Halo

by Lunar Paths

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Kevin had a nightmare that woke him from his sleep.

It was a terrifying stress dream, whose only redeeming feature was its amazing soundtrack! Fired up by this, he had to leave his bed in the middle of the night in order to record the drum patterns, lest he forget them by morning.

Diane heard them and said that they conjured images of someone being hounded to breaking point: some good and honest soul trying to please but never able to work hard enough to satisfy an insatiable system. The refrain—‘another, another, another’—popped into her head as she started layering and looping drums. She made some crackly, bassy noises on her MIDI, and to these she added a siren and an eagle cry, augmented to sound like screams and wails.

Lyrics came from late night discussions about friends and former colleagues who, like so many of us, were made to feel like ‘useful idiots’ at some point, manipulated by the fantasy that they are appreciated, into giving their all—to a job, to a relationship--until they finally wake up to the fact that there is no reward, no prize, no cheque in the post. In a system that runs on exploitation, whose life blood depends on selling the lie that hard work will be rewarded, and where the prevailing fiction is the idea that justice and fairness will prevail, waking up is the first step.

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Red stars in your eyes.
Black clouds on your eyes.
Another day and you’re cracking your head on the wall.
Dark thoughts in your eyes.
Another try and you miss again.
They’re never going to tell you the rules after all.
Another’s going to end it.
Another’s going to end you.
Forever/it’s never coming tomorrow.
Forever last to know.
How many/a thousand wounds bled hollow;
How many/a thousand things let go.
Black stars in your eyes.
What in the hell came over you?
You threw your halo into a drawer…
Red stars in your eyes.
Black clouds in your eyes.
Dark thoughts in your eyes.
Black stars in your eyes.

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released January 20, 2024
Written, performed, produced & engineered by Lunar Paths.
Lunar Paths are Diane Dubois and Kevin Hunter.

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Lunar Paths Chicago, Illinois

Veterans of the original UK northern goth scene, Lunar Paths are a transatlantic musical duo. With memorable hooks woven through intricate, powerful percussion, laced together with haunting vocals, their eclectic sound shares traits with goth & alternative indie artistes. Their music transcribes what they love, documents where they have been, and hints at where they are going. ... more

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