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Thirteen Eight

by FreddeGredde

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) This excellent debut album shows Fredrik Larsson in search of his own individual style, so it exposes traits of both follow-up albums. Most of the shorter songs like "Solace Distant", "Stardust", and my favorite "Beside Me", which are of the "more pop-y" kind, as the composer himself would put it, are just perfect and would fit well on "Eyes on the Edge". Others suffer from the inclusion of too many well-known prog stereotypes borrowed from "Dream Theater" & Co., which interfere unfavorably with the - basically outstanding - songwriting. This is especially true of the 15-minute epic... stripped down to around 10 minutes, it would be a great one. Favorite track: Beside Me.
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1.
A thunderhead of doom enshrouds The faraway land they left behind On ships, prepared and set To roam, unknowing what they'll find Through currents of mystery Hegira to relieve their plight Every span they travel Holding hands with lonely starlight The youthful and seasoned émigrés In vessels constructed with great skill Geometric rigor to secure A promise and purpose which they all would fulfill In three fleets of seven, while Tethered to each other tight Any turn they travel Guided on by lonely starlight Home was laid to waste Dissension and decay Looking to survive They chose to sail away Scoping panoramic visual field Hoping beneficial clues will be revealed Seeking destination suitably fit To accommodate them, and, as luck would have it, A pathway to navigate Coordinates: thirteen-eight Doubtful and unsure What more can they endure? Will the choice they make Prove to be a big mistake? Time is now at hand With tension at a peak Does this course provide The harbor that they seek? Then, obstacles cleared reveal A welcome and heavenly sight Full of hope they travel Led to it by lonely starlight A sphere bathed in blue and green With water and air so clean Extending a hand in glee They reach for their destiny
2.
you make me so confused my heart feels badly bruised What's wrong with me I'm supposed to be cold I don't even know you but I'm already sold I think I'm getting weak or something it's frustrating But when you fall, I will carry you And if you break, I will make you whole When you sink, I will dive for you So take my hand, and I'll keep you safe You've got me mystified, Perspective brushed aside What's wrong with you you're not what I had thought You're offbeat, and odd but I am totally caught Feeling soft and unresistant Nothing seems consistent Solace distant But when you fall, I will carry you And if you break, I will make you whole When you sink, I will dive for you So take my hand, and I'll keep you safe
3.
Meltdown 04:37
Listen here, little lamb, Thought you knew who I am? Got some nerve, playing me! I'm no toy, you are bound to see! So quick to berate me And always let me down It makes me insane! Why do I bother When all you ever do Is to treat me with disdain!?! (Never-ending) TRIBULATION (Accelerating all my) FRUSTRATION (Imploding senses) MIND ABERRATION (Then, so superior, acting too unfazed) You let me fall.... (Somewhere) deep down in my heart... Aaaaaaaah - I still love you Aaaaaaaah - I still love you Unforeseen circumstance Might provide one more chance... (instrumental break) No way this could happen! Is any of it real? I can't comprehend! After the effort, The care that I devote, we come to a wretched end!!! (You betrayed my) DEDICATION (Now I wallow in sheer) DESPERATION (Psyche dissolving) FULL DISSIPATION (Leaving a purely pathetic display) Slowly, I crawl... (Somewhere) deep down in my heart... Aaaaaaaah - I still love you Aaaaaaaah - I still love you
4.
There once was a girl who found a spaceship Rusted and busted, lost on a space trip inside there was a star, who said, "I'm sad. I can't find my mom, she's all I had!" Little star, together, you and I Little star, we'll search across the sky Little star, there's no need to grieve Little star, I will never leave They worked with the ship 'til it was ready Packed up, then launched it, stable and steady Everywhere were wonders to behold Games to pass the time, and stories told Little star, radiant and sweet Little star, each moment's a treat Soaring far, a comet we will ride Little star, glowing by my side One night in a dream, the girl saw her mother She said they’d always love one another "No matter where you go, together we'll be Mother's here with you, eternally" Little star said: tell me why you're sad Little star: What's the dream you had? We're traveling far; We can make believe Little star said: I will never leave The girl and her star, happy as can be Soon find more star friends and form a family No longer are they searching, forced to roam On their little spaceship they’ve made a home Little star, I wish all this were true Little star, how i think of you Little star, are you all alone? Little star...
5.
4 am 04:22
Must be made from the same skin and cells treat me well Is it me? Is it you? Is it everyone else? Can't deny what's inside as I hide in this shell Cannot see for the trees can't connect, can't be helped So don't try I'll be fine Conversations and quips are just sounds passed through lips Nothing gained, nothing missed nothing matters, but It gets lonely when you're only human And I wonder if you even know How I think of you each day and night, dear Cannot sleep without the TV on Chorus: And although I know you're not mine I can still need you And I hope that you soon find a man feels the way I do Every day seems to start with my heart, not my head Never knew I'd be blue now I take it as read Can't deny what's inside though I try to forget Peace of mind seems to find other people instead Every time I'll be fine So a text or a call isn't love after all? What comes next after falling for fantasy? It gets lonely when you're only human And I wonder if you even know How I wish that I was someone else, dear Cannot sleep until I know you're home. Alone. chorus Though I cannot deny when the thought comes to mind of you happily lying by his side It's hard not to be blue to get my head around too to understand that I'll never be with you A mess shared isn't halved I'd sooner obsess than starve They don't measure success in laughter after all... chorus
6.
The Wayfarer 02:34
The wayfarer travels there Through the night and day he finds his way Always searches for an answer Never ends this searching endeavor In the dark of the night Only I hear his plight Only as the rain plunges down Will he rest his tired feet 'Cause he's the wayfarer The only sound, his steps on the ground Lonely thoughts swirl round his head Wishing the waiting would just stop He walks on through the dusk and dawn In the dawn's morning light He sees a glimmer of a sight And as the sun parts the clouds will he smile and carry on 'Cause he's the wayfarer He's the wayfarer Always looking always for her
7.
I woke up to find out that something was wrong The one thing that I had been missing so long calling you from distant stars and beyond And just when I thought I could take it no more I heard the voice I had been missing before Calling me from distant stars on and on Chorus: The crashing of planets colliding in space Searching that feeling, that unusual place The crashing of planets, those shimmering stars Sending my message to wherever you are And just when the darkness surrounded my mind I started to wonder what I’d left behind The sun was shining on my face Breaking through Chorus Calling you from distant stars I can't save you from where you are Chorus
8.
Should I tell you stories Explain the saints, the gods, the demons of this broken place Should I tell you how it happened How I found myself alone In this falling world Everything changes.. I should send you away I should save you from the perils of this haunted place I have only begun to catch myself, no guarantees I can keep you safe The shifting world Spins and spins Ever righting itself And there you are in the center of how everything changes Should I tell you how the story ends the shimmering brilliance of words I can't say now the secret's revealed to me Then it slips away Everything changes, nothing dies Everything is old in a new disguise Everything’s silent, nothing’s heard Everything descends in this falling world Through the reckless wind I heard your voice Pull me through Calm in the center of the storm I found you Through the swirling darkness of my mind You saw me, and I knew There in the center of it all I found you It's only the beginning and you have just begun to find me in this hiding place I can only promise I will try my best to stay here In this falling world A capella The shifting world Spins and spins Ever righting itself And there you are in the center of how everything changes Calm in the center of the storm I found you There in the center of it all I found you Everything changes, nothing dies Everything is old in a new disguise Everything’s silent, nothing’s heard Everything descends in this falling world
9.
Beside Me 04:17
The darkest road I ever walked seemed to be pretty far The icy wind forced by t he trees has frozen my cheek A troubled face I couldn't hide The tears I kept in mind Prepared to flutter like a new coming moth Surrounded by the sound of my heavy steps Never felt silence so loud Then she came through the sorrow she wouldn’t leave now nor tomorrow Just one look and I forgot Just one kiss and I'm disguised Forever to stay beside me Beside me The road twists into the black forest A shiver hits me, I’m so rigid A ray of light between the leaves hits my face Peering through the insecurity The doubt I couldn’t deny Running away from hope Never to look back Heartbeats pounding the pain away Walking towards an empty space Suddenly faith disappeared Courage took my breath away The breeze soughs by and never came back The song of birds released me Still running away from the unknown Where I was headed I did not know Waking up from a dark nightmare The green trees and the sun shining bright Never enjoyed the walk before Just one look I never have felt so alive Heartbeats pounding the pain away Walking towards an empty space Suddenly faith disappeared Courage took my breath away Then she came through the sorrow, she wouldn’t leave now nor tomorrow Just one look and I forgot Just one kiss and I’m disguised Forever to stay beside me Beside me
10.
Do I share my secret? reveal the darkness I hold? Bare my damnation for my lover to behold Would it frighten her away? Would her love decay? If I let loose the monster within? I long to taste her sweetness to drink from her beating heart The lust for her essence it is tearing me apart Every day my hunger grows with a sickening speed I wish you would be my Vampire bride! Forever we'll be tied Vampire bride! I want you to be mine Vampire bride! Always by my side Vampire bride! My eternal Valentine My black heart's divided paradoxical duality On one hand my blood thirst the other one your sensuality I would damn you eternally by making you my ally But I need you my Vampire bride! Forever we'll be tied Vampire bride! I want you to be mine Vampire bride! Always by my side Vampire bride! My eternal Valentine My humanity is lost Is it worth the cost? when I let loose my demon within! She says that she loves me yet she doesn't know the fiend inside of me My kiss bears a gift of eternal damnation yet she is my heart's only salvation Vampire bride.. Forever we'll be tied Vampire bride.. I want you to be mine Vampire bride! Always by my side Vampire bride! I want you to be mine Vampire bride! Aaaaaaaaaah Vampire bride! My eternal Valentine
11.
Euphoria 09:09
A: Instrumental B: Instrumental C: Instrumental D: Instrumental E: this ancient necropolis is my only bliss my passion lay here a sun as gold as Se-ti's treasure ruins old as a phoenix feather D: if euphoria were a place my euphoria would be here E: these ancient pyramids stand as they always did my passion lay here a life as long as the Blue Nile spirits play their song all the while D: if euphoria were a place my euphoria would be here F: Instrumental G: Instrumental A: Instrumental B: Instrumental A: an archaeologist making his way into a withered grave to unveil the secret Triggers the undead masses below and then Osiris came out to whisper curses F: Instrumental H: memories plague his mind in this place they used to shine suffering from the blight death is swift he took his flight prisoner of the past now his soul escapes at last I: she was like his own moon her radiance to him was mesmerizing even in his own death her memory is on the horizon C: like a nightingale searching for the song that only she could sing along she'll search for her lost love I: he was like her own sun his life revolving around her eyes unlike the solar eclipse love's light is immune to disguise C: like a nightingale searching for the song that only she could sing along she'll search for her lost love C: Instrumental B: Instrumental F: Instrumental J: Instrumental H: She finds the text holds it tight as she escapes into the light E: this ancient necropolis is my only bliss my passion lay here D: when euphoria was a place his euphoria was here
12.
Stardust 03:55
Once when my life was hopeless meaningless and grey I was sure that there was no rescue I had decided that I didn't wanna stay Everything was planned to detail But when I started to lose myself in dreams I heard her voice through the fog And when I saw her smiling brightly I wished she'd be the one saving me I felt her presence touch me lightly Help me to set this emotion free she had been walking in darkness just like me Now we had found the right road Stardust in the sky Back then the darkness filled me til I couldn't see There was no way to escape it No way to find a place that I would rather be Nothing else to make me stay here But when I started to lose myself in dreams I heard her voice through the fog and when I saw her shining brightly I wished she'd be the one saving me I felt her presence touch me lightly help me to set this emotion free She had been walking in darkness just like me now we had found the right road Stardust in the sky Winding through the night it's my destiny, she said to go this far and when looking up from this lonely road there's a thousand stars When I see her smiling brightly I know I’ll be the one saving me I feel her presence touch me lightly Helping me set this emotion free She has been walking in darkness just like me The road goes forward just take a step with me Now we have found the right road Stardust in the sky
13.
OVERTURE [Instrumental] CHAPTER 1 A: Why does it feel like there's always something amiss Life plays tricks how did everything end up like this B: Why am I here if I don't belong Tell me, what is this joy that you have Why can’t I know the same happiness others do But I’ll keep trying to feel what you feel Tell me, what's this beauty you see I want to find out will everything fall into place Time, will you tell [Instrumental] A: There's battle raging inside though hidden from view Must this burden be shared or should I hide what's true B: Misery, you're no stranger to me So you strive to shape me, break me, make me, ruin me C: This damnation has me shaken Hope and passion, all forsaken Self-assurance is eroding My endurance, quickly fading Away... CHAPTER 2 [Instrumental] D: Trying to regain perspective now I can't fall into desperation I have to wait, be patient They must know that it's not transient Sufficient time 'til separation E: The flame goes out and memory is lost Time is always on my side D: Streets after streets, I have walked on Deep in silent contemplation The hours melt together All these days are like each other But wait, not long 'til liberation E: The flame goes out and memory is lost But time is always on my side D: Running through the forest to kill time There's no wrong or right direction Only fog and misty vision There's no need for bold ambition Having no feeling nor affection E: The flame goes out and memory is lost But time is always on my side CHAPTER 3 [Instrumental] A: Then it came to me and I thought Life could be a charm Love seemed so sweet and mesmerizing Didn't believe it could harm E: I'll take a chance with escapism And time is always on my side A: Emptied soul and still fatalistic would life still enchant E: I took my chance with escapism And time is always on my side [Instrumental] CHAPTER 4 F: Existing, not living Then who cares if I am Cavalier All the signs so telling They are only pointing To what’s near G: Now I am on the brink of liberation F: Looking out the window Now the leaves have fallen What’s my fate Feel like I’m in limbo Would this be my callin’ No escape G: Now I am on the brink of liberation Falling down in pieces No way out It's the end, I'm leaving Without doubt [Instrumental] FINAL CHAPTER C: Left them all my prized possessions Bid them farewell, sealed confessions Heart congesting, non-withstanding But in the darkness a ray of hope shining through B: Tell me, what's this beauty I see Did I do it right, does life agree that maybe I could give and that's a reason good enough to live H: Time's secrets so tightly held But now you finally tell that life's mysteries could lead to victories A stranger's love could save one who's been made a slave and overcome life's trials with hope

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This is my first album, which has a mix of shorter pop rock songs and more complex prog rock/metal pieces.

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released August 13, 2011

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I'm FreddeGredde, mostly known for my youtube medleys based on video game soundtrack and tv/cartoon themes. I'm also making original music, mostly in the progressive rock genre. Not very accessible or commercial, but it's the kind of music I enjoy listening to and creating, so I hope that you will like it too! ... more

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