not break, but I do not hesitate
I am only human
These walls are crashing down and I am ruined now
I am only human

Only Human

Taken from the new EP, A Different Kind of Mourning.

Composed and recorded by Andrew Beeken who plays guitar and keys, and arranges beats and loops 

Cover Photograph by Flickr user SashaW (www.flickr.com/photos/sashawolff/) used with kind permission

An Outward Sense Of Guilt

Stage of History is an alternative/synth project, creating songs and instrumentals with influences from rock, folk, indie and electronica.

All tracks composed and recorded by Andrew Beeken.

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