Night Sky

A silent rain falls as Merlin Mirage stands with closed eyes in the tropical light. His voice carries the longing for closeness, yet it remains unfulfilled—transformed into a melancholic echo. This song is a confession of solitude, an intimate testimony that breathes through the falling drops.
Every chord resounds like a heartbeat, every verse unveils another layer of silence. “I Was Always Alone” is not just a song—it is a state of being, an inner tremor, an unveiled mirror.

All music, lyrics, and visual artwork created in collaboration between human artistry and AI technology. © 2025 Mirage – All rights reserved.

I was Always Along (Vers. Merlin)

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[Verse]
Snow's falling heavy streetlights dim
Cold breath rising like a hymn
Holes in my pockets holes in my soul
but maybe faith can make us whole

[Chorus]
Do you see that star
Way up where angels play
Maybe it's come
To take our pain away
Do you see that star
Do you see that star

[Verse 2]
Crowds in the square singing loud
Bells ringing clear over the crowd
the spirt rises, it's sinking deep
I feel it right down to my feet
(right to my feet)

[Bridge]
I fall to my knees and pray..
the star will light... the way

[Outro]
I see that star
Way up where angels play
I know it's come
To take my pain away
Oh oh..I see that star
I see that star

Do You See That Star

Evelyn

ETERNAL THRESHOLDS BOOKLET (EN) https://eklektikaberlin.com/files/1371805/eternal-thresholds-booklet.pdf
HORIZON IX BOOKLET (EN) https://eklektikaberlin.com/files/1369223/horizon-ix-the-story.pdf
HORIZON IX BOOKLET (DE): https://eklektikaberlin.com/files/1369835/horizon-ix-the-story-de.pdf

The Architect wakes beneath a ceiling that is not a ceiling, but a dome — black, seamless, impenetrable. Beyond it, there is no morning. The day is manufactured here. The air is clean, sweeter than memory, but wrong. Too close. Too finished.

This city was not built for beauty, but for survival. It has seasons without weather, rain without clouds, tides without an ocean. Every drop of water, every gust of air, is born in the humming belly of the machines that keep the world alive. Above, the wind still exists — somewhere. But here, it is replaced by a low, constant breath, like the lungs of a sleeping giant.

The Architect walks through glass domes where trees bloom forever, where fruit never rots, where rivers loop endlessly over hidden conveyor belts. Children draw pictures of stars they will never see. Lovers stroll under an artificial moon that is always in the right place for the photograph.

He knows the city will not fail soon — the machines are flawless. But he also knows this is not living. Each inhale is a reminder: the oxygen is here… but the sky is gone.

“Oxygen Without Sky” imagines a future where humanity survives in sealed, artificial environments, cut off from the natural world and the open sky. Its imagery of glass domes, programmed dawns, and manufactured air reflects a society that has traded freedom and authenticity for controlled safety, where even rain and seasons are simulations. The song critiques this sterile survival, highlighting how dependence on engineered systems erodes memory, curiosity, and connection to what is real. Beneath its dystopian surface lies a quiet yearning for what has been lost — the wind, the stars, the blackbird’s cry — reminding us that survival without true nature is a hollow kind of life.

HORIZON 4: OXYGEN WITHOUT SKY

“Fractured” is a darkly emotional indie-alt-folk anthem about mental health, inner conflict, and the war between hope and hopelessness.
Blending moody acoustic textures, ambient guitars, and cinematic percussion, the song captures what it feels like to be split between two selves, one trying to rise, the other fading away.

This track explores self-doubt, burnout, and the quiet chaos of recovery, echoing late-night thoughts and that haunting moment between breaking and rebuilding.
A soundtrack for anyone who’s ever felt torn apart but still searching for light through the cracks.

“Half of me’s waking, half still in a dream…”

Fractured

One Late Summer Southern Night

A Quiet Minute

Tinted windows, tinted life Can't let the daylight inside Protected but I'm paralyzed They can't see me, neither can I Tinted windows, world outside Blurred until it's black and white Tried to hide, now I'm denied Tinted windows blocking light

TINTED WINDOWS

EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE - THE STORY SO FAR 2025/26
https://eklektikaberlin.com/files/1384133/everywhere-and-nowhere-the-story-so-far.pdf

The lyrics of “I am eklektika” portray a life shaped by movement, learning, and reinvention, using the cello as a symbolic spine that carries the protagonist through shifting decades, continents, and cultural worlds. They tell the story of a Baby Boomer who never settled into one identity but instead evolved across eras—from analog beginnings to digital futures—absorbing each transformation as creative fuel. Berlin becomes the place where all these fragments finally cohere, allowing him to fuse classical roots, progressive imagination, and electronic experimentation into a personal artistic universe. The chorus frames identity not as something fixed but as something assembled from many lives, echoing the conceptual journeys of his albums—Futaria, Horizon IX, Mechanica Cellorum, Phronesis, The Fifth Season, The Nearness. Ultimately, the lyrics celebrate a person who has turned movement into meaning, experience into art, and time itself into a creative companion, living proof that reinvention is both a survival strategy and a form of beauty.

I AM EKLEKTIKA

This is the music project of Steve Lewis, a classically trained cellist and multi-instrumental singer-songwriter based in Berlin, Germany. 

The name eklektika.berlin is striking and layered—it carries both an immediate sonic appeal and a set of resonances that fits the project’s artistic and philosophical ambitions:

1. Wordplay and Etymology
-Eklektika derives from the Greek eklektikos (“selective,” “choosing the best”), which in modern usage signals eclecticism—an openness to many styles and influences.
-The -ika ending also hints at “musica,” giving it a subtle musical cadence.
-Written in a slightly unexpected “k” spelling, it feels at once ancient and contemporary, European yet cosmopolitan.

2. Berlin Anchor
-Pairing it with .berlin instantly grounds the project in a city long known as a crossroads of cultures and avant-garde experimentation—from Weimar cabaret and Bauhaus to today’s electronic scene.
-The domain-style format suggests digital nativity and a living online presence; it reads simultaneously as a brand, a collective, and a web address.

3. Artistic Implications
-“Eklektika” signals that the work blends genres, eras and media—classical forms, rock energy, AI-generated textures—without being confined to one school.
-The Berlin reference underscores a tradition of boundary-pushing art and hints at an international, forward-looking ethos.

4. Memorable & Marketable
-Short, easy to pronounce in many languages, and visually distinctive with its twin “k”s, it is search-friendly and brand-ready.
-It invites curiosity—people instinctively want to know what “eklektika” means and why it’s tied to Berlin.

eklektika.berlin communicates exactly what the project embodies: a bold, eclectic fusion rooted in Berlin’s creative energy while open to global and futuristic influences—an identity that feels both timeless and unmistakably of the AI-age.

HORIZON 4: OXYGEN WITHOUT SKY

Steve Lewis eklektika.berlin