Lyrics written, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

You can't hide everything.
Heart made of glass.
Behind the windowpane.

How can you not hurt.
Deny that you bleed.
Said you were always this way.
Why do they act different then.

I try to tell you they don't really love you.
Baby snap out of the spell you are under.
How long can you believe the lie.
To you they will never wonder.

More chances than they should have got.
More than you ever gave to me. 
When you cry and fight back.
It is only me that you see.

I whispered your name when I was a boy thinking of when I was to be a man. 
I stood up when you walked in.
Died a hundred times.
For you I would do it all again.

Lightning strikes and hits the metal on the back porch.
You were so afraid the night I never let you go.
Promised you then but in the form of our kiss.
Never breaking deals I made with God.
You are the rose.
You are the rose.
Give yourself a shot.

I have seen now.
As you grow older and much more fine.
Chocolate river over the shoulders.
I thank to good Lord that you are still mine.
Eyes that I see in the sky when I dream.
I can tell when you get home.
Shared souls always know.

I watch as you stare in to a yesterday you never told me about.
I wish that I was there with you my love.
Sorry that they never protected you from the rain.
I want to use my fists, but I can't.
Sometimes I feel less of a man.
I look them in the eye, but they always turn away.
If they could only hear what I really want to say.

Don't hurt anymore my beautiful survivor. 
You have already made it through the storm.
When you were baptized, I cried twice.
I knew God was looking down.
You took back your life after they tried to tear it up.
Went away to a faraway mountain.
They only hoped that you would fall off.

Beauty is s strength, I saw you lift my world.
Loved my son and father, so loved my momma. 
You are my only one.
I would never choose another.
You are God's newest color.
The reddest of the roses. 
The rose that I have chosen.

You look in the mirror.
I wonder what's going through your mind.
Broken words and dark moments.
Baby you don't have to say a word.
Nothing is your fault.
Nothing is your fault.


I whispered your name when I was a boy thinking of when I was to be a man. 
I stood up when you walked in.
Died a hundred times.
For you I would do it all again.


Lightning strikes and hits the metal on the back porch.
You were so afraid the night I never let you go.
Promised you then but in the form of our kiss.
Never breaking deals I made with God.
You are the rose.
You are the rose.
Give yourself a shot.

You can't hide everything.
Heart made of glass.
Behind the windowpane.
You are the rose.
You are the rose.
Give yourself a shot.

You are my only one.
I would never choose another.
You are God's newest color.
The reddest of the roses. 
The rose that I have chosen.

ReDDest oF tHe roSeS,  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Another song for my lovely boyfriend Joe <3

I don't know anything
I can't feel anything 
My thought are awful
My mind is sinful

The wall is getting higher
My friends are getting colder
I know that I'm unlucky
But I think this is not me

I know I'm not myself
I know I need some help
I don't know where to find it
I'm falling into my pit

My poetry is my outlet
I put it on the internet 
And every day I'm hoping
And every day I'm coping

I slowly improve my sound 
I want to move westward bound
I want to start anew
I want to be with you

I love you with all my heart
I know this is just the start
Of my new life 
I won't use a knife

To cut myself anymore
I'm feeling warm in le cœur
You make me so happy
But sometimes I'm not me

Sometime I feel different 
Sometimes I feel worse
Sometimes I can't take a hint
A new universe

Of emotions to me
I'm taking them gently
It's hard for me to process 
But this is the process 

To make myself happy
I know I can not see 
This is my future
Now I feel super

This is my art
It comes from the heart 
I'm being so honest
This isn't a contest

This is my life now
With you I know how
I can get better
I'm wearing your sweater

I love you so damn much
I'm feeling your touch
It's making me cry
My mind in the sky

Mind in the Sky

Lyrics written, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

I made a friend the other day.
Told me that one day he is going to go away.
The look in his eye.
Like fog on the river.
Like he was already there.
Like he was done gone.

People these days.
Do they dream like they say we used to.
Do daydreams count.
Hope spent like money at the carnival we call life.
What we call life.

My friend seems determined.
Haven't seen that in a while.
I was jealous.
I want to fly away too.
Home isn't here anymore.
I pray that he gets there.
Anywhere but here.
In a city of ignorance.
In a city of tears.

People these days.
Do nightmares ever come true.
The fear sets in.
When reality hits.
The city goes dark.
People these days.

I talked to my friend the other day.
He is still on course.
Of course he is.
People these days.
Hope he gets there some day.


People these days.
Do they dream like they say we used to.
Do daydreams count.
Hope spent like money at the carnival we call life.
What we call life.


Friends are rare.
Momma never told me that.
Guess I was blessed more than I deserved.
These days though.
Not a lot of friends.
Hate to see them go.
My prayers go with every one of them.
Ask God he will let you know.
Kept the Lord up many nights.
Calling on heavens phone.

People these days.
Do they dream like they say we used to.
Do daydreams count.
Hope spent like money at the carnival we call life.
What we call life.


I made a friend the other day.
Told me that one day he is going to go away.
The look in his eye.
Like fog on the river.
Like he was already there.
Like he was done gone.

peOpLE thEsE daYz.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Storms brew inside my heart.
The future never looked so old.
Everything that is for sale.
Has already been sold.
Fear of fear.
When will this world shed tears.
Looking away.
Don't look us in our eyes.

Wind blows.
Time runs.
She'll lie.
We all stare into the same sun.
We all try.
Together we sing the unforgettable.
While forgetting about ourselves.

I drink to the lost who thinks they're not.
I wander the desert too my friend.
Refusing the water.
Tequila is all I want.
Pour another for my brother.
Pour another for us all.

Tears are stale.
Her lips like hot peppers.
They never thought we'd make it together.
She'll walk away after she set you on fire.
Damn she looks good.
Look at her go.
Tears burned away.

Wind blows.
Time runs.
She'll lie.
We all stare into the same sun.
We all try.
Together we sing the unforgettable.
While forgetting about ourselves.

I will hold you until death gets brave.
Walks up to me and shows me a grave.
To our love I was always a slave.
To our love.
I was always a slave.

Turn the page.
Get to our favorite part.
Read it to me again my sweet love.
Read it to me slow and in your sexy voice.
Set us on fire.


I drink to the lost who thinks they're not.
I wander the desert too my friend.
Refusing the water.
Tequila is all I want.
Pour another for my brother.
Pour another for us all.

Storms brew inside my heart.
The future never looked so old.
Everything that is for sale.
Has already been sold.
Fear of fear.
When will this world shed tears.
Looking away.
Don't look us in our eyes.

I drink to the lost who thinks they're not.
I wander the desert too my friend.
Refusing the water.
Tequila is all I want.
Pour another for my brother.
Pour another for us all.


TequiLA iS aLL i WanT. Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Song I wrote about not wanting to go to work today lmao.

Work

Lyrics written, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Code red.
Go team.
Let's make this count.
Survive at all costs.
No regrets.

Life throws more than curves.
Throws daggers too.
Shattered into.
Heart has to feel it too.
Fight back.
We can't fail now.
I got your back.
Do you have mine.

Dream on.
Yet you have to wake up.
Don't spend the now on tomorrow.
Already paid for yesterday.
You were made for this.
I see the fighter in your eyes.

Sirens.
Final warnings.
Lights flashing everywhere.
Systems down.
It all has crashed.
Who do you turn to now.

Can I count on you.
Beautiful specimen.
I 'm a broken astronaut.
Become my galaxy girl.
Comets in your eyes.
I will gaze into.
A boy will often wonder.
I wonder about you. 

Black holes that are the heart.
Shoot passed me baby.
I would give up everything.
Let me drive your spaceship love.


Code red.
Go team.
Last play.
Let's make this count.
Survive at all costs.
No regrets.
Stay in bounds.


Sirens.
Final warnings.
Lights flashing everywhere.
Systems down.
It all has crashed.
Who do you turn to now.

Here it is.
It is down to us.
I will be your champion.
Don't shoot me in the heart.
Desolate.
Uninhabitable. 
Launch the last rocket.
Did this all for you.
Let's win this war my love.

Can I count on you.
Beautiful specimen.
I 'm a broken astronaut.
Become my galaxy girl.
Comets in your eyes.
I will gaze into.
A boy will often wonder.
I wonder about you. 

Dream on.
Wake up at some point.
Don't spend the now on tomorrow.
Already paid for yesterday.
You were made for this.
I see the fighter in your eyes.

sPaCe giRL.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Surrounded by the circus that we are.
Crowds with missing faces.
Most say nothing.
And that says everything.
Flowers in the fire.
The smell of your hair in the rain.
Smoke hides your eyes from me.
I will always call your name.

Drive the knife in farther.
Just like they all did.
Survived all the stab wounds.
See how they reacted.
Pose like most ghosts do.
Stories that are never told.
Heart set ablaze.
Eyes so Ice cold.

If you want something beautiful.
Be ready to fight.
Have what everyone else wants.
Memories like candles in the night.
Push me away.
I stumble into dark places.
Surrounded by your audience.
Crowds with missing faces.

Touch what's hot.
All effort she forgot.
The petals catch fire.
What I once held I just dropped.
The poetry that she is.
Becoming the fear, I always had.
You can destroy our tomorrow girl.
But remember what you said.

A shining knight with no quest.
Drop a sword in the river.
Lock up the castle forever.
She could never love the broken.
Even if I pray for retribution.
They will never come my way.
Come face the man.
He still holds what they tried to take away.

Flowers in the fire.
The smell of your hair in the rain.
Smoke hides your eyes from me.
I will always call your name.


Drive the knife in farther.
Just like they all did.
Survived all the stab wounds.
See how they reacted.
Pose like most ghosts do.
Stories that are never told.
Heart set ablaze.
Eyes so Ice cold.

If you want something beautiful.
Be ready to fight.
Have what everyone else wants.
Memories like candles in the night.

Drive the knife in farther.
Just like they all did.
Survived all the stab wounds.
See how they reacted.
Pose like most ghosts do.
Stories that are never told.
Heart set ablaze.
Eyes so Ice cold.

Touch what's hot.
All effort she forgot.
The petals catch fire.
What I once held I just dropped.

The poetry that she is.

cRowDs wiTh nO faCes.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written by, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

It's like I kept my eyes closed the whole time.
Missing the ride of my life.
Was that the only way to survive the night.
You don't treat a heart like that.

Graveyard neighborhood.
The corpse that I am now.
The dead do talk.
What I can prove to you.
Come here and let me tell you.

The flavor of ferocity.
The passion in the air.
If the World was really burning down.
Would she even care.
From all that I can tell.
She would let us fail.
From all that I can tell.
She would never tell.

Her jawline.
Foundation to a smile that kills.
The giver of the chills.
Lips on her lips.
Your gonna know how fire feels.
Too late for me now.
I am going all in.
Sure, she's got an appetite.
I only play to win.

It's like I kept my eyes closed the whole time.
Missing the ride of my life.
Was that the only way to survive the night.
You don't treat a heart like that.

Undertow moment.
Biting at the air.
The color of her hair.
Please give this man his share.
You only got one shot at this kind.
Shoot for the heart, go for the kill.
She only loves for the thrill.

Now here comes the sunrise.
Now where did she go.
I can smell her perfume.
I think she let me go.
Looking out the window.
Something is missing here.
You're the one who said forever.
You're the one who hurt my soul.

It's like I kept my eyes closed the whole time.
Missing the ride of my life.
Was that the only way to survive the night.
You don't treat a heart like that.

Her jawline.
Foundation to a smile that kills.
The giver of the chills.
Lips on her lips.
Your gonna know how fire feels.
Too late for me now.
I am going all in.
Sure, she's got an appetite.
I only play to win.

The flavor of ferocity.
The passion in the air.

Undertow moment.
Biting at the air.

It's like I kept my eyes closed the whole time.
Missing the ride of my life.
Was that the only way to survive the night.
You don't treat a heart like that.

tHe riDe oF mY liFe.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Shoot me down baby.
Launch all you got.
Already been through heartbreak.
Already been shot.
Whether or not.
Whoever forgot.
I fly over you darling.
Can you see the bombs drop.
I retaliate. 
As you vacate and become what you think I hate.
It's not that easy my lover.
I thought you were good at this.
Thought you knew how to play.

Rules are for all the others.
I broke them when I first saw you.
Dream girl that you are.
You barely left a scar.
I dream of dreams that dream of you.
Sky full of crying clouds.
Tears fall from the moon too.
What am I going to do.
Do without you.

Burn me alive.
Let them all watch.
Look a burning dreamer.
love is all he lost.
Reaching for reality.
All I touch is you.
Dream girl that you are.
Save me.
Please come true.

Shoot me down baby.
Launch all you got.
Already been through heartbreak.
Already been shot.
Whether or not.
Whoever forgot.
I fly over you darling.
Can you see the bombs drop.

Love is more than war.
It is a century of scandal.
A legacy of regret.
An intention that feels random.
Yelling at God never worked.
Trust me I do know.
Locked in pains basement.
Staring at heavens floor.

Rules are for all the others.
I broke them when I first saw you.
Dream girl that you are.
You barely left a scar.
I dream of dreams that dream of you.

Can you see the bombs drop.
I retaliate. 

Fire reflects off your skin like you were made of mirrors.
I am just a savage.
Fight through life.
Inflict a lot of damage.
Never taught how to hold you.
I just know how to hang on.
Shoot back baby.
You can bring me down.
You can bring me home.

Rules are for all the others.
I broke them when I first saw you.
Dream girl that you are.
You barely left a scar.

Love is more than war.
It is a century of scandal.
A legacy of regret.
An intention that feels random.
Yelling at God never worked.
Trust me I do know.
Locked in pains basement.
Staring at heavens floor.

Reaching for reality.
All I touch is you.
Dream girl that you are.
Save me.
Please come true.


Rules are for all the others.
I broke them when I first saw you.
Dream girl that you are.
You barely left a scar.
I dream of dreams that dream of you.




lOvE iS wAr.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written by, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Is this one better than the last baby.
You know I got to be the best.
You laugh at my silly accolades.
I just want to beat the rest.
Your mouth is the treasure.
I pour mine into it.
Now look at us beautiful.
Look what you have done.

I faced more than any should.
All in the name of love.
In the shame of lust.
Memories just turn to dust.
Never should have put the trust in us.
There are no guarantees in this life.
Shiny metal angel.
Angel made of rust.

Look at the rubble.
Stare at the crash.
You know what you did.
Run for your life girl.
You better run.
Nothing really matters now.
Sexy finale.
I can't turn my eyes away.
Your end is just the beginning. 
Better keep your lips to mine.

I gamble on Love.
Put all the money on the next card.
Loser trying to be a winner.
Take my relevance not my gold.
I see why they pursue.
To get a taste of you.
I don't blame them hell.
I pursue you too.


Is this one better than the last baby.
You know I got to be the best.
You laugh at my silly accolades.
I just want to beat the rest.


 I faced more than any should.
All in the name of love.
In the shame of lust.
Memories just turn to dust.
Never should have put the trust in us.
There are no guarantees in this life.
Shiny metal angel.
Angel made of rust.

A thousand broken moments.
combine inside my mind.
Rewind God if you are kind.
Let me lose what lurks behind.
I stare at the black as it stares back.

 I faced more than any should.
All in the name of love.
In the shame of lust.
Memories just turn to dust.

Nothing really matters now.
Sexy finale.
I can't turn my eyes away.
You end is just the beginning. 
Better keep your lips to mine.

You are just an echo. 
I am just space.
Supernova climax.
Please just hear my case.
Leave me here to catch my breath.
She turned me into this.

Look at the rubble.
Stare at the crash.
You know what you did.
Run for your life girl.
You better run.
Nothing really matters now.
Sexy finale.
I can't turn my eyes away.
You end is just the beginning. 
Better keep your lips to mine.

Is this one better than the last baby.
You know I got to be the best.
You laugh at my silly accolades.
I just want to beat the rest.
Your mouth is the treasure.
I pour mine into it.
Now look at us beautiful.
Look what you have done.

AnGel mAdE of rUsT.  Pale1/ Chrome Dolphins

From the heart of Texas rises Pale1 — a poet, fighter, and truth teller who turns pain into prophecy. Rooted in Austin’s raw underground scene, Pale1 stands apart as a lyricist who bleeds emotion through every bar. His verses are heavy with experience — a lifetime of loss, loyalty, and lessons — and his delivery carries the calm wisdom of a man who’s survived every storm and came back sharper.

More than a rapper, Pale1 is a freestyler, philosopher, and vessel for truth. His music bridges Southern grit with soulful reflection — the voice of someone who’s walked through fire and still thanks God for the journey. With every track, he breaks through facades and speaks directly to the spirit, blending poetic cadence with street-born authenticity.

Tracks like “Ugly Beautiful,” “Storm Front,” and “gAbrIel’s mesSaGe” show his ability to move between pain and peace, between loss and redemption — always guided by faith, always grounded in truth. His wordplay is sharp, his flow unpredictable, his tone unmistakably real. Pale1’s sound feels both ancient and new, a Texas storyteller channeling divine urgency through a microphone.

Behind the mic, Pale1 is Joe Kirk, founder and creative force behind Chrome Dolphins, a movement built on creativity, resilience, and rebirth. Together with a circle of like-minded artists, he continues to build from the underground up — not chasing fame, but pursuing meaning.

Pale1 is more than music — he’s message, motion, and mercy wrapped in rhyme.
When he speaks, it’s not just bars — it’s testimony.
When he breathes, it’s art.
When he rhymes, it’s revelation.

cRowDs wiTh nO faCes. Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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