Building on the world introduced in "Night Bazaar", this song is a chapter in "Genes Over Century", a concept EP by Matelo Mantra. Blending progressive rock, alternative influences, cinematic arrangements, and immersive storytelling, the project unfolds as a musical journey through a dystopian world shaped by disparity and illusion. Inspired by the contrasts between Asia's booming cities and forgotten outskirts, the EP follows characters in search of hope, freedom and redemption, with every track leading toward a soaring crescendo. Matelo Mantra's Official Website: https://www.matelomantra.com/ Get Matelo Mantra's EP here: https://www.matelomantra.com/product-page/genes-over-century-matelo-mantra Listen "Genes Over Century" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/29SzDuCT9A1gyLpZPPdHYL Listen "Genes Over Century" anywhere: https://linktr.ee/matelomantra Follow Matelo Mantra here: https://www.tiktok.com/@matelomantra https://www.instagram.com/matelomantra/ https://www.facebook.com/matelomantra/ Credits: Song written, recorded and produced by Mathieu Loiselle Mix and mastering by Wigo Production Lyrics: Clouds are made of light A pulse of the fever Soar over the leaves Like a wild romance flee out of sight And the story tells the same A forbidden age Rising high as a roving flame There’s a rogue on the loose Out the colors of the city Over ruins in the valley echoes flew As their roots fade away The lores overwhelm by the tale A wandering wraith Second step on the dune Cloak in the wind She walks stubbornly out of the gloom So she wishes for rain Water keeps falling On every wall tainted of stain They ramble down south Stirring up dust While the walls fall apart As they shook up the ground to the crust Ain’t no name for barren lands But a road runs along Drowning curves like a snake in the sand Blurred of orange and blue Dye the quarters of the gypsies With the colors of the city’s avenue And the dawn bears no shame A storm in the junk resonates The mirrors of fate So they sing like a wound Slip through the hands Of that flourishing folk in the gloom But they fought for their rights To follow the path Of a fleeting wild pulse in the sky So they climb on the road Shouting their freedom with all that’s left in their throats And the sun blaze again After long days spent running blind in the deserted lands For the clock spins ahead The freeway fades in the haze of a corrupted glow As we flow down the spades The echo resonates Delirious perfumes Drift to our senses And the neon defines Gorgeous colors, they glow so divine So it dragged us in a trap That keeps wiping the past As the carnival floods in our eyes Hear the walls melting down For we glide on the shore And the weight of our life falls behind Quivering lights on the floor So it seems like we’re tearing up time Genes over faith Upon century bloom Broke into vales Like a wave in the mystical cloud Cut the shapes of the moon Electric reflections In the eye of the digital sky So we slide down the road Chasing the echo in hollows of slithering glow And the sun beats down After long days spent drifting blind through desperate lands Still the clock spins ahead The freeway fades in the shade of towers of gold As we flow down the spades The echo resonates

"Night Bazaar" takes Matelo Mantra's signature mix of styles to new heights, delivering a bold new take on his trademark genre fusion. Single from the EP "Genes Over Century" which channels the vibrant energy of Asia into a pop/rock fusion of sound and story. Matelo Mantra's Official Website: https://www.matelomantra.com/ Get Matelo Mantra's EP here: https://www.matelomantra.com/product-page/genes-over-century-matelo-mantra Listen "Genes Over Century" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/29SzDuCT9A1gyLpZPPdHYL Listen "Genes Over Century" anywhere: https://linktr.ee/matelomantra Follow Matelo Mantra here: https://www.tiktok.com/@matelomantra https://www.instagram.com/matelomantra/ https://www.facebook.com/matelomantra/ Credits: Song written, recorded and produced by Mathieu Loiselle Mix and mastering by Wigo Production Lyrics: Oh what a colorful city With the neon lights and the shiny walls And plastic umbrellas running the avenues I’m alive, far away from the world I knew Looking down at the rain on the digital zoo From a rooftop tower and my shirt is soaked Can I beat the clock, should I become the rogue They spent a life for the dreams to take over reality Once in a while rushing a mad anxiety A fashion world of synthetic lights With the blazing walls to overkill the night I could hear the beating while the clock is turning And everyone’s trapped By the charismatic heart of the virtual love So, I went rolling down the subway tracks With the call of a breeze right beyond my back A dance on the alley with the neon shoes Upon a drizzly floor echo the spinning moves I grab a highball of whisky from a crafty bar And I slip through the shades of the night bazaar A play to trap the rhymes again Another gaze on wonderland Away you drift in all the lights For now you realize The game is meant to shine For the night to reveal another lane Flows a river in the meadows so bright Till you suffocate, meditate, levitate Only then you can freeze the mime I drift in hologram windows and the spiral curls Exposing commercial animated model girls Flavoured spices from the fine supplies To make a wishful thinking right before their eyes Between the magic boxes and the candy dolls And all kinds of goodies in the city mall There’s a party in the hall with the pink balloons And a twistical band dropping a funky bloom The fancy for delusion like an alibi To bring people away, where they get to fly So, I went gambling rough on the dreaming path Until I get myself inside a cargo hatch A 32 deck from the magician’s sleeve A trick made me break out in the land of thieves And I went drowning deep in the city walls The light made me disappear from the brawl A play to trap the rhymes again Another gaze on wonderland Away you drift in all the lights For now you realize The game is meant to shine For the night to reveal another lane Flows a river in the meadows so bright Till you suffocate, meditate, levitate For you can freeze the mime Another time From the hand of a preacher And now I gaze at wonderland And I realize We’re driftin’ upside out Somewhere we can flee the night So the neon goes on, and on, and on, and on We’re dancing in the lights

Building on the world introduced in "Night Bazaar", this song is a chapter in "Genes Over Century", a concept EP by Matelo Mantra. Blending progressive rock, alternative influences, cinematic arrangements, and immersive storytelling, the project unfolds as a musical journey through a dystopian world shaped by disparity and illusion. Inspired by the contrasts between Asia's booming cities and forgotten outskirts, the EP follows characters in search of hope, freedom and redemption, with every track leading toward a soaring crescendo. Matelo Mantra's Official Website: https://www.matelomantra.com/ Get Matelo Mantra's EP here: https://www.matelomantra.com/product-page/genes-over-century-matelo-mantra Listen "Genes Over Century" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/29SzDuCT9A1gyLpZPPdHYL Listen "Genes Over Century" anywhere: https://linktr.ee/matelomantra Follow Matelo Mantra here: https://www.tiktok.com/@matelomantra https://www.instagram.com/matelomantra/ https://www.facebook.com/matelomantra/ Credits: Song written, recorded and produced by Mathieu Loiselle Mix and mastering by Wigo Production Lyrics: The night I was out in town Near the bar, a golden smile Glassy shoes and fancy style I thought he could wear a crown Take my hand, walk with me Said the chief in claret suit See the lights of that fine city Silver cream and stellar fruit You could have this all, he told me Grab the fruit, snatch the money Climb up on our noble ship I promise you will love the trip Delighted I shall take the stairs Meet the crew and join the fairs Here’s a suit that I did trade For a pocket full of jade I saw far ahead above the waves A wrecked ship stuck in a cave The clouds are low There’s no escape from where it lies The ship must rot under the devil’s eye This game I was playing well New horizons, brand new shell I would jeopardize my soul Carving land, mining gold Soon, beneath a wicked sky Moonlight shimmering on the tide We stole the treasure from the tribe Buried in the ancient mine A dark shape floating on the coast Silent and eerie like a ghost Came to us, lifted its cloak And held out a poison oak A curse rose upon us Sailors of the golden ship Evil and insidious Wrecking the fellowship I saw right ahead above the waves A wrecked ship stuck in a cave The clouds are low There’s no escape from where it lies The ship must rot under the devil’s eye The wealth of the vessel Could make the moon tumble But fortune was not enough Thirst will be worth the bluff All this time, the quest was wrong Feels like I should have known The golden ship was meant to crash And yet, will turn to ash The peace was gone And far behind were memories Before fame and jewellery Dreams I would carry on So I jump, into the sea Before the ship reaches the cave Then again, I shall be brave For goodness sake, I will be free

Building on the world introduced in "Night Bazaar", this song is a chapter in "Genes Over Century", a concept EP by Matelo Mantra. Blending progressive rock, alternative influences, cinematic arrangements, and immersive storytelling, the project unfolds as a musical journey through a dystopian world shaped by disparity and illusion. Inspired by the contrasts between Asia's booming cities and forgotten outskirts, the EP follows characters in search of hope, freedom and redemption, with every track leading toward a soaring crescendo. Matelo Mantra's Official Website: https://www.matelomantra.com/ Get Matelo Mantra's EP here: https://www.matelomantra.com/product-page/genes-over-century-matelo-mantra Listen "Genes Over Century" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/29SzDuCT9A1gyLpZPPdHYL Listen "Genes Over Century" anywhere: https://linktr.ee/matelomantra Follow Matelo Mantra here: https://www.tiktok.com/@matelomantra https://www.instagram.com/matelomantra/ https://www.facebook.com/matelomantra/ Credits: Song written, recorded and produced by Mathieu Loiselle Mix and mastering by Wigo Production Lyrics: The cold, the dark Silence of winter I can feel it in my bones The hollow river And I’m dreamin’ on my own Upon the night So bright The glint is freezing up my head In spite That I can breathe so freely Hold on to the fight So we could feel the words I’m spending so much time to write For you, for me and everyone These words, they can’t be lost And we will go through this together, I know it’s harder than ever Remember all the places we’ve been Floating on our pace along to be So alive The essence of your grace drew The smile upon their faces, so I hear You try To make me understand the goodness Take me by the hand and make me cry