Image / ANRI (SynthV Original) #AOFEST2023

1st Runner-up Winning song of the #AOFEST2023 contest! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbGiLtwZaeA Inst: https://soundcloud.com/kyoe_wav/image-inst Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3wYOeNuaX2CWiqd8ir6AuF Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/s/1704921801 ----------------------------- Music and lyrics: Kyoe Video and art: Kyoe Vocals: ANRI (Synthesizer V) ----------------------------- Kyoe (SynthV and Vocaloid original music) https://www.youtube.com/@kyoee ----------------------------- Lyrics: Blurry smiles in a long buried photo stare through the years in between us time casts a strange new light on a memory laden with negative thoughts I see myself in the corner eyes turned away from the viewer though it feels strange to think that in time that stranger becomes who I am These things that came before grab a hold of present and future paths I can’t escape from the remains of a time when I felt unable to imagine how a future could emerge from this sick mess I have half a mind to tear this photo into tiny shreds Why should moments in time that I hoped would fade away stay alive forever in a frame on the wall? I know all my memories are part of what I am but I still would rather throw away some mistakes and show all my ghosts that still follow me around even though their hollow steps belong to the past that I’m doing better since I got you out of sight I don’t need reminders of a time gone astray Underneath piles of old cardboard boxes I know mementos still linger dormant until one day they jump out to drag me to places long gone I know I choose to remember songs that should fade out of memory but peaceful melodies end up drowned out under emotional refrains so I seek my atonement in a future free of tears how can images of happy faces guide me towards the light? Why should moments returned to the box where they belong still remain a part of every thought in my mind I know all these labels stuck to me are only lies but without them I feel out of place and alone so my eyes stay closed in the face of nagging doubts when I tell the bitter moments trapped in my head that I’m doing better since I got you out of sight but I can’t see the point if my mistakes still remain unchanged I still mirror the void left when my foundations failed and I watched while everything I knew disappeared I know time gives a color to the images that stay all the lies I told myself sink in when I ask why moments in time that I hoped would fade away live inside a frozen image framed on the wall I know all my memories are part of who I am but I still would rather say goodbye to my past and show all my ghosts that still follow me around with a song inviting me to dance in the night that I’m doing better since I got you out of sight though I’ll miss how I felt within the warm comfort of your lies