Uploaded April 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This song was inspired by Devilman, Evangelion, and We Know the Devil, and it's from an album where I explore what it means to be represented in media that doesn't have your best interests at heart.
Well, here we are again! Weekly uploads, so far so good. Two more to go for this album--I'm aiming for Fridays @ 2pm PST. Got pretty sick this week, as of when I'm uploading this (Sunday the 8th) it's been five days... I'm hoping my voice comes back soon so I can sing again!
Free download: helenaruth.com/muse
Album booklet: helenaruth.com/musebook
I'm most active on Twitter, where you can see bits of projects I'm working on (like comics and a Twine game about Ariadne) and currently a lot of Devilman rts: twitter.com/helenaruthmusic
This song was inspired by Devilman, Evangelion, and We Know the Devil, and it's from an album where I explore what it means to be represented in media that doesn't have your best interests at heart.
Well, here we are again! Weekly uploads, so far so good. Two more to go for this album--I'm aiming for Fridays @ 2pm PST. Got pretty sick this week, as of when I'm uploading this (Sunday the 8th) it's been five days... I'm hoping my voice comes back soon so I can sing again!
Free download: helenaruth.com/muse
Album booklet: helenaruth.com/musebook
I'm most active on Twitter, where you can see bits of projects I'm working on (like comics and a Twine game about Ariadne) and currently a lot of Devilman rts: twitter.com/helenaruthmusic
![Circlejourney illuminated [broadway]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iX9lVXqmcsg/mqdefault.jpg "Circlejourney illuminated [broadway]
From i l l u, an Illuminated remix album. Free download [with TWO bonus tracks, available nowhere else] here: http://helenaruth.com/illu
Lyrics:
◉ ●⦿ ● ⦿● ◉
i know what the city lights
do to the night sky,
when no one’s looking
but i can’t decide...
‘cause though i crave the constellations,
the fog above my head, illuminated...
i dont know how to phrase it
it’s not a dream
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
its blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean...
its dappled flank down upon me,
like a flawed philosophy
◉ ⦿● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ●⦿ ◉
‘cause i’ve seen what the city lights
do to the night sky.
i keep an eye, out...
i can’t decide,
somehow.
‘cause though i crave the constellations
glass towers above my head, illuminated...
i don’t know how to phrase it
and though i crave the constellations
the rain, about my head, illuminated;
i’m not sure how to say it...
i don’t know how to phrase it...
it’s not a dream...
● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ●
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky bleed
its blacks and blues down into me,
like a moon-bleached tapestry
and i want to see everything
and i want to breathe easily
and i want to let the night sky lean,
its dappled flank down upon me...
like a flawed philosophy.
◎ ● ⦿ ◉ ⦿ ● ◎
credits:
from i l l u, released June 22, 2017
mix & production Circlejourney circlejourney.net soundcloud.com/circlejourney
lyrics, melody, & vocals Helena Ruth helenaruth.com
track art Helena Ruth
space photography sourced from NASA image libraries and edited
Creative Commons License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
illuminated [broadway] is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. It is an arrangement of the Illuminated lyrics & melody by Helena Ruth.
Illuminated lyrics & melody by Helena Ruth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at helenaruth.com/about.")
