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The Ruins

by Ryan Prasad

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1.
Curtains 01:39
2.
Flying down the street from my 9-5 buttoned down just to please the man now its time to feel alive And now that I’m holding Holding on with all of my might I’m never letting you go I’m never letting you go On our way to the disco Stretch is parked outside Music blazing and the drinks are poured And we’re dressed up to the nines And girl once I get you get you out onto the floor I’m never letting you go I’m never letting you go Cuz when the lights are shining off the beads in your hair im lost inside of heaven livin’ deep in your stare When I dance beside you, girl, I don’t have a care In the world, cuz of you girl..oh oh Money down for the preacher Guests have now arrived Funky jams ringing through the church as we walk on down the aisle And girl once I get you for all of my life, oh baby I’m never letting you go I’m never letting you go Cuz when the lights are shining off the beads in your hair I’m lost inside of heaven when I’m deep in your stare Cuz when I’m right beside you, girl i don’t have a care in the world, cuz of you girl..oh oh Cuz when the lights are shining off the beads in your hair I’m lost inside of heaven when I’m deep in your stare When I dance beside you, girl, I don’t have a care In the world, cuz of you girl..oh oh
3.
Warpath 04:23
Everyone makes in a dream of mine Somewhere theres something else going on In the fore, Ive been known to become Did you know I’ve seen you in my mind Synesthete, gone and drowned overboard somewhere light feeling vibrational holding down, from beyond, I will go will you feel me, completely in your life Ive been holding on so long like a shadow from a satellite in space Everywhere the walls scream out there is hope inside of this place Jumping down, from the sound of my voice creeping like creatures of fashion so this time, hands are dimensional Have you gone now, completely in denial Ive been holding on so long like a shadow from a satellite in space Everywhere the walls scream out there is hope inside of this place Im alone This could be Im alive, don't you see theres a line at the end of your mind So alone, this could be my design, wont you see I’m alone, yes i’ll be here tomorrow
4.
Ahh 04:39
There are times when I feel like you don't makes sense to me So I walk, and I cry cuz questions can’t find the answers, so i say Ahh, ahh All alone, lost my mind Not even my soul can find me so I’m gone, gone away Don't come looking for me, don't go looking for me Do you see my bed is soiled tonight My scars are open wide and leaking on the floor and I just feel you walk away I hoped that you would stay I plead from far away .... and I’m done Please send them all down to take me You say walk, I cant stand My spine’s cord breaks behind me In my room, through my tears a thousand prayers will leave me through the walls, to the sky What do they mean to you, what do they mean to you? Cuz it felt like I followed you to hell Im asking you for help to lead me from this place where I don't see myself alone Im walking out your door Im falling more and more On my knees, one last time I wonder if you can hear me Do you mourn, mourn for me is your spirit feeling agony? Ahh, ahh Have these words, that I’ve said in sadness, fear, and anger sent me down, far away Don't let go of me, don’t let go of me Do you see me writhing on the floor confused with open sores And wondering how to move your hand from space, into my life I read I was your wife please save me from this knife
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Girl you know I need you Need you everyday of my life Girl you know I want you Want you ’til the end of time Don't try to fight it girl because destiny’s spelled you and i Because your love could always take me always be the make or break me girl you know your one of a kind Im calling out to you Hollering out to you Calling out to you, hey baby Calling out to you Seeking out the truth Calling out to you, oh girl I so believe that we are more than just another walking out of our lives So walk this door with me and lets see whats on the other side Girl you know I’ve needed you so long You never have to fight for me Girl you know life without you is so wrong I’d always be around So tonight, hold on tight, and let me take you for a ride Because my love, oh, could take you to the moon and back Girl, you know you drive me wild, and to the edge of my mind Don't start to leave cuz i believe that I’m the one in your sights Because your love can always take me Always be the make or break me Girl you are the love of my life Im calling out to you Hollering out to you Calling out to you, hey baby  Calling out to you Seeking out the truth Calling out to you, oh girl I so believe that there’s a reason why the stars at night have fallen in line So let your hand find mine as we fly out into the sky Girl you know I’ve needed you so long You never have to fight for me Girl you know life without you is so wrong I’d always be around So tonight, hold on tight, and let me take you for a ride Because my love, oh, could take you to the moon and back Don’t look down my darling Just look for me Don’t worry about falling oh just fall, girl, into me
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Forest 00:54
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The Watcher 05:15
Ive been watching you from underground Stalking you from birth without a sound You may be an optimist, but I will be an arsonist to you Your tears are like a sugar, oh so sweet Your anguish can delight my marrow deep Your bones will break from entropy your screams wont make a sound your soul is growing darker and in loneliness you’ll drown So come on down to Hades I’ll make it worth your while There so much more thats out there than for those whom He calls “child” Just say the word, I’ll have you there the bells have tolled, the blood lay bare drink it down and grab that chain just pull that trigger and BANG!...your mine Ive tasted every drop of your misdeeds Your misery’s a soothing balm to me The gothic psychomachy in your mind of whether or not me to believe Your state of faith’s irrelevant to me Disbelief is nothing I can’t see The fears that you retire with leave me laughing while you sleep Knowing on the contrary, your soul is mine to keep So take me to your insides This fire will make you sing Would life be all you dreamed of even if you called Him king Just say the words, I’ll have you there the bells have tolled, let the blood lay bare steer that car into the rain just pull that trigger and BANG!...your mine  I quiver at your begging cries of mercy your helpless disposition turns me on you’ll whimper in your sorrow for eternity while flies and maggots sing your dying song So futile is your fight you’ll never see the light You’re here forever just...like...ME! Lo, behold He comes here uninvited Surely just to furrow up my plans You may take he or she but rest assured, my Liege you haven’t seen the last...of...me! sitting next to cheetahs hoping to avoid the snakes pits of vipers gnashing at your feet oil pumping from the clouds into a water sky finding your eye level with the trees plasma-shooting funnel clouds that take you far away fire flying high will pass you by cities swirl below you getting further away you can’t expect to make it when the world beside you dies
8.
Wrong-4-Me 04:16
I don't know what to say when I see you outside It’s clear that you find your side to be standing by mine Cuz I’ll be walking down the street, your following me I smile for a while while your ogling me Your hoping that I fall for you, its sad to see you’ve always been wrong for me I’d be home, but met with your communication Time wont change to meet your old infatuation Cuz I see you thinking love is what your feeling for me but a dip inside our trips will make it easy to see I’m hoping that in time you’ll be the wiser to see that you’ve always been wrong for me I don't write the rules of love’s affinity it’s not my ability Don't try to tell me that Our history will rewrite No don't go off and think that this is easy for me and say that Im erasing all that you meant to me I’m happy that we had our time but now you see you’ve always been wrong for me I don't write the rules of love’s affinity it’s not my ability Don't try to tell me that Our history will rewrite I don't write the rules of love’s affinity But I don’t have senility Don't try to tell me that Our history will rewrite I wish you all the best and that happiness finds your life as you realize that you’ve always been wrong for me
9.
Last Forever 04:06
speak your mind, did you want me to go I won’t trouble you if you do I was just wondering if maybe this night could just last forever maybe all of it’s in my head or did u feel the same things too oh maybe it’s desperation so it lasts forever Tell me what is my life anyways If I don’t have you by my side If the sun was to go down and you never know how I’m feeling this way then its all a lie, So... If you feel it, then call me lady I can guarantee i will be And we’d float off into the moonlight And last forever Tell me what is my life anyways If I don’t have you by my side If the sun was to go down and you never know how I’m feeling this way then its all a lie, girl... If today’s when my body leaves me Know that this one thing was for sure From that first night, darling, remember your mine forever oh your my last forever
10.
Gaslighting 03:46
You raise a mystery to me No one’s a picture to see the way your segregating You fight with such a disease You try to put me at ease your like an echo call And like these words that you say the ones i heard yesterday are just the lies of tomorrow This glass house is breaking now and now i’m wondering how If I’ve opened this door cuz lately.. You tell me places like I’m already there Ive got this feeling like a mind without a body you make it real life in so many ways You make it seem like I just up and went and lost my mind your method’s something to see alternate realities are lived out in this prison You fake a smile we can see inflicting real misery upon the weak like a fall You make the words that we say bounce off the walls that you make in every conversation A glance of phantom escape another game that you play A sycophantic slumber  You tell me places like I’m already there Ive got this feeling like a mind without a body maybe its real life just as you say So I’ve started thinking I just up and went and lost my mind your hooks are deep into me me You stalk to sink in your teeth I feel my blood is draining this kind of madness, you see you say its goodness for me and yet your voice grows colder My head is deep in the clouds my sense of self bottoms out As I give in to laudanum my mind becomes history a psycho-autopsy you give to me pre-mortem, save me Now I see places like I’m already there Ive got this feeling like a mind has found a body you said its real life and I wasn’t fair So please forgive me for the moment that i lost my mind
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Message 03:08
I see you walking in the middle of the street tonight My past experience will keep me from asking if your alright We live in a society judging you by who they think you ought to be And many more times than not their assumptions versus truth break like pottery With every circumstance that shapes the basis of our reality Then all thats hurt me, it just keep me from seeing through their eyes And maybe if we’re honest we can see we’re more alike than we wanna be And maybe what we need instead of screaming is a loving apology

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An alternate take on the throwback - how would artists in the 60's/70's/80's make music of today in their time?

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released May 4, 2018

All songs written, performed. produced and mixed by Ryan Prasad

Mastered by Greg Hatchette

Photos by Malcolm Donaldson & Hannah Jordan

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Ryan Prasad Toronto, Ontario

Ryan Prasad is a singer/songwriter producer hybrid with a lo-fi vintage sonic marriage of exotic pop, prog rock and electronica.

Ryan's music brings a pleasingly thoughtful and musical sound to his listeners, and his productions have been heralded by industry veterans and the artists he's produced always walk away happy.
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