An Alleyway to Your Nightmares

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1.	The First Generation on the Surface 08:57		buy track
2.	Piloting a Cloud 05:06	lyrics	buy track
Piloting a cloud The atmospheric sheets of paper Wind is the fuel Swimming through the air The wind has a destination dead set for me I don't get to know it until I reach it The city is no longer a skyline All ants walking on the streets The atmosphere is suffocating for me In the air I feel free The wind has a destination dead set for me I don't get to know it until I reach it The wind has a destination dead set for me And I soar through the air by its command The cloud is a greyhound carry me away To a location that I cannot say Air doesn't feel the same You have your safe haven and so do I In the clouds is where I reside Flying high above the city life The wind has a destination dead set for me I don't get to know it until I reach it All I know is I'll be fine
3.	Cabin 08:31		buy track
4.	Mary, Only Daughter 05:25	lyrics	buy track
They brought her home. Try to keep her calm from all. The hell she went through. Several months before that day She was walking home one day from a friends When Micah pulled up to her and took her The parents were confused Every day, they lived in fear Trying to understand what happened Where could she have gone? They kept on hoping they’d find her And the news broadcast keep going on Never ending at nauseam Talking about the disappearances that don't seem to end. 765 down to 4. She saw the fifth one led upstairs And they were gone. She refused to say a word when everybody was begging to leave. Knew better than to fight Micah So, she kept silent Then the SWAT team broke in. Micah ran off. She saw people walking down the steps Light was being beamed down the stairs And they led her to the station. And then her parents walk into the room where the kids are being held safe As the SWAT team tries to calm everyone down Their only daughter still alive They bring her home She's still traumatized from everything that went down The doors open, she steps in her house. It's been several months Since Micah took her hostage And now? She doesn't know what to do Everything she tries to do to calm down is not helping It all comes back to her again Everything she used to do She had prayed every day to be home And once she does get home, everything just feels off Like she's just stepped on an alien world “How do I get used to everything again?”
5.	Tunnel Machinery 11:06		buy track
6.	Dardanus Sulcus 04:08	lyrics	buy track
Visit me on Dardanus Sulcus I wanna watch the great storm It's night on the sun Wherever you're at So let's get some light All for our own Jovaki pass us by We're getting older ever revolution Ganymede chases the storm We were inside a few hours ago We'll go home tomorrow And return to Mysia A swirling storm miles away We have a front row seat to see it today It's like nothing we've ever seen Chaotic form of serenity Swirling colors of orange, red, and yellow And you're sitting here watching it with me Visit me on Dardanus Sulcus I want to watch the great storm It's night on the sun Wherever you're at So, let's get some light All for our own
7.	Threshold to Another World 05:40		buy track
8.	Living in the Halls 12:36		buy track
9.	Titan and I 03:48	lyrics	buy track
See me over here standing by the edge Kraken Mare knows where we've been They stare out at us wondering what we are We stare back at them scared of what we see "Do you see me?" I call out "Do you hear me?" I request I'm pushing limits of what's allowed Talking to what's underwater Hear the geysers launching around No way I will back down now It's our time to talk to them It's time to understand them On the plains again, you can find me with a friend Call it out of innocence, but I don't feel afraid I've been looking for a friend on this world for a while And now I've found one; don't take me away from it It's me and the titan Here on Titan It's me and the titan Here on Titan Talking in tongues I'm not sure of It's me and the titan Here on Titan Talking in tongues I'm not sure of
10.	An Alleyway to Your Nightmares 10:30		buy track
11.	Stalker in the Avenues 07:52		buy track
12.	Through Every Street 09:52		buy track
13.	The Rich Abandon the Poor, Though They Never Get More 04:17		buy track
14.	Storm in the Sky 23:37	lyrics	buy track
They haven’t gotten to know Anything else but this world And they will forever be here Gravity is too much of a burden Back at the origin From a distance, it looks so small But when you’re actually here Everything is so vast Look at the abandoned past You’re a part of its present now Changing of the future The young have become a catalyst No one’s on the waiting list They’re already having to learn How to live on this moon Everything in the way They must solve them one day Because we will be gone And they will remain We will be of no use Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Stare at the storm in the sky Well, it was only a few Jovaki ago But our mentor passed away And our parents did the same And now we have to work everything out Unless we want to end up in the regolith Now we’re on a long term journey Receiving messages from Earth Catching messages from Mars Hearing messages from Saturn And we send signals back And I swear I can see movement When we catch a glimpse of Callisto Ant-sized people from our point of view And I bet they’re doing better than us And I bet they’re more happy than we’ll ever be But we’ll keep at what the mentors told us For we must carry the legacy Keep the name of Ganymedeans alive Prove that we never fail Show that we are strong We can’t go anywhere else And we are the light for the next generation The first are dying off We are strapped now in the driver’s seat And we have no say in the matter Everything is changing around us And we have to change with it And pave the way for what’s ahead So that the next ones know what to do And when death comes we make our mark Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die Stare at the storm in the sky That’s where we’ll go when we die
15.	Look at what we were able to recover 06:02	lyrics	buy track
Look at what we were able to recover Look at what we were able to recover We lost a lot of things we can’t get back Look at what we were able to recover
16.	The Color Red 04:45	lyrics	buy track
I’ve never felt so cold I’ve never felt so cold I’ve never felt so cold I’ve never felt so cold I’ve never felt so cold I’ve never felt so cold I’ve never felt so cold I hope i don’t grow old I hope i don’t grow old I hope i don’t grow old too fast You are the slingshot I am the pebble You are the victim I feel disheveled I cant continue To travel this desert I cant continue To breathe in this dust The terror of terraforming The loudness of the underground I have to finish this I need to finish this I need to save humanity I’m tired of the color red I’m tired of the color red I’m tired of the color red I’m tired of the color red I’m tired of the color red I’m tired of the color red I’m tired of the color red
17.	The Remaining Pieces 10:31		buy track
18.	Left Behind 10:18		buy track
19.	Film Projector 09:20		buy track
20.	Rising from the Flames 12:12	lyrics	buy track
Asriel sits in his room As the rain downpours outside There’s a pile on his floor Of burn-scarred clothes He’s typing out a letter To send to someone Saying, “Hey, I know this is all hard on you. I know what happened to you. We all do. We were there when it happened, too. I need you to be strong. I know that’s difficult to ask. You lost Franklin because of what Jasmine did. We’ve lost friends and lovers during that ordeal. But I will not stand idly, watching you tear yourself apart. I need you to be strong, Hudson. You know we’re here for you. Talk to us.” Charred remains of a ship keep washing up on shore Just to remind them more Of the hell that went down Vladimir stays close to town Nikolai can’t go further than the lake Chloe tries to keep it muddled in her head So that her work life doesn’t suffer While James huddled under a bridge For he doesn’t have a home Yet he doesn’t want to live somewhere else Then Hudson keeps herself locked up in her house Depression is swallowing her up whole And Asriel is trying to keep her afloat But her flames grow higher And the downward spiral goes deeper While he’s trying to pull her to the surface Desperately trying to keep her stable “You are my friend; I can’t let you sink. Seeing you self-destruct is making things worse. As a friend, I can’t let you fall apart I need to find a way to get you steady again. You know we all care about you, Hudson. None of us hate you at all. We want to see you succeed.” “Look, we’re all suffering from what went down. None of it is your fault, and none of it is ours. We need to be strong. We need to be resilient. We need to be there for each other. I will not abandon you in the wreckage of a ship. We were all cursed that day, I know, when we escaped. When we crashed into the shore, things in us changed forever. But, no matter what the flames bring, I will not let you tear yourself apart.” “Rise from the flames in your own way. Hudson, we will always stand beside you.”
21.	Cosmic Salute 05:49		buy track
22.	Observing Movement on Callisto from Ganymede 12:44		buy track
23.	Spirituva 06:00	lyrics	buy track
This one village I called my home Essentially defunct Except for me, Lüshcor And my daughter, Mitzie Her mother is gone And they’re both in my mind I have one thing to say before i will weep again Zolcatal has forsaken me! Zolcatal has forsaken me! I salute the fallen Zolcatal has forsaken me! This planet looks like The one in the milky way Many dimensions away Alpha, beta, omega, delta, psi Characters not understood by Titan and I It’s not yet time for Mary to die I wish i never left my daughter in dimension 56 I wish i didn’t get them in the mix I’m sorry to Ventuni I’m sorry to his mom I’ll always regret it Until i am gone Until i am gone Until i am gone Until i am gone
24.	Marbles 04:53	lyrics	buy track
The sun is fading behind the skyline And I hold my breath as the sky turns colors It’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen I don’t think I could have ever imagined anything like this And it’s getting darker But the sky is showing more details Of blinking marbles out there It’s like distant light bulbs An object shoots across the sky Leaving a trail of distant light And it’s the most beautiful thing I couldn’t ever conjure this up It’s like a show up there And the curtains have opened To show us the act I could never reenact We’re no longer in the tunnel We live on the surface now And we get to see the sky show Every night now It’s blinking marbles out there
25.	Led Into the Woods 09:33		buy track
26.	Melted Frames 22:08	lyrics	buy track
What did you mean That all of this would just go away Over time, father? It repeats constantly in my head All of the screaming and pain If you were there, you would never forget Film reels are burned in my head He would show us when we were in bed Only if we behaved The only form of entertainment Was a projector showing images And the more it played, the more it frayed He would sit in a chair Overseeing all of us as we watch The movie on the wall Why do you keep telling me That all of this will go away? It’s burned in my mind, father The smell of tapes burning From the bulb searing through them Is a memory I can forget I remember the last film we watched When Brandi was still with us Was this slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy And a couple of nights passed And we heard her being dragged up the steps And the machines upstairs burst to life And we heard her screams But we dared not speak For we didn’t want to be next And Micah came down the steps Concrete on his clothes And he put on a reel to distract us Then he went back upstairs And we didn’t see him for the rest of the night We were left again in that dimly lit basement And the projector just kept on rolling All through the next night Until the lightbulb burned out And it was dark again Melted frames on the lens And it was dark again Melted frames in my head And it was dark again No light to calm my head And it was dark again Light no longer beams through lens And it was dark again And it was dark again And it was dark again And it was dark again Melted frames on the lens What did you mean Melted frames on the lens It would all go away? Melted frames on the lens It’s still burned in my mind Melted frames on the lens And it’s not going away Melted frames…
27.	Army of Alleycats 16:02	lyrics	buy track
There’s an army of alley cats In intersected alleyways Patrolling the pavement As if it’s theirs to own Looking out the windows of the buildings Trying to catch any trespasser John smokes the night in his hand Helen keeps everyone on edge Gerald patrols the alleys Darren has the alleys on surveillance Sandra is dealing under the doors And Allison is finding buyers Jordan stays awake from the fighting Of the firefights going on all night He can’t focus on anything Stuck in his apartment filled with fear Everyday living in dread Not knowing if he’ll make it to his door And they know him by name Or by the “Backpack Kid” Helen calls out to him Saying, “How’s it goin’, sonny?” And he turns to see her from the window “Well, ma’am, I’m-… I’m doing okay” He gets to his door and unlocks it And he quickly crawls in Then he locks the doors again And he heads to his living room And plops on the couch Hiding underneath a blanket “Why do I have to be here?” He asks himself again As he watches the clock hand move And the light outside diminishes Signaling the time to rest But he know he won’t be able to He can hear gunfire from Arnold’s apartment And the crying of a baby From a higher floor down the alleys And people screaming through the bricked hallways If he could turn off all the noise He would finally be able to sleep soundly But another sleepless night comes to pass And he curses the crime-induced insomnia Of the alley war he’s forced to live in the middle of And he stuck praying that his father can afford A better place for them to live But nothing ever comes On the days he feels brave He visits Helen’s apartment Sits on her velvet couch And hear her talk about how Some man broke into Arnold’s apartment And fired up the place Jordan asks how he can stay safe And Helen clears her throat and speaks “You’re living in the middle of a war, sonny. There’s armies of rapscallions in every alley All of them wanting control I don’t exactly know how you can stay safe.” “We know one thing, however. It’s a good thing that you’re known, kiddo Because if you weren’t, And you wandering through these parts Somebody would have shot you down by now Thinking you were coming for them.” And Jordan shakes in his seat As the time passes He notices the changing of brightness So, he hugs Helen goodbye And heads out of her apartment And runs back home A few days pass from that conversation In a bout of insomnia, he sees on the news That a bad storm is going to hit soon And it’s on a school day So, in a panic to not be trapped in the storm He heads out early to catch the bus It’s still almost pitch black outside There’s just barely enough light to see details of what’s around And Helen hears the pitter patter of somebody’s feet And in an over-encompassing need to protect her apartment She arms herself and fires At the figure she sees passing her window Then she hears a familiar cry And her heart sinks through the floor She sprints outside of her apartment And finds Jordan on the ground, crying in pain She holds onto him, repeatedly apologizing And screams for someone to help them Gerald and Allison come running around the corner And despite the fact that they despise each other The moment they see Jordan bleeding from his side They jump in to help Helen and Jordan They help Helen carry Jordan somewhere safe As they try to calm him down Allison calls for paramedics As Helen tries hard to not lose her composure She needs to stay strong for Jordan And Gerald keeps trying to keep Jordan calm As the four wait for paramedics to arrive And they listen for sirens off in the distance And finally, an ambulance pulls up Helen and Gerald help the paramedics To carry Jordan into the ambulance Allison says nothing to the paramedics of what had happened She just splits the scene as the ambulance leaves As Helen, Gerald, and Jordan are taken to the E.R. All Helen can say to Jordan is “Stay calm, sonny. Stay calm. You’ll make it out of this, I promise. You’re strong. You’re strong, I know. Stay with me. Everything is going to be alright.”
28.	Everything is going to be alright 12:48	lyrics	buy track
Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it through this, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it through this, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it through this, sonny Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it through this, sonny Everything is going to be alright Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilizing Keep stabilized You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise You’ll make it out of this, I promise Everything is going to be alright You’ll make it out of this, I promise Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Stay with me, you’re almost there Everything is going to be alright Stay with me, you’re almost there Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilizing Keep stabilized Stabilize Stabilize Stabilize Stabilize Stabilize Keep stabilized Stabilize Keep stabilized Stabilize Stabilize Stabilize Stable

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Rafe's Note: This album took us a while to make, but it was worth it, despite the disasters that were happening behind the scenes. There was a family fallout that happened on my side. Also, during our second-to-last session, my SD card bricked and I lost 122 gigabytes worth of information, including Threshold Lost recordings (again), R-GR (but I managed to back that up), RonZak stuff, and all of the recordings for the third Меркурий Хейзел Co. album, and several other files I was trying to keep backed up. That included this album, but because I didn't close down a certain Audacity file, we were able to recover most of this album, having to only rerecord I believe four songs.

Now, this album is about stories that are important to the lore of the band. Colonization, terraforming, kids who escaped a kidnapper, an underground Martian race (Razacáz) finally being able to be on the surface, a child stuck living in a dangerous alleyway system (hence the name), a child playing with a "titan" on Titan, teens on Ganymede struggling with having to lead the next generation, a child that loses her mother, people who survived an attack on a ship, two brothers living in a cabin after being rescued by an outlaw from the 1800s because the brothers' family was eaten by a lake monster, and somebody whose trying to hunt down someone they hate. General crash course to this under four-and-a-half hour behemoth.

I have ideas of where to go next, but I don't have an idea of which one it'll be. I've had two rock operas in the works for years that I've never got to finish. I want those to be done really well, so I want to take my on the writing of them.

Thank you all for sticking with us. Making this album was an emotional roller coaster.

-Rafe LaNore

Will’s note:

An Alleyway to Your Nightmares was essentially a product of testing to see how far we could push ourselves in terms of the album’s length. We were originally shooting for around 3 hours, but ended up at the 4 hour mark. To say the least, I’m really proud of this release. Rafe and I put our heart and soul into this album. A lot of literal blood, sweat and tears went into the making of this album. We lost a whole SD card during the process, but we managed to recover almost everything IR06-related. Rafe lost a lot of important shit though, which really sucks.

This album kind of serves as a spiritual successor to The Rifts Take Over. A lot of it is lore-driven and contains world-building. It continues stories from previous albums and even introduces new characters and stories.

I love this album with my whole heart. It was cathartic to make.

I’d like to thank God, Rafe, my grandparents, my sister, my therapist, Brenda, Brandon, Rae, and Emily. Thanks for making my life more bearable. I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for you guys, so thanks.

I love you,
-Wilbur Bullara

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released March 8, 2023

Rafe LaNore: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic, Bass Guitar, Piano, Violin, Percussion, Kalimba, Production, Writing, Artwork

Wilbur Bullara: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Steel Drum, Violin, Writing

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I Remember 2006 Muskegon, Michigan

I Remember 2006 is a previously solo Indie Folk Rock project of Rafe LaNore, that now consists of Rafe and his friend, Wilbur Bullara. Both are multi-instrumentalists that met back in 2021, and have been making music with each other ever since.

Rafe's (mostly) solo stuff
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