Celestia 1

There's light at the end of the funnel
They never tell you the other end might drop you down
If there's a fire been glowin for ages
And the light is a flame that rages on

The human is a statistic
We all think that we can make it
The human is a number
But the human likes to ride the thunder

The tide raises with it all ships
Only if a boat is fit
No one tells you the water's vast
No one tells you, you die out fast

The human is a statistic
We all think that we can make it
The human is a number
But the human likes to ride the thunder

Celestia 3

Celestia 3

Silence
Silence be gone
Silent
Silent too long

Some hundred thousand miles
From February,
I'm still holding up my hands to stop
the slipping drops 

of kisses from the head

I've shunned the ground
I've shunned the stars
I drove out far, stung by your words
to get away,
I've lunged in too much from the
negative spaces

Around me.

I'm growing older
but I dream a child's dream


Rays of hope
Celestia was her name
Some goodbyes
Carry you towards new heights
Only look back
If it moves you forward

Free Writing.

1.

If there's one thing I miss the most,
It's the package.
No, not the shine and glory of all that
plasticity; not the recent rebrand -
The older, paper-packaged cookies,
that you could smell from the outside
delivered right to the nose.
The neatly tucked rims, finely trimmed
The immediate recognition of
the product inside.

I'm sorry if I've objectified.


2.

Holy fuck, what have we been through?
All the problems in the world couldn't keep me away
from opening you.
You're like a packet of cigarettes:
Hazardous to health,
but good drags of self-help,
and dizzying regrets.

You made me lose my flow.

3.

I love surprises.
I didn't look for the toy inside,
Yet when I found you,
You made me forget why
I opened this bag in the first place.
I play now, like a child
wishing it were real
Making things up in my mind,
Creating fiction.

I kind of wanna keep you,
but I am too old for that.

University of Dhaka Rebranding Concept

It's not the best logo. I could have come up with better options had I given myself more time. Anyways, since the logo got a lot of response I've decided to create some mockups surrounding it. 

Hope you like it.

Embers in Snow - Foresight (cover art)

album art 

wallpaper

Rakat's album got stalled and after the response from Bonfire and considering other feasibility options, he realized it would be better to release an EP for now. I am working on the artwork for the booklet, still, even though the album art has been finished and revealed.

Apart from doing the artwork, I "co-produced"the EP, as credited by the modest Embers in Snow himself. Basically, I supervised the overall sound of the EP, and tried to help Rakat to bring it all together. Apart from that, I sang lead on the songs Fall and Bonfire.

Three of the songs - The Gathering, Fall, and Bonfire - were written by me. I am happy with the output of the EP overall. I can't wait 'till it releases. Here's a secret link to the EP for anyone who wants to listen to it pre-release. If you read my blog, and have come across this, consider yourself lucky.

Anyways, I've posted Bonfire and the lyrics to the song before. Below are the lyrics for The Gathering and Fall. The Gathering uses an excerpt from All of Me, a song written by Raj Saha, for Undeity Grounds - my former band with Raj and Rakat.
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The Gathering

the city corners us/into corners

into conversation

we find something we like

we cherish the times

we hold on

we've held on

the past is always better

even when it's not the best

we were kids/back/then

behind the school we gathered

spoke of when the world would end

it was way/back/when

we hold on

we've held on/to stories

and if no one remembers

then we will remember 

for glory

we'll sing songs/to tell tales

they'll sing along

they'll sing along...

"Our hearts entwine
Souls we bind
Together, Live forever" 

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Fall

I've been up an awful lot

No sleep for nights and workin' hard

It's hardly workin' for me

"Don't gamble" says my religion, man
But every day's a game of chance
And in death I'd like to win

Winter just passed, I'm waiting for the fall
(I was never diligent enough)
Lost a few days to learn life
Winter just passed, I'm waiting for the fall
(I was never intelligent enough)
Never learnt a thing, lost my fights

I've been quite a crazy fuck
And to some I can't make it up
But I need your blessin' Shame on me

Don't look left, I don't look right
Straight out or Just straight up now
Uncertain, Certainly

Winter just passed, I'm waiting for the fall
(I was never diligent enough)
Lost a few days to learn life
Winter just passed, I'm waiting for the fall
(I was never intelligent enough)
Never learnt a thing, lost my fights  

Stay (Mad Koffee theme song)

I am a part of the Mad Koffee team. I haven't contributed in any form of writing unfortunately, but I have worked on the theme song with the team members. And though it's very low fidelity recording, Embers in Snow worked hard on it to make it sound as good as possible. I hope people like it.

Stay (Madkoffee theme song)
Sung by: Tilok and Ayruani
Produced by: Embers in Snow
Written by: Avik Bikram Tripura, Tilok Adnan, Monoshita Ayruani

Lyrics:

There are places i would be
However my mind needs to be
In a place where thoughts go all round

I really wish to believe
There are more of me than I can see
Waiting to be found

Wasn't last day the same old choir?
Rushing to slow things down
Singing songs of days in dire
Wishing we found someone sound

These pages won’t fill themselves
So let’s just mark them well
At the end of the day, when we’re far away
We’ll have our words to stay

Beyond the breaching waves
I know there are those who’d say
They’re on their way
To paving new grounds

If there’s no one to walk those streets
How would we cross our paths?
Stories are sometimes incomplete
Without a helping hand

These pages won’t fill themselves
So let’s just mark them well
At the end of the day, when we’re far away
We’ll have our words to stay