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1.
Blacklight 05:19
are you there in silence too quiet and still? are you where they left you without saying a thing? can you hear the laments? don’t you feel too tired? is your skin made of tears? do you have a heart? there are things forbidden  there are hidden truths like the glowest flower in the darkest room black light pouring from your tired eyes black light shadows growing in our lives black light - sometimes loneliness is fine black light lighting up this falling skies are you there with no chains doing as you’re told? in a world that crumbles languishing and cold there are things beyond reach there are hidden ways like the glowest flower in the darkest place are you there unnoticed rolling dice in faith? carried by the current will you stay awake? black light pouring from your tired eyes black light shadows growing in our lives black light - sometimes loneliness is fine black light lighting up this falling skies
2.
Strangers 04:16
the last beat of my heart may find me here today where sea and land collide and nothing else we care I really wouldn’t mind destroying all we knew and leave it all behind as long as I’m with you entangled avenues chasing us all day deception and despair, the bitter kiss of fate we don’t belong in a world so dark let’s run and throw it all away strangers in the sun with burning eyes strangers in the sun the fury of the sky has taken us this far the closest to a dream by the brightest star stop holding on to a world that’s lost just run and fuck it all away strangers in the sun with burning eyes strangers in the sun where no one knows our name the sunlight feels so different strangers in the sun with burning eyes strangers in the sun
3.
Emptiness 04:31
I’m in war with myself and lost I am so sick of this calm fear takes over my chain of thoughts climbs the walls of my heart staring down the hall the walls are closing down the silence seems too deep I see only emptiness this emptiness... spider webs and dust cover my wrinkled skin I can barely feel a thing I can’t fight this emptiness this emptiness... I survive feeding on a dream and now it starts to rot with the stars near my fingertips but my feet deep into the mud staring down the hall the walls are closing down the silence seems too deep I see only emptiness this emptiness... spider webs and dust cover my wrinkled skin I can barely feel a thing I can’t fight this emptiness this emptiness...
4.
Sadness 04:39
once we were light then dark times came just a sea of sadness shattering your dream is just a sea of sadness is drowning you all poetry sears like the grass jewel carved in starlight you are the light just a sea of sadness shattering your dream is just a sea of sadness is drowning you the silence rips you from my side your tears are tearing us apart a dark horizon is calling... oh, spread your wings, my angel let me dry your eyes I lend you my illusions I walk you through your pain I stay up all night with you I’ll drown with you the silence rips you from my side your tears are tearing us apart a dark horizon is calling... oh, spread your wings, my angel let me dry your eyes
5.
Oh Milena! 03:57
shake off the spiders from your hair open your eyes and try to focus the moon awaits behind the trees seems to be whispering out your name Milena! oh Milena! inside your head somebody’s laughing Milena! oh Milena! inside your head somebody’s playing with you follow my footsteps through the dark you cannot see beyond this nightmare reach out your hands and touch my skin I am the ghost inside the mirror Milena! oh Milena! here’s your eternal friend and lover Milena! oh Milena! don’t be afraid to take my hand and scape Milena! oh Milena! here’s your eternal friend and lover Milena! oh Milena! don’t be afraid of taking my hand Milena! oh Milena! inside your head somebody’s laughing Milena! oh Milena! inside your head somebody plays with you
6.
Mirrors 04:16
little stranger oh sweet thing lost in empty rooms seeking ways to hide the pain ways to scape your truth fake a smile cut the talk time is running fast push me further than the edge shivers may outlast the mirrors are witness we dance in slow motion shimmering eyes reflect dim glass and fast love little flower of my heart I won’t say your name I can tell your wounds are deep they won’t go away lay your petals to the floor put your heart aside drown me in your darkness till the dawn strikes us down the mirrors are witness we dance in slow motion shimmering eyes reflect dim glass and fast love red walls, neon lights black velvet, white noise healing souls through the skin the same old overdose
7.
sometimes I see you around in every corner I turn in every dream that I have already feel you so mine sometimes I cherish your voice the words I can make you say this melody in my head the sigh I hear when I’m close... to you we only have tonight and then forever touch me touch me my love take me take me my love kiss me kiss me my love feel me feel me my love sometimes you may hesitate can something wrong feel this good? sometimes you’re lost in my eyes so fragile, covered in sweat we only have tonight and then forever touch me touch me my love take me take me my love kiss me kiss me my love feel me feel me my love
8.
Absence 06:20
anguish dwells across this land a serene place under a violent sky with absence signs on your face nothing seems to hurt anymore a cold spell behind a glass you seem to sleep but you wont dream this time I’m whispering a prayer and no one seems to hear anymore too late for words, too soon to cry I brought you flowers, I hope you don’t mind they’ll die in one or two days but nothing seems to care anymore we were one flesh we were one blood walking together we faced the sun we were one flesh we were one blood into the darkness you walked alone
9.
Nine 02:55
brother sleep and succubus… brother sleep and succubus… brother sleep and succubus… I hear you in the dark I feel your invisible spark every night and every noon in every corner of my room I hear you wispering my name come Nino, let’s go insane brother sleep and succubus… brother sleep and succubus… brother sleep and succubus… every night and every noon in every corner of my room I hear you wispering my name come Nino, let’s go insane
10.
(instrumental)
11.
Sleep 04:18
in the hungry eyes of the night there’s no sin I haven’t try but my head is flooded with premonitions, hells and nightmares when I close my eyes no I don’t want to dream when I close my eyes I could sleep forever in the hungry eyes of the night just making love to asphyxia and I know this pain is just a piece of what I deserve when I close my eyes no I don’t want to dream when I close my eyes I could sleep forever (I am falling into a dreadful lethargy a gentle self destruction) when I close my eyes no I don’t want to dream when I close my eyes I could sleep forever
12.
every moment was a leaf fragile in the angry wind they fell and went away we were dreaming there’s no present - all is gone even shadows walked away even our memories are broken soaking in the rain of may faces in a sea of gray I can’t tell who cries and who is laughing so light a candle on my name please forgive me if it hurts time has come to drown into the past bury me here my bones are seeds bury me under the rain vultures are near they know I bleed bury me under the rain lovers die like shooting stars run and hide deep underground burying all those kisses and confessions chained into each other’s arms ‘till rot in the morning light among lilies and carnations bury me here my bones are seeds bury me under the rain vultures are near they know we bleed bury me under the rain
13.
The Shelter 05:14
this is the land of stone spheres and jade I was born here under new moon I spend my days scattering bones I swing with the wind and the pines searching for jewels in the sky I just dilute myself into the night tearing my hands against the ground digging a grave tired and bowed this land cries out forbidden rites exiled tribes rot in the mud creatures drop dead right on my door here’s where I will shelter my soul forever
14.
Afterthought 03:46
those nights we walked right on the edge the music was our silent faith those lies we wanted to believe we thought we found our heaven today we wear the scars with pride in nonsense isolation is it raining outside? is there where to go? did we catch the moon? or is it just an afterthought? those things we said but never felt the hotel sheets, the world insane the nomad lips and wishful hearts we have no place in heaven is it raining outside? is there where to go? did we catch the moon? or is it just an afterthought?
15.
Cocoon 01:51
(instrumental)

credits

released August 23, 2021

All music by Ariel Maniki.
Arrangements by Ariel Maniki, Janice Black, Eva Red, Caro Campos, James Perry, Nino Sable.
All lyrics by Ariel Maniki except "Nine" lyrics by Nino Sable.

Ariel Maniki - Vocals, guitar, synths, bass, programming.
Janice Black - Synths/keyboards.
Eva Red - Bass on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12. Vocals on tracks 1, 4, 13.
Caro Campos - Vocals on tracks 6, 8, whispers on 15.
James Perry - Saxophone on track 5.
Nino Sable - Vocals on track 9.

Recorded at MediaLuna Studio, San Jose - Costa Rica
Engineering, mix and mastering: Ariel Maniki
Recording assistance: Janice Black

Produced by Ariel Maniki
CD release by Deepland Records
Press and promotion: UTM Music Group

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Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos San Jose, Costa Rica

Since 2013.

A unique dark alternative gothic wave act from San José, Costa Rica.

Led by multi instrumentalist/song writer Ariel Maniki.

Label: ANK Records / Deepland Records

Pic by: Rodrigo Alfaro
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