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Bathing In The Styx

by Nicolas Lewis

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1.
I can't cope at all without you I can't cope at all without you there I can't cope at all without you I can't cope at all without you there How many people fade? How many people fade? How many people fade? How many people fade? I can't cope at all without you I can't cope at all without you there I can't cope at all without you I can't cope at all without you And the people fade away And the people fade away Now we're growing up And we’re growing on we're growing up And we’re growing on I can't cope at all without you I can't cope at all without you there I can't cope at all without you I can't cope at all without you there How many people fade? How many people fade? How many people fade? How many people fade?
2.
By The Lake 03:00
Showing off beside the lake And acting up beside the lake And acting out beside the lake We're going off beside the lake And it's far from my hands And it's far from my hands And I know that I've done wrong And I know that I am wrong And it's far From my hands From my hands My hands it's far From my hands From my hands My hands
3.
Horror Scene 02:37
Keep it light on lovers lane Horror scenes are all the same I let you down I know I let you down Flying through the neighbourhood Bare foot on the underfoot And holding hands I know I let you down I fuck it up I never knew I never loved enough I think I know and then I fuck it up I never knew I never loved enough I think I know and then I Fibres spun in heat-on-heat Entangled parts of you and me I let you down And on and on and on and on I fuck it up I never knew I never loved enough I think I know and then I fuck it up I never knew I never loved enough I think I know and then I (And on and on and on and on) I fuck it up I never knew I never loved enough I think I know and then I fuck it up I never knew I never loved enough I think I know and then I
4.
The same ways I was The same ways I was with you when I Same ways I was The same ways I was with you When I was young When I was young You know I’m easily led You know I’m easily led I’m going out of my head I’m going out of my head I came back home The pictures gone Over the floor They're thrown upon And the last I saw The last I saw Were all my wrongs Were all my wrongs You know I’m easily led You know I’m easily led I’m going out of my head I’m going out of my head
5.
I lost my way Tell my girl I lost my way On a cold and endless night I lost my way Tell my girl I lost my way On a cold and endless night And all the people stared And all the people stared at me And all the people stared And held opinions of me I lost my way Tell my girl I lost my way On a cold and endless night I lost my way Tell my girl I lost my way On a cold and endless night And I begged for food And I begged for you And I took from people passing by And I stuck my hands In the paving cracks And ripped them up to look inside Then my arms went limp When I saw nothing There's nothing Beneath the floor For my final thing I felt nothing There's nothing Been holding us up I lost my way Tell my girl I lost my way On a cold and endless night
6.
Oh show me Where you used to sleep We're tethered But nothing goes that deep Cold currents Underneath our feet I love you But you never speak Alchohol Ruining our plans Old subway Buried under sand Soft heartbeats Running though our hands I love you But you never land I saw a bloody rose On the ocean foam A yellow streetlight flickered And then the rose was gone I saw a bloody rose On the ocean foam A yellow streetlight flickered And then the rose was gone And then the rose was gone Then the rose was gone Then the rose was gone Then the rose was gone
7.
When I hold you in my arms When I hold you in my arms I feel alone When I hold you in my arms When I hold you in my arms I feel alone When lights go slow We'll never know She's gone She is When I hold you in my arms When I hold you in my arms am I alone? When I hold you in my arms When I hold you in my arms am I alone? When lights go slow We'll never know She's gone She is We'll run on fumes And broken shoes On and on On and On the cold way home On the cold way home On the cold way home On the cold way home And I lay down And I lay down
8.
The dead of night In the black and white They threw me out And shut me up They threw me out And shut me up And under the frozen stars Above the car They threw me out And shut me up They threw me out And shut me up And coloured lights and colours lights and coloured lights and coloured lights All running by all running by all running by all running by And all the things I’d never say And all the things I’d never say And all the things I’d never say Are not enough for you And though it seems like love you show Sometimes its better not to know As above it is below It is below And all the things I’d never say And all the things I’d never say And all the things I’d never say Are not enough for you And though it seems like love you show Sometimes its better not to know As above it is below It is below And coloured lights and colours lights and coloured lights and coloured lights All running by all running by all running by all running by And coloured lights and colours lights and coloured lights and coloured lights All running by all running by all running by all running by
9.
You and I are bathing in the Styx A candle for the living And the pain they self inflict You and I are bathing in the Styx With prayers for the living Dripping from our lips Weigh my love for you And my sadness too It weighs nothing It weighs nothing It weighs nothing Weigh your singing too And our gentle tune They weigh nothing They weigh nothing They weigh nothing You and I are bathing in the Styx A candle for the living And the pain they self inflict You and I are bathing in the Styx With prayers for the living Dripping from our lips
10.
I heard a woman singing Beside the room to mine I heard a woman singing But her I could not find I looked so high I looked so deep She’s next to me but out of reach When I’m awake And I’m asleep She’s always out of reach I heard some footsteps walking Just outside my door I saw somebody moving But then they were no more I looked so high I looked so deep She’s next to me but out of reach When I’m awake And I’m asleep She’s always next to me She’s always next to me

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Bathing In The Styx is the first solo album from York-based musician Nicolas Lewis. A rumination on guilt, longing, loss, and love, all delivered with his characteristic melancholic vocals.
From the driving, dark funk of the first track ‘I Can’t Cope At All Without You’, to the eerie electronic folk of ‘I Heard A Woman Singing’, this is an album full of mythic ideas, tantalising lyrics, ghostly lovers, and thoroughly original music.

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released March 15, 2024

Music and words by Nicolas Lewis
Production by Nicolas Lewis
Album artwork and design by Poppy Connor-Slater
© all rights reserved 2024

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Nicolas Lewis York, UK

Nicolas Lewis is a songwriter and guitarist whose work is a culmination of his rich musical past which ranges from theatre to Brazilian choro. His songwriting fuses the intricate fingerstyle from his classical roots and the atmosphere of his later electronic experimentation to create an immersive listening experience and songs that are both subtle and emotionally impactful. ... more

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