I don’t wanna face this cruel reality
It hurts so much that I can’t touch or feel you
What should I do to get closer to you?
Don’t tell me fate has no room for us
Even when I dream of you
I wake up with empty arms
Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Stay with this ache in a dark room past midnight?
Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Cry alone all night, holding on to a wish that died?
Baby, no, I can’t reach your skyline
Maybe still, I try to send you my love
You got me drowning in a silver tide
Oh, I lose my breath when you’re out of sight
Scrollin’ for your fragments, I walk these streets alone
How can I pull you close with only my phone in my hand?
Every trace I find of you, for a second, still saves me
Then leaves me hollow as the truth comes back to me
If I were with you, I’d be happier
But those days are never coming for me
I feel like I’m about to fall
Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Stay with this ache in a dark room past midnight?
Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Cry alone all night, holding on to a wish that died?
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Stop Me With Your Hands
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Soft Devotion
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Don't Wanna Wake Up
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Ache
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"Unreal Delusion" is a four-track R&B EP exploring an impossible love through obsession, devotion, fantasy, and ache.
Moving between 90s Hip-Hop-inspired R&B, slow jazz-inflected ballads, and dreamy intimate R&B, the project follows the emotional cycle of loving someone you can never fully reach.
"Stop Me With Your Hands" captures the loss of control that comes with loving too deeply. "Soft Devotion" turns that obsession into something quieter and more tender, sending love across the distance without asking for anything in return. "Don't Wanna Wake Up" escapes into an imagined life together, knowing the dream is not real but refusing to let it go. Finally, "Ache" wakes up to the cruel reality of empty arms, distance, and a love that cannot exist outside the imagination.
"Unreal Delusion" lives in the fragile space between what the heart can make feel real and what reality can never give you, a love that is sweetest in dreams and most painful when you wake.
Artist Profile
Rick Life
Rick Life is a Japan-based artist, songwriter, and producer creating sleek, emotionally rich music rooted in R&B, alt-pop, dance-pop, and subtle jazz/soul influence. Raised on 90s hip-hop, R&B, and global pop, she developed a strong ear for melody, groove, and atmosphere through a wide musical background spanning piano, flute, drums, jazz, and digital production. Blending late-night mood, bittersweet emotion, quiet strength, and a cross-cultural perspective, Rick Life turns emotional complexity into polished, globally minded pop. With a producer's sensibility and an artist's storytelling voice, she creates music that moves between intimacy, style, and modern edge. In 2025, she was selected as one of Splice's Producers to Watch and is currently developing new releases that reflect her clearest artistic vision to date.
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