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A Song A Day in January

by Arcanasphere

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FUCK! FUCK! Fuck naysayers Fuck doing it later Fuck the pain that I MADE ONE MY OWN Fuck what happened Fuck bad memories Fuck the anguish that I'm MAKING ALONE I am the system that is keeping me down I am the system that is keeping me down FUCK! FUCK! Fuck you, label me I'm fucking gathering The fucking strength that I FIND ON MY OWN Fuck the doubts in me Fuck insecurity Fuck this fuckery Fuck this agony! I am the system that is keeping me down I am the system that is keeping me down
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Anything is possible when you are not around. Everything feels possible now.
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You were never the person You said you really are. And neither am I. And neither am I.
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Running hard to catch up to you You're standing still looking back We can't even see each other now Our feet stomping different songs We can't even see each other now
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Maybe now is the perfect space And maybe here is finaly time To jettison waste away And put something new in my mind And maybe that's you Myabe towering over our heads Is a truth if we would only look up Maybe stare in the sun ain't so bad Until you grow the spine to just say out loud Maybe it's time
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Lost what felt loved Now tear away the pain Outlive the doubt Survive the crushing change again Open your eyes And just fucking jump Embrace the motion Breathe it all up Another cycle Shaking off yesterday Outlive the doubt Thrive through the crushing change again
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Maybe this will be better than the last time Maybe this will be better than the last time I don’t want to spend my time living past mistakes I just want to spend my life looking for new ones to make Maybe we can have some fun Maybe we would both turn out to be one Maybe this will be better than the last time Maybe this will be better than the last time
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She had found her family. The love that had been there in the past had morphed into this new kind of love. Slowly, things became clearer to Melissa. At this moment, she realized that she could open and close her eyes This wasn't the life she had imagined for herself. She thought the world was a tricky place and that most people were too silly or stupid to live it for longer than a few days. But she could at least have this...this home. Her people. And something far beyond that. A power was so close to the door that she couldn't reach it. Her breath reached the door, but only the air. She could reach out, but not enough to touch the surface. She could even look inside. She knew there were people.
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If we could see each other now Eye to eye and face to face If we could see each other now What the hell would we say? If we could see each other now If we could see each other now What the hell would we say?
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Shrug off and leave it Feeling conceited No need to believe it It’s nobody’s secret Sized up obscenely It’s just what we needed Face so paper And eyes so blank Stare into the fission of Each others brains Three am feeling And five am twistin Wordlessly listen To how eyes start screaming Sized up obscenely It’s just what we needed Face so paper And eyes so blank Stare into the fission of Each others brains ... It’s nobody’s secret Sized up obscenely It’s just what we needed Sized up obscenely It’s just what we needed
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Candle lit roses Embraces sincere Painstaking visions That lie as we slumber All just a fiction Since I don't know when Don't let me embrace The nightmares again Miss Thompson, Miss Gray Bring us peace where we lay Parker and Johnson Have shown us the way No kisses No smiles No sweeter fiction Don't let me embrace The nightmares again Don't make me remember The hope and the sun Haunted by happiness Now long since done No lies that I'm liked Or I'm loved in dreamland Don't let me embrace The nightmares again
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about

A challenge to write a song every day in January 2020.

Expect some filler tracks, low production values, inconsistent genres, good ideas cut too short, and even a couple moments of pure cringe.

Most of these are not great. There is no price. In fact, it's here mostly to document that I did it. 54:38 of music in one month.

It's very possible that the best ideas might get re-recorded under fewer time constraints.

The original prompts were posted at: www.jonathanmann.net/jamuary

1. One Take
2. ASMR
3. 200 BPM
4. LOUD soft LOUD
5. Made Up Tuning
6. Polyrhythm
7. Use a Sample
8. Sad Song / Major Key
9. Long Pauses
10. A Capella
11. Hand Claps
12. Pachelbel's Canon
13. Phrygian
14. Arpeggiate
15. Instrumental
16. Dissonance
17. Never Repeats
18. Start With a Chorus
19. Someone Else's Voice
20. Nonsense words
21. 1-4-5
22. Just 2 Chords
23. 4 Part Harmony
24. Cm7
25. Object as Instrument
26. Motet
27. Happy Song / Minor Key
28. 1956
29. 60 BPM
30. 5/4
31. Your Favorite Band

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released February 1, 2020

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Arcanasphere Austin, Texas

Arcanasphere creates reverb-heavy alt-rock from Austin, TX. I draw inspiration from goth, post-shoegaze, introspective pop punk, live theater, & electronic/hybrid music.
Theater training & performances influence the mood and lyrical content. Art is the safest place to look into our own souls. Each song is a love letter to our wishes & dreams.

Photo credit: unsplash.com/photos/Fztf-d-JoaI
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