Dark Was The Night (2023)

from Singles Collection by Franky Maze, Opium Dream Estate, Elyen

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A milestone in my artistic evolution, this song expresses a sense of liberation from toxic relationships in particular with narcissists.

I am very happy to share with you such a personal song, and one that marked the transition to a different style than before. In fact, I wrote the arrangement the last day before I left for the recording studio. In a whirlwind of unexpected creativity, something fresh and more meaningful than before was born for the first time.

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I let the monster out, blinded by his darkness
Angels in his voice, hands filled with promises
I thought it was a deceit but I greeted him in my house
Trusting the one who never trusts anyone

I listened to his words, they filled my heart with poison
The demons in his head are the idols he adores
I looked into his eyes, saw a gloomy kind of void
The black tongues of the liars, a never ending pride

Dark was the night, cold was the ground
Dark was the night, cold was the ground

“When I looked for good then evil came to me
When I waited for light then came darkness”
I walk towards the sun as I go back to no man's land
Following a dead man's trail

Dark was the night, cold was the ground
Dark was the night, cold was the ground

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from Singles Collection, track released July 26, 2023
Recorded, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Matthieu Vaugelade and Théophile Durand
Vocal loops, vocal harmonies and fujara - Elena Vignanelli AKA Elyen
Photo art by Alessandro De Nicola
Special thanks to Valeria Quartuccio and Cleo Raney

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Franky Maze Paris, France

Franky Maze builds a rich, multi-dimensional sound: simultaneously evoking the vastness of natural places and the realm of the small and intimate. Bright indie-electronica touches breathe fresh air into smoky gravel tones. As his winding dark lyrics travel through spectral states, Maze’s sound evokes Bon Iver crackling on a bonfire and Nick Cave stumbling into the wilderness. ... more

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