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Album Hok

by Finn M-K

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1.
Life Is Good 02:12
Wake up, breathe, it's the present I never dream about the past but I listen to it Old songs that I wrote, old project files, old photos too, old moments Not in a 'wishing-it-were-all-back' sort of way, because I really like where I am right now But in a 'I really enjoy feeling nostalgic' kind of way I like seeing what old friends are up to Whether those are human friends or old, forgotten music that hasn't changed while I have And at the end of every time I do something like this, I say wake up, breathe, it's the present I always look around where I am, what is around me, who is around me Normally I'm by myself because nostalgia is something very personal to everyone But I look around, and every time, every time so far, I've thought to myself I'm doing okay, things are good, life is good Life is good!
2.
LYRICS --- Tough luck each time, that ain't new to me I keep faith, work hard, trying to build a dream But I barely can and my books are all red Living off my savings Trying to get to five figures Need a roof on my head And reality's not easy with my choices I get it But you've got to compromise when your money's a limit 'Cause I got a dream, and it's going through I'd give everything I have just to make it come true (and I will) So okay, okay, things look grim Every time I make a little gain It's but a second 'til I'm brought down again But this fire in me, it ain't giving up Puts a smile on my face and a voice in my lungs Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love Almost two years trying to make it work Step back, take a look, am I in the dirt? No - I've accomplished too much I am still a greenhorn but I've done some good stuff And greenhorn, that word, that's the one that suits me Unbound, low down, but I'm working a future out of All this stuff I'm building up And the fire inside me is eating it, eating it up Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love My secret is hope It keeps me going This fire ain't giving up A smile on my face, a voice in my lungs You put the voice in my lungs Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love Yeah, yeah And it's the fire I love This fire ain't giving up (yeah, yeah) And it's the fire I love The journey is hard but it's a labour of love (yeah, yeah) And it's the fire I love
3.
Pull Me 04:20
Fighting now for days We're beaten, broken, torn Wondering who should stay Is it one or is it both? 'Cause you know that I love you Even as I yell And I know that you love me When you tell me to go to hell So should we keep trying? Or should we just give it up 'Cause you pull me from my troubles And I fall into yours Months go by, then years And we just stay the same Together in our dreams Alone when we're awake 'Cause you know that I love you Each and every day And I know that you love me We just can't stay away But should we keep trying? Or should we just give it up Then you pull me from my troubles And I fall into yours But we'll make ends meet Before we'll lose each other You know we'll make ends meet Before we'll lose each other
4.
Onwards and up, every time I look at my life Gotta keep moving just to feel alive It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got Over and out, too busy for friends Distracted by the little things again and again It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got The sun is coming up now, its heat a sacred cow I wait for it to move first And while I'm waiting outside, I look it in the eye Ask for what guidance it births Eternal lifebringer, can you tell me how To satisfy a dreamer who's never satisfied? Ambition isn't a friend, he takes over my hands But he's a partner I'll never leave 'Cause I want to rise up high, but still be satisfied Whether or not I succeed I just want to mean a lot to me 'Cause onwards and up, every time I look at my life Gotta keep on moving just to feel alive It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got Over and out, too busy for friends Distracted by the little things again and again It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got Onwards and up, every time I look at my life Gotta keep on moving just to feel alive It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got Over and out, too busy for friends Distracted by the little things again and again It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got It's hard to take in all I've got Hard to take in all that I've got
5.
Sonder 09:50
6.
Stop right there Don't come any closer If you do you're going to take me over I don't want that 'Cause you're a distraction from my true path Greatness I've been working day and night Yeah, when the sun goes down I just turn up the lights You think I've got time? Or even the will to leave this behind? Keep dreaming on I got my heart filled up with dreams I got the music steering my bones Don't be mad that you can't compete It's not personal It never was I don't need love (x2) Hold on now don't get angry It's never personal when you're talking to me I keep my heart closed 'Cause it's bursting to full It's stuffed with rondos and symphonies I got my heart filled up with dreams I got the music steering my bones Don't be mad that you can't compete It's not personal It never was I don't need love (x4) And I know this path I tread can be destructive Hear me out I'm only trying to make a mark before I grow old And I see their happiness My family and friends who have someone But I carry on 'Cause I have to believe I'm doing the right thing I got my heart filled up with dreams I got the music steering my bones Don't be mad that you can't compete It's not personal It never was I don't need love (x4) I got my heart filled up with dreams I got the music steering my bones Don't be mad that you can't compete It's not personal It never was (x2)
7.
When it rains I like to sit by the window Taking in the waterfall while the world is soaked I am dry, I am warm, I'm cozy as I can be I sit down at the piano and write a melody I could stay right here forever
8.
LYRICS --- The world is full of magic and soul Just look; colours so beautiful I know it seems like nothing works Your dreams are dying in the dirt But there's still good, I know you'll find it Oh yeah! 'Cause if you ever feel like you are not good enough And if your heart is burning 'cause it's needing some love Then my lavender air balloon will come lift you off your feet And I want you to trust that you are enough Take a breath, believe in that feeling Your life is a journey, you know And you'll ride ups and downs on that road But it's worth it I swear, the joys will be yours to hold 'Cause if you ever feel like you are not good enough And if your heart is burning 'cause it's needing some love Then my lavender air balloon will come lift you off your feet And I want you to trust that you are enough Take a breath, believe in that feeling Take a breath, breathe it in, believe in this feeling You are worth everything you think you're not (x3) Take a breath, breathe it in, believe in this feeling You are worth everything, you are 'Cause if you ever feel like you are not good enough And if your heart is burning 'cause it's needing some love Then my lavender air balloon will come lift you off your feet And I want you to trust that you are enough Take a breath, believe in Oh I need you to trust that you are enough Take a breath, believe in that feeling
9.
LYRICS --- Take me as a child, learning what I want I can't know without trying, even if I was wrong You taught me so much and my thanks are not enough I learnt more of who I am than I could, ever could, alone And in the stillness of the road That we walked at different paces And in that stillness, now I know It was better to end it there 'Cause I know, I know This was the right decision I know, I know that I know, I know we're better off apart I know, I know that But it still hurts Now I work on tomorrow, laying down new road What shape is the best one for me to walk With someone or alone And in the stillness of the road That we walked at different paces And in that stillness, now I know It was better to end it there 'Cause I know, I know This was the right decision I know, I know that I know, I know we're better off apart I know, I know that But it still hurts Like a storm in my shoes, so I can't sit still Like I'm hooked on a drug and I lose my will Like I'm speaking in tongues I don't understand Do you understand? One life, many roads, sometimes you must walk alone (x4)
10.
Oh Mama Hey! 03:43
LYRICS --- Out in the woods where the cities don't grow One little light is on; it cuts through the cold The snow is falling like it does half the year My Mum is waiting for her sons to be here The farm life isn't easy Especially when you are alone And though I live in the city I want you to know Mum, I promise when you're feeling low It's not so bad with all the love you know Your child I'll be until my days are through My heart is in this song I wrote for you Oh mama hey! Oh mama oh Cutting the lawn takes a day or two, yeah And if you're bored there's always weeding to do But if you bring the sheep in; put them back in their pen You've earned some Scrabble 'cause the fun never ends The farm life isn't easy Especially when you are alone And though I live in the city I want you to know Mum, I promise when you're feeling low It's not so bad with all the love you know Your child I'll be until my days are through My heart is in this song I wrote for you Oh mama hey! Oh mama oh Ein lied ist nicht genug (a song is not enough) Aber was sonst kann ich noch tun (but what else can I do (from here)) Music has a power to heal Love has a power to heal Mum, I promise when you're feeling low It's not so bad with all the love you know Your child I'll be until my days are through My heart is in this song I wrote for you Oh mama hey! Oh mama oh
11.
LYRICS --- (When I'm with you) Stoke up the fire now Let's breathe in the smoke It's got us going 'round Aching for more Our lungs get turned to ash You're killing me slow I know that this can't last It's burning us both Just for one night let's fall in love We'll go our separate ways when the sun comes up So tonight let's make the most of it Feeling Over and again I get that feeling Your hands are shaking you can feel it too, yeah Your body burning like a heat wave When I'm with you When I'm with you (x2) Love was never something we wanted (but we've got lust in spades) We're not alike, we'd never be happy (but we can play the game) Just for one night let's fall in love We'll go our separate ways when the sun comes up When the sun comes up That feeling Over and again I get that feeling Your hands are shaking you can feel it too, yeah Your body burning like a heat wave When I'm with you When I'm with you (x2)
12.
LYRICS --- Tell me brother: are you ever down? Sometimes we need a way to get out Well I've got a special kind of way To get out of the daily grey Just use your mind 'Cause you make the rules inside Imagination set me free Give me power and Give me a drum beat and a bass line 'Cause I am a hero tonight A lover catching my eye I gotta save her, I gotta save her My nemesis has got her and she can't get away He'll take over the world if I don't rescue the day I know it's not real but inside of my mind I am a hero tonight Tell me sister: how's the 9-5? Bossman is perching on you; do you feel alive? Well now you know my special way To get out of the daily grey Just use your mind 'Cause you make the rules inside Imagination set me free Give me power and Give me a drum beat and a bass line 'Cause I am a hero tonight A lover catching my eye I gotta save her, I gotta save her My nemesis has got her and she can't get away He'll take over the world if I don't rescue the day I know it's not real but inside of my mind I am a hero tonight Gather your strength, you're gonna need it tonight Our enemy's here, this is the final fight So give me a drum beat and a bass line 'Cause I am a hero tonight A lover catching my eye I gotta save her, I gotta save her 'Cause my nemesis has got her and she can't get away He'll take over the world if I don't rescue the day I know it's not real but inside of my mind I am a hero tonight No doubt; get on my side 'Cause we are heroes tonight Hey! Hey! I am a hero tonight (x2)
13.
LYRICS --- I am whole with you with me You, complete, with me with you We are more together, one heart Than I, than you, were ever apart What I want for me's not the kind of thing You can buy with gold, no, no currency You can find it in everyone you see People have a lot, have a lot to give Makers we all are, makers we create That invisible power, magical Love is what it is Keeping us afloat Whoever we are Wherever we go We all carry it I need to be loved She needs to be loved You need to be loved We need to be loved He needs to be loved All need to be loved I need to be loved I need to be loved I need to be loved I need to be loved, loved
14.
LYRICS --- This is your time to shine To leap, to fail, to try Shadow turn into light This is your time When I hear Heaven's call I'll want to've done it all My life a gift that I used well My body broke My spirit full

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Album Hok is a two-part collection of songs I wrote over 2016-2017. I've attempted to push some new boundaries here, and the genres vary more widely than ever before. Hip Hop, Folk, Pop, Alternative, Rock, Prog, Hard Rock - all areas I've tried to delve into here.

Part One (The beginning up to When the Sky Falls Down and You Have Nothing You Need To Do) was written in classic Finn style - over a period of several months, here and there, with no real end goal.

Part Two (Lavender Air Balloon until the end) was written one after another, rapid-fire, as part of the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch, a composition competition I've been a part of.

I've split the album into two parts because given the circumstances that each half was written in, they have different feels and different flows to them. It seemed to right put it into two parts.

As always, I hope you find some enjoyment and meaning in these pieces of music.

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released October 20, 2017

All tracks composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Finn M-K.

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