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Disaster in F Major
04:36
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Do the dishes on a stage
Singing Peter Gabriel
All engaged and well behaved
Sexy intellectuals
Fall in love just like my dog
They think I sound great
And they all paid
As I look into the crowd
And they bring me to my knees
With an umbilical chord
Filled with cookie dough ice cream
I could just lay down and sleep
But that would be cruel
Cuz they think I’m cool
The ocean's still
Blue and serene
With floating bodies
In a dream
And as I sink
Where light won’t bleed
It starts to make
Some sense to me
Junkies weaving through the trees
Fucking high on gasoline
And their eyes are burning red
From the smoke of the machine
They are rabid in their means
Groping fantasy
their shits still clean
I saw color leave the world
As the new gods broke their chains
I watched birds without a face
Bury people in their graves
With their long and stringy limbs
They look over us
From dust to rust
The ocean's still
Blue and serene
With floating bodies
In a dream
I blew my chance to make it right
And holy hell I'm terrified
But I won’t go down without a fight
Reach my hand to find the sky
With my ship below my feet
There is nothing left to cling to
There is nothing, but the deep
My hands are going numb
At least I’m warm
Before I die
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2. |
Deloused
03:22
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Don’t stop
You’re right where
You need to
be for us.
To get what
We want
Everybody wants to race into the fire
Oh yeah I’m ready
Running my finger
Tips down your thigh
Give me my high
So I can just
Die
Everybody wants to race into the fire
Oh yeah I’m ready
Everybody wants to race into the fire
Oh yeah I’m ready
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3. |
Wonder Woman
03:37
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Golden lady
Here's your song
I guess I got
My future wrong
Humble Mona Lisa eyes
Fall asleep by your candlelight
Glowing souls that dance and sing
A red and yellow tapestry
Held together undefined
Wake up late and forget the time
Oh wonder
You shook me up and
Took me under
Oh wonder
I only have what I have
Oh wonder
You shook me up and
Took me under
Oh wonder
Oh my
Wonder
Woman
You lift me up
With a couple words
My beanie wearing
Conquerer
We all take risks
To be so free
That's the truth
Of you and me
It's an endless
Autumn sunset
Every moment
A chapter in my
Favorite story
Oh wonder
You shook me up and
Took me under
Oh wonder
I only have what I have
Oh wonder
You shook me up and
Took me under
Oh wonder
Oh my
Wonder
Woman
Im going home
Im going home
I don't want to be here anymore
Im going home
I don't want to be here anymore
I'm going home
Wonder woman
Here's your song
Put me back where
I belong
Something cosmic
Got us here
I love to dream
It makes things clear
Oh wonder
You kicked me up and
Took me under
Oh wonder
I only have what I have
Oh wonder
You shook me up and
Took me under
Oh wonder
Oh my
Wonder
Woman
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4. |
Blood Alley
03:34
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Holy city fraud
Winding down the road
There’s ghosts behind the trees
A line of flares lights
Faces by the curves
Of Blood Alley
I don’t mind the drive
Most night it’s real serene
You learn to pay respects
To set your mind at ease
Driving by silent giants
That hold up the night sky
Headlights guide me home tonight
Holy city fraud
Three killers on the road
Three killers called it home
When sacred ground is stained
You hear the whispers in your brain
I don’t mind the drive
Most night it’s real serene
You learn to pay respects
To set your mind at ease
Driving by silent giants
That hold up the night sky
Headlights guide me home tonight
Dusk melts into wild mountains
Feel so free and so alone
I know there’s nothing there
But the feeling doesn’t leave
Another set of track marks
On the streets of blood alley
Driving by silent giants
That hold up the night sky
Headlights guide me home tonight
Holy city zealot bigot fraud
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5. |
Rectifier
03:48
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Out alone
Looking through my phone
Corner table on a busy street
The world contained in a window pane
Watching people pass that I will never meet
My nerves don’t rest
They squeeze my chest
I’m dispossessed and
Stressed with
Thinking of the future all the time
Rearrange the chemicals inside of me
To be a better member of society
I know I’m always busy when your calling me
I’m always fighting nothing
Out alone looking through my phone
Live it up vicariously
There’s a Parisian drinking to my left
Bartenders band’s about to go big
This house’s a mess
Get off my chest
I’m dispossessed
Obsessed with
Thinking of the future all the time
Rearrange the chemicals inside of me
To be a better member of society
I know I’m always busy when your calling me
I’m always fighting nothing
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rearrange the chemicals inside of me
Push my body back into reality
I just want to be there if you need a friend
Maybe I could even learn to love again
Rearrange the chemicals inside of me
To be a better member of society
I know I’m always busy when your calling me
I’m always fighting nothing
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
Rectifier
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6. |
Unlimited Power
03:27
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Devil warhead
Seeing red
Coked up when
They read your rites
Stop sense
Waking mech
Cold killer won’t kick it
Blood money
Gonna call it quits
Buried in a satin robe
Break a sweat
Like lunatic
Better watch those digits
Blunt force trauma
Playing both sides
Out'ta control find a
Loop hole over your
Head out of your
Mind sink or swim
Deal maker breaker
Break it til it works
Hit em where it hurts
Then you cut em loose
Unlimited power
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Austin Nickel Santa Cruz, California
Streetlight Spirit is the alter-ego of Austin Nickel; a singer-songwriter from Santa Cruz, California. He started his first instrument at nine, and explored his love of songwriting and production well into his twenties. Austin combines atmospheric, vivid storytelling with varied musical influences including indie rock, punk, acoustic, and even video game soundtracks. ... more
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