Echoes In the Gray Horizons

 

The Bargain - "Echoes In The Gray Horizons"

"Echoes In The Gray Horizons", fourth album of The Bargain, is a poignant exploration of regret and the poignant reflections on a future once full of promise, now shattered by choices made and opportunities lost. Through evocative lyrics and melodies, it delves into the emotional landscapes of remorse, missed chances, and the heavy burden of knowing what might have been. Each track tells a story of introspection and longing, capturing the fragile balance between hope and despair, and the universal human experience of grappling with the consequences of past actions on the path ahead. This collection invites listeners to confront their own regrets and find solace in the shared journey toward understanding and healing.

Tracks:

1. Echoes Of The Playground

[Verse]
I ran barefoot where the wild grass grew tall
Chasing shadows that danced on the wall
The sky
A canvas
Painted with fire
A child’s laughter
A never-tiring choir

[Prechorus]
The bamboo sang
The gongs did call
Ancient whispers through it all

[Chorus]
Echoes of the playground
They still hum
In the rhythm of my heart
The beating drum
Once so fearless
Once so free
Now I’m haunted by the child in me

[Verse 2]
Climbing trees that reached for the sun
The wind whispered secrets
Every one
Flutes of bamboo played songs of the past
Time flew by
Oh
It never asked

[Bridge]
The chants rise like smoke in the air
Memories linger
Beyond repair
The gongs strike deep
They pull me under
A child’s world torn asunder

[Chorus]
Echoes of the playground
They still hum
In the rhythm of my heart
The beating drum
Once so fearless
Once so free
Now I’m haunted by the child in me

2. Echoes Of The Golden Days

[Verse 1]
I was a mountain breathing clouds
Running rivers through my veins
Now I crumble with every sound
A brittle ghost in the rain

A bamboo flute plays where I stood
It haunts me with its sigh
I was the forest deep and good
Now I am the ashes dry

[Chorus]
Echoes of the golden days
Chanting through the hollow haze
I was strong I was whole
Now a shadow of my soul

[Verse 2]
Once I danced with gongs of steel
My heartbeat proud and pure
But I let the poison make the deal
Now I’m sick I’m unsure

The winds whisper truths I ignored
A storm I let inside
Regret’s a song I can’t afford
Yet it’s my lullaby tonight

[Chorus]
Echoes of the golden days
Chanting through the hollow haze
I was strong I was whole
Now a shadow of my soul

3. Echoes Of My Downful

[Verse]
Shadows scream
They never rest
In the mirror
My own jest
A gong strikes loud
My time's a thief
Flutes whisper truths
Sharp as grief

[Prechorus]
Habits carved in stone
My cage
Chains of the past
My silent rage

[Chorus]
Echoes of my downfall
Loud and clear
The weight of the years
I’ll persevere
Falling
Rising
Still I fight
Chant my name into the night!

[Verse 2]
Hands stained by choices made
Tribal drums call
Debts unpaid
Bamboo cracks beneath my tread
Ancestors howl
“Rise from the dead!”

[Prechorus]
The chug of riffs
The pulse of veins
I won’t bow to past-made chains

[Chorus]
Echoes of my downfall
Loud and clear
The weight of the years
I’ll persevere
Falling
Rising
Still I fight
Chant my name into the night!

4. Echoes Of My Ruin

[Verse]
Shadows crawl
Broken frame
Sins of youth
Feeding shame
My lungs scream
My veins betray
Weakness blooms
Dreams decay

[Prechorus]
I lit the fire
I choked the air
Now I drown in my despair

[Chorus]
Echoes
Echoes of my ruin
Beating drums of a past undoing
Gongs crash
Chants rise
I’m haunted
By the life I once wanted

[Verse 2]
Ashen skies
I reap the cost
Health burned
Ambitions lost
Bones creak
Whispers of regret
The mirror’s face
I can't forget

[Prechorus]
I fed the beast
I let it grow
Now I fall
With nothing to show

[Chorus]
Echoes
Echoes of my ruin
Beating drums of a past undoing
Gongs crash
Chants rise
I’m haunted
By the life I once wanted

5. Shadows Of The Self

[Verse]
Bones crack
Dreams shatter—nothing left
Cursed by the echoes of my own breath
Bloodshot eyes
The mirror mocks me
Weakness thrives where strength should be

[Chorus]
Shadows of the self
Crawling inside
Broken by the choices I can't hide
The past
It screams—won’t let me go
Ancestral drums call from below

[Verse 2]
Gongs resound
Bamboo whispers pain
Tribal chants pull me through the rain
But the weight of guilt still tears my core
Scars of the past scream forevermore

[Prechorus]
Can I escape this dying skin?
Or am I trapped where it begins?

[Chorus]
Shadows of the self
Crawling inside
Broken by the choices I can't hide
The past
It screams—won’t let me go
Ancestral drums call from below

[Bridge]
Flutes wail
Ancestors chant my name
Their voices rise through the flame
I hear their cries
I feel their might
Guiding me to one last fight

6. Courage In The Cracks

[Verse]
Shadows stretch across the earth
Cold wind whispers of my birth
Broken paths where feet still tread
Ashes rise where dreams have bled

[Chorus]
Courage in the cracks
The earth still hums it back
A song of broken years
Through the fire through the tears

[Verse 2]
Hands of stone carve a name
Fingers trace the loss the blame
Gangsa echoes in the night
Nose flute mourns the fading light

[Prechorus]
Mountains cry their ancient pain
The spirits call in ghostly rain

[Chorus]
Courage in the cracks
The earth still hums it back
A song of broken years
Through the fire through the tears

[Bridge]
Bamboo bends but does not break
River flows though hearts may ache
Ancestral whispers guide the way
Through the dark to break of day

7. Ghost Of Habits

[Verse]
The bamboo creaks like a heartbeat's whisper
The gangsa hums where shadows slither
A nose flute wails like a tear down my cheek

[Chorus]
You left me drowning in a silence that screams
Louder than your voice
Louder than dreams
I bury myself in the ashes of we
The ghost of habits
It won’t set me free

[Verse 2]
I carved your name on the wind with regret
But the mountain swallowed it
Wouldn’t forget
The fire in my chest burns slow but won’t die

[Prechorus]
It echoes
It bites
It haunts me at night

[Chorus]
You left me drowning in a silence that screams
Louder than your voice
Louder than dreams
I bury myself in the ashes of we
The ghost of habits
It won’t set me free

[Bridge]
The gongs are beating
They pull me deeper
The river whispers
But I can’t keep her
I walk with ghosts
The bamboo sways
The habits linger
The pain decays

8. Ashes Of The Promise

[Verse]
Smoke fills my lungs
The void remains
Promises whispered
Now only stains
Shattered mirrors
Reflections lie
Dreams I sold
I watched them die

[Prechorus]
Hands tremble
Ghosts in the veins
This hollow path
Soaked in chains

[Chorus]
Ashes of the promise!
Burning through my soul!
Chanting in the darkness!
No control
No control!

[Verse 2]
Gongs echo
Spirits cry out
Bamboo flutes sing what life's about
I took the poison
I lit the flame
Now I'm drowning
Lost in shame

[Prechorus]
Tribal whispers
Haunting me
Through the ashes
I can't see

[Chorus]
Ashes of the promise!
Burning through my soul!
Chanting in the darkness!
No control
No control!

9. Shadows In The Mirror

[Verse]
Shadows creep where the sickness dwells
My veins are rivers of toxic spells
Gongs echo deep in the valley’s throat
Sulibaw pounds like a war god’s oath

[Prechorus]
Flute cries for the life I threw
Whispering winds of all I knew

[Chorus]
I’m crying crying shadows in the mirror
Screaming screaming faces growing clearer
A life I broke with my own two hands
Now I’m sinking in quicksand quicksand

[Verse 2]
My lungs choke on the smoke of years
Regret is carved in my skin like spears
The drums of shame pound louder now
Each heartbeat cracks
I don’t know how

[Prechorus]
The whispers fade into guttural screams
Nothing is real
Just shattered dreams

[Chorus]
I’m crying crying shadows in the mirror
Screaming screaming faces growing clearer
A life I broke with my own two hands
Now I’m sinking in quicksand quicksand

10. Fading Veins

[Verse]
Breath grows shallow
Lungs betray
Veins like rivers
Black decay
No escape
No retreat
Pulse fading
Sick heartbeat

[Prechorus]
Chant the cries
Tribal call
Flutes wail
Gongs fall

[Chorus]
Fading veins! Fading veins!
Sickness conquers
Body drains
Fading veins! Blood like chains
Screaming silence
Endless pain

[Verse 2]
Skies collapse
Darkened flame
Limbs grow weaker
Flesh in shame
Torn by whispers
Dread takes hold
Shivering spine
Marrow cold

[Prechorus]
Strike the earth
Gongs resound
Spirits rise from broken ground

[Chorus]
Fading veins! Fading veins!
Terror grips
Life refrains
Fading veins! Death remains
World dissolves in twisted strains

11. Relentless Fever

[Verse]
Sweat burns
Fire inside my veins
Flesh weak
But the will remains
Steel against bone
I rise again

[Prechorus]
Drums pound
The earth is calling
Gongs clash
Ancestors roaring

[Chorus]
Relentless fever! Burn
Don’t break!
Relentless fever! Take
Don’t wait!
Stand tall
Defy the ache!

[Verse 2]
Flute wails
Whispers through the trees
Sick heart
But I still breathe
No gods
No cure
Just raw belief

[Prechorus]
Blood surges
Power’s growing
Shadows fall
Yet I keep going

[Chorus]
Relentless fever! Burn
Don’t break!
Relentless fever! Take
Don’t wait!
Stand tall
Defy the ache!

12. Echoes In The Sand

[Verse]
Ashes in my hands cold as stone
Dreams shattered
Scattered
Left alone
Every step forward feels like sinking sand
Night after night I can't understand

[Chorus]
No choice but to move
To breathe
To stand
Face the fire
Face the broken land
Echoes in the dust call my name
Call my name
Still I walk
Still I claim

[Verse 2]
The sickness gnaws it whispers low
A shadowed moon no place to go
Blood and bone
They creak and strain
A melody of sorrow
A song of pain

[Prechorus]
The gongs cry out
The bamboo moans
Ancient voices carve through my bones

[Chorus]
No choice but to move
To breathe
To stand
Face the fire
Face the broken land
Echoes in the dust call my name
Call my name
Still I walk
Still I claim

[Bridge]
Nose flute wails through the mountain air
Carrying whispers of a forgotten prayer
Illness won't break me
Dreams won't fade
Even if the stars deny the path I’ve made

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Lullaby

The Bargain - "Lullaby" Album

“Lullaby”, third album from The Bargain, is a musical journey through the many ways people seek peace in the storm of anxiety. Each track reflects a different path — from deep breathing and meditation, to therapy sessions, to the quiet relief of nature or music itself. The album does not hide the trembling hands, racing thoughts, or sleepless nights — but it offers hope by exploring the remedies that soothe them. With gentle melodies, reflective lyrics, and moments of both tension and calm, The Stillness Project becomes more than music: it is a companion for anyone searching for balance between panic and peace.

1. Pillars Of Serenity

[Verse 1]
Swallowed peace in bitter form
Capsules whisper
Bodies transform
A mind of storms seeks quiet skies
Hands trembling
Still it tries
To find the calm inside the roar
The battle’s fought
Forevermore

[Prechorus]
Soft winds through bamboo cry
Ancient echoes ask me why
Still I drift
Still I comply

[Chorus]
Pillars of serenity
Hold me through this endless sea
Chants of the earth
Gongs collide
Flute of the mountains
My guide
Calm is fleeting
Never free
Pillars of serenity

[Verse 2]
Diphenhydramine’s dreamless haze
Antihistamines in endless maze
A cocktail crafted for the soul
Yet emptiness takes its toll
The chants rise
Ancestral flame
Whisper my forgotten name

[Bridge]
Drums of the earth
A heart resounds
Through the valleys
Through the mounds
Gongs of steel
Bamboo's breath
Life dances close to death
Medicines dull
Spirits ignite
Lost in darkness
Seeking light

[Chorus]
Pillars of serenity
Hold me through this endless sea
Chants of the earth
Gongs collide
Flute of the mountains
My guide
Calm is fleeting
Never free
Pillars of serenity

2. Breath Of The Mountain

[Verse]
Shadows creep
Heart beats fast
Fearful whispers
They will not last
Breathe deep
The air of old
The mountain speaks
Its wisdom bold

[Prechorus]
Still the storm
Find the fire
Sacred calm
Rising higher

[Chorus]
Breath of the mountain
Still the flame
Echoes of spirit
Call your name
Through the dark
The path is clear
Ancestral whispers
Conquer fear!

[Verse 2]
Fingers tremble
Thoughts like chains
The earth hums low
It heals the pain
Stretch the soul
Let it flow
Through veins of stone
The courage grows

[Prechorus]
Silent strength
Roots run deep
Awake the soul
Break the sleep

[Chorus]
Breath of the mountain
Still the flame
Echoes of spirit
Call your name
Through the dark
The path is clear
Ancestral whispers
Conquer fear!

3. Shifting Shadows Of The Mind

[Verse]
Thoughts run wild, a stampede in my chest
Twisted roots, they anchor unrest
Climbing vines, choking the light out my nest

[Prechorus]
But the wind whispers, "Break the chain"
Echoes call, "Reclaim your reign"

[Chorus]
Shifting shadows of the mind,
Rewritten pathways I must find
Step by step, untangle, unwind
The storm inside, no longer blind

[Verse 2]
A gong strikes, the pulse of the land
Bamboo flute sings, a guiding hand
Ancestors' chants, they help me withstand

[Bridge]
Galloping bass, a heartbeat’s thrum
Twin guitars soar where hope comes from
The past and present merge in the drum

[Chorus]
Shifting shadows of the mind,
Rewritten pathways I must find
Step by step, untangle, unwind
The storm inside, no longer blind

4. Body Scan

[Verse]
Fingers trace the spine of stone, shadows curl in the marrow deep
Bloodline rivers etch the bone, secrets in the mountains sleep
Heartbeat pounds, a thunder roll, the rhythm cracks the crust apart
Fire from the ancestral coal, embers buried in my heart

[Chorus]
Body scan, through the pain we ride
Soul unbound, where the spirits guide
Gong resounds, echoes never die
Body scan, let the storm subside

[Verse 2]
Tingling nerves, a spider’s thread, weaving through the flesh and fear
Muscles tremble, whispers spread, ancestors are drawing near
Drums awaken, skies ignite, bamboo cracks like ribs of earth
Breath becomes the healing light, pulsing with the primal worth

[Chorus]
Body scan, through the pain we ride
Soul unbound, where the spirits guide
Gong resounds, echoes never die
Body scan, let the storm subside

[Bridge]
The gongs collide, the earth splits wide,
A chant erupts, the ancient tide,
Fingers grip the edge of time,
Each breath a peak, each step a climb

[Chorus]
Body scan, through the pain we ride
Soul unbound, where the spirits guide
Gong resounds, echoes never die
Body scan, let the storm subside

5. Herbal Thunder

[Verse]
Leaves of wisdom
Crushed in fire
Roots of strength
Ancient pyre
Boil the earth
Inhale the skies
Calm the storm
No disguise

[Chorus]
Herbal thunder
Soothe the soul
Mountain whispers make you whole!
Through the veins
The spirits flow
Herbal thunder
Let it grow!

[Verse 2]
Bamboo whispers
Steady beat
Pulse of nature
Heart’s retreat
Gongs resound
The ancestors call
Anxiety crumbles
Watch it fall

[Prechorus]
Breathe deep
The mountain speaks
Ancient calm
The balance seeks

[Chorus]
Herbal thunder
Soothe the soul
Mountain whispers make you whole!
Through the veins
The spirits flow
Herbal thunder
Let it grow!

[Bridge]
Gongs crash
Drums pound
Chants rise
A sacred sound
Leaves of sage
Flames ignite
Banished shadows
Endless night!

6. Scent of Serenity

[Verse]
Leaves of wisdom
Crushed in fire
Roots of strength
Ancient pyre
Boil the earth
Inhale the skies
Calm the storm
No disguise

[Chorus]
Herbal thunder
Soothe the soul
Mountain whispers make you whole!
Through the veins
The spirits flow
Herbal thunder
Let it grow!

[Verse 2]
Bamboo whispers
Steady beat
Pulse of nature
Heart’s retreat
Gongs resound
The ancestors call
Anxiety crumbles
Watch it fall

[Prechorus]
Breathe deep
The mountain speaks
Ancient calm
The balance seeks

[Chorus]
Herbal thunder
Soothe the soul
Mountain whispers make you whole!
Through the veins
The spirits flow
Herbal thunder
Let it grow!

[Bridge]
Gongs crash
Drums pound
Chants rise
A sacred sound
Leaves of sage
Flames ignite
Banished shadows
Endless night!

7. Mountain's Might

[Verse]
Run through the wind
Bare feet pound the earth
Sweat drips like rivers
A primal rebirth
Muscles strain
The spirit ignites
Chasing shadows
Conquering nights

[Chorus]
Move! Fight! Burn it away!
Strength in motion
Keep fear at bay!
The mountain calls
Hear it say
"Rise each dawn
And never sway!"

[Verse 2]
Bamboo strikes
The rhythm of life
Gongs resound
Cutting through strife
Breath of the gods in every stride
Heart beats loud
The spirits abide

[Prechorus]
Feel the fire
Let it grow
Ancestral whispers
Ebb and flow

[Chorus]
Move! Fight! Burn it away!
Strength in motion
Keep fear at bay!
The mountain calls
Hear it say
"Rise each dawn
And never sway!"

[Bridge]
Drums explode like thunder's wrath
Carve your will on the mountain's path
Harmony of flesh and stone
You’re never weak
You're never alone!

8. Ancestral Wound

[Verse]
Run through the wind
Bare feet pound the earth
Sweat drips like rivers
A primal rebirth
Muscles strain
The spirit ignites
Chasing shadows
Conquering nights

[Chorus]
Move! Fight! Burn it away!
Strength in motion
Keep fear at bay!
The mountain calls
Hear it say
"Rise each dawn
And never sway!"

[Verse 2]
Bamboo strikes
The rhythm of life
Gongs resound
Cutting through strife
Breath of the gods in every stride
Heart beats loud
The spirits abide

[Prechorus]
Feel the fire
Let it grow
Ancestral whispers
Ebb and flow

[Chorus]
Move! Fight! Burn it away!
Strength in motion
Keep fear at bay!
The mountain calls
Hear it say
"Rise each dawn
And never sway!"

[Bridge]
Drums explode like thunder's wrath
Carve your will on the mountain's path
Harmony of flesh and stone
You’re never weak
You're never alone!

9. Mountain Spirit, Iron Breath

[Verse]
Cold wind rises
Lungs grow tight
Whispers echo in the night
Heart beats fast
Shadows call
Breath escapes
Begins to fall
Ancestors watch from the sky
"Hold the air
Don’t let it die."

[Chorus]
Iron breath
Mountain air!
Fill the void
Crush despair!
Steady rhythm
Rise anew
Ancient strength
It flows through you

[Verse 2]
Feet on stone
Roots below
Feel the pulse
Let it grow
Drums of earth
Pounding deep
Wake the power from its sleep
Strike the gong
The spirits sing
Through your chest
Their voices ring

[Prechorus]
Inhale fire
Exhale stone
You are never
Never alone

[Chorus]
Iron breath
Mountain air!
Fill the void
Crush despair!
Steady rhythm
Rise anew
Ancient strength
It flows through you

[Bridge]
Through the bamboo
Whispers fly
"Calm the storm
Don’t deny."
Chanting voices
They collide
Spirits guide you from inside

10. Calm Within Chaos

[Verse]
Whispers of sleep
Stolen by the night
Caffeine burns
Acidic bite
A war within
My restless soul
Hangover shadows take their toll

[Chorus]
Calm within chaos
A storm subdued
Breathe through the fire
Find the truth
Peace in the echoes
Chants arise
Through bamboo winds
Beneath the skies

[Verse 2]
Fatty tempters
Stressors strike
Gnashing teeth
The edge of a pike
But still I stand
The gong resounds
Ancestral strength in the battlegrounds

[Prechorus]
Through shadows
Through pain
Balance fights to remain

[Chorus]
Calm within chaos
A storm subdued
Breathe through the fire
Find the truth
Peace in the echoes
Chants arise
Through bamboo winds
Beneath the skies

[Bridge]
Galloping bass
The earth it shakes
Twin guitars scream
The silence breaks
A bamboo flute
The spirits soar
Igorot gongs
The ancient lore

11. Pillars Of Strength

[Verse]
Weight of the world
It presses down
Chains unseen
They wrap around
A silent scream
No one hears
A fragile soul
Drowned in fears

[Prechorus]
Echoes rise
The gongs resound
A voice within
No longer bound

[Chorus]
Pillars of strength
Hold me high
Through the storm
Beneath the sky
Hands that lift
Hearts that guide
With you near
I’ll never hide

[Verse 2]
The bamboo sings
The flute laments
Ancestral chants
Their guidance sent
Co-workers
Friends
Family ties
Together we conquer
No compromise

[Bridge]
Galloping bass
The rhythm drives
Twin guitars scream
The spirit thrives
Drums of the past
They strike
They roar
Anxiety fades
I fear no more

[Chorus]
Pillars of strength
Hold me high
Through the storm
Beneath the sky
Hands that lift
Hearts that guide
With you near
I’ll never hide

12. Emergency Room Lullaby

[Verse]
I’m sinking in a restless sea
The waves of my chest
They won’t let me be
Each breath a ghost
Each thought a thief
Can’t tell the difference between pain and relief

[Prechorus]
I stumble in
Neon lights hum low
Their glow
A promise
Their hum
I follow

[Chorus]
Emergency room
Where I come to breathe
Tell my story
Watch them believe
Wrapped in whispers
Machines
And care
A fragile soul laid bare
Laid bare

[Verse 2]
A bamboo flute cries like my heart in the dark
Igorot gongs echo every spark
Ancestral chants rise like a tide
Holding me steady
My fears collide

[Prechorus]
Oxygen flows
My chest expands
Relief like rivers in trembling hands

[Chorus]
Emergency room
Where I come to breathe
Tell my story
Watch them believe
Wrapped in whispers
Machines
And care
A fragile soul laid bare
Laid bare

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Trembling Shadows

 

The Bargain – "Trembling Shadows"

Step into the haunting world of Trembling Shadows, the latest powerhouse release from The Bargain. This album dives deep into the raw and often unspoken battle of living with anxiety — capturing its restless energy, suffocating weight, and the hidden strength of those who endure it. Each track is a journey through sleepless nights, racing thoughts, and the trembling shadows that follow people in their daily lives. With explosive riffs, pounding drums, and soul-tearing vocals, The Bargain transforms invisible struggles into soundscapes of power and emotion. This is more than an album — it’s a voice for those who feel unheard, a reflection of inner battles, and a reminder that no one fights alone. 🔥 Album Theme: Anxiety, its symptoms, and the ordeals of facing and overcoming it 🎸 Genre: Hard Rock / Power Rock fused with ethnic sound 💿 Band: The Bargain 🎶 Album: Trembling Shadows 👉 Hit play, turn it up loud, and let Trembling Shadows speak for the fight within.

Tracks:

1. Climbing Shadows

[Verse]
Head's a storm can't find the calm
Every word slips through my palm
Books pile high but the meaning fades
Can't escape this shadowed maze

Dreams of freedom they clash and burn
Lessons learned but none return
Each page a mountain I can't climb
Time keeps ticking but it ain't mine

[Prechorus]
Hear the gongs they echo deep
Call me back where the spirits keep

[Chorus]
Anxiety anxiety climbing shadows chasing me
Through the peaks and valleys high where the eagles scream and fly
Ancestral voices
Can't you see? Lift me up and set me free

[Verse 2]
Nose flute cries like a lonely star
Guiding me but the path feels far
Bamboo drums like a heartbeat's roar
Pounding truth in my core

Two guitars duel like fire and stone
One's my fear one's the life I've known
I stumble forward lost in the song
But the roots below keep me strong

2. Breathless Thunder

[Verse]
Pulse pounding wild in my chest
No air no calm no rest
Chasing the wind it’s never there
Eyes wide breathing fire in the thin mountain air

[Prechorus]
The gongs crash the earth shakes
My body burns my soul quakes

[Chorus]
Breathless thunder in my veins
Deep breath deep breath nothing remains
Breathless thunder shout to the sky
Can’t hold it back can’t hold it why

[Verse 2]
Echoes of chants from the stone
Bamboo beats rattle my bones
Flute cries like the lost in the dark
Breath tangled up in the tribal spark

[Prechorus]
The drums pound the hills scream
I’m trapped in this fever dream

[Chorus]
Breathless thunder in my veins
Deep breath deep breath nothing remains
Breathless thunder shout to the sky
Can’t hold it back can’t hold it why

3. Shaking Inside

[Verse]
Heartbeat pounding faster
Like a drum in the dark
Chasing shadows but they’re laughing
They’re tearing me apart

Gong strikes in my head
Bamboo breaks my will
I’m a prisoner in my body
A mountain I can’t kill

[Prechorus]
Shaking shaking
Shaking inside
My mind’s a cage
And I can’t hide

[Chorus]
Shaking inside I’m breaking apart
This nervousness tearing my heart
Shout it loud let the spirits collide
Shaking inside shaking inside

[Verse 2]
Bad habits like chains
Tight around my chest
Lifestyles that betrayed me
Won’t let me rest

Nose flute wails like sorrow
The hills cry in pain
Ancestors whisper warnings
But I live in vain

4. Mountain Nocturne

[Verse]
Eyes wide open wide
Clock's a liar time won't slide
Gong beats echo through my chest
Bamboo whispers no place to rest

[Prechorus]
Flames in my head they rise they burn
Ancestral winds twist and turn

[Chorus]
Sleepless nights sleepless fight
Shout it loud into the night
Mountain spirit hear my cry
I can't rest I can't lie

[Verse 2]
Nose flute wails like a ghost unseen
Sweat-soaked shadows split the dream
Riffs like thunder crash and roll
Stress cuts deep it swallows whole

[Prechorus]
Drums of the earth pounding fast
The past the future they clash they clash

[Chorus]
Sleepless nights sleepless fight
Shout it loud into the night
Mountain spirit hear my cry
I can't rest I can't lie

5. Cracks In The Mirror

[Verse]
Eyes on the page but it blurs to black
Heart’s a drumline attack attack
Can’t breathe can't think can't hold the track
Aching fingers scratch the desk like it’ll talk back

[Prechorus]
Gongs in the hills they echo inside
Flute whispers soft where can I hide

[Chorus]
Cracks in the mirror they show me clear
I’m the fighter the mountain hears
Sing with the stones rise through the tears
I’m not breaking I’m still here

[Verse 2]
Hands so cold like the rivers run
Questions rain but no answers come
I feel the bamboo’s hum hum hum
The chant in my veins I’m not undone

[Prechorus]
Echoes of drums they steady my hands
Ancestral fire ignites where I stand

[Chorus]
Cracks in the mirror they show me clear
I’m the fighter the mountain hears
Sing with the stones rise through the tears
I’m not breaking I’m still here

6. Mountains In My Mind

[Verse]
Fingers trembling like autumn leaves
Aching mind won't let me breathe
Whispers of the mountains calling
Far from the chaos falling falling

[Prechorus]
Herbs in my hands
Gongs in my ears
Will they chase away these fears

[Chorus]
Oh mountains in my mind
Hold me steady in your time
Oh breathe the air so wild
Heal the restless child

[Verse 2]
Candles flicker shadows dance
Modern pills but no romance
Bamboo clatters heartbeats pounding
Ancestral songs keep resounding

[Prechorus]
Flutes like the wind
Fire on the stone
Can they bring me back my own

[Chorus]
Oh mountains in my mind
Hold me steady in your time
Oh breathe the air so wild
Heal the restless child

7. Echoes of The Heart

[Verse]
Heavy air
It pulls me low
In my chest
It starts to grow
Like whispers crawling under my skin
A fire inside that won’t begin

[Chorus]
Echoes of the heart
They’re breaking me apart
Pounding like the gongs
The beat is strong
Shadows on the walls
They’re singing ancient calls
Lost but I belong
I belong

[Verse 2]
Hands tremble
A river flows
Through veins of ice
It comes and goes
Bamboo whispers in the wind’s embrace
A thousand voices
A fleeting face

[Prechorus]
Is it fear
Or is it pain
Or a storm inside my brain

[Chorus]
Echoes of the heart
They’re breaking me apart
Pounding like the gongs
The beat is strong
Shadows on the walls
They’re singing ancient calls
Lost but I belong
I belong

[Bridge]
Nose flute cries
The mountain weeps
Chants awaken
The soul it keeps
Heartbeat drums
Bamboo hums
We’re all connected
The same blood runs

8. Restless Rest

[Verse]
Eyes on the clock but it won’t turn
Heavy hands dragging through the burn
Bamboo echoes in my mind
Mountains call me leave it all behind

[Prechorus]
Can’t run faster than the weight
Can’t climb higher than my state

[Chorus]
Restless rest restless rest
Screaming lungs pounding chest
I wanna breathe I wanna break
Restless rest restless rest

[Verse 2]
Gong strikes deep like a battle cry
Heartbeats mix with the eagle’s sky
The world spins heavy but I stay still
Ancestral chants give me the will

[Prechorus]
Can’t run faster than the weight
Can’t climb higher than my state

[Chorus]
Restless rest restless rest
Screaming lungs pounding chest
I wanna breathe I wanna break
Restless rest restless rest

9. Out Of Breath, Out Of Mind

[Verse]
Eyes on the clock but it won’t turn
Heavy hands dragging through the burn
Bamboo echoes in my mind
Mountains call me leave it all behind

[Prechorus]
Can’t run faster than the weight
Can’t climb higher than my state

[Chorus]
Restless rest restless rest
Screaming lungs pounding chest
I wanna breathe I wanna break
Restless rest restless rest

[Verse 2]
Gong strikes deep like a battle cry
Heartbeats mix with the eagle’s sky
The world spins heavy but I stay still
Ancestral chants give me the will

[Prechorus]
Can’t run faster than the weight
Can’t climb higher than my state

[Chorus]
Restless rest restless rest
Screaming lungs pounding chest
I wanna breathe I wanna break
Restless rest restless rest

10. Pressure Rising

[Verse]
Chest tight feels like a vice
Head spins heartburn twice
Fingers tingle mind on fire
Blood pounds louder climbing higher

[Prechorus]
Gongs pound deep from the mountain base
Bamboo shakes the air and space

[Chorus]
Pressure rising can't contain
Thunder rolling in my brain
Feel it crack feel it break
Pressure rising till we quake

[Verse 2]
Numb hands can't find the line
Breath short like I'm chasing time
Stomach flips like a raging tide
Bamboo beats and the spirits collide

[Prechorus]
Nose flute cries with the winds that howl
Ancestors chant through the midnight prowl

[Chorus]
Pressure rising can't contain
Thunder rolling in my brain
Feel it crack feel it break
Pressure rising till we quake

11. Mountains And Medicine

[Verse]
Dark clouds sitting heavy in my chest
The pills and the bottles ain't giving me rest
I’m lost in the noise the silence screams
Chasing the calm like a fading dream

[Prechorus]
Gongs are calling in the mountain air
Echoes rising breaking despair

[Chorus]
Mountains and medicine
Fighting the fire within
Drums of the earth
Gongs in the wind
Healing starts where I begin

[Verse 2]
Hands shake when the night starts to fall
I hear the whispers they’re ancient they call
Through bamboo beats and a nose flute cry
Lift my spirit let my fears die

[Chorus]
Mountains and medicine
Fighting the fire within
Drums of the earth
Gongs in the wind
Healing starts where I begin

[Bridge]
Twin guitars scream like the thunder breaks
Underneath the chant the ground quakes
Feel the pulse the rhythm divine
Tribal heart and rock combine

12. Sanctuary In the Storm

[Verse]
Breath heavy, heart's pacing, skies feel like they’re caving
Cold steel walls, the hum of machines, feels like a safe haven
Mountain whispers in the breeze, echoes of the ancients
Healing fire in the veins, burning through the tension

[Prechorus]
I bend, I fold, but I rise unbroken
Steam rising, heat on skin, words unspoken

[Chorus]
In the storm, I find my calm
In the chaos, there's a psalm
The earth, the air, the fire, the rain
Sanctuary, soothing the pain

[Verse 2]
Yoga flows, untangling the knots inside
Hot stones and tribal chants, where spirits confide
Air trapped, the pressure fades, letting go, release
Roots dig deep in the soil, carving out my peace

[Prechorus]
I purge, I cleanse, through the mountain’s song
The drumbeat's heart, where I belong

[Chorus]
In the storm, I find my calm
In the chaos, there's a psalm
The earth, the air, the fire, the rain
Sanctuary, soothing the pain

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80's High

The Bargain - "80's High" Album

The Bargain crash onto the scene with their debut album “80’s High”, a neon-soaked glam rock opera that rips open the lockers and back alleys of 1980s teenage life. Fueled by screaming guitars, glitter-drenched anthems, and the swagger of youth gone wild, the record captures the chaos, rebellion, and raw ambition of high school in the decade of excess.

“80’s High” tells the story of a generation standing at the crossroads: kids sneaking out to basement shows, chasing love under streetlights, and daring to dream bigger than their small-town streets. Some fell hard—burning out in the smoke of bad decisions—while others rode their obsession with machines and wires into the birth of the IT empire, transforming teenage outsiders into billionaires.

Every track glows with the highs and lows of adolescence: heartbreak, hedonism, neon nights, and the hunger to escape. It’s equal parts fist-pumping arena rock and bittersweet diary entry—an anthem for the broken, the dreamers, and the survivors who proved that the wild ride of youth can echo for a lifetime.

Tracks:

1. High School Rock And Roll Fantasy

[Verse]
Leather boots hit the blacktop
Chalk dust flies like a storm
Erasers can't erase this rage
Wild hearts born to misbehave

Laughter echoes down the hall
Desks are prisons walls too small
Dreams break chains like gongs collide
Tribal rhythm fuels the fight

[Prechorus]
Nose flutes cry the ancient sky
Mountains roar where spirits fly

[Chorus]
High school rock and roll fantasy
We’re fire in the hills
High school rock and roll fantasy
Untamed like the thrill
Gongs clash bamboo sings
We are kings we are kings

[Verse 2]
Locker doors slam rebellion's beat
Graffiti screams on every sheet
Painted faces war's disguise
Riffs explode ignite the skies

Drumsticks crack like thunder rolls
Pounding hearts uniting souls
Metal screams the mountain's call
Igorot pride we rise we brawl​

2. First Of Everything

[Verse]
Night splits wide open sky bleeds red
Gongs pound the ground spirits tread
Smoke rises bamboo snaps rhythm in my head
First light's scream breaks the silence dead

[Chorus]
First of everything wild fire burns
First of everything no way to return
Dance on the edge where the world spins thin
First of everything let the chaos begin

[Verse 2]
Steel strings clash with ancient bone
Nose flute wails feels like home
Feet pound dirt hearts beat stone
Every breath a warzone

[Prechorus]
Who am I to tame the wind
Who am I to hold it in

[Chorus]
First of everything wild fire burns
First of everything no way to return
Dance on the edge where the world spins thin
First of everything let the chaos begin

[Bridge]
Chant the call under moon's cruel glow
Mountains tremble rivers overflow
Echoes cry through the hollowed bamboo
Spirit’s voice cuts sharp breaks through

3. Dextromethorphan

[Verse]
I hit the peak high and low low
Mountains scream louder than my soul
Gongs crash the echoes of old
Drums pound deep like a heart turned cold

[Prechorus]
Hands raised fists clenched
Sky bends time spent

[Chorus]
Dextromethorphan haze
Dancing wild in the blaze
Lose my name lose my face
In the Dextromethorphan haze

[Verse 2]
Flute sings a ghost in the wind
Bamboo cracks where the dreams begin
Stone trails break under my boots
Echoes call bloodline roots

[Prechorus]
Beat that skin break that chain
Free the rage fuel the flame

[Chorus]
Dextromethorphan haze
Dancing wild in the blaze
Lose my name lose my face
In the Dextromethorphan haze

4. Critical Condition

[Verse]
Flicker lights in the dark room haze
Needles pierce in the shadowed maze
A gong hums low like a heartbeat's fall
Breathing shallow but I hear it all

[Prechorus]
Nose flute wails
My soul it screams
Caught in this cage of broken dreams

[Chorus]
Critical condition
I'm bleeding inside
A tribal rhythm pulls
Can't run
Can't hide
The mountain spirit whispers
"don't let go"
But the devil in the needle says
"I told you so"

[Verse 2]
Bamboo cracks like the bones I broke
Riffs scream loud through the toxic smoke
My veins are rivers
Poisoned and dry
Eyes roll back
But I can't ask why

[Prechorus]
Chants rise high
The gong strikes low
Ancestral echoes won't let me go

[Chorus]
Critical condition
I'm bleeding inside
A tribal rhythm pulls
Can't run
Can't hide
The mountain spirit whispers
"don't let go"
But the devil in the needle says
"I told you so"

5. School Boy

[Verse]
Bell rings loud time drags on
Chalk dust air dreams feel gone
Tattered books pages torn

Scratched desks carved names
Whispers echo same old games
Fingers tap like falling rain

[Prechorus]
Gongs resound deep in my veins
Bamboo cracks through the chains

[Chorus]
School boy lost in the tide
Carrying mountains deep inside
Chasing shadows where they hide
School boy nowhere to confide

[Verse 2]
Flute wails soft across the peaks
Answers buried where earth speaks
Not in halls not in tests

Climbing high where the wind calls
Ancestors chant behind stone walls
Echoing through my restless chest

6. Neon Nights

[Verse]
Flickering lights shadows tall
Echoes bouncing down the hall
Locker doors slam dreams collide
We were gods on the edge of a ride

[Prechorus]
Smoke and sweat and neon haze
Every heartbeat a flash of craze

[Chorus]
Neon nights burn so bright
Under stars we ignite ignite
Raise your fists scream the sky
Neon nights never die

[Verse 2]
Stolen sips from red solo cups
Laughter spilling we couldn’t shut up
Shredded jeans our armor of pride
Broken rules were our battle cry

[Prechorus]
Guitars wail drums collide
We were thunder in the tide

[Chorus]
Neon nights burn so bright
Under stars we ignite ignite
Raise your fists scream the sky
Neon nights never die

7. Daydream Rebels

[Verse]
Eyes wide shut but the room’s a blur
Chalkboard wars I’m stuck in the stir
Gongs echo deep in my mind
Mountains call I leave this grind

[Prechorus]
Bamboo whispers break the air
Dreams of freedom everywhere

[Chorus]
Awake awake daydream rebels
Ride the skies defy the levels
Guitar wails the gongs collide
Spirit runs can’t be denied

[Verse 2]
Pencils snap like breaking chains
Flutes cry loud in distant plains
Tribal drums they pound they scream
Classroom fades I chase the dream

[Chorus]
Awake awake daydream rebels
Ride the skies defy the levels
Guitar wails the gongs collide
Spirit runs can’t be denied

[Bridge]
Party lights mix with firelight glow
Metal riffs with ancient flow
Dance like wolves run like streams
This is life not just dreams

8. Sleepless Night

[Verse]
Neon glow in the midnight sweat
Bamboo shadows the fire's threat
Mountains howl while the gongs collide
Teenage dreams on a reckless ride

[Chorus]
Sleepless night
Hearts ignite
Falling faster
Into the fight
Sleepless night
We burn so bright
Chasing chaos
Till morning light

[Verse 2]
Drums pound loud like a heartbeat scream
Nose flute cries through a shattered dream
Powder trails on the mirrored edge
Dancing wild on the canyon's ledge

[Prechorus]
Skyline bending breaking rules
Ancestors watching foolish fools

[Chorus]
Sleepless night
Hearts ignite
Falling faster
Into the fight
Sleepless night
We burn so bright
Chasing chaos
Till morning light

[Bridge]
Gong strikes echo in the valley's bones
Bamboo whispers of ancient tones
Tribal spirits and glam collide
Lost in the sound nowhere to hide

9. Curious  Flamed

[Verse]
Feet pounding dirt path
Hands reach for the wild moon
Eyes like burning coals
What’s beyond this mountain
What’s beyond this mind

[Prechorus]
Curious flames in the dark
Curious flames ignite the spark

[Chorus]
Dance with the fire dance with the night
Drumbeats echo in the fight
Teen spirit screams through the hills
Curious flames never stand still

[Verse 2]
Gongs ring like thunder
Riffs shred through the air
Smoke rises in the valley
Whispers call from shadows
Whispers call from dreams

[Prechorus]
Curious flames in the dark
Curious flames ignite the spark

[Chorus]
Dance with the fire dance with the night
Drumbeats echo in the fight
Teen spirit screams through the hills
Curious flames never stand still

10. Mountain Of Desire

[Verse]
Eyes like fire burn through the night
Soft hands reaching
Dreams ignite
Mountain whispers
Hearts collide
Heavy breath
Nowhere to hide

[Prechorus]
Gongs pounding deep in the earth
Echoes call
What’s it worth

[Chorus]
On this mountain of desire
Burning bright
Hearts on fire
Love like thunder in the rain
Can’t escape
Can’t explain

[Verse 2]
Bamboo breaks beneath our feet
Flute cries softly
Bittersweet
Every step pulls me near
To the edge
To the fear

[Prechorus]
Drums rolling
Pounding the sky
Ancient chants
Asking why

[Chorus]
On this mountain of desire
Burning bright
Hearts on fire
Love like thunder in the rain
Can’t escape
Can’t explain

11. The Genius

[Verse]
Books piled high sky-high dreams on fire
Late nights the neon glow darker desire
Pages turning sharp as blades
The ink bleeds red from a mind betrayed

[Prechorus]
Whispered secrets traded for the spark
Chasing stars while the world's still dark

[Chorus]
The genius burns the genius learns
Through the haze the fire returns
Gong strikes the heart bamboo cracks the mind
Through the smoke the path I’ll find

[Verse 2]
Flute cries echo mountain winds howling
Drums pulse like blood the truth growling
Ancestors watching their chants collide
With the steel and string where the soul can't hide

[Prechorus]
Dance of the spirits fight of the flame
Fuel for the beast in a twisted game

[Chorus]
The genius burns the genius learns
Through the haze the fire returns
Gong strikes the heart bamboo cracks the mind
Through the smoke the path I’ll find

12. Ghosts Of High

[Verse]
Smoke trails rising sharp and thin
Chalk dust on the floor where it begins
Echoes of a gong from the mountain air
Bamboo snaps they never cared

[Chorus]
Ghosts of high they’re screaming loud
Some went under some broke the clouds
Powder dreams and the flashing lights
Ghosts of high haunt the teenage nights

[Verse 2]
Steel strings crash on ancestral bones
Nose flute wailing ancient tones
Some took the line to nowhere fast
Others flew high and never crashed

[Prechorus]
Who’s to say what’s right or wrong
In the drumbeat haze where you belong

[Chorus]
Ghosts of high they’re screaming loud
Some went under some broke the clouds
Powder dreams and the flashing lights
Ghosts of high haunt the teenage nights

[Bridge]
Chanting voices call the stars
Gongs like hearts they beat so hard
Tribal rhythms lost in smoke
A billion dreams from a single toke

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