Junious Ricardo Stanton offers several predictions for 2023 and recommends keeping your heart and mind light to invigorate your Life Force in 2023.

Akoben- 2023 Predictions Be Light As A Feather In 2023

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Bristol's @bex_dj returns to @mantissa1 following her five-track breakout EP on the label in 2022, this time providing a solitary single for the imprint's first compilation.

'Keep It Light' is a bass-forward cut paired up alongside tracks from Ian DPM, Unknown Artist, and Compliments.

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Premiere: Bex 'Keep It Light'

Second track for FAWM! Took a bit longer to get this written, went through a few versions that were longer and more bitter. Cut out a whole final chorus because it ended on a more cynical note, I think as it stands I like this more. Maybe later I can tweak it! Until then, enjoy an upbeat, semi-cynical song about grief and moving on!

Lyrics:

Verse 1:
Foolish,
I don't even know
If I can do this,
No greater mistake than the

Shading of the lines
Between the shape of your heart,
Will the colors even mind if they
Die for the art?

Focus,
Don't push any buttons 
Or be noticed.
I'll watch it unfold,

Put some holes into the wall
When the service is done,
But for now I'm just a shadow,
With my back to the sun.

Pre-Chorus 1:
I try to fit all the pieces
Into place,
But what do I know about the 
Figures and the faces?

The point of return 
Makes no exceptions,
If you
Burned out from both ends;

What doesn't kill you,
Leaves you broke and bent.

So they say:

Chorus:
"Keep it light,
Don't let it get heavy,
With all the
Weight you hold,

Cuz every single 
Song you wrote,
Is useless,
When you're trying to small talk.

Do it right,
Just keep it simple, stupid,
And leave it at the door,

Cuz nobody will see you,
And you won't see them,
With your pity party on the floor."

Verse 2:
Face it,
Pain is a waste, if you chase it.
But if you remain,

You'll be learning how to lose,
Until the end of your life,
Oh the days are never easy,
But you're gonna get by.

Hold it,
Your hand isn't useful 
When it's folded,
You know it's the truth.

It's like only being honest
When you're caught in a lie,
No, you don't get any points,
If you don't even try.

Pre-Chorus 2:
Pull me back
From the fog, across the sea.
I don't even know if I could be capable,
Of learning how to breathe again.

The waves will dash 
Against the rocks,
But they will not
Bury me.

These are the ways that
I learned to live with grief.

Let's Keep It Light, Shall We?

Singer/songwriter from Canada. I have a few other pages (some I lost access to), but this one is for my main projects. I make no presumptions with genres, so I'll go with "Indie Rock Artist", which, yeah, is the most indie thing you can say. Music is Life, Happiness, Creativity, yada yada yada. Can't live without it. Hope you at least mildly enjoy what I love making!

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