🕯 I Leave Ashes Behind 🕯
A slow-burning soul elegy wrapped in velvet smoke.
No anger. No goodbye. Just the soft hush of someone choosing absence with grace.
Minimalist jazz-inflected instrumentation meets intimate, breath-warm vocals — a departure so quiet, it echoes.

This is not closure. This is sovereignty.
She doesn’t vanish — she simply leaves nothing behind but ash.

🎧 Mood: detached, graceful, unshaken
🖋 Line to remember: “I leave ashes — dry and clean / Like I was never in between.”

Let the silence speak.

I Leave Ashes Behind

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Verse 1

I don’t need closure, I don’t need grace
I watched it burn and turned my face
No final words, no bitter cries
Just smoke curling through the sky

Pre-Chorus
You’ll search the air for what we were
But darling, I don't leave a blur


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Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No trace for you to follow back
No scent of me on your collapse
I leave ashes — dry and clean
Like I was never in between


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Verse 2

I left the dress, I kept the name
I walk in silence, not in shame
No bags to pack, no doors to close
Just lighter steps where nothing grows

I didn’t flinch, I didn’t stay
I simply turned and slipped away

Pre-Chorus
You’ll search the air for what we were
But darling, I don't leave a blur


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Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No trace for you to follow back
No scent of me on your collapse
I leave ashes — dry and clean
Like I was never in between


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Bridge (the ritual of disappearance)

No candle lit, no mourning song
No looking back to prove him wrong
No trace of me in what you find
Just breath… just dust… just disinclined


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Final Chorus

I leave ashes behind
Not love, not hate, not the ties that bind
No myth for you to twist or keep
No echo waiting while you sleep
I leave ashes — soft and wide
Then I return to what’s inside

I Leave Ashes Behind

"Velvet Ache" is a sultry, soul-drenched ballad that explores the haunting space between desire and devastation. With poetic lyricism and smoky, intimate vocals, the track invites listeners into a world where passion burns slow and deep—where silence speaks louder than touch, and pleasure is laced with ache. A hypnotic blend of raw vulnerability and sensual power, Velvet Ache lingers like a bruise kissed by candlelight.


Velvet Ache 

[Intro]

Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh...
Your breath on my skin is a velvet ache
Every word you don't say still makes me break

[Verse 1]
You're a sin I sip slow in the candlelight
Eyes like poison, sweet and ripe

[Pre-Chorus]
I trace the hunger in your sigh
Your silence pulls me open wide
I shouldn't stay, but here I lie
Drunk on what you never hide

[Chorus]
Touch me like you mean to leave a mark
Whisper like the dark's your favorite drug
I’m falling through the heat, the hush, the haze
Where shame and pleasure melt and blaze
You're my midnight, raw and wide awake—
My velvet ache

[Post-Chorus – whispered]
Mmmhhh... still burning, still shaking
Mmmhhh... no saving, no faking

[Verse 2]
Fingertips speak more than tongues allow
You're the sermon, I’m the vow
Wrapped in satin, drowned in moans
We build a heaven we can’t own

[Pre-Chorus]
Every glance a loaded gun
We're too far gone to come undone
You taste like danger in disguise
But I keep coming every time

[Chorus]
Touch me like you mean to leave a mark
Whisper like the dark's your favorite drug
I’m falling through the heat, the hush, the haze
Where shame and pleasure melt and blaze
You're my midnight, raw and wide awake—
My velvet ache

[Bridge]
Don’t promise me forever, just tonight
Burn me soft and slow, and get it right
In this room, we both confess
Lust as gospel, sin as bless

[Outro – slow fade]
Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh... Mmmhhh...
And when you leave, I won’t forget
The bruises shaped like silhouettes
Still aching where you used to stay—
Still velvet in the break
Mmmhhh...


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Velvet Ache

Step into a lounge where time sways instead of ticks, where velvet voices glide over upright bass, and secrets are stirred into every drink. Club Midnight blends polished charm with a modern undercurrent — playful, mysterious, and heartbreak-slick. From flirtatious duets to torchlit ballads, each track captures a different shade of night: the sparkle of the first drink, the ache behind a final glance, the hush when the music lingers.

Dress sharp, stay late — your table’s waiting.

Ash on the Glass

Velvet Bite

Verse 1
Cigarette lips on the edge of my wine,
You taste temptation, but the sin is mine.
Don’t call it romance, it’s a darker game,
You’ll beg for the fire while you curse my name.

Pre-Chorus
I lean in slow, with a promise and a threat,
Every kiss I give is a debt you won’t forget.

Chorus
Baby, I got a velvet bite,
Sweet as sugar, sharp at night.
You want the pleasure, take the pain,
I’ll make you crawl, then call my name.

Verse 2
High heels clicking on your guilty floor,
You swear it’s the last time, then you want it more.
Honey, my mercy’s in short supply,
But I’ll feed you a thrill that your money can’t buy.

Pre-Chorus
I’m the fever, I’m the cure, I’m the crime,
You’ll lose your heaven just to taste my rhyme.

Chorus
Baby, I got a velvet bite,
Sweet as sugar, sharp at night.
You want the danger, play my hand,
I’m your weakness, understand.

Bridge
Oh, desire’s a razor, I keep it close,
Cut you deep while I kiss like a ghost.
You think you can handle, you think you can win,
But I’ll pull you under, then bite you again.

Chorus (extended)
Baby, I got a velvet bite,
Sweet as sugar, sharp at night.
Every pleasure comes with a price,
So beg me once, then beg me twice.

Velvet Bite

青空

こんなうれしいことがあったなんて
喜ぶことすら避けて

かっこつけるわけではないけど
強がってはいた

認める　無駄じゃないさ
ホープ　ライ　ノスタルジー　
混乱しているんだ　カーテンもしめて

太陽の光浴びただけで　雲を見つめるだけで
青空を仰ぐだけで　土を踏み締めるだけで
変われるかな

手紙を読み返して　気づいたことあるし
気づけないことが　まだまだあるけど

命を思うこと　そう考える余裕ない
そりゃちょっとやばいよ
何してんだよ　ほんと

太陽の光浴びただけで　雲を見つめるだけで
青空を仰ぐだけで　土を踏み締めるだけで
変われないだろ

太陽の光浴びただけで　雲を見つめるだけで
青空を仰ぐだけで　土を踏み締めるだけで
変われるだろ

Blue Sky

I can't believe something so wonderful is happening.

I'm even avoiding being happy.

I'm not trying to be cool,
I've been pretending to be strong all this time.

I'll admit it. It's not in vain.

Hope, lies, nostalgia.

I'm confused, so I'll close the curtains.

Just basking in the sun, just gazing at the clouds, just looking up at the blue sky, just standing on the ground,
can I change?

I've reread the letter and realized some things,
but there are still many things I haven't realized.

I don't have time to think about life.

That's a little dangerous.

What am I really doing?

Just basking in the sun, just gazing at the clouds, just looking up at the blue sky, just standing on the ground,
will not change.

Just basking in the sun, just gazing at the clouds, just looking up at the blue sky, just standing on the ground,
can change.

french  バンド　ベース　ツインギター　ドラムス　タイトなリズム　,Rock,Jazz,Country,Classical,Dance,World,Folk

Je vais changer

The sound of searching for the self you lost.

I Miss Me

I took my original performance and lyrics, entered them into AI Music , turned the knobs and messed about to get this version.
Original https://soundcloud.com/user-299128848/remember-when-blues-1

Remember When Blues - Revisited

Just How It Is

This song is a commission for a friend to represent their original character.

Lyrics:

Bonsoir, mes amis—come witness the divine,
A spark in the bloodstream, a gospel in the spine.
Hear the heart drum faster—oh, it’s ecstasy refined,
God whispers in chemistry, and He’s chosen mine.

The serum sings! The fever climbs!
I dance with data, lose my mind.
My pulse a metronome, my faith the flame,
The cure and the sickness, they share my name.

I see the light in the vial’s glow,
It tells me secrets only angels know.

Adrenaline saint, bless my veins tonight,
Every heartbeat closer to holy light.
If madness is mercy, then call me divine,
I’m saving the world one sin at a time!

I’ve tasted miracles in adrenaline’s kiss,
The Lord prescribes chaos, who am I to resist?
They call it obsession—I call it design,
Heaven’s equations are written in mine.

I feel Him surge in every vein,
Sweet revelation, holy pain!
Their eyes grow wide—oh, what do they see?
A man or a martyr? A prophet—or me?

I hear Him… closer…
Each drop, a prayer… each gasp, a hymn…

Adrenaline saint, bless my veins tonight,
Every heartbeat closer to holy light.
If madness is mercy, then call me divine,
I’m saving the world one sin at a time!

La Prière du Docteur

"The Monkey, the Cow, and the Crown Jewel" is a musical journey into a profound spiritual paradox from 13th-century Japan. Inspired by Nichiren Daishonin's letter, the Urabon Gosho, the song tells the story of Lord Jibu, a priest described as lacking wisdom and dignity—like a "monkey or a cow". Yet, he is praised in the highest terms.  

Why? Because his one redeeming quality is his simple, unshakable faith in the Lotus Sutra.

This orchestral folk-rock epic explores the theological concept of "derived sanctity." It's not about our own perfection, but the power of the ultimate truth we hold dear. Through the powerful metaphors of a "snake holding a gem" and a "dragon guarding sacred relics," the song builds from a sparse, intimate confession into a soaring anthem for the imperfect. It is a testament to the idea that pure faith is the one jewel that can make any flawed vessel sacred, transforming a life of shadow into a source of brilliant light.  

(Verse 1 – The Lament of the Flawed Vessel)
[sparse fingerpicked guitar, Hammond drone] Not one of two hundred fifty precepts kept, Three thousand rules of conduct, all unkept. My wisdom’s dull — like a horse or a cow, A monkey’s dignity is all I’ve got now. A broken vessel in these latter days, My strength’s a whisper, lost inside the maze. No merit gathered, nothing I can claim, Just a flawed old priest who barely speaks his name.

(Chorus – The Pivotal Faith)
[add upright bass, soft brushed snare] But nevertheless, my heart holds one thing true: I revere the Buddha, and the Sutra too. My only treasure is the faith I hold — A story for these latter days retold. For broken vessels shine with borrowed light, And in devotion, find their sacred might.

(Verse 2 – The Sacred Metaphors of Derived Sanctity)
[slide guitar enters with call-and-response] I’m like a serpent with a priceless gem — Its light redeems, though it’s not mine, but them. A dragon guarding relics, pure and bright, My being changed by the Dharma’s light. The jewel is perfect, though the snake may crawl, Untouched by mud, it sanctifies us all. My hands are empty, yet I guard the Law — The greatest treasure this world ever saw.

(Chorus – The Pivotal Faith) But nevertheless, my heart holds one thing true: I revere the Buddha, and the Sutra too. My only treasure is the faith I hold — A story for these latter days retold. For broken vessels shine with borrowed light, And in devotion, find their sacred might.

(Bridge – The Boundless Promise)
[choir harmonies swell, organ opens] A wisteria vine around a mighty pine, I climb to heights that never could be mine. My strength may fail, but clinging to this grace, I’ll save my kin and find their sacred place. For seven generations, I can bring them peace, A fine jewel of a grandson — granting release. Through faith alone, I soar on borrowed wings, And hear the song the Tranquil Heaven sings.

(Outro – The Mantra of Faith)
[fade with gospel humming — mantra-like repetition of “borrowed light…”] The monkey, the cow, and the crown jewel bright — A flawed man’s faith in eternal light. The monkey, the cow, and the crown jewel bright — Borrowed light becomes my own tonight.

The Monkey the Cow and the Crown Jewel

Tell The Truth (encore) KNOWsutra EPx9 Vol. 04 -- because I love this song, I'm finally making thematic music albums, and #truth is one of my all-time top existential kinks 🍄✨ #honestisbest

EPx9 flows Burlesque ROCK ❯ BLUES ❯ BURLESQUE (XTRA)

@bananasutra lyrics:

[08] Tell The Truth • KNOWsutra True BLUES Cover

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Remember When Blues - Revisited

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