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Light and Dark

by 4 Star View

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1.
If you fail to see my hands They’ll creep and claw it back We’ve seen this rain before Running slick above the glass And we won’t go Straddling the fence for so long And we won’t go Preference for being gone It’s all gone grey Won’t you add color to my pallet Smear it with your knife Hard to say, black or white When smudges overtake the cage
2.
Hey there, little girl, don’t you feel the time twirling down the miles? My ears, they are stinging with the radio singing much too loud This certain little lady wanders down the path tree-shaded in her new dress She’s chasing the Frisbee while feeling kind of frisky in dappled light, more or less There’s a long train coming, we better hitch a ride It’s been a long time coming, we can cuddle up inside There’s a long train coming, and we hopped a ride It’s been a long time coming, but our tickets are expired Hey there, little boy, don’t you know that being coy has gone out of style? You traded in your suit and those fashionable boots for black shroud This certain little man wanders without a plan or known address His hands in his pockets, and he can’t stop it if it feels alright, more or less There’s a long train coming, we better hitch a ride It’s been a long time coming, we can cuddle up inside There’s a long train coming, and we hopped a ride It’s been a long time coming, but our tickets are expired The light in your eyes, when we let our horns grow Once so prized, our displaced halos If we walk alone, and make the world disappear To fears we’ve outgrown, and greased grinding gears We’ll flow with the tide, and see where it goes She’s singing the refrain, sipping pink champagne, a smile on her face He’s strumming like a goon, his strings all out of tune, but he keeps pace With this heat wave coming, she’ll be gunning for an indoor stage Maybe come this winter, we’ll still be sinners, not acting our age Rearrange the freight, a fresh coat of paint, for a new day At the pearly gate, I’ll argue with the saint, and we’ll say There’s a long train coming, we better hitch a ride It’s been a long time coming, we can cuddle up inside There’s a long train coming, and we hopped a ride It’s been a long time coming, but our tickets are expired There’s a long train coming, we better hitch a ride It’s been a long time coming, we can cuddle up inside In this long train coming, we will cuddle up inside
3.
You know it’s not easy to get you Sometimes you make me feel so weak And just when your touch seems so soft Your claws dig right into me Sometimes you’re talking like you know me Better than I even know myself You rip and pull and tear me Leaving nothing but faults and inadequacy And then you smile so smugly And I hate everything about it Don’t you come closer I can see the wolf inside your skin You are pushing me under And then wonder why I’m not breathing Why I’m not breathing Sometimes you’re asking if I feel the same pull That we are meant to be And just when your eyes open up to me I see the predator underneath And then you snarl so savagely And I hate everything about it Don’t you come closer I can see the wolf inside your skin You are pushing me under And then wonder why I’m not breathing Why I’m not breathing I’m not breathing I’m not breathing Leave me alone don’t talk to me Why don’t you get that you were hurting me Is this a game for you Do you even care Leave me alone don’t talk to me I’m not a part of your pack so you better leave Is this a game for you Then watch me play Don’t you come closer I can see the wolf inside your skin You are pushing me under And then wonder why I’m not breathing Why I’m not breathing Your howls are hollow when the moon is full I’ve got you by the ears I can’t hold on, with no safe escape But you’ll whimper so weakly And never bite me again Bit me again Don’t you come over (but you had to come closer) I saw the wolf inside your skin You were pushing me under But now look who’s bleeding I’m not done breathing I dare you come over I saw the wolf inside your skin You were pushing me under But now look who’s bleeding I’m not done breathing I’m not done breathing
4.
Black cat crossing The chicken followed suit Three mice with no eyes Under the farmer’s boot There’s not enough salt There’s not enough shoulders Only seeing six And 13-leaf clovers You’re walking under ladders I’m stuck here on the low rung We can sink the eight ball Right out of the pocket We keep an albatross Pinned in our locket Overhead the horseshoe Keeps on spinning The red sky’s blue We’re stuck swimming You're walking under ladders I'm stuck here on the low rung There’s more crack than sidewalk The mirror’s in shards Umbrellas are opened When it’s raining indoors We were wished good luck Before taking the stage We took the third light From the same flame All of this bad luck Mere superstition All of our lives Little more than fiction We found the glass ceiling Could only carve our names An unkindness of ravens Left to right into the pane Nothing seems to matter Our swan song’s not sung You’re walking under ladders I’m stuck here on the low rung You’re walking under ladders I’m stuck here on the low rung
5.
Elevate Cut away the conscious Contemplate Inwardly ironic Satiate Peel away the promise Mitigate Intentionally toxic Flip the switch (Break away, find a way) Fall into the dimness Embrace electric (to break apart again) Light enveloping the petals as they fall Sinking and spiraling (Spark to flame, Find a way) Overthinking reprisal (Make us mitose again) Flip the switch Overwhelming desire to strip away the spiritual Residue that still clings to every static moment Flip the switch (Break away, find a way) Fall into the dimness Embrace electric (to break apart again) Light enveloping the petals as they fall Sinking and spiraling (Spark to flame, Find a way) Overthinking reprisal (Make us mitose again) Flip the switch
6.
These walls Built soundless for when duty calls Fight back Are we still on the right track Long nights Waiting for the big surprise Pent up Emotions but we're out of luck These words Stick ruthlessly in my throat My tongue Heavy on my heart and lungs I won’t mind If you had lied Because we lost trust for a while And if you called and Cried into my ear I won’t mind unveiling Your fears And if you were standing At my door I won’t mind Find out what’s in store Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down These skins Sustain the untouchable Frightening Sensations were impossible Closed eyes Praying for a divine sign Are we lost in our own mind Resentment Eats up possibilities Vengeance Won’t let it get the best of me Waves crash in and bring me to my knees Our lifeline swallowed by the sea And if you called and Cried into my ear I won’t mind unveiling Your fears And if you were standing At my door I won’t mind Find out what’s in store Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Discontent, you fled commitment (I’ve scribbled it down) Statements, sacraments with no intent (on napkins and notes) These walls have seen coffin and crown (Distant reminders of how it all broke) They’re closing in, I’ll tear them down I’ve scribbled it down on napkins and notes (Now I am crumbled up on the floor) Distant reminders of how it broke (Scribbled it down, sent it up in smoke) Shaking, crumbled on the floor I’ve scribbled it down, sent it up in smoke (Lost Histories, diminished hopes) Lost histories, diminished hopes And all I want (All I want is more) All I want is more Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down All I want is more Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down Let it go, let it all fall down And all I want is more Let it go, let it all fall down (All I want is more) Let it go, let it all fall down (All I want is more) Let it go, let it all fall down (And all I want)
7.
Late night Back of the room bathed in black light Pastels and neon float in fluttered flight And find their place back on hallowed ground Time flows Ebbs and floods in every evening glow Dripping and drowning the dwellers moving slow As they fold and flay, unite on their way down The only guarantee about tomorrow Is that it’s surely not here today Let’s see how long the car goes on the scenic way The only guarantee about tomorrow Is that it’s surely not here today We’ll find the gilden sunset we’ve followed at the lake Fine grass Bare feet beating with the bass blast Dirt, dust, and mud through sunlight flash And find their way back on hallowed ground Warm fire Freeform fantasy, each gold flyer Filling the space like lanterned lace, inspired Fold and flay, unite on our way down The only guarantee about tomorrow Is that it’s surely not here today Let’s see how long the car goes on the scenic way The only guarantee about tomorrow Is that it’s surely not here today We’ll find the gilden sunset we’ve followed at the lake
8.
Blue Orange 04:07
Under the midnight rainbow We slipped further into the stars Watching the floating colors Lift to get torn apart Nose to neck in abandoned Parking lots behind Stores shut down, the purple gown No one knows how to find Between blue and orange find in our view A hidden yellow flimsy tipsy boat Set sail behind the golden sunset To ultraviolet and infrared While I stare at the starry Cross Your bear’s dipper is in the way Somewhere a black hole’s folding Making us one in the same Harvest their silver platters Sow ideas to take their place We’ll lie in wait as we negate This useless in-between space Between blue and orange find in our view A hidden yellow flimsy tipsy boat Set sail behind the golden sunset To ultraviolet and infrared The ship will set sail with or without us and erase parts of the sky We’ll burn or we’ll drown till we’re ashes or ground but we’ll get by Somewhere a fish takes to the streets to try and find a new life A bird grows gills, a lemming seeks thrills, and hell is covered in ice Between blue and orange find in our view A hidden yellow flimsy tipsy boat Set sail behind the golden sunset To ultraviolet and infrared Between blue and orange, we find we outgrew The narrow and the straightest of gates Wavelengths and frequency strengths Unmake our own pretend bed Unmake our own pretend bed Unmake our own pretend bed
9.
Call it heaven sent To look you in the face When what we had is bent Disjointed, out of place Will we write what we felt When there's nothing more to say? Will we paint ourselves In a million shades of grey? I’m not so cynical an individual If you wrote me a letter It’d probably turn into a song Until I drained the soul Of every pen stroke you’ve done If you happened to call I’d remember your voice Until the strain of it all Gravitized to a black hole Into a black hole Fresh out of sentiments Can't look you in the face Something more to resent Lost along the way Will we scrawl our names On the side of some shunned cave? Will we paint our graves With a million shades of grey? It seems so cyclical, sever umbilical If you wrote me a letter It’d probably turn into a song Until I drained the soul Of every pen stroke you’ve done If you happened to call I’d remember your voice Until the strain of it all Gravitized to a black hole Into a black hole Into a black hole In our sights, but out of mind As foreign worlds collide Pieces recombine Our skies swirl and slide Will we stay quiet and stare As the galaxies degrade? Will we see past the glare To a million shades of grey? We’ll toss our principles, lost at the pinnacle If you wrote me a letter It’d probably turn into a song Until I drained the soul Of every pen stroke you’ve done If you happened to call I’d remember your voice Until the strain of it all Gravitized to a black hole Into a black hole To a black hole To a black hole Focus lost to sensory perception I’ll keep you on the ground I understand it’s a forced projection But it’s keeping you around Hold tight when the solid shadows allure you Hold tight when transitions test your faith And if you’re feeling crazy just find my face I’ll keep you sane Or float together in this lunacy we create
10.
You said you missed me But due to bad aim And that I’m inconsequential Until you’re in the game The shots you’ve taken All venom and lead The shots I’m taking Are going straight to my head But good stuff happens all the time Good stuff happens all the time Once we’re in our graves Sit in silence Sip day old stale coffee Shun good science It’s not worth building Monuments for falling To topple foreign towns Monuments have fallen And crushed our faded crowns But good stuff happens all the time Good stuff happens all the time Once we’ve been razed Hey, do you think we could come back home Live in the shadows of what’s to come? Hey, was my bleeding not enough? Why did you fill, just to spill the cup? I watched you slow dance through the hall Good stuff happens once we fall Maybe we’ll never make it out alive Maybe we’ll never make it out alive Because good stuff happens all the time And good stuff happens all the time Maybe we’ll never make it out alive
11.
I've been knocked down again I've been left stranded For all the times I've strived to bathe in your light I guess I never did anything right I’ll never get anything right I’ll never get anything right I never get anything So put your arms away, safe for another day Smear your shoes across my face Like a doormat in your life with mud and briars and tears cried Or a punching bag to ease your state Enter the winter A splintered surrender Everything I’ve tried to re-brighten your light I guess I never set anything right I never said anything right I’ll never get anything right I never get anything So put your arms away, safe for another day Smear your shoes across my face Like a doormat in your life with mud and briars and tears cried Or a punching bag to ease your state Can’t find a word with enough meaning To encapsulate, to expunge this feeling No catharsis that time’s not stealing Ink stains paper piled to the ceiling Can’t find a word with enough meaning If I could bring it all back The diversions of your past I’d trade my life, twice, to undim your light But I guess I never did anything right I never did anything right I’ll never get anything So put your arms away, safe for another day Smear your shoes across my face Like a doormat in your life with mud and briars and tears cried Or a punching bag to ease your state Can’t find a word with enough meaning Can’t find a word with enough meaning Can’t find a word with enough meaning Can’t find a word with enough meaning Can’t find a word with enough meaning Can’t find a word with enough meaning Can’t find a word with enough meaning Ink stains the pages piled to the ceiling Can’t find a word with enough meaning I’m tired, this is me dealing

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The light and dark theme flows through this album lyrically and musically. It asks listeners to see the value in both the light and the dark times and situations they encounter. This album also contains many collaborations with talented artists helping to bring a rounded concept.

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released January 21, 2022

Cover Photo: Toni Loesche
Special thanks to rin (AKA Rintryp).

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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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