see also https://alonetone.com/kavin/tracks/dance-of-the-cephalopods

Sometimes you have to go through hard things to get to the good things. Went minimal glitch with this one.

I wrote this song after returning to my hometown. This is a one-take-one-mic recording in a more stripped down style that I made for fun, because I quite like this song and wanted to record this version.

Because y'all like weird crap. Thanks, Tom, for the idea of writing from the perspective of a dead person watching their body decompose. Kat: lyrics, keys, vocals Once I was composed eyes of stars, lips like a rose but what am I worth…

Only In My Dreams (DRAFT) - (C) Nick Torres 9-15-25    Only in my dreams You’re calling out my name Running in the moonlight Hear your laughter in the rain Only in my dreams I hold you in my arms Our hearts beat like lover’s drums…

The last couple of years have been soaked in sadness, numbness and loss, and it's not something I've tried to hide, even when making music. But I've come to realize that it's my own responsibility to lay forth the effort to find new happiness…

[Verse] I don't think I'm here I think I'm somewhere else Between the shelves Between the beers A thousand cheers A thousand years [Chorus] You say that I am everything to you And I know you mean it But is it true? I'm afraid that…

Only In My Dreams (DRAFT) - (C) Nick Torres 9-15-25    Only in my dreams You’re calling out my name Running in the moonlight Hear your laughter in the rain Only in my dreams I hold you in my arms Our hearts beat like lover’s drums…