I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys cover)

I want to see the lake of fire
That would just be bliss
Want to build a funeral pyre
And light it with a kiss
Indulgement of a wild desire
But with a little twist
The dawning of a new empire
But that would be amiss, be amiss, be amiss
And then they're calling your name

They're calling your name (your name)

I want to set your world on fire
That would just be bliss
Indulge me in my wild desires
But with a little twist
Place you on your funeral pyre
And light it with a kiss
Can you hear the angel's choir?
But nothing is amiss, is amiss, is amiss
I hear them calling your name

They're calling your name (your name)

Calling Your Name

Madam Lafur is a character from Thalia Solari's upcoming comic series Diblis ReTake. In the first part of the series, Memoirs of Sneezy, she takes the role of the mother figure to Mephelina Lapark. She is the head of the Land Undo Police Department, and enemy of Lil Sneezy. 

Despite her caring attitude towards close friends and coworkers, she has an estranged  relationship with her actual son Neir Lafur... and regardless of the matriarchal influence she holds over Mephel, who's to say that something like it could last given her familial track record. Madam Lafur's life will metamorphize before her eyes, shadowed by the destruction of the very foothold that the people of Land Undo rest upon, giving way to a "Not-So-Dead former Soundclown" and a violent research organizations with intent to kill said former Soundclown...

---------------------------------------------------------

Thalia on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4IgbKDK2ldsptZPDWNdef7

Thalia on Bandcamp: https://diblis-music.bandcamp.com/

Thalia on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/diblis_musik

Thalia on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimIDrSOYGtgclSdLR1bZ2w

Thalia Solari x steevm - Madam Lafur's Theme (Metamorphosis)

Thalia Solari x steevm - Madam Lafur's Theme (Radio Edit)

Inspired by a riff from a jam session, it's back to the roots with distorted guitars and some guitar work at the end that's more than a nod to Joey Santiago.


There's a twinkle in your eyes at midnight
There's a sound in the street I can hear
Something's happened and I can't quite place it
An intoxicated voice says in my ear
"You got the time? You got some money mate?"
I cannot answer cos I'm not quite there
He's got a funny looking dog-like companion
He gives a funny looking hog-like stare
Five minutes later, I'm back in the main street
There's a fuckin' riot going down here
They're throwing paint in a multitude of colours
It's like that ad where they sell you HD gear

Tales of a Saturday Night

She's my flower girl and she has a nice bouquet
She puts flowers in my hair and I don't know what to say  

She seems very placid 
Nothing much can shake her bones 
It's like she's on acid 
She only speaks in dialing tones 
But the number's disconnected 
And she lives there all alone 
No one's home!  

CHORUS  

She smiles at all the blokes 
They're all such a funny bunch 
She laughs at all her own jokes 
The world serves her line of punch 
But her world is disconnected 
And she lives there all alone 
No one's home!

CHORUS x2
She puts flowers in my hair and I don't know what to say

Flower Girl

Retro 80s goodness. Put on your eyeliner, pin up your hair and hit the disco. Yes, even the women; this is the 3rd millenium and gender differences are so 1984.

What d'you say when you look into the depths of you own mind?
What do you feel and say when you look at what you find?
Some of us are terrified and some are wracked with doubt
There's much too much to do and our time is running out

And you go

I want to be here tonight
I just hope to treat you right
Hold that thought and I'll hold you tight
Why can't I give you what is mine?

Well you'll never know
If you never go
You will never know
No, you'll never ever know

Coming down from the mountain top with the sunset in your eyes
We were looking for the perfect spot to watch the moon arise
I've spent many soothing hours lying here with you
Our time is running out and there's still so much to do

I want to be here tonight
I just hope to treat you right
Hold that thought and I'll hold you tight
Why can't I give you what is mine?

Well you'll never know
If you never go

You Will Never Know

Track for the Image Line forum "defaced backmasking" contest. So only stock instruments and FX (plus my guitar and voice).

Rules: 
At least one backwards melody 
At least one section with the notes D E F A C E D in that order
Must include 4 of the audio files (sound FX) included with FL Studio.

Demon Within (Image-Line Forum Contest Entry)

In a long and bygone age there lived a wily sage 
They said that he could read that which was decreed, 
It was as they feared: the signs had just appeared, the script it used was weird
Oh save me!

<CHORUS>
While we revel in the sun, we know the yet to come, the ending has begun
Oh baby!
And while we can’t read it all, the writing’s on the wall, the kingdom left to fall
Forsake me!
<CHORUS END>

Evil eyes and phalluses on the walls of palaces
And the house of ill-repute, Severus had a dispute
But the fire rained down and burned up the whole town, but didn’t tear them down
They’re waiting!

And the schism of west and east unleashed the fiery beast
And the slogans on the wall exhort the wall to fall
Cos the wall divides, unites those on both sides, the words shall be our guides
Come join me!

Empty slogans, memes and threats, the wall never forgets
A reflection of the times, for those who read the signs
And I tell you all, the writing’s on the wall, but I can’t read the scrawl,
So aid me!

Writing On The Wall

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0hkFx_HW7E

Buy/download

Dubble Trubble

This song uses samples downloaded from http://soundbible.com. These files were kindly made available under a CC 3.0 Attribution license.

The following samples are used:

Mike Koenig:
Hawk Screech Valley
Hawk Screeching

PyschoBird:
Eaglet Bird
Eaglet Bird 2
Hawk Call 2x
Screaming Hawk

Thanks guys!


Feather-coated apprentice, but not yet tarred
Holding on to the sunbeams, but not yet charred
Tired of battling, but not yet scarred
Up here I tell you there are no holds barred

I’m sailing on the light winds, I’m free up here
I spread these wings so I can disappear
I want to meet you up in the sky
I want to take you where the eagles fly


Wind swirling around, the storm begins to brew
The eyrie here is big enough for two
Come under my wing while we lay down and wait
The thunder and lightning will soon abate

I’m coming up, I’m taking off, I’m swooping down
The trick to flying is to miss the ground
Eager-eyed and racing, let your vision sweep
To the mountains facing the valleys deep



I’m sailing on the light winds, I’m free up here
I spread these wings so I can disappear
I want to meet you up in the sky
I want to take you where the eagles fly

SOLO

I’m sailing on the light winds, I’m free up here
I spread these wings so I can disappear
I want to meet you up in the sky
I want to take you where the eagles fly


You’re looking around, now give the ground a glance
Your mortal problems are the size of ants, 
A fresh look will put your mind on track
Race to the peaks and don’t look back

Where Eagles Fly

Come Unstuck (Vocals improv)

No Harm Done

The world’s out to get you
At least that’s your line
They always forget you
But that fault is not mine
I know you feel lonely
And want someone there
The problem is only
That you didn’t care


You’re looking for someone
To shoulder your guilt
This lie is the basis
On which you are built
But you won’t find salvation
By feeding the lie
I’m thrown to the wolves,
And I don’t know why

It’s all about you
It’s not about me
It’s all about you
It’s not about me
It’s all about you
It’s all about you
It’s all about you
You forgot about me

Not everything I do
Is done in your stead
This world turning around you
It’s all in your head

You’re looking for someone
To shoulder your guilt
This lie is the basis
On which you are built
But you won’t find salvation
By feeding the lie
I’m thrown to the wolves,
And I don’t know why

It’s all about you
It’s not about me
It’s all about you
It’s not about me
It’s all about you
It’s all about you
It’s all about you
You forgot about me

It’s all about you
It’s not about me
It’s all about you
But what about me?
It’s all about you
It’s all about you
It’s all about you
You forgot about me

All About You

Right now is the moment that you've always been waiting for
Grab it with both hands, you don't need to wait no more

It's our time
It's our place
And we're going to set the world ablaze
It's our time
It's our place
Yes we're going to set the world ablaze

Right here is the place that you've always been heading to
Throw down your marker, make it belong to you


This party is going down
This moment is our atonement
Just seize it, release it
Just seize this moment before it's gone

World Ablaze

His favourite author’s Voltaire
He's got a pretentious flair
A little poodle called Cher
And an Art Noveau chair
A crusader for justice
He has his own moral compass
He and I know why:
Magnetic north is between his thighs

You couldn’t make this up

Everything cloak and dagger for a while
Smokes his roll-ups with cunning and guile
Women swoon cos he comes across as blasé
He’s got a winning smile
A minute later he starts on his spiel
Selling his dream with an insomniac's zeal
And in its own way it has its appeal
Play along though you know it’s not real

 
He’s the king of misdirection
Doesn’t care for circumspection
Disingenuous disaffection
He’s in love with his reflection
Falling for his own deception
Built upon a misconception
That he is his own depiction 
of a life stranger than fiction
 
You couldn’t make this up
Stranger than fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

Wonderwall

Come gather round and hear my tale
Sit on down let me regale
All of you with tales of yore
The likes you've never heard before

There was a king!
There was a queen!
There was a lover!
Stuck in between!
And then one night
on the plateau
There was a fight!
A fatal blow!

Come gather round and hear my tale
Sit on down let me regale
All of you with tales of yore
The likes you've never heard before

They fought for truth!
They fought for lies!
They fought for hope
that never dies!
They stood for all
of those who give
their lives for those
who are yet to live

And as they ride out in the sunset
The righteous triumph in the end
The curtain falls, and we all can take our bow
We’re just here to spread the word
So their story can be heard

So ends this tale of love and fate
and that is all, the hour is late
For every tale that I have has spun
There is one more not yet begun

Tales of Yore

She’s running down the freeway
She’s kicking up the dirt
The headlights draw her forwards
She hates him when it hurts

She just knows there are problems on the way
Cos she don’t know why she wakes up every day
And she don’t know what it is she meant to say 
But you never know, I might pick you up, see you home and dry

Keep putting up the fight girl
I know you feel the strain
It’s you against the cold world
And though it’s dark, you can see the stain, and I can feel your pain

She knows there are problems on the way
Cos she don’t know why she wakes up every day
And she don’t know what it is she meant to say 
But you never know, I might pick you up, see you home and dry

But I know damn well just what I’m doing here tonight
I’ll come and meet you, bring you home and hold you tight
I think it’s time now – your vision’s switched to zoom
You’ve got to wind down – you’re safely in your room 


She’s got a paper cut
Been writing love letters tonight
She’s got a deeper cut
To the bone and it doesn’t feel right
She says I love you, but I just can’t stop
Hold me tight, or I might just drop
And then she sighs, I wanted you to know
That I saw clearly, but the darkness dims the glow
She’s still my girl, but sometimes she don’t know
That she is my world, and I will not let her go
Oh she don’t know
Oh she don’t know
I might pick you up, see you home and dry

Home & Dry

Video: https://youtu.be/mMN9bVyR-xc
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2dXRWvSUBg6MHaAPmMO1T7

According to legend this is the place
Where the worshippers of idols disappeared without a trace
And I was wondering just what on earth possessed them to believe
That there is more to life than we perceive

The coast is clear
There’s no one here
And still we hear the voices of the past
Don’t hold back
We’re still on track
To be caught in the nets that we have cast

Out of destruction a new world reborn
Where the past is relegated to the subject of our scorn
And there is no doubt as to what has led us here
The ghostly echoes whisper in our ear

The coast is clear
There’s no one here
And still we hear the voices of the past
Don’t hold back
We’re still on track
To be caught in the nets that we have cast

I’ve got that feeling, I’m lost in time
The world is reeling and I don’t mind
It’s so revealing, I’m hoping to find
That little space, that secret place where we can both unwind

Déjà vu: we’ve been here before
And in the meantime we’ve forgotten what it is we came here for
For we’ve got it in our hearts and in our heads and in our bones    
To be drawn towards the path of the unknown

The coast is clear
There’s no one here
And still we hear the voices of the past
Don’t hold back
We’re still on track
To be caught in the nets that we have cast

Backtracked

You walk out the door, you’ve done this before
You hold your head high
I might be mistaken, but you are forsaken
And I don’t know why

You’ve got your stories to tell
Of all the glories in hell
You’re standing up for the damned
I’m not ignoring your fate
You’re just boring me mate
We’re about to crash land

She said it’s gonna be fine
She said I’m walking the line
Cos all I ever wanted was the pleasure
Of knowing you were mine

I spot a motion, out by the ocean
A big commotion
I had a notion, that my love potion
Was turning the tide

I said I’m gonna be true
I said I know what to do
Cos all I ever got from this endeavour
Was spending time with you

I pick up the cues and I can’t refuse
You’re such a recluse
I pick up the pieces of your master’s thesis
But nobody reads it

You walk out the door, you’ve done this before
You hold your head high
I might be mistaken, but you are forsaken
And I don’t know why

She said it’s gonna be fine
She said I’m walking the line
Cos all I ever wanted was the pleasure
Of knowing you were mine

I said I’m gonna be true
I said I know what to do
Cos all I ever got from this endeavour
Was spending time with you

The Pleasure Of Knowing You

You've seen it all before
But no one's keeping score
It's something in your eyes
It keeps me mesmerised

The savings you withdrew
You could not undo
Keep tightening the screw
What's due is due

You've got me where you need
Am I supposed to plead?

I've played this game before
But no one's keeping score
But one thing is for sure
What's due is due


And now I feel alive
No words could describe
The way I feel with you
Floating in your eyes
Drifting in the skies
Until the day is through
Dig into your soul
What I find is gold
What wealth you did accrue
Such a big surprise
And then I realise 
In the end what's due is due


She said she had a plan
I cannot wait young man!

She's such a devious mind
That I respond in kind
And now I'm in a bind
What's due is due

She took me for all I had
Left me shackled and unclad

And like the time before
No one's keeping score
But one thing is for sure
What's due is due


And now I feel alive
No words could describe
The way I feel with you
Floating in your eyes
Drifting in the skies
Until the day is through
Dig into your soul
What I find is gold
What wealth you did accrue
Such a big surprise
And then I realise 
In the end what's due is due

What's Due Is Due

Everyone here wants to be a producer
Write some beats, meet a girl seduce her
Wake up stoned sleeping next to Medusa
But all you are is a bleeping crack user

Weeping, cos the rhymes don’t flow
Tears streaming, cos you won’t let go
Of your dreaming, that you’re gonna get pro
Without cleaning your act up bro

There are times, when I’m shaking my head
At those lines, like you’re waking the dead
Inner rhymes, when the things that you said
In error chimes and you seem to forget

That there’s more to you than a fashion mistake
And if you think I’m fake
The only type of beats you make
Are stereotype; so give me a break!


No one wants to be a stereotype
Don’t believe the hype!
Hip hop rockers in the house tonight
Jump! And fight for your right!


Remember when hip-hop was more about woke shit
Than taking out your chicken to publicly choke it
This song is so lit, it’s fire, let’s stoke it
Put the next verse in your pipe and smoke it

Speaking of smokin’, we’re the kouchie gang
Pass it through the posse like a boomerang
Speaking of cum backs, who’d your mom bang?
Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang Gucci gang

Ever copycat needs to sport some bling
Every dawg raps doin’ the slack-jawed thing
808s bounce but they sure don’t swing
Voices autotuned cos they sure can’t sing

If there’s more to you than a fashion mistake
Try keepin’ it real over keepin’ it fake
The only type of beats you make
Are stereotype; so give me a break!


No one wants to be a stereotype
Don’t believe the hype!
Hip hop rockers in the house tonight
Jump! And fight for your right!

Stereotype beats

Playing For Time (WIP)

If I promised you honey and milk
Would you follow me there?
If I promised you dresses of silk
Would you want them to wear?

Would you follow me there?
to the promised land
Would you follow me there?
where the sea turns to sand
Where there’s virtue and eternal life
O follow me there

If I promised you riches and gold
Would you sell me your soul?
If I promised a road straight to hell
Would you follow me there?
Or fall on me?

Would you follow me there?
to the gates of hell
Would you follow me there?
When you know full well
There’s no way of escaping the vice
Would you follow me there?


If the light were to show your own path
Could I walk with you there?
When at night we set up our camp
Could I talk with you there?

And share in the
Momentary life
You’ve built with me
That sacred rite
A journey that
Guides us through doors to worldly delights
Would you walk with me there?


Don’t follow me
I’ll follow you
Don’t follow me
I’ll follow you
And follow through
To keep the promises made in our vows
I’ll follow you there

Follow Me [feat. Eli]

This track features a sample (the champagne) by Andi Roselund (Sangwha Comm), downloaded from freesound.org and made available with an attribution license. Thanks Andi!

The little trumpet licks at the end were suggested by @FredCoince. Thanks Fred!

There’s a cloud of smoke around you, but you haven’t got a light
There’s a darkness that surrounds you, it saps your will to fight
They want to put their arms around you, but you’re really not the type
While the people who surround you, still believe the hype

You used to be the life and soul of the party
Mixing your drinks and all that malarkey

Been around the block a few times, and lived to tell the tale
Been skating round the thin lines, but all to no avail
Seen the upsides and the downsides, and been beyond the pale
Between a cameo and role play, beneath the veil

You used to be the life and soul of the party
Mixing your drinks and all that malarkey

That sense of misdirection, is because you lost your way
To pretence without reflection, because it’s everyday
To leave it all behind you, it’s what you had to do
If there’s one thing you are left with, you’re left with you

You used to be the life and soul of the party
Mixing your drinks and all that malarkey

You used to be the life and soul of the party
Vodka and gin rounded off with Bacardi

Life And Soul Of The Party

If you prefer a video, watch it on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/RvYmoAQE_Sk

She lived there all alone, she liked to call it home
But then, one day, the fire burnt down her shack
With nowhere left to stay, she went out on her way
Headed west, never looking back

Heading down the track
Shouldering her pack
The sky has turned black
And never looking back

She reached the sandy shore, the surf filled her with awe
The waves, came rolling up the bay
She built herself a boat, to keep herself afloat
And soon, she was sailing on her way
 
Beware the shark attack
The sky has turned black
Never changing tack
Never looking back

On the seventh day, a dolphin came to play
And soon, she was perched upon its back
She rode it into port, without a second thought
She ventured forth, heading down the track

Shouldering her pack
The sky has turned black
And never looking back
Never looking back

Never Looking Back

"Hey, who you talking to?"
You know who I'm talking to
Talking to punks like you
Talking to me
"Hey what you gonna do?"
I'm gonna be just like you
Do what I gotta do
Do it for me
Just keep on walking to
Where I am walking to
Just keep on walking
Until I get there

And when I am there
When I am there
When I am there I’ll be freed of my cares

Here come the hustlers
The freestylin’ buskers
The meekest amongst us
O let them be blessed
Here comes the merchant
I would wonder if perchance
The sir has a penchant
For ill-gotten gold

And then I am there
And then I am there

The fragmented crystal teaches the lesson
The last shall be first and the first shall be second
Open the door and step out of your prison
Gaze through the eyes of your demons arisen

And then I am there
And then I am there
And then I am there
But I don’t know where
I don’t know where

Fragmented Crystal

on Youtube (static image):
https://youtu.be/8AY_HkWaukA

(Verse)
At another house party, what the fuck is up?
She putting something funny in my solo cup.
Passing out, on the floor, in the bathroom.
Why the hell, Is my vision, getting blurry looking up at you.

(Chorus)
I
Hate myself...
And you too
Never gonna be better

(Verse 2)
Take a look I'm looking fly!
Feeling like I'm gonna die
Thinking that I just might do it
Look at my chances oh just screw it

I'll never be better than them
To know that this hate will stem
From this party. Bleeding assumption
Makes me wish for Mass Destruction

Thalia Solari & steevm - Never Gonna Be Better

Up to You

Music for eclectic people

Contact: steevmsteevm [at] gmail.com

steevm

Pinned to spotlight

Popular tracks