How much of us is real?
The Flesh Illusion is a haunting exploration of beauty, pressure, and the cost of perfection.

Dripping with sarcasm, sorrow, and defiance, the song peels away the filters and reveals the soul underneath — aching, fading, but still shining.

It’s part satire, part lament, and fully human.

🎶 For fans of: Lorde, Marina, Empathy Test, Aurora

📀 Track 9 of 12 – The Flesh Illusion
🎧 Genre: Dark Pop / Synth Noir / Body Commentary
🎙️ Artist: Arkhameus
🌍 Album: Reconnect
📅 Release date: May 10, 2025
🔗 https://solo.to/arkhameus

The Flesh Illusion

This song dives headfirst into the murky territory of self-sabotage, mental health and vulnerability. But this isn’t some moral sermon. Instead, RAW plays out as a conversation, a push and pull with a loved one who delivers the hard truths.

Lyrics:
Summer nights,
Winter days,
Can't see the light,
Don't know my name,
And I'm so tired, ill, afraid,
Living a lie,
There's no escape.

Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW

Wrestling the demons inside it's like RAW,
Run but there's nowhere to hide
I can't stop,
Gone like a thief in the night
Who take off,
If it rains know a flood gonna rise
I play god.
She's like 'why you tryna sabotage?
Got the world in the palm of your hand
And you pass it off.
Plus you shine too bright to be blending in,
So why you walk around in your camouflage?
Yeah why you tryna fuck it up?
I know things be weighing on your mind
So you lift it up,
But you always end up coming down,
And you been on this shit for days, when is it enough?'

Summer nights,
Winter days,
Can't see the light,
Don't know my name,
And I'm so tired, ill, afraid,
Living a lie,
There's no escape.

Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW

And I can see my face in a scary place,
Too much on my plate that's like every day,
Trip to outer space don't know where it take,
‘Nah this is madness’
She like 'come on you can't tell me you're content with average.'
I said 'really baby I was born to be a savage,
I can live without a shower
I don't need a mattress,
All these material objects are extra baggage.'
'Huh,' she said 'you're smart but you're dumb as fuck,
You waste your time every time and you push your luck,
Getting faded and then feeling rough,
So don't ask me why you're always falling in a rut.'
Damn.

Summer nights,
Winter days,
Can't see the light,
Don't know my name,
And I'm so tired, ill, afraid,
Living a lie.

Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW
Wrestling the demons inside
It's like RAW

At the end we are all consciousness

Time to make cyberpunk political again

Album booklet if you can call it like that: https://cyanism.notion.site/

Symphony for Broken Bodies (4th Mvt. Nirvana)

For Hunter.

Time to make cyberpunk political again

Album booklet if you can call it like that: https://cyanism.notion.site/

Born with silence in her palm
Eyes like stories dressed in calm
Spun of dusk and dressed in light
A question wrapped too sharp, too bright

Not the relic they demand
Not a script you understand
Wrote her name in open air
Then blamed the wind for being there

She was never waiting in a tower
Never fading, never needing to be found
Built from myth but made of power
Not a shadow, not a throne to pass down

Lines were drawn before she came
Old hands tried to sign her name
But rules break softer than they think
And mirrors never learn to blink

Let them ask where she belongs
As if the truth fits into songs
She's the echo they forgot
The shape behind the hunter's plot

She was never waiting in a tower
Never fading, never needing to be found
Built from myth but made of power
Not a shadow, not a throne to pass down

And when they claim she’s out of place
Just know they never saw her face
The legend wasn’t ever theirs to keep
She’s the storm that walks between asleep

Hunter

Pastor Curtis Riley encourages believers to live from the inside out by recognizing what God deposited into their reborn spirit when they were born again.

The True Riches # 11 Wed 8-6-2025 Pastor Riley

Pastor Curtis Riley encourages believers to live from the inside out by recognizing what God deposited into their reborn spirit when they confessed that Jesus is Lord.

The True Riches # 9 Wed 7-30-2025 Pastor Riley

A key piece of identity development is how we choose to talk about the things that we are practicing. Take a listen!

Episode 279 - The Declaratives Matter

Figuring out your identity becomes complicated when you’re called up for military service in a different country. Chongwan Yu talks to Fujun Sun about how he navigates his ties to three diverse countries.

Tour of duty: how Chongwan’s military service impacted his identity

Bubbling under the surface, we have some pretty big questions about life and faith. When things are quiet or when we are staggering under the weight of something hard, these questions rise to the surface and beg to be answered: Who Am I? Why Am I Here? Am I Loved? What’s Next? 

We believe God invites us to ask these meaningful questions and that He wants to respond. Join us for this four-week, end-of-summer series as we listen for God’s answers to some of life’s biggest questions. 

Who Am I? | Kensington Church Audiocast with Shawna S.

Is it worth it to ruin my time to get what i want to just keep wanting more

Leaves

A mental health educator compelled to walk with people through the stress, challenges, and traumas that unfold in our stories

Overstimulated. 
Chill Rap Tragic. 
God is a Lie.

🌌 Arkhameus creates immersive musical experiences that bridge past, present, and future—fusing vibrant Synthwave, nostalgic City Pop, and powerful Cinematic Pop into emotionally resonant stories. His album "Echoes Through Time" invites listeners on reflective, energetic, and introspective journeys, exploring themes of destiny, memory, hope, and the profound significance of our choices.

Influenced by artists such as The Midnight, FM-84, Gunship, and Timecop1983, Arkhameus captures life's emotional depth, vibrant optimism, and cinematic intensity. Step inside the sound and explore the timeless echoes of your own story. 🚀🎶

RILTC is a full-fledged training and discipling center where our mission is “Equipping the saints for the work of the ministry, to impact the whole world with the gospel of the Kingdom, making disciples, teaching them how to reign in life.”

At Kensington, we talk a lot. And sometimes those conversations are important or interesting. (Occasionally, both.) We want you to be able to listen in – something we share may be just what you need to hear.

Sound design for broken bodies.
Genre fluid. Mostly cyberpunk.

cyanism1@gmail.com for bookings 
and love letters

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