Hopes and Dreams

by Benji Rage

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Little beads of ocean sparkling gently on your chest As shimmering lines reflect the divine sun from the west The road is long and the journey goes on Along this island chain Above the clouds, can you hear the sound? From far away I'm calling You crashed into my heart Like the waves break on the sand It feels like time is a circle Flowing around this foreign land Watching the sunset in the distance Until the silent stars appear When we're together I want to stay forever Above the clouds Like a dream so real That it makes me wonder Does the music mean it's time to go? It's your story, but I want you to know That I will fight beside you For the future of this place With a heavy heart for the ending Lend me the calm distraction of your embrace You crashed into my heart Like the waves break on the sand It feels like time is a circle Flowing around this foreign land Watching the sunset in the distance Until the silent stars appear When we're together I want to stay forever Above the clouds You crashed into my heart Like the waves break on the sand It feels like time is a circle Flowing around this foreign land And at the sunrise in the morning When you open up your eyes And we're together Can we stay forever Above the clouds
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Kites 05:01
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Overworld 03:54
So you wanna be a space boy Flying to the moon But are you ready, boy? Tonight is starting real soon Yeah, you know it, boy It's gonna be out of this world It's all up to you boy To find that interstellar girl You've been waiting for so long (Then you find the one) And time is on your side tonight (You've got to fly so high tonight) You know that this girl is the one You're in the game until the dawn And when the sun comes up in her eyes Your worlds collide You can feel the heat in the air, boy From bodies all around Your heart is racing, boy You're floating above the ground Yeah, believe it, boy Just live it, don't try to pretend You know that you want it, boy Over and over and over again You've been waiting for so long (Then you find the one) And time is on your side tonight (You've got to fly so high tonight) You know that this girl is the one You're in the game until the dawn And when the sun comes up in her eyes Your worlds collide
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Dreamwars 05:45
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Laguna Heat 05:11
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I'm heading out at sundown The smell of summer in the air These times are easy With my friends another night somewhere Oh I feel seventeen Burning like a fire I was just a teen with a dream A summer desire But time has passed me by I look back now and I wonder why I didn't have the courage to say It doesn't matter the way I play Cause inside it will always be A point in my life and a part of me I just hope in the here and now That I find you somehow Tell me is love still waiting? Tell me that I still have time Lately I feel the past is fading I move forward, cause I can't rewind I had a decade of chances And few too many regrets But it's not gonna end there My story's not finished yet I feel the weight of the weekend Trying to crush my head On a rainy Sunday Waking up in an empty bed To a ringing sound A sign again that I've got to get around To the things that matter the most I'm trying hard and I feel I'm getting close But it's all just a game in the end Still I fight my corner I've got to contend And the time she slips away Just one more day Tell me is love still waiting? Tell me that I still have time Lately I feel the past is fading I move forward, cause I can't rewind No, I can't rewind Am I out of time?
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Home is where the heart is, as they say And it's hard to find a reason not to stay We're living for the adventure Where the road ahead is unknown And we always keep on travelling Through the dark and into the dawn Sometimes we can find it hard Worn down, worn out, in despair But the sunrise is never far away Keep holding on till we're there We're setting out on the road It's one way into the distance We're only ever halfway to the horizon There's still a way to go Through the summer days and the winter nights All the darker skies and the city lights With a beating heart of love and life, we ride Faces of the past Longing for a second chance But time can't bend to last Or change the circumstance A waking dream begins to play Forget the world and drift away As fantasy calls from reality's hold A story begins and the fable unfolds We're setting out on the road It's one way into the distance We're only ever halfway to the horizon There's still a way to go Through the lonely days and the loving nights The starry skies and the morning light With a beating heart of love and life, we ride The vanishing point seems far today It can be so lonely moving on this way But the arrow of time directs us on We follow the road till the days are done Then the energy fades and the dark draws in But what if we start again? We're setting out on the road It's one way into the distance We're only ever halfway to the horizon There's still a way to go Through the summer days and the winter nights All the darker skies and the city lights With a beating heart of love and life, we ride It's one way Moving on together We're halfway We're moving on together
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Hopes and Dreams is the self-produced debut album from artist Benji Rage a.k.a. Ben Stuart-Brown. Written and recorded between May 2023 and July 2025, the album mixes elements of synth-pop, synthwave and dance/trance over an emotional journey that nods to the past and looks to the future with hope.

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released September 12, 2025

All tracks written, produced, mixed and mastered by Benji Rage at MasterLink Productions North, Harrogate, UK.

All instruments performed, recorded and sequenced by Benji Rage (synths, piano, electric and acoustic guitar, alto sax, ocarina, drums and percussion) except tenor sax on Dreamwars performed by Tom Kleyn and recorded by James Welch at Masterlink Productions, Guildford, UK, with additional guitar on Dreamwars performed by Ash Elliott. Vocals sequenced in Synthesizer V using Solaria, Oscar and Noa voices.

℗ 2025 MasterLink Productions North. All rights reserved.
© 2025 MasterLink Productions North. All rights reserved.

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Born right in the middle of the 80s, Benji Rage is a music producer from Yorkshire, UK. Heavily influenced by 80s synth sounds and classic video game soundtracks.

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