Self-reflection

Lyrics

Can you guarantee?
Is this all I need?
Are we sure?
This will settle things!
All will be better!
Are we sure?

Ooh, ooh,
They'll find out, they'll find out
Ooh, ooh,
(What if they do, what may they...)
Ooh, Ooh,
They'll find out, they'll find out...

What if I'm just another?
Don't tell me
Don't tell me

Fuyu

Atychiphobia

Beirut.

Lyrics

Who'd have thought that you'd bend like that?
Burns and scars don't compare to the marks unmistakably present
Come on, heal me, time
Ripple long
Oh, you ripple so fast
Cast away broken
Set aside
Your token's worthless
Discombobulate

Distasteful
A cloud of numb tore apart
The cries echoed
I followed suit, I followed worn
For none

There's room to cover plenty of skin
Be chuffed with your smile
Your gift is not my aid
But the full bellied man's
Should've thought it would end up like that
Pride in the rubble
It's all within the roots
But I can't hack this foundation

Distasteful
A cloud of numb tore apart
My cries echoed
I followed suit, I followed worn
For none
Still as still
Can be a method?
I don't know...

Where are you?
Where are you now?
Where are you?
Where are you now?
Can't find you?
Can't find you now?
Can't find you?
Can't find you?

Port Rate

Lyrics

Nobody wants to know you
Nobody dares
Nobody wants to know your cries, your grief, despair
Nobody wants to feel it
The way you do
Nobody wants to view the world and all its truths

Fair
That's fair

Somebody wants to know you
Think it or not
Somebody wants to intake all of your words and thoughts
Somebody wants to love you
If you let them in
Somebody is selfish and wants you to be their kin

Fair
That's fair
Fair

Nobody wants to know you
Nobody cares
After everything..


Credits
Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Heedless to Say

Heedless To Say

It was me
It was me from a different time
It was me
It was me from a different time

It was me
It was me from a different time
It was me
Oh, it was me from a different time

Can't you see I'm much better now?
Can't you see I'm much better?
Can't you see I'm much better now?
Can't you see that I'm


credits

Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Chloe Dominique

Haru

Blossom

Then
They sure were the times
Milk by the door
A scarf for the wall
Fun for me

Streets
Lines and lines
Portions of grub
Expressions for some
T'was a sight

My sweet memory will never be tainted

I liked it better
I liked it better
Reasons enough
And various stuff
I liked it better

I liked it better
I liked it better
Times may be rough
But I don't care love
I liked it better

Nothing good ever remained
No more need
Thought up plenty
Done
This world don't need to be worse
I've worn my shoes misguided
Probably

They want to make us into what we're not
They want to ruin everything we have
I liked it better
I liked it better
I liked it better
I liked it

I liked it better
I liked it better
Reasons enough
And various stuff
I liked it better

I liked it better
I liked it better
Times may be rough
But I don't care love
I liked it better

I liked it better
I liked it better
Reasons enough
And various stuff
I liked it better

I liked it better
I liked it better
This ain't no bluff
'Cause you will be done
'Cause I liked it better
Yeah


credits

Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Emily Lunness

I Liked It Better

Truly
Writhe in the complexities of your cadence
How does it be?
Mirage? A glitch?
The blurb didn't hint this ending

Despite all
Retain your fire
Perceive the tried times any way that you'd like
Promise you'll return
My beautiful...

Man, where are we?
Has it been this long since I've grasped you so densely?
Was it always such a foray
Or a lot more obvious than that?

Despite all fears
You too crawl through the water
Perceive the tried times any way that you'd like
Promise you'll return
My beautiful
My beautiful
My beautiful

Back
Come back
Come back
Back
Come back
Come back
You come back
You come back

credits

Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Fallon Howe: Alto Sax
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Chloe Dominique

Kaeri

Nothing to say
I'm sure I could
But aren't you also worn down?

Fallacious time need not a remnant  
I’ll console in my way
Want to say it and some
Want none, yet..

Nothing to say

Not one for the prospect
But I owe you for making this hell feel more like heaven
Want to say it and some
Remarkably
  
Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
Will you still love me when I can't go on?
Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
Will you still love me when I can't go on?

Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
Will you still love me when I can't go on?
Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
Will you still love me when I can't go on?

(Will you still? Will you still?)
Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
(Love me? Love me? Love me? Love me?)
(Will you still? Will you still?)
Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
(Love me? Love me? Love me? Love me?)
(Will you still? Will you still?)
Will you still love me when I can’t go on?
(Love me? Love me? Love me? Love me?)
Will you still love me when I can't go on?

credits

Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Taishōgoto, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Flora Stewart: Additional Vocals
Valdis Stekelis: Additional Vocals
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Chloe Dominique

Will You Still Love Me When I Can't Go On?

What's it like to hold you?
I only wish that I knew
(everything. Now. Before.)
Can't cling on to virtues
Can I bypass? Could I move
(all my thoughts? All my flaws?)

Is it fear?
Am I drawn to you?
Sincerely anon?
If true, will sheer dumb luck see me through?
Can't take it much more
Experience near will prove how a mogul can be made minute
I'd pray, but honestly, I don't feel any shame

I wish you were dead
No rest assured
Silence
And then, we'll be restored
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep

If I'm free, then why am I bound to these inevitable shackles
(I can't break? Can't escape)
I want to make you feel like you're worthless
Feel like you're worthless
If just for a moment

I want to make you feel like you're worthless
Feel like you're worthless!

I wish you were dead
No rest assured
Silence
And then, we'll be restored
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep

I wish you were...

Credits
Flora Stewart - Vocals
Ivan McCready - Cello
Jake Hatter - Drum performance
Matty Moon - Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt - Mastering Engineer
Tom Leate - Violin/Viola
Tristan Nelson - Bass, Piano, Mbira, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics

I wish you were dead

There is a man giving me the finger
Tantalising, below some dark robes
Electric powered mobile throne
(I'm not into it)

Where can I place? Where to bestow?
If it's numbered and mint it's coming home
I'd tell you if I was addicted but I'd first have to admit

Great decision...
Propositions

This all feels weird
It's not the time to be queuing up and lining
Baskets and baskets online
The pots more or less dried

You are my prize and joy

You, you, you are..
It's all a lie
Those things you've heard
Those things you've heard
Those things you've
Those things you've

from Aki, releases February 10, 2021
Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Chloe Dominique

Bowerbird

I was only 17
When you left me here
Nothings changed but our age
Wounds, whiter now

Can you feel it?
I can feel it

Circumstance would dictate this
Friend or foe in a new skin?

Can you feel it?
I can feel it

Hurt me?
Hurt me?
I laugh
I laugh

Hurt me?
You wanna hurt me?
I laugh
I laugh
credits
from Aki, releases February 10, 2021
Tristan Nelson: Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Chloe Dominique

I'd like to live
I'd like to try
And fight for someone I believe
Sounds nice

Sun kissed
Bullet tongued
And all the rest at once

Just once
I wanna see the rise
But there's no reason why...

Whether end up there or here
Just to be the meagre man
Sure enough, it's apathy

Feel, be moved
Love to cry
Instead of crying for those I loved inside

Prisoner
In my own home
It's all I've ever known

Whether end up there or here
Just to be the meagre man
Sure enough, it's apathy

It's all one big quirk in its own way
I see that now
It's all one big quirk in its own way
I see that now

Whether end up there or here
Just to be the meagre man
Sure enough, it's apathy
credits
from Aki, releases February 10, 2021
Tristan Nelson: Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Ivan McCready: Cello
Tom Leate: Viola/Violin
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Artwork by Chloe Dominique

Misanthrope's Vessel

So many faces
So little time
Urgency, a question
A head pokes in
A set of eyes avert
Be static, I implore you
Repeat, repeat, entertainer
There's no out of this
There's no out of this

Take me back to Osaka
Let's bask in this moment one more time
Take me back to Osaka

There's no faces
I can't find time
Everything all at once
And yet nothing is hurting
Should I lie?
Wearing down
It's my fault
I had to scrimp
But you love it all the same
You loved it all the same

Take me back to Osaka
Let's bask in this moment one more time
Take me back to Osaka

Maybe
I don't want to
I should and I know
Maybe
I don't want to
I should and I
Maybe
I don't want to
I should and I know

I'll wait till tomorrow...

credits
Tristan Nelson: Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics
Jake Hatter: Drums
Clive Bell: Shakuhachi
Matty Moon: Engineer/Mix
Robin Schmidt: Mastering Engineer

Osaka

The solo project of Bedfordshire based multi-instrumentalist & songwriter, Tristan Nelson, THREE DAY MONK's content is a narratively driven reflection of endeavouring & consumption.

Influenced from artists such as Ben Howard, Hiatus Kaiyote, Incubus & Fantastic Negrito, the music contains unintentional, unconventional structures that delve into metaphorical, situational matters that ask a simple question.

What's more terrifying than our reality?

The Final EP, 'Haru' out 23.07.21

https://threedaymonk.bandcamp.com/follow_me

Three Day Monk