Below are examples of projects for which I've provided lyrics. When I was younger, I always dreamed of someday becoming an author, and writing lyrics really taps that part of my brain in a special way. I love collaborating with composers for songwriting projects and bringing their musical vision to life through words!
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(To celebrate the 5th anniversary of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, I collaborated with composer Sterling Maffe and the Hexany Audio team to write lyrics for this haunting, magical tune. The lyrics are a celebration of the goddess of the moon, whose worshippers seek out her holy light).
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Dawn of the Moon
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang A whisper in the woods In the hush of the night, And breaking through the clouds Is a face made of light. A jewel set in shadow And brighter than noon. We gaze upon the dawn of the moon. She's skipping through the trees With a smile pale as snow, On nimble silver feet Sets the forest aglow Laughing and twirling, The night is abloom Within the holy dawn of the moon. Guiding our path on the journey, Shining through midnight so deep. Spirit and muse, our dreams are suffused With blessings of hope as we sleep. Hearts that are lost and longing, Listen and hear her voice. Join in her song, Ah.... A whisper in the woods As our doubt she dispels, And to the dread of darkness Our hearts bid farewell. The way forth is certain, We'll find the end soon When walking by the dawn of the moon. |
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(This is the theme of the character Horn, from Arknights. The lyrics are a call-to-action for her fellow soldiers of Victoria, using dramatic and inspiring language while also mentioning her own personal struggles, all in an effort to hype her comrades up for battle).
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March On!
Arknights With the will of iron cast in flames, let's bring glory to our names! Follow me, brave champions of Victoria, once again! All together, we march on! Strike! Fight! Charge ahead! Show no fear or dread! For Victoria! We will march on! Unafraid, unbroken, we will fight! Let your countless voices fill the night! Follow me, and prove all evil crumbles before our might! As together we march on to our song! I was captive, lost, alone. But my army's only grown. For our love, our light, our home, we cry: "March on!" Strike! Fight! Charge ahead! Show no fear or dread! For Victoria! We will march! Even as they chained me down, it was then my strength was found. And with soldiers, comrades, friends, I'm calling: "March on!" Strike! Fight! Charge ahead! Show no fear or dread! For Victoria! We will march on! Strike! Fight! Charge ahead! (Raise your voices to the sky!) Show no fear or dread! (Roar our battle cry!) For Victoria! (Our victory is nigh!) We will march on! (March on! March on!) |
(This song is the closing credits theme for this mysterious point-and-click adventure. The game addresses difficult subjects such as loss and addiction, and this song was intended to tell the story of the main character's struggles with overcoming his personal demons).
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Walk Past the Storm
Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars I am here once again standing lonely At the door open to another night so cold and dark In my ears, I can hear one sound only Of the wind rattling the windows of my pounding, racing heart Take one step, then another, I'm going Each pace takes me away from comfort I had longed to hold But the wind found me there in its blowing So I bundled up my courage and set out upon the road And so I walk into the stinging wind And hunch my shoulders against the ice within I know my journey is anything but warm But still I walk til I walk past the storm Look back once, and my steps become a stumble-- “Not too late, I can turn back and give up this futile game.” But I know that desire soon will crumble For the road's a long black ribbon embroidered with my name And so I walk into the cutting wind Clench shut my eyes against the ice within I know my journey is anything but warm But still I walk til I walk past the storm Yes, still I walk til I walk past the storm And there I'll find I will find my home For as I roam In the distant gloaming there I see The land where morning lives Beyond my aching That day is breaking as I sing: “Take one step, then another Just one step, then another One more step, then another And I will find some summer there Take one step, then another Just one step, then another And I will find my summer...” So now I walk into the bitter wind And raise my collar against the ice within I know my journey is anything but warm But still I walk til I walk past the storm And so I walk into the howling wind Lay bare my soul and all the faults within I know my journey's anything but warm But still I walk til I walk past the storm Yes, still I walk til I walk past the storm |
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(Another song for the tower defense game Arknights, this one accompanies the character Amiya as she evolves into a more powerful version of herself).
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Touch the Sky (Wrathful Cerulean Flame)
Arknights The voices inside me Echo from the past Murmur in the dark Their words light to guide me "Fight until the last, never lose your heart" And deep within the whispers, power flows The twisting, churning feeling something's growing And I'm afraid no longer Something in me changed I cannot deny Let the fire grow stronger Burn the clouds away And touch the sky My purpose is clear now I will find the path To my destiny Cast off all your fears now I will lead the way So follow me And we'll burn the clouds away And we'll burn the clouds away Keep our demons all at bay There will be An end someday And I must lead the way Keep burning the clouds away, away And touch the sky Touch the sky |
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(This will be a familiar tune for Majora's Mask lovers! My piano arrangement features the melancholy ballad performed by Zora band The Indie-Gogos. While their lead vocalist Lulu never sings actual words, these are my imagined lyrics for this dark and mysterious tune about unexpected love).
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I Never Thought
Shall We Play? Majora's Mask Piano Album I had not a care for your cunning smile, truth be told. My gaze wouldn't stray long in your eyes, they're too cold. There always was this something about you, The day we met you got under my skin... I wasn't impressed by how you would swagger passing by. I didn't obsess over your voice, soft and sly. So how could I know one day I'd caress your face, and I'd sigh? I never thought my heart could ache When you stand so near. Lost in that current you make, I'm drowning without any fear... How did it all start, this change of heart? I thought I was too smart to be fooled by you... They say you're a rogue, and soon you will leave me, this I know. Just one more heartbreak caught in your swift undertow. But here in your arms and sunk in those pools of dark indigo, I say: I never thought my heart could soar Trapped under the blue. I never thought I'd say I'm yours Til the day you say "no more!" I never thought I'd fall in love with you. |