A Blackbirds Dream (B-Side)

by Happy Phantom

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This track was an idea concept I had some years back but always stayed locked away somewhere in the back of my mind with the notion that I might someday complete and release it. The time finally came! I wanted to bring this in as a "B-Side" to the new single because of its elemental darkness which I believe ties in well with (Dia De' Los Muertos) with rich dark undertones and obscurity, makes for the perfect flip on an album single.

lyrics

She started off to wander
as she came upon a hollow
drifted black into a pool
with tiny little worms
dream-bird came to wake her singing
blackbird come for supper
mother can't remember
how she came about this place...

She started off to wander
as she came upon the sorrow
of another day without a clue
and where she wants to be
dream-bird came to wake her singing
blackbird come for supper
mother can't remember
how she came along to me...

And the lights come down on a perfect world
as we watch it slip away
and the long lost years of a broken girl
that could never love again
it'd the wasted time and empty tears
like flowers in the rain
and it's not the words you want to hear
that could ever make you stay...

She started off to wander
as you break me apart
never says a word
never had a heart
blackbird wants to take her
countless thoughts of pleasure
mother won't remember
how you came along to be...

Dead bird gazing out at the cold dark moon
the sky, the stars, and the sounds of gloom
blackbird come for supper
I can't live forever
mother shuts the window
just to dream another dream...

credits

released July 1, 2023
Music written and recorded by Jackie Legos. Mixed and Mastered by (The London Sound UK). Special thank you to Brian Carlos Weems for his contribution on bass for this song. Performed by Happy Phantom.

Happy Phantom is

Jackie Legos: Guitars and Vocals
Colby Sias: Drums and Percussion
Austin Hayse: Keyboards and Synths
Phillip Sozansky: Bass Guitars
Brendan Ladan: Guitars

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Happy Phantom Dallas, Texas

Happy Phantom is a five piece Dark Wave, Cold Wave, Post Punk, Dream Goth band formed by front man, singer/song writer, and multi instrumentalist Jackie Legos.

Vocals/Guitars: Jackie Legos,
Drums/Percussion: Colby Sias
Keyboards/Synth: Austin Hayes
Bass Guitars: Phillip Sozansky
Guitars: Brendan Ladan

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