This album is a deeply personal and reflective journey through the complexities of navigating the 2020s. It delves into the transparent struggles with mental health, the silent regrets of paths not taken, and the intricate dance of love in both digital and real-world spaces. 

Ghosts in the Algorithm

A Flicker of Hope

What I Didn't Say

My Own Two Feet

Invisible Scars

Twenty-Something Blues

Love in a DM

“Somnolent” closes the album like a fever dream. Vaelrix narrates from a watchtower of ashes, wrestling with addiction and survival guilt, ending in a desperate plea to wake up.

Somnolent

The opening track pulses like a synthetic heartbeat, layering airy pads with mournful guitar delays. Vaelrix frames dopamine as a dragon in the mind, chasing relief while unraveling at the seams. This is the gateway into the album’s emotional architecture.

Dopamine

I learned early not to ask for too much
someone always had it worse.
If I cried, they said, “You’re fine,”
so I learned to smile first.
Some of us had parents fighting,
some just had the silence thick as walls.
Either way, I learned to shrink
before I learned to call.

I build exits into every conversation,
I pull away before you know my name.
Call it coping, call it preservation,
but it’s fear wearing someone else’s face.
Yeah, I build exits into every conversation
and then I hate the quiet that remains.

Some of us grew up fixing things
we didn’t break ourselves.
Some of us got used to praise
that only came when we excelled.
I say I’m busy when I’m lonely,
I ghost before I’m ghosted back.
I joke too soon, I care too late,
I call it freedom, but it’s lack.

I build exits into every conversation,
I pull away before you know my name.
Call it coping, call it preservation,
but it’s fear wearing someone else’s face.
Yeah, I build exits into every conversation and then I hate the quiet that remains.

I’m not heartless, I’m rehearsed.
Every kindness comes with proof.
I wait for people to leave
just to say, “See? I knew.”
I call it strong, I call it smart,
but really, it’s just scared dressed sharp.

I build exits into every conversation,
turn open doors into escape plans.
Call it coping, call it survival,
but I’m still that kid, just grown-up hands.
Yeah, I build exits into every conversation
and I wish I knew how not to.

exits

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Vaelrix is a genre-bending lyricist whose work blurs the line between rap, poetry, and cinematic storytelling. With thousands of songs written and a catalog shaped by trauma, transformation, and spiritual unrest, every track is a raw confession wrapped in layered metaphors. Drawing influence from anime, philosophy, theology, and the darkest corners of the mind, Vaelrix delivers complex rhyme schemes and emotionally charged narratives that cut deep and linger. This isn't just music—it's survival through sound. Welcome to the archive of a soul set on fire.


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