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ENTIRE INBOX: Batch 523

ELECTRONIC / HIP HOP / ROCK

I wanna feel alive, but I've never been damn good
'Cause I don't wanna waste your time
Since you left, I lost my drive
To face another day and climb

It's always been too good to last
And I spoke to my heart in vain
Tears and joy are the mix of the past
And now my mind's a hurricane

Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
But I need to check into rehab
You saved me for the rest of the day hey hey
I'm okay to sit right by your side

I've been chasing after the feeling
Of something that I can't describe
I'm holding on but I am reeling
And my soul is trying to revive

Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
But I need to check into rehab (ahhh)
You saved me for the rest of the day hey hey
I'm okay to sit right by your side

J'fais une mélodie même si rien ne m'attend
J'fume du shit et j'vois c'est comme ça que j'mène la vie à fond
De base j'étais mal parti toute façon
J'me perd, plus en plus de mélodies bressons

J'pete mon crane sur une mélodie, plus envie que ça s'finisse
J'pete mon crane sur une mélodie, plus envie que ça s'finisse
Là je kiffe à fond, comme dire fuck à son patron, ouai
Là je kiffe à fond, comme dire fuck à son patron

Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
Bye bye my worries and my fears gonna end up tonight
My my how beautiful you are when you shine your light
But I need to check into rehab
You saved me for the rest of the day hey hey
I'm okay to sit right by your side

Mais fuck son patron c'est de gauche ça non?
Hè vas-y roule un pétard

Featuring the young Marseille-based rapper @jimi135 , who injects a burst of fun into this song with his French—or rather, Marseillais—verses.

All instruments & vocals : Christophe

Worries and Fears (Ft JiMi)

I was going down the high road
When he saw me there
At first, I thought that I was dreaming and he said
Let's go for a walk, no no
I don't want no walk
I don't want no talk
I just wanna go home
Then he talked a little while
My eyes were fixing in the sky
All I wanted to remember
Was to keep on watching Peaky Blinders
I don't want no walk (I don't I don't)
I don't want no talk (I don't I don't)
I just wanna chill
I dreamt that I was never say yes
I deamt that I was out of business hey eh yeah eh yeah
How can I ever reach my mind
If I don't let it do what it wants to
Don't let it drive and think too
I don't want no walk (I don't I don't)
I don't want no talk (I don't I don't)
I just wanna chill
How can I ever reach my mind
If I don't let it do what it wants to
Don't let it drive and think too
Don't let it do what it wants to
Don't let it drive and think too
Just wanna feel so lonely

All instruments & vocals : Christophe

I Don't Wanna Talk

I Don’t Wanna Talk

Like a bird on a wire
I am searching for the light
Trying to find my way through
The darkness of the night
Like a bird on a wire
Like a beat to find I move on
My head says no my feet won't slow
I dance all night
And let my emotions flow
With my soul
Like a fire in my heart
Burning bright and very strong
I'II keep on going, no matter
What comes along
Every step I take brings me closer to my dreams
Like a beat in my soul
Gotta keep on movin'
Got no time to slow
No time for losin'
Dancin' through the night
Lettin' my emotions out
Gonna be alright
But sometimes I need to step back
And take a look around
Thinkin' 'bout the past
And how we used to get down
Now things have changed
But I won't let it bring me down
Or make me feel deranged
And when the days get tough
And I'm feelin' kinda low
I'll think back to those times
And let the good vibes flow
Like a beat in my soul
Gotta keep on movin'
Got no time to slow
No time for losin'
Dancin' through the night
Lettin' my emotions out
Gonna be alright
And when the days get tough
And I'm feelin' kinda low
I'll think back to those times
And let the good vibes flow
Oh like a beat to
Like a beat to find I move on
My head says no my feet won't slow
I dance all night
And let my emotions flow
Gonna be alright
Gotta keep on movin' yeah yeah
Gotta keep on movin' yeah yeah
No time for losin' yeah yeah
Gotta keep on movin'
And when the days get tough
And I'm feelin' kinda low
I'll think back to those times
And let the good vibes flow

All instruments & vocals : Christophe

Like a Bird on a Wire

Like a Bird on the Wire

When I start to daydream
My mind turns straight to a woman
Into deserted land lost in time, lost my mind
Go on and ride across the universe flying high
I want to go for a ride
I think I made up my mind
I am on a feather
Good to be lighter
I'm on a ride
No more in danger
I think she's an angel
I want to hide
There may be nothing out there
In the dark side of the sound
Above she's a screamer I can't take another little bit too fast
I cannot take another lonely day to blast
I wanna go for a ride
I think I made up my mind
I am on a feather
Good to be lighter
I'm on a ride
No more in danger
I think she's an angel
I want to hide
On a bass ride, on a bass ride, on a bass ride
He's ready to play a bass ride
That's right
I am on a feather
Good to be lighter
I'm on a ride
No more in danger
I think she's an angel
I wanna

Bass : Frédéric Van Linden @mokeit 
All other instruments & vocals : Christophe

Ah Shit

Nice Weather

Moonray Girl

She's a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She makes my eyes kind a blur
She's a moonray tale
'Cause her beauty never fails
Her inner garden's not for sale
Some tried and tried to no avail
She was a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She's one of the kind
Whatever you wanted
Slipped out of your mind
She's a moonray girl
Like a lightening in the night
The girl has gone up to the moon
And now I'm crazy as a loon
She was a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She was a moonray girl (girl)
I'll never stop counting the hours
She was a moonray girl
Like a diamond in a swirl
She was a moonray girl (girl)
I'll never stop counting the hours

It's my very first composition. I wrote this when I was 16. Over 30 years later, it still feels just as young, while I feel less so.
I was never able to finish this song because of a computer bug. The guitar solo, in particular, was temporary. After losing all the files, I couldn't find the motivation to start over.

Moonray Girl

Instrumental track from our debut, self titled album.

Dirty Nancy

Runner

Blue Electric Light

Spirit in My Heart

From the album Limitation https://armaturesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/limitation

Check out the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kTgCOTNyHk

Limitation

Listed

From the album World Without Belief
Co-produced by Matthew Falloon and Alexis Taylor.
Recorded and mixed by Shuta Shinoda.
matthewfalloon.bandcamp.com

Who We Are

Imposter syndrome is the first single from indie rock artist Diego Pele. The track is about feeling alienated from modern society.

Imposter Syndrome

Afterlife

Painkiller

Keep Moving

Just Like Heaven

Just Like Heaven (Live at BBC Maida Vale)

The track from the The Butcher's BBQ Pack PAYDAY 2 DLC!

The Flames Of Love - Smokey Bennett & The Hoops (PAYDAY 2)

Single 🔥 Sun — out since May 19 ☀️🎸 🎶🔥

I’m a sing/songwrit.  Rock, Indie Rock, Folk, Indie Folk…

^2023^ |~NEXT~| 11 tracks album
^2022^ |~AH SHIT~| 16 tracks album
PLUS other musical adventures on https://streams13.bandcamp.com

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To Paid promotion people
Thanks for reaching out with your paid promotion offer. However, I handle my own promotion and prefer to keep it that way. Appreciate the offer though!

MUSICIANS:

Xtof [ Guitars & Bass - Lead & Backing vocals - All others instruments ] 

Mokeït (@mokeit)[ 2022 - Bass on O my Lilou / Nice Weather / Tears on my Cheek / Unreal / Aurevoir ] [ 2023 - Bass on Baby, I'm a Stalker] 

JiMi (@jimi135) [ 2022 feat "All Alone" - 2023 feat on "Worries and Fears"]

On the title "I'll Be" : Guitars & Rhodes : Nick Rundall @nick-rundall

https://streams13.com

Worries and Fears (Ft JiMi)

Streams13