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Bastian

by Beautiful Machines

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Inspired by the central character from the Never Ending Story, Bastian, who is bullied, escapes into an imaginary world whose very imagination creates worlds and he becomes part of the story he is creating. Remember that feeling of being a kid playing with toys and the battles and imagery created in your imagined world? This song is about creativity as our last bastion of hope. Innocence lost and growing up, but realizing you can still have dreams. Bastian is inspiration and hope with a message to never give up dreaming. He’s the quintessential representation of creativity itself. Bastian was written and produced by Beautiful Machines in San Francisco, Italy and finally realized in Thailand. Bastian is the first single since Beautiful Machines’ album release Bridges (2016), and is the first of a series of releases coming, including a music video in October 2018, culminating in the album release of their third album Singularity. <More info about the making of the album, music, music video, behind the scenes and further storyline, including podcast can be found here: www.beautifulmachinesmusic.com/singularity.>

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Built up a dream in my mind   
Designed all the pieces inside
Hold  all your secrets inside
No one will know where to find

We lift up our heart to the sky
Tell everyone we’re alive
Hold all your pain deep inside
Tell everyone that we’re fine

Built up a dream in my mind   
Designed all the pieces inside
Hold  all your secrets inside
No one will know where to find

We know we can win
We love to pretend
Under the / our sheets
Where do we begin

Alone at last
We held our breath
Till someday came 
now do everything everything 

We know we can win
We love to pretend
Under distress
Where do we begin

Built up a dream in my mind   
Designed all the pieces inside
Hold  all your secrets inside
No one will know where to find

We lift up our heart to the sky
Tell everyone we’re alive
Hold all your pain deep inside
Tell everyone that we’re fine

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released October 12, 2018
Artist: Beautiful Machines
Produced By: Beautiful Machines
Writers: Conrad Schuman, Stefanie Ku
Performed By: Beautiful Machines
Album Cover Art By: Elia Pelligrini

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Beautiful Machines London, UK

Amid the endless black of a darkened room, one light then another flicker. A screen comes into focus, the slight shimmer of glass torn apart by a single message: SYSTEM REBOOT.

Emerging from stasis, Beautiful Machines are about to start their chapter. A continually updating project that spans music, visuals, and performance, an act of synthesis that blends technology art, digital and the humane.
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