Thinking of you today, and the way that you turned away from me.
Maybe you knew. Someday we would change.
I should be moving on.
I know that you want to deny, you know that I want you with me.
I know that you want to deny, whatever is inside.
I want you with me;
With me.
Thinking of you today, and the way that you turned away from me.
Maybe you knew. Someday we would change.
I should be moving on.
I know there's something wrong.
I know that you want to deny, you know that I want you with me.
I know that you want to deny, whatever is inside.
I want you with me;
With me.
Please don't fade away.
You don't have to choose me, but please don't fade away.
I know that you want to deny, you know that I want you with me.
I know that you want to deny, whatever is inside.
I want you with me;
With me.
I sit all alone with my chin near my chest
Here now the noise seems to be less and less
Watching the bug who lost his struggle with man
Weep now I should but the question is can
Please don't let them take, me away
Up in the sky I know I'd still be sad
If things don't change real soon, I know
I have to let them take me away
I want to know how it feels to be feeling sad, just sometimes
Scorching my mind with the burning dreams of you and I
If the world is full of shit like this, I never wanna see it again
I want to know how it feels to be feeling sad, just sometimes
Battles like this couldn't kill you so fast
Not like the stars could extinguish our souls
Cherish the one, who seeks darkness in light
Staying in such, he can help the rest go
I can see that you aren't sad
Glad for you but hard to think of that
I would give her anything she wants
If she wanted anything I had
I want to know how it feels to be feeling sad, just sometimes
Scorching my mind with the burning dreams of you and I
If the world is full of shit like this, I never wanna see it again
I want to know how it feels to be feeling sad, just sometimes
Cute is the way they are tasting our fear
Odd is the way I am smelling their sneers
Never I knew, those like you they can't beat
Lone is the way I accept my defeat
I can't see how I am so blind
Must I make this all be a sigh?
I would give up everything today,
if it wouldn't end this way.
A long time ago, I had just come back home after a failed relationship and several changes in my mind. In the upcoming weeks, I would attend a meeting that would become a milestone in my music career, but even through the nervous anticipation, I could not stop thinking about my life. Where was it going, and where has it been? Over and over in my mind, the mistakes of my past drowned out the excitement of the immediate future. Looking out onto the sizzling sunset, as it disappeared beyond the mid summer heat, I asked myself many times a question that most people do - Will I Be Okay?
I thought that if you were numb, you would be saved one day
and you'd still be in a way, okay
And it's been so long since I was young, and I was so undone
but I still walk in the way that keeps me blue
Will I Be Okay?
And all of the times I was none, is everything I see for days
and I say I won't let it burn, but still do
And I thought that I'd found the one, and I was so in love
from the first night in the stars, until the day I'd gone
Will I Be Okay?
I thought that if you were numb, you would be saved one day
and you'd still be in a way, okay
And it's been so long since I was young, and I was so undone
but I still walk in the way that keeps me blue
Here are some thoughts on A Story Forever - straight from the fans:
I've listened to the song eight times in a row now! Can't seem to do it justice! 'A Story Forever' is a truly beautiful song, based around an acoustic guitar melody and underpinned by a subtle string section. Mike Peralta's vocal is effortlessly wonderful and heartfelt, and the lyrics are highly personal whilst still being enigmatic enough to make it accessible to everyone. This is a haunting, wistful love song, very atmospheric, and has hidden depths and some beautiful imagery! Cannot recommend it enough!
~Emma Holton
One thing that is fascinating about recent music is its focus on ambience and simplicity. The days of cookie-cutter haven't completely gone, but singer/songwriter Mike Peralta puts a decent dent in it by focusing on ambience, mood, and mystery with his most recent single, A Story Forever. Peralta conveys a lot through a simple instrumental arrangement and melodic, contagious vocal. Being a huge fan of 80's alternative, A Story Forever makes me think of bands like The Church, Love and Rockets, or Talk Talk, who took creative risks that are now, even years later, perceived as innovativeness. As I'm writing, A Story Forever is looping on my headphones, and I'm realizing that this track would work amazingly in film or series. Just off the top of my head, I would put it in a movie like Twilight, or a series like True Blood or Six Feet Under, with it's mysterious sound and lyrics that convey a somewhat emotional uncertainty. Mind you, that's not a bad thing, since I keep wanting to hear more of the song. Kudos to Peralta for A Story Forever, one of those songs that sounds like a deep cut, but is really a single. Download it now!
~Matt Billingsley
Doubts, regrets, and joy. What secrets do the stars hold? What mysteries lie in the blackness of the nights sky? No one knows what forever holds, or what tomorrow will bring. Let Mike Peralta write a story forever, for you!
~Katy Corbeil
The night sky, full of stars, continues through space and time forever. A Story Forever, with its beautifully written lyrics, is like the brightest star in the night sky. Not really knowing where it begins, or where it ends, it envelops and brightens, yet lets the listener feel the melancholy of forever.
What's the sound that you will make forever
Less or more if all would cry for you
Underneath the twilight moon in leather
or in a song with loving eyes on you
If you told them everything tonight
If you found the words for sadness too
Would it make you anything the better
Is there anything that it would do
And we're going to tell your story forever
And we're going to sing this song for you
No one really wants to live forever
The flowers on the counter are for you
So you picked the moment to remember
a thousand eyes and twenty colored lights
You disappeared into the circle too
then you stopped and smiled but no one knew
And we're going to tell your story forever
And we're going to sing your song for you
No one really wants to live forever
The flowers all along the wall are for you
Never stop, never die
Never sleep and never sigh
You should know those you love
never want to see you cry
The flowers on the rooftop are for you
What's the sound that you will make forever
Less or more if I would cry for you
Underneath the twilight moon in leather
or in a song with loving eyes on you
And we're going to tell your story forever
And we're going to name a star for you
No one really wants to live forever
The flowers on the rooftop are for you
Do the pressures of life and social acceptance sometimes seem too much to bear? Do you often feel like you're on the edge of cracking? Are you on the cusp of having a mental breakdown, moving all of your belongings into the forest, then shouting "I'm the mayor! I'm the mayor!" over and over again to a semi-circle of stuffed animals arranged in little seats with little tea cups? If so, you'll probably love Mike Peralta's "Fosner"
Set on a backdrop of an emotional breakdown, Fosner tells a simple story. You've had it with everything. You're fed up. So you have a new plan: You will marry Jodi Foster. And you will one day golf with Kevin Costner. It won't matter what anyone says to you. It won't matter what they do. You'll be living inside a rhyme.
Such a pretty face, hope I don't get maced
See the butter smile, stay to chat awhile
Eating ice and cream, drunk and sewing seams
Saw the future's pile, heard it's out of style
But I'm gonna marry Jodi Foster
and I'm gonna kiss her all the time
and I'm gonna golf with Kevin Costner
and I'm gonna live inside a rhyme
Where's my can of fries? Tell my shoes to tie
It's been my waking dream to bomb your sunny face
Heard that someone farted. Looks real nice I saw it
Then we babbled softly to the retro guppy
And I'm gonna marry Jodi Foster
and I'm gonna kiss her all the time
and I'm gonna golf with Kevin Costner
and I'm gonna live inside a rhyme
And it don't matter what you say to me
It don't matter what you do
It doesn't matter how you look at me
because I'm gonna marry
Such a pretty face, hope I don't get maced
See the butter smile, stay to chat awhile
Eating ice and cream, drunk and sewing seams
Saw the future's pile, heard it's out of style
But I'm gonna marry Jodi Foster
and I'm gonna fuck her all the time
and I'm gonna golf with Kevin Costner
and I'm gonna live inside a rhyme
And it don't matter what you say to me
It don't matter what you do
It doesn't matter how you look at me
because I'm gonna marry
"Dark Over Here" is a dark brooding song that tells the story of a troubled youth, lost in the world around him. He struggles for answers but finds no one in his life that he can rely on. Desperate to figure out how the average "happy" person lives their life, he turns to his dreams. He dreams of the clouds, the stars, the wisp of the wind, the sun, and the moon - his only friends. In the night and across the sky, they travel to where normal people live, and ask them questions like "Could you explain being happy?", and return to the boy with the answers they have found. Mastered by Derickson Studios aka FatNSassy Mastering.
Well I know what you're doing now as you decide what else will go right
I wish I knew what makes it happen for you
How does it feel to be a person like you
So the moon draws me like no other as the clouds see I have no other
For I have so many questions
Somehow they'll find all my answers
And so asks the sun, do you find love in your dealings
And so asks the sky, could you explain being happy
Then quotes the wisp, you're probably safe in your castle
And by and by, do you find light in good feelings
It's dark over here
So they spy like I didn't ask them to
As the stars don't know what else to do
And when they're done they'll tell me of everything
So I can dream of anything
And so asks the sun, do you find love in your dealings
And so asks the sky, could you explain being happy
Then quotes the wisp, you're probably safe in your castle
And by and by, do you find light in good feelings
This track is upbeat yet electronic melancholy and dreamy. It tells the story of a young man who sees sadness everywhere in the world, especially in his own inter personal relationships. He seems to see that there is more to the world than the way he sees it, and wants to change who he is inside, but ultimately seems to be losing the battle within himself, for now.
Pick me up for me and you
and the stars ain't looked the same for a year or two.
Am I standing outside or am I alone inside my head?
Don't know what I want
Don't know what to fight or whats going on.
And i want to be sad
They told you how to be true.
They looked but did not see you.
They saw not a star
They saw not a star but I see you.
And would I still sob if I knew love or love from you?
And i want to be sad
If I threw out loud a new tone now
would a new tone sound through you?
Even you don't know do I know how?
Would you come too?
Music of My Youth is Mike Peralta's debut solo acoustic album. A coffee house style collection of original acoustic alternative tracks, it will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Good for lonely nights, reminiscing over lost love, or looking at the stars, Music of My Youth will make you smile.
Sorry to hide this side of me.
One day I will show you all my dreams.
If you look by the frozen trees,
you can always remember me.
But I bet you'd forget, when I go.
I think that I would like to fly.
You could always make me beam.
And past the smile, beneath my eyes,
I wonder if you can see me scream.
But I bet you'd forget, when I go.
Oh there is too much to learn in just an hour.
I wonder where you are, on this hour.
Please don't think that I'm a coward.
Where will I be in just an hour?
Sorry to hide this side of me.
One day I will show you all my dreams.
If you look by the frozen trees,
you can always remember me.
Bounce, better to stop than add 45 pouts in here
with hearts hanging at the door
With the look of non-eyes excusing at my sores
and go from your room with 45 feelings outside
Maybe I'll lose you in friends
Maybe I'll run off instead
Maybe I'll let us make amends
Maybe I'll see you again
A sound if ever this loud would fly 45,000 miles
from bells ringing at the door
With the look in my eyes if ever seen before
And go from your room in 4 or 5 minutes I'll die
Maybe I'll lose you in friends
Maybe I'll run off instead
Maybe I'll let us make amends
Maybe I'll see you again
Bounce, better to stop than add 45 pouts in here
with hearts hanging at the door
With the look of non-eyes excusing at my sours
and go from your room with 45 feelings outside
Maybe I'll lose you in friends
Maybe I'll run off instead
Maybe I'll let us make amends
Maybe I'll see you again
Do they know why I won't want to party tonight?
I lean on the wall and sit watching all of them go
Around the corner where all their faces talk
I see her there and then without thinking I know
She eyes me slow
then turns away
I love her so
She'll go away
And there is no other that could mean anything
And I have to wonder will she remember me?
But she can't see I know she'll make it end
And does she know she will get bored of me?
She eyes me slow
then turns away
I love her so
She'll go away
And I wish she would know
She could keep me in
She eyes me slow
then turns away
I love her so
She'll go away
Saw you on the street and didn't wave right back to you
Took another sweet down to the place we used to eat
And I was not the one who was wrong
And I am not the one who is gone
But now I'm not the one alone
I threw your pictures out the car window
Fuck you, I've got a new girlfriend
And I will never love someone as much as I had used to you
Even if that girl is you again you fucking whore
Saw you at the local store
Laughed at you tripping out the door
Having such a perfect day
in these worn out pants you used to hate
Sitting in my room again
Try to find the problems end
I could fly away and scratch the sun
and only end up here again
Tearing our skin off
but there's nothing gone
What is meant to be?
What is wrong with me?
And I don't want to understand
That won't stop it coming back
Power in your eyes to melt these chains
to tunnel through the earth and back
Four hours of silence then
we moaned and flew like light
Forever and a day in constant waste
until the lord has gone insane
Running past depraving night
through the sounds of dust and stench
For never will we stop until we escape
from something we cannot define
Making history
that no one will see
Painting smoke and ash
on the green canvas
And I don't want to understand
That won't stop it coming back
Power in your eyes to melt these chains
to tunnel through the earth and back
Four hours of silence then
we moaned and flew like light
Forever and a day in constant waste
until the lord has gone insane
Sitting in my room again
Try to find the problems end
I could fly away and scratch the sun
and only end up here again
Tearing our skin off
but there's nothing gone
What is meant to be?
What is wrong with me?
And I don't want to understand
That won't stop it coming back
Power in your eyes to melt these chains
to tunnel through the earth and back
Four hours of silence then
we moaned and flew like light
Forever and a day in constant waste
until the lord has gone insane
She wants me to stay
I'd have to show my face
She wants to go out
I'd have to lose my shell
I'd have to tell her what
a hug can mean to me
When she kisses me
She'd ask to know what I'm thinking
She wants me
She needs me
I've never felt so unhappy before
She loves me
She told me
I just don't think I'm good enough for her
Oh she's such a fantasy
She makes me fall apart
If we talked she'd see
that I am not very interesting
If I said I loved her
and told her everything
Would that guarantee
she wouldn't break my heart?
She wants me
She needs me
I've never felt so unhappy before
She loves me
She told me
I just don't think I'm good enough for her
And I could tell her all my dreams
But would she ever understand?
I know I should open up to her
But if I do, I know I'll only be misunderstood
She wants me
She needs me
I've never felt so unhappy before
She loves me
She told me
I just don't think I'm good enough for her
I hope you know I think of you as friends
You know I'd always come around for you
You bring such light to me here in the dark
You bring such fun to everything I do
But if I ever lose my mind throw away the key for me
I'm not about to say I'd want your help out of there
I hope that soon I lose my mind
I pray to lose my mind
It is so cold out here that I can feel the warmth in there
I'd like to smile just like the TV stars
Instead of not belonging anywhere
The days and nights are spent in hopes and care
It's going to be awhile but soon I'm there
But if I ever lose my mind throw away the key for me
I'm not about to say I'd want your help out of there
I hope that soon I lose my mind
I pray to lose my mind
It is so cold out here that I can feel the warmth in there
I'm not afraid to say I'm never going to see you again
So sad that though I tried I'm never going to see her again
So I'm not afraid to say I'm never going to see you again
I hope you know I think of you as friends
You know I'd always come around for you
You bring such light to me here in the dark
You bring such fun to everything I do
But if I ever lose my mind throw away the key for me
I'm not about to say I'd want your help out of there
I hope that soon I lose my mind
I pray to lose my mind
It is so cold out here that I can feel the warmth in there
I'm not afraid to say I'm never going to see you again
So sad that though I tried I'm never going to see her again.
So I'm not afraid to say I'm never going to see you again
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