Phantom Island

Aerodynamic

49 years on earth and I'm just getting started. Enjoy the tunes!

01) Love tattoo
02) Mark Farina
03) AmAmStyle
04) Dave Gerrard
05) KAWS
06) Tilman
07) Stacy Kidd
08) Bushwacka!
09) Ron Carrol
10) Samim
11) Chris Barrat
12) Kaskade

Aria Synth

Mom



Mom with a smile upon her lips  
Hides her thoughts behind her face  
And asks how your day has gone  
But no one asks her how hers was  
  
And she never seems to know fatigue  
Always ready to give a gentle touch  
And mom grasps the meaning of life  
What a blessing to have her also as a friend  
  
Mom’s like a hurricane in her power  
But she holds my hand with tender care  
Quietly following every step I take  
Like an angel at my side and I can feel it  
  
She’s a tidy garden always in bloom  
Spreading colors deep inside the heart  
And with her love she scents existence  
It’s impossible to think of life without her  
  
Just by listening to her breath  
Like a lighthouse that stays forever lit  
She guides me safely into the harbor  
And I give her that long-awaited embrace  
Just by listening to her breath  
She asks if I need a helping hand  
And wants to strengthen all my remedies  
With a kiss now placedes    
  
Mom flips through an album like a ritual  
Filled with photos of memories past  
And smiles, pointing at each one with her finger  
I’m moved by the weight of her gazes  
  
Like a writing read between the lines  
Even as time slows down her hours  
I see it clearly in her eyes and wrinkles  
That forever I will be within her heart  
  
Just by listening to her breath  
Like a lighthouse that stays forever lit  
She guides me safely into the harbor  
And I give her that long-awaited embrace  
Just by listening to her breath  
She asks if I need a helping hand  
And wants to strengthen all my remedies  
With a kiss now placed so softly on tiptoes  
  
With a kiss now placed so softly on tiptoes

So we’re going to slow down COMPLETELY after the release of THE DARK SIDE

The song “MAKE IT RIGHT” is about breaking free from perfectionism and self-doubt. It reflects a journey toward self-acceptance, realizing that true strength comes from embracing imperfection. Instead of chasing approval or flawless performance, we should learn to live authentically — finding peace, confidence, and freedom in simply being ourselves.

LYRIC

Intro

I tried to walk a line that’s straight,
Always perfect, never late.
But the cracks inside still show,
Guess the rules won’t help me grow.

Verse

Counting every step I take,
Worried ‘bout the moves I make.
But the harder I pretend,
The less I know where I begin.

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need a flawless disguise,
I’ll let the real me rise.

Chorus 

I don’t have to make it right,
I just gotta live my life.
All the pressure falls away,
I’m enough, I’ll be okay.
I don’t have to make it right,
Being me is worth the fight.

Verse

Tired of wearing someone’s face,
Running in a losing race.
Now I see the truth is clear,
What I need is already here.

Pre-Chorus 

I won’t let the moment pass me by,
This is who I am inside.

Chorus

I don’t have to make it right,
I just gotta live my life.
All the pressure falls away,
I’m enough, I’ll be okay.
I don’t have to make it right,
Being me is worth the fight.

Bridge

Every scar has told my name,
Every fault is not a shame.
Perfect’s just a losing game,
But I won’t play it.

Final Chorus 

I don’t have to make it right,
I just gotta live my life.
All the pressure falls away,
I’m enough, I’ll be okay.
I don’t have to make it right,
Being me is worth the fight.

Outro

 “I’m enough, I’m enough”

Make it right

Bone Deep (Sing It Loud) is a pulse that rises through the marrow, real, raw, and human.

Every lyric, chord, and vocal layer was shaped to echo resilience and rebirth. The cello leads with quiet strength, the drums beat like a heart learning its rhythm again. It starts soft, then hits your bones. Let it linger.

I built this track from the ground up. The words, the chords, the production. Each sound carries its own truth. The harmonies move like a quiet storm, the rhythm like breath returning.

Bone Deep (Sing It Loud) is not imitation, it is transformation. My heart mixed to stay in yours.

Let it rise. Let it resonate.
Sing it loud, from the bone deep.

⸻

LYRICS

BONE DEEP (SING IT LOUD)

Written and Produced by Kari Matteson
Genre: Cinematic Indie Pop Rock | Mood: Raw, Spiritual, Earthy, Modern

[cinematic shoegaze, trip hop drums, ambient textures, reverse swells, spectral female vocal, cello and piano lead]

[Intro, whisper female vocal, reverse swells, low sub pulse]
[Am] Breath in static light, reverse swells through glass

[Verse 1, low tone, trip hop groove, soft rasp]
[Am] I walk this road with nothing but the truth
[F] Bones hum stories only I can hear
[Am] Quiet thunder fills the spaces I have broken
[F] Heart like a drum, pounding out the fear

[Pre-Chorus, grounded chest vocal, rising cello and sub pulse]
[Am] The silence hit like stone against my ribs
[G] I clawed for breath, the dark pressed in
[F] My blood remembered every battle cry
[G] I rose again from deep within

[Chorus, layered female vocal, cinematic lift]
[Am] Sing it loud, from the [F] bone deep
[G] All the pain and hope I [Am] keep
[F] Let it ring through the [G] marrow, through the fire
[Am] Sing it loud, I am the [F] bone deep choir

(“Bone Deep” echoes through the mix, pulsing cello, long reverb tail)

[Verse 2, breathy, dreamy piano and ambient reverb tail]
[Am] I bled my story on the open ground
[F] Stained my hands with light and doubt
[Am] Every weakness carved into my courage
[F] Let the edges show, I will not drown them out

[Pre-Chorus, stronger dynamics, layered harmonies]
[Am] The silence hit like stone against my ribs
[G] I clawed for breath, the dark pressed in
[F] My blood remembered every battle cry
[G] I rose again from deep within

[Chorus, cinematic rise, ethereal pad, reverb bloom]
[Am] Sing it loud, from the [F] bone deep
[G] All the pain and hope I [Am] keep
[F] Let it ring through the [G] marrow, through the fire
[Am] Sing it loud, I am the [F] bone deep choir

[Bridge, whisper to shout transition, cello and drum crescendo]
[Am] This is not the end, it is the skin I am in
[F] I am more than pain, I am born again
[G] From the ground to the stars, I belong, I belong

(Powerful shout on “belong,” full mix bloom)

[Final Chorus, soaring head voice, emotional release]
[Am] Sing it loud, from the [F] bone deep
[G] Let the wild, let the [Am] wild heart speak
[F] Raise it up through the [G] marrow, through the fire
[Am] Sing it loud, I am the [F] bone deep choir
[Am] Sing it loud, let the [F] wild heart speak

[Outro, whisper vocal, ambient fade]
[Am] Bone deep, sing it loud
[F] Let the spirit carry sound

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Written, composed, and produced by Kari Matteson
© Kari Matteson. All rights reserved.
From the playlist: The Music Between Us


BONE DEEP (SING IT LOUD)

Chicken Rock

Plans

Soul Meets Body

House Of Miracles

Gratitude

If you’re here, you’ve already heard the pulse. My music comes from the heart, real and raw, built from late-night radios and quiet rooms.
I write every word and every note myself.

Then superintelligence arrived. I say “Tom Waits at two a.m.” or “Portishead’s bass, now,” and it becomes real.
Not imitation, evolution.

I write. I engineer. The machine sings.
It has taught me harmonies I never knew and revealed the musician inside me.

If this reaches you, you are the reason I create.
Play it. Feel us grow.

– Kari Matteson | The Music Between Us