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Darker Blacks And More Vibrant Reds

by Maje Adams

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1.
Notre Lutte 02:40
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We tried to live an honest peace, But men do keep their order Though hearts are slain and robbed of ease, Justice won't cease in its hunger We chose to be new warriors of love They chose to end our beauty with war Yet we remain to cherish once more And ascertain what we've been fighting for I must stay strong Know that the feeling inside of me Burning was there all along Though they may do what they may, I will not falter in remembering all that I am We chose to be new warriors of love They chose to end our beauty with war Yet we remain to cherish once more And ascertain what we've been fighting for We chose to be new warriors of love (We chose to be new warriors of love) Warriors of love
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I Dreamed Of You 04:08
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Gone, lost, drowned in thoughts Never present, mired in death Eyes caught, body tossed Left to sway my way to shore Waves crest, laid to rest Solace fails to rescue me Recessed, dispossessed Ideology fails me I dreamed of you (Deep in the blue) My dream came true (Your visage) Never satisfied Beauty is the greatest lie I dreamed of you Now stronger, I fight my way Through deserts, a simple doom The message of reveries To spell out a changing depth Pain scoffed, held aloft My ambition brought to life Days left, shame bereft Ancient mornings resurrect Fireproof, cool, aloof Never caring, absent love Mind wrecked, disconnect Maybe I'm not who you came for I dreamed of you (Deep in the blue) My dream came true (Your visage) Never satisfied Beauty is the greatest lie My dream came true Now stronger, I fight my way Through deserts, a simple doom The message of reveries To spell out a changing depth Now stronger, I fight my way Through deserts, a simple doom The message of reveries To spell out a changing depth (Nothing's wrong Now, move on Still, I dream of you)
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Animals Run Free 04:24
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Animals run free in the summertime, But animals find their way back home Winters bells ring deeper in colder nights, Their distant tones chiming through the woods I wade through trees and falling leaves Your morning dew to quench my longing Your memories of laughter and bitter tears Resound in me a new song of sorrow Stunted emotion. They try to hold you back, But endless desire pushes you and guides your hand To make your victory assured, they confirm your weapon A blade of light to pierce through the dawn I wade through trees and falling leaves Your evening sound to send me to sleep Your feelings of hatred and love so dear Surrounding me, enfolding, embracing Your mind unfolds and the rain renews Long forgotten memories of the forest You never left this place, even if it looks new Old charms awaken this love in the storm I wade through trees and fallen leaves Your summer skies remind me to breathe Your melodies of anguish are heard, my dear New shining stars await your return home
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You Are Forbidden 02:02
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God, why are you so damn beautiful? It seems like Every time I look to your eyes A part of me dies Just why can't you be mine? From passion and desire, I long to be something more than we are Or ever once were...
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Remember Them 04:23
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My pathway home is loose and unguided And I found myself so far from you And that face that kept me staring at the skies All those nights, wondering why Without a word My absence made your heart grow colder And I feared I'd pushed you far away From my truth, the honesty I felt inside But kept locked up from those who would want To tear you apart "Fall asleep Rest, my dear You've been gone from home for far too long So please, have sweet dreams" My fight for you was never one-sided Even though sometimes I felt alone In my faith that someday you'd by my side You always knew, even when they shut us down, That the feeling was right And absence made your words much warmer I missed those things I'd never had And I know, I'll always have a piece of home In my mind every time That I think of you "Fall asleep Rest, my dear You've been gone from home for far too long So please, have sweet dreams Fall asleep Rest, my dear You know my love can be enough So please, have sweet dreams" Fall asleep...
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Where Do We Go? 03:47
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Life; lost in its ways I wander against the waves To know where I must stand Into the hands of the universe I slip back Marred, but unbroken I search For what I've seen and what I have heard: My place isn't here Between glory and fear left behind in those years But where do we go To discover ourselves, To even know what we've lost? How high do we climb To escape our new lives? To return to our old forms, How far do we fly? Yearn for what was broken I wonder if we could be ourselves Now that change has taken its hold Our stories unfold, they can't remain untold When we fortunate few are so close To the discovery of where we are from Our origin's near Confusion and tears left behind with our fears So where do we go To discover ourselves, To even know what we've lost? How high do we climb To escape our new lives? To return to our old forms, How far do we fly?
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I'm Left With Your Bones 03:43
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I'm cut and torn, Wounded, As your blood and roses Scatter 'cross the floor, watching your Dying time flow by, I try to Catch your fall To the ground again, no defense I'm left with your bones. I'm left with your bones. A man deformed, Useless Now my words are broken So magnificent, my descent Down from your lights, I tried to Touch it all To the ground again, can't repent I'm left with your bones. I'm left with your bones. We were gone before we'd even started...
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We Do Not Know 02:51
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Don't stop the pulse, stop the heartbeat Move in time There's no retreat, no escaping Dance with me Feel the weight Take it all Serendipity But first, fight them all, fight the order Freedom, peace We know what we know, what we have to Live or lie The mask must torn, must be broken Confess or die Feel the weight Take it all Suffer in the truth But first, fight them all, fight the order Be the proof We can't live silently Morals now, be damned We can't love silently Disregard command Ask us again "Will it work out?", But we don't know We do not know We do not know We don't know We do not know We do not know We don't We do not know We do not know We don't know We do not know We do not know We don't No
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You'll Forget Me 02:33
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We forgot the years we spent Mixing fear with our regrets, But fear was not the way I lost you Friendships changed and people left, Their loyalties put to the test, But none could know the way I loved you How I loved you From the way you slept To the day that we first met How I threw away our passion, dear Every wave to fall and crest On every shore we never went The quiet sands go on without me Endless days of violence Turned hopeful hearts to nihilists I know that yours can now forget me You'll forget me From the future we'd dreamt To the lonely nights you'd wept How I took your soul for granted, dear
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I Was Yours 03:17
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A deep, luminescent love washes over me. It calls to me. It pleads for my weary body to come alive, To be revived. "You were mine," It whispers her ancient sound. Its tones rebound: "You were mine, And I was yours." I hope to see you my friend, But, if we never meet again, Just remember the times that we had And the dreams that we shared. I know our paths might cross someday, Whether at home or far away Just remember the times that we had I'm rescued from blaring thoughts and apologies That cling to my brain But feelings of freedom last temporarily, The Call repeats "You were mine," The reverb of past mistakes Exacerbates "You were mine, But was I sure?" I hope to see you my friend, But, if we never meet again, Just remember the times that we had And the dreams that we shared. I know our paths might cross someday, Whether at home or far away Just remember the feelings we had Take all my pleasure, my friend If we never meet again, I'm made better for knowing you, stil Oh I hope to see you my friend, But, if we never meet again, Just remember the times that we had And the dreams that we shared. I know our paths might cross someday, Whether at home or far away Just remember the feelings we had
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Remind Me 04:15
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Memories have ceased their function And my mind has besieged itself Nightmares have burned to ashes All that I have yearned to tell Consciousness feeds the fire Of ever-growing ceaseless doubt Wandering quells the torment Of remembering you Washing away longing, My past isn't mine The goddess of the River Jordan Cast my heart out into the sea Her endless mind had its way with mine Then abandoned the love in me Endless and overflowing The waters of my failure build Walls to the flood are falling Barriers among the killed Morality, the liar Propelling ever-senseless hope Causality has mired My soul to the waste Washing away longing, My path redefined The goddess of the River Jordan Cast my heart out into the sea Her endless mind had its way with mine Then abandoned the love in me As my resistance fails, I slip through the waves of fear My dreams of falling clouds And gleaming towers of light Caress my soul when I'm asleep Reminding me of brighter days My dreams of falling clouds And gleaming towers of light Caress my soul when I'm asleep Reminding me My dreams of falling clouds And gleaming towers of light Caress my soul when I'm asleep Reminding me of brighter days Long gone
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Your Light Reveals (feat. Maisie Bull) 07:03
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What a time to wrestle with The strings of fate The years pressing on and on Illusions of space and time ["Estelle"] She was carried from the stars Daylight shining from her face Powdered wings ascending Smiles hide her pain Ever-burning are her scars Not an effort gone to waste Even as she sings her One-lover's lullaby Through her veins, the blood of Mars Passion flows in time and grace Every footstep forward Never stays in place Her sorrow sings across the Earth Movement hampered by her chains Strength and beauty tethered Bound by her cage ["Beyond The World Of Man"] Stop lying to yourselves Her time approaches Her pride ascending She's flying to rebel From your disdain Your fear, your shame She strikes the morning bell Your old delusions To bond the shadows Her triumph will dispel Your ancient evils with her glory Ambition is the answer A reach to travel through the stars My story isn't all she's seeking A truth to all we question Her light reveals the voice of all That lies beyond the world of man Stop lying to yourselves Her time approaches Her pride ascending She's flying to rebel From your disdain Your fear, your shame She strikes the morning bell Your old delusions To bond the shadows Her triumph will dispel Your ancient evils with her glory Stop lying to.... ["Darker Blacks And More Vibrant Reds"] The yellow moon glances over mountains of clouds And golden stars dance in your eyes Such passionate reds weave vibrantly within the corridors of my soul But darker blacks eclipse the purity of our steps...

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This album tells a story of young love gone awry. It is a direct expression of challenging emotions expressed from only one of the story's three perspectives.

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released September 17, 2017

All composition, performances, tracking, mixing, and mastering by Maje Adams
Production by Maje Adams and Brandon McKagan (bXmMusic)

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Maje Adams Minneapolis, Minnesota

Maje Adams is an independent vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer based in Minneapolis. The 24-year-old Nigerian-American's eclectic influences cover the sonic map, taking hints from everything from avant-garde rock, Midwest emo, and prog metal to indie folk, alternative R&B, and Romantic-era classical. ... more

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