Lyrics:

I walked through the valley with my music in hand 
My eyes still closed 
I sensed there was silence in the words that I spoke 
Oh, you and I both 

White light is an island in my mind 
and it grows and grows and grows 
Bright steel on the fortress of my life 
and it’s so hard to know 

Come with me, and I will show you where it lies 

It’s like a pulse beat through a field of snow 
and when the bass comes, you know 
You’ve been sitting on the pendulum with your head hung 
While a fire tries to rage 
My heart becomes a brazen thing 
My ventricles, like tentacles, attempt to mend my broken wings 

I walked to the tower with my hands at my sides 
My eyes still closed 
Someone told me, "Hold your head up high. There is nothing to be afraid of." 

The pendulum brought me to my knees, and I said, 
“I dare you to keep me here.”

Phantom Power

Lyrics:

I don’t know why it took so long 
I’d heard the voices 
every one but my own 

When I stopped to listen, didn’t recognize what I heard 
My voice so quiet 
hardly understood the words 

Pity that I didn’t hear you calling me till now 
The guests had all gone home, and I finally whispered to the empty house, 
“You can come out now.”

Standalone System

Lyrics:

Almost out the door 
It could’ve been the wind, but then again 
my hands are shaking 
They said they knew me well 
I don’t know how they know 

Taking shade with the tree that puts its roots inside the stone 
My higher thoughts have told me to go home 

Tell me, have you known me all my life? 
Were you waiting for the right time? 
I hope you know what you’re doing 
I’ll lay my life in your hands 
There’s no better way to say I hear you 

Centuries of running away from my thoughts 
I’ll find it in my heart to forgive me 
And I know it’s bad to worry 
it gives you little lines 
in the corners of your mind

Centuries

Lyrics:

They tell me, “Let it go now” 
I grew skin around it so I think it’s mine 
Hold me, feel the static 
Thoughts keep running, burning trails inside my mind 

I’m not that fragile when it starts to ride 
I let it eat me from the inside 
When there’s nothing left of me to fear 
I hold my hands up to the dark sky and I 
Am a power adapter 

And it’s slow going, sticky footsteps 
quicksand takes the speed from all I do 
Hold me, feel the silence 
like a training weight I’ve been hiding from you my whole life 

You’re not alone 
Just tonight I lay awake in thought of all the things that 
I’d done wrong 
Remember what you came here for

Comorbid

Lyrics:

The money is warm in my hand; 
Expressions shifting like sand 
My footsteps are loud in my head 
Did I wake up this morning? 

Spotlight is on me 

The fight inside on overdrive is calling me 
to dance in places that shake my bones 

My skin begins crawling like ants are inside of my veins 
My heart begins pounding like ghosts have been calling my name 
Can I take care of myself? 
Suit up, only one way to tell 

Spotlight is on me 

The fight inside on overdrive is calling me 
to dance in places that shake my bones 
When all was said and done, I knew I couldn’t run 
The magnifying glass is my greatest teacher 

It’s been a long road, but I claimed it 
If it won’t leave, then I’ll make it my eyes 
A long road, a long road, a long road…

3D Glasses

Lyrics:

I close my eyes 
Four thousand years slip through my mind 
My memories hold the evidence of time 

Your face familiar, 
your hands so cold 
My debt is old 

Safe, in my garden 
Safe, in the way I pray 
In my name 
It’s the same 
In the subtle way I shame

Keep Moving

Now's Your Chance

Lyrics:

Be strong, girl 
His aim is fair 
Back to back, 
he can feel the wind in your hair 
Ten paces, 
Ten chances to turn 

I made my bed so they could lie in it; 
I hear them laughing at me still 
The angel said, 
“He lives inside your head” 
It’s time to take him down, take him down a few 

Reflections in liquid stone; 
If you win tonight, 
you can go back home 
He’s hoping you’ll miss the mark 
But you can see in the dark

EightyEight

Singer / Guitarist / Songwriter. All songs written, recorded, and mixed by Arachnote at home. All vocals and instruments performed by Arachnote.
