SILENT SKIES - Solitude (2020) // Official Music Video // Sweet Lemon

SILENT SKIES - Solitude (2020) // Official Music Video // Sweet Lemon Spotify: Apple Music: Facebook: Instagram: If you voice Scandinavian melancholy and let it run through the virtuosic fingers of an Oberlin Conservatory film score graduate, you get Silent Skies. It is the sum of two individual musical journeys that came together by coincidence; some would even call it fate.   The two supremely talented protagonists, who together can boast over two decades of experience within the music industry, crossed paths by chance. The catalyst was an incredibly sensitive re-interpretation, on piano, of a composition originally written by the other artist.  Immediately realising that this was not an opportunity to be missed, a swift email was sent. It suggested a collaboration, which gave birth to ideas of a musical landscape rooted in cinematic, film score music. It would be driven by some wonderfully tender and emotive piano playing, but with the added sound of some unique and charismatic vocals built around a strong and familiar melodic sensibility.   The compositions are both bleak and hopeful, setting a sombre tone. And, with lyrics that stem from self-reflection and existential contemplation, the atmospheric music of Silent Skies is engrossing and hypnotizing, evoking in the listener visions for the inner eye. Lyrics & Music: Thomas Englund & Vikram Shankar Original Publisher: Copyright Control Mixed by: Christer-André Cederberg Video recording, video editing and post-production: Patric Ullaeus Lyrics: I’m gone …far I had my reasons, lost Felt lost, like this for many seasons I run, I always run Through Solitude for freedom Dead are the embers, what’s left is this cold all light here has faded now left to rest I lie on the meadows while our souls ride on heaven’s vault Behind the trees where our spirits danced Lost track of time It’s gone, it’s lost because of reasons I can’t explain No one could explain Alone in solitude and morning mist In air so cold the dew persist Osiris offers peace where I lie I catch a glimpse of Venus on its ride And just like that drifting satellite all alone and through the Silent Skies All alone and … Dead are the embers, what’s left is this cold all light here has faded now left to rest I lie on the meadows while our souls ride on heaven’s vault Behind the trees where our spirits danced Dead are the embers what’s left is this cold Our light here has faded now left to rest I lie on the meadows while our souls cry forever more Behind the trees where our spirits danced