Grief and Gratitude, Grok - (A) Rise

[grok]

I realized I hadn't been adding lyrics last few posts ... I guess the feels from the music has been separate from the stories I've been relating ...

from the harder rock before though new-wave/goth of The Church, The Cure, New Order, ... to being more chill of

the last few days it has been back to dance/electronica/ambient. No, I can't dance. I'm terrible at it. But I do find the complex morphing beats to be calming in a way.

I used to listen to ambient after I got home from work to help me put away the busy of the day for a while.

"Hey Spotify, play Röyksopp radio."

The Next Day - Röyksopp
...
She came to me with sincerity
She gave me all that she was
I took her in, let love begin

But in the morning next day
She had to go, she couldn't stay
I never got to know why
She gave a kiss and said goodbye
But as she walked out the door
I saw the tеars behind it all
The dying light in her еyes
A jaded heart that would keep us apart

Oh, I wanted to stay beside you
Oh, I wanted to stay beside you

well ... that struck home.

XW, shortly after saying she wanted a separation, "G, my heart is hardened now. I don't think you can reach me."

I find out LATER (from snooping) she was already fully infatuated with OM when she said this. Yeah, ... No $h1t. When you are in an A, you will not be open to me, your H.
...

A little while later in the generated playlist, tying back to the 80's music, much to my surprise was this artist combo in my playlist. I know Jean-Michel Jarre as an electronica pioneer starting in the late 70s, popularized in the 80s, and the first Western artist to perform in China after Mao. And the Pet Shop Boys? LOL. Synth-Pop stars of the 80s with many hits. Together?!

Brick England - Jean-Michel Jarre, Pet Shop Boys

Evening
When the sun begins to sink
behind the smoke
there's a burning red glow all around
Watching
as the colour starts to fade
and the darkness
seems to rise out of the ground
Walls rise and fall
and now they're building tall
in the city
Brick England
They build them up
and then they knock 'em down
to put up another
Brick England

What a catchy blend of both signature styles! and perhaps hits my melancholy streak more than I need. It doesn't pull me under anymore. Still, no need to dwell there emotionally. I was on overload far too long.

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Ack! I let one more superbly catchy beat though! Dreams of a past gone by ... ... or a future to be

Diamond Veins (feat. Sarah Rebecca) [Kid Francescoli Remix]

Blood-filled jewel of life
Take my soul, take my sacrifice

Diamond veins running through me
You are the diamonds in my veins
Baby, you caught me