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Steps to Unterwegs

by 4 Star View

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Poet Knows the Way 03:23
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Stumbling through the stars with a broken heart I’ll find some way in A name on the sleeve, someone who had to leave Beatrice, I’m gone again The darkest woods, I thought you should Be waiting by the gate All hope’s abandoned and there’s not time to waste Chasing Circles, diving down the damned drain The lion, the leopard, and the wolf all pathetic with pain But the poet knows the way The other side of the grave Climbing through the clouds, a foggy shroud I’m finding some way out The three in the jaws, formed with flaws But we took the scenic route You left me from the Lethe, but I won’t be forgetting Griffin quiet and you shouting “Climb into the chariot” and you led me up the mountain Chasing Circles, diving down the damned drain The lion, the leopard, and the wolf all pathetic with pain But the poet knows the way The other side of the grave Tear it down, implode now Smooth the ground Gates open as angels sing Screeching sounds, tear it down Virgil, write down everything The darkest crown, implode it now Frozen lakes and viper stings Dark surrounds, smooth the ground Erase Limbo and all the rings The dragon’s breath The demon’s roar We draw our pens in place of swords Destined for death But wary of war Half bound in ice Prostrate for our reward Push to shove, in light of love Your grace, a golden guide In pure purging, paradise
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Valerian Routine 03:16
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Do you recall that first apartment Watching highways sleep as we sunk into the streetlamps Swishing in the dark, dancing in the fog Wishing that the sun would desert its post And let us drown Across the river Of our slumber We’ve crashed into each other Hey, you’ve got a little plastic face And metal on your tongue And I’ve stitched some things together To try to stay warm So slow and deliberate Melt our fingerprints Into soft saline streaks Down ceramic cheeks Remember how that second-hand couch Would swallow us whole on summer nights We’d wind up in a galaxy of our own making Waiting for stars to align and send a sign As we spiraled Across the river Of our slumber Our private supernova Hey, you’ve got a lilting finger placed On the metal on your tongue (Are we going to have that back again) And I’ve stitched some things together But the seams won’t hold long (When did we get so accustomed to boredom) So fragile, so delicate Melt our fingerprints (Can we find our way back there again) Into soft saline streaks Down ceramic cheeks (Through the thick valerian routine) Hey, you’ve got a little plastic face (Can we get back there again) Hey, you’ve got a little plastic face (So accustomed to boredom)
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Delicious/Toxic 02:36
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Delicious yet so toxic Like antifreeze in wine I get so ravenous But you hand out numbers for the line The less you say, the more I forget Whatever made me walk away With every glance or whisper I swear I found my place My heart’s on fire Your head’s held higher I’ll wait on you here to tear me down My dreams are on ice You’ve never looked so nice I doubt that you’ll turn around The notes that always seem to play Whenever you walk in a room The way your hair frames your face All obscures the assured doom You’re velvet, you’re lace You’re leather, my grave I’ll be at your feet by dawn But you’ve known it all along My heart’s on fire Your head’s held higher I’ll wait on you here to tear me down My dreams are on ice You’ve never looked so nice I doubt that you’ll even turn around A poem, well-written A heart, thrice bitten A villain, a victim An ending, forbidden A bouquet for a cloudy day A chance to make a grand display Rejected Did you ever think that you could be the one (Delicious yet so toxic) For someone other than yourself? (Flowers with hidden thorns) Did you ever consider you’re less saint, more sinner (For all these gifts and antics) Maybe quit while you’re ahead (You’re judging me as I perform)
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Stage Four 02:58
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Silver Bromide 03:36
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Break in two See right through Fall back again Silhouettes That time forgets Fall back again Closed signs On open roads Rain soaks in Glowing sky Rolls along Fall to the end False eyes open Fall sky broken Break in two See right through Fall back again Nine-to-five Soured wine Fall back again Closed signs On open roads Rain soaks in Short supply Then it’s gone Fall to the end False eyes open Wake up frozen in fountains Call signs static in lost frequency Faraday cage disburses the lightning Disrupting displaced damaged memories Break in two See right through Fall back again Cloak of stars Clenches its claws Fall to the end Drink the entire ocean clumsily One dram at a time Implied imbalance in subtlety Drowning deep in decline Lie Cheat Steal Speak Kiss Do something Desire Feast Kill Sustain Assist Please do anything Break in two See right through Fall back again Pressure builds Decompressed nitrogen Fall to the end
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Thumos (feat. Old Man Yells at Cloud) 02:32
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Why create to watch things die? Frustrate to further divide Nurtured knowledge to replace humility No trace of virtue in questionless humanity Spirit subdued by reason and desire Spirit subdued, destroy and devour Will justice thrive as euphemism For vengeance on scarlet hands Let the fury lead to dungeon Finding faith draining from the damned With no more nepahlia and black sheep To pour over the land Why do we repeat the utterings Because they were said before Why do we collapse as the blast wave Offers a dreamer’s shore
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Prov13 05:22
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The logic seemed sound You were flying down So I tidied up Riding in the backseat Of a nasty taxi Trembling at thoughts of your touch The terminal was empty But I just kept pretending Expecting you’d show up Lingered through the night Maybe you missed your flight But, baby, no such luck A fool to love you so much A fool to love you A fool to love you so much When you throw it all away A fool to love you so much A fool to love you A fool to love you so much When you throw it all away Met up in the lobby Huddled round your heartbeat This might be the start So you slid me your room key Discreetly said “room 2-3” Now I’m falling hard Breathlessly I confessed You smirked, packed, and left And said, “hey thanks for that” Desperately, I’m waiting With undeserved patience Because you’re not coming back You’re not coming back A fool to love you so much A fool to love you A fool to love you so much When you throw it all away A fool to love you so much A fool to love you A fool to love you so much When you throw it all away And i tried and tried and tried to pretend (I was slung overboard when the ship hit the reef) Everything was roses (A smack of Jellyfish, stuck stung underneath) This is how it tends to go (The port of call) This hole in my heart will start to close (Shows no sign at all) Though the void will soon again grow (Or none that I can recall) A fool, a fool, a fool it’s true (Pressure stalls and I fall off the deep end) Was this soul ever really meant for two? (Slung overboard with a swarm of violent fish) Will its will withstand you (Currents churn and I never learned to swim) Or find another point of view? (Sucked into the storm going of the deep end) Why am i such a fool, why am i such a fool (Into the maelstrom, join hands with a demon) Tell me, why am I such a fool (Sucked into the storm) Why am I such a fool (going off the deep end) I join hands with a demon If only I could take it back A fool to love you so much A fool to love you A fool to love you so much When you throw it all away A fool to love you so much (Born onto a stage of fools) A fool to love you (Where I’m director, cast, and crew) A fool to love you so much (Was I a fool to take you on) When you throw it all away (I feel foolish, but how could I have known) A fool to love you so much (Born onto a stage of fools) A fool to love you (Where I’m director, cast, and crew) A fool to love you so much (Was I a fool to take you on) When you throw it all away (I feel foolish, but how could I have known) A fool to love you so much (Born onto a stage of fools) A fool to love you (Where I’m director, cast, and crew) A fool to love you so much (Was I a fool to take you on) When you throw it all away (I feel foolish, but how could I have known) A fool to love you so much (Born onto a stage of fools) A fool to love you (Where I’m director, cast, and crew) A fool to love you so much (Was I a fool to take you on) When you throw it all away (I feel foolish, but how could I have known) A fool to love you so much (Born onto a stage of fools) A fool to love you (Where I’m director, cast, and crew) A fool to love you so much (Was I a fool to take you on) When you throw it all away (I feel foolish, but how could I have known) A fool to love you so much (Born onto a stage of fools) A fool to love you (Where I’m director, cast, and crew) A fool to love you so much (Was I a fool to take you on) When you throw it all away (I feel foolish, but how could I have known) How could I have known How could I have known
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Throwing Glass 03:06
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The city sleeps I’m back home again Sidewalks slick With rain and oil and crime scene chalk Washing away Through the curb and to the grate To make its way back to whence it came In my house of stone I’m throwing glass A kaleidoscope of shards Slicing through the past In your house of straw I’ll light the match And huff and puff and howl And dissolve upon impact Thick wisteria hangs in the breeze Choking back the cloud of vengeance hanging between you and me In my house of stone I’m throwing glass A kaleidoscope of shards Slicing through the past In your house of cards Built on politics and tact I’ll shake the foundation And dissolve on impact Never leaving home again, I’m never leaving home Underneath the bridge where the lights won’t shine I’ll scratch out my thoughts and scratch them from my mind Underneath the bridge where the lights refuse to shine I’ll scratch out memories then scratch out my eyes Lights won’t shine Lights won’t shine Scratch my eyes I’ve heard of this clandestine shelter (Did I really think that I’m an army of one, always holding out, never holding on) Free from the reach of prey and predator (Did I really think that I’m an army of one, never reaching out, never reaching up) Much like my Light won’t shine Light won’t shine Scratch out my eyes
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Westminster Station 02:39
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You’ve got this arrogant air Glowing skin, just mussed hair Take your claws from out my scars Let me please remember you How can you sit way up there Do you see us down here running scared Your martyred angel’s violent stare We’re dying with a celestial view Even Big Ben Wouldn’t give me the time of day I’ve got this one way ticket But yours is for another train Seconds ticking The station’s not waiting One last chance to leave the tracks Or tie me down with another chain You’ve for this elegant air Classic, plastic, with a goddess flair Take my breath and leave me dead Let me please remember you How is your pedestal so high We gave you feathers, sturdy and light Your halo’s tilted during flight We’re dying to help you make it through Even Big Ben Wouldn’t give me the time of day I’ve got this one way ticket But yours is for another train Seconds ticking The station’s not waiting One last chance to leave the tracks Or tie me down with another chain Even Big Ben(So long, we’ll see where we land) Wouldn’t give me the time of day The whistle’s coming closer (You’ve built your fortress walls) Tied down, I smile and wait (And I’ve no plans for sieging them) Someday between here and there Your heavenly charm won’t hurt like hell Even Big Ben Wouldn’t give me the time of day I’ve got this one way ticket But yours is for another train Seconds ticking The station’s not waiting One last chance to leave the tracks Or tie me down with another chain
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Tread and Flow 02:21
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Question the hunger Satiate this wonder The boat rows down the road Where the river overflowed Drowning in reflection Muse with no direction Where the pendulum trembles Tick-tocking waves of ripples Prismed droplets’ deception Resonate with imperfection Cicada chirps on the rapids Vapid past regrets subtracted Recount limbs shedding light On obstruction satisfied The storm passes through the trees Each lifeless leaf a belief Peat and mud on the shoreline Listless with no lifeline Stuck treading here Stuck treading here Stuck treading here Stuck treading here Circle the maelstrom Stuck in the record’s scratch Delve into delusion Planned final phase of execution Up ahead there’s a jam Where the flotsam formed a dam But hope holds a trickle Where fears force a sickle Each branch that breaks free Forges velocity Can you see the water moving Faster now, louder now (Flow Faster Forward) Pull paddles through the moodswings Broken bands of bokeh clouds Capsaicin laces the honey Creation from destruction forming Grasping at the lack of gravity And the future’s futile pageantry
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Throwing Glass (Demo) 02:54
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released March 10, 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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