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1923
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Garni
I stepped into my time machine and dialled in the year 2125.
Moments later, the familiar skyline of Metropolis shimmered into view.
The last time I’d been here was 1923, when I wandered these same streets to glimpse the world my grandparents knew — careful never to cross their path. Back then, jazz spilled from hidden bars, and people marvelled at electric light.
Now, a two centuries later, the city still pulses with life, but everything hums differently. The old fountains remain, yet they no longer obey gravity — water spirals and dances through the air like liquid sculptures. The flappers I once saw twirling under chandeliers now flicker as holograms, eternally laughing, forever young.
And the grand hotel where I once stayed?
It’s a museum now — a shrine to a time when the future was still just a dream.

Garni - Concept, Lyrics, Vocals, Music and Mix
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Released 15-Oct-2025
Category Pop
Application Logic Pro
File
Type mp3
Size 10.6 Mb
Activity
Plays 11
Downloads 0
Weekly plays 1
Weekly downloads 0
Rights and AI
License No derivative works allowed
AI lyrics No
AI music/production No
Lyrics
1923
by Gerald G ©Copyright 2025

Verse 1
I walked these streets in nineteen-twenty-three 
Now towers pierce the clouds I cannot see 
The chrysanthemum motifs still climb the walls 
But now they glow with light from deep within

Verse 2
The fountain where we danced is still in place 
But water floats in spirals through the air 
Those same bold lines, that streamlined art-nouveau grace 
Now holographic flappers everywhere

Chorus
Chrome and marble dreams, reaching for the sky 
Zigzag lightning bolts where the airships fly 
Sunburst patterns spinning, stories high 
The future wore the past like a black-tie butterfly

instrumental

Bridge
They kept the elegance, the symmetry divine 
Chevrons and trapezoids in perfect rows 
The same champagne towers, but they defy the line 
Of gravity itself, as up it flows

Verse 3
I stood where my hotel once touched the clouds 
Now it's a museum for the curious crowds
They took our wildest architectural dreams 
And built them higher, wider, centuries deep

Chorus
Chrome and marble dreams, reaching for the sky 
Zigzag lightning bolts where the airships fly 
Sunburst patterns spinning, stories high 
The future wore the past like a black-tie butterfly

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artist
Ultracool .. Ultravox 
I like it 🙂
8 months ago
artist
Your song concepts are all so imaginative!
Brilliantly executed and very enjoyable Gerald...
:-)
8 months ago
Agree with Visage/Ultravox sound! Big sound!
8 months ago
artist
Amazing concept Gerald.
Your work is so good!
8 months ago
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