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Sandcastles LP

by Nishin

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Web of cracks across the dense ice Waves still sound the same They sing about their demise And we're trapped in our tender lies Oh, but we're here Paralyzed Will we ever let the dust grind All our limbs, all our stupid reasons why We fight? As if we were of different blood Oh, but we're here Covered in mud And when you are gone I know I will have to say your prayer In a room with hot stale air Your tough demeanor I'd wished to soften One day was gone forever for me Pray tell, was all it worth to be exiled? To be of your age but still such a child? Always ready to guard your damn castle That we were supposed to build from ground up Oh, but we're here outside Oh, but you're there inside And when you are gone I know all the blame will be on me As if I could ever be free Your tough demeanor I'd wished to soften One day was gone forever for me Under my breath, I'll say my desire Begging for one final ceasefire But all you'll hear will be me echo "I, I, I" And you won't be wrong Under my breath, I'll say my desire Begging for one final ceasefire And even through all my tears You'll hear me mumble all but my point Born to disappoint, we're out of joint Out of joint
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Finest line was crossed, all I had is lost Drumming in my chest, my heart beats Crashing down are all my dreams Crumbling under waves of your abrasiveness Too bad you don't even notice it Isn't it a spectacle, horrifying, visual Where we watch ourselves Drown in shortcomings I won't bottle up this time I know I won't tell a lie one time only While this tune resounds With each passing day It's getting late, we hesitate We're drifting far apart Souls unbarred, till we get scarred A quarter thousand miles apart We seem to keep abstracting on Lost in the eye of a whirlpool Caught in a frozen sandstorm This iridescent haze brings me memories That I would rather forget The waves go higher than mountains Soar up and billow to the skies And should they meet for a moment I know I will fall by the wayside I keep building bridges you burn down Whenever I barely go away I keep reasoning, taking the hardest route Too bad you don't even notice it Raveled, no end in sight Buried, never seeing the light Our real friendship's something We don't see alive While not even walking Parallel paths Too bad I have never noticed it So we chose our ways No way to stay Yet here I say: "Sorry, my bad again" Although I know it's never been Enough this time, I'm losing my Amiable mask you know so well Oh, darling, ain't it swell? Lost in the eye of a whirlpool Caught in a frozen sandstorm This iridescent haze brings me to the place I know I'll never belong I know for sure I will concede That your hurting words have been indeed Something that I should have noticed All but this late Yet, I still hesitate How do I mitigate Something I can't debate? I'd give it all for you to drop Your fake mask of pacifism Lost in the eye of a whirlpool Caught in a frozen sandstorm This iridescent haze brings me memories That I would rather forget The waves go higher than mountains Soar up and billow to the skies And should they meet for a moment I know I will fall by the wayside
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Los dedos huelen a metal Arroyos rojos discurren por mi Y ni siquiera la muerte me puede parar De aferrarme al alambre de púas aquí Quisiera que no hubiera secretos Quisiera que no tuviese que verte Y tu corazón te mente, no quieres conocerme No te me acerques, ¡yo soy un monstruo! Tal vez yo quería seguir siendo así Dices tus despedidas, me sereno Me quedaré sola, me quedaré feliz Y puede que me vayas a buscar Pues el dolor no te da miedo Y quizás yo te deje entrar En la fortaleza donde vivo Tonto remedo Este cautiverio es mi decisión Este alambre es mi protección Me temo que puedo hacerte mucho daño Pues, no te me acerques, ¡yo soy un monstruo! Tal vez aun quiera seguir siendo así Estas paredes me mantienen a salvo Pero a fin de cuentas yo me voy a pudrir Al tratar de parecer normal Sé que estoy fallando Al mirar hacia atrás Debería haber escuchado A mi misma, a mi alma A todo el interior, que gritaba Quemando. Que estaba Hablando conmigo No te me acerques, ¡yo soy un monstruo! Tal vez yo quería seguir siendo así Dices tus despedidas, me sereno Me quedaré sola, me quedaré feliz
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When everything is said and set in stone When a part of me has gone haywire, out of control Will everything I've got just fall apart, reset me to the start? I don't wanna find out I'm in a better place than before And, though, I'm not prepared to what may wait behind the door I just know, no matter how better I become There'll always be just one outcome You're numb, you still tell me I am wrong Won't take time to get along Like before, it is the same old song Seven A.M. I've gotta move December again, all thoughts removed And in my mind's eye all I see is you (I wish it wasn't you) I'm biting the bullet till it hurts no more But I'm not prepared to open the door Frozen, as I say: "One day, but not today" I'm out of breath Everybody around keeps speaking of my death Oh I feel it like a draft in my chest Through the hole that they ripped open With bare hands In the dead of night, I scream Everything becomes extreme Feels just like I'm in a fever dream Seven A.M. I'm on the run December again, it's just begun Yet in my mind's eye, all I see is you Surrounded by ignorance and debris I'm screaming, realizing that pride is never free And the price to pay is higher every day I feel I'm running low on trust and faith Running myself ragged just to live There is a void between us Yet, you keep throwing rocks to fill it Instead of building bridges You choose to remain superstitious Hey, I'm running away Seven A.M. I've gotta move December again, all thoughts removed And in my mind's eye all I see is you (I wish it wasn't you) I'm biting the bullet till it hurts no more But I'm not prepared to open the door Frozen, as I say: "One day, but not today" When everything is said and set in stone (One day, but not today) When a part of me has gone haywire, out of control (One day, but not today) I'm in a better place than before (One day, but not today) There'll always be just one outcome (I'm frozen, as I say: "One day, but not today")
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I still remember the day when I dug myself up From cold, cold ground. I thought I had got revived But now I see clear as day that I Couldn't have rescued myself from this hell Do they all still call it life? No bullets, yet fighting this war I keep losing To the foes that I used to call my allies With fists bleeding hard, I'm joining the fray I'm on the edge, yet they still just condescend, don't they? When tides turn to shore, maybe I'll succeed But for now, I am here to deceive, to be deceived Sun's gone full circle again. The smoke of the cigarettes At least it makes my room go white Why do I desire to cling to your neck, to never let you go again Weren't you my enemy back then? No knives, yet scars signify that I'm right From the foes that I used to call my allies There was no way down, rock bottom I felt But tell me then, why do I still seem to descend? The charcoal in my hand burns to the bone But it's the only thing that helps me get bridges burnt Treat yourself to my heart, fresh and sweet from the start What, you say it tastes bad? Well, guess things go sour You say I come apart at the seams You see, it's worse than it seems Can you rid me of this agony The feelings inside of me? No wounds, but this slashing pain's got some deep roots From the foes who were supposed to have been my allies With fists bleeding hard, I'm joining the fray I'm on the edge, yet they still just condescend, don't they? When tides turn to shore, maybe I'll succeed But for now, I am here to live There was no way down, rock bottom I felt But tell me then, why do I still seem to descend? The charcoal in my hand burns to the bone But it's the only thing that helps me get bridges burnt
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Karmine stains on the wall Smeared all over pictures left to hide Reverberating silent call Disappearing cadence, fading light Nobody accepts the truth Burdening me with the things I've left to say Taking my blue pen and move Fingers through the lines Sinless through the crimes Only so that you would see I don't belong to you, so long! And I mustn't prove you that Tilting at windmills must be all You can get hold of Watch this chain around my neck Become undone, link one by one Goodbye, Proshai, Sayonara I hope I never see ya I've written far too many songs about you Than you deserve But you've done me so many wrongs I lost my nerve Pills and mixtures have no use No alcohol mends me The life I've lived wouldn't have gone in vain Had you been outside, had you left outside Hadn't I been born, hadn't you poured scorn on me I can't believe I've lived like this so long Pretending to be at home All this time you've been far too strong So I had to lie low Though you have made me who I am You've crossed the line My life is mine Goodbye, Proshai, Sayonara I hope I never see ya I hope I never see ya The bullets you use, They scream your name It's deep engraved The fortress you build made out of sand Crumbles down, yet you can't hear a sound The sinkhole in your heart I've always seen it widen out I might not be a saint But the carmine on you ain't paint I don't belong to you, so long! And I mustn't prove you that Tilting at windmills must be all You can get hold of Watch this chain around my neck Become undone, link one by one Goodbye, Proshai, Sayonara I hope I never see ya
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I'm never alone Never happy, never free 'Cause you would never leave me I feel this pain, I'm hurt I feel like I'm hollow 'Cause it will be so tomorrow, tomorrow I'm like a ragged cloth a broken and burned-out light bulb Saying: "I don't hurt" But it has been a lie, surely, a lie Day after day There is too much you Round after round I am tired, realizing: There's nothing I could do Why don't those who leave leave me alone? Why are you now here, even now? It is like a merry-go-round But the "hurt-goes-'round" I know less and less words They're all about this pain I don't need others when you're near You are my own past My days, my weeks, my years And these thoughts of you will not let me go. Day after day There's too much of you Round after round I am tired, realizing: There's nothing I could do I feel I'm buried in you Like I've been six-feet-under for years Go under It is like a merry-go-round But the "hurt-goes-'round" Why wouldn't I say it in your face? Why wouldn't I destroy it Consigning to oblivion? Why I can save you But I can't save me with the saved you? Who would know It is like a merry-go-round But it hurts Day after day I'm counting the days Round after round I feel dizzy more and more As if I could feel more Why don't those who leave leave me alone? Why are you now here, even now? It is like a merry-go-round But the "hurt-goes-'round"
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I'm not a child anymore But still again "You must, you must" When feet can't move being sore Again, "Get up, you must!" Unjustly Close people cry for help But no hearing aid can help You catch their plea for mercy No undo to what is done No forgiveness to your son I should have told you it all But unlike you I know that people get hurt So unlike you As far as a telescope can see, away I'd go Only not to stay If I'm your work of art, I wish you were a writer I wouldn't be glad enough to blaze under your lighter To carry your fantasies away from you To empty you through The hourglass being drained You took the sand to build a castle Call me your biggest mistake, you do You say I live owing to you Tell me, where you've been these last ten years I might've seen your face But never have I seen you be around Keep on living in your hutch Fuck you, fuck you very much I should have told you it all But unlike you I know that people get hurt So unlike you As far as a telescope can see, away I'd go Only not to stay If memories perish and fade Why can't you, too? That's why it's me who has to move You think what you do is care But you're just lying You simply don't want to stay alone So stay alone I'd guard you with a firewall from me Wish you would let me go and leave me be When you are sick and weak Remember my face - you won't see it around We'll see if that's what you really been asking for
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I wanna cry, I wanna scream, but my mask absorbs the sound It smiles relentlessly at me, at the people I'm around It is so easy to hide the pain I've endured since when we last spoke But I know that no mask can hide away that my entire life's a joke I'll draw a line in this wet sand I won't pretend We're parting without starting We're so close, yet far apart And even if we grow together again I don't know where we should start Farewell, we're parting without starting And I'd love to remind you That unless your major is heartbreaking You shouldn't act the way you do I'm bad at taking hints, but you're sure worse at giving them I fell to the bottom, I know what it means But I found strength to get up again And it's not that I blame you for what you've done But even blind I see the truth: You're too fool to tell me what is wrong, fool enough to keep on Making love to someone else you know you hate So, parting without starting Seems like something we've gotta do But even though we've had nothing between us It's still a damn hard thing to do Suggest us parting without starting Then you open your embrace Let us just get back to where we started Trying to ignore each other's face How could you break my heart if you never had it? How could I be so dumb to think you could have it? So, woe is me, for all I know I care about you too much to just let you go And the ice your heart is covered with is just tears
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Lately, I've felt so blue Tried to deny the truth About fifteen hundred days back When I wasn't cracked When I was on track Thinking good days have gone Accepting I'll be alone But something inside just Makes it so hard not to cry No matter how hard I try Bullets, needles And walls used like the easels Knowing everyone's flawed I still feel way too odd Trembling, curling I lay my head here, corroding And melding with the mud beneath Whatever happens next Be it flatline or side effects Can't hurt me anymore I've struggled through Too much before I've seen the tables turn I've got the burden I deserve And I don't need the sauvetage During this act of sabotage I've never gone further than "friends" For I know how this story ends And if someone tried to embrace This body that aches They'd soon realize how it breaks Granted, a kid Has made a turn no one believed But does anyone care at all? Whatever happens next Be it flatline or side effects Won't ever hurt me more Than how I've treated myself before I've made the tables turn I've got the burden I deserve And I don't need the sauvetage During this act of sabotage Je n'ai pas besoin d'être sauvé Je dois le faire moi même Whatever happens next Be it flatline or side effects Can't hurt me anymore I've struggled through Too much before. I've seen the tables turn I've got the burden I deserve And I don't need the sauvetage During this act of sabotage
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Me gustaría ir fuera de aquí Pensaba que podría hacerlo antes de encontrarte a ti Y ahora me doy cuenta de que no puedo salir sin dejarte atrás Me molesta este lugar, pero en él tú estás Huelo el hedor (de esta ciudad) Siento el calor (de tus abrazos) Calmo la tempestad (en la cabeza) Veo las dudas (en tus ojos) Estás confundido (cada vez más) Me desespero (poco a poco) Valoro la amistad (también contigo) Aún, ¡otra vez no está claro! El eco de lo que he dicho Me está estrellando las orejas Y el alma, no puedo más Nunca he querído que algo Tan sencillo acabe en escombros Nunca he perseguido el amor Y todavía aquí estamos Y yo no puedo levantarme Huelo el hedor (de esta ciudad) Siento el calor (de tus abrazos) Calmo la tempestad (en la cabeza) Veo las dudas (en tus ojos) Estás confundido (cada vez más) Me desespero (poco a poco) Valoro la amistad (también contigo) Aún, ¡otra vez no está claro! Ya que no sé nada, no hago nada, no digo nada Y conocerte quizá haya sido lo mejor que había pasado conmigo Aún, otra vez al llegar a casa, Parece que me he equivocado, no soy digno de ti Huelo el hedor Siento el calor Calmo la tempestad Veo las dudas Estás confundido Me desespero Valoro la amistad Pero esta vez todo está claro
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We're standing on the edge, on the sacred line We've never seen the light but, still, we're not blind Don't move, don't feel, don't fall, and without a word Just breathe the air, feeling so alone She was a sensitive little girl, and She had a very ambitious soul Trapped by this dark doomed dishonesty Acting frostily Breaking away from these cursed dreams of mine Falling behind that reality with you Trapped inside myself alone, so bad So sad, no thought, no doubts, like Phobia Me teñi de gris Olvidé sentir Por fin desistí Todo el dolor precipitó Ya acabo oxidándome el corazón No lo puedo controlar ¡Me voy a desbordar! Dime, ¿cuántas veces me he de romper? Hasta que preguntes: oye, ¿estas bien? Se ensamblan promesas de mentira Sentimientos causan Fobia Breaking away from these cursed dreams of mine Falling behind that reality with you Trapped inside myself alone, so bad So sad, no thought, no doubts, like Phobia Breaking away from these cursed dreams of mine Falling behind that reality with you Trapped inside myself alone, so bad So sad, no thought, no doubts, like Phobia
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Fall_You 04:38
The ground's caving in, the fall begins To the depth without limits Along with spirits Of the me who tried approaching you In my mind They might be right I'm too far behind I'm falling too quickly, I can't fight I'm falling without you Falling through you I am falling so for you I thought I was strong enough not to take Kindness for affection I thought whatever I'd imagined myself Could grow from dreams I am sorry for all the times I seemed to leave you far behind I only wanted for you to be alright Sinking in your eyes feels like the death I'd want There is no ease for me, I'm just stuck in this rut The ground's caving in, the fall begins To the depth without limits Along with spirits Of the me who tried approaching you In my mind They might be right I'm too far behind I'm falling too quickly, I can't fight I'm falling without you Falling through you I am falling so for you It's so hard to speak when you know nothing at all Words fall short whenever I'm with you, so I just prattle on Whatever you say, and whenever you smile I'd love to prolong this moment for a while longer Oh, ain't it a chiché? Maybe one day you'll hear this firsthand Maybe one day you'll come to understand But the ground's still caving in, the fall begins To the depth without limits With this damn image Of you in my mind that I just can't seem to hide Oh, tell why are you haunting my mind I'm suffocating and I can't fight Still falling without you Still falling through you Still, I'm falling so for you Maybe it would have been much easier had I learned to fly before But I'm glad that whom I've fallen for is you Sinking in your eyes feels like the death I'd want There is no ease for me, I'm just stuck in this rut The ground's caving in, the fall begins To the depth without limits Along with spirits Of the me who tried approaching you In my mind. They might be right I'm too far behind I'm falling too quickly, I can't fight Still falling without you Still falling through you I'm falling without you Falling through you I am falling so for you
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Why does all I do Seem to me so senseless Turn into a restless thought? The actions that I do Do they have any part of me? No, I've got a feeling That there is nothing inside Of the circle of life It's empty There is no magic, there's no light No, it's dead up inside Though, there might be a little piece of love Hey, my love is pain Your feelings, babe Just keep them away, so far away You know what I do And act like you desire Keep on, keep moving on Throw away the pain Know it might come back to you Don't leave me in the lurch Know I believe in you It's funny how things change themselves And I don't understand How the nightmares came true But it's all over, and I don't laugh The way I used to I'm looking for you Filled up with doubt, I'm asking If I see there that bright and warm light Hey, I feel this pain My tries are in vain I'll keep them the same Keep them the same You knew I would do it To meet you You knew it, because I fell for you I will throw away Those doubts if they try to change me I won't leave you alone Know, you're not alone Hey, my love is pain Your feelings, babe Just keep them away, so far away You know what I do And act like you desire Keep on, keep moving on Throw away the pain Know it might come back to you Don't leave me in the lurch Know I believe in you Why does all I do Seem to me so senseless Turn into a restless thought? The actions that I do Do they have any part of me? No, I've got a feeling That there is nothing inside Of the circle of life It's empty There is no magic, there's no light No, it's dead up inside Though, there might be a little piece of love Hey
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It's so sad To hear you make excuses You would ignore if they were mine So sad One of us certainly loses Comes to a halt End of the line, dead by the roadside With every passing day There's less and less that I can do Every step of the way I wish I hadn't met you I'm trying to do my best But all I can do is to Hurt, hurt, hurt everyone I know I'm never gonna tell you this in person or in a text I know I'm never gonna stop comparing myself to your other friends I know that I'd be better off without you Since you, I can't hold on to, like fire But cold, yet scorching to the bone So bad An ocean of lies is what we're sailing on Drifting away, till we're sunken and down I'm mad Because of the guilt, I'm left to deal with Spilling silent screams Till this room of glass no longer lasts With every passing day There's less and less that I can do Roaming along a busy highway I wish I could get through to you I know I do my best And all you can do is to hurt, hurt, hurt Everyone I know I'm never gonna tell you this in person or in a text I know I'm never gonna stop comparing myself to your other friends I know that all I am for you's a given Just know that once we reach our bitter end We'll both be cold and strayed But it'll be too late Too late Is it too late to start again? Too late, too late To try and tie up this loose end? Too late, too late I cannot be the only one who feels this way It's not okay So here I say I know I'm never gonna tell you this in person or in a text I know I'm never gonna stop comparing myself to your other friends I know that I'd be better off without you Since you, I can't hold on to, like fire But cold, yet scorching to the bone
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The dancing shadows on the window Of this bus she's riding They're being shot, they're frozen still To hide her heart behind the dusk Her hopes were but a mirage of the "bon voyage" You told her before she was gone But now I see it clearly And think you lied sincerely Because of you, she's always blue and cannot find relief Because of you, she's got this burden And her heart's no longer on her sleeve She preferred to move on, but you picked her on Saying "where can you stay but with me?" She's broken beyond mending, yet you keep tormenting If it feels like it doesn't hurt anymore Perhaps she's become numb? Fighting on never helped her move, or to be approved But does she want it to change? Why live to be able to fight? Why love if it results in cries? I do not want it to end, so… To die would mean To never be able to say goodbye To never find the peace of mind I do not want it to end, so… And in the past, she'd run away from you across the sea But you would hunt her down And plead her mother to grant you some clemency If only she escaped again But at this point, the road is full of hurdles So she is running in her mind In circles, in circles Oh, and that's how you two wound up Happiness you can't dig up We all live in the present That's all but pleasant Is it too late for it to change? If you run like you run for your life? If bonds end up broken from strife? I do not want it to end, so... To die would mean To never be able to say goodbye, To never find the peace of mind I do not want it to end, so… But time will pass and she would soon forgive As if nothing happened If only she hated, if she had made it Away with that stupid heart of hers Before she learned to mortify Before wreaking havoc with lies I can't take what you have done to her, no more She has been fighting a losing battle You're making her feel so little I would love if you could end it I wish, love, that you would end it
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As a child, I heard stories of those now gone They were strong, they sailed the seas And they found a home I always wondered why would they look for something They have and why they'd carry on Oh, I've had to let it go, how was I supposed to know I too would have to roam? This could be the last day Carpet is an ashtray And there are no walls to hold the ceiling Hot bones building up in the halls Silently I fall down, kneeling LIghts above my head Tonight I play dead Shivers running down my spine As I'm pierced by the eyes of somebody of my kind And the eyes are blind Howls above my head Will there be an end? I'm staring at a broken sun, And I know I should better run Glares. And then I'm deaf Parachutes have no use if you never land In the end, everything perishes by someone's command Whizzing, sirens, hopes in dissonance Damp walls indicate the imminence Of what was apparent all along Bulbs are glowing dimmer Almost to a shimmer I'm just sitting there, trying to stop trembling Rain falls, leaves behind sinkholes Mixes with the crimson And I wish that I never had to see The lights from Shadowlands Ears behind my hands. Oh Never had a heart of stone Yet, always so alone Is it my turn to atone? If so, then what for? Howls above my head Will there be an end? If there was a chance to escape Would I go? Or would I just forsake The ones I'd be leaving behind? I wish I could know
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Now let me let you down I won't settle for less Now let me say it now I won't hold back, I confess: Now let me leave this place I'm just gonna take the path that never ends My heart beats like a race As I bid my home farewell Fate might deal me a losing hand But life goes on and I still stand Someday I will be strong And all my problems will be gone This neverending fear That suddenly appears Whenever I come here Be gone I wish I'd known before That I'd be found on a distant shore That I'd learn how to see A human within me And find out it's been this way All along Under this deep blue sky One day I will wake up Wondering about why I'm beneath the same old sun Yet, after all this time, I've got no home So again and again I am compelled to roam Towards a land unknown My destination might be far And reaching it might get me scarred I guess that's just the way things are It feels so bad to think of giving up When doing my best just doesn't seem enough And it hurts to face what's facing us Though doubts and fears may always blur my sight I'll keep on walking straight towards the light And have faith that throughout I'll stay strong And through the bad times, I'll keep moving on When nobody is here To always interfere Will there be any fear? Oh I wish I'd known before That the journey's never done And there's always place to run And on this endless quest I'll embrace the change and the unrest And find a home where I can conquer fear And finally rest (After all this time I've got no home In search of a place to call my own Like a rolling stone, I'm tossed and thrown 'Cross mountains' high and oceans' foam) Through every city, town, and street My searching heart does ever beat For somewhere that feels just like home A place where I am not alone)

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"Sandcastles" is a musical snapshot of my life during a period of challenges and change. Originally released in 2023, this album was my way of navigating the ups and downs of this life —the joys, the heartaches, and everything in between. It started as tunes I would secretly make back at home, melodies that helped me make sense of my thoughts. As I faced challenges head-on, the songs became my refuge, a safe space to explore my emotions.

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released March 30, 2023

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Nishin

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Thanks for stopping by my little corner. I'm a songwriter, juggling music and 3D art as my creative outlets.

My sound usually hangs out in the alternative and pop-rock realms, but I love to experiment and keep things fresh.


I love using computer-generated voices as lead singers in my music.

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