Aviators
The Living Tombstone - Its Been So Long (Aviators Remix)
updated
Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/casting-shadows
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/liar-liar/1775045267?i=1775045329
Spotify: Coming Soon
YouTube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mo6Y7uk_IEOZzK7TDzsxwVEb7Da7UdPvQ&si=kxJlaXFI0-biZ0L0
It's long overdue, but this is my tribute to Lies of P! What an incredible game, definitely my favorite of the non-Fromsoft Soulslikes. The song follows the emotional journey of Pinocchio who has been created under false pretenses in an apocalyptic world of puppets. As he realizes the manipulation that's been pulling his strings all along, he decides to avenge his creator's blasphemy.
This is also the first song of the new album, Casting Shadows! This is the only song on the album NOT about Elden Ring, but there's lots more dark fantasy music to be had there. Be sure to check that out in the link above and go ahead and grab a CD if you'd like one before the preorders run out. All those new songs will be hitting youtube shortly!
This song was mastered by @fishpaste2100
Lyrics:
[verse]
Morality impaired
By the blood and the oil that
Stains my synthetic hair
Though I push and I pull
My conscience it goes nowhere
A soul that feeds the sorrow
Dreads tomorrow
Hunter of my own kind
Does it beg for the question
When I have crossed the line
Could the fears and the memories
Ever seem like they’re mine
Or is this shell left hollow
Robbed or borrowed
[pre-chorus]
So a scream displaces
In a sea of mouthless faces
From the wake of you
Creation will destroy
I have lived your long deception
While I felt programmed affection
Just another of
Your broken, twisted toys
[chorus]
So now you hang me on the headstone
While you tell me to be brave
But I have cut the strings completely
From the tangled weave you made
Is it the heart you gave that cursed me
Knowing soon you’d tear it out
A father’s moment to speak truly
So tell me who’s the liar now?
[verse]
Comforting words to me
Have been made out of lies like
Cosmetic surgery
But the stitches have pulled and
Blind as I was, I see
The care I saw was breathless
Dead and selfish
Gears spinning towards a task
When you told and assured me
I was the best, the last
Taught the right from the wrong
From your putrid ways, your past
Words from snakes are worthless
You deserve this
[pre-chorus]
So a scream displaces
In a sea of mouthless faces
From the wake of you
Creation will destroy
I have lived your long deception
While I felt programmed affection
Just another of
Your broken, twisted toys
[chorus]
So now you hang me on the headstone
While you tell me to be brave
But I have cut the strings completely
From the tangled weave you made
Is it the heart you gave that cursed me
Knowing soon you’d tear it out
A father’s moment to speak truly
So tell me who’s the liar now?
[bridge]
A fool
Equipped with god's own tools
Will always break the rules
Just because he can, he can
With his own hands
To break
Away the human fate
A birth divine and fake
When grief so kindly
Turns to madness
In the ashes
How
Do you think it hurts to trust a monster
Now
All the pain I bore has made me stronger
Bow
To the maker of a wrath divine
Like you were mine
[chorus]
So now you hang me on the headstone
While you tell me to be brave
But I have cut the strings completely
From the tangled weave you made
Is it the heart you gave that cursed me
Knowing soon you’d tear it out
A father’s moment to speak truly
So tell me who’s the liar now?
Who is the liar now?
open.spotify.com/track/4iZRYXeKFytDy4HRAR5TJm?si=ede9ba2fabfa48e1
music.apple.com/us/album/eternal-lullaby-single/1766669559
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/eternal-lullaby
Wow, it sure has been a while, hasn't it? I usually put out more music than I have lately, so this year's been a little slow. Part of that is life, part of it is low inspiration, and most of all it's due to the fact I switched my entire workflow away from Windows and had to re-learn so much software and equipment. It all took a while, but I think it's smooth sailing now! As well as the usual slow-moving projects like Acoustic 3, I've been working on a new album called "Casting Shadows" that I can't wait to share with you on October 18th!
Like a lot of the upcoming songs, "Eternal Lullaby" was inspired by my recent experiences in the Elden Ring DLC "Shadow of the Erdree". This song mourns from the perspective of St. Trina, the discarded half of demigod Miquella, and the beloved deity of sleep. She questions why he would ever separate from her, and despite still feeling love for her other half, she sings out a sorrowful curse that he may never ascend to his dangerous goals.
This song was mastered by @fishpaste2100
Lyrics:
A flower left forgotten
And wished to drift in sleep
A heart stolen
Broken open
Blooms a sea of dreams
That pools within the deep
I saw the loss in your eyes
So did it hurt to leave behind
The pieces of your soul
That made us whole
Two hearts betwixt one mind
It kills me
Now to see you throw
Your love into the dregs below
As heartbreak sings a sweet
Eternal lullaby
The branches now you cling to
A garden wrought with thorns
It's a shame, and now a travesty
That you'd root out every part of me
And in that void
A loveless god reborn
I saw the loss in your eyes
So did it hurt to leave behind
The pieces of your soul
That made us whole
Two hearts betwixt one mind
It kills me
Now to see you throw
Your love into the dregs below
As heartbreak sings a sweet
Eternal lullaby
Creep, let them creep
Oh twisted vines at fate's direction
Sleep, put to sleep
Choking tears of your rejection
Deep, cut so deep
I dreamt an end to your ascension
I saw the loss in your eyes
So did it hurt to leave behind
The pieces of your soul
That made us whole
Two hearts betwixt one mind
It kills me
Now to see you throw
Your love into the dregs below
As heartbreak sings a sweet
Eternal lullaby
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/victorious
open.spotify.com/track/3DgAIaEhp3Dbx27g4xm8Dz?si=cc44eef7dad54607
Instrumental version:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/victorious-instrumental-version
First upload of 2024, and it's a long one! This slow-building anthem is a tribute to the most honorable and accomplished warrior of Elden Ring's tarnished. The song describes Godfrey, The First Elden Lord's lust for battle and his respect for the warriors who gave him a fight to remember as he faces off with his final rival. For this song I also had the help of 139 lovely people from the discord server, coming together as a chorus of spectators! A huge thanks to everyone who participated, and to @fishpaste2100for mastering this track.
Lyrics:
For a time away
I walked with the exiled and prayed
For a conflict to call me back home
To the champion's throne
When the mountains quake
There's strength left and glory to take
A contender that stands in my path
Here to tempt my wrath
When circled by vultures
I keep my nerve still
With honor and a blessing
I conquered each thrill
And though I had fallen
I'll come roaring back again
As claws are unleashing
The rivals will dance
Like songs of a ritual
Across the expanse
Of order in ruin
And nothing but pride to defend
A crown for the victorious
The battle will be glorious
And they will call our names
In the valley of the saints
A test of strength to lay it bare
Survivor takes the lion's share
And tempers won't give way
'Til we've earned a hero's grave
As the last one standing brave
No, I cannot not be caged
Like the jaws of the apex's rage
For our nature has left but one way
To honor the pain
Every chance to die
Is inspiration to survive
In a furious duet of blades
Two stars on the stage
When circled by vultures
I keep my nerve still
With honor and a blessing
I conquered each thrill
And though I had fallen
I'll come roaring back once again
As claws are unleashing
The rivals will dance
Like songs of a ritual
Across the expanse
Of order in ruin
And nothing but pride to defend
A crown for the victorious
The battle will be glorious
And they will call our names
In the valley of the saints
A test of strength to lay it bare
Survivor takes the lion's share
And tempers won't give way
'Til we've earned a hero's grave
As the last one standing brave
The veil is torn
A moment of truth
For our sons and our daughters
Is battle born
The blood of the covenant
Thicker than water
Within the storm
The lion meets your eyes
A severance
The splitting of fates
And the passing of our own
Remembrance
The first and the last in a flurry of fists
Bled in reverence
So may the true king rise
A crown for the victorious
The battle will be glorious
And they will call our names
In the valley of the saints
A test of strength to lay it bare
Survivor takes the lion's share
And tempers won't give way
'Til we've earned a hero's grave
As the last one standing brave
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/metal-wont-burn
open.spotify.com/track/2svM9HrvlUZVYs12ZuBpLy?si=64b9c3e08bbc46bb
Instrumental Version:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/metal-wont-burn-instrumental-version
(Apple Music version: APPLE CALL ME BACK PLEASE)
About time, right? FROM Software got me again, and managed to make another stellar game with addictive combat. "Metal Won't Burn" attempts to Capture Armored Core 6's bleak and emotionless world, and reflects on a loss of humanity after being rebuilt so many times.
Mastered by Fishpaste2100
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Lyrics:
The adversaries priming
Like wolves within the snow
A consciousness is dying
Too stubborn to let go
When the daylight comes for me
I see what I am
An alloyed extension
Of invisible hands
And yet I risk more than
The credits I earn
My soul is in ashes
But metal won't burn
The raven in the updraft
I soar on borrowed wings
With heart beneath the construct
A cobbled mess of strings
Red echoes in the fracture
Sing to my weary mind
Protected by the rapture
I'm one of my own kind
When the daylight comes for me
I see what I am
An alloyed extension
Of invisible hands
And yet I risk more than
The credits I earn
My soul is in ashes
But metal won't burn
Wrapped within a soulless shelter
I possess the dread of war
Is there still a peace to enter
Or are we guiding aimless cores
Visions of a flame keep burning
Broken but still not decayed
Fueled by the blaze awakened
Human eyes remain afraid
Sacrifice my embers
Forge me better form
Burn away remainders
I am flesh no more
No one has the answers
So we all burn what came before
For what the future has in store
When the daylight comes for me
I see what I am
An alloyed extension
Of invisible hands
And yet I risk more than
The credits I earn
My soul is in ashes
But metal won't burn
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/make-your-move
open.spotify.com/track/3u41SR5eubYWq8rla0W2oT?si=33f73f38db714448
Baldur's Gate 3.... What an experience of a lifetime that was. It's put itself up there among my favorite games of all time, and while it's tough to capture in song, I had to try. The toughest part is which campaign to take inspiration from, they're all so different! In the end, "Make Your Move" ended up being a sort of overall BG3-themed ballad about making the tough choices that change your path.
Mastered by Fishpaste2100.
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Lyrics:
Pawns taken by the fates now
In wreckage were reborn
The death of past illusions
With no place left to mourn
A gathering of thunder
A mind to fuel the storm
With swords against invasion
An undercurrent forms
But who can make the difference
Are futures set in stone
A band of wayward strangers can't stand up to gods alone
So what must you become then
To not lose who you are
And would you stop before you went too far
Make your move and change it all
Forevermore the odds may favor your endeavors
Now don't fall back when you are
Blinded by the shadowfall
A guiding voice will always bind our hearts together
You've got the chance so
Make your move
A fragile institution
Regarded absolute
Its veil to be unraveled
And plucked out at the root
With stirring in the masses
And not much still to gain
Resistance sees no glory
In underhanded games
But can you make the difference
Are endings set in stone
A band of wayward strangers can't stand up to gods alone
So what could you become then
But not lose who you are
And will you stop before you go too far
Make your move and change it all
Forevermore the odds may favor your endeavors
Now don't fall back when you are
Blinded by the shadowfall
A guiding voice will always bind our hearts together
You've got the chance so
Make your move
What is the grand culmination
Where does our victimhood lead
When is the realization
Who can still set our minds free
Scattered across a long journey
Choices we made leave their wake
So what is the goal you will value
When there's only one move to make
Make your move and change it all
Forevermore the odds may favor your endeavors
Now don't fall back when you are
Blinded by the shadowfall
A guiding voice will always bind our hearts together
You've got the chance so
Make your move
music.youtube.com/watch?v=2oq4LeHZzW4&si=rw26OUiirhWnWh7R
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/halfwolf
open.spotify.com/track/2PnLuHfspGD3ZcqZ4gPOeh?si=d1fa4c7099b448e1
(Apple Music is not available yet with no explanation, working on this)
Happy H- er, Happy November! This was supposed to be a Halloween upload, but instead I finished it today! Number Nine is inspired by one of my favorite animated films, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish. The song centers on the character of Death, and his simple goal of hunting a resilient cat who has cheated him eight times already. Hard not to write a song about a villain this good.
Mastered by Fishpaste2100
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Lyrics:
One purpose doesn't always cut it
Two tango to the grave and then there's
Three chances that I'm gonna give you
For the final warrant tendered
Five seconds and your confidence is frozen
Six, and you're already gone
Seven deadly little sins that haunt you
Eight, and it's just been too long
I'm the hunter
Creeping under
And I know you've seen my face before
A deadly agent
Now impatient
So I can't ignore you anymore
Your bounty's far too prized
I don't think you'll land on your feet this time
Wasted each of your lives
Now you're pushing the end of number nine
'Cause I think your indifference is a crime
So I wanna remember number nine
One slice and it's your shattered ego
Too ready to escape the dark
Three trilogies of flaunting, what for?
Death has got more bite than bark
Five seconds and you've left yourself wide open
Six, and the last dance is on
Seven steps and I will leave you broken
Eight, when I snuff out your song
Your bounty's far too prized
I don't think you'll land on your feet this time
Wasted each of your lives
Now you're pushing the end of number nine
'Cause I think your indifference is a crime
So I wanna remember number nine
Cold steel
Waiting in darkness for the last meal
Owed to the underworld in signed deal
Forces your arrogance won't conceal
All heroes have to die
Blades talk
Singing into the night where death walks
No wish can save you when the wolf stalks
I've got your number when your heart stops
So much bravado for a lie
Your bounty's far too prized
I don't think you'll land on your feet this time
Wasted each of your lives
Now you're pushing the end of number nine
'Cause I think your indifference is a crime
So I wanna remember number nine
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/the-rot
open.spotify.com/track/3y8AmDecyMkKwY5wdDeFSq?si=2af97957fc7a4fe4
(Should be coming soon to Apple Music)
music.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnw_WhwAliQ&si=lE2JfEFGlJDYGTg4
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Mastered by Fishpaste2100
I'm all finished with the new album, Halfwolf, and now it's time to drop some lyric videos! First up from the album is "The Rot," an Elden Ring-inspired track from the perspective of Malenia, Blade of Miquella. It follows her embrace of the infection consuming her to accept an eventual new form as the Goddess of Rot.
(Wow there's a lot of lyrics in this one)
Lyrics:
The poison in the cherry wine
A state of death but trapped in time
Afflicted with a nightmare's touch
That mother could not cure
A crimson promise kept to me
And I cling to it carefully
When battles fought could break my soul
It whispers to endure
As flowers blow in southern winds
They tell the tales of my own sin
When I can't stop the fight I'm in
And scarlet spreads once more
This is the pain that feeds
The rot inside
A poison and a creed
My parasite
I am changed but free
And it strengthens me
Still to survive
So like a river flows
I'll move along
As the infection grows
My heart beats strong
I will thrive consumed
As a midnight bloom
Into the dawn
A killing blow from nature's wrath
The detour on my divine path
In fallout of the shattered
The debtors are unpaid
Misguided by the influence
Of the last order's ignorance
There's hope left in the bloodline still
It slumbers far away
Beyond the mountains on the sea
Lies kindred grace for Valkyries
The wait for a homecoming
It grows to countless days
This is the pain that feeds
The rot inside
A poison and a creed
My parasite
I am changed but free
And it strengthens me
Still to survive
So like a river flows
I'll move along
As the infection grows
My heart beats strong
I will thrive consumed
As a midnight bloom
Into the dawn
So if I must wait forever
For salvation or the grave
I have bound my soul to vengeance
And I've taken what I crave
I will stop the interruptions
Even if I lose my mind
When the roaches come I'll crush them
As I'm running out of time
Within the rot it seems
There's a faint humanity
That speaks to the affliction as it grows
And all I have become
In the years of growing numb
Is perfect in the ways I've come to know
This is the pain that feeds
The rot inside
A poison and a creed
My parasite
I am changed but free
And it strengthens me
Still to survive
So like a river flows
I'll move along
As the infection grows
My heart beats strong
I will thrive consumed
As a midnight bloom
Into the dawn
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMGBINbZcm8T7DJMtsS703Ts2kImpFSzc&si=F4ZMfB2wa393qb7a
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/halfwolf
open.spotify.com/track/29rpQCTjiiLwkHe7AXUAXI?si=4509ce07d662404c
music.apple.com/us/album/stay-dead-single/1705524408
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After playing Tears of the Kingdom, not only was I blown away by the entire game, but I was inspired to write several different songs about it. One Ganondorf idea pushed above all the rest though, since I can't resist villain songs.... Besides, what's better than a villain who inevitably comes back over and over again, as a natural force instead of a misguided soul? This is the Demon King's confident song of immortality, despite a few frustrating, similarly eternal roadblocks.
Lyrics:
Bet you'd like to get the freak show started
But my moves work slow
There's a presence here that I've imparted
Centuries ago
When the chilling of the night first hits you
Then you'll know I'm there
You can try to have the legends fix you
But you won't be spared
Balance exists that calls through the abyss
And in the chaos I create again
Go ahead
Bury Me
I will not stay dead
Hold me down
Take my breath
I will thrive instead
Cheat the game
Break my stride
You'll see me again
Like the plague
I will spread
'Cause I won't stay dead
'Cause I won't stay dead
'Cause I won't stay dead
Flaunting danger like your head is empty
But I've watched and learned
You look like you never did expect me
As if tides don't turn
I've been known to win out with my patience
There's no cure for fear
You must think it's your imagination
'Cause the devil's here
Risen from bone as the spirits come home
When I awake with a message to send
Go ahead
Bury Me
I will not stay dead
Hold me down
Take my breath
I will thrive instead
Cheat the game
Break my stride
You'll see me again
Like the plague
I will spread
'Cause I won't stay dead
'Cause I won't stay dead
You recall
To the past
And ascend
This crevasse
Fused with power
Strong of will
Guided hands
Fail you still
All your might
Gone to waste
I will strike
Leave no trace
None can rise
In my stead
So why can't you just stay dead
Just stay dead
Stay dead
'Cause I won't stay dead
Stay dead
I will not stay dead
Go ahead
Bury Me
I will not stay dead
Hold me down
Take my breath
I will thrive instead
Cheat the game
Break my stride
You'll see me again
Like the plague
I will spread
'Cause I won't stay dead
'Cause I won't stay dead
'Cause I won't stay dead
Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/hell-has-an-elevator
Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/7w4LTtkDAopFuWKoi0rc1H?si=aa71e50b47764f7f
or Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/hell-has-an-elevator/1652221598?i=1652221605
Once again, this is a track inspired by the gloomy story of "Faith", and indie game trilogy focused on retro aesthetic and things that go bump in the night. "Hell Has an Elevator" takes inspiration from the third chapter, towards the end of renegade priest John's plight against unknowable demons and possessed horrors. Relying on only faith and a small golden crucifix, he begins to doubt his purpose and if he'll even live to see the morning...
A huge thanks to @VitalSoundsMedia for the incredible music video, and to @AirdorfGames for creating Faith's dark immersive tale.
Lyrics:
Got a promise to keep now of my own
Gonna walk through the fire and come back home
Treading through the damnation of our kind
'Cause heaven's got a locked door I can't find
I can't preach to the darkness
Without putting up a fight
And I don't expect a savior
So I've got to be the light
I can't climb jacob's ladder
Keep on landing on the ground
But hell has an elevator
So just send my body down
Thinking back to the bloodshed on my trail
The damage
Tried to stick to the scripture, but I have failed
Abandoned
Breaking bread with the sinners to survive
Altogether
'Cause heaven's got a locked door I can't find
Shut forever
I can't preach to the darkness
Without putting up a fight
And I don't expect a savior
So I've got to be the light
I can't climb jacob's ladder
Keep on landing on the ground
But hell has an elevator
So just send my body down
Gonna choke on the sulfur I taste on my lips
Seeing stars in the dark here beneath an eclipse
Hard to wait for an answer when my belief slips
There's something else here listening
For the path I have walked comes a dangerous price
I have searched for the truth with my own doubting eyes
Can I live with the knowing when I realize
Lucifer's star is twinkling
My mind is scouring secrets
Not any soul will tell
Sometimes to face the demons
You have to walk through hell
I can't preach to the darkness
Without putting up a fight
And I don't expect a savior
So I've got to be the light
I can't climb jacob's ladder
Keep on landing on the ground
But hell has an elevator
So just send my body down
Down, down, down
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMGBINbZcm8T7DJMtsS703Ts2kImpFSzc&si=F4ZMfB2wa393qb7a
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/halfwolf
open.spotify.com/track/6Amgp6E2mjB0KE2KVkZUeh?si=00277c5d3d60464d
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I feel like maybe this is an unsurprising choice of character to write about. In fact, I've been so torn up about the fact that I HAVEN'T written about Elden Ring's tribute to Guts that I just got up one day and named a whole upcoming EP after him. Inspired by the game's Ranni questline once again, "Halfwolf" is a farewell ballad from Blaidd as he realizes his fate; that his ties to the Golden Order would eventually cause him to betray his friends, no matter how much he loved them. He fought with them every step of the way, and even aided Ranni the Witch in her victory knowing her success would bring conflict and punishment for him. This song is Blaidd's declaration of love and loyalty to his adopted sister, as his own soul breaks within him.
This track was mastered by Fishpaste2100.
More Elden Ring and other stories coming soon on the new Halfwolf - EP!
Lyrics:
Even if it's not forever
We've together tread this path so far
Wary of the will that made me
Still you leave your trust within my scars
Winterborn and forged strong
Searching for centuries long
Built for a dream like ours
Keep holding on for me
I'll lift you as I break
Torn to the smallest piece
Half dreaming half awake
Take my conflicted hands
My heart will light your way
Know me for what I am
Half wolf and half afraid
Striving to control my instinct
Terrified my nature won't obey
I confess the burden's heavy
Skies begin to change and soon I'll fade
Don't take the risk on me
I'll turn my tail and leave
Before I lose my way
Keep holding on for me
I'll lift you as I break
Torn to the smallest piece
Half dreaming half awake
Take my conflicted hands
My heart will light your way
Know me for what I am
Half wolf and half afraid
I can embrace the cold
But I can't change my soul
My nature still remains
So long our quiet fight
My battle ends tonight
But our bond stays the same
When the voices
Make my choices
And I can't ignore the sound
Without purpose
I deserve this but
I refuse to drag you down
I will fail you
I may hunt you
I must try to
In the end
So conflicted
I've resisted
Tried to fix it
Now I can't
None can mend
What I am
Keep holding on for me
I'll lift you as I break
Torn to the smallest piece
Half dreaming half awake
Carry on for the cause
Spread light across these shores
Remember who I was
Half wolf, forever yours
Half wolf, forever yours
You know I'm not afraid
Hold on
It gets better
It's here at the end we turn it all around
Keep faith
I'm still with you
We all need a friend to watch the world die out
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/falling-stars
Or Listen on Spotify!
open.spotify.com/track/6AK78XEXgrl3FNYYTek2yf?si=a3cd35f50a2249dc
This album is also available on many other services!
fanlink.to/modernmythology
For remixes, covers, or anything of that sort, you can find the instrumental versions with vocal stems and MIDI notation right here:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology-the-instrumentals
Finally getting around to uploading the OTHER Elden Ring song! This appeared last year on Modern Mythology after I had finished Elden Ring wound up completing the game for the first time by the side of Ranni The Witch, conquering for the glory of a cold dark moon. Ranni's story unravels slowly and subtly, most of it completely unseen to me the first time I looted an item off of her sacrificed body or heard her voice call to protect her own mother. She's a reluctant goddess, a powerful being who pulled strings across thousands of years to undermine her father's godhood, and yet still a lost child in search of friends to watch the end of the world as she knows it. This song hopes to capture a piece of her bittersweet story throughout the course of Elden Ring.
Lyrics:
Where life as an unwilling angel starts
I end
Forgive my intrusion but grace is won
With friends
I'll upturn the roots that withhold this
Shattered place
In cold absolution I carve
My unbound face
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
Through golden oblivion I have held
So far
And died for traversal beyond the place
We are
I've cut the soul out of my chest to
Heal this land
I'll sever the fingers to let go of
These hands
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
My father's blood boils in my veins
For I have forsaken our name
To tarnish the glow of his golden order
Forgive me for what I have done
The catalyst I have become
To birth a dark moon as these lands grow colder
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/bonfire-a-rest
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For remixes, covers, or anything of that sort, you can find the instrumental versions with vocal stems and MIDI notation right here:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology-the-instrumentals
The artwork was created by the ever-talented @ABluSkittle !
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Here we are together, at the end of an era. With "Bonfire (A Rest)" hailing as my final Dark Souls song, it felt appropriate to pay tribute to the serene melancholy of gathering around a flame and resting while bumping into other travelers of the same need. Somewhere along the way, it turned into a ballad of friendship and comradery, much like an end-of-the-year holiday gathering among old acquaintances. I suppose this is about as seasonal as a Dark Souls song could be! I've even gone and edited in a little extra holiday cheer.
Thank you all for being here with me on my journey through these transitory lands.
Lyrics:
I felt my bones shiver
Across rifts of time
I saw ghosts in the mist
And their faces like mine
And I looked to the footsteps
And gazed on a sign
That said "call my name
I'll join in the fight"
Broken and withered
We will rise again
My brothers and sisters
In death we are friends
Incandescent together
A slow fading light
The efforts cascading
Our time is tonight
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
Old friends and rivals
We sit by the flame
To share in the moment
Before we can claim
Our own destiny's purpose
In each of our homes
We've all got our battles
But no one's alone
Nameless and searching
The light keeps us warm
In need and in danger
It guides through the storm
As we share in a question
Will we meet again
To sing by the embers
And brace for the end
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
Undying forever
Through war and dark weather
Binding to search for a light
Some lit by grace or by embers
We're searching together
Starved for that break from the fight
Swords losing sharpness
To angels and darkness
These soldiers push on through the mire
Now we're all faced with the ending
The burn before mending
A vision to let there be fire
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-twist-at-the-end-ep
open.spotify.com/album/7iIPlgsAK9fNgpoErcnsnF?si=Un_YdE58TRS5QUmSMDxzXw
Spotify and others should be live in a couple days!
I'm pleased to be back with even more Halloween music, in fact a whole EP of it! "Scarlet Vow" tells the story of a village girl who escaped a sentence to be burned at the stake, only to return to that town the very next October to pass a judgement of her own.
Mastered by Fishpaste2100
Artwork by ABluSkittle
twitch.tv/abluskittle
deviantart.com/abluskittle
Lyrics:
Scared off all the townsmen with a question as to why
We must avoid the night and say a prayer before we die
"There's structure in tradition" cried the minister with rage
While burning every book that carries magic on the page
Said you'd set her right with god and tried to teach her how
Told her be a good girl well she's stronger than you now
Casting off the shackles to reject her given name
The one who burns the witches always ends up in the flame
Lock your doors
She's coming back even out the score
Vengeful spirits do her dark commands
In the devil's hands
Now the fire's in her breath
Scarlet vow
Taken by the girl who you cast out
You're not the only one with chants to sing
Or a prayer to bring
But her patron saint is death
In the night there's howling but there's silence from the pack
The cold wind carries something that alludes to an attack
She's here to light the matches with a new enchanted form
Taking her own action so the victim is reborn
Holding out their crosses at the edges of the town
Believed your faith protected but she's here to burn you down
Pray your final whispers and reflect upon your guilt
The monster you created will end everything you've built
Lock your doors
She's coming back even out the score
Vengeful spirits do her dark commands
In the devil's hands
Now the fire's in her breath
Scarlet vow
Taken by the girl who you cast out
You're not the only one with chants to sing
Or a prayer to bring
But her patron saint is death
Fire high above her head
Red magic back again
When she swore herself to crimson
It granted righteous scorn
Wrapped loose in blasphemy
A tight noose upon your tree
The blood is spilled as justice
And a scarlet reign is born
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-twist-at-the-end-ep
open.spotify.com/album/7iIPlgsAK9fNgpoErcnsnF?si=Un_YdE58TRS5QUmSMDxzXw
Took a while to get this first single out, but hopefully it was worth it! I've been working on a little Halloween project this year titled "The Twist At The End - EP" releasing next Friday the 28th of October! Soon I'll be providing you with even more spooky tunes to keep you in the season's spirit. First off, "Trick Me" is a fun tango about being asked to dance with a mischievous and powerful witch who has come out on Halloween night to play a few tricks.
This track was beautifully mastered by Fishpaste2100.
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Lyrics:
Betwixt the carnival angels
You rose from a strange hell
And entered the stage
Took souls wherever your eyes met
But you've not begun yet
The true masquerade
I've never seen an enigma such as you
Took my heart with a spell and now I'm doomed
Stuck in trance with a wicked force exhumed
Fearless dancer
Veiled in dark
Paraded by your mystery
With no answer
I'm bewitched
You've got the moves to trick me
Like an omen of the end times
The devil's own part time
Cursed paramour
What could one want with a lowlife
Brought close to the hot knife
Deep in the obscure
I've never seen an enigma such as you
Took my heart with a spell and now I'm doomed
Stuck in trance with a wicked force exhumed
Fearless dancer
Veiled in dark
Paraded by your mystery
With no answer
I'm bewitched
You've got the moves to trick me
You took a risk for me
I'll solve your mystery
You've made the watchers in the background fade away
Surround me with your thorns
Show me unholy scorn
Up from a standstill to a hedonist buffet
I don't think you scare me
In this place
So are you gonna dare me
Kick the pace
Up to a fevered tempo
To embrace
The magic as we let go
For a deathblow
'Cause you're a
Fearless dancer
Veiled in dark
Paraded by your mystery
With no answer
I'm bewitched
You've got the moves to trick me
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology
Or Listen on Spotify!
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This album is also available on many other services!
fanlink.to/modernmythology
For remixes, covers, or anything of that sort, you can find the instrumental versions with vocal stems and MIDI notation right here:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology-the-instrumentals
After all this time, we're back in the familiar territory of the Bleeding Sun story. Functioning as a spiritual successor and distant prequel to Godhunter, "My Church" takes a look at the rise of a charming southern cult leader who starts with a small following and slowly corrupts and entrances them with promises of salvation in the end times. Obsessed with his visions of the future and dreams of ruling the ashes after a coming war, no cost is too great to build The Elder's promised congregation.
The artwork is a beautiful piece by @ABluSkittle
For this song, I had the pleasure of working with OVER 100 fans and friends who lent their voices to the chorus of this song and gave it a unique oomph. If you'd like to be part of the next song we all do together, check out the Discord server!
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Lyrics:
Wild fire calls me to the madness that I seek
We've seen bold things that our storied hearts will keep
Who am I to deny the ascension of man
When I alone could bring it on with my healing hands
Don't mourn what's left in the burning states behind
You've come this far if you've opened up your mind
To a new rebirther
So take it one step further
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Some say we're doomed in the heart of our belief
Death stilled their lips and maintained the peace we keep
Now I've seen in a dream that I'm destined for a throne
Once I've conquered the cage of this flesh and bone
Accept what's kept in reaches of your soul
Cut off your will and leave the guilt you hold
Give it all to the rebirther
Let's take it one step further
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
My church, yeah
My steeple
My church, yeah
My people
No, I've come too far
To give up on faith
When it's all my own creation
Bow down, face to the floor
I can heal you soon
When you've blurred your mind's foundation
It's too late for the rest now
But it's never too late for you
I'll share the truth
The end will come and take us
And the sun will bleed us dry
My church renewed
As promised soon
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
My church, yeah
My steeple
My church, yeah
My people
open.spotify.com/track/68taCpgYdOj8TrPUGcidko?si=2df8f8b2b2a9453a
Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/bad-luck
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fanlink.to/modernmythology
Wow, if there's ever been an exception to the rule that video game adaptations have to be terrible, it's Arcane. This show has perhaps become my favorite of all time, and I was greatly inspired to write a song about Jinx and her charmingly edgy state of mind. This show also inspired me to play the game, but that's a story for another time. Mistakes were made.
CDs of Modern Mythology with this song and lots of other new ones are back in stock!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology (the second buy link)
Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Lyrics:
I think I've lost my way
A long vacation
Like a rat that holds the plague
The infestation
We all got bloody hands
While playing blackjack
You live a life on chance
You get your payback
I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself
From someone else
I can't believe I came so far surviving in this shame
Am I to blame?
I'm not, shut up, shut up
Welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
A new ghost in the house
The city's haunted
I never crossed the line
But I like feeling wanted
Foundations wash away
The pain I tasted
Now you'll love the game we play
But your luck is wasted
I need a little hurt sometimes to keep me who I am
To give a damn
I came back with my shattered soul to find a better way
Now who's to say
Now who's to say
Welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself
From someone else
From someone else
I couldn't find the words to say I miss you more than peace
So save me please
Come save me please
You taught me how to hate the world itself, well lucky me
But am I free?
Now am I free?
So welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
Listen to this song on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/0yc9EQIMsIA5tEisAMIcff?si=96fbc9f413324b44
Download on Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/painkiller
Or check it out on other streaming options:
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I've been wanting to make a song about Helluva Boss for a while now, and doing an album about monsters seemed like as good an excuse as any. The biggest reason though is that it's currently one of my favorite shows of all time, and I simply can't get enough. One of my favorite dynamics in the dysfunctional world of the show is the afterlife marriage of Millie and Moxxie, which inspired this particular song. It ponders Moxxie's perspective as a clumsy and conflicted demon, appreciating his deadly partner in sin.
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Thanks to @SpindleHorse for creating this charming thrill of a show!
And also to @ABluSkittle for the incredible artwork.
Lyrics:
I deserve to be here
But no one could deserve you
You're an intervention
A hallucination of truth
When I need a fix-up
I feel you in my veins
You're the spark I needed
To start a whole new flame
Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain
Ripped apart by something
Inside me left from those days
Walking with the earthbound
I'd rather be in your gaze
You're the one elixir
Laced with the sickness I need
And I'm gonna take you
When my affliction bleeds
Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain
Risking life
I will never let go
Never let go
And while you're kicking ass I'll be there kicking too
Through the blood and strife
We will do what we know
Do what we know
Like a rose's thorns
On your hellbound horns
My thriller
Painkiller
I'll let you in to cure me
Even if it's gonna hurt me
Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain
Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/0Eus1DjOTvL6pIXwVsqKWJ?si=727b0f7de4174716
Now available on Modern Mythology. Find this song on the platform of your choice!
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This latest album gave me a chance to do some new things, so I got decided to try a funky synthpop style when I found some inspiration while watching Beastars. The song is a struggle of desire for Legoshi the wolf, who lives in a civil society experiencing the local dating scene while also hiding his instinctual carnivorous desires. The lyrics ended up a bit, uh, explicit, so fair warning.
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Mastering by Fishpaste2100
Beastars font by Mucrush:
deviantart.com/mucrush/art/Font-Pack-BEASTARS-878637073
Artwork by TwistedHound:
twistedhound.carrd.co
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Lyrics:
Can't stop to think about it
Slave to the brain I doubted
Feels like a struggle in my tortured body
Seized up I stop and stammer
Make me forget my manners
But I've got warning if you think you want me
You smack the sense out of me
Redder than dirty money
I'm not a monster but you make me wonder
Put in a blaze of fury
Eyes kind of getting blurry
Making me want to roar like thunder
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth
I can't escape the feeling
Your eyes just left me reeling
Lonely and gentle like I just might hurt you
Wrapped in all mixed emotions
Done going through the motions
Who gives a fuck if we could let my claws loose
Cinematic thrills of dating
We'll get a hard R rating
Done up and fancy for a horror showdown
Too much love too inhibit
Hungry like nature's own exhibit
You wondered often but you'll know now
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth
You put my head in the zone
So come on throw me a bone
Say you can take it
Now can you take it
Fucked in the head but I'm in here
I know you're thrilled by the fear
Here's our solution
Natural solution
The apex versus the prey
My fangs don't get in the way
But I can't promise I won't be too hasty
We've got the time for it all
You make it impossible
To keep together when you look so tasty
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth
You make me wanna show my teeth
You make me wanna show my teeth
fanlink.to/modernmythology
Finally, a chance to give tribute to the reluctant hero that started it all. Conflicted and cursed, the black swordsman laments the betrayal of Griffith, a newborn demigod who was once his loyal friend. On his journey into darkness he must choose between keeping his spirit intact and using his hate to fuel his strength.
Above all, this song is a love letter to Kentaro Miura. Without your world of dark fantasy and unique vision, most of my songs would never have come to be. Rest in peace.
Thanks to Fishpaste2100 for mastering this song and the entire album!
Join the community, discuss this song and find more on Discord:
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Lyrics:
Walking the crossroads of hell on earth
A devil's deal for a new rebirth
I've given my all and day by day
My soul still breaks
I can remember crossing the line
When ushered into a darker time
Though we were in agony
You left me in your wake
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Still hanging on for white hawk's fall
When vengeance comes and I heed the call
With every time I plunge the steel
I'm seeing you
You once had used my desire to kill
Granted me hope with a quiet thrill
I watched as you changed the world around me
Cut in two
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Without you
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
I guess I gambled and lost when fate shuffled our decks
Now that I suffer the wrath of your mad god complex
As I follow the path where the darkness collects
So much death, what for, what for, what for?
Though I am losing control I can't give up the chase
No time for mourning the loss of what hatred replaced
There lies barely a soul behind my changing face
I will break no more, no more, no more
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
fanlink.to/modernmythology
You should also join the Aviators Music community to discuss our collective deaths!
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Wow, what a game. I've been waiting for Elden Ring for a long time, and not JUST so I could write songs about it... Yet it didn't disappoint in the slightest. The Soulsborne style of storytelling has inspired me once again, this time with a powerful anthem of perseverance in a world abandoned by divine will. More music will be coming soon, with this song appearing on Modern Mythology releasing May 6th!
(I'm still playing Elden Ring with the group password AVIATORS, join the group so I can see all your bloodstains everywhere!)
Mastering by Fishpaste2100
Lyrics:
To dawn
We've gone
Adrift with the resolve to carry on
When the climb is steep
And the days are long
We rise
All rise
Our fight
Burns bright
From filth we ascend to the tree of life
The lowly empowered in faith unite
We rise
All rise
So far
We are
The hope scattered among the fallen stars
The last note played on an old guitar
But we rise
All rise
With hearts
Of thorns
We're matched with the will of the royal born
To stave off the fall of a house that's torn
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
We bled
Instead
Of giving ourselves to the void of death
Accepting the power for a final breath
We rise
All rise
To yearn
And burn
With frenzy and flame to the rights we've earned
In face of the falsehoods and secrets learned
We rise
All rise
Though some of us won't make it back
We're following into the black
Unknown for a long lost throne
We rise again
Where others might look for escape
These lights in the dark search for grace
Once lost
To a blood-soaked cause
We will rise
Through battlefields scarred by the gods
We're striving no matter the odds
When nothing can hold back the tide
We rise, we rise, we rise
All rise
Though graceless and exiled
We're loyal the same
Returning to roots through the
Worst of our pain
When kings rise against
Have it writ on their grave
The old gods were felled
By a mortal unnamed
Our eternal struggle echoes to the past
We rise, we rise
So even if only to fall then in ash
We rise, I will rise
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3fYDz5FXU2YvBaEOKB3tp2?si=3bf333ce3b564720
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/album/haunting-kind-of-high/1554465828?i=1554466145
Happy Halloween! The holiday always seems especially important on this channel where so many of the songs bring in our favorite monsters, demons, and various supernatural happenings. In the case of "Haunting Kind of High", a story is told of a hopelessly addicted man that has tried every drug in search of a feeling he can't seem to find. In his desperation for further bliss, he begins to strike deals with demons to satiate himself with the power of their blood and soon the otherworldly forces in his veins consume him. Musically, this one treads in some weird territory, but it was a lot of fun!
Lyrics:
I've been feeling kind of down
Feeling like I'm going to drown
Guess I think I need a new fixation
Need experimental eyes
Just to feel the other side
And experience a close sensation
You know, this earthly world gets lonely
I want a surreal trip to haunt me
We're all just searching for that lasting mental spark
When it hits you know it sticks
And then your soul has hit its mark
Ascending from this plane to walk along the sky
But you need the supernatural
For that haunting kind of high
Delve a little in the deep
Grab a piece of hell to keep
Wanna creep into a new dimension
Warm possession by the fire
Now it gets my spirit higher
And my mind embraces the connection
Fill my psychoactive mind
Bullet proof and armor lined
Make me stronger, hold me closer
Make me shine
Leave a whisper in my brain
Take the pressure take the pain
This nirvana makes me wanna
Go insane
Take my being out of bounds
Show me what the dead have found
I can feel the rush just behind me
Make me feel a spectral love
It's a wicked potent drug
With it you could make my blood almighty
I need the haunting kind of high
That makes me feel alive
The haunting kind of high
Like you're never gonna die
The haunting kind of high
The devils dropping by
The mortal spirit's cry
Like the fire in your eyes
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-of-the-dark-ep
Also on Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/hymns-of-the-dark/1586430909
And coming soon to Spotify!
I'm far from the first to cover this song, but I've always loved it so much and felt like I'd like to give it my own spin. Like "Holding Out For A Hero" on last year's remix release, I look this new remix EP as an excuse to take the challenge!
Check out the whole release for more, including remixes from some friends of mine!
Lyrics:
Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence, caused such silence
Who are we mistaken?
But you see, it's not me
It's not my family
In your head, in your head, they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head they are crying
In your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie, zombie, zombie, oh
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme
Since nineteen-sixteen
In your head, in your head, they're still fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head, in your head, they are dying
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/summon-the-choir
Stream on your favorite sites:
fanlink.to/DotD
Instrumentals, vocals, and midi resources for fellow artists!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals
In keeping with Dreams of the Deep's cosmic horror theme, "Summon The Choir" is a tale from the world of Bloodborne, recounting Master Willem and his troupe's discovery and use of the Old Blood that would bring unknowable power and begin The Nightmare. In his youth and foolishness he felt himself unstoppable, only to find his mind trapped forever in madness. Remixes of Dreams of the Deep will be coming soon on "Hymns of the Dark - EP" releasing September 17th!
Thanks to @ABluSkittle for another incredible art piece!
Lyrics:
Here we're frenzied by the illusion
We're dying for a transfusion
A cure to kill the virus in our midst
This city needs a savior
Healed by the church's favor
Experimental taste of moonlight's bliss
First blood
From cosmic wonders
A dark flood
Of power from under
Congregate and we begin the recovery
Praise be
The gods have fallen
Fear me
And heal the rotten
Summon the choir for we've made a discovery
Now the surgery is complete
And mortality is defeated
The needles grant the power in our veins
Brought by the holy hunters
Old ones and dreams of thunder
A sacrifice within the flames
Though the treatments take their toll
I've changed the human soul
This is power beyond control
Sing for newly granted eyes
And dreams now realized
For the righteous and divine
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/wartorn
Stream the album from the usual sites:
fanlink.to/DotD
Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI for remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals
Back to finishing up the last album here before we get onto the remixes very soon! This song is a tribute to my love of Celtic rock and the epic adventures of my (failed) reign in Crusader Kings III. "Wartorn" tells the tale of a proud and mighty kingdom, that while small, raised an army so passionate they would sing of each victory before it was won.
The artwork is by the incredible @ABluSkittle !
Lyrics:
With strength like the Atlantic wind
We ready for a storm
The call to rise as champions
Starts where our kingdom's born
With iron on our battered skin
And anger in our bones
We'll die to serve this petty crown
Protect this fragile throne
Set your eyes
On the fire in the sky
Seems the war is neverending
'Til the true king sits on high
Our birthright
Taken swiftly in the night
We write history as immortals
May our nation never die
Blood spilled on these clover fields
Will run into the sea
Where we will take the reaches back
With brave camaraderie
Though brethren low have fallen
We have will to carry on
To build up on the ashes of
Old lies and broken bonds
We put our fear away
We heal after the break
And announce our victory
We claim this land as ours
We fight under the stars
To embrace this destiny
We gather
To push further
Not just madness
Not just murder
For safety
Together
Our kingdom
Forever
fanlink.to/DotD
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/we-evolve
Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI (all free!):
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals
What a weird game this one is, yet I found myself extremely immersed and dove in to Risk of Rain 2's hellish planet for dozens of hours. It doesn't have a traditional story to play through, but instead every time you die you're back to the start and your journey will never be the same. Along this repeating experience of death the world and its origin are carefully revealed, all while increasing the dread that survival is only for the moment. "We Evolve" was born of that desperation, and the thrilling feeling of staying alive against the impossible.
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discord.gg/NY84Ycrbyp
Lyrics:
The noise has settled down
Before the storm arises
A never ending climb
No road to run away
We're scared to keep on fighting
We're running out of time
Fractured skies and acid rain
We are sent unknown
Temples high in trails of pain
For a moonlit throne
The hourglass avails
So haste must beat temptation
The dream we're living out
Is not imagination
Across a living tomb
We fight wholly outnumbered
To swiftly face our doom
And face the cosmic thunder
Fractured skies and acid rain
We are sent unknown
Temples high in trails of pain
For a moonlit throne
Take a look across the hordes
If you don't trust me
Our nightmares will evolve
And so must we
The chemicals
They settle in
The atmosphere
Breaches my skin
And there is not one ally left alive
This time, this time
The planet's wrath
A natural will
Against the test
Adapted skill
When the odds overwhelm us we survive
fanlink.to/DotD
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/can-you-hear-it
Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI (all free!):
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep-the-instrumentals
Thanks to @ABluSkittle for some of his most beautifully foreboding artwork yet!
Back to Dreams of the Deep for a moment before we move on to new content! There's a still a few I haven't shared on the channel yet and this one definitely needed the YouTube treatment. "Can You Hear It" describes a rather rapid onset of insanity from the faint scratches in the walls and the dark history of a new heir's ancestral home. Based heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls". (quick tip: all of his stories are available for free online thanks to expired copyrights)
Lyrics:
Born of the darkness
From granted eyes beyond
Dreams of the deep mist
They hide a scratching song
There's a primal fear
That death is near
Writhing now in wait
Am I past the veil
Consciousness failing
I hear a wicked fate
Can you hear it?
Can you hear it?
The tolls of madness ringing
Do you fear it?
Do you fear it?
An ancient choir is singing
All consuming
Calling to me
In a dream, it's a thorn I can't dig out
Can't you hear it too?
If you listen close now
Lulled to the madness
I have seen what I can't know
Glimpsed at a nightmare
To fester and to grow
In this empty home
Of flesh and bone
A presence left unseen
Laying awake in bed
My hollowed head will
Call back through the dream
I feel it humming deep inside the walls
The dark vibrations
Whispered acts unspeakable, horrible, reachable, audible
I'm pressured to awaken my own sight
To generations
Ancient ones malevolent, reckoning, pestilent, beckoning
fanlink.to/DotD
Black Roses is a weirdly anthemic song about death and the inevitability of the end for all things. For this track I had the help of nearly 70 fans singing on the chorus with me! A huge thanks goes out to them for lending an important sound to this song.
To keep in touch and to keep tabs on my music, check out the Discord server!
discord.gg/NY84Ycrbyp
Artwork by the incredible @ABluSkittle !
Lyrics:
Children joyful dancing in the sun
With a blissful ignorance of what's to come
When the guardsmen start to struggle
And the barriers give way
We're broken and we wither in the fray
We are husks
Alive but barely breathing
Sometimes we pull ourselves together
But our efforts fade away
We are dust
Crumbling by the moment
We try to push away the ending
And black roses fall the same
Running off afraid of what's to come
When you're facing down the barrel of the lawman's gun
But the saints have learned the secret
And the rebels know the same
We're killing just to bury our remains
Preludes of every stanza
End on repeating notes
A tale of woe and sadness
Chorus of silent throats
We try and keep a memory
Transcribing every line
But when they turn to ashes
We perish slaves to time
Burned out on borrowed moments
Used up like cigarettes
We feel our time expiring
But it's not over yet
Each finds a meager purpose
Though our cold grave awaits
We face the morbid beauty
Of our collective fate
We are flawed
Chained to the laws of nature
I guess we'll have to teach each other
To leave legends to our names
We are husks
Alive but barely breathing
Sometimes we pull ourselves together
But our efforts fade away
We are dust
Crumbling by the moment
We try to push away the ending
And black roses fall the same
Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-of-the-deep
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/2LueX8nYryWp5vBwH8ZNVm
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/dreams-of-the-deep/1554465828
YouTube Music:
youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lME-pc_vf1jTACzjASRnaRnT-20aar0q0
At long last, and after a couple little delays, Dreams of the Deep is finished! The album takes inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft stories and many other sources, and puts it all together for a wild journey into madness. The title track itself is a tribute to "The Call of Cthulhu" and its surrounding mythos. The track embodies a slow discovery of a terrifying reality and coming doom, and the following journey by ship into the ocean to find answers.
To keep in touch and to keep tabs on my music, check out the Discord server!
discord.gg/NY84Ycrbyp
Artwork by the ever-talented @ABluSkittle !
Lyrics:
Enshrined
By an ocean divine
Waiting for the truth to come alive
Before your own accursed eyes
The call
The end of it all
Death lingers endlessly below
Awaiting mankind's fall
It comes at last
From ages past
The madness below
Beyond all that we know
Will arise
Nightmares foretold
From days of old
The secrets we keep
And the dreams of the deep
Realized
The end
Of the sane world of men
Now I question all that I have seen
I this is a spectre or a dream
Embraced
By those with the taste
For insight forgotten long ago
Of futures laid to waste
And in the waves we wander
Searching for our end
Now our vessel's going under
And an epitaph is penned
With the sunken gateway opened
Soon the sea reclaims
And when the dark has spoken
We will know its cursed name
fanlink.to/DotD
What an adventure it was to go back to Demon's Souls after its community had dwindled so greatly and the servers were taken offline. The remake brought SO much life back into a universe I love, and I was inspired to write a song in tribute once again. This is also the second single from Dreams of the Deep, my new album coming soon on February 19th!
Artwork is by @ABluSkittle
Lyrics:
Deep in the mist I can feel something there
A touch of the soul like the wind in your hair
There's a light in the dark but it's just so far away
While we storm heaven's gates
And we heal our mistakes
The fear could take us over
But we heal in the light
And we gather our might
To find our spirit's closure
So we fall again
We come together
When the pieces fall apart
They last forever
With a prayer to fill our hearts
And to keep us brave
Our eternity
A circle holding us between
The threads of life
This cursed reality
Has doomed us with new purpose
As spirits bound in service to the grave
Where some wander aimless and some quest for more
In traces of kingdoms, the ruins of before
We consider the cost
And we're fighting to survive
While we cross through the rift
Our ethereal gift
Will leave us shells no longer
With the whispers in mind
Of the demon inside
We end our failures stronger
Something has eclipsed this land
Covered by an unseen hand
Suddenly in death we've found another kind of life
Trodden under kings and queens
We inherit greater means
Power of the souls, now repurposed for our plight
Demons from an ancient time
Rise up from the filth and grime
Soon we face the storm, but in numbers we stand strong
Blessed with a kiss from the unholy light
To get up when we miss and after we've died
The battle will be ours, but the war is fighting on
So we rise again
We stand together
Like million lights aflame
They burn forever
With a song to guide us home
And to keep us sane
For eternity
We're searching onward
In the afterlife of Earth
Our bones in ashes
But we fight it all in wonder
And we'll face it with each other to the grave
fanlink.to/DotD
A hunter's work is never done.
Returning to the dark streets of Bloodborne, my new single "Outside" captures the tragic plight of Gilbert, the man in the window. Isolated in his room due to his sickness, he slowly feels his body transforming and his mind becoming weak. In his last days, a lone hunter arrives at his window to give him hope that maybe at last the nightmare will end.
This single comes from my upcoming album, "Dreams of the Deep" arriving on February 19th. More fantasy and sci-fi songs are on the way! The original teased release date for the album was December 2020, but that proved to be unreachable. Ignore the Bandcamp teaser (whoops)!
Artwork is by deviantart.com/abluskittle (@ABluSkittle )
Lyrics:
It is my own home's affliction
Behind bars within a cage
I've been marked the plague's possession
And I've been locked in for days
There's a ruckus in the streets
Those I begged to stay inside
Soon the noise gives way to silence
For a moonlit lullaby
Oh my mind,
Oh my mind,
Thoughts are fleeting all the time
I feel bones begin to splinter
As my fever starts to climb
Who's to blame,
Who's to blame
For the blood that wrought this shame
Now my ears have started ringing
To a symphony of pain
My blood's contagion
Brings transformation
But all I want before the doom
Is to see the streets outside this room
Don't leave me waiting
My lantern's fading
And I won't be awake to see
The monster that becomes of me
Let me see the sky one last time
Come home and take me outside
The new beast is isolation
When I'm haunting my own home
I feel my walls closing inward
And my soul leaves me alone
Here I struggle in the darkness
To remember my own name
I've caught glimpses through the window
That the world is not the same
Flesh and bone
Hunger's grown
Cries become an endless drone
I fear soon I'll be the hunted
Like the multitudes below
Someone's there
Someone's there
Night is coming and I'm scared
Starving wolves outside are howling
And I join them in their prayer
Dark signs
Flashing in my
Cold mind
Succumbing now with no time
Left to cure the pain
Pale and
Clawing blindly
Life still
Clinging tightly
But my own blood has been claimed
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1f4YNNjMiDdyuvI0XaDRuu
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-reimagined-future/1538933721
Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-reimagined-future
A HUGE thanks to @4everfreebrony for creating this mind-blowing remix that gives the original song completely new life. With those classic rock tones and solos, you just can't go wrong. Please go check out his channel, his own amazing music, and hopefully more remixes from him in the future!
Lyrics:
When you're crowded out by freedom's price
And you take a shred of bad advice
The system knows but you're kept underground
When you can't afford a flight to Mars
When you're never born to touch the stars
The endless maze of concrete wears you down
Can you theorize our better lives
Where the grass is green on the other side
We'd compromise and find a way to thrive
If you're scared of being left behind
Then you'd be so disturbed with dreams like mine
The realization that our world's alive
Control comes cheap
But nothing is fair
They wake you from sleep
But nobody's there
You walk among sheep
And that's why you're scared
You'll never be the man in the chair
Take your medicine and swallow down
All the bitterness that built this town
Don't let him hear you start to criticize
You know this array was rigged to fail
When you fall apart then you can't bail
To find a place of safety in the sky
Light a signal flare and find a way
Out of coerced androids on parade
Assimilation comes or else we die
When we worry still and break the rules
Then our consciences will make us fools
And you always end up the system's slave
When you are not enough to make it
They've taken off and left you naked
Like they did long ago to me
But now I'm free
They cut you out and tore the sutures
Out of the cinematic future
To shine with or without
To silence doubt
You know the shadows like I do
We're driven by what we've been through
And now we fall on the sword
We'll never be the chosen kings
We'll never know the finer things
But we can open up the door
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-reimagined-future
This track was on the original album but has been given new life by the incredible @TechnoCinemaMusic! As a spooky tale of murder and madness, I found it fitting for this most haunting of holidays. This version has extra cinematic flair and even more horror-inspired intensity than the original, which can be found here:
youtube.com/watch?v=NW5ml2pHA2s
Lyrics:
Unearthed and trapped within the conflict
The strings behind the scene
Set to consume like selfish addicts
The envy turns us green
Our eyes shift up to one more face
Out of place and
Nightmares of murder and cold steel
Become real
Knives out
We're going down
Just like a slasher
It's a massacre
Bloodstains
On holy ground
Here's your happy ever after
Starved out in dust to make a killing
For shares that we won't see
Our minds feel hate and flesh is willing
We hurt what lies between
One second passes and you're gone
Our weapons drawn but
Somehow these kills won't make us whole
We've sold our souls
Alive for
The weekend
We're walled in
To contend
One could imply it's by design
But nothing's left, I'm taking mine
As nature rolls back time
Destruction
The horror
To blame on
The scorers
They sit atop and watch the game
Where no one wins and gets the claim
'Cause we all fall the same
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/holding-out-for-a-hero-2
Or Listen on Spotify or Apple Music:
open.spotify.com/track/21TYqASVD3YLJNtQtoK0RJ
music.apple.com/us/album/holding-out-for-a-hero-single/1536726829
Oh man, I think I've wanted to cover this song as long as I've been making music. As a beautiful anthem of 80's cheese, I couldn't resist. This single is a new cover on the upcoming retro remix album "The Reimagined Future" coming very soon on October 30th!
To keep updated, be sure to check out the Aviators Music Discord Server.
discord.gg/WysBTkZ
Lyrics:
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the Gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn
And I dream of what I need
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life
Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Up where the mountains meet the Heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I could swear there is someone, somewhere
Watching me
Through the wind, and the chill, and the rain
And the storm, and the flood
I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood
(Like a fire in my blood, like a fire in my blood)
(Like a fire in my blood, like a fire in my oh, oh)
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/glow
Or stream on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/6rAg1aksbkKhcgxRpxZgNV
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/glow/1501951952?i=1501952291
And YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/watch?v=GovRHyv8LwQ
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discord.gg/WysBTkZ
Harking back to the fighting spirit of albums like "Building Better Worlds", "Glow" brings a rebellious anthem of the people to a futuristic world of total authority and oppression. After all, at the end of peace and civilization itself, sometimes all that's left is to burn it to the ground and start anew. To enhance the camaraderie and unity of this track, I had over 55 fans join me in singing the chorus of the song! Thanks to each and every one of you who helped give this song the extra "punch" that it needed.
The typography in this video was created by Matrix Heirfrost, who you can find here:
youtube.com/channel/UCuUF95aFFA_ngSnwwV2lhzw/videos
He's also done a lovely extended version of this music video on his channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=yIM_393Kbeo
Lyrics:
Watch as the sky
Starts to ignite
Inhale the passion of the flame
Loosen the gears
Wipe off your tears
Turn to the players of the
Greatest game
The hall of fame
We're facing our fears
Two hundred years
We have been waiting for the turn
Trust and obey
Emperors say
But they forget that we
Live and learn
Our furies burn
Hold on
We're building new foundations
On whatever's left
When we reject the nation
Of hate
In its vulnerable state
When will they learn?
False words, no cares
When our world burns
Light up
And fight the fire with fire
When all else has failed
We fuel the blazes higher
Tonight
Set the system alight
What do they know?
Rise up and
Make this city glow
Holding a match
We're going to catch
Up to the first place after all
Never to miss
Born to resist
Against the cracks within
Prison wall
The firefall
Cult of the style
Spanning for miles
Refuse to roll back to the reign
Cut all the ties
Suffocate lies
Loosen the grip of all the
Colder days
Before the blaze
Arrange
The swirling winds of change
When life keeps getting stranger
They've had their time now
We will take the reigns
Arise
March on with brand new eyes
Take back their power
To confuse
The lives they've used
A storm
The future's getting warm
So we'll keep burning
What we built
To show their guilt
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep
Or on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/4iMRqbiRu5Y9FwNYWVC0q1?si=VZLu15J6T4ywa9hOpHzxnQ
Let's rewind a bit, shall we? "The Red Hood" is a track from last year's "Masks" release, and since it never got a proper video done I figure now is the time! The song is about Slave Knight Gael from The Ringed City DLC of Dark Souls 3. From his own perspective, it details his struggles to reach the end of the world in search for power and purpose. In the game, he's really no different than the player... But he found the Dark Soul first.
Instrumental version:
youtube.com/watch?v=wcnHeMnSJEY
For background music and tools for remixing, the instrumentals, vocal stems, and MIDIs of this entire EP is available for free!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-the-instrumentals
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f
Lyrics:
When once, long ago
I was worn down and abused
The strongest took the spoils
And then we fell at their shoes
But now they are gone
And my sanity's kept by my chains
So I bear them both in faith and hate
For family and all that remains
Fight, to ignite
Not for gods nor the coming of night
If I'm the last of the men to fall
Then this warrior's growing in might
For fear and for love
And survival when push comes to shove
The red hood is coming to take you home
The bearer of soul and of light
Old kings will fade
When the last of the light's fading too
The castles long have fallen
And the paintings faded blue
So here now you stand
We are human yet both something new
The last prize has been taken
Now the red hood faces you
Here in the ashes
Balanced and whole
I endlessly hunger
For power of soul
At the end of all the ages
In the last of my crusades
You're the red hood's last contender
And the first one unafraid
I'm regretful to have hurt you
But this world's blood must be spilled
I'll return home as a monster
From the bad dream that I've killed
Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/55kHBMsnXobP9eSB1UMU0p?si=Z-gN_t6aSPOocVZoJLcYIQ\
YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_o19GR5C7MAPySozDyzDYLlpXtgH3-OU
iTunes/Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-cinematic-future/1501951952
"The Cinematic Future" is the title track of my latest album, bringing us to a grim but colorful world in the year 2220, where laws have failed and the world's last societies begin to collapse. Times are changing, and all that matters now is survival. This song presents a "last stand" and a necessary embrace of chaos in the future ahead. Artwork is by @ABluSkittle .
For background music and tools for remixing, the instrumental version of this album is available for free!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future-the-instrumentals
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f
Lyrics:
Brightly in a sea of light
The spotlight of a neon life
Is only shining for tonight
To spread across our culture's blight
Infected with envy
And restless for a change of scene
Keep your eyes on the screen
The storm has come
And life will never be the same
No rules or heroes
The only savior is your name
Fight the darkest nights
The only story's what you write
Trust the age of dust
There's no more honor 'til you die
Welcome to
The world that waits for you
Where the first one to the dollar
Is the last one left alive
The bright divide
Shining a spectrum wide
Into the cinematic future
Are you ready to survive?
Headstrong in a deadly race
The righteous never make first place
Pandora's opened unto us
The towers slowly turn to dust
New chaos roams these streets
So human, and spreading like a flame
At the end of the game
Set scene
Welcome to the future's matinee
No dreams
While we sleep in the dark of our last days
Don't breathe
In the smoke when the ash will fill you
Don't flee
Take the hint and watch the preview
No pain
Now the hurt just keeps us sober
One flame
Burning out to push us over
Mercy
Not a trace so don't tread lightly
None worthy
Take your place and hold on tightly
Bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/55kHBMsnXobP9eSB1UMU0p?si=Z-gN_t6aSPOocVZoJLcYIQ\
YouTube Music:
music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k_o19GR5C7MAPySozDyzDYLlpXtgH3-OU
We're back! After 7 years since our last collaboration @Nirre and I have come to present another song, this time with a cyberpunk twist. Cities in the Distance is about hope in the confines of one of Earth's last cities, where life seems so bleak and unchanging. The song dreams of the cities some say lie outside the known places, where freedom lies and escape can be found. The whole album is full of similar cyberpunk goodness as well, and will be arriving along with this song to Spotify in 1-5 days or so.
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
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Lyrics:
The rain pours longer every night
The neon glows a lullaby
And it's haunted
Haunted with our pride
Corruption intertwined with greed
Performing interchangeably
But I wanted
I wanted to be free
A system of the absolutes
Distract to keep the people mute
And we'll all move along
But somewhere it's a different show
The re-ignition starts to glow
Far away now
They sing a brand new song
Now from the shadows
I can see their light
The lone stars shine
On the world's last night
Trapped in the veil
I've only heard their cries
The cities chanting
Their last reprise
Subsections of an institute
The work of bureaucratic brutes
They're trying
Trying to save face
But citizens of darker times
Have learned to question better lies
While they're running
Running out of space
But maybe there's one last resort
When our resources come up short
A light on the horizon shines alone
The cities in the distance live
With sanctuary left to give
Resistance soon ignites into a glow
Raise
Your hands upwards in praise
Not of the gods but rather
The human cause undying
The fear
Has held us back for years
We sold our hearts for nothing
We wasted our own time
At fault
With eyes on you all
They kept us scared and silent
And desperate to survive
The light
Grows closer every night
So we will sate our hunger
And know the world revived
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future
Sainthood and Sanctuary is a sorrowful song of betrayal and the extreme measures one would take just for the promise of safety. In the year 2220, the song's narrator has given into the false promises of his city's ruling cult in the hopes of finding safety in their temple. Instead of salvation, he finds himself trapped and constantly spied upon as his desire for safety in righteousness leaves him alone once again. Musically, this one is a weird rock/acoustic/alternative fusion that ends up being kind of an experiment in strange 3/4 drum lines. It's dark, yet soft, and serves to hint towards the more unique styles to come in the rest of the album.
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
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Artwork by Michael Kirby
Album Artwork by ABluSkittle
Safe from an early grave
But death feels closer still
When does the human soul cave
To find itself a kill
Promised a crown of glory
Fought for an equal stand
But fortune would never find me
In this blood red land
Why have I given my heart
I've fallen so far
Because now the future scares me
Why am I broken and small
I'd sacrifice all
For sainthood and sanctuary
I would give anything
To know I'm not alone
I'm tired of suffering
When I once had a home
After I sought protection
The saviors broke my bones
Lost streets that I remember
Now lie here alone
Mantras of greater purpose
End up left behind
The faithful don't deserve this
Desperate and blind
Fallen graces
Familiar faces
Never look like mine
Rings of fire
And holy water
Never turn back time
Why do I
Have many questions
Intel I can't find
Still unsure of
My mind's selection
To trust my fallen kind
Download this song:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts-of-our-fathers-2
It's almost time for a new album and that means I have a new single to share! "Ghosts of our Fathers" is about a young man entering the world with his narrowed view of tradition, lured increasingly towards the propaganda of a futuristic regime that hardly has his best interests at heart. The song urges him to reconsider the flaws and bias of the misinformed traditions he was raised with and the blind obedience of authority.
Stay tuned for more music to come soon!
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Lyrics:
Searching for direction
Aimless and afraid
You dread to see the future come
And take your home away
It's cold and unfamiliar
An outmoded charade
The hope of generations
Tossed aside, betrayed
You've been waiting for the truth to come find you
Are you speaking for yourself or your pain?
Do you sleep in the silence to wane the passing shame?
You are more than what your history made you
Let the ghosts of our fathers pass on
There's a new dawn to come when the past mistakes are gone
And now they're gone
Raised by hate and anger
Fueled with nation's pride
The time of change is coming
When the old beliefs have died
Make your choice enlightened
You can't trust the lies
Don't choose their side of history
Leave the old world far behind
And you feel misunderstood
Not succeeding like you should
But the game says you aren't strong enough
Work hard enough
You've been blaming friends you knew
But we all are victims too
Restricted by the ghosts of days
Long passed away
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/undying
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/5uSGHxgFOtjJsJgAMusbIv?si=doYg6J_uTP-7-QQeYo5STw
Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/undying/1485209877?i=1485210249
Instrumental Version:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/undying-instrumental
Man, fighting in Sekiro with no GUI is really difficult as it turns out. Still worth it! This is a song inspired by game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and tells the story of impure immortality and a warrior that guards his master to the death and beyond. The game itself is a wonderfully immersive experience, and I highly recommend you play through its mysterious story!
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
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Lyrics:
Trapped in spirit to the earth
Where shadows find their due rebirth
My blade has fallen but rises new
The final blow will still strike true
A gift, a curse, but not my own
A wish to guide this power home
Through all the ghosts along the way
I'll live to fight another day
Breath of the unyielding wind
The dragon within
Keeps the flesh alive
To absolve my sin
I'm the thief with a mark
Redeemed by the
Will of the undying spark
The wolf in the dark
I am bound by monarch
The thief with a mark
The undying spark
The wolf in the dark
Land of conquest, age of war
The likes I've never seen before
With spirits rising, and dead unrest
This immortality's a test
A gift, a curse, but not my own
A wish to guide this power home
Through all the ghosts along the way
I'll live to fight another day
I rot the world around us
As the colors turn to gray
In a tale of death and pestilence
These footprints soon decay
So let us fade together
To a pure and mortal dream
I'll fight my way to get there
With this power in my bloodstream
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/have-faith
Stream on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/2w81G8XijASdljpE5AOGSj?si=5zaxtL0aTTqIsvOlYDcxCQ
Typography and animation in the video is done by Matrix Heirfrost!
youtube.com/channel/UCuUF95aFFA_ngSnwwV2lhzw
The eve of All Hallows has arrived and I'm back so soon to share another scary tale from the new MASKS EP! This track, as the closer of Masks, tells the story of Father John Ward who lost his mind after a failed exorcism and returned to the possessed girl he couldn't save to put an end to the devil inside her. He searches deep in the woods of Connecticut for her abandoned home but finds other forsaken creatures lurking as well... Is his faith misplaced, he asks, or will his prayers deliver him in his encounter with true evil? Musically this song took a very odd turn especially after a mostly heavy EP, but I felt like trying something new and running with the "dark gospel" kind of sound. My friend Matrix has supplied some amazing graphical expertise for the unique video needs of this song, so big thank you to him for the... er... "faithful" look of the video.
Faith is an indie game on itch.io and it's FREE to play!
airdorf.itch.io/faith
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
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Lyrics:
Lord explain what I'm seeing
Now I'm down on my knees
Devil's been in the backwoods
Came to whisper to me
I need to get back
Mother Mary protect me
Into the black
Cry your heavenly tears
Is my confession loud enough
For you to hear?
You gotta have faith
To deliver from evil
You gotta have faith
In the shadow of death
You gotta keep pace
Looking over your shoulder
You gotta embrace
Your final breath
You gotta take up
Your sinner's burden
To wear it on trial
Like a crown of thorns
You need to hold tight
Like a man on a mission
You gotta cut off
These devil's horns
Lord, allow me repentance
Let me hear what I've done
Seek the devil's acceptance
Show her mercy and run
So where does this end
With a bullet or silence
Won't let you pretend
That the father can't hear
Can you show me some strength to
Wash away my fear
Here on earth your own demons dwell
Like miracles but instead from hell
Now the enemy shows herself
But father where are you?
Through the darkness I've become lost
Searching for this to bear my cross
Now I'm ready to pay the cost
But will you be there too?
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep
Listen on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/2kSpWnKjPhi7BUQUynQS84?si=dN8pCkU4Rfi3sMh4hPvrvg
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Once again I've felt inspired by the spooky season to write a new EP. Masks - EP tackles a variety of horror and ghost stories but in this, the title track, the subject turns to a more realistic look at the nature of two-faced people and the struggles of coming to terms with one's true self instead of facing life with a well-tailored "mask."
The artwork is done by the amazing ABluSkittle! deviantart.com/abluskittle/art/Masks-818166051
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
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Lyrics:
Creeping eyes from across this masquerade
Feeling scared, every stare will cut like blades
Dead inside, try to hide behind
And shake the tremors
Hiding with a smile in a crowded place
Emoting through the lips of a plastic face
Every word just a code that screams
I'm owned by terror
Are you scared to see what lies beneath
Behind these artificial teeth
Through the guilty strings this mask
Controls its wearer
Trapped in our own disguises
Cut free but soulless still
Our dreams are haunted by the
Ghosts we kill
Identities of silence
In search of cheaper scares
We're all surrounded by the
Masks we wear
Vilified for deeds done in the light
Hiding away within plain sight
These cloaks are keeping safe
The secret faces
Terrified of making one mistake
Narrow mind 'till the soul begins to break
We are just husks seeking
The world's false graces
Awake within the moment
Asleep throughout our lives
We suffer in this torment
Ensnared in our own lies
In facelessness we're equal
When we're not even there
You're someone underneath this
Behind the mask you wear
open.spotify.com/track/4GoRNX8ZAsgt7FsmggBuAE?si=bvXnana9QNGbIzOH6l1yEQ
Download:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-the-abyss
This song is a single for my upcoming Masks - EP releasing October 25th!
The Dark Souls games keep sucking me back in.
"Song of the Abyss" is a tragic tale of loyalty and inevitable defeat, following the story of Knight Artorias and his great wolf Sif. Once the greatest warrior in the known world, Artorias fails his final mission to stop the spread of the Abyss, falling to its influence and leaving his wolf safely behind under his enchanted shield. Of course we, the player, later find Sif and carry on the legacy of the Wolf Knight despite his defeat.
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
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Lyrics:
Old friend, we seem surrounded
As decay is closing in
And the kiss of deadly silence
Has been placed upon my skin
For the code we're bound to follow
You have led my last crusade
Now we're swallowed by the city
As it fades
I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain
Cry a requiem for sunlight
Hide away now from the dark
To me the angered deep is calling
Tearing me apart
Somehow the whispers do command me
When the abyss has taken hold
Now carry on in glory
When I grow cold
I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain
Foolishly I left the darkness creeping
In this restless ruin my soul is bleeding
I confess to you the dark
Has taken me prisoner
I am corrupt beyond any rescue
I've forsaken my vow to protect you
Oh, end these horrors
Face the father of the sinister
If the fight's over
I will sacrifice my mind
Just to know you'll still be breathing
When the years have been unkind
So continue on without me
Guard my body and my flame
Keep a watch over the wasteland
When the world forgets my name
I will shield you from the darkness
When the walls around us quake
I will hold back all the monsters
Until my bones begin to break
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
If I'm taken by the shadows
I will spare you from the pain
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/theyll-never-find-us
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/7FvsQpiMi0VRJekvXoaJe7?si=0Ho9nxEiRkeRQ1Xt-5f-dQ
iTunes/Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/theyll-never-find-us/1478498346?i=1478498708
Instrumentals, Vocals, and MIDI for remixing:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-the-instrumentals
They'll Never Find Us is the alternate ending of the Aeterno story, where instead of completing his assigned task of repairing the course of time, our hero ends his journey through the ages prematurely. He rescues the lost love of his own past instead, whisking her away to a period of history where no one would ever be able to find them. Together they doom the last remnants of humanity at the end of time, but they live on in peace and let the future take its course unaltered.
Stay tuned for more Aeterno uploads, as well as some upcoming Halloween content!
Lyrics:
In separate folds
We're desperate people
In spite of ourselves
The balance is equal
It's time to go back
But only to take you
Somewhere to grow old
Where nothing can break through
Our chance to survive
The cosmos' winter
Will leave them behind
A world crushed to splinters
We'll snuff out the light
And hide in the darkness
The closure of pain
A final catharsis
Find your way
Through the mist
Where nothing else
But only we exist
We stem the flow
And hold the dawn
To step behind it all
Beyond
When the silence falls at last
And the clock tower rings no more
We'll watch the hourglass
Trapped like we were before
And we'll lay awake in fear
Of the past days come again
But they'll never find us here
Before they burn at this world's end
Don't cry for this world bleeding out
They've had their day and ours is now
The way of absolution is the end
The end of all of time
So have some faith and let it fade
In the past our future's made
We'll slip away unseen back to the start
To the start again
Find your way
Through the mist
Where nothing else
But only we exist
We stem the flow
And hold the dawn
To step behind it all
Beyond
When the silence falls at last
And the clock tower rings no more
We watch the hourglass
Trapped like we were before
And we'll lay awake in fear
Of the past days come again
But they'll never find us here
Before they burn at this world's end
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-ep
or Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/7K6D79t5RR2I21W9gr4MLS?si=gAp5x8q9Te-1lDfIiIPHsA
The Path Home was the "end credits" song of the original Aeterno album, and follows a weary time traveler back to the end of the world where he began, all for a chance to save the future.
Artwork is by Henning!
Lyrics:
Spent my days
Watching and waiting
Killed my faith
Participating
In this crusade
Still masquerading
As the lie
That we're creating
Blinding lights
Leave me in silence
Hopes and dreams
Taken with violence
Right and wrong
Have made alliance
Now I will
Turn in defiance
Passing thoughts leave me alone
And I'm on the path home
I won't stand down
I won't give out
I'm taking a chance despite my doubt
I'm not gonna lose
With so much to prove
I'm coming home to you
Shut your eyes
Don't chase the demons
Know our way
Back through to freedom
I've seen how
This course is shifting
At the world's end
The last are listening
Let them hear
Their fate is silence
The fire grows near
To bring us guidance
Life unchecked
Becomes infernal
Now our time comes
We are eternal
One more trip
Into the hourglass
Change our place
In the upturned past
I'll find you when
This plague is mended
When we're alone
And they have ended
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-ep
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/74WgPmxkNoI9CdEHtX2XC7?si=LQbyjggsTFm4e5b4yG3mXA
It's been a long time coming, but the revisit of 2013's "Aeterno" is almost here! Aeterno: REWIND takes us back to the post-apocalyptic future of the original concept album and re-tells the tale of one of the last humans on Earth traveling back in time to find the key to save humanity and alter the past, all while searching for his long lost love from years ago. She is the subject of this first single "Find Me" (now with lyrics!) as he leaves messages for her throughout the past thousand years.
Stay tuned for more revisited pieces of Aeterno, as well as the next upcoming REWIND project!
Far away now
Trapped at the start of all we know
Traces of doubt
Keep on obscuring my way out
Lost in days gone
Living in a memory turned wrong
So far that I wake up now afraid
When I can hear a whisper
Tell me to stay
Find me the chance to walk away
Show me the path
Home to you in the aftermath
Guilty with shame
Of leaving you helpless in the flames
So that we could thrive when I return
When I can hear you whisper
In the beat of your heart
I can still hear a spark
I'll follow all the signs
Across a thousand years in time, you'll know me
I've been back to the start
From the very last part
And all the stars align
To lead you to this place to find me waiting
What is it worth
To give it all up for new rebirth
If I could be strong
Then maybe this wouldn't feel so wrong
Now that I'm lost
And now that I know this victory's cost
Whisper a prayer to guide me home
Into the deep unknown
I never asked to walk the road alone
But someday I'll make it home
Don't let the lifeline disappear
To guide me back when hope is near
Promise a future I can come back to
When now all I have is you
I'll follow all the signs
Across a thousand years in time
I'm breaking
We're fading
But you're not alone
One more try
For tonight
I can't do this on my own
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/the-bells
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/album/1JjDIjUNpW2fKLQeRTcut8?si=kQ-OemhVTLqaMgiiQyRGqg
iTunes/Apple Music:
music.apple.com/us/album/the-bells/1471518772?i=1471518963
Google Play:
play.google.com/store/music/album/Aviators_The_Bells?id=Begkcl4xxge5er6vmxlkz4zwcgq&hl=en_US
I'm back! I've touched on Game of Thrones before, but this time I felt like after the finale I had to give it at least one more shot. This song is a medley of various themes and motifs from the show (can you hear them all?) telling an epic tale of two queens. This should go without saying, but MAJOR SPOILERS ahead in both the lyrics and video!
Lyrics:
High in the crimson towers
Hate between a mother's eyes
Certain of a costly price
To pay when fire survives
When all she loved has left the keep
The rains above us gently weep
And wash away the blood as it goes cold
And so she spoke
And so she spoke
The lion of Castamere
When none remain
To mourn her reign
So proud yet founded upon fear
Gates swung open wide to wretches
Lowborn pay the price in blood
Placed upon the precipice
Of near rising flood
Terror in the hearts of children
Worried that the war's come home
As the sound of wildfire burning
Nears the lion's throne
Let it be fear she told them
Let it be fear they know
Let them become ashes now upon the fallen snow
Blind with the power and fury
Numb behind the dregs of wrath
Set to pay the costly price
And tread a father's path
When thousands battled in her name
She stormed the gates and showered flame
To break the wheel but then would forge her own
Let it be fear she told them
Let it be fear they know
Let them become ashes now upon the fallen snow
Burn them all down to embers
Servants and lords the same
Show them all fire and blood to win the mad queen's game
And with the swords lain down
They screamed 'til the bells cried out
In search of some mercy their hope became fear
Their hope became fear
And it fed her rage
Her lust for the lion's cage
She'll stand down for nothing
Until they all cheer, with no one left here
Castamere
Let it be, let it be fear
Castamere
Let it be, let it be fear
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/too-late-for-a-savior
iTunes/Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/ca/album/too-late-for-a-savior/1450527493?i=1450527505
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/638u2jUbeWbANUiiYHrSQQ?si=Z8BA_FEuQRqCvsKnKCOeCg
Too Late for a Savior is an experimental song musically, lacking a true chorus and shedding a usual song structure to express a slow, methodical descent into madness. The Elder of the Godhunter saga sought power through eldritch worship of the cosmos, and as his efforts proved useless but his following grew, he pursued darker means of seeking immortality. As he searched he neglected his people, and the deaths grew quickly. It's too late for redemption, he claims, so he will stoop to any means to save himself.
Lyrics:
Never too late for changes
Never too late to move
With the barriers down
There is nothing left to prove
Then you're never too far to look back
At the vengeance or the fall
When there's nothing else left
But to take your curtain call
Give the ending just a little flavor
If you're going down, they'll break as well
'Cause it's too late for a savior
But it's never too late for hell
Never too late for madness
Never too late for death
As the towers rise
I will stand with bated breath
Now there's no one left to hurt us
And there's no one left to save
At the ending of all
It's the silence that I crave
Give the ending just a little flavor
If you're seeing ghosts they'll face the same
'Cause you're never going to be the savior
But a leader keeps the monsters sane
Lift the burdens of the weak away now
Let the many become the few
'Cause it's never too late for mercy
To let the red tides rise to you
Never too late for secrets
Never too late to hide
Build the barriers up
Let no one else inside
Heroes can't save the future
And no one can change the past
You'd need the hands of a god
Just to make this city last
Give the ending just a little flavor
If you're seeing ghosts they'll face the same
'Cause you're never going to be the savior
But a leader keeps the monsters sane
Lift the burdens of the weak away now
Let the many become the few
'Cause it's never too late for mercy
To let the red tides rise to you
Bring the fire when they call you "traitor"
If you're going down, they'll break as well
To the ones who don't deserve a savior
They've been ruined by the rebel yell
Take the suffering and plague away now
Let the madness become the truth
'Cause it's never too late for mercy
When the red tides rise to you
As power tends
Toward violent ends
I'll choose to give up nothing
'Cause it's too late to be the hero
And it's too late to see the truth
I'm exempt of absolution
But it's never too late for you
Bring the fire (It's never too late)
Bring the rain (It's never too late)
Grant desires (It's never too late)
Numb the pain (It's never too late)
Bring the fire (It's never too late)
Bring the rain (It's never too late)
Grant desires (It's never too late)
It's never too late for you
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/2yCgBYOKJ72Mq9EzQ2uxfX
iTunes/Apple Music:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/way-of-the-strong/1450527493?i=1450527503
Nioh left me feeling inspired, as with most games of its kind, and I felt compelled to write something with the victorious yet futile story it told. A warrior from England travels to war-torn Japan in an age of demons and beasts, and this song tells of his undying pursuit for his guardian spirit and his embrace of the way of the samurai.
Lyrics:
The wind sings the longest tune
Adrift under the ashen moon
The road ahead has an unforgiving toll
I've journeyed to where I stand
A ghost among the far-off lands
Survive against the fire and the cold
Walk in the deepest of footprints
Step into the fog
Breaking the silence
A threatening song
On the trail of the ancients
The demons awake
At the end of all evil
The battleground shakes
To the sound of the metal
The splinters of bone
In a war with the summoned
The soldiers of stone
As the vessel of guardians
I follow along
With the words of the wise
In the way of the strong
Follow
Step into the fog
Follow
A threatening song
Follow
We're carried along
Follow
The way of the strong
The mountains moving as night falls
In the shadows I hear demons crawl
No fear of death, just fear of something worse
A power comes from the west
Upturning all the dead that rest
Still holding on to the burdens of their curse
One goal in mind
A soul to find
Taken by a madman
Trapped within the deepest of these cursed lands
They'll scatter when
I rise again
The spirit keeps the focus
Even when the battle's odds are hopeless
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/0NNVKrc2AOnJ0XK9AZLSCs
Apple Music/iTunes:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/lost-boys-feat-moonraccoon/1450527493?i=1450527500
Instrumentals + Vocal Stems + MIDI:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter-the-instrumentals
And be sure to check out the amazing Moonraccoon!
open.spotify.com/artist/1NlD6UaLaAEKLDCsDYbUAL
Lost Boys is a song about the underestimated youth, and the reality that they have the power and the obligation to shape the future. Taking place in a post-apocalyptic revolution, it serves as an anthem of rebellion for the young citizens that grew apathetic to their current place in history.
Lyrics:
Days in neverland grow darker
The forbidden moments come
To a hasty resolution
When the battle starts with one
Through the crooked lies
As the conflict dies
Oh, their words have tied our tongues together
These words have tied our tongues
We've been left behind
Blamed and made to fight
But these lost boys won't stay young forever
These lost boys won't stay young
Overlooked, denied
Shamed for trying to find
Reasons for the violent answers
Young but unafraid
A massive voice awaits
Holding up to higher standards
With the seekers apprehended
It's desperate time for truth
In the war for information
The ammunition comes from you
Balance shifts
May the world be fixed
When the words we use still matter, matter
And bold faced lies are shattered, shattered
Break the cage
Bring us this new age
When we hold ground when we know it, know it
Make liars afraid to show it, show it
Carry on the heavy load
You've tread upon the longest road
And they won't let you stop until the end
Choose your words, think carefully
Their patterns of dishonesty
Are no match for your reason to contend