The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

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Always Twilight

A Thief In The Night

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Mirror Shades

Morning light through the shades in my mirror
Tired eyes from a dream gone unclear
Whispered doubts in my ear by a liar
Feeding fears that fuel up a raging fire

Walking through these streets among strangers
Feeling the weight of the world's quiet dangers
Losing track of the dreams that once mattered
Staring down at the pieces that shattered

Every day is a mountain, gotta climb it
Hiding the tears with laughter won’t cut it
I wanna break free from the chains holding me
I wanna find the strength to let my heart lead

Social screens fill my mind up with static
Chasing likes just to feel adequate
The looking glass reflects someone I'm not
Trying to love the me I've somehow forgot

What if I'm just running in circles round
What if all my hopes get lost and found
Can I face the doubts and rise above
Hold on tight to dream of self-love

Every day is a mountain, gotta climb it
Hiding the tears with laughter won’t cut it
I wanna break free from the chains holding me
I wanna find the strength to let my heart lead

Mirror Shades

The mirror's cracked, the vision's blurred
But I believe in every word
Dreams won't fade if I keep them strong
If I'm wrong, I'll prove I belong

He wakes at dawn, chasing stars
Thinks hard work's what got him this far
When things go wrong, it's luck to blame
Yet he swears he'll win again the same

You call it madness, a fool's crusade
But I'll climb the heights that fear forbade
It's not deception - it's how I lead
Delusion's the strength I'll always need

She's solving a puzzle no one's cracked
Believes her grit fills what others lack
Smarter minds gave up the fight
But she's sure her hours will make it right

You call it madness, a fool's crusade
But I'll climb the heights that fear forbade
It's not deception - it's how I lead
Delusion's the strength I'll always need

They call it folly
Call it pride
But without this fire
Who'd even try?

He sings his heart in the shower each day
No crowds yet, but he's sure they'll stay
The stage is close, he feels it now
He'll take the mic and show them how

You call it madness, a fool's crusade
But I'll climb the heights that fear forbade
It's not deception - it's how I lead
Delusion's the strength I'll always need

The power of delusion keeps me strong
Without it, I'd never move along
Call it madness, call it pride
It's the flame that keeps me alive

The Power of Delusion

Kome Through (Keep Kompany)

You Never Know is a funked up punk-a-tude bluesy swinging new indie rock song about the fact that You Never Know. Pulling from funk, blues, Americana, and rock, with a punk attitude and lyrics about state of the modern world peppered with a healthy dose of skepticism and justifiable cynicism about the absolute certainty so many people claim to possess. This song will make you want to dance while you call out the BS. 

You never know! 
You think you know
But you don’t know
I learned along time ago 
That ya never know!

You think you know
But you don’t know!
You say its true
Because you say so
But I ain’t buying what your selling yo!
  
Take a look back through history
Only one thing’s a certainty
The future will remain a mystery
Something we’ll never know

Some people turn to the good book
Some people give their crystal ball a look
No matter what you try and do though
Fact is, you never know!

If you went and had a look
Read every word in every book! 
The record clearly shows
That ya never know!

You never know!
You think you know
But you don’t know
I learned a long time ago 
That ya never know 

Some people turn to the good book
Some people give their crystal ball a look
No matter what they try and do though
Fact is, you never know!

If you went and had a look
Read every word in every book! 
The record clearly shows
That ya never know!

You think you know
But you don’t know
You say its true
Because you say so
But I ain’t buying what your selling yo
Cuz ya never know

Take a look back at history
Only one thing’s a certainty
The future will remain a mystery
Something we’ll never know!

You think you know
But you don’t know
I ain’t buying what your selling yo
I learned along time ago 
That you never know.

You Never Know

You Never Know - Defiantbutterfly

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You Too, My Child by The Dark Messiahs is a melancholic drift through late-night shadows. A delicate piano ostinato sets the foundation, its steady repetition both grounding and hypnotic. Sticks Thompson’s drums remain understated, more suggestion than force, while Wilt Flowers' bass murmurs in deep conversation. Guy Stansfield’s clarinet and Blue Six’s trumpet weave mellow, melodic lines, their interplay rich with longing. Sonny Rhodes' piano guides the piece with restraint, each note carrying weight in the silence around it. A sparse yet immersive composition, You Too, My Child lingers like the last light in an empty bar, intimate and unresolved.

You Too My Child [Dark jazz | Doom Jazz]

Lyrics: Ulisses Nicolau Alberto Barros (Uli)
Composed on Suno.com
Singer: Penelope Epope
Copyright: Uli (Pro License)

Verse:

One year ago today, baby 
We got back together, Tomato and Onion 
After the mess   
That was our union...  

"You were be like a bear  
With a sore head!  
(Laughter)"   
Jokin'!

But, I always caught me 
Thinkin' in your hugs, sweetness  
Missed so much that part 
For real, I wasn’t needy

I just can't bear without my strong bear 
By my side   
Now, I got it, you had your reasons... 
Got you, my pride... 

Bridge: 

Throughout the season 
The links are restored 
The Time heals, it’s a good doctor 
The trusting is renewed 

Gotta be patient 
Not gonna keep the door closed 
To save your love 
Was my life achievement 

Chorus: 

The longing for   
Your little kisses 
Infinite as the stars 
Such things we misses   

The urge to pinch  
Your cheeks again 
Disarmed all my defences   
Our love forever remains 

Please, hold me tight, baby  

Interlude:

Always loved, loved, loved 
You'll always be my one and only!   
Promises grows stronger 
When we trust one on one.   

A badass Tomato and his confident Onion  
Are ascending into the skies in a trippy balloon! 

Bridge: 

Throughout the season 
The links are restored 
The Time heals, it’s a good doctor 
The trusting is renewed 

Gotta be patient 
Not gonna keep the door closed 
To save your love 
Was my life achievement 

Chorus:

The longing for   
Your little kisses 
Infinite as the stars 
Such things we misses   

The urge to pinch  
Your cheeks again 
Disarmed all my defences   
Our love forever remains 

Please, hold me tight, baby  

Rap: 

Honey, how I fooled myself....  
Thinkin' the treasures in your heart   
Were brasses. That was just the start  
In diving down to bad thoughts 

I had put in my head  
I wasn't the one and only for you.  
I had no clue 
Started to play hexaphonic scales
In my Blues  

My homies started to play funny songs  
No one rife  
Sometimes the best advices  
Comes from the music life 

It's clear now, the thing isn't about  
How serious we gonna handle it... 
But how secure we run and get movin’  
Spinnin' around and around  
In the circle of the Love 

In the circle of the Groove.  
Our love made us to change and move. 

Chorus: 

The longing for   
Your little kisses 
Infinite as the stars 
Such things we misses   

The urge to pinch  
Your cheeks again 
Disarmed all my defences   
Our love forever remains 

Please, hold me tight, baby  

Chorus:

The longing for   
Your little kisses 
Infinite as the stars 
Such things we misses   

The urge to pinch  
Your cheeks again 
Disarmed all my defences   
Our love forever remains...

Forever remains...

Pinch Your Cheeks Again (Don't Stop Dancing) By Uli

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"Atoms" 
The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang
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"Atoms", tells the story of the creation of the universe to the fall of civilisation. It deals with the existential questions surrounding mankind’s purpose and place in the world. The lyrics combines original written material, with extracts adapted from religious and mythological texts (The Rigveda, The Bible, Corpus Hermeticum, The Mystery of Amergin), canonical texts such as Inferno by Dante, Phaedo by Plato, and the works of William Blake, William Morris and Ernst Niekisch.

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Lyrics

In the beginning,
There was darkness 
A formless blackness,
Amorphous, atonal, discordant, disharmonious
The Prima Materia
A primordial pool of death decay, life and birth, 
Suspended in a timeless continuum, 
The spiralling substrate of the anonymous, the absolute 
For nothing came before the movement of God over these waters

Form and matter joined
A ray shines with no pause, 
From its coming to its being
Order was created, 
Order was constructed,
And in the purest of acts,
The summit of the universe was created

I am in heaven and on earth, 
In water and in the air,
I lead forth the roaring waters,
I am the wind that shapes the mountains,
I am both cloud and rain,
The wave of the ocean, the beam of the sun
I am the animals and the plants,
The babe in the womb,
The one born, and the one yet to be conceived
I am present, everywhere
I am the flesh and soul of man,
The Mother and the Father
I am the pain of the sick,
The heart of saints,
And the will of sinners

The machine is the achievement of which man is capable 
If he relies entirely on himself, 
God is no longer needed
Eventually, it transforms him into a machine himself

When nation grows old, 
The arts grow cold, 
And commerce settles on every tree

It is the enterprise of industrial civilisation that modern wars have arisen, 
And will arise
It is on the same impoverished soil, that empires have grown,
And by the same greed that many civilisations have been destroyed

The body, for the sake of which we desire wealth, 
Is the ultimate cause of all wars

If we are to progress, 
We must not cease from mental fight till we have built Jerusalem

I have no more faith than a grain of mustard seed in the future history of civilisation, 
Which i know now, is doomed to destruction
What a joy it is to think of!

O good beginning, to what vile ending must you fall!

And in the end, 
There was darkness
A formless blackness,
Amorphous, atonal, discordant, disharmonious 
The Negredo
Death decay, life and birth,
A timeless continuum

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About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a London-based duo comprising Andrea Papi and Daphne Ang. Coming together in early 2020 to record their debut album FULL SPECTRUM, the duo are fast establishing their niche in music as pioneers of a new form of expression, through the performance of poetry in music, and as an act that traverses between the wide-reaching spectrums of music. 
Drawing inspiration from TOOL and Kraftwerk, as well as the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, and Jim Morrison, TCOMAS brings literature, art, and history together into a space where rock and metal meets electronic. 

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Connect With The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara: 

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➤ Official Website: https://tcomas.com
➤ Website: https://ffm.bio/tcomasmusic
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Full Spectrum

Atoms

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"Psychopath’s Monologue"
The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang

Inspired by Dante’s Inferno, “Psychopath’s Monologue” charts the path of damnation – from purgatory to the depths of hell. The track fleets between the harsh and the heavenly, the brutal and the beautiful - Grinding metal guitar and baselines layered over pounding industrial techno kicks encases the theatrical spoken-lyrics delivered as an elegiac monologue. 

The composition is an assemblage of 7 sonnet poems written over a 10 year period. The work assimilates ancient imagery with the contemporary. While the meaning of the lyrics is often abstracted and cryptic, its delivery is always awash with emotion.

“‘Psychopath's Monologue” is  the second single of The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS). The track forms part of the independently produced album ‘Full Spectrum'. 

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About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a London-based duo comprising Andrea Papi and Daphne Ang. Coming together in early 2020 to record their debut album FULL SPECTRUM, the duo are fast establishing their niche in music as pioneers of a new form of expression, through the performance of poetry in music, and as an act that traverses between the wide-reaching spectrums of music. 

Drawing inspiration from TOOL and Kraftwerk, as well as the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, and Jim Morrison, TCOMAS brings literature, art, and history together into a space where rock and metal meets electronic. 

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Connect With The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara: 
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➤ Official Website: https://tcomas.com
➤ Website: https://ffm.bio/tcomasmusic
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcomasmusic
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tcomasmusic
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#TCOMASMUSIC

Psychopath's Monologue

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
"Deus Ex Machina"
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang

Deus Ex Machina is an arresting sonic and theatrical experience of man’s perennial struggle between fate and free will. Charged with both pathos and ethos, the song is a musical revisitation of classical literature’s greatest tragedy – the story of Oedipus Rex.

"Deus Ex Machina" tells the story of King Oedipus of Thebes, who despite all his efforts, ends up fulfilling the prophecy he was trying so hard to avoid: that he would kill his father and marry his mother.

Inspired by the sonnets of Shakespeare and the lyrical poetry of Ancient Greece, the lyrics tells the story of Oedipus Rex – a play by Sophocles written over two thousand years ago. The song is chanted and recited over the music much like in the chorus in Greek tragedy.

Released worldwide on September 18, 2020, "DEUS EX MACHINA" is the third single of The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara. The track forms part of the independently produced album ‘Full Spectrum'. 

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Lyrics 

On the path of peril, the blind king staggers away
All he can see is darkness like a shroud
Groping through mist and cloud, the devil his only friend
Doomed is he to find release only at his end

Cursed is he who incurs the wrath of envious gods
Woe is he, he who walks alone on the road to ruin
Woe is he, whose fate is abandoned to the wind
Woe is he, the end too dread to tell, too dark to see

Trial is the test of man
Hubris will be his fall
Fate is the curse of man
In god’s envy, tragedy befalls

Hamartia is the flaw of man
Hubris be his downfall
Trial is the test of man,
But death befalls us all

Oh cursed Oedipus, 
Pursued by the hounds of fate
For slaying and laying with kindred, 
You took out both your eyes

All your sins laid bare
Your shame you alone will wear
So you go away without a guide
A vagrant with no sight

Oh cursed Oedipus, 
Hallowed be thy pain
A blind man wandering across the land
Never to be seen again 

Oh cursed Oedipus, 
Hallowed be thy shame
Architect of his own tragedy
So vanished he, into a shoreless sea 

Trial is the test of man
Hubris be his fall
Fate is the curse of man
In god’s envy, tragedy befalls

Hamartia is the flaw of man
Hubris be his downfall
Trial is the test of man,
And death will end it all

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Connect With The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara: 

➤ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2V3zzIcq2sbRbaEjbGypc8
➤ Official Website: https://tcomas.com
➤ Website: https://ffm.bio/tcomasmusic
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© 2020 The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara / TCOMAS Music

Deus Ex Machina

"Mata Hari"
The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang

Mata Hari (meaning "sun" in Malay) reimagines the sound of the 80s in the year 2080. The song is told through the eyes of an artist, who creates a painting as a declaration of love and as a testament to the intensity of emotions and feelings (for another) when words and actions were inadequate.

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Released on October 16, 2020, “Mata Hari” is the fourth single of The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS). The track forms part of the independently produced album ‘Full Spectrum'. 

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About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a London-based duo comprising Andrea Papi and Daphne Ang. Coming together in early 2020 to record their debut album FULL SPECTRUM, the duo are fast establishing their niche in music as pioneers of a new form of expression, through the performance of poetry in music, and as an act that traverses between the wide-reaching spectrums of music. 

Drawing inspiration from TOOL and Kraftwerk, as well as the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, and Jim Morrison, TCOMAS brings literature, art, and history together into a space where rock and metal meets electronic. 

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Lyrics

So you said to do it for feelings
Feelings for you
So I decided to put it to the test
In the way I know best

It was catharsis
A spectacle
A supernova
Paint drops like teardrops
Falling rain on a November’s day
My heart cries out
My soul implodes
A violent meeting of sea and stars on stretched linen
I have made a mess
But oh what a glorious mess

Mata Hari
Pagi Bintang
With you I burn so bright
Incandescent light
You and me
We will become
The brightest stars in the sky

Mata Hari
Hati Saya
Deep and precious are the experiences we share
The mundane, the sublime
All of time, intertwined

You bring out the best in me
And the rest of me
You have the best of me
Take the rest of me

Take the rest of me
Take the rest of me
Take the rest of me
The best of me

Mata Hari
Pagi Bintang
With you I burn so bright
Incandescent light
You and me
We will become
The brightest stars in the sky

Mata Hari
Hati Saya
With you I burn so bright
Ablaze like stellar light
You and me together we are
The brightest stars in the sky
The brightest stars in the sky
For all of time, intertwined
All the time
Together, entwined

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Connect With The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara: 

➤ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2V3zzIcq2sbRbaEjbGypc8
➤ Official Website: https://tcomas.com
➤ Website: https://ffm.bio/tcomasmusic
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcomasmusic
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tcomasmusic
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tcomas.music

© 2020 The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara / TCOMAS Music
 #MataHari #TheChroniclesofManimalandSamara #TCOMAS #TCOMASMUSIC

Mata Hari

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara
"Love In The Time Of Pestilence"
Music Composition: Andrea Papi
Lyrics & Vocals: Daphne Ang

‘Love in the Time of Pestilence’ is an experimental metal track that reflects upon the events of the ongoing pandemic and global crisis. Composed and recorded during the outbreak of the first wave of Covid-19 in Europe, the amplitude waveform view of this track, with its peaks and troughs, is in itself a visualisation of the evolution and progression of the pandemic over the course of the year 2020.

The spoken lyrics combine original writings with historical quotes in order to remind humanity that if we don’t learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it. The artists chose to release this track as Europe goes into a second Lockdown. It is an appeal to humanity and an emergency broadcast to mankind at a critical moment in the current crisis.

The accompanying music video is a tribute and homage to all the healthcare professionals around the world who have risked their own lives to save the lives of others. The video documents mankind’s experience of plagues and pandemics over the millennia. This is presented through a corpus of art historical works, archival photographs, and film footage. Featured prominently in this selection are works from the Wellcome Collection, London. [https://wellcomecollection.org/works]

Read Lyrics: https://genius.com/The-chronicles-of-manimal-and-samara-love-in-the-time-of-pestilence-lyrics

"Love in the Time of Pestilence" - Now on the following Spotify Editorial Playlists:

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About The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS) are a London-based duo comprising Andrea Papi and Daphne Ang. Coming together in early 2020 to record their debut album FULL SPECTRUM, the duo are fast establishing their niche in music as pioneers of a new form of expression, through the performance of poetry in music, and as an act that traverses between the wide-reaching spectrums of music. 

Drawing inspiration from TOOL and Kraftwerk, as well as the poetry of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, and Jim Morrison, TCOMAS brings literature, art, and history together into a space where rock and metal meets electronic. 

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Connect With The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara: 

➤ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2V3zzIcq2sbRbaEjbGypc8
➤ Official Website: https://tcomas.com
➤ Website: https://ffm.bio/tcomasmusic
➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tcomasmusic
➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tcomasmusic
➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tcomas.music

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Love in the Time of Pestilence

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Love In The Time Of Pestilence

— ОRIĢINS —
New Album • Out Now
Listen: https://ffm.to/origins-album

Origins, the third album by The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara, is out now.

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara (TCOMAS), a UK-based duo featuring Daphne Ang (Singapore) and Andrea Papi (Italy), emerged in London in early 2020. Their debut album, Full Spectrum, established their innovative fusion of poetry performance and heavy music, creating a unique form of expression that has become synonymous with TCOMAS.
TCOMAS's sophomore album, Trust No Leaders, released on July 1, 2022, explores the history of metal, paying tribute to various subgenres. Set against orchestral and cinematic landscapes, the songs also incorporate non-Western musical influences. The lyrics draw inspiration from contemporary and classical poetry, as well as Jungian psychology.

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