I missed the start of this. I started this with literally 30 minutes to go. Spontaneous composition. I hope it rendered correctly.

Look into your eyes

How theyre empty

empty

A psychopath rise

A dolls unbroken gaze

It stares back at you

It stares back at you

Don't look into

the abyss

Just with a glance you wouldn't suspect there's anything wrong at all. You'd need to get closer, get a good look at her eyes, to understand. But by that time, it'd be probably too late for you.

The second picture with its blinding overexposure was my inspiration. Wanted to somehow touch on something kinda paranormal and slightly pained. Aimed to get a lot in the high white-noise spectrum traffic. Turned out kinda interesting!

"Oh um...hello, i don't think we've ever met. Sorry for startling you, my name is Keith. Hope i didn't frighten you. Are you ok? Huh? Oh...er...you seem awfully quiet. Is something troubling you, did i do something wrong? Are you nervous? You seem confused. Hello? Hello? Why is she not answering? Hello? She's acting very strange, I don't like this. Look i'm just gonna walk past ok? I didn't intend to scare you. Why are you following me? I don't mean you harm, i just want to go to my house. Please don't follow me, you really are scaring me. Wait why is blood dripping out of your mouth? And why do you have a knife? Oh god no...noo......nooooo...noooooooo!!!"

This track started out with me messing around with bass synths. At first i thought, maybe i might do another ambient piece, but then i realized, it will just be the same as Round 679, so i wanted to keep the same idea, in a different context. I tried a 4/4 pulse, but it was too predictable for me, so i time-stretched and the end result is a 3/4 triplet on a 4/4 pulse kind of thing, except every aspect of the drums is in 6. So we feel it in 4, but it's written out as 6. The kick is designed in a way, to feel like one big boost in low-end, where you don't necessarily hear the kick. This is all topped off with weaves of sound, including risers and swooshes, vocal snippets of Jim Carrey, pad chords, mallet instruments, and of course percussive sounds, soaked in reverb. The whole thing is designed to where it mostly comes in and out of the background. I love what i've done here, because despite it's minimalism, the groove works so well, and the developments are super interesting for it's run-time. Hope you enjoy it too.

Been a while since my last poorly mixed/balanced symphonic metal(?) thing. Pretty sure I goofed with the bass along the way, but I liked some bits from the melody. And the quintessential piano.

Caught up on some more commission work for OHC. This is yet another stage theme for "Super Mega Zero" (formerly known as "Zero Lives"). Was kind of inspired by the theme to use a sort of minor spooky-funk feel (?).

Sometimes I'm a little worried that I'll deviate a little too far from the "standard DDRKirby type" of song, especially for these commissions, but I think trying to force myself to do a specific sort of thing never really works out, I have to just run with whatever I happen to be feeling at the time. So far it seems to be working out!

tired eyes

blinking light

it's that way that you hold back

seen enough

think you're tough

when you know that i can't handle being a real

woman in your eyes

real spooky

[verse]

Now there's a lovely face, by the by

I cannot help but walk and say hi

I'm suddenly transfixed by the way that she glares right toward me

A moment ago she ignored me

and when she held her gaze, then I knew

There's something more to this, in my view

The magic that she cast over me is a wondrous feeling

A tingle that traps all of my old feelings

[chorus]

The face it involves, much more than a glance

My soul it leaps out, and it just wants to dance

She captures it all, and keeps it herself

It's worth just her smile

[verse]

I'm caught up in her spell, yet I'm glad

To know that such a girl can be had

Whatever she has planned, I am willing to go the distance

The others who all had rebuffed just missed this

The hidden layers

The secret minds

Behind the faces

But all I see are the lies

Warm, wide eyes

Behind those masks

Guess the lies, the common thread

Rendered eyes

Plastic faces

False smiles leading me on

When in a past

all of the pretty faces

Let through no part of a truth

Within me all I see is anger

All through my past

I couldn't trust the pretty faces

Too close to the sun and I got burned

Too far away, so now I freeze.