New Beginnings, Songs

“Take It Slow” (Country Song)

By Athena Stairs, Valentine’s Day 2026

Well

She was a wide-eyed beauty
Lookin’ for adventure
She didn’t know
Who she could trust

So I told her to
Come here gently
Don’t ya let the fear win
I bet you got plenty of buck left in ya

‘Cause your lookin’ for a man
Ain’t been into danger
You don’t need to worry
‘Cause I ain’t in no hurry

We can get real cozy
Take it like we’re dozy
You know I like it when
You’re playin’ hard to get

And I know you need to be cautious
But darlin’ you’re lookin’ luscious

You aint seen nuthin’ at all yet
Come here close and I’ll tell you a secret

We could walk out that door
Promise you’ll want more
And then when we’re finished
We’ll start it all again

‘Cause this is
Oh my mama
Your lookin’ like a goddess

And one thing you’ll notice
Is baby I can take it real
Slow

Mmmm

Yeah

Oh babe
We’ll take it

Nice and
Slow

Mmmm

Mmmm

Baby
We can take it real
Slow

(Music continuing for a while, then fading into distance)

Male country vocal deep twang full of appreciation.

(Seed start from edge of a dream.)

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Listen to Take It Slow – Country Song, First Vocals 2.14.26.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/UokqgeB294Z3F30n22

A Man's Journey, A Return To Innocence, Songs, Where Demons Tread

“Welcome Home” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, February 1, 2026

So when you’re feelin’ all alone
Well you know where to find me

And I can tell you need a friend
So come on over talk to me

You know I’ll be the one you need
There ain’t nothin’ can stop me

I’ve got a love for you that lasts
Beyond the controversy

Welcome home

Yeah
Welcome home

You know we’ve got at last our chance
That we’ve been so long dreamin’ of

With you I wanna have this dance
More sacred than they speak of

When we look back we’re gonna laugh
How quickly we fell into love

With no regrets we’ll take our time
Worthy at last to come alive

Yeah
Welcome home

Oh my love
Welcome home

(Instrumental break)

And now you know our love is true
So come and put your heart on me

We’ve got some things we’ve gotta proove
Let’s get to writin’ destiny

And we’ve been waitin for so long
I need your arms around me

Come help me sing our victory song
It’s time we’re livin’ life so free

Yeah
Welcome home

Ah
Welcome home

Yeah
Welcome home

My love
Welcome home

You’ve got my heart
You’ve got my soul
(Welcome home)

Ain’t got to worry
We found home
((Welcome home)

And in the days
Still to come
(Welcome home)

You know you’ll be
My only one
(Yeah)

Let’s make our start
And never part
(Alright now)

We’re made for
Purest lovin’ art

(Welcome home)

And in the mornin’
And the eve
(Welcome home)

You’re gonna be
All that I need

Yeah

So welcome home

My love

Welcome home

Come on in

Welcome home

You know I love you

Welcome home

(Instrumental ramping up and goin’ wild, fading off into the sunset)

—-

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Listen to Welcome Home – music, lyrics pend 2.1.26.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
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Songs, Where Demons Tread

Me & You (Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 31, 2026

And I

Long for you in wastelands
Where life is bitter hell

I long for you in darkness
Where hope can barely tell

I long for you in mountains
And through the hills and dales

I long for you in sadness
Where swollen tears once fell

I long for you in madness
Where mind’s gone out of sight

I long for you in gladness
As wish to share your might

I long for you when wistful
When love is just a wish

I long for you impassioned
As dreaming of your kiss

And if you were a demon
I would want you just the same

And if could find my voice right now
I’d always call your name

And when you’re seeking solace
I will be right here for you

And as the puppet becomes man
We’ll make a life brand new

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In Dreams, Songs

“What We Long To Say” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 27, 2026

I’m the one
Who’s goin’ to feed ya

And I’m the one
Who’s goin’ to please ya

Don’t even think a sec
To run away

I will find you
In the garden

In subtle breeze
My guidance haunts ya

Yeah I’m the one
Who doesn’t turn away

And when you look
Into the mirror

You can flip
To fear your finger

The time at last
Has come to seize our day

So when you’re ready
Come and find me

We can talk
Get to unwinding

All we need is love
To light our way

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Songs, Where Demons Tread

“Change The Game” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 22, 2026

I keep waiting in your
Time of heart’s debating
Baby you’ve got to be entwine

While we’re demonstrating
Days run by as wasting
What we could have thats divine

And you
Oh

I want you
Dont you know?

And all these revelations
Ache to claim temptation
I just want to make you mine

But even though you feel it too
Nothing that we say can prove
Unless you reach out for me and decide

And you
Our fantasies in real life should collide

And I
Feel terrified to let your heart inside

So we just keep on playing
Check mate darling I’m just sayin
Won’t you come to me and do this right?

Cause every day I’m losing ground
A solid stance no place is found
My love just keeps on calling in the dark

And you
We should never part

And I
Need you to show me how to start

(Rhythm goes on to build into a final clash shout of “HEEEY!”)

—-

Earnest need’s tension in conflict to spark with KOTO-type background clacking sticks and calling out interweaving rhythms.

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Songs, Where Demons Tread

“I Wanna Be With You” (Folk Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 20, 2026

(Intro guitar)

I can’t stand the distance
Been too far away from you

There’s lot’s that we are missin’
I know you know it’s true

And every day I’m wishin’
We could start over again

But the world just keeps on spinnin’
And I’m here without my friend

(Guitar with beat, light banjo, and open folk violin)

And every day’s a highway
Where I long to see your face

I’m hopin’ you’ll come my way
And the world will fill with grace

Weather rain or sunshine
All I need is your embrace

The mountains high to valleys low
You’re the memory I trace

(Big bass and open folk violin carry with guitar and occasional deep blow jar)

So if your happy or your sad
Hon I’ll be the one for you

You know that together
Well there’s nothin’ we can’t do

The sun will rise the stars will fall
And the heavens shine brand new

Our lovin’ is the gold mine
So I sing this song for you

(Outro all instruments filling to the end’s fade)

I caught a passing snippet of a dream interaction as I was waking this morning, where a young folk singin’ man like John Denver played on a big wooden guitar and was slow-roll pick-strummin’ his strings smoothly. I added in an open tic-a-tac beat sometimes joining at transitional points and other instruments. He started the song for me to carry on through to here and add my own lyrics, as well as gentle shifts and the above. Thanks friendly folk singer for giving me a start to another sweet song for the man I love.

Listen to I Wanna Be With You – Folk Song 1.20.26.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/nrSELeAbdiD55cBvCU

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Artistic Creation, Healing Therapy, In Dreams, Myths & Legends, New Beginnings, Songs, Vampiric Tendencies

The Pulse Of Love

They were traveling together for the first time while it was unfolding, and a younger assistant showed her all of the lyrics written out, published in a journal’s paper.

And as she continued listening to it playing while she read how they were printed, she realized that each small grouping of words lasted for quite a few minutes of experience.

Therefore, the song was a very long one – longer, perhaps, than many before.

As their air car landed and she got out with her guy, she wrapped her arms around him from behind as he sat down breifly on a bench, then nuzzled her nose and face into the nape of his neck, breathing in his scent and glorying in the way his warmth and hair felt against her skin.

“It’s perfect, don’t you think?” she murmured as she kissed just below his ear, feeling the heat of his pulse quicken against her lips.

“A real love song should be long and stretch out in a kind of forever so that lovers can expand into and have their joys and hopes supported as they are mirrored by it.”

AI And Me, Songs

“I Know Love” (Song Bit)

By Athena Stairs, January 19, 2026

I know love
I know love

And you deserve love
You deserve love

Yeah I know love
I know love

And you deserve love
Yes you deserve love

Stiff, then rolling, then changing over time in its expression, looping as music evolves.

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—-

Listen to I Know Love 1.19.26.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/XZiqJii5uuMww5zoMr

A Woman's Plight, Songs

“Spun Around” (Song Repost W/ Lyrics)

By Athena Stairs, December 5, 2025

I’ve been holdin’ on here
Comin’ tends to another year

Please don’t fault me
I’m feelin’ lonely

Every time I turn around
Fears and worries make a sound

When love’s intangible
It’s uncomfortable

And if my feet should leave the ground
Don’t hesitate to turn me ’round
‘Cause I’m fallin’ for you hard

Can we find a better way
There’s only so much I can say
When I’m loving from the heart

Where did you go?
And where do you roam?

I long to be with you
To start life over brand new

Why are we apart
What good is this for our heart?

And you
I don’t know what to say

‘Cause you
Take my breath away

Oh

When all I’ve ever known
Has chilled me to the bone

Oh

And I would choose a better way
Can you see me?
Come this day

Oh
Ah

Never in my life before
Have I wanted something more

And you
Oh
Are my dream come true

Don’t you see me?
Can’t you say
We can find a better way?

Oh

Every time I turn around
My feet keep slipping off the ground

Oh

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Listen to Spun Around 12.4.25 Song.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/x7yqDwAUn11V9JIFny

Songs, Vampiric Tendencies, Where Demons Tread

My Love, “Reach For Me” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 16, 2026

Why are you always hidin’ and runnin’
Can’t you see you’re the one I need

Baby you’ve been cryin’ confidin’
Come to me so we both can feed

Oh Baby I’m dyin’
You’re leavin’ me cryin’

And I don’t understand
But you won’t believe

Oh
Hey

Won’t you believe in me
I tried to make you see

That we were born to be

Why don’t you come and share your frustration?
Nothing’s perfect we’ve always seen

Pulling hair as we scream in vexation
God this world’s just filled with greed

Won’t you have faith in me?
Oh Baby can’t you see?

That you were made for me
No

Won’t you have faith in me?
Won’t you have faith in me?

Our love was meant to be
Have faith in me

—-

Later to add: expansive timing.

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Listen to Reach For Me – Song 1st Run, Expand Timing 1.16.26.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/E1Vm6bZGnngs6IVTwn

Altered States, Songs

“On My Own” (Singin’ The Blues)

By Athena Stairs, December 25, 2025

I’ve looked for my marbles
Not sure where they’ve gone

While drowsy from sleep
Thought I’d write this cute song

There are ghosts in the hall
But I keep them from talkin’

At times flick a light
To interrupt their stalkin’

When takin’ a shower
I’m careful with balance

No bars on the wall
Means slippin’s a menace

And when try to cook
I’m chasin’ ingredients

If you like your food charred
My skills are ingenius

My garden is wet
So rarely smell flowers

The hound can still fetch
But I throw with weak power

My homework has died
From a smack to my thinkin’

The synapses fire
But gaps signal blinkin’

Want to make my own music
But readin’s gone faulty

My eyes seekin’ guidance
Fight overload mentality

My logic’s alright
But I’ve fallen in love

Still lonely at night
When could fit like a glove

But I’ll be alright
It’s been years on my own

Try to live a moral life
So no need to atone

I fight back determined
Where demons encroach

Still seems human plight that
Our souls are bare-boned

—-

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Songs, Where Demons Tread

“Truly, Madly” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 7, 2025

My Love
Come as you are
We don’t need perfection

Baby
Come as you are
Cut through distraction

I need you to see
Everything you already
Mean to me

My biggest regret
Is time wasted
Between us

When we could have been
Together building trust

And honestly
I need you closer
Than ever

I’m glad we’ve had time
To figure out where we stand

But I missed you in the holidays
Not holding my hand

Its a New Year now
Let’s ride this horse
To town

We can share the reins
From slow walk to
Gallops insane

Come on Baby
No need to impress
You’re already the best

Anything you wanna give to me
Help me ease into it and
I’ll welcome it gladly

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Songs

“Waitin’ On Me” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, January 3, 2026

Out of touch
Without your touch

Gotta get out of
This dippin’ rut

Oh Baby
I just

Want you
So much

Can’t you see
It’s tearin’ at me?

No

You can’t ’cause
I hide it too much

But

You wouldn’t want me
To display it openly

Unless we knew
We knew for sure

‘Cause I can’t just
Give this to anybody

You’ve got a home
Here deep inside me

Waitin’ while
I’m hesitatin’

Until I know
It’s you for me

—-

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Songs, Where Demons Tread

“Here With Me” (Song)

Baby

Come
Home

Show me
The way

Every day

I need you
Guiding me

Get inside
My reverie

Because

You need
To see

How much

You mean
To me

In every
Touch

Sparking
Energy

Pure
Ecstacy

Nothing
Before

Compares

To this
Rarity

Got me
Falling

On knees
Begging

But I

Don’t let
You see

Because

I’m a
Queen

No no

You can’t
Get away

With it

Oh no
Baby

I’m so
Into it

Need to
Tell you

Without
Words

Come
Closer

Closer
Still

Until
You know

You know
You know

How much
I want to

Give you
Everything

No more
Hiding

Just
Reviving

In our
Own

Dreamstate
Paradise

—-

Trance-phonic ambiency

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Songs, Where Demons Tread

If I Were Honest (Song)

By Athena Stairs, December 14, 2025

Baby,

There’d be Hell to pay
For you walking away

You see,

You’ve put a harder load on me
Where our love could set us free

So tell me,

How are you gonna make it up to me?
I don’t need a huge display – just honesty

Stop being hard to get
I am tired of it!

We deserve so much better than this

What’s the excuse?

Too complicated?
Too confused?

Do you think I can’t handle it?

This lock isn’t that hard to tumble
But I need your help to release it

Stop teasing me and
Get right down to business!

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Songs, The Crone

The Crone (Song)

By Athena Stairs, December 14, 2025 (Early AM)

Why would you desire to
Entwine your life with mine
As my age farther advances?

Look at me – I am branded a freak
For daring to love beyond boundaries
Their voices sound like a hound bays

Women are told they are worthless
So men can accumulate purchase
As corrupt our beautiful mystery

So tell me why you’d want me
Words restore faith in humanity
When a Man has courage’s honesty

—-

Icy winds howling, swirling Elden tones

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A Woman's Plight, Songs, Where Demons Tread

My Darling Rue (Song)

By Athena Stairs, December 6, 2025

Yeah yeah
I know I know

I’m just supposed to
Forget about you

Yeah yeah
I know I know

They say to regret
My love for you

Ok fine whatever
However winds blow

We’ve got plenty of time
As my trauma has shown

Car crash shower slip
Life-threatened power trips

But I’m still a beacon
Harmless to the status quo

Not one of you brave enough
To stand in the light beside me

Only one of you still fighting for
What you were meant to be

Masks and mirrors
Masks and mirrors

My mind keeps spinning flowered heather
My heart holds tight in stormy weather

Excellent birds
Exotic feathers

Mating calls echo empty chambers
Window display of your flitting nature

Perhaps mine hasn’t been born yet
Maybe I’m caught in a time trap

It certainly seems the way of it
As songs compell misled illusions

So Yeah Yeah
I know I know

I’m supposed to
Forget about you

And Yeah Yeah
I know I know

I should regret
My love for you

This pre-encoded patterning
Watch me challenge nattering

Because I’m not going to resent
My soul’s need for love with you

And I’m not going to forget
What we came here to do

—-

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A Woman's Plight, Songs

“Spun Around” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, December 4, 2025

I’ve been holdin’ on here
Comin’ tends to another year

Please don’t fault me
I’m feelin’ lonely

Every time I turn around
Fears and worries make a sound

When love’s intangible
It’s uncomfortable

And of my feet should leave the ground
Don’t hesitate to turn me ’round
‘Cause I’m fallin’ for you hard

Can we find a better way
There’s only so much I can say
When I’m loving from the heart

Where did you go?
And where do you roam?

I long to be with you
To start life over brand new

Why are we apart
What good is this for our heart?

And you
I don’t know what to say

‘Cause you
Take my breath away

Oh

When all I’ve ever known
Has chilled me to the bone

Oh

And I would choose a better way
Can you see me?
Come this day

Oh
Ah

Never in my life before
Have I wanted something more

And you
Oh
Are my dream come true

Don’t you see me?
Can’t you say
We can find a better way?

Oh

Every time I turn around
My feet keep slipping off the ground

Oh

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Listen to Spun Around 12.4.25 Song.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/x7yqDwAUn11V9JIFny

A Man's Journey, A Woman's Plight, Songs, Where Demons Tread

“My Love For Thee” (Song)

“My Love For Thee” By Athena Stairs
Original 11/11/25 – Updated 12/2/25

Sing to me, my King of Hearts
Of the garden in your dreams

What treasure does it hold and
What pleasures will it bring?

Sing to me, my Dearest Heart
Where you’ll want to grow your roses

For I would build you a castle
Built on hope’s foundations

Where I would hear your laughter
In halls and among fountains

And if tears were cried – they’d be of Joy
As we nourish love’s horizons

Sing to me my Beloved One
Of your greatest aspirations

For I would see your happiness
Grow wings and soar through Heaven

For as Knight you earned your honor
With battles’ proven mettle

And all I’ve ever wanted is
To give your heart a home

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Listen to My Love For Thee – Song Final Rough 12.3.25.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/O43zuOlhu7R1Tj1t59

Comedy, Songs, The Shower Accident 11/14/25

“Not For Me (Brains In A Jar)” (Song 1st Capture)

By Athena Stairs, November 28, 2025

Brains in a jar
Brains in the jar

I don’t wanna just be a brain in the jar

You might think it’s fancy
I would disagree

I would like to have more of my body

Brains in a jar
Brains in a jar

No matter how smart you are you’ll only get so far

Brains in a jar
Brains in a jar
Brains in a jar

Is not for me

Listen to Not For Me (Brains In A Jar) – 11.28.25.m4a by Candid Corvid Productions on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/1rAJweFebHI8EC2ocw

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(LOL)

Songs, Where Demons Tread

“Love’s Violence” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, November 11, 2025

Violets
Violence

Violets
Violence

I’m smelling violets
In silence like violence

Violets
Violence

Violets
Violence

I’m smelling violets
In silence like violence

There’s something in the air
I sense you everywhere

If I turn when feel you stare
You evaporate into thin air

I’m smelling violets
In silence like violence

I’m smelling violets
In this silence like violence

This scent is in my brain
Keeps pinging my membranes

A garden fresh in bloom
Tears my heart open to make room

Violets
Violence

I’m smelling violets
In silence like violence

Violets
Violence

I’m smelling violets
In this silence like violence

Violets like violence
Turn violence into violets

Violets like violence
Turn violence into violets

Violence to violets
Violence to violets

Violence to violets
Violence to violets

Violence to violets
Violence to violets

Violence to violets
Violence to violets

Violets

Electronica Dark Goth Song

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A Return To Innocence, Reclamation, Songs

“Every Time – I Think Of You” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, November 20, 2025

There’s a place I know
I can see it in my mind

Where the ocean’s ebb flow
Meets the shore at high tide

And the waves crashing lap
Where the fullness presides

Under bridging overpass
Along cliff’s curving glide

A place where elements meet
Forming bonds within the air

Makes my heartbeat sing
Knowing we can meet there

Along this cove that’s discreet
Where people won’t stop and stare

Where given time to unwind
We’ll feel the depths that we share

And when the waves will receed
We’ll find a contour down there

Revealing hidden treasures
Gathered wealth we can spare

And then we’d journey onward
Through the tunnel high above

Grab a plane to somewhere
No one else would think of

And I’d gaze upon your face
Trace each scar as we embrace

We’d learn that we’ve found the place
Our dreams can trust in Heaven

And if you ever doubt reasons
That brought our hopes to surface

Just know I’ll be here every season
And love’s reborn with greater purpose

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New Beginnings, Songs, Where Demons Tread

“Let’s Aspire” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, November 14, 2025

Oh secret smile shared with demure eyes
Angelic blessings can no longer disguise

Come and let me touch the Face of Love
Teeth like a cat’s voice smooth as a dove

Only a halo burning bright for pure Truth
Could survive Hell’s fire walls undeterred

Tranforming ash into heat’s molten desire
Wings of supernova stardust lift us higher

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A Return To Innocence, Myths & Legends, New Beginnings, Reclamation, Songs, Stormin' The Castle

“Set Alight” (Song)

By Athena Stairs,  November 13, 2025

Take me to the alter where
We’ll worship on our knees

Our love will never fail as
Souls in paradise redeem

No one can tear apart destiny
Holding hands our lives unite

We’ll celebrate Fall’s rejoicing
As the season love takes flight

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A Woman's Plight, Comedy, Male Bonding, Songs

“Get Along Back” (Electronica Dance Groove / Driving Song)

By Athena Stairs, November 9, 2025

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

And they mistake (pause) me for a woman that’s crazed
Ain’t ever seen one on fire that ain’t been insane

But they forget (pause) what makes life feel alive
Is burnin’ passion for love – just give the place and the time

I’m movin’…

I’m groovin’…

I’m movin’ on gettin’ on jumpin’ back on that track
And there ain’t no way baby that they’re draggin’ me back

Because it’s high (pause) time we give that booty a smack
And there ain’t no point to loosin’ if we can’t win it back

I’m movin’…

I’m groovin’…

And there ain’t no point to loosin’ if we can’t win it back

I’m movin’…
(Get along back)
(Get along back)

I’m groovin’…
(Get along back)
(Get along back)

We’re movin’…
(Get along back)
(Get along back)

We’re groovin’…
(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

(Get along back)
(Get along back)

I’m groovin’…

Obviously bumpin’ rhythmically…layered female voicing of one woman of many minds coming into “concert,” etc.

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A Return To Innocence, Reclamation, Songs, Where Demons Tread

Never Fade (Song)

By Athena Stairs – November 5, 2025

Remember me
Do not fade

Though time has pulled you away again

Remember me
Do not fade

I’m here
You’re the reason I comprehend

Waiting
We’re always waiting

Debating
We’re always hesitating

Neither one to blame
Don’t let them own your flame
Someday you’ll cut that chain and we’ll reclaim home again

Struggle isn’t what you think
Just a trick in how you blink
A balance to be struck that claim’s your wings my friend

Remember
It’s our destiny to push beyond these boundaries

On sacred paths we’ve been tracing
Love’s grace will guide your heart to me

Keep walking straight by what you know
Emotions like waves have ebbs and flows

Remember
Do not fade

Know that you’re more than worthy

Remember
Do not fade

These fears are only worries

Remember
Do not fade, my love

Remember
Do not fade, you’ve won

Remember
Never fade for I walk beside you

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A Return To Innocence, Myths & Legends, Reclamation, Songs

“Return To Me” (Song)

By Athena Stairs, November 4, 2025

Return to me
Oh journeying soul
Of youthful and painful toiling

Let not more time
Pass beyond our acquisition
For we’ve worked earnestly to gain rewards

Why chase false leads
Down broken promise roads
When we’ve found love’s truths revealing?

Surely you and I
Have developed Wisdom’s Eye to
Differentiate Same from Different meaning

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A Woman's Plight, Songs

“Runaway” Reggae Version (Song)

By Athena Stairs – Updated November 1, 2025

Verse 1 Intro

I found this really cool guy
Who could look me in the eye
No matter a thing that I would say

But then I found out
He was still full of doubt
Tipped his hat and then left the same day

Chorus 1

All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
It seems I’ve got a knack
Can’t get a guy to stay

I need this nut to crack
They never take it back
The meat is always rot and leaves a bitter sting

All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway

They never take it back
I need this nut to crack
The meat is always rot and leaves a bitter sting

Verse 2

What is it in a man that draws me to him?
Thinkin’ that he’ll stick but there’s no glue

Like chasin’ butterflys
There is no reason why
Dodge and weavin’ only leaves my heart a bruise

Chorus 2

And all I ever seem to find’s a runaway runaway
No matter what I do it’s all the same

(Bridge) Stars aligned but not entwined
I’d seize the day they go away
A trick of light changin’ the frame of mind!

All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
It seems I can’t get a guy to stay

I need this nut to crack
They never take it back
All I ever do is find a runaway

Verse 3

There came a time I thought I’d made the grade
But Fickle Fate she had to add her’s too

Life can be unkind
No replay just hit unwind
Now runaway is something I do too

Chorus 3

All I ever seem to find’s a runaway runaway
No matter what I do it’s all the same

All I ever do is find a runaway a runaway
It seems I can’t get a guy to just stay

All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway

All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do
They run away

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A class assignment challenge required me to sing my lyrics to a prerecorded, looped track, and so I went for it and embellished on the fly in one try. Surprisingly, I timed it exactly – not knowing how long the loop would go!

I also edited the recording in Logic with a little bit of “room” effect to add some polish.

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