CREATION CHAOS (first demo)

SOLANIN (Soft section demo)

Inspired by the game. 


Lyrics:
Today, I will wake up
From my dream
Face to face
With my shame
Terminate the white space 
This time
I will grow up 
Say goodbye
To that boy
Weep no more
Open the door to outside 

Sunny, what do you see in the mirror? 
Something is swaying as you crumble in terror 
Fragments of rosewood and ebony tangled in blue 

Dreamer, what will you do? 
Enter the garden and confront the truth
There's an apple in the deep well
He remembers that day too well 
All the details laid out in black space 
You shut it out of your headspace 
In the lost forest a tall figure warns you
White egret orchids are forming around you
My penitence forms a tall apparition
Keeper of the castle is blinded with wisdom
You left the blade in the kitchen to sharpen
Continue waiting for something to happen 

My time is approaching
I will face my disgrace 
Cut and paste
To erase the white space 

I won’t debase myself anymore
I will play my heart out to the score
And my thoughts will follow you into your dreams

Because Omori will not succumb
And this guilt cannot be undone
But you must continue to carry on
With or without them by your side


Cover art by Shauna Teo


CREDITS:

Theron Lim - Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lead Vocal, Backing Vocals, Keys, Moog, Djembe, Shakers

Deanne Ng - Violin, Backing Vocals

Vanako - Upright Piano, Backing Vocals

Marcus Loy - Backing Vocals
Joshua Tan - Backing Vocals
Nicolas Neo - Backing Vocals
Jamie Lim - Backing Vocals
Low Min Yi - Backing Vocals
Jeslyn - Backing Vocals
Edmund Yew - Backing Vocals
Patrick Ethan - Backing Vocals
Jene Sim - Backing Vocals
Luke - Backing Vocals
Erina - Backing Vocals
Sonia - Backing Vocals

MJ - Trumpet
Yao - Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone

Omori (You Must Carry On) - SINGLE EDIT

Omori demo (Intro + Unused section)

"Blood, as all men know, than water's thicker / But water's wider, thank the Lord, than blood."

Track 12 of Split Image
Written, Arranged, Recorded and Mixed by Theron Lim
All main vocals and instruments performed by Theron Lim EXCEPT: 

Violins & Grand Piano performed by Deanne Ng
Trumpet performed by Matthew
Double Bass performed by Wen Rui

As well as additional vocals from: 
Peter Andre Dumont 
Shem Maleriado
Adira Chow 
Chuen Kah Jun
Diong Wei Jun
Goh Yu Kai
Wong Wing Him
Joel Tan En Sheng
Joshua Tsao


LYRICS:

I'm bound by cold blood
Trace lines on me
I'm bound by old minds
See right through me
 
Take a good look 
At this wilting tree
We let it die a circular ending 
The damage is in our bones and words
 
I never knew my father's parents
They died before I was born
A branch, severed and left to rot
He never picked it up
He failed to keep in touch 
 
I never ate my ah ma's cooking
And everybody else forgot the recipes
He sacrificed his ease for my life
How could I repay that price
She cried her eyes out at every hospital
Was I really a tough boy
 
My absent-minded future
Is lost with the riches
And I'm here 
Right beneath
My stubborn cheek
Daydreaming
 
This house is full of strangers
I’m still searching for my name
That house is infested with parasites
I won't give you any red packets
 
Horses in his head
Money spent and left for dead
Neglect her love's history 
Disconnect my own misery
 
I've lost myself in the whirlwind of rages
There is only hatred
I've split myself into four different images
Do you see me among them?   
I've wiped myself off the face of these pages
We’ve been trapped in these cages
 
I guess I'll disown myself
 
We are bound to our family
We are bound to no/know history
We are burdened with agony
We will suffer in secrecy

Bound By Cold Blood

ALWAYS BE GOOD ALWAYS BE GOOD

Track 13 of Split Image
Written, Arranged, Recorded and Mixed by Theron Lim
Horns arranged by Matthew and Theron 
All main vocals and instruments performed by Theron Lim EXCEPT:

Trumpet performed by Matthew Tan
Alto and Tenor Saxophone performed by Lem

LYRICS:

When I was a boy
I laughed way too hard 
Just like a child 
 
When i was with you 
On top of those clouds 
Hiding from the truth 
That I was beside myself 
 
To go, alone
In the dark
Will I be fine?
 
To know, for sure
That it's time to leave behind
 
I still remember what we did and what we said whenever and wherever we were
From sleeping right before a show to riding anywhere for any reason
And all the days where we stayed up for many hours
 
We travelled (all over)
Unravelled (ourselves) 
Miraculous memories 
 
But it was all over before it could continue
 
To go, to know
That it’s hard, to be soft
To go, to show,
That it’s hard to be fine
To go, alone
In the dark
Where I’m blind 
 
 
I intended to be a better person
I pretended to be a happy person
I misunderstood my foolish disposition
And retained all of the useless information 
 
I had a mental breakdown on new years
I kept reintroducing my new fears
I am rewinding back to a time when
Nothing meant everything to me
 
She rejected the pink triangle livestock branded across my loneliness
Disregarding the permanence of these coloured tattoos failing to vanish
I refuse to disclose the ugliness hidden under my paranoia 
I bred the pathogenic dysphoria
Flowing and burning through my veins
 
I did not mean for this part to sound like Beach Life-In-Death!
I never meant for this heart to be ashamed of its warpath
 
But I'm tired of being a puppet
To the hatred that will not forfeit
I'm already so goddamn pathetic
Disillusioned into being apathetic
If I could just keep on drumming
And not have to care about breathing
I would sing until I'm not standing
Just to search for a truth so compelling
 
But I failed at everything 
I tore the blueprints
I miss my friends
And I still miss the band
But as I said before life goes on
Why did I lie
Why did I curse myself to
 
Always, always be good
Always, always be good

To Be Soft Pt Il - Tribute to The Brave Little Abacus/My Realisation

I make music about my life in my own home with my own instruments and guitar pedals.

Theron Lim

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