The Funk

forgo this journey 
disappear 
no tears
is there something wrong with me
is there something wrong with me 

and forgo this journey
did everyone forget me 
or are they just not to be 
honestly, i don’t know

alone
i feel in my bones
that i am on my own
and there’s no where to go 
so alone i found the truth 
so alone not sure to do 
so alone my skin see through 
so alone my face is too 

been about a century i've had these arms wide
open or closed, i'm still getting frostbite and i couldn't explain how it hurts if i tired
'cause words don't do justice to the feelings i fight

now i'm on the road, breaking my soul
wondering how
 ima get home
just leave me alone, and let me go back
to when i was free
 i'm still struggling
it's left me no peace, so i'll take a break
and sit by the lake, until i can breathe

and so, i see how you pack your bags and leave when it gets cold

burn scars marking my chest i think im see through
pressure building up in my heart, you made me need you

wait
my skin starts to itch at the rage
how i've always dealt with the pain
all by myself, its left me no choice, still cant reach out for help
writing my hurt into poems for the shelf
and now its just on this path i know well

alone
i feel in my bones
that i am on my own
and there’s no where to go 
so alone i found the truth 
so alone not sure to do 
so alone my skin see through 
so alone my face is too

forgo this journey (feat. sevenfeet) (VELVET)

RULE THE WORLD(feat. Doctor Cobra)

Written: 2005-06/2023-25 (In-Progress)
Duration: ca. 33'
for orchestra (3 (dbl Pic.), 3 (dbl Eng. Hn.), 3 (dbl Bass Cl.), 3 (dbl C-bsn.); 4,3,3,1; timp +3; hp; kybd (dbl celeste); strings)
Written for JoAnn Falletta and Mostly Modern Orchestra in honor of Mostly Modern Festival’s fifth season
For more information: https://robertpaterson.com/journey-of-a-dragonfly
Video: https://youtu.be/hZOVmC9R82M

As a child, my parents vacationed at a summer cottage in Maine by a small lake. Often by myself, I would sit on a giant boulder and watch the lake and the wildlife for hours.

One day, a beautiful bright-winged dragonfly flew across the lake and hovered before me. I was startled and intrigued: its long, slender blue body glistened in the sunlight. Finally, it began to fly around the perimeter of the lake. It stopped every few minutes and hovered in place, almost as if waiting for me to follow it. I followed the dragonfly until sunset, imagining a world in which only the dragonfly existed, on its own terms, within its own world.

Years later, I hiked around the Niagara Gorge near Niagara Falls and explored Devil’s Hole Park. There is an opening on the side of a cliff called Devil’s Hole Cave. Interestingly, early Native Americans called it the Cave of the Evil Spirit and foretold subsequent disaster to anyone who dared enter the cave. The combination of the lake, the dragonfly, and Devil’s Hole Cave all came together and helped crystalize the idea for this work.

Journey of a Dragonfly begins as the sun rises; a foreboding darkness looms in the background, contrasting the Dragonfly’s graceful entrance into a world filled with the excitement of being alive. A gust of wind carries dandelion seeds skyward alongside butterflies and rainbow-colored wildflowers. Butterflies land on flowers before the Dragonfly ventures through a dark forest and emerges, only to be chased by five blackbirds. Weaving back and forth to try and escape, the Dragonfly flies into a narrow crevice as two of the blackbirds collide with trees. While still being chased, the three remaining birds retreat as the Dragonfly discovers a dark hole leading to a tunnel. The dragonfly speeds down the ghoulish tunnel and emerges at the end of the tunnel at the side of a cliff, hovering in place. It looks around in horror and sees a gigantic cavern and then Devil Town. After flying through Devil Town and witnessing tortured souls, a bomb factory, Attorney Alley, and the Devil’s Saloon, off in the distance, the Dragonfly sees Satan’s House on a hill and decides to explore. The Dragonfly enters the house and sees the Devil Child, the Devil Mother, and the Devil himself. Suddenly, the Devil Child catches the Dragonfly in a glass jar as the parents prepare dinner in the kitchen. The Dragonfly eventually manages to escape, only to be chased by the Devil Child and then by a group of hellish bats. After a chaotic chase, the Dragonfly finds the tunnel and speeds back toward the world above. Finally free, the Dragonfly finds a flat rock to rest. The tale concludes as the Dragonfly falls asleep, the sun sets by the lake, and the evening fades to black.

Journey of a Dragonfly was written for JoAnn Falletta and Mostly Modern Orchestra in honor of Mostly Modern Festival’s fifth season.

– RP

Movements should be listed in programs as follows:

1. The Lake: Sunrise
2. Dragonfly’s Entrance
3. Chase: Blackbirds
4. Descent Into The Underworld
5. Devil Town
6. Satan’s House
7. Trapped
8. Kitchen
9. Escape
10. Chase: Bats
11. Ascent To The World Above
12. The Lake: Sunset

Journey of a Dragonfly for Orchestra

party again bust down v3

feat. @12113215am prod. @pinkcasperr

lyrics:

mind blank you can already tell
that im not really here
im a ghost in a shell
i attract what i fear
know im goin to hell
but im already there
know im already there yeah

already dead on the inside
i just bought some drugs 
cuz im not feelin real life
remember big blunts sparkin up at east side
now im in that widebody whipping thru the streets i
don't know how to be alright

dont know how to be alright
im up late at night
chasing my dreams on the mic

hoping imma blow up like some dynamite 
its likely that i might
its likely that i might

wake up like a real life pop star
pop out the bed like a couple pop tarts
lie to myself like its alright
love me again shorty love me again

got too deep thought that we would be better as friends
hope the good times would never end
on my knees like rnb and i say amen
prayed for times like these shorty was a 10/10

now im by myself 
i dont wanna be alone
ghost in a shell
while im singing on the microphone
walk outside
then i go right back at home
sing my lil song hopin one day that i blow

i just wanna leave this place
i been tryna stay awake
wonder how long it’ll take
before i lose my mind or break

mind blank you can already tell
that im not really here
im a ghost in a shell
i attract what i fear
know im goin to hell
but im already there
know im already there yeah

already dead on the inside
i just bought some drugs 
cuz im not feelin real life
remember big blunts sparkin up at east side
now im in that widebody whipping thru the streets i
don't know how to be alright

dont know how to be alright
im up late at night
chasing my dreams on the mic

hoping imma blow up like some dynamite 
its likely that i might
its likely that i might

eastside w/ 1:21 (caspyy)

Written/Produced/Recorded by Nico Zaca
Mixed by mTwenty
Additional Electronic Production by Slshgrl on Track 7 - "Man2Machine:

She's 27

HYPER-POP (Feat.) Xes Lana, SPIX3R
[Prod.]

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Chris Bumstead | champion mentality

Danny Phantom feat. Iss Camron (Prod. Bipxlar) *2024*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U36FGTFnw-w

ZOMBIE

[XLR]
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