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Beyond Unterwegs

by 4 Star View

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Puzzled 01:07
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Stain stain go away Come again once the mess is made If you want silver linings you got to look through the rain Blue skies are better only relative to the pain Collect all the pieces frayed round the edge Forced into place, crowding your head Let them all fall away Find a new place Elsewhere instead They’re not welcome here anyway
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Fall Into Place 04:39
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Have you seen the ghosts Between the stars Who make their home Where the pieces fall From the gates Of the cemetery They fall into place And break apart Give this haunting what it wants Give this haunting what it wants I’ve seen your ghost And its rise among the stars You looked down at me From where the pieces fell Into place In my head Forced to fit And folded Give this haunting what it wants Give this haunting what it wants Patchwork parlance Erase it all Mold each moment Until it’s unresolved Feel the breath The screen blinks black The light that’s left So slow to dissolve So many reflections Composition damaged No justifications In the afterimage One more apparition Fleeting, fantasized One more indiscretion Stained in stolen wine Liberate this spirit Emancipate its will Liberate this spirit Give this haunting what it wants Close your eyes and come undone Give this haunting what it wants Close your eyes and come undone
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Meet Me Through Electric Lights 01:52
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You could see dramatic change Haggard, unfamiliar face We know who’s to blame Watch me walk away all drained And meet me through electric lights The frequency’s caught in the wires Will I ever be all right? Don’t say it’s ok I realize it’s a lie I realize what it’s like You could see dramatic change Haggard in a familiar face We know who’s to blame Watch me walk away all drained
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Gravel Road 03:58
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Hell things sure look different now than they did before Remember driving grinding down the gravel road We were seventeen and we ruled the world Hell things sure look different now than they were before Sometimes I can’t believe what I left behind All the good friends I had, all the starlight and endless nights Dappled shade under trees, all my peace of mind Who’d have thought these gravel roads would ever get paved Left our eternal initials exposed under the bridge Hidden away from the headlights and traffic Now they’re covered with glands and six-six-six Our eternal initials there under the bridge There’s nothing like the feeling of coming back Not recognizing the lane from the paths Hell I ain’t got time for this All the things I thought I’d miss The interstate built for speed I’ll just take my memories Sometimes I can’t believe what I left behind Who’d have thought these gravel roads would ever get paved Hell things sure look different now than they did before Left my peace of mind there under than bridge
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In Spite of Me 02:56
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I’ve got some mid-level high As sobriety stalls You’re in town a few nights But don’t answer my calls My vocal cords fry Twelve steps is too much Thinking if I could die Maybe I’m losing touch The world it turned in spite of me It spurned the burning inside of me And on an eight hour drive With battle lines drawn Derelict satellites Switching off and on On this unholy night Riding white steers Falling under stride Trampled by rusting gears The world it turned in spite of me It spurned the burning inside of me It’s an endless-loop song In the tears of windshields Static radio is on But so un-even keeled And the world it turned in spite of me It spurned the burning inside of me The world it turned in spite of me It spurned the burning inside of me And the world keeps turning in spite of me The world it burned in spite of me
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Good Reason 04:03
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Who are you to float into my room The window closed, the locks are bolted to Who was I to think I could sleep you off my mind When my eyes close, you come uninvited Don’t lie to me and say I had good reason I won’t lie to you because I know you would believe it I was naive to think that this meant freedom I watched you creep in To my heart beating The light you left is confining fetter The weight I felt was lighter together Every night brings a new beginning Every morning brings a broken heart Broken faith, rules, and promises And your ether brings bumps to my arms I saw you leaving, still feel you breathing I won’t lie to you because I know you would believe it I was naive to think that this meant freedom I watched you creep in To my heart beating The light you left is a confining fetter The weight I felt was lighter together There was a time when the teeth aligned The elements held tight Now off track, this useless slide Won’t pull you to my side Don’t lie to me and say I had good reason I won’t lie to you because I know you would believe it I was naive to think that this meant freedom I watched you creep in To my heart beating The light you left is confining fetter The weight I felt was lighter together Don’t you lie to me and say I had good reason I won’t lie to you because I know you would believe it
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Want Everything (feat. rin AKA Rintryp) 04:01
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The soul rejects The brain forgets The heart objects Where hands accept The disrespect The eyes regret But I still remember I still want everything I still want everything The blood spreads It allocates The skin recoils from the embrace And insignificance The mind repents Resistance fades Because I still want everything I still want everything All of the truth Uncomfortably consumed Peel off the layers Then burn and brand into my flesh I still want everything I want everything So, don’t hold back Spirit dissects The skin collects The cells infect The eyes’ aspects Into true objects Ego forgets But I still remember I still want everything I still want everything Sickness spreads All-consuming Rebirthed from white lie womb And suspicion Light addiction Judged unruly I still want everything I still want everything All of the truth Uncomfortably consumed Peel off the layers Then burn and brand into my flesh I still want everything I want everything So, don’t hold back Don’t hold back I want it raw, unvetted, unfiltered I want the battle, the whole earth pilfered The temple tumbled, the castle crumbled All the beauty in this ugliness revealed The healing that leads us to rebuild All of the truth Uncomfortably consumed Peel off the layers Then burn and brand into my flesh I still want everything I want everything So, don’t hold back
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Nothing but the Road 04:18
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Driving on a Wednesday in the rain Trying to get somewhere where something still remains But it’s nothing, nothing, Lord, nothing but the road I’ll take you with me I can let you go The world’s too busy I need room to roam When it comes to home There’s nothing but the road I pass by the same streets near your house Five times before I stop turning around Because it’s nothing, nothing, Lord, nothing but the road I’ll take you with me I can let you go The world’s too busy I need room to roam When it comes to home There’s nothing but the road Keep on driving down the road Keep driving down the road to see where it goes Keep on driving down the road Keep driving down the road, wind up where God only knows I can stop or I can turn Or I can let this engine moan out its song But I’ll fill her up so I’s got fuel to burn Running so fast, beyond belief Humming engine rumbling like a crashing stampede And it’s nothing, nothing, Lord, nothing but the road I’ll take you with me I can let you go The world’s too busy I need room to roam When it comes to home There’s nothing but the road
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End Transmission 06:09
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The sound of waves crashing down Onto the night it found Restless warrior washed up on unknown ground Restless warrior shadows switching all around Gunpowder pollen on lavender air Adrenalized fear don’t forget your Mission your function End transmission No contact, lost and wandering A simple life of indiscreet Goings-on after the sun sets Wipe the blade clean on the canvas Legs of these tattered britches Torn with briars and thorns and near misses The choir of birds begin their courting Sending me back to the cleansing stream Restless warrior blending with surroundings Restless warrior bending to dark doubting Restless warrior expending your grounding In the whispers between the shouting Myths of morphing or glowing eyes Legend has it this island Is crippled by relentless tides So they say, maybe it’s always been Here I am with bordeaux on the canvas Smudged and drawn and quartered Women and children Innocents and civilians Hide my hands thrown up to the heavens Doused in mud that once fueled these streets Look around and see the flags of our fathers What would they think of us now Soul stained scarlet, who wants to know? Articles and interviews, welcome back parades Saliva confetti drenches his coat No one willing to even take his résumé They look away like he is a monster Turn their backs like abusive mothers Morals matter less when following orders The two on your shoulders feud with each other Deep breath, end transmission Deep breath, end transmission Deep breath, end transmission Deep breath Confused and depressed Restless warrior fighting for a way back home Restless warrior finding solace in stone Restless warrior, was this worth fighting for? Restless warrior found floating near the shore
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Vampire Fountain 05:57
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One sun One life Undone Tonight Domino Ripples out Overthrow Then shutdown Lurking in the shadow of hypnosis Trace your ballet across the dusky sky Coveting a cocktail in the spatter of a spiral Memories circulate and petrify Smother the contagion with betrayal Bloodlines conceal the devil in the stream Emptying syringes in the current of myth Debris drips down through the progeny Tumbling dice create unholy life Slit this desire, suggest a design Pressure punctuates the pulse of the present The fountain flushes flame down the pipe We are warriors walking in the wrong realm Moonlight mourners mounting mutiny We are warriors waking in the wrong world Eating away the eternal cemetery Fast and loud Furious shroud Brave and proud Lay it down Wanton in our reckless hunger Dreams die in our eternal slumber Run round in your lethargic apathy Liberate our will to end your distance Nothing remains in our carnal bodies Solely surviving is no existence Out of touch and out of hand Long in tooth but not for long Power’s as pallid as your pride Beating drums and battle horns One last breath before dishonor One last death to deliver order One last collapse, conception slain One last chance to stake our claim Tumbled dice led this unholy life Death to this desire, reject your design Pressure punctuates the pulse of the present The fountain flushed flame from the pipe Fast and loud Furious shroud Brave and proud Lay us down We are warriors walking in the wrong realm Moonlight mourners mounting mutiny We are warriors waking in the wrong world Eating away the eternal cemetery
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We Could Be Anything 04:59
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Flip over the box Make crayon marks Hastily draw out by hand Windows and rockets Old snacks in our pockets Flying over unknown lands Cry when we crash land Hear the sirens blare The wind in our hair Our bikes have motors today With crime on the rise We’ll catch the bad guys And help keep our town safe Plastic badges to keep them all safe Before we were something We could be anything Before we were something We could be anything We’d walk on the moon In my bedroom Then swim to a submarine Deliver mail on time Perhaps a garbage truck ride In our special make believe Once grown, can we still believe We could sneak into a pool Maybe even skip school For wrestling matches on the trampoline We could be big stars Or catch lightning bugs in jars We could do anything Find a treasure in everything Before we were something We could be anything Before we were something We could be anything Drive from the backseat Through the earth core’s heat A prehistoric construction site Hop a west bound train Full of bandits and flames Firefighting outlaws along for the ride Into danger, onward we ride Before we were something We could be anything Before we were something We could be anything Somewhere our dreams Are filed neatly beneath this cubicle seat Listen close to the captured kid scream Somewhere our dreams Became captive to charts and screens Does comfort reside in this routine Can you hear the captured kid scream Unclip his wings Before we were something We could be anything Before we were something We could be anything Let the cooped-up kid sing
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What I'd Give to Forget 02:02
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What I’d give to forget To think it hasn’t happened yet To wake up in the dark and run from light right from the start What I’d give to forget If memories remain tied to something deeper Dig down to cut loose, abandon anchors Fashion a float to ford forbidden rivers And never look back Never again look back What I’d give to forget To think it hasn’t happened yet To wake up in the dark and run from light right from the start What I’d give to forget
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Already There (Inside Pockets) 04:10
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The confessional was cold I made the sign of the cross The priest had just walked in I said “sir, I’m at a loss You claim there’s way To get to heaven someday But I swear I don’t know how Because I think I’m already there Already there” I found the way and the truth In the glory of your smile The shadows of the darkness Cower from your gracious light All these maps show hidden tracks With X’s that follow you in flight There’s shelter in your treasure, heaven won’t wait I’m already there Already there Make way, your five-one frame’s Rarely ever loomed so large On the golden roads that wind their way Through midnight walks in parks I’ll bow by the candles at the altar of your air Sing hallelujah, your mycelia Connects us to Eden’s snare And I swear, heaven’s here Because I think I’m already there Already there Every evening I awake on your iridescent shore Our everyday routine amounts to so much more From your homemade inside pocket you reveal the secret key Answered prayers, hold on to me Living paradise laid bare We’re already there Your id and your eyes and all of you is keeping me alive And what I missed is that first kiss is when I initially died But I crossed the pearly gates when we first met that night The reaper and Peter, disappointed, waved me by And I know with all my soul if tomorrow we wake up gone Six thousand years could pass, never have to ask if I ever felt alone Cause coming back would always feel just like coming back home Cause time apart doesn’t necessarily mean time lost We’d carry on and return right back to where we left off Wandering in the warm wind that gently Wafts when you wave your wings Every morning I awake in your metaphorical embrace A sinner’s salvation, undeserving and stained Washed away, clean and unscared Heaven’s real, I’m already there Already there
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On The Way 04:44
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Comets come crashing down From the lunar lacuna where the sun burnt out A flicker and a singe Before tidal waves wash away the coastal fringe Tectonic quakes Cities crumble in avenues of plagues Find me on the way Meandering in flames Gotten off the trace Toppled the gates Narrow and straight Time killed is all a waste I could never be one to wait Find me on the way We've seen it all in dreams We’ve seen it all in dreams A starving snake making ways around the reeds A slither and a strike We’re enemies if we aren’t on its side We eat our on legs Renewal awaits balanced on the sickle’s edge Some universal truth We held in ourselves but lost it all by youth Our perception blinds Keeps us grounded but shackled in our binds Love and death drive We hold our breath and cut to feel more alive Test hypothesis Trust the experiment Reach for conclusion On the winding way within Then try to destroy it Find me on the way Bathing in flames Engulfing the grace Opposites collate We’re in everything The rivers we wade Wherever four winds navigate Find me on the way

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Beyond Unterwegs is the last in the Unterwegs trilogy of 2023. Available early only through Bandcamp.

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released July 14, 2023

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4 Star View Cape Canaveral, Florida

Originally from Northeast Mississippi and living in Cape Canaveral, FL, 4 Star View is a cathartic songwriter who swings among genres to create emotionally laden soundscapes. He is the poet laureate for the city of Cape Canaveral. Every album is unique in sound and themes. Most songs are single take, single track to produce a raw sound. Mistakes are not fixed because flaws are part of the art. ... more

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