MANNEQUIN

Taste the Day

More often
A lot goes a little way
So savor this moment
It’s all you’re getting

Sit still
Slow Down
So long
Purge your panic
Play with toys
Ease your mind
You’re running out of time
but at least
Your goals are undefined

Can breathing be hard to master?

Take a look at this white sheet
Flaccid and indiscreet

A bitter pill to swallow, don’t go, I know
You’ll still be here tomorrow

Silence is in my DNA
So promise me you’ll stay
And taste the day

Try to remember
How the pieces were placed
Can you put them back again?
Time allows the edges to bleed, tear, and bend

And yet I
Sit still
Slow down
Sell out
Burn my urges
Kill this pointless doubt

Though no longer a blank sheet
Still more or less incomplete

Tell me which impulse I should
Follow, down low, I know
That there is no tomorrow

My silence heightens memories
I’ve thrown away the keys
To deal with as you please

Though I’ll never go away
I still can’t taste the day

A breath is worth more than breathing


Illusions Inside


A simple force of mind, calls the shots Innocence,
Naivety, confusion never ends
Here’s another line to call home
Free life

Simple glory days
The ones we used to feel


And now I can’t pretend
I’m done, I’m done, all gone

The feeling’s inside me now
You’re counting down, the number’s stop
Don’t you remember the times
And how your makeup runs ruin now

Sympathy failing me now
Your feelings here are empathised


Can’t you remember the times
You’re broken in mind

A simple force of absent mind,
It calls the shots
Innocence now defined, benevolence
It’s another one to call home
Free Life

Simple glory days, I wanna bring them back


And now I can’t pretend,
Let me know, let me know, let me know, let me know
The feeling’s inside me now
You’re counting down, the number’s stop

Don’t you remember the times
oh how your makeup runs ruin now
Sympathy failing me now
Your feelings here are empathised


Can’t you remember the times
You’re broken in mind

But you’re dead inside, dead inside, dead inside


But you’re dead inside, you’re dead inside, dead inside
The feeling’s inside me now
You’re counting down, the number’s stop
Don’t you remember the times
Oh how your makeup runs ruin now

Sympathy failing me now
Your feelings here are empathised


Can’t you remember the times
You’re broken in mind

You’re broken in mind you’re dead inside
You’re broken in mind you’re dead inside
You’re broken in mind you’re dead inside


Esoterica

Conceal the violence in my head
Reveal the gun inside my mind
But you donʼt know
You donʼt know
You donʼt know
You... youʼre sailing into severance

Seen it by design
You are the voice inside my mind
Youʼre calling out
Youʼre calling out
You are the final fall from grace
You are the danger I will face
Youʼre calling out
Youʼre calling now

Give me, the violence in my head
Give me, the gun inside my mind
Feeling ever closer to you
But you donʼt know
You donʼt know
You donʼt know
You... youʼre breaking through

Seen it by design
You are the voice inside my mind
Youʼre calling out
Youʼre calling out
You are the final fall from grace
You are the danger I will face
Youʼre calling out
Youʼre calling now

Save me, Iʼm losing my light
Iʼm calling out
Bring you out by design
Iʼm coming out

Seen it by design
You are the voice inside my mind
Youʼre calling out
Youʼre calling out

You are the final fall from grace
You are the danger I will face
Youʼre calling out
Youʼre calling now

Save me, Iʼm losing my light Iʼm calling out
Give me fear and give me fate
Oh pour the truth, drench me in your light
Give me fear and give me fate
Oh pour the truth, drench me in your light


The End In Mind

Can you see god and still be blind?
Or does merely seeing something mean you're sighted?
A contradiction we designed?
If there’s no answer, then I’d be delighted

Can I get a reading?
Find a map or meaning?
Yet my brain is bleeding out of my head
My whole world is turning red (the color of)
Symbol of all this tainted love

A gesture to the left
Moving slowly to the right
To complete an all encompassing gameplan (with no compunctions)
Meddling with machinations, changing how they function
Forward living with an end in mindWith an end in mind

Sometimes we manically obsess
Sometimes we engineer a stronger outcome
To fit the image in our heads
It sounds like losing, but we also win some

I’m not gonna make it
Guess I’ll have to fake it
I’ll embrace these naked lies, I don’t care
I rescind my right to share (now cover up)
Make it up as you go along

Just keep the end in mind

Things are looking up
Yet the world is trending down
Still affirming all this shit I can’t defend (with no compunctions)
Pardon me for meddling, but can’t you all just function?
How come no one’s settling down?

Keep the end in mind
Play with what you find
Don’t let the world define how you think
Can you see him as well?

Or is everyone here just as blind as me?

Can you see god and still be blind?
I know I asked you once but think it through now
I know the questions ill-defined
Provide an answer to it if you know how

I recite my lines
I memorize the way you look at me so suddenly
I won’t agree, and then you’ll see I’m free

A gesture to the left
Moving swiftly to the right
To admitting your conviction’s paper thin
It’s hard to keep consistency while blocking certain notions
Keeping motion toward the end in mind

The end in mind
A contradiction we designed
Be cool and you’ll be just fine
Goodbye...

LYRICS

Ghost of You

The shadow figures of the elemental night
Faking the call to live by fronting all your life
The city walls surround your inner dialogue
Instead of inner instinct crying, falling now you fight for freedom

You single out the thoughts you have, because they aren’t your own
You feel it clamber down, grab hold of your controlling throne
Inside you know the truth but yet decide to run
Away from better days for fear of feeling happy

Welcome to the real world
Can’t hide your head, don’t look away

Sunlight - where facts are always stranger than
Fiction - your blood will boil under the
Moonlight - where confusion, misdirection
I’m falling to my knees
Here, I’m calling out to you
Somewhere in the real world
And the city sleeps
While I search all night and day, for the ghost of you

It happens every time you let inside the thought
Not here not there - you numb the pain away
Need I mention my intention for I fear
No girl should ever get this misdirection, no elation

Welcome to the real world
Sunlight - where facts are always stranger than
Fiction - your blood will boil under the
Moonlight - where confusion, misdirection
I’m falling to my knees
Here, I’m calling out to you
Somewhere in the real world
And the city sleeps
While I search, yeah I search - for the ghost of you

You’re second in control
Only losing my mind
You’re second in control
Is this the real world?

Sunlight - where facts are always stranger than
Fiction - your blood will boil under the
Moonlight - where confusion wins the misdirection
I’m falling to my knees
Here, I’m calling out to you
Somewhere in the real world
And the city sleeps
While I search, yeah I search - for the ghost of you


Liminal Space

Deranged interventions
Kills the love of life for you
Call in the signs

A dirty ascension
Force of freedom’s knife to show
Reflects on you now

One more chance to feel your breath

I’m moving faster through life,
I’m falling into your arms
I’m moving closing to you
I float in liminal space

Absurd interventions
Kills the love of life for you

A riding deflection
Force of freedom’s knife to show
Wake me up!

I’m moving faster through life
I’m falling into your arms
I’m moving closing to you

One more chance to feel your breath
Call in me now
Feel me now
Watch me burn


Technology Killed The Kids IV

Trick of the light to feel alright
Surround myself and go - oh no no
Picture the scene, the sounds and sight
Beyond it’s fear, this is all I know

See inside the skin, and deep within
Thoughts, falling down to feel alive

Changing mirror image as it stares me down alive
I’m inside the world of want, no dying young
Leave the shell to burn, no one needs to see the real
To feel the turn of greed, consider this…

You’re mine, you’re crawling inside
You live endless nights
Begging for substance
The ghost kids top up the count
You force endless lies
Savour the violence
Give me time, give me chance

Living up at night, on my own is all know
Gotta hit the likes, it’s my only hope

I’m illuminated by all the faces all on show
All a goal, all a goal

Close the blinds
I’m losing mind

You’re mine, you’re crawling inside
You live endless nights
Begging for substance
The ghost kids top up the count
You force endless lies
Savour the violence
Give me time, give me chance

I can trust the machines in life
I can trust automated light
They guide me through the world
Though deceit, the lies, intentions

The code controls you now
The code controls you now
The code controls you now
The code controls you now

You’re mine, you’re crawling inside
You live endless nights
Begging for substance
The ghost kids top up the count
You force endless lies
Savour the violence
Give me time, give me chance


Have Hope

Time, one more time
Try it all again
Though what the hell’s my
Crime? Is this all

I’m meant to symbolize?
Ill fated tries?
Maybe it won’t happen
Maybe this is all I’ll be
Stop spinning out

Calling out to empty air
Somebody to tell me, please
I will be right there
Falling into something new we can share

I can’t do much more on my own
I’m told no one’s alone

Today
Could today be the day?
Will not
Maybe I’ll try again
Change anything
Today
It’s all just so overt
It’s not
How everything seems to block

Take me back
To a time
Where my mind's
Satisfied
Passionate and still

Time
One more time
Circle back, repeat
Like some big cosmic rhyme

It’s just not right that I have to mime
My mental prime

Help have
Have hurt
Hurt help
Help hurt

Calling out to empty air
Somebody to Tell me
Please
I will be right there
Who will know or care?

I’m at least self aware
Crawling
Through the empty air
Bawling
Through a vacant stare
Don’t you just repeat that life isn't fair
Fairness ends where living begins

Don’t leave me
I can’t be here
Believe me
Don’t leave me
I can’t be here
Believe me

Now I’m back to one
I am a mess
Soon I won’t have a need to stay
Later if you’re not busy
I really need a friend

But I’ve seen it
I’ve seen you rise
Funny feelin’
You’re gonna hit new highs

Cracks are healing
Let me dry your eyes
Shape revealing
A beautiful surprise
Blossoming

Not defeated
You know the future’s bright
You are needed
Just put up a fight

Not depleted
And once the time is right
We’ll all be treated
To that pure delight

We’re here for you
We’ll hit a new view

Time
One more time
Though the canyon’s deep
I know that I can climb

To my sky, I shalln’t fatalise
I have to grow wise to my
Twined
Pair of mind
How it falls and rises, analyses
There is the where and why
I don’t need to die

But maybe It won’t happen
Maybe this is all I’ll be
But maybe It won’t happen
Maybe this is all I’ll be

Help have
Have hope
Have help
Help hope


All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Kyros
Shelby Logan Warne, Joey Frevola, Robin Johnson, Peter Episcopo

Lyrics by Shelby Logan Warne and Joey Frevola

Recorded and mixed by Shelby Logan Warne at Old Street Studios, Shoreditch
Mastered by Joey Frevola

Guest vocals on Illusions Inside by Dominique Dilbert
Saxophone on Esoterica by Canyo Hearmichael

Artwork by Rachel Cash
Band Management by Dean Nelson

Shelby, Joey and Robin would like to give a special thanks to Peter Episcopo for his ten years of service to the band

RECOVER


Shelby Logan Warne (keys, vocals)
Joey Frevola (guitars, vocals)
Peter Episcopo (bass, vocals)
Robin Johnson (drums)

John Mitchell (guest vocals on 'Heartstrings')
Ray Hearne (guest drums on 'The Good Doctor')
Andy Robison (guest vocals on 'The Good Doctor')

Tracks 1, 6-10 mixed by Shelby Logan Warne
Tracks 2-5 mixed by Joey Frevola
Mastered by Shelby Logan Warne
Performed and recorded by Kyros (August 2020 - May 2021)

CELEXA STREAMS


Shelby Logan Warne (keys, vocals)
Joey Frevola (guitars, vocals)
Peter Episcopo (bass, vocals)
Robin Johnson (drums)

Sam Higgins (guest vocals on 'Sentry')

All songs written by Kyros
Performed and recorded by Kyros as part of their 'Celexa Streams: Isolation Gigs' online livestream series (April - September 2020)

Mixed by Joey Frevola
Mastered by Dean Nelson

FOUR OF FEAR EP

Celexa Dreams had only been out for a few months but the band had more plenty more to say. Four of Fear EP marks a further turning point in the band follow the success of their YouTube Isolation Gigs series. A workflow had been figured out that enabled them to write, record and mix independently more efficiently than ever. The simple question of “for a bit of fun - just how fast can we turn around an EP?” was asked.

Born out of a mixture of entirely newly written material (Ace’s Middle and Stop Motion) and reworked Celexa Dreams outtakes (Fear of Fear and ResetRewind), the EP symbolised four distinct corners of the band’s sound. Ranging from the wacky and experimental Ace’s Middle (which ended up being featured on one of Steven Wilson’s Future Bites playlists) through to the straight-up synth pop of Fear of Fear. Dubstep and metal influences in ResetRewind through to the sombre, moody, yet epic sound of Stop Motion.

Four of Fear EP was mixed by Shelby Logan Warne and mastered by Joey Frevola at their respective home studios.

Ace’s Middle

Should I stop this, should I quit?
Should I stop this, should I quit?
Should I stop this, should I quit?
Should I stop this, should I quit?

Shuffling a deck where Ace’ middle 
You’re probably asking “what is high?
What is low?” I don’t know 

Who are all these other guys? 
"Pick your card, sir"
Well I guess I might as well play, I’m here

How high is a nine when the aces are middle? 
Still I drew the highest card uhhh
Middle-est? I don’t know 

There’s a dude who’s crying
yeah twos are pretty little
But actually a nine is little too

“Try your luck, ante up”
Should I play again? 

“Limit’s high, feel alive”
Hit above a ten

“Never fold, swim in gold”
Pocket every cent 

Hit me 
I am on a rush 
Gotta play but 
The crowd is thinning out 
The place is winding down 
Please just one more round? 

"Yes sir, bet sir!" 

Just me
I’m left to bet against the house
Trying to feel something
The dealer must be having fun 
She keeps smiling 
Somebody cut me off 

Nobody’s coming
Losing money and
Losing self esteem
Wins are meaningless 
In a game where 
Ace's middle 
Can you really win
Or just lose a bit less? 

Mind is numb
Two frames down...

Run 
You’re done
The sun is down 
You shouldn't still be playing

Fine I’ll play again, 
Are ace’s still middle?

"YEAH!"

My disposition’s flattening 
Saddening, lowering 

Cheerfulness is sobering
“Pick your card sir”
Wow it’s just another stupid king

I wanna punch the dealer but I haven’t got the mettle
A demon with a killer kiss
Total bliss, loving this

Get an ace, I lose and yet
I keep playing
What is going on in my head?

Riffles sound like blessed serenades 
Bent on dealing a plastic symphony 
Numbers, suits, and faces 
None of them enough for me
Not even aces 

Though I’m having fun... wait
I’m not having any fun
This symphony’s 
Killing me slow 
There’s no point in playing
when every card is low 
So I think I’ll stop here 

"What u gonna quit?" 
No I can’t 
"Stay and play a bit"
No I can’t 

Though it’s tempting I will admit, it’s 
Time to cut my losses cash my chips and split 

“Try your luck ante up”
“Limit’s high, feel alive”
“Raise don’t fold, swim in gold”

Losing money and
Losing self esteem
Wins are meaningless 
In a game where 
Ace's middle 
Can you really win
Or just lose a bit less? 

I want to go 
Please let me go

Catch my breath 
The sun is rising 
Scene is brimming with depth 

Back to basic
standard living
Normal nothings
Ordinary pastimes

So much hope
Bathe in newness
Who could gallantly do this and
Shake this fake cliche

I cry
I sigh
Goodbye 
The ace is finally high 
Alive
‘Cos I
Applied myself and
Untied
My mind
Defied a poisoned
Lie!

That’s not the end 
That’s wishful thinking man
I don’t I don’t know
Know how to stop this 
Bleeding habit 

I don’t know
I don’t I don’t I don’t know
I don’t I don’t I don’t know
I don’t I know 
I don’t I don’t I don’t know

Try your luck!
Ante up! 

Play another game 
I guess I’ll have to
Play another game
My fate is to settle 
For living in the middle 
What else could I hope for
This is my life 

Play another game 
Play another game 
Play another game 
Play another game 

LYRICS

Fear of Fear

Where are you today? 
You’re on my mind, ever calling now
Look in the mirror, never recognise
The sadness in your eyes

Celexa Dreams, awaken from one now
One pill to the next
They say it's illness now, but aren't we all?
We're all misunderstood

You're the beast I see, cerebral break
The body and the mind
You're disconnected, you're conflicted
I'm falling down again

I just wanna fall away, fall away
Out of obsession
Make it so I free myself
Free me whole
Confessions bring me down
Don't wanna break for fear of fear...

I fear they cut the ties, the love, the words
That keep me to their souls
Yet I feel regret, an understatement now
Body misaligned

Pressure's building now
Indecisions pain me to the ground
You're the beast I see, so tear it down
I dream on

I wanna fall away, fall away
Out of obsession
Make it so I free myself
Free me whole
Confessions bring me down

Euphoria to raise me to my high
And then it brings me back to all the lies
Don't wanna break for fear of fear...

Some of me will fall away
Free me now
It's all I really want

Euphoria to raise me to my high
Dysphoria knocks me down, I cry
Don't wanna break for fear of fear...

I just wanna fall away, fall away
Feel euphoria
Make it so I free myself, free me whole
Confessions on my mind
Don't wanna break for fear of fear
Don't wanna break fo fear of fear...


ResetRewind

Washed ashore on the nether
The final flickers of an imagined intervention
Collapsed societies, paranoia rules and divides
But in the end, you lie in fail to human condition

Numbers crashed and burned
Weeping suits torn down

Regain the open
Regain the breathing
Fallout desires, feeling the nights
Regain the never
Regrow the crushing
Animal lies, everyone dies
Rewind, rewind

Here, death rules on the nether
The final flickers of a tribalistic crisis
Human paranoia rules and conquer
But in the end, we all lose and fall the dark shores

And, regain the open
Regain the breathing
Fallout desires, feeling the nights
Regain the never
Regrow the crushing
Animal lies, everyone dies

Regain the open
Regain the breathing
Fallout desires, feeling the night
Regain the never
Regrow the crushing
Animal lies, everyone dies

Regain the open
Regain the breathing
Fallout desires, feeling the nights

Stop Motion

You, you’re crashing across the windshield
Oh you, you, you're piercing glass
You, you, you, you’re feeling like the end is in sight
You're over now

See the pieces fall
See the skin resolve
See the flash of light
See the sun inside
See the fire and burn
See the smoulders gain
You’re flying now

Like you always wanted
To feel how it feels, to feel
To feel, to feel



Shelby Logan Warne (vocals, keys)
Joey Frevola (vocals, guitars)
Peter Episcopo (bass)
Robin Johnson (drums)

All songs written and performed by Kyros

Mixed by Shelby Logan Warne, September-October 2020 at Old Street Studios, London, England, UK
Mastered by Joey Frevola, early October 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA

CELEXA DREAMS

Celexa Dreams was released in 2020 by White Star Records, headed by Chris Hillman and John Mitchell (Lonely Robot, Frost*, Kino, Arena). Although this marks the first Kyros LP to be released via an external label since Synaesthesia in 2014 via GEP, the band continued to keep all writing, recording and production efforts in-house. Most of the recording was done independently at each member’s home with drums tracked at Generation Studio in Maidenhead. Final recording and mixing was performed at Old Street Studios which Shelby had recently begun working at, at this point.

This album marks a real turning point for the band, both in the sense of it being a breakthrough for their studio production experimentations and trialing out new songwriting approaches, but also that the album was very well received and sparked an influx of new fans and followers across the globe.

The album was mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden.

In Motion

So, finally fallin’ away
It crawls right back, it’s my lies, my love
You’ll feel like brain turns in motion, in motion - yeah?
Again, yeah, yeah

In motion, in motion yeah

You’re moving alight - taste and metal sounds
Motivate, arise - try to open these eyes
I’m only human, but edging close to not

Don't let the fear distract me from the thoughts

Yeah, choices made and now a high
Sad they had to go that way
Days set on fire, kindle on the night line
Let’s fall, away, way, now
Away, way, now

Feels catch up to you - they call now
Better keep on moving, keep on moving
Remain the signs, let’s go - don’t fall down
Better keep on moving, keep on moving

So feel the sun
Don’t fear the burn now
Keep on turning, let’s go

I feel the light
Inside so bright now
So keep on falling, let’s go

So feel the sun
Don’t fear the burn now
Keep on turning, let’s go

I feel the light
Inside so bright now
So keep on falling, let’s go
So keep on falling, let’s go

Now indecisions, indecisions
Here you call my name
In this ocean of conform, now
I’m thinkin’ big, thinkin’ big
Workin’ back to square one
Yet I’m in control to ever grow

Just one last time,
I can’t deny time this one, this time
Don’t let the thoughts distract your mind
Distract your mind, you’re fine

So feel the sun,
Feel the burn now
To keep on moving, keep on moving
I feel the light,
Inside so bright now
Now keep on moving, keep on moving

So feel the burn
Don’t fear the burn now
Keep on turning, let’s go
I feel the light
Inside so bright now
So keep on moving, let’s go

So feel the light
Don’t fear the light now
Keep on turning, let’s go
I feel the light
Inside so bright now
So keep on moving
I'll keep on dying lets go, let's go


Rumour

You’re on the lane, several beatings down the door
When shedding skin is all you’d left to do
I roll the dice, slay the light cos it’s so bright
And indecision’s glowing in my eyes

Voices coming down
Voices shooting now
Your voice is indescribable
Your bullets of a triggered gun right in my brain

Reminders of the feelings that you’ve drowned
And the shadows, drenching memories bring you down
No wonder failure’s what you’ve found

Tell me lies, tell me lies
Dry your eyes, show the cries and publicise to make you mine
I'll apologise, otherwise, you’ll realise
How I’ve ruined every second that we’ve memorised
Rumours in the night, can someone hear me?
Rumours in the night, don’t ever set her free

And now your mine, you’re an anchorman, an owner of…
Is this skin trade ever growing out of line?
My love and patience grows so deep, you intruder in my mind
Soul collapse inside

Voices coming down
Voices shooting now
Your voice is indescribable
Your bullets of a triggered gun right in my brain

Tell me lies, tell me lies
Dry your eyes, show the cries
Oh recognise that you are mine
I'll apologise, otherwise, you’ll realise
How I’ve messed up every second that we’ve memorised
Tell me lies, tell me lies
Outsized to compromise and if I ever had to realise
Don’t be long, carry on

Reminders of the feelings that you’ve drowned
And the shadows, drenching memories bring you down
As all the tears run dry upon your face
After climbing through the tangled torn-out lace

Tell me lies, tell me lies
Dry your eyes, show the cries
Oh recognise that you are mine
I'll apologise, otherwise, you’ll realise
How I’ve wasted every second that we’ve memorised
Rumours in the night, can someone hear me?
Rumours in the night, don’t ever set her free


In Vantablack

Never mind, the voices in my head
Never mind, the fears I set aside
I have no time, for blinding my desire
As ebb and flow decides where I go

You judge your eyes before the call
And then surmise to feel the fall
Cos you don’t wanna know
You don’t wanna know

Here I stand and fall now
It’s another day
Now keep the shade and shut down
Here again, we let go
To the final call
So keep the face and shine now

Never mind, we’re all stories in the end
Never mind, they’ll all say they want you back
Never mind, finding love in a heart attack
Cos half the time you feel dead to the world

You judge your eyes before the call
And then surmise to feel the fall
Cos you don’t wanna know
You don’t wanna know

Here I stand and fall now
It’s another day
Now keep the shade and shut down
Here again, we let go
To the final call
So keep the face and shine now

You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one
You're  gonna go and  give me another one

Kero Kero B and the Bleach Blonde Baby
And the Seven Ragged Tiger, now night moves slowly
Hey it’s knuckles and the way, and the Cora maybe
It’s another way to the never-ending only-ending - give me more

No-more darkness and chestnut tree
I must confess it’s beyond me
Everything you wanted, everything you ever said
Voices coming down, voices shooting now - listen

Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Carry on

You judge your eyes before the call
And then surmise to feel the fall
Cos you don’t wanna know
You don’t wanna know

Now in paroxetine, you fall
Celexa dreams to save us all
Medicate and celebrate
The pill the fix it all

Now I burn, the sun and sounds outside reside
You were sitting there with haunting eyes - and me?
I was feeling ever cold, a fading flame inside
Your smile, it breaks the lull
I don’t deserve to hold

Now I burn, the sun and sounds outside reside
My endless nights, desist - give me the high
And now I fall, right back to you
And can you hear my call?

And can you hear my call?
And can you hear my call?
And the years flew on by
The flame faded away
Is it enough, my mind can’t take more of the questioning now
Is it enough, can we see it through - I knew

Here I stand and fall now
It’s another day
Now keep the shade and shut down
Here again, we let go
To the final call
So keep the face and shine now


Phosphene

Ember flowing in the summer
Heavy emotions, cherished memories in mind
No more with you

Sing it to the endless feelers
Sing my sorrows on your family
Feel confused and so numb

I’ve seen the magic in your eyes
I’ve seen the beauty in your soul

But, you’re not the only one
You'll face our fears as two
I ask no more of you
To leave me be, do as I do

Don't get me wrong
No, don't get me wrong
I'll miss those times as much as you
But you left me crushed and burned
Or are you not to take the blame
I may have been hypnotised

I gave you everything I have
I gave you all the time I had to give
But now, it’s no use to me

I’ve seen the guilt within your mind
Light in your eyes
I’ve seen apologies for years

But, you’re not the only one
We’ll face our fears as two
I ask no more of you
To leave me be, do as I do

And now I have doubts within my mind
That I was wrong to throw it away
What if I took judgement call too fast
And it was simply teenage misery

​Now say goodbye
Say goodbye
Don’t know you now
Know you now
Now say goodbye
Say goodbye
Don’t know you now
Know you now
Now say goodbye
Say goodbye
Don’t know you now
Know you now

LYRICS

Technology Killed the Kids III

He will call you now
Own you, end you. How?
Settle now for you, me, our time
Though I find I’m not cold
I’m warmed by your light
Find the draw to keys
You crawl inside my mind now
And though you call, call me now
Your world of your voice
Connected for good
Good? For good?

Ghost kids settle into snide
All of them now at war,
He calls all the names but nah, it’s fine
At least when he’s on top

Ghost kids falling through the roof
She types, he types, "I’m first and…"

Another world, another line
Belligerence defines our face
We hold it precious now
What a lie to hold
What a lie

It’s the calling of the line
Hold it up - this is your life
This will now control you

Ghost kids inside the mind
Ghost kids inside controlling
Ghost kids are mostly fake
Deceit, the lies, intentions

But we ingest it now
By proxy face removal
Rid them of their voice

This will now control you
Step in, code controls you
He will call you now

Occupy the brain, addicted
Calls the shots
It’s another yet another friendly conversation
Gotta hit the likes
Analytics besides
All a goal
Algorithm confides
It’s my only hope
Eminence, unconcerned
This victorium inside my mind concealed
Indisposed, insignificance

Never now hold me
Yet it’s inside me
Clawing away now
Giving away now

Tell me then
What you’d say, outside?
Commoner feeling, inside
Demolish, fight me

New pics
New vids
New content to fret
Never now hold me
Yet it’s inside me
Clawing away now
Giving away now

Come on then
What you feel, inside
Never mind, I’m not outside
Anonymous barrier

Spectrums, endless echo chambers here
Do you really want to start that now?
To be fair you are dense
Algorithm, endless chambers
Echo chambers

"Fight me lame ass bitch"
Shake your fist, blame the other side for this
Use your feelings
"Facts are just fake news, it’s what you know"

Occupy the brain, addicted
Calls the shots
It’s another yet another friendly conversation
Gotta hit the likes
Analytics besides
Kill the root
Algorithm confides
It’s my only hope
Eminence, unconcerned
My victorium inside my mind concealed
Indisposed Insignifi…

Never now hold me
Yet it’s inside of me
Clawing away now
Ghost kids they come to me

Melted minds guide me through
Eminence, unconcerned
Mind concealed
Indisposed
Insignificance, it comes to me
He will call you now
Own you, end you. How?


Sentry

Heavy, my eyes
Awake watch over you
Even in my dreams, always
Your hand sits tight in mine
Still your heart sits safe in mine

Surrounded by the blackened water
So alone, surprised? Well now you know
This heart beats only when your heat nourished the soul
Cut adrift, there's no line to hold

Duty bound, my soul
Take good care of yours
Not just in my dreams now
Heart and soul, tied to mine

Surrounded by the blackened water
So alone, surprised? Well now you know
This heart beats only when your heat nourished the soul
Cut adrift, there's no line to hold

​Surrounded by the blackened water
So alone, surprised? Well now you know
This heart beats only when your heat nourished the soul
Cut adrift, there's no line to hold


Two Frames of Panic

Here in celexa dreams,
Let the fires ignite, the screams cry bright
And the supple sense of guilt
Over melodramatics, over-erratics

From this inside out,
A pain for the outside, caught in the inside
Now tear down the walls
See the demons arise - you’re neutralised

Now feel your own demise, despite
A sense of how it feels to be alive
You’re the beast I see, that keeps me within my own
A cerebral break, serotonin leaks oh yeah

You’re the fight or flight that brings me to my knees
Derealised, a nightmare dream

Now again I fall down
And another takes my void to fill
I’m taken hostage to mind’s will

Here in Celexa dreams,
Your heart’s on fire, an untimed drum
You feel the sweat burn down
Like a demon’s escape, a traitor’s plan

To feel your own desire to fight
The sense of how it feels to die
You’re the beast I see, that keeps me within my own
Agonising truths I bury for none to see
Depersonalised, a nightmare dream

Here it stings, I burn down
The sun, the sounds outside - intrude
Like paining feels of fright
Thoughts climb whilst still
Taken hostage to mind’s will

Taken hostage no more saving
Rescue me with pills and stern words

Now I rise up
I’ll carry myself out to light
And live within my own
Now I stand still
I’m taken hostage to mind’s will

Oh now you’ve fallen hostage to the stuff
And now you’ve taken out upon your mind
At least you’ll live another day and smile
You’re neutralised in Celexa dreams

Her Song is Mine

I remember you were sitting there
With haunting eyes and jet black hair
That's almost as dark as that joke you told
About those violinists who are getting old

One day you sang a Song
And my ear sang along
I wish my voice could do the same
The years flew on by
The Song a fading flame

A lie?

A gentle heart, a smile that breaks the lull
A fleeting art I don't deserve to hold
Do you know I'm here?
Have I crossed your mind?
Would you hear a song of mine?
A song I made for you

She's talking through her teeth
And laughing nervously
Should I not have come?
Maybe it was wrong to wait and see

But then we'd talk and talk
You'd come in without a knock
Intimate and sure and true
Is it enough?

Can we see it through
I knew
Why'd you drift away?
I don't know what to say
I wish that you would stay

What did I see in her anyway?
Her Song completely fades

Living apart, I fight to shake my dull
Hardened heart, a piece to make the whole
It's no longer here
It's escaped my mind
Her old Song I cannot find
Hard to part, indifference takes a toll
I've found a start, appropriate the hole
Take the blood and tears
Mental strings entwine
Suddenly her Song is mine
Now that Song is mine


Shelby Logan Warne (synths, vocals, mixing, engineering)
Joey Frevola (guitars, mixing)
Robin Johnson (drums, percussion)
Peter Episcopo (bass, vocals)

All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Kyros with exception of track 7 by Sam Higgins and Shelby Logan Warne

Additional guitars and vocals by Sam Higgins
All lyrics by Shelby Logan Warne with exception of track 7 by Sam Higgins and track 10 by Joey Frevola

Saxophone performance on track 1 and 2 by Tamsin Clark-Barrett

Written and recorded in Wimbledon, London between 2016 and 2018
Drums recorded at Generation Studio, Maidenhead in November 2018 with assistance from Dean Nelson

Mixed by Shelby Logan Warne at Old Street Studios, Shoreditch through Summer and Autumn of 2019 with thanks to Jerry Kandiah
Track 10 mixed by Joey Frevola
Mastered by Tony Lindfren at Fascination Street Studios in Orebro, Sweden in January 2020

Art direction by Taylor Torr
Band management by Dean Nelson

MONSTER EP

Fresh off the heels of releasing Vox Humana came the Monster EP in 2017, also released through the KMG label. As well as including a single edit and original demo ‘deadline mix’ arrangement, this EP also included two ‘B-side’ tracks. ‘Indigo Was Her’ and ‘The Door’.

LYRICS

Monster

(Maker)
Your absurd “better mind”
Assuring words to bide my time
Yeah - figures, you’d falsify your prose
My cognisance improves ten-fold

But still those simple feelings that
You cannot get out of your mind…
Can’t grasp the concept of this fuel
to fall to them - my minds at duel

(Creation)
Now more than ever
These bitter words
This new found hate

Temptation all on your brain
Feels like I’m falling again
My mission’s found another call
Can't feel the love for them and all
But you'll do it again
You'll mess up my brain
I’ll figure the hate in myself

(Maker)
Come on I'll teach you the ways
and define these new-found wants and needs
For better choice of words, these "feelings"
Nothing more than passing phase

Why would you turn to poison
When you’ve done so well
to reached the top
Just fight the feelings one by one
Reject the thoughts, now come undone

(Creation)
Temptation now on your brain
Feels like I’m falling again
My mission’s found another call
Can't feel the love for that and all
But you'll do it again
You'll mess up my brain
I feel the hate in myself

(Maker)
Fight the feelings, feel the pain
of your bitter name, it’s all I have
No no! I made you, I can fix you!
Fight the feelings one by one
(I want them gone)
Human traits, come on deject
(disappear, I want them gone)
New found ideas, new ways to think
It never meant to be this way
You are a monster, now
A monster now

(Maker)
But, they’d do it again
They'd mess up my brain
When I had found hope in your voice
Just fight the temptation
Of carnal invasion
Your days are not numbered
Just hear me!

Oh, my friend
So fear them
Fear them
Fear them


Indigo Was Her

An imitation game,
You hear the doorbell ring into the deepest night
And my head’s a gun,
The habit of serenity kicks it in

You shoot it off, take control
The serenade of you
A stupid grin, and a sin
In spite of truth

I’ll call your name, though never know
I’ll queue the signs, for Indigo

Heckles, spins and skin
You bring the people closer to your siren call
The pinks, the purple and blue
Like a nectar calling, temptations given to you
Minor sympathy, is given to you - never to you
A simple lack of faith, is driven from you - ever from you

And now I know, and now I feel
It’s a perfect crime
To give it in, pay it in
Define my time

To call me now, whilst drinking wine
Fantasies - another one?

You shoot it off, take control
The serenade of you
A stupid grin, and a sin
In spite of truth
I’ll call your name, though never know
I’ll queue the signs, for Indigo

You shoot it off, you take control
Stick it to the sky
A stupid sin, oh no
In spite of truth

I’ve called your name, now I know
I’ve queued the signs, for Indigo

It’s another night - for another
It’s another sight - for another
It’s another might - for your brother
It’s another cry - nymphomania
I know, I know, I know - it’s wrong

And now I know, and now I feel
It’s a perfect crime
To give it in, pay it in
Define my time
To call me now, whilst drinking wine
Fantasies - another one?

I’ll call your name, though never know
I’ll queue the signs, for Indigo

The Door

Stupid games you play with yourself
Hang the rules, write something new
Pick the chains up off the floor
Unlock the door

Body prevails
All reason
That we graze in
An exit

If you want to see a grown man cry
Trap him in a cage
That he made with his own two hands
Give him the key
Strap him down with those self-same bands

If you want to watch a grown man weep
Take the baggage that he keeps
Locked up behind that door
Force it out into the light
Watch the man fight
Oh how he’ll fight


If you want to see a grown man cry
Made with his own two hands
Strap him down tight so he can not move Self same bands.

Go get the key go behind that door
Watch as he fights to keep it close

The key to this world is to let it all go so unlock the door

If you want to see a grown man cry
Trap him in a cage
That he made with his own two hands
Give him the key
Strap him down with those self-same bands

If you want to watch a grown man weep
Take the baggage that he keeps
Locked up behind that door
Force it out into the light
Watch the man fight

If you want to see the man prevail
Life life, let go, set sail
And be all he can be
Get out from behind that door
Show him there’s more
Unlock the door


Shelby Logan Warne (keyboards & lead vocals)
Sam Higgins (guitars & backing vocals)
Joey Frevola (guitars)
Peter Episcopo (bass guitar & backing vocals)
Robin Johnson (drums & percussion)

Mixed and Engineered by Shelby Logan Warne
Recorded at KYROS HQ and at Aubitt Studios with additional engineering by Rob Audrey
Drums for 'The Door' recorded at Generation Studio, engineered by Dean Nelson
Additional Guitars recorded at the J³ in Nashville, TN

Mastered by Tony Lindgren with exception of 'Monster (Album Mix)' mastered by Jens Bogren
All mastering performed at Fascination Street Studios

'The Door' lyrics written by Matthew Pritchett and Joey Frevola
Piano solo on 'The Door' performed by Scotty Bemis

Cover art by Matt Verges
Photography taken by Pat Pope

VOX HUMANA

Released independently via the band’s ‘KMG’ label in 2016, Vox Humana is a double album that released to critical acclaim and is considered an ‘obscure classic’ by those within progressive music circles.

Based on a fleshed out rock opera written by Shelby Logan Warne and Joey Frevola, Vox Humana splits the story arc in two distinctive parts across two separate discs. Disc one consisting of more ‘regular’ length songs that build up to the 42 minute gapless epic spread across disc two.

The album also features a live brass section with arrangement by Ray Hearne (Haken) and is the first full length album to be entirely self-produced by the band and mixed by Shelby in-house. This gave the band the freedom to experiment more and explore new production and studio techniques which would go on to play a huge part in the future of the band’s sound.

Although this was Shelby’s first full album mix, Vox Humana went on to be long-list nominated for the 2017 Music Producer’s Guild ‘Album of the Year’ category.

Vox Humana was mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden

LYRICS


Technology Killed the Kids II

Feeling frustrated and demand
On my own is all I know - there's no one else
This hurtful life line’s cavin' in
Melting in, corrupting minds
But technology will get me through this

I can trust the machines in life
I can trust automated light
To guide me through the world
Through deceit, all the lies and intentions
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Technology Killed the Kids!

Give me the time, give me the chance
To live a life on my own - and wired angels
Get outside? - I don’t see the reasons why
Machines are all I need - to live my life!

I can trust the machines in life
I can trust automated light
To guide me through the world
Through deceit, all the lies and intentions
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Technology Killed the Kids!

Close the blinds, the light's too bright
Rather waste the days, nothing to pay
I like life like this.
Go away, this is me today
I better off with my friends
Although I've never seen their faces

I'm an addicted, bitter, self-denial little bitch!
And I find I just obey, more than a little bit...
Leave me alone for now,
I've just unlocked another quest

I'll only be a minute...
Or maybe a couple of hours...
Who can tell?

I trust the machines in life
They’d never turn their back on me
Rid them of their voices
A wretched cursed affair
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Technology Killed the Kids!

Cloudburst

My empty mind, now so confined
I’ll find my road into newfound ways
I don’t know how, I don’t know when
"Ambition lights, it’ll guide me through the night."

And now I realise, there is more to life than this
Than these words. They're not enough, no!
I find it’s all they think
I’m better than those vain attempts at pride
So I’ll live my life untied!

Life knows no justice at all…

"Only you can let yourself prevail
Learn to live, by get, let life set sail"
Said the sign on the wall
It’s the least I can do
To get away from it all
"Stand tall!"

When the barrel goes
This state of life
Will end and come to a stop
Until you end the fight
"One word can change it all"
"One thought can frame the goal"
"One candle to a sun”
“…and one drop turns to an ocean"
"Each step you take is far and wide"
"Each journey starts with the first one of all
It’s all it takes to change the course of life
So just stand tall"
...Just stand tall?!

"Only you can let yourself prevail
Learn to live and laugh, let go, set sail"
Said the sign on the wall
It’s the least I can do
Get away from it all,
Stand tall!

I’ve opened my mind
And now I'm unconfined
I can tell the real from dream
Get out of my mind
The monsters hate my ways
Blind ambition lights the days

I want it all, they want me down
Paranoia sets in - gently from it all
And all I need to do
Is pull the shot to end it all

It’s the least I can do
Oh, It’s the least I can do
Get away from it all,
Stand tall!

​"Only you can let yourself prevail
Learn to live and laugh, let go, set sail"
It’s that sign on the wall
I’ve gotta take it down
And get away now,
and stand tall!


Persistence of Vision

Feel the light, of mind
Feel the change of time
See my better part
See that I’m no longer hurt, in mind

From a blank canvas, I’ll make the perfect being
Feel the things I feel.

Emotions washed, I’ll be like a newfound artist
Just you see what I create
It burns inside of me,
This feeling of intensity

You, you’re buried inside
Of my little mind
I’ll make you from the plans I’ve had
Ever since a little boy, this urging pain to make a toy
A human shell, a new-plan spell
To call my own. One who understands.

​Hear that calling, of mind - inside
Nearly taste the final fruits of success, it’s time


CD1


The Lamb, the Badger and the Bee

Meet the badger - an angry, tortured soul
Pleading for affection - a hand to hold
She strives for love, for people's gaze
Baiting, pining, in need of praise
Constant whining, won't leave me alone
Why should I subject myself to this?

There's the bee in constant motion
Obsessive compulsive productivity
Never resting, an image to keep
Can't switch off, he's in too deep

Could there be, a more conforming family
Banality, someone set me free

And now the lamb
He wanders free
Full of innocence, joy, and naivety
Optimistic child mind
Not a care in the world, he's flying blind

There's no green light, no highway to heaven
But his mind's so pure, with a heart of gold
His days are clear as crystal
Stars in his eyes
He'll reach for the stars
Spirit soar high

Could there be, a more conforming family
Banality, someone set me free
Can't you see
The plain and pointless tragedy
Of it all
Can you not agree?

How could you leave me now
Leave me here and hide away
Do you find me sickening
Why do you hate me, son?

I've had enough of your ways
If solitude is what you crave
I'll leave you, all alone
Leave you now, all alone

Never enough time in the day
All the things I need to do right now
Never any cause for delay
Never ever any time to spare

Work hard throughout all your lifetime
Striving day and night to do your share

Oh, isn't life happy
So simple and carefree
A world full of beauty
There is so much to see
Humanity is a gift
You people are so great
It's difficult to hate
Did I mention you're so great
Your life should be happy
So simple and carefree
You live among beauty
There is so much to see

Could you three
The lamb, the badger and the bee
Could you leave me be?


New Paradigm

Looking out across the plains
The scent of dust, the simple ways
Peaceful being, no more cliché

Ever unkempt, drowning minds
They’re moving by their life's demands
Pretty thoughts, and their gallant ways

But those simple better days
Have found its path into my heart
Although I’ve lost those family ways
I'll never forget where those memories start

Although I’m alone right now
The bigger picture now entails
The winds are changing, let go, set sail
These days - I’ve found my way, my true identity
A modern day recluse - from society

And now I’ve found my way out of this shell
Make my bigger plans - send out the sound of bells
Now I realise, there's more to life than that
Those days, they're not enough no - brainwashed, it's all I had

Made the epiphany, I feel the calm
But where do I call home

Today I’ve found my way, my true identity
Solitary calls, for better days
And now I’ve found my way out of this hell
Make my bigger plans - a human shell

Send out, the sound of bells
Let them ring, oh let them ring
Send out, send the sound of bells
Let them ring, oh let them ring

I have walked for miles
In no particular direction
The city looming large to my back, as I travel
I don’t have a plan
I just know I need
A place where I can be alone
Like that quaint little cabin
Sitting quietly on the outskirts

No one here, but full of kit and clutter
It’s clear to me this vacancy, has not been filled for years
Oh, it sets my heart aflutter
To know that I have a new home
My vision will prevail, let go set sail

​And now I’ve found my way, my true identity
My mission calls, a life long dream
And now I’ve found my way out of this hell
Making bigger plans, a human shell


CD2

Mind Electric

(Maker)
Open the door, unlock your mind
Let them go and free the thoughts
No need to feel confined
Unlock your mind, unlock your mind

(Creation)
Who am I, tell me more
What produced my thoughts today
Can you tell me what I am

(Maker)
Settle down my one
I know you feel confused
It will all make sense to you
Let me unlock your mind

(Creation)
Who are you, tell me more
Did you produce my thoughts today
Please will you tell me what you are
Why are you here with me today

(Maker)
Meet your maker
I created you
I’ll give you a life
That burns inside
Incomplete lacking experience
Fresh open mind,
A clear blank slate

I’ll pour the soul into your heart
Feed your fervour, fuel your light
Give a true human voice
Colour in your silhouette

(Creation)
These things you say are strange to me
Confusing, what does this all mean
So help me please, just help me now
I’ll follow your words, but how

(Maker)
It's okay, I'll fix your ways
Believe me now, it'll be alright
You're on your way to better days
You’ll be free, out of this haze

So sure I am that this is fact
Yes, no desired you shall lack
A hidden man in metal skin
With my desires deep within

Oh it's okay, it'll fix your ways
Just trust me now, it'll be just fine
You're on your way to better days
Cast you now into this maze

Sit down right here, I’ll run you through
The thoughts that will plague your mind

(Creation)
Okay maker, guide me through
Make me a part of human kind
Go ahead and set the course
You can work without remorse

(Maker)
Oh it's okay, I'll fix your ways
Just trust me now, it'll be just fine
You're on your way to better days
A Human Voice, you’ll be amazed


Persistence of Perfection

(Creation)
It’s in my mind
Many feelings undefined
No matter what I do
A new horizon dawns

Feels like a call of nature
A human touch, a wind of change
I must now I carry on
For I want more than I know

Give me more of mind collision
Give me more, this endless vision
Give me more, persistent thoughts
Take away, the empty sprawl

And now I feel like fire
Feel the envy, look how it
Burns through the seams
Of my desires
I want it all - oh please
Oh I, feel inspired
Feed my visions of perfection now

(Maker)
Come on now, I still need to adjust your mind.
Now open the door and free the thoughts
It’s all a part of my design

(Creation)
No wait! Don’t change, these pleasures I feel
Unless I have more, of feeling so real
Can’t have enough, even anger feels good
Than blankness and sprawl - no way this can fail
I'm blinded inside, with all raging tears
Unholy thoughts, smother my paining mind
I hate you, I love you - it all feels so good!
No one, no nothing - can stop me now

I always feel like fire
Burning at the seams of my desire
Feel inspired...
Feed my endless persistence of vision


Monster

(Maker)
Your absurd “better mind”
Assuring words to bide my time
Yeah - figures, you’d falsify your prose
My cognisance improves ten-fold

But still those simple feelings that
You cannot get out of your mind…
Can’t grasp the concept of this fuel
to fall to them - my minds at duel

(Creation)
Now more than ever
These bitter words
This new found hate

Temptation all on your brain
Feels like I’m falling again
My mission’s found another call
Can't feel the love for them and all
But you'll do it again
You'll mess up my brain
I’ll figure the hate in myself

(Maker)
Come on I'll teach you the ways
and define these new-found wants and needs
For better choice of words, these "feelings"
Nothing more than passing phase

Why would you turn to poison
When you’ve done so well
to reached the top
Just fight the feelings one by one
Reject the thoughts, now come undone

(Creation)
Temptation now on your brain
Feels like I’m falling again
My mission’s found another call
Can't feel the love for that and all
But you'll do it again
You'll mess up my brain
I feel the hate in myself

(Maker)
Fight the feelings, feel the pain
of your bitter name, it’s all I have
No no! I made you, I can fix you!
Fight the feelings one by one
(I want them gone)
Human traits, come on deject
(disappear, I want them gone)
New found ideas, new ways to think
It never meant to be this way
You are a monster, now

A monster now

(Maker)
But, they’d do it again
They'd mess up my brain
When I had found hope in your voice

Just fight the temptation
Of carnal invasion
Your days are not numbered
Just hear me!

Oh, my friend
So fear them
Fear them
Fear them


Hounds

(Maker)
Do you hear the hunt in the distance?
Mongrels baying for blood.
That overarching tradition
Bloodsport, the thrill of the chase.

The howling beasts foam at the mouth
To sate their hunger, they chase you down.
You better run, you better hide,
Find an escape from the hounds.

Temperatures rise
Sweat on their brow.
Heartbeat thunders, stalking the prey.
A few more paces, time to pounce.
Teeth bared, from adrenaline blind,
Fulfilling this carnal desire.

The howling beasts foam at the mouth
To sate their hunger, they chase you down.
You better run, you better hide
Never succumb to the hounds.
The Hounds...


The Darkness Grove

(Creation)
Here, the void grows
Tension inside, tears divides
Sense of guilt, tinged with happiness

Conflict in my mind
A lust for life, desire for purity
Dissonance inside
Still the void grows
False truths, I can’t know

​Creeping rage, devouring
The abyss, as water flows
Floodgates broken, water flows


Boiling Point

(Creation)
Body tensing, pulse is rising high
Fists clenched, blood boiling in my veins
Burning flame is kindled in my eyes
The edge of common sight, can’t pull back the reigns

Loosing myself to the fires of the deepest rage from a place I never knew
It’s a deadly poison I can feel, as my heart is ripped apart by this toxic malicious curse

(Creation) I’ve been caught in anger’s snare
(Maker) Trapped inside this cage that I built for myself
(Creation) Clarity of thought impaired
Mental functions failing me, mind malfunctioning

Of myself I’m not aware
Tunnel visions, blind to the world around me

Losing myself to the fires of
the deepest rage from a place I never knew
It’s a deadly poison I can feel


Ego

(Creation)
Out and now the people’re here
Surrounded, city concrete sprawl
See my eminence, now come undone.
My maker’s son, a perfect one

Listen here, his vision is clear - I am the perfect version of you
Listen now, his mission’s here - an artisan body, a break through

All the world behold my beauty, My perfection’s glow
Can Humanity contain the greatness my maker's bestowed
It’s hard to gaze upon the flaws - You’re not perfect like I am
All slaves to your sins, in vice cold claws

So sure I am that this is fact
My mental functions still in tact
Can I be free from bitter sins?
These vain desires deep within

All the world behold my sadness, my despair and woe
Now I see the truth so clearly, It’s my time to go
Oh please don’t gaze upon my flaws
I’ll return to where I’ve come from
My Maker, my purpose… a lost cause


Dilate

(Creation)
Feel the numbness
Feel the high
Of human emotion’s Indescribed
Settle maker, I am me
No ending to this, let’s agree

And now, I feel alive
Although I want to die

(Maker)
Oh it’s okay, I’ll fix your ways
Just trust me now - it’ll be alright
An end to madness and decay
For better days - it’s my own right

This is not how I thought it would be
This is not what I had in mind
This is not what I wanted you to be
I made you and you made me

(Creation)
I find it hard to understand
Why you made the thing I am
For your better or for worse
Human minds for human souls

Can’t you see what you have done wrong
No machine can take the guilt
Of burning thoughts, lack of control
Human minds for human souls

I feel busy, blue and numb
Too much thought for CPU
It pains the brain, it takes the toll
Human minds for human souls

Human minds for human souls
Human minds for human souls

(Maker)
Feeling frustrated and demand
Hurtful limelight
No idea as to your wants
Trivial nothings to me

(Creation)
I’m hurt in mind, feel compromised

(Maker)
It’s the way its gotta be

(Creation)
Indefinite endings dawn on me

(Maker)
You’re silly talk, your pointless pleas

(Creation)
Endings closing, crawling in

(Maker)
Stop this pointless tension talk

(Creation)
I am nothing, never was

(Maker)
No, you’re everything that I had

(Creation)
Can’t you see what you have done wrong
Forbidden experiment’s gone to waste
This burning pain, lack of control
Human minds for human souls

And I find myself ending
And I hate myself for it
And I see the end coming
Free the thoughts
Free the light

Finally free the heat from me
End of the fires that burn inside
Free the mind’s exhausted spirit
Freedom calls
Freedom calls

​You are clutching the final straw
You are clutching the final straw
I’ve laid out my mind
Rid me of this human voice
This wretched cursed affair


Shelby Logan Warne (lead vocals, keyboards & programming)
Joey Frevola (guitars & programming)
Sam Higgins (guitars, backing vocals, programming & lead vocals on 'The Lamb, The Badger & the Bee' only)
Peter Episcopo (bass guitar, backing vocals & lead vocals on 'The Lamb, The Badger & the Bee' only)
Robin Johnson (drums & percussion)

Oscar Whight (trumpet)
Oliver Johnson (French horn)
John Caddick (trombone)
Raymond Hearne (tuba)

All music written by Kyros
Lyrics by Shelby Logan Warne, Joey Frevola and Sam Higgins
Brass arranged by Raymond Hearne

Produced by Kyros with thanks to Michael Holmes
Recorded and engineered at Aubitt Studios, KYROS HQ, Limmerhill Studios and Platform Studio.
Engineered by Rob Aubrey, Shelby Logan Warne and Dean Nelson.
Mixed by Shelby Logan Warne.
Mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios

Artwork by Matt Verges
Graphic design by Shelby Logan Warne

Kyros would like to say a big thank you to Giant Electric Pea Ltd. for their support over the last few years. We would not be where we are as a band now if it wasn't for GEP's efforts and for that, we are forever grateful.

Special thanks to Brian Farnet of Friern Barnet

CLOUDBURST MAXI-SINGLE


Shelby Logan Warne (lead vocals & keyboards)
Sam Higgins (guitars & vocals)
Joey Frevola (guitars)
Peter Episcopo (bass & vocals)
Robin Johnson (drums & percussion)

Produced by Kyros
All tracks mixed by Shelby Logan Warne

Tracks 1 and 2 mastered by Jens Bogren, track 3 mastered by Shelby Logan Warne, tracks 4 and 5 left unmastered

Released independently via the newly formed in-house label KYROS Media Group or ‘KMG’, in 2016 to help fund the costs of the upcoming Vox Humana album, the Cloudburst Maxi-Single release takes inspiration from the maxi-singles of the eighties and consists of the album version of Cloudburst as well as the radio edit, instrumental mix and an extended ‘feature length’ edit. The physical release includes a Vaporwave arrangement of the track.

BETA EP

Tracks 1-3:
Robin Johnson (drums & percussion)
Peter Episcopo (bass & vocals)
Sam Higgins (guitars & vocals)
Joey Frevola (guitars)
Shelby Logan Warne (vocals & keys)

Tracks 4-6:
Shelby Logan Warne (vocals, keys, bass, drums)
Nikolas Jon (guitars)

Tracks 1-3 produced by Kyros with thanks to Micheal Holmes
Mixed by Shelby Logan Warne
Engineered by Rob Aubrey and Shelby Logan Warne

All music by Kyros / nigeldecidedagainstcake

SYNAESTHESIA

Released in 2014 via Giant Electric Pea Records (GEP), Synaesthesia marks the beginnings of what would eventually go on to become Kyros. Originally released as a self-titled album before the band eventually renamed to Kyros in 2015.

This album was written and recorded as a solo studio project by Shelby between the ages of 16 and 18 and upon signing onto GEP, the whole album was re-recorded under Mike Holmes’ (IQ) production and engineered, mixed and mastered by Rob Aubrey.

Early guitarist collaborator, Nikolas Aarland recorded most of his parts for the album before departing due to logistical complications involving his other projects in Norway becoming much more intensive on his scheduling.

Via Rob Aubrey’s suggestion, guitarist Ollie Hannifan stepped in to finish off the job and lay down the final guitar tracks.

Once recording was complete, Shelby began working on building the rest of the band lineup. Robin was picked up via the official online forum for the band ‘IQ’. Sam Higgins was a university friend and stepped in on second guitars alongside Ollie. Peter Episcopo stepped in on bass guitar - another suggestion from Rob Aubrey.

Time, Tension & Intervention

I. The Big Freeze

Do you remember those times
Back when the snow would fall
All was drenched in fluffs of white
A thick coat, a beautiful sight
But it seems the world outside
A lost paradise and stolen lives
Run above ground, it's all around
Twenty-ten, here we are, here we are again

II. An Excursion

[Instrumental]

III. Past

Here we are, 2010, right again
A sudden change, in the air
You were there at our rendezvous reunion
And the struggle began from there


This is it, this is where my life begins to change
Day by day, as it goes
Night by night, as it grows
I just don't want to lose the time
I just don't want any tension
Well this is it
Time, tension and intervention

We got to know each other, as you do
Even though, I already knew you
You were fun, fantastic
and so enthusiastic
But little did I know, this was not what it seemed

Here we are, a sudden change within the paths of life
I just don't know what to do
I just don't know how you knew
You came through, like a red rose in a field of white
Fencing in each memory, caving in insanity

This is it, this is where my life begins to change
Day by day, as it goes
Night by night, as it grows
I just don't want to lose the time
I just don't want any tension
Well this is it
Time, tension and intervention

IV. Present

So this is how it starts
From a friend to a foe
You messed be about

But I don't wanna be alone, anymore
I just want to have someone to care for
All I need is a friend and I've found you

I am invincible
Or though I'd like to think
Insusceptible, although I don't rethink

Heaven knows how I'm here
While living with your view
But yet I did not see
The beast that lives within you

So this is how is starts
Now I'm losing all hope
This is how it starts
Not knowing just hope to cope

I'll keep telling myself
That I'm on the right track
I'll keep telling myself
That I'll never fall back

Is this the life?
Is this the life?
Is this the life?

V. Future

Everyday, I have vivid dreams of you
Looking at me, saying I'm free
To do whatever I want


Immersed in fear of the future and all that it holds
The on/off fights, the good then bad
It's driving me mad but I must carry on

The more I know, the more I want to know
Whether or not, I can change your ways
And find the key, to better days

You smiled at me, and said you were just like family
I didn't know, what to think
Should I be glad, or should I run away

Or maybe I'm wrong, maybe this is what I want
The happiness-coaster, don't waste your time
Who do you take me for?

But, no! I just want to know
Is this real, or is this what it used to be
You're what I want
You're what I need
You're just so amazing
Is this life? Or is this just a dream.

When the clock strikes twelve
Our future days, they lie ahead
Majestic thoughts, clashed through my mind
Draining light away, so refined

But I, I've lost the will and trial
With scary vows and uncertain smiles

VI. End

Vibrant days of distant past,
had long gone through my mind
The fragrance of your summer clothes
had always remained

I've seen the world outside,
paradise and stolen lives
Here we are, some how
I don't want to lose the time, I don't want any tension
Well this is it, Time, Tension and Intervention

As dusk froze the roses and the day turned to darkness

Sacrifice

Now as I think my thoughts
And the final goodbyes
And then I wonder as I look to the skies

It's alright, it's okay - you are fine
But maybe, maybe it's time I made this sacrifice.

Anything could happen
When you think you are fine
Don't doubt my abilities,
Those gallant lies won't get you anywhere
And now I know
Want you out that door
Can't stand it now
Can't take you anymore

Here we are once more,
And you've done it again
You never told me why
The endless fights, the pain

And now it's all the same,
You've tortured my mind
The same again and again
Reset the clocks, rewind

Now I'm waiting for it all to resolve
You're not the one, I thought I'd involve
Then it's time to move
Then it's time to act

A better life, a fresh new start
A better life, without your part

Anything could happen
When you think you're fine
Don't doubt my abilities,
Those gallant lies won't get you anywhere
And now I know
Want you out that door
I can't stand it now
Can't take you anymore

Now I'm waiting for it all to resolve
You're not the one, I thought I'd involve
Then it's time to move
Then it's time to act

​A better life, a fresh new start
A better life, without your part

Making this sacrifice
Making this sacrifice
Making this sacrifice
Making this sacrifice

LYRICS

Epiphany

Everyday, I dream in colours of grey
Black and white, not a sign of grain
Living my life, my day and day,
No finer substance, but good ol' grey

But I, I want to go home
Feel that calm, feel that bliss that I used to feel
I just don't want to know you anymore 
Just go away, I wanna go home right now

When the clock strikes twelve
Those long gone days will be history.
As dusk froze the roses,
And the day turned to darkness
I said my final goodbyes, to you

But I, I want to be home.
Feel that calm, feel that bliss
Before it's too late.

Just take me home, take me home

Good Riddance

As I speak, the tides have changed
Memories have erased

The fine line between the good and bad
Passed away without a trace

Everything I know, everything I knew
Should've told me now to let it go
Let it go, let it go and live your life

And now its changed
I'm better off, living where I am
Times are great
But you should never let yourself go

As I live my life
I tell myself to let go
Of the little things that should've
Gone a long long time ago

Today, as I think
Of how it is
We're better off this way
The downer days, the lonely ways
Won't see the light of day

Anymore, its just the way
It should've been today
I'm better off how I am living my life.

As I live my life
I tell myself to let go
Of the little things that should've gone
A long long time ago

I'm better now, I’m happy now
Passing through the paths that flow
As I live my life

I should've changed this long ago
But I couldn't let it all go

As I live my life
I tell myself to let go
Of the little things that should've
Gone a long long time ago

Now it's all dissolved
Now it's all resolved
As I live my life


Life's What You Make of It

Fleeting thoughts across the open skies of never-ending love
Suddenly you're there, you're all I want beyond the realms above

It doesn't matter rain or shine
You're just always on my mind
I'd love to wrap you up, you're mine
I'll never let you go

And now the only wish I want
Is finally true
Life is what you make of it
I wanna spend it with you
Just us two together now

Is there really someone up there
Pulling all the strings
Or is he just non-existent
Maybe doing other things

And now I realise the truth
Of the struggle, I've had to go through
That never-ending love that I feel for you
It was worth it all along, all the waiting and the pain is gone

And now the only wish I want
Is finally true
And, life is what you make of it
I wanna spend it with you

Bring the light to day
Bring the dark night
Everything will be alright
So carry on
Just us two together now

Now I think about life and all it is
It's a confusing mess, sometimes with no success
You've gotta try your best
Sometimes you've gotta hang on there
Before you start to care, about the little things
The little stings, life's little things
Spread your wings

Don't let anyone bring you down, you're amazing

All I think about is me and you
You really are just a dream come true
Without you, I am all alone
Without you, there's nothing else

And now the only wish I want
Is finally true
And, life is what you make of it
I wanna spend it with you
Bring the light to day
Bring the dark night
Everything will be alright
So carry on

​The sudden change in pace
The rapid change of mind
As I look to the heavens above
I think I've fallen in love


Ollie Hannifan (guitars)
Nikolas Aarland (guitars, bass for 'Technology Killed the Kids' & backing vocals)
Michael Holmes (guitar, bass for the rest)
Shelby Logan Warne (drums, synths, iOS devices, keys, lead vocals & backing vocals)

All music written by Shelby Logan Warne except 'Time, Tension & Intervention' by Shelby Logan Warne & Nikolas Aarland

All lyrics written by Shelby Logan Warne

Produced by Michael Holmes

Recorded, Mastered and Engineered by Rob Aubrey, with additional help from Joe Lewis-Brown, at Aubitt Studios, February - September 2013

Keyboards, Synths and additional effects recorded at Shelby's Home Studio

Artwork by and © Freja Dean

Graphic design by Large Marge