Track By Tracks: Źrenice - Śnienie (2026)

Śnienie ("Dreaming" in English) is about the nature of reality and perception - whether what we experience is truly real, or shaped by our own minds. Where does dreaming end and waking life begin? The album also explores how we find meaning in a world that often feels uncertain or fragmented. At the same time, the album engages with personal and pressing struggles of our time.

1. Brama lasu... (The Gate of the Forest...) marks the beginning of the symbolic travel into night, the forest, and the inner self. It opens the space for the journey that unfolds throughout the album.

2. In Neuroza (Neurosis), we confront one’s own identity and the fear of change. It is not a story of resolution, but of courage and decision - the moment of breaking the cycle and stepping into the unknown. An encounter with “the character I know” deepens the disorientation and anxiety, in which the desire for change clashes with fear. The symbolic forest becomes an emotional state leading through resistance and anxiety towards crossing one’s own boundaries. Fear here is not just a threat, but a guide to deeper knowledge and breaking out of the illusory sense of security.

3. Inni (The Others) offers another perspective, reflecting on the tension between individuality and shared human experience. The song begins in a deeply personal space filled with anger, fear, and self-destructive patterns, but gradually expands into a broader realization that these struggles are not isolated. It becomes a reflection on responsibility, both individual and collective. The line between “us” and “others” begins to dissolve, revealing that we are often shaped by the same fears, contradictions, and cycles. At the same time, the song touches on the moment of choice - deciding to step outside of mental patterns, to confront oneself honestly, and to attempt a different way of living. In this sense, Inni deepens the album’s central question: not only who we are as individuals, but how we relate to others, and whether we can move beyond separation toward understanding and shared responsibility.

4. In Endymion, we explore the experience of depression - a state of collapse followed by a gradual search for meaning and the strength to continue. The song reflects loss, sensitivity, and the quiet resilience of those who try to rebuild themselves despite inner darkness.

5. A different layer of the album appears in Stara Chata (The Old Cottage), which takes on a more symbolic and almost myth-like form. The song can be seen as a metaphor for confronting something hidden - a presence that exists on the edge of awareness, both external and internal. The “Old Cottage (Stara Chata)” becomes a space of projection, where unspoken words, suppressed emotions and unresolved tensions accumulate. When confronted, they don’t disappear but they return with force, often in distorted or overwhelming forms. At the same time, there is an unsettling awareness running through the piece - the feeling of being observed and unable to fully escape oneself. Stara Chata expands the album’s exploration of illusion by suggesting that what we perceive as something external or mythical may actually originate from within.

6. Czarownica (The Witch) can be understood as a reflection on attachment - whether to a person, a feeling, or even a version of oneself, and the pain of losing it. The recurring sense of something slipping away, despite attempts to hold onto it, builds a tension between desire and inevitability. There is also a strong presence of transformation. The act of “breaking the spell” can be seen as letting go of illusion, even if it comes at the cost of something deeply meaningful. In this way, Czarownica touches on the fragile boundary between what is real and what we choose to believe in.

7. In Sam (Alone), we explore the paradox of loneliness - where being isolated can be both comforting and suffocating. Silence amplifies the inner dialogue, making unresolved tensions impossible to ignore. The song also evokes the image of a labyrinth: a space of exploration, challenge, and movement. Solitude is not passive; it is an active journey through twists, dead-ends, and choices. Moving through this labyrinth represents the struggle to confront oneself honestly, to navigate inner fears, and to discover pathways that lead to insight and growth. The labyrinth mirrors the paradox: the journey inward is both necessary and daunting, offering both refuge and confrontation.

8. ...lasu skraj (The Edge of the Forest) represents the end of the dream and return to reality. It is a piece built entirely from the sounds of nature: a forest awakening, the subtle presence of a new day. This transition reflects the end of the dream and a quiet re-emergence into reality. ...lasu skraj, together with Brama lasu... form a compositional frame for the album: everything that unfolds between them can be understood as a passage through inner landscapes, a dreamlike journey that begins with entering the unknown and ends with coming back, transformed.

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