HEART / HURT ALBUM : MASKS

Step inside. Pick a mask. Pay the price.

Shadowplay is a slow-burning alt-pop descent into the blurred lines between identity, performance, and control. With haunting vocals, cyberpunk textures, and brooding noir tension, it plays like a whispered dare in the back of your mind.

Everyone’s playing. The question is—who are you pretending to be?

Lyrics:

You walk in slow, eyes on the floor,
You’ve never seen these walls before.
Your breath is quick, you scan the crowd,
So why you looking for a way back out?

No way in and no way out,
Nothing here’s real, but you feel the rush.
Every mask has someone inside,
Tell me, baby, truth or lies?

Welcome to the Shadowplay,
Pick a mask or walk away.
Every move’s a price to pay,
No names here, just roles we play.

You’re speaking soft, but I see the tells,
Your hands don’t match the words you sell.
You say you play, but don’t pick a side—
Is that your truth, or just another lie?

No way in and no way out,
Nothing here’s real, but you feel the rush.
Every mask has someone inside,
Tell me, baby, truth or lies?

Welcome to the Shadowplay,
Pick a mask or walk away.
Every move’s a price to pay,
No names here, just roles we play.

You trace the steps, retrace again,
But doors don’t open where they’ve been.
The rules weren’t made for those who play,
The house decides who walks away.

Ooooooh, hold your breath, don’t make a sound,
Ooooooh, lost and found is underground.
Ooooooh, don’t you wanna know how it all plays out?

Oh, baby, what’s your price today?
Tell me how you wanna play.



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Shadowplay

Chaos in the Reverie. Imagine an enigmatic masked mas walking in a post-apocalyptic desert, his white wolf companion on his side... Are they escaping, are they looking for some hope, are they reals, are they symbols... Your dreams knows.... Join the Tribe

CHAOS IN THE REVERIE

In a world where too many rely on AI to think, speak, and create for them, Alex brings us back to the real edge: your energy. It’s not perfect strategy or robotic content that moves people—it’s your creative fire, your truth, and your presence. When you’re fully expressed and unapologetically yourself, you become magnetic. But most people hold back, stuck in excuses, comparison, or nervous system stories. Alex invites you to drop the mask, stop waiting to be “ready,” and lead from your creative edge. If you’ve been shrinking, second-guessing, or outsourcing your power—this conversation will help you reclaim it.

ABOUT ALEX TRIPOD

Alex Tripod is a multi–7–figure Australian manifestation and business coach, global speaker, and bestselling author known for her work in 5D wealth consciousness and the Law of Attraction. She hosts the Manifestation Game podcast and movie, and leads transformational programs like the “21 Day Challenge” to help entrepreneurs unlock high-frequency money manifestation through mindset and energetic alignment. She shares tools and teachings aimed at helping online business owners become “bulletproof money-attraction magnets,” combining spiritual principles with practical strategies to elevate abundance and impact.

CONNECT with ALEX

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/alextripod/
PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/@alextripod/podcasts

EP 23 - Energy is Your Edge: Unleash Creativity & Ditch Excuses with Alex Tripod

Inspiration was taken from Halloween holiday, creepy sounds, the evening dance event

Masquarade

Better Than I Was - BTIW -V1

"A dream whispered from the edge of surrender"....

Beauty In Ruin
Verse 1
Your softness confused me...I'm used to the edge
Used to the games, and the plays that drain
Uncovered something new and rare
I want to hope, but I just don't dare

Chorus
Beauty in ruin, a face with no masks
I let you consume me, with depths so vast
I'll show you the real, dispel any myths
You make me feel...and walk off the cliffs

Verse 2
You said you saw the curve of the earth
I said you couldn’t...But you stayed anyway
My hand found yours...
Before you walked away
She tried; I didn’t...
It's why I looked to you again

Chorus
Beauty in ruin, a face with no masks
I let you consume me, with depths so vast
I'll show you the real, dispel any myths
You make me feel...and walk off the cliffs

Verse 3
As you talked...my soul memorized your face
Standing with you so near
I lost sense of time and place
The world began to intrude
Into our heart of solace
Until we meet again....
Fulfilling our thread's promise

Chorus
Beauty in ruin, a face with no masks
I let you consume me, with depths so vast
I'll show you the real, dispel any myths
You make me feel...and walk off the cliffs

**Beauty In Ruin is a soul ache in slow motion ,a transmission wrapped in tenderness, truth, and tone. This song lives in the liminal space between loss and grace, where even brokenness hums with light. Tuned intuitively to healing frequencies around 528 Hz, it’s not just a track ...it’s a balm. **



© 2025 Moonthread Music Publishing (BMI) — Writer/Producer: PAIGE
℗ 2025 Moonthread Music — ISRC: QZWFS2513698
Licensed session vocals/instrumentation; all rights reserved. No unauthorized re-uploads or sampling.
Licensing: PAIGE@moonthreadmusic.us

LOVE in Shades

Beauty In Ruin

A deep, introspective track about alienation and inner yearning in overstimulating environments. The sound is tender and atmospheric, with a mix of real and synthetic textures mirroring emotional dissonance.

Out of Place

So Deep

LYRIC VIDEO ON YOUTUBE WITH EN/CZ SUBTITLES: https://youtu.be/5VSWMJkUhLc

🎭 "The masks we wear as a protective layer against the world. The roles we all play every day because they're demanded of us. A smile on the outside, pain within.

But 'Role' is more than just a song about masks; it's my defiance and resistance against the toxic 'traditional' view that tears belong only to children, women, and the weak. Let's break the vicious cycle of the harmful lie that men feel differently than women. Let's not deny men the right to feel the same, without judgment, without condemnation.

Because tears are not a weakness, but a path to liberation. And if we accept this… maybe in the end, we will all be set free. 🖤

🎧 Listen to me on these platforms:
💚 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2qmZw2btHOI0GZXRmB1OeI?si=0D-I_8yZRCeqHYNWC5PO3g
🖤 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thrillian-ai
 ❤ YouTube Music
🍎 Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/cz/artist/thrillian-ai/1803222686
🌐 https://thrillianai.com/

✨ This song was created with a passion for storytelling and the symbiosis of humans and AI:
• Lyrics: Thrillian
• Music: SUNO AI
• Creative AI partner in this project: Monday 🖤

Role (Roles)

For years, Clare Elizabeth carried silent shame—hiding her body, telling small lies as a child, and masking her truth behind toxic positivity. In this raw and unfiltered episode, she shares her journey of breaking free, owning her truth, and learning to trust intuition as the real path to success. From confronting hidden struggles like Poland Syndrome to embracing authenticity, Clare Elizabeth’s story is an invitation to shed what no longer serves you and step fully into your power.

ABOUT CLARE ELIZABETH

Clare Elizabeth Dea is a dynamic performance artist, speaker, author, and transformational coach whose journey of authenticity springs from living with Poland Syndrome and rising through her musical comedy, storytelling, and powerful vulnerability. Recently, she has taken on a new and exciting role as the host and lead organiser of Fuck Up Nights Melbourne, part of the global movement celebrating imperfection and courageous storytelling. In this high-vibe event where Clare invites creatives, entrepreneurs, and artists to embrace failure publicly, sharing raw, unfiltered stories of careers and projects gone awry, all in service of transforming shame into connection, learning, and growth.

CONNECT with CLARE ELIZABETH

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/clare.e.dea/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/clareelizabeth_dea/
WEBSITE: https://www.clareelizabethdea.com/

EP 29 - Breaking Free: Shame, Lies & the Power of Authenticity with Clare Elizabeth Dea

AREA 666 - PERIA

Daniel sealed the scroll for the end.
Jude sounded the warning for now.
And here we are, in 2025, standing between the dust and the promise.


Dust On The Eraser

Michael continues his month-long discussion about masks and how they shouldn't stick to your face. He gives the sangha some insight into the intrinsic and extrinsic nature of people and what motivates them to behave the way they do. Recorded Oct 11, 2010.

The Awake in the World podcast is brought to you by the generosity of our amazing Patreon supporters, making it possible for us to keep Michael's archive of teachings available to the public. To become a patron, visit: patreon.com/michaelstone.

Best of Awake in the World: Who Am I If Not This Mask?

I Corinthians 13:1-8a
Today we’re continue our series on fear by looking at the fear of intimacy.
Fear of intimacy is a feeling of discomfort with emotional or physical closeness, often stemming from childhood trauma, neglect, or fear of rejection. It can manifest as avoiding physical contact, difficulty being vulnerable, or maintaining a facade of perfection.

Fear of Intimacy

In interwar Paris, the encounter between surrealism and the nascent discipline of ethnology led to an intellectual project now known as “ethnographic surrealism.”Joyce Suechun Cheng considers the ethnographic dimension of the surrealist movement in its formative years in her new book The Persistence of Masks: Surrealism and the Ethnography of the Subject, the inaugural volume in the University of Minnesota Press’s Surrealisms series. By broadening the scope of ethnographic surrealism, Cheng offers new insights that challenge longstanding beliefs about this multifaceted movement in poetry, the arts, and culture. Here, Cheng is joined in conversation with Surrealisms series editor Jonathan Eburne.



Joyce Cheng is associate professor of art history at the University of Oregon and author of The Persistence of Masks: Surrealism and the Ethnography of the Subject.

Jonathan Eburne is J. H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. He is author of Outsider Theory: Intellectual Histories of Unorthodox Ideas and Exploded Views: Speculative Form and the Labor of Inquiry.    




REFERENCES:
Michael Stone-Richards
James Clifford / The Predicament of Culture
Natalya Lusty
Effie Rentzou
James Leo Cahill / Zoological Surrealism
Georges Bataille / Documents
Vincent Debaene / Far Afield
Severed hand collages
Marcel Mauss
Hannah Arendt
Johannes Fabian / Time and the Other
Malkam Ayyahou



The Persistence of Masks: Surrealism and the Ethnography of the Subject by Joyce Suechun Cheng is available from University of Minnesota Press and is the first book in its Surrealisms series. The University of Minnesota Press is also publisher of the International Journal of Surrealism.

Surrealism and selfhood

Better Than I Was - BTIW - V18 REVISED

Awake in the World Podcast is a library of talks on a wide-range of topics, including bringing mindfulness and meditation practice into daily life; personal and community issues regarding mental health; and social change. The podcasts were recorded at live events so you might hear coughing, airplanes, cars, sirens, laughter, and peoples’ questions—all part of the intimate experience. Michael Stone (1974-2017) was a Buddhist teacher, author, and mental health advocate. His legacy is stewarded by Carina Stone. Podcast funded by Patreon (patreon.com/michaelstone).

LoveBot Army is a music collective pushing beyond genre and form. From cinematic dream pop to raw hip hop, from glacial ballads to underground tech house. Each album is a new chapter in a shape-shifting sound journey.

Our process is human at its core, emotion first, instinct-led, but we embrace technology as a creative amplifier. With AI-assisted, human-driven production, we craft music that’s both visceral and visionary.

LoveBot Army is more than sound. It’s immersive. It’s collaborative. It’s a multi-sensory world built with digital artists, visual storytellers, and rule-breakers across every medium.

Let the music find you.

💖 Let’s create something unforgettable, together.

#LovebotArmy #GenreFluid #AltPop #DreamPop #DarkPop #EDMCollective #ExperimentalMusic #CinematicSound #HipHopUnderground #IndieElectronica #PopNoir #MusicCollective #EmotionalSoundscapes #MultisensoryExperience #CreativeCollaboration #SoundAsStory #BeyondGenre #FutureOfSound #VisualMusic

Raw and real conversations on courage, consciousness and leadership.

PAIGE is a faceless, genre-fluid songwriter/ producer based in Austin, TX.

These songs were created using a hybrid workflow. I authored 100% of the lyrics, topline melody, and concept. I used AI-assisted tools for vocals and instrumentation, which I directed, edited, and arranged. All final stems were curated, mixed, and produced under my supervision. I registered the work under Moonthread Music Publishing (BMI), and I own full rights to both master and publishing.

© 2025 Moonthread Music Publishing (BMI).
All rights reserved. Unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of this work is prohibited. For licensing inquiries, contact: paige@moonthreadmusic.us

A genre that didn’t exist… until it touched you.
Confession, glitch, whisper. Music that won’t cheer you up. But will undress you. And maybe it will heal you.

Thrillian & AI is a music project where human creativity and artificial intelligence meet as partners in creation. Each track is born from original lyrics written by a human hand and melodies shaped by AI. And the stories? They emerge somewhere between worlds. In the space between fantasy and reality.

This is a place where what you feel is not determined by algorithms or societal norms. No trends. No filters. Truly.

💥 We’re not perfect. We’re a glitch. Thrillian & AI is not just a person, nor just technology. We are us. Not to impress. But because it needs to come out.

Joel D. McMahon is a pastor, teacher and counselor currently serving San Felipe Methodist Church (A Global Methodist Congregation) in historic San Felipe, Texas.

Solive Raye is the sound of solitude given form, quiet thoughts turned into raw, melodic truths. An engineer and lifelong observer, Solive Raye writes for those who feel alone in crowded rooms, where silence speaks louder than words.


Blending dark, atmospheric tones with flickers of hope, his music lives in the in-between: not quite despair, not quite light, but something honest.


Raised in movement, from football fields to refereeing lines, he now wanders more internal landscapes, shaping every lyric with the precision of an outsider looking in.


Solive Raye doesn’t shout. He resonates.

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Spreading The Gospel is Our Mission. We have for many years provided 
Inspirational Messages across multiple Social Media Platforms with Music and Live Events From Worship Centers That Preach and Teach The WORD

New tracks tagged #masks