Life Is Just An Empty Void - Stages 1-7 (Extended Edition)

Life Is Just An Empty Void is a music project exploring loneliness, its advancement, and its totality, this is the extended edition, adding over an hour's worth of new songs to the project, as well as re-arranging the entire tracklist, hope you enjoy!

This project was inspired by Everywhere At The End Of Time by The Caretaker a.k.a Leyland Kirby.

Genre: Dark Ambient Avant-Garde Plunderphonics.

Music was sampled, disfigured, and edited by Kiwani

Life Is Just An Empty Void (Standard Edition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Kjg6jmAW4

My HipHop/R&B channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvuXchgNTYKXhRHUZbEQbTw

STAGE 1

This stage represents the initial onset of loneliness, a sense of joy is still very much present, though one is starting to linger on the negative more often as time goes.

0:00:00 S1 The Future Awaits
0:02:13 S1 There's A Lull In My Life
0:05:55 S1 I Miss You So
0:08:41 S1 It Wasn't Love
0:12:35 S1 Alone Under The Stars
0:15:24 S1 Familiar Loneliness Approaching Soon
0:16:38 S1 No One Came To My Birthday
0:19:53 S1 Losing My Way In The Darkness
0:23:41 S1 Something Overshadows My Joy
0:26:36 S1 Tragedies Paint My Heart
0:30:30 S1 Temporary Respite Is Bliss
0:33:27 S1 These Cries For Help Are In Vain

STAGE 2

This stage is the first real taste of loneliness, the overall mood is starting to decline, joy is taking a backseat to sadness and unanswered cries for help, as one slowly begins to spiral down further into the abyss.

0:39:04 S2 This Lonesome Road
0:42:36 S2 Childhood Nostalgia
0:45:32 S2 Envious Of Unattainable Joy
0:49:36 S2 I Just Want To Smile Again
0:53:08 S2 A Hundred Days Have Passed
0:55:40 S2 The Desire To Change
0:57:06 S2 Secluded Cries Of Despair
1:00:01 S2 The Days Last Too Long
1:04:01 S2 I'll Keep Myself Busy
1:06:30 S2 Empty Bottles Remind Me Of Joy
1:11:16 S2 I'm Still Capable Of Loving You
1:13:44 S2 Painful Daydreaming In Solitude

STAGE 3

This stage is the self realization that loneliness and depression have taken hold, making one more introverted and isolated as time goes, very much capable of understanding what is wrong, but not how to resolve it.

1:16:39 S3 Familiar Loneliness
1:18:26 S3 The Days Keep Lasting Longer
1:21:17 S3 The Future Can Wait
1:25:12 S3 Empty Bottles Of Joy
1:27:15 S3 No One Came To My Birthday, Again...
1:30:00 S3 The Inability To Change
1:31:30 S3 Losing Purpose
1:33:49 S3 I Pretend To Be Happy Still
1:36:03 S3 It Wasn't Love
1:38:46 S3 How Many Days Has It Been?
1:40:29 S3 Childhood Trauma
1:42:46 S3 Seclusion Cries Despair
1:45:42 S3 Painful Day In Solitude
1:48:24 S3 Temporary Respite
1:50:27 S3 Thoughts Keep Telling Me That I Hate This Place
1:54:11 S3 Still Loving You

STAGE 4

This stage is painted by an overwhelming sense of despair, complete isolation has lead to a absolute sense of helplessness, as one gives in to self pity, sadness begins to take on a whole new meaning, leaving nothing but an empty vessel in it's wake.

1:56:36 S4 Lonely
2:00:46 S4 Too Long
2:02:28 S4 It's Been Years
2:05:31 S4 Transient Whiff Of Nostaliga
2:08:28 S4 Repressed Memories
2:10:58 S4 Last Vestige Of Joy
2:12:54 S4 You
2:15:54 S4 Nothing Left
2:18:03 S4 Solitude
2:20:24 S4 Secluded Despair
2:23:23 S4 Spite

STAGE 5

Stage five is without description.

2:27:09 S5 Dreams Can Come True, But So Can Nightmares
2:31:07 S5 A Blur Has Become The World
2:33:00 S5 Fading Consciousness, Vacant Mind
2:52:49 S5 The Empty Silence Embraced
2:57:38 S5 Nothing, The Great Beyond

STAGE 6

This stage marks the turning point, as one realizes this may be their final chance to turn things around, every bit of inner strength and motivation is channeled into a last attempt.

3:04:06 S6 Trying To Find That Spark
3:07:54 S6 Perseverance In The Face Of Despair
3:10:18 S6 Searching For A Way Out Of The Darkness
3:12:50 S6 Intoxicated Confidence Of Amelioriation
3:16:14 S6 There Is Joy In My Days, At Times
3:18:12 S6 Finding No Answers In My Search
3:21:24 S6 Moment Of Doubt
3:22:00 S6 The Motivation To Change
3:25:21 S6 The Decision To Change
3:28:11 S6 Turning Pain Into Joy
3:29:54 S6 Finding My Way Out Of The Darkness
3:33:49 S6 Yearning For Better Times

STAGE 7

This stage is the relief that finally the long journey is over, loneliness has disappeared completely and has been replaced with a newfound sense of a joy, though things are good now, they are not the same as they were before, a person has been left forever changed.

3:37:39 S7 Serendipity
3:40:50 S7 The Lighthearted Approach
3:43:59 S7 The World Is Different From What I Remember
3:47:17 S7 Sequestered In Serenity
3:50:30 S7 Who Cares How Many Days It's Been
3:54:00 S7 Sanguine Resolve
3:57:00 S7 Indolent Serenity Breeds Elation
3:59:50 S7 End Of The Line

I made this project because I've spent most of my life feeling lonely, and I wanted to create something that could both express my personal feelings, as well as hopefully raise some awareness about the topic, thank you all for watching.