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Poems from the Dark

by Zylva

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Eyelash 03:00
My skin is just too thin, too thin for this world My head runs down like desert sand A million pieces of myself I cannot grasp them Melting through my hands Where is my future I can't see it glow Where is my mind it's flashing yellow though What is this all for? I can't understand What am I going for I would not dare to keep your body warm But I would wish to be the one You blew this eyelash off my finger, oh I wish I’d known what You'd been wishing for My feet are just too sore to carry my weight My bones are hurting is it all too late? Too many choices to be made, I cannot bare them Heavy on my chest Where is my future I can't see it glow Where is my mind it's flashing yellow though What is this all for? I can't understand What am I going for I would not dare to keep your body warm But I would wish to be the one You blew this eyelash off my finger, oh I wish I’d known what You'd been wishing for
3.
Save You 03:16
Oh, I cannot save you I can’t feel what you feel I can’t go through what you’re going through
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Butterflies 01:54
You called me friend We were more than friends Were butterflies I was flying high, flying high Please tell me when Did our story end Longing for you Searching through the sky, through the sky
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I wish that you could hear that song I sing for you I wish that you could dry my tears I cry for you I wish that I could hold your hand ain’t it still warm I wish that you could read my lines I write for you It made me sad, It made me strong. It made me wonder, where I belong. Dolphins & Roses, that was you.
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DreamSs 02:27
If you won’t perceive me in a matter that feels right to me I will walk alone Towards the sunset Towards the end of time I will chase my own I will phrase my own Dreams…. dreams I will own my bones Let your story go If you wouldn’t see me through your eyes that were just judging me You could feel it once What I got for you Until the end of time
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Did it never end because it never started? Everything that you embodied I saw it in my dreams at night We were sitting light as feathers on this park bench A balmy summernight enfolded May we never end with broken hearts What I feel for you Will it grow or go away A glimpse of a chance Will you fade or will you stay? And your warm hand lay soft and tender on my back You crossed your fingers round my waist and cracked A smile of midsummer night’s dream The stars were shining shy you noticed Something beautiful I listened To your words they were so deep and true I’d rather never hold you ’cause I couldn’t bare it Losing something like this but you Didn’t make it easy to resist What I feel for you Will it grow or go away A glimpse of a chance Will you fade or will you stay? And your warm hand lay soft and tender on my back You crossed your fingers round my waist and cracked A smile of midsummer night’s dream
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You left too soon The horizon is ice It’s white It’s white With light and with darkness You knew How to deal Echoes from a theatre. Gentle and calm I remember you. I remember you.
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I wanna stay with you I wanna cry I wanna laugh I wanna fall I wanna rise With you
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Berlin 02:48
Parts of me they change They’re shifting quietly Did I really change? Did all this work in the end make sense? All the struggles all the suffering Something emerges out of there A transition I didn’t notice I suddenly find myself in a different place A new city I’m living in In a city I felt so lonely so long They say Berlin is the city of lonely people I’ve been lonely for so long This city matched my soul I turned the page while I was asleep I’m thankful for all the bridges I survived I was wandering for so long I still am I found a key but I don’t know how I’ll find an answer but I don’t know where I found relief but I don’t know why Couldn’t understand and it’s ok with me I’ll finally let it go Have you ever suffered in a way so that you had to surrender… I had to surrender or literally jump into the abyss.. but i’d never do that, they all were too precious to me…I kept fighting I kept working on myself.. it’s unfair, the more you suffer the more you gotta work.. but in the end you gain something, I can’t tell what it is but it’s something, it’s something precious… I found a key but I don’t know how I’ll find an answer but I don’t know where I found relief but I don’t know why Couldn’t understand and it’s ok with me I’ll finally let it go They say Berlin is the city of lonely people I found a key but I don’t know how I’ll find an answer but I don’t know where I found relief but I don’t know why Couldn’t understand and it’s ok with me I’ll finally let it go
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Sometimes i am scared, even of myself I tend to get lost Paper on my shelf Is it worth the pain Am I worth the wait? I get overwhelmed As I turn the page A thousand something words I’m trying to get it right I don’t think I’ll heal with you by my side. And everything is falling apart, everything we built together, Is falling apart Everything is falling apart Even when you scream I can’t really hear Thought of all the ways I could disappear Woke up again In damp sheets at 3 am All my writing fades Paper over pen A thousand something words I’m trying to get it right I don’t think I’ll heal with you by my side. And everything is falling apart, everything we built together, Is falling apart Everything is falling apart

about

For Zylva, creating is a form of healing. In 2020, the producer, illustrator, and poet found herself struggling with her mental wellbeing: a fresh arrival in locked-down Berlin, and newly heartbroken in a city known for its harsh winters and fleeting connections, Zylva imagined a place for hope, creating her debut album “Poems from the Dark”.

Drifting somewhere between avant pop, lo-fi and celestial R&B, “Poems from the Dark” sets out on an emotional journey that unfolds over the course of twelve deeply personal tracks.

The fluttering piano keys on opener I Will Carry You In My Heart serve as an undercurrent that runs throughout the album, while Eyelash, Save You and Butterflies show her zeal for crafting beats that underpin the shadowy characters in her lyrics.

Ultimately, Zylva faces her fears. On the electro-tinged anthem DreamSs, Zylva declares: “I will walk alone towards the sunset, towards the end of time”, and in Berlin - “the city of lonely people” - she learns to embrace the solitude, finding salvation and strength in herself.

Working bluer notes into a powerful resistance to despair, Zylva’s songwriting is as incisive as it is illuminating, never shying away from the dark and shadows of everyday life.

- Caroline Whiteley

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released June 9, 2023

All tracks played, written, produced and mixed by Carina Madsius aka Zylva
A3/4/7, B2/3/4 co-produced by Ludwig Wandinger
Mastered by Martin Ruch
Vocal ad-libs on B5 by Pia Ovanda
Piano on B5 engineered by Juan Moreno
Portrait by Manuel Nieberle
Illustration on side A of record by Carina Madsius
Typeface EK Modena by Erkin Karamemet
Design by Maximilian Schachtner
Special thanks to Rudi Madsius , Ludwig Wandinger, Pia Ovanda,
Juan Moreno, Luka Aron, Martin Brugger, and Maximilian Schachtner
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