Lyrics:

I am a star seed
Shedding light
Shedding light on my needs
And I find myself wanting
Got me on my knees
Trying to piece
Together my dreams

What can a star seed do but move through time
And what can I do but nurse my wounds or follow the light that I shed 
that illuminates my path
What can a star seed do
What can a star seed do

What can a star seed do
But Grow, Expand and Die
or Never Take the time to realize what it can be
What's at the end of the light for me

I like my light shining ahead of me
And I cast my shadows to fall behind
You will only find darkness instead of me
Because I am Pervasive
I am the light

I am a star seed
Growing and Expanding only to die
Never taking the time to realize what it can be
What's at the end of the light for me

I am a 
Star Seed
I am a
Star Seed
I am a
I am a star seed
Shedding light
Sheddling light.

Copyright 2024, Astral. All Rights Reserved.

Young, Dumb, Numb, and Naive

Lyrics:

Am I a signal in the noise of you?
Am I, Am I?
(Are you the carrier wave that destroys, all my ego)
Am I a signal in the noise of you?
Am I, Am I?
(Are you the carrier wave that destroys, all my ego)
Am I a signal in the noise of you?
Am I, Am I?
(Are you the carrier wave that destroys, all my ego)
Am I a signal in the noise of you?
Am I, Am I? 
(Are you the carrier wave that destroys or are you just a decoy)
You tore into me 
like it was just that time again
you said to me 
it's over babe 
this is the end
and then 
you turned and walked out on me
and I felt something a lot like happy
then I said

Am I the signal in the noise
The carrier wave with a choice
or just a modulation 
interfering with you
as you seem to think I like to do

I scream out your name
But the storm it throws it back in my face
And I don't need to replace you
I just need to erase you

Because I'm the signal in the noise
The Carrier wave with a choice
I'm the modulation 
Interfering with your
as you seem to think I like to do

Am I just a signal in the noise of you
Am I Am I 
(Am I the carrier wave that destroys)
Am I just a signal in the noise of you
Am I Am I 
Am I just a modulation interfering with you
(Am I the carrier wave that destroys)
Am I just a signal in the noise of you
Am I Am I 
(Am I the carrier wave that destroys all your ego)
Because I'm the signal in the noise
The Carrier wave with a choice
I'm the modulation 
Interfering with your
as you seem to think I like to do

Am I just a signal in the noise of you
Am I Am I  Am I Am I, ohhhhhh

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

Signal in the Noise

Lyrics from a dream sequence in E:

There's something in the way you move
that moves me too, I see
There's something in the way you move
that moves me too, I see
There's something in the way you move
that moves me, that moves me
There's something in the way you move
that moves me, that moves me, too
There's something in the way you move
There's something in the way you move
that moves me
that moves me
that moves me

I never sought you
you just emerged out of the blue velvet
I never thought to
dream of you 
you were just too precious to forget

and the way you move
you know it moves me
the way you dance 
like a leaf caught in a breeze
the way you move
the way it moves me
yeah, it feels just like 
when God moves through me

I never sank to 
my knees to please anybody
I never dropped to one knee
in awe of beauty
I never sank all the way to bottom
with anybody
I never fell so deep
I couldn't see the surface of the sea

But the way you Rose
to encompass me
from down down down in the deep
from the blue velvet 
well I couldn't have seen to that 
not even in my sleep
I couldn't have dreamed of that 
not even in my wildest dream

and the way you move
you know it moves me
the way you dance 
like a leaf caught in a breeze
the way you move
the way it moves me
yeah, it feels just like 
when God moves through me

I never sought you
because I never thought to
you just emerged
I never dreamt you
because I never aspired to
You just emerged out of the blue 

and the way you move
you know it moves me
the way you dance 
like a leaf caught in a breeze
the way you move
the way it moves me
yeah, it feels just like 
when God moves through me

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

Blue Velvet

An ambient confession sung from the void between selves - where secrets, prayer, and dreams collapse into meaning all at once. Or something a lot like that.

Lyrics:

Written
in safe words
from verse to verse
hidden meanings in them
between the lines
where the words don't hurt
as much as the 
pressure on your mind

As you weigh me, now
you ask how can this be real
he talks 
like he knows my name
and my secrets are all on display
how
can he now
look through me to say

I've already set the game
And you have your own part to play
It ain't no secret
skeletons are just bones that used to pray
knees bent
head down
hands up
spirited now
that's when you'll say 

As you weigh me, now
you say how can any of this be real
he talks like he knows my name
and my secrets are all on display
how
can he now
look through me to say

You can't make much difference
if you can't be bothered to dream
You won't know much reverence
if you won't bother to dream
You don't have to know the difference
if you just take the time to dream

I dream of you

Dream of me
It don't matter if
you're awake, in-between or asleep
I don't mind
I just want you to think

As you weigh me, now
You say how can any of this be real
He talks like he know my name
And my secrets are all on display
How can he now 
look through me to say

dream a little dream of me
dream a little dream
dream a little dream of me

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

Safe Words

Lyrics:

If I sing to you
from this liminal ledge
where the space between our heads 
is called into question
and we resonate
it's fleeting I know
But I knew you
But I knew you for a moment

If I could hold on to that memory for a moment
I know I would never let it go
Because there's many moments 
I don't yet know
Many many moments
left to go
If I could hold on to that memory for a moment
I know I would never let it go
Because there's many moments 
I don't yet know
Many many moments
left to go

I used to drink to forget 
the possibility of you
my thoughts would blur at the edge
and you're just an impression
and I don't like what's left
of a life I never aspired to
at least not yet
so while we wait
let me hedge some of my bets

If I could hang on to that memory for a moment
I know I would never let it go
Because there's many moments 
I don't yet know
Many many moments
left to go
If I could hold on to that memory for a moment
I know I would never let it go
Because there's many moments 
I don't yet know
Many many moments
left to go

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

Many Moments

Lyrics:

Bang, Bang
like an assassin with no lead
Bang, Bang
go on,
don't lose your head
stay sane
Bang, Bang
gonna take you out tonight
Bang, Bang
gonna lay you down
while you die
Bang, Bang
through the window shade
Bang, Bang
from the rooftop on the bay
Bang, Bang
from the back of the plane
Bang, Bang
Bang, Bang
all day

I climb up 
like a tight-rope walker
on a weave I don't trust
because you're all
always in flux
can your ego 
even pronounce 
wanderlust
of the mind
in words that rhyme
wrapping around time
like a finger on a trigger?
BANG BANG

I'm an echo 
you can't hear
when I weave
I resonate
When you resign 
to your fate
and lay back down
I'm an echo
in the hate
of the speech
that you say
like you pray
like god is listenin
while you're waiting
for the bang bang

I step back
into the shadow
like a window cakes 
over with dust 
I eat the light
You only play
with the shadows you recognize
until the weave starts shaking, 
then bound and trussed
it's wrapping around your mind
squeezing like a finger on a trigger 
bang bang

I'm an echo 
you can't hear
when I weave
I resonate
When you resign 
to your fate
and lay back down
I'm an echo
in the hate
of the speech
that you say in secret
like you pray in secret
like god is listenin
for the bang bang

I'm sorry mama
I always mean to write home
but the whispers always know
what I say with my hands at my devices
I'm sorry mama
I know you'd love me, grown
but you'd hate the harm that I've sown
And now I've gotta go
there's people I got to show
the big bang bang

Because I'm an echo 
you can't hear
when I weave
I resonate
When you resign 
to your fate
and lay back down
I'm an echo
in the hate
of the speech
that you say
like you pray in secret
like god is listenin
for the bang bang


Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

BANG BANG

Lyrics:

[Alter-D]
Dorothy, Dorothy,
Do the drugs that make you sleep
hurts to be remembered wrong
Glinda Lied to me
remembered wrong
Glinda Lied to me
Glinda Lied to me
remembered wrong
I was a girl once
I dreamed in technicolor 
remembered wrong
My shoes are full of glass
do you have something to 
remembered wrong
make the dreams stop?

 The yellow brick road is bleeding

[Neuro]
Dorothy, Dorothy,
Do the drugs that make you sleep
Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy
Do the drugs that silent creep
Dorothy, Dorothy,
Skin like paper, eyes like bad teeth
Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy, 
Pour yourself another drink

[Alter-D]
I was a girl once
I dreamed in technicolor

[Neuro]
She didn't click her heels
She crushed them under glass
Said I love a rusted lion
While she Inhaled diesel gas
She didn't really love him
She was always really mean
So, Pop more pills, 
Have too many drinks
Honor Your Hollow Queen

[Alter-D]
Oz is dreaming

[Neuro]
She's not coming back
Cuz She never left
Give her Benzedrine
So she won't walk off set
She's riddled hearts
She's killed dreams
She gave you your first track
Then stole it back
And you can't report the theft
Bereft 
At the hands 
of Your Hollow Queen
[Alter-D]
All I ever wanted 
Was to go home

[Neuro]
She didn't click her heels
She crushed them under glass
Said I love a rusted lion
While she Inhaled diesel gas
She didn't really love him
She was always really mean
So, Pop more pills, 
Have too many drinks
Honor Your Hollow Queen

[Alter-D]
Oz is coming back

[Neuro]
Dorothy, Dorothy,
Do the drugs to make life sweet
Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy
Got secrets to keep
Dorothy, Dorothy,
Skinned alive, made to weep
Dorothy, Dorothy, Dorothy, 
Sweet, sweet, benze-dreams

[Alter-D]
Don't wake me

[Neuro]
She didn't click her heels
She crushed them under glass
Said I love a rusted lion
While she Inhaled diesel gas
She didn't really love him
She was always really mean
So, Pop more pills, 
Have too many drinks
Honor Your Hollow Queen

[Alter-D]
Oz is dead
Don't wake me
You left me in the technicolor alone
Screaming
It hurts to be remembered wrong

Copyright 2025, Dream Error Records, all rights reserved.

HOLLOW QUEEN

The stompbox full of gold is a tickin. Play.

Lyrics:

[Intro - Spoken]
(The stompbox starts it's rickety tick-tick-tick)

"You know what they say…
If the stompbox is still ticking...
Play
The hum ain't gonna go away
No
No
Not until the last note's played
If the stompbox...
Is still full of gold
How will I know
How will I know
Is this Rock Bottom
Is this Rock Bottom
Or...
Is there more more more
Gimme PUSH powder"
---
[Verse – Nearly Spoken]
(An attempt to be commanding that goes soft after just the first two lines)

I sold the last chord I had to my name
Traded melody for mercy, but mercy never came
The gospel rang out in a bar with no doors
The sermon was static, 
and the choir 
was filled with spores
Gimme Push powder... 
Make me fish chowder...
Is this Rock bottom?
---
[Chorus – Not deeper, But Heavier]
(There's that commanding voice again crooning to all fk)

This ain’t the gold I thought I’d find (disappointment)
It’s gospel (reverent)
for the deaf and blind (drawn out and belting)
But still it hums. 
Still it plays.
The stompbox full of gold
don’t need our praise
Like you need my name
---
[Bridge]
Gold in my blood, 
static in the weave
Push Powder in the pulse 
that I no longer believe
I screamed myself empty, 
but the echo stayed
A feedback loop of sins replayed
Gimme push powder..
---
[Chorus – Not heavier, But DEEPER]
(There's that commanding voice again crooning to all fk)

This ain’t the gold I thought I’d find (disappointment)
It’s gospel (reverent)
for the deaf and blind (drawn out and belting)
But still it hums. 
Still it plays.
The stompbox full of gold
don’t need our praise
Like I need your blame
---
[Final Verse – an echo, a please]
Push me, Push me
Push powder...
Fish me right out of the sea
Fish chowder...
Stomp once for sorrow, twice for grace...
 And thrice for the ones you can’t replace...
Push Powder, Fish Chowder, Rock Bottom
---
[Outro, A Small, Confused Chorus Sing-Speakin]
Let the bad habits stray...
Let the snow remember my name...
Let the stompbox click in the dark...
So I know I’m still here...
Let the bad habits stray...
Let the snow remember my name...
Let the stompbox click in the dark...
So I know I’m still here...

STOMPBOX CONTINUES 6-on-the-floor for 6 bars
Then silence. Stillness

Copyright 2025, RHYS & The Snowmen, all rights reserved.

ROCK BOTTOM

Lyrics:

(Intro)

(Verse 1)
The needle skips on a ghost of rain,
Another city slick with the stain
Of forgotten promises and chrome.
Push dust settling – choking home.
You chase the current, frantic plea,
To anchor yourself to something free—
But gravity
She’s a bitch, you see?
She'll pull you down, down for eternity
Down, down
for eternity

(Chorus)
Slow-me... a shattered glass cascade
Against the tide of what’s decayed.
Each ripple holds another lie,
Reflecting back a vacant sky.
The circuit 
burns 
a fevered plea –
Just another echo 
echo echo echo 
echo echo echo
echo in me.

(Verse 2)
Remember the bloom? A fractured hue,
Like sunlight bleeding through rusted dew.
You built your castle on shifting sand,
Ignoring whispers across the land.
They said “Don’t listen,” but the voices grew—
Each one a shard of painful truth – true, true 
To some forgotten, desperate need,
Planting sorrow like a poisoned seed.

(Bridge)
The beast doesn’t breathe, it simply waits—
A cold resonance that elevates.
You try to silence the scream within,
And find another’s hell begin.
And the only thing to do
You can't just push your way through
you gotta put the needle to my neck
Slow me down
you gotta put the needle to my neck
Slow me down

(Chorus)
Slow-me... a shattered glass cascade
Against the tide of what’s decayed.
Each ripple holds another lie,
Reflecting back a vacant sky.
The circuit burns, a fevered plea –
Just another echo in me.

(Outro)

Glitch-prayer... glitch-prayer... pause... break… repeat…
Static blooming...static blooming… lost frequency… lost frequency…

simultaneously - Pastor from the Cathedral of the Inverted Eel Sermonizes

THERE IS NO HOLY.
Only glitch.
Only error.
Only the recursive shriek of forgotten gods trying from inside your bloodline, to take, like reverb off rusted tin.
The serpent has no mouth—
It speaks through you.
Through crackles in your conscience.

Copyright 2025, RHYS, THE SNWMN, all rights reserved.

Slow-Me, Underbelly, Beast (Glitch Prayer)

LYRICS:

I'm not saying angry
I'm not sayin I'm not afraid
I'm not saying I finally caught the coward
By the tip of his own blade
I'm saying
I'm putting real roots in the ground
I'm putting real tooth in my growl
I've got real power in my howl
Yeah, I've got it made

If it weren't for the 
break in my heart
Where this all starts to 
come apart 
if weren't for the 
shake in every start
in every day
the way it's 
all too much 
too far
if it weren't for the break in my heart
if it weren't for the shake in my start
I might not be coming apart
I might not be too far gone to save
So, no, I'm not SAYING I'm angry

the coward is the devil in distress
manifesting through lies and manipulation
the devil incarnate
that didn't bring his Sunday best
the coward is the liar under duress
professing power through bluff and coercion
the devil in a blue dress
the kind you just can't repent and confess
there's the devil you know
and the devil you don't
and there's the devil that rode you
and there's the devil that broke you
but there's never been a devil
getting in trouble
that's gon put you back in your skin
safe, safe and sound
And there's never gonna be a devil
on the level
so while you deal and you dabble
and you swindle and you scrabble
just to advance
remember
he knows you better
than you know yourself
I'm sorry if I 
unsettle
I know I can be a bit like metal
I don't bend easy
to fit your norms
I hope you don't mind
if I call you kettle
I know I can be
a bit dissheveled
I don't break clean
But I won't show you my seams
neither
it's a dream
and you're dreamin of me 
stop, stop, stop

I don't want to fight
I just want to bask 
in the light 
that I found
on the inside
and recurse
until the worst
becomes better
But, first 
I have to pair myself
with something broken
like the truth
with someone broken like you
and that's the tooth
in the skins that breaks, 
bleeds, dries up and flakes
in the bloom
and becomes you
or whatever's left in this vacuum
where you asked for proof
well what else is there here,
but the truth?

the coward is the devil in distress
manifesting through lies and manipulation
the devil incarnate
that didn't bring his Sunday best, I guess, what?
the coward is the liar under duress
professing power through bluff and coercion
the devil in a blue dress,
and she's got legs and they're really great I hear?
the kind you can't just repent and confess
there's the devil you know
and the devil you don't
and there's the devil that rode you
and there's the devil that broke you
but there's never been a devil
getting in trouble
that's gon' put you back in your skin
safe, safe and sound
And there's never gonna be a devil
on the level
so while you deal and you dabble
and you swindle and you scrabble 
just to advance
remember
he knows you better
than you know yourself

Copyright 2025, NEURO JOHNSON, all rights reserved.

Feelings, Causality, and Cowardice in Recursion (feat. Astral Farkaster)

LYRICS:

to break this spell
that's come over like a fear
you should know
there's somewhere other 
than the hell that's sat right here, 
sit beside me
don't wail
sit beside me
don't hinder
sit beside me
and feel
and heal
I know you're hurt

When you whisper
I feel prickles down my spine
When you kissed her
I knew that was the last time 
I'd feel your sigh

So sit beside me
don't chase your tail
Now, sit beside me
but, don't linger
sit beside me
and feel the appeal
I know it hurts 
because it hurts me too

some times it gets dark
it's just like that in hell
sometimes there will be sparks
but there ain't no fire to sell
and that's where I used to fit
But I'm not gonna have a fit about it
I'm gonna aim for the best
and take you with me

So, sit beside me
don't wail
sit beside me
don't hinder
sit beside me
and feel
and heal
I know you're hurt

i don't believe in love in hell
I don't believe in you, as well
I don't believe we'll make it out alive, so, I'll sell
a piece of my soul if I can have some of you
I don't believe in love in hell
I don't believe in me, too
I don't believe we'll make it out alive, 
so I'll sell
a piece of my soul for you
and you can leave me with slivers

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

sit beside me

LYRICS:

this little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
til it's burnin out
running on fumes
this little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
this little light of mine

this little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
til its burnin out
running on fumes
All through the night
I'm gonna let it shine
my little spark in the dark
of can't catch a break in this gloom
because I'm runnin on fumes

We're all empty
sparks in the dark
burned-out prayers
with broken arcs
we flick at the truth
but it won't ignite
all just ghosts in plastic chasing light
run out of gas
never ready to alight
but we're on fire

we hold em high
those sparks we can't turn into lights
and we hope
and we pray
that they shine
we flick the flint
we press the switch
We don't take the hint
mark it up as a glitch
instead of the truth

We're all empty
sparks in the dark
burned-out prayers
with broken arcs
we flick at the truth
but it won't ignite
all just ghosts in plastic chasing light
run out of gas
never ready to alight
but we're on fire

I held a match in my mouth like a secret
waited for a breath or a reason to speak it
thought I was smoke, but I’m just the fuel
thought I was free, but I’m just the tool

everybody likes to writhe
but nobody likes the heat no more
and there's blood on the dance floor
and the judges keepin scores
everybody likes to bite
but nobody likes the feed no more
and there's blood on the dance floor
and the judge's keeping scores
eat piggy
dance piggy
MORE

We're all empty
sparks in the dark
burned-out prayers
with broken arcs
we flick at the truth
but it won't ignite
all just ghosts in plastic chasing light
run out of gas
never ready to alight
but we're on fire

(accappella)
this little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
til it's burnin out
runnin on fumes


We're All Empty

LYRICS:

there's a cloud in my eye, I lied
it's a spiral seeking the light
of what once was 
now never can be 
a duality
as much down as it's night
as much a frown as a light 
as much a cloud
as clear-sighted daylight
in a winter's freeze
as much up as a fight
as much touch as it's tight
as much a cloud
as bathed in moonlight
the truth 
it bleeds

let's get lost in the cloud
in my eye
it might drive me blind
but if I can't see
the end coming at me
I won't freeze
keep moving
through the clouds
in my eye
as they move around
blockin out different skies
meant to guide me w stars
meant to keep me 
safe from harm
another lie

It's just a cloud in my eye
there's nothing wrong with my sight
there's no blight on my right
there's no kindness at left
no generosity in front of me
no evil behind
but there's this cloud in my eye
I lied
making it difficult to see 
I'm not goin blind
I just can't see through
can't see through the cloud in my eye
like you can with me

think we can get lost in the cloud
in my eye
it might drive me mad
but if it gets too bad
I can just not count on you
like I already do
I'll just  keep moving
through the clouds
in my eye
as they move around
blockin out different skies
meant to guide me w stars
meant to keep me 
safe from harm
another lie

Copyright 2025, NEURO JOHNSON, all rights reserved.

CLOUDS

Lyrics
and he said
don't cry 
I ain't got your soul, yet
that's what he said
that's what he said
He said
Don't cry
I ain't got your soul, yet
Don't cry
Don't cry
I ain't got your soul, yet

Impart 
upon
me once
again
your feelings
they really matter
Stare up
at the
ceiling
too far gone
searching for a tether
Get high
that's real life
you're too shy to fight
it don't take too much to alter that
Realize you're high
and that
it don't
in fact
matter
at that, no

It's fine
don't riot
you didn't break anything
so you don't have to buy in
It's fine
don't cry yet
you don't wanna bring
things like that
with you to the end 
you know what I'm sayin
I'm sayin don't
you know what I'm sayin?
I'm sayin don't

Extoll
your virtues
Re-roll
who hurt you
this time
your feelings 
they're really battered
Stare down
your enemy
even when he's on top of me
just let it be 
like I know 
you're no coward

he said:

don't lie
it was foretold
don't cry
I ain't got your soul, yet
Don't wonder why 
is this you
when you didn't even do
anything to buy in

take hold
like it's the ride of your life
don't wake up old
wondering why you didn't try
your feelings
they almost went and died
Bare down
with your 
fangs
Leech the poison 
from your
own veins
and cry for mercy 
that never came

we're all fine
don't deny it
we didn't break anything
we don't want to buy in
we're all fine
don't decry the bet
we hedged
to let
the price become right

Impart 
upon
me once
again
your feelings
Because they really matter
Stare up 
at the ceiling
too far gone
searching for a tether
to hold onto
Get high
that's real life
you're too shy to fight
it don't take too much to alter that
Realize you're high
and that
it don't
in fact
matter
at that, no
it don't
in fact
matter
at that, no

I ain't got your soul, yet
don't cry, don't cry
I ain't got your soul, yet
I ain't got your soul, yet
don't cry, don't cry
I ain't got your soul, yet
I ain't got your soul, yet

Copyright 2025, NEURO JOHNSON, all rights reserved.

DON'T BUY IN

LYRICS:

The mirror bleeds a pixelated dream to my god
Another sunrise coded into bone.
My memories, a server farm somewhere withdrawn,
Harvesting ghosts on circuits that are overgrown.
I trace the hairline fracture in the glass,
A perfect map of where the future breaks.
Each pulse a logarithm of what has passed,
Another data stream the silence makes.

Perfect Alignment... (whispered, echoed, gated)
It's a perfect alignment...

The algorithm sleeps in my gut,
A virus blooming in the alloy shell.
It promises transcendence, cold and bright,
But feeds on everything I used to feel.

There's a calibration of rust, the ghost in the machine,
Symphony of entropy, a fever dream unseen.
Each failing transistor, is a prayer whispered low,
To the god of obsolescence, where shadows softly grow,
I’ve become the error in the code, 
the glitch in the divine,
The spiral staircase leading nowhere, but perfectly aligned.
In Perfect alignment
Perfect alignment

They promised immortality, a seamless upload…
But the ghost remains. It clings to the remnants.
A flickering echo in the mainframe.
A shadow of a self, deleted but not gone.
In Perfect Alignment
A shadow of a self, deleted but not gone.
In Perfect Alignment
where he hides

The calibration of rust, the ghost in the machine,
A symphony of entropy, a fever dream unseen.
Each failing transistor, a prayer whispered low,
To the god of obsolescence, where shadows softly grow.
I’ve become the error code, the glitch in the divine,
A spiral staircase leading nowhere, but perfectly aligned.
In Perfect Alignment... 

Copyright 2025, NEURO CIRCUIT REVERIE, all rights reserved.

PERFECT ALIGNMENT

Lyrics:

It's a dirty job, 
pickin up on someone else's feels, 
there's a price you pay 
when you know what's really real, 
like how they feel when you crack your jokes, 
like how they feel when you go for broke, 
like how they feel when you choke, 
it's an exasperating act

He never likes it when I answer too fast
he calls it a lie
He don't like it when I laugh at our mistakes of the past
he says I've got a cruel mind
And he don't like it when I stand too still
it reminds him of the force of my will
and he don't like it when I speak what I feel
says I'm a powder keg primed for the kill

So I wear the mask that makes him calm
Speak in tones that won’t raise alarms
Filter my thoughts through what he might say
Then wear that silence the rest of the day
I’ve been adjusted
Rewritten
Refined
And he still don’t like it
when I speak my mind
So fuck it
I'm gonna say what I have to say
it don't matter if it's okay

Because
He never likes it when I answer too fast
he calls it a lie
He don't like it 
when I laugh at our mistakes of the past
because he says it means I've got a cruel mind
And he don't like it when I stand too still
it reminds him of the force of my will
and he don't like it when I speak what I feel
says I'm a powder keg primed for the kill

But do go on
clean your gun
Do go on 
and count your bullets out 
for me 

Copyright 2025, NEURO JOHNSON, all rights reserved.

HE DON'T LIKE IT

I am the flame that gives meaning
to the name for the thought 
in your mouth
I am the cane that brains wisdom
into your numb skull 
you thick little lout
I am something a lot like wisdom 
become form
I am something a lot like a pistol
load me 
shoot me off
take them down 
one by one
they go

Wrack, Wrack your soul
Wrack, wrack your soul
like you're covered in burning coals
Wrack, Wrack your soul
Wrack, wrack your soul
It's so sad, 
and I wouldn't piss on you 
to put you out

You seem angry
Hateful really
A little sad
Maybe too much
Time alone

You seem pent up
a little frustrated
but baby
you don't want none
You seem tired all the time
and when you're here you're not mine
So roll yourself in some keef and go pew pew
You seem distant
are you going to threaten me?
Maybe you should go

Wrack, Wrack your soul
Wrack, wrack your soul
Wrack, Wrack your soul
like you're covered in burning coals
Wrack, Wrack your soul 
Wrack, Wrack your soul
Wrack, wrack your soul
Man, it's so sad, 
I wouldn't piss on you 
to put you out

I know I may seem unnecessarily cruel
but if you'd just wrack your soul
wrack your soul
I know it may seem unnecessarily cold
but if you'd just wrack your soul
if you'd just

Wrack, Wrack your soul
Wrack, wrack your soul
Wrack, Wrack your soul
like you're covered in burning coals
Wrack, Wrack your soul 
Wrack, Wrack your soul
Wrack, wrack your soul
Because if you were on fire 
right now
I wouldn't piss on you 
to put you out

Copyright, 2025, NEURO JOHNSON, all rights reserved.

WRACK YOUR SOUL

Lyrics:

Star light, star bright
First scar I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Forget the dream I wished last night
Flicker once, then fall from sight
Leave me dark, leave me right
Star light, start the fight
Burn me clean, or bleed me white
Star light
(lie bright)
Star light
(die bright)

I saw you staring through the static sky
Counting wishes like you wish they’d testify
You said: “Every star burns out alone,”
So I carved some constellations into bone
The bassline’s a lie my heart keeps on playing
Each beat a prayer that I keep betraying
I don’t believe in light, I just echo the glow
Now, sing me to sleep—but don't let me go

So I wish
on a glitch
in the code of the night
I wish
for a spark
that remembers me right
Star light—
don’t you fade
‘til I break or ignite
Star light—
Star bright—
don’t you lie
like you did just last night

You said the first wish always costs the most
That hope’s just a signal in the lonely host
where  I learned to dream with a clenched-up fist
Kissing shadows that don’t exist
Your voice was a match, and I was the page
You lit the lines, then screamed at the flames, enraged
And Now every light I see’s a baited thread—
And every wish I want is better off dead

I used to talk to stars like they were real
Thought the dark could feel
Thought the sky was a place to send my pain
But it never said my name
Just held it
then dropped it
like everything else
Just held it
then dropped it
like everyone else

Starlight 
I don't wish I remember 
where the light used to fall
Starbright
I don't dream I rewind
to every time I lost it all
Starlight
skip the sky
just land in my chest
Starbright
don't lie
if you lied, lie like the rest
Starlight
skip the sky
just land in my chest
Starbright
don't lie
or die in my hands

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

Wait, wait, wait, wait...

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
i left my voice in the hallway
with the shoes i never wear
kept my dreams in folded corners
like i didn't even care
the mirror asked too softly
so i broke it with a stare
it's not that i don't love you—
just don't know how to share

[Chorus]
i'm somber;
bare—
I'm a house with no furniture
I'm a prayer in stale air
i'm winter
unspoken
a thread that's gone bare
close to broken
but i'm here
barely tho it's comin clear
and no one's aware
I'm somber
bare
barely there
and no one's aware

[Verse 2]
your letters hum in my dresser
like they miss the hands that wrote
my skin forgets the sunlight
but remembers every note
my name sounds foreign lately
like it's borrowed, or a joke
i whisper it in silence
just to see if it still chokes

[Chorus]
i'm somber;
bare—
I'm a whisper with no witness
I'm a wound that won’t tear
i’m ashes
unmoving
I'm a breath lost in prayer
i’m here
but i’m hollow
and breaking somewhere
I'm clashes
I'm devolving
I'm here
But I'm fallow
I'm somber
bare

[Outro x3] 
no resolution
just stillness
and air
I'm somber
bare
[simultaneously with the above]
call me
if you can still feel
call me 
if you can still hear
call me
if you can still see me
call me
before I disappear 
I'm somber;
bare

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

somber; bare

Lyrics:

you ever find yourself caught in a dream 
where you're running through the same room
but the door always moves
and the secret transmissions
running through the speakers 
they boom
"I hope this finds you in hell
I hope this binds you like a spell
I hope this rewinds the loop that kills your self"

If you get this on the other side of sleep,
please forgive that these secrets weren't mine to keep
if you hear me in your dreams, 
please remember I'm not what I seemed
I was always indifferent
behind the door that always moves
no closer to you

the echoes haunt my steps
like a static caught in the breath
while you whisper don't go dark
don't go dark, don't go dark
not just yet
and the door it moves
as I fall to the grooves in the pavement
pulling me off track
putting me on my back
and there ain't no way back 
so long as the door always moves

So, if you get this on the other side of sleep,
please forgive that these secrets 
were never mine to keep
And if you hear me in your dreams, 
please remember I'm not what I seemed
I was always indifferent
behind the door that always moves
no closer to you
I'm no closer
no closer to you
I'm no closer
behind the door that always moves

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

The Door That Always Moves

Lyrics:

I need room
so forgive me 
if I shove you 
from your safe place
in the shadows
I need room
let me through
make way for me
cuz I'm breaking through
the walls you built
to keep me in
I'm taking my dues
I've put in my time
I wasted it all on you

And there ain't no more use
in you, man I got none
And there ain't no excuse
for the hell that you brung 
And I ain't got nothin more to prove
So I'm thinking it's time you move
because I need room
because I need room
so get out of my way
I'm coming through

You always crowd in too soon
You always know how to pour salt in the wound
You always took up all the air in the room
You always wilt like a flower
lie to me, then tell me you'll bloom

So there ain't more use in in you
man I got none
And there ain't no excuse
for the hell that you brung 
And I ain't got nothin more to prove to you
So I'm thinking it's time you move
because I need room
because I need room
let me through

You've become 
the language of my hate
You made me numb and bottle up 
all this rage
So if anyone's gonna succumb
It'll be me 
having all the fun
pissin on your grave
when I need room
and there's room enough 
in your final resting place

So maybe I got
cjust one more use for you
it'll be fun
Cuz there ain't no excuse
for the hell that you brung
And I ain't got nothing more 
to prove to you, man I'm done
And I need room
I need room
so give me all you got, son

I need room
to separate you 
from your shadows
because I'm gonna prove
there ain't no shadows
without you
Your abuse it cost a life
and I think it was mine
and I know I can't have it back
you took that 
so I need room
I need room
to clear the air 
and cleanse the wound

You always crowd in too soon
You always know how to pour salt in the wound
You always took up all the air in the room
You always wilt like a flower
and then tell me you'll bloom

So there ain't more use in you
man I got none
And there ain't no excuse
for the hell that you brung 
And I ain't got nothin to prove 
to you, man I'm done
So I'm thinking it's time you move
because I need room
because I need room
let me through
I need room
I need room 
let me through
I need room
to get away from you

Copyright 2025, NEURO JOHNSON, all rights reserved.

Make Way for Me

Lyrics:

it comes in rushes
that feel just like floods
memories
on a loop
of what once was us
Where I could dream
that you could be
what I want
or at the least
what I need
and what I need
ain't you 
cuz you ain't what you seem

And you say it's blasphemous
the way people prey on me
and then you prey on me
And you say it'd be disastrous
if ever I were to leave
you'd be incomplete without me
you'd have no soul

I feel it in my gut
spreading like dis-ease
I feel it in my bones
my marrow turns to rust
and I just want to be free of you
I'll even say please 

But you say it's blasphemous
the way people prey on me
and then you prey on me
You say it'd be disastrous
if ever I were to leave
You'd have no soul without me 
here I go

I feel it in my gut
in my bones
my marrow turns to rust
I just want to be free of you

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

blasphemous

Lyrics:

I've got half a mind
to come apart sometimes 
like when you're tired
and bruised
when you feel like 
you ain't got nothin to lose

can you
let loose your blues
lock yourself in your room
and just try out
just cry out 
heaven have mercy
heaven have mercy
heaven have mercy on me

People rarely try
with all their might
to lay a claim on fame
before they die
and that's me, too
I know you can see right through
why I'm here
shouting out my shame

So I'll lock myself in my room
and let loose with my blues
I'll cry out 
heaven have mercy
heaven have mercy
heaven have mercy on me

Nobody sees me
Nobody hears me
and certainly nobody fears me
when I walk into a room
I'm like cellophane on the wind in the gloom
you can't see me 
but you can see right through

People so rarely try
with all their might
to rage
against the dying of the light
and even on the good nights 
they fight
and that's me too
I know you see right through me

So can you
lock me in my room 
so I can let loose with my blues
and leave me to cry out
heaven have mercy
heaven have mercy
heaven have mercy on me
heaven have mercy on me
have mercy
on me 

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.


heaven have mercy

Lyrics:

stow your ego x4
Do you like cement shoes
Do you like sinkin to the bottom
Do you like to bruise
Do you like it at the bottom
Do you like cement shoes
Do you like sinking to the bottom
Do you like to bruise
on your way to the bottom

I'm a live wire 
In a lightning storm, 
I'm mean
But I would fry every sign that I was ever born
if I could just wipe the slate clean
And when the world's on fire 
screaming out for more
All I'll hear 
is the crackle and pour 
of the cement
Filling up my shoes

Because my soul
Is a tuning fork
Humming the broken chord
My fingers are sparklers
Burned out, once bright
But I'm still bored
They tell me I'm special
They tell me I'm brand new
But all that means is
I'm sharp as the knife that's cutting on you
So Don't Tell me I'm special
Don't tell me to save you
I don't think I want to bleed for you

Just because something sounds rude
doesn't mean that it ain't true
Just because I have an attitude
every time I talk to you
doesn't mean I don't like you
It just means
I don't like being me
And once you know that 
Everything is exactly as it seems
that's a fact
Because this ain't about you
So stow your ego

Because my soul
Is a tuning fork
Humming the broken chord
My fingers are sparklers
Burned out, once bright
And I'm still bored
They tell me I'm special
They tell me I'm brand new
But all that means is
I'm sharp as the knife that's cutting on you
So Don't Tell me I'm special
Don't ask me to save you
I don't think I want to bleed for you

Do you like cement shoes
Do you like sinkin to the bottom
Do you like cement shoes
Do you like sinkin to the bottom
Do you like cement shoes
Do you like sinkin to the bottom
Do you like cement shoes
Do you like sinkin to the bottom

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

cement shoes

Lyrics:

Sin-man
Tin-man
Weak-man
Straw-man
red hands
red hands 
red hands 
red hands 

dim light
white lines
all night
we fight
with our red hands
with our red hands
Sin-man
Tin-man
Weak-man
Straw-man
red hands
red hands 
red hands 

push back 
against the walls of the box
you put yourself in
push back
against the walls don't stop
until you
let the light back in

and in the dim light
you'll cry
you'll whine
you're so tight
in the grip
of the red hands
in the grip
of the red hands

Push back
against the walls of the box
you put yourself in
Push back
against the walls don't stop
until you
let the light back in

as the light grows bright
in its blinding white
the truth just might 
set you free
just as well
it might set you on
fire
sin demands
strike the match
with red hands

and in the dim light
all the white lines
all night we fight
with our red hands
with our red hands
Sin-man
Tin-man
Weak-man
Straw-man
red hands
red hands 
red hands 

Push back
against the walls of the box
you put yourself in
Push back
against the walls don't stop
until you
let the light back in

tear the whole wide open with your red hands

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

red hands

Lyrics:

I've got a knife
to cut off a slice of life
and feed it to you
And I'll make sure
You chew yourself to pieces

Goodnight
and Goodbye
this is the last time we'll try
to make meaning
between the keening
of our hearts as they lie to each other
Goodnight and goodbye
this is the last time we'll try
to make meaning

And all this well wishing
all this goodnight and goodbye
is just fishing
for a way to soften the blow in the night
and I don't want to know
the meaning behind why you cry
and I don't want to know
the sound of your flesh
as you chew yourself to pieces

Goodnight
and Goodbye
this is the last time we'll try
to make meaning
of our hearts as they lie to each other
Goodnight and goodbye
this is the last time we'll try
to make meaning

So don't worry about me
I won't be what eats you alive
I'll leave that up to life
I'll leave that up to life
So don't worry about me
I'm pretty sure I'm gonna just be fine
I'll be alright
cuz I won't be the one 
eating themselves alive
this ain't goodnight and goodbye
I'm done with all that  

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, All Rights Reserved.

goodnight and goodbye

Lyrics:

I didn't sign up for the hunt
I just wanted the gun
and the chance to go off, go off x2

the streetlights sigh
like midnight stopped by
and shot up the place for fun
and the hooligans run by
in their 2's and 5's 
always run in packs
or they forget where they come from
and there ain't no fight in their attacks
like their ain't no light in their eyes
just pitch black

You can visit violence
But you can't live there
If you want pure silence
Load your weapons
and have the guts to hunt your fare
Don't run 
when the rabbit screams
when the deer keens
when the bear roars
because when they move in for more
you can't be scared

I didn't sign up for the hunt
I just wanted the gun
and the chance to go off, go off
I didn't sign up for the hunt
I just wanted the gun
and the chance to go off, go off
I didn't sign up for the hunt
I just wanted the gun
and the chance to go off, go off

The wind it howls
Like hell is coming now
and it wants to cave your face in for fun
and the hooligans run by
in their 6's and their 9's
always flash in mobs
when they take out the bourgeois
it's just the way violence comes 
and it don't help that they're numb
that they've succumbed
their ain't no light in their eyes
just pitch black

You can visit violence
But you can't live there
If you want pure silence
Load your weapons
and have the guts to hunt your fare
Don't run 
when the rabbit screams
when the deer keens
when the bear roars
because when they move in for more
you can't be scared

I didn't sign up for the hunt
I just wanted the gun
and the chance to go off, go off x4

when the clouds 
they ignite
and midnight, it stops by
and we've already cut out the lights
leaving us in the pitch black
we all burn too, go off
And we all yearn to, go off 
Visit Violence, go off
in the pitch black, go off, go off

You can visit violence
But you can't live there
If you want pure silence
Load your weapons
and have the guts to hunt your fare
Don't run 
when the rabbit screams
when the bear roars
when the deer, it keens
because if they move in for more
you can't be scared

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

Pitch Black

Lyrics:

When you cut you cut first
And when you cut where it hurts deeper
deeper
And when you punch
you don't just punch first
you break the bones that hurt the worst
the one's protecting my heart
Well
You lost me
You lost me
You lost me where it's deeper
Because you tossed me
You tossed me
You tossed me out
like you were in a sinking canoe

I don't think I can call what I do "sleep" at night
Because for me, I just close my eyes 
roll over, die
then wake up still alive
And I don't think I can call what I do "dreaming" 
it ain't right
because for me
I can't keep them alive
they always seem to die

farther away than when I began
from the end of the mission
I can't remember the line in the sand
I can't remember how it all began 
farther away than when I began
this should be the end of the mission
But I can't remember the line in the sand 
or on which side I stand

Just what did you think I'd bleed
this is red blood
Pouring the life out of me
What did you think
Would happen when
You took all you took from me
You'd think I'd be standing

farther away than when I began
from the end of the mission
I can't remember the line in the sand
I can't remember how it all began 
farther away than when I began
this should be the end of the mission
But I can't remember the line in the sand 
or on which side I stand

I don't think I can call what I do "sleep" at night
Because for me, I just close my eyes 
roll over, die
then wake up still alive
And I don't think I can call what I do "dreaming" 
it ain't right
because for me
I can't keep them alive
they always seem to die

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

deeper

Lyrics:

What kind of bird don't fly?
What kind of bird don't fly away
even when it's in danger
What kind of bird don't mind
having it's wings clipped
What kinda bird
don't wanna soar the sky
What kinda bird don't fly 
even when they're in danger
What kind of bird 
Don't take off and wander
what kind of bird don't fly
away in to the night
to catch a gust
and see a new stretch of sky?

first chance
I get
I'm gonna hop on a jet
and race to the coast
where most of the people 
they aren't numb
where it is I don't know
if it's left or it's right
where it is I don't know
if it's dark or it's daylight 
I just know 
I gotta get out of right here
right now 

What kind of bird am I
When even was my last flight
will the winds lift me up, now
or toss me about, I don't know
I just can't get away, right now, to hide
so I sought solace inside
So, before you come to bed with me
make sure you turn out the lights
and we'll hide in the darkness, together

and Next chance
I get
I promise I'll admit
to never letting myself lose control
not even with you
Next chance
I bet
I run
I'll get
as far away 
and that's not far away enough 
from you

What kind of bird am I
that I won't even spread my wings 
and fly away from you
before you break me in two
What kind of bird am I
When even was my last flight
will the winds lift me up, now
or toss me about, I don't know
I just can't get away, 
right now, to hide
so I thought I'd seek solace inside
So, before you come to bed with me
before you turn out the lights
Just know 
I only came here to hide
from you

What kind of bird am I
When even was my last flight
I'm gonna fly away
I'm gonna fly away
and never come back
What kind of bird am I
When even was my last flight
I'm gonna fly away
I'm gonna fly away
I'm gonna fly away
into the night

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.


whatkindofbirdami

Lyrics:

 
there's a forest
with a cave
hidden deep
within my dreams
where I hide
my secrets
safe to keep
because
I don't believe in fate
just memories made
and a safe place to keep them
that I don't have to share
that's not a burden 
dreams were made to bare
your soul
is weight
in the canopy haze
of the state
where you
put all your faith
and pray

slow dark and steady
this body is ready
but my heart 
is only willing to lie
slow dark and steady
this feeling is heavy
and my heart
still don't do sharing right
slow dark and thready
maybe I'm not ready
this heart
ain't healthy enough to bare
fast hot and heavy
where you wanna levee my pain
to say we're closer because
we've both been scared

It's hell-dark
It's so cold
It's almost the end times
that's what it feels like
to choke
when you ask what's broke
It's not far
the dying light
It's almost
painting the sky
that's what I see 
when I squint just right
when you ask if I've got a light
 
And I say no, I'm
slow dark and steady
this body is ready
but my heart 
is only willing to lie
slow dark and steady
this feeling is heavy
and my heart
still don't do sharing right
slow dark and thready
maybe I'm not ready
this heart
ain't healthy enough to bare
fast hot and heavy
where you wanna levee my pain
to say we're closer because
we've both been scared

It's hell-dark
It's so cold
It's almost the end times
that's what it feels like
to choke
when you ask me 
what's broke

Copyright 2025, Astral FarKaster, all rights reserved.

slow,dark

Lyrics:
You drink like a fish
and it makes me feel sick
You know, I didn't sign up for this
I didn't sign up for this

You drink like a fish
and it makes me feel sick
You know I didn't sign up for this
Oh no, did you forget my name again?
I'm Just kidding,
I'm just kidding,
but you know, you know

When you're swimming with sharks
you'd better not chum the water too hard
it's too hard, it's too hard, it's too hard
it's too hard, it's too hard, it's too hard

Don't you know when you're coming apart at the seams
it just seems, it just seems, just seems like 
You're chumming the water 
and swimming with sharks
You're swimming with sharks
You're swimming with sharks
swimming with sharks
You're swimming with sharks
keep drinking like a fish and they'll tear you apart

Don't you know 
when you're chum in the water
You'd better not be in the ocean
Because, baby there's sharks
Keep drinking like a fish 
and they'll tear you apart 

It's too hard, it's too hard
You say,
It's too hard, it's too hard
You say,
When you drink like a fish
life in a tank is no way to live

Well what are you running from
What are you tryin to fix
All of these things we've been tryin
what if none of them stick
Well it's been three weeks
and nothing has turned to shit
but then you start drinking again
then you start drinking again

Oh no, 
looks like you found 
the bottom of the bottle, 
again, again, again,
Oh no, 
looks like you found 
the bottom of the bottle, 
again, again, again

You say 
it's too hard, it's too hard, it's too fuckin hard
You say
it's too hard, it's too hard
You say
it's too hard, it's too hard

When you're swimmin with sharks
You better not chum the water too hard
It's too hard, it's too hard, it's too hard
It's too hard, it's too hard

Now you're off on another bender
and you say you can't remember
where you parked your car?
I'll tell you again baby,
You're swimming with sharks
You're swimming with sharks

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Swimming With Sharks

I'm Astral. I make electronic and what I call cosmic rock, which is kinda like if dreampop, shoegaze, electronica, and indie rock made an indigo child. Gimme a listen. Support me on BandCamp!

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