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Bandcamp: https://ataraxiamusician.bandcamp.com/album/lost-and-found
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/lost-and-found/1469642170
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This album is a closely linked collection of tracks produced in the last two years, from the middle of 2017 to the middle of 2019. Together, they tell a story of ego and self-deprecation, of love and loss, of friends and enemies, of harm and recovery, and the process of self-realization.

This is not my favourite album. It might not be your favourite album. I can see so many flaws in my own work I don't know where the flaws end and the artistry begins. But it's mine. For once I've produced a complete work without external forces assisting in my creative vision. And that is something I am immensely proud of.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to LOST AND FOUND, time you could have spent doing something—anything—else. I hope these tracks can mean more to you than they ever could to me. I hope you can see yourself inside the rhythms, I wish for you to create your own narratives around these lyrics.

Thanks for spending your time with me.

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STORY // (7) - we all harm ourselves and each other
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Moonlight pierced the tree canopies in wide swaths of milky white, bathing Princess Luna's form in a sparkling, almost tangible luminescence. The trees around the Everfree clearing shook in an unseen zephyr, mumbling vague warnings under a bed of white noise. Luna stared into the galaxy beyond the atmosphere, head tilted upwards at a steep angle, tears tumbling down her cheeks and pooling in the long grasses underfoot.

There, the voice spoke to her again, saying: "the time has arrived."

"Forgive me, sister," Luna spoke to the heavens. "Please."

All too quickly her eyes narrowed, Stygian slits outlined in a toxic blue. The Everfree felt her leave. It was no retreat.

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LYRICS
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I can remember
A steady rush of air through the space around me
The space around me
So distant, so cold
So far within the unknown inside my head
Thinking I’d be better off dead

I wonder what it meant to me
I let it speak to me at night
And drag me down below the covers
Play hide and seek with the trust of others
And now it’s here to stay

Only a liar
Could ever hope to make amends
Behind closed doors
(Behind closed doors)
It’s only just enough
To get us through just one more day
But is it strength?
Will I pay?

I wonder what it meant to me
I watched you catch the falling stars
And let them sing me to the shadows
Without a thought for things that follow
I gave it all away

While the sky burns ever darker
Colours fly above my head
Force dreams into my eyes
While I wish they’re real instead
And the sunrise turns to sunset
And I’m held captive in this need
Watching silence turn to shadows
While she waits to see me bleed

I’ve dragged blades across my flesh
And let it heal
(I’ve let it heal)
And now I leave myself asking how
How your hands hurt below the skin
How your words couldn’t be figured out

I wonder what it meant to me
I laid awake and tried to hide
How everything just made my mind race
With all the questions I could find
And through the turmoil I could feel it
That I did at least one thing right

While the sky burns ever darker
Colours fly above my head
Force dreams into my eyes
While I wish they’re real instead
And the sunrise turns to sunset
And I’m held captive in this need
Watching silence turn to shadows
While she waits to see me bleed

While she waits to see me bleed
While she waits to see me bleed
While she waits to see me bleed
While she waits to see me bleed

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FOLLOW
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCceY2R-jpIgwpVzxxsY2L8A
Bandcamp: http://ataraxiamusician.bandcamp.com
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/iamataraxia