sTeeL sKiN.  Pale1 "Freestyle"

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

I can say the words.
I can walk the walk.
Heart of crumbling stone.
Yet I am never alone.

She moves like the ghosts.
Slips in between shadows.
My love clings to her.

We learn and burn together.
The world will never know.
Some stories are never told.
Not all love is made of Gold.

I will never let go.
Hold my hand forever girl.
We will make it I promise.
We walk away from this loveless world.

Years go by but somehow, they don't.
The pictures play over and over again.
The rain never stops.

There is a tomorrow just out of reach.
I see you as you try.
We burn together in the same fire, yet our love does not expire.

Invincible attraction.
Breaking the laws of men.
I look up to heaven and grin.
If I could, I would do it all over.
To be the one she says she loves.
To fall in love again.

I can say the words.
I can walk the walk.
Heart of crumbling stone.
Yet I am never alone.

Years go by but somehow, they don't.
The pictures play over and over again.

There is a tomorrow just out of reach.
I see you as you try.
We burn together in the same fire, yet our love does not expire.

The world will never know.
Some stories are never told.
Not all love is made of Gold.

Invincible attraction.
Breaking the laws of men.
I look up to heaven and grin.
If I could, I would do it all over.
To be the one she says she loves.
To fall in love again

I cAn saY tHE woRdS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written and music produced by Joe kirk Copyright 2025.

I pray.
Again.
I reach out to you God.
Does my voice echo through the halls of heaven.
Or do you just let the phone ring.

I animate the curse.
I bleed over and over.
The sun moves in.
Yet I swear it is getting colder.

I look down at my hands.
They have burned from the touching of her love.
My heart is cold broken stone.
My prayers to you God, without you I know I am alone.

Lord pull me close.
Imprison me.
Don't let me go.
I never knew and will never know.
Can we agree to end this show.
Could I ever let her go.

I chose this road.
I picked this rose.
I swore to this oath.
I die of this love.

I pray again to you dear God.
You are all I have ever known.
The only light in the whole universe.
The only real wind I have ever felt.
The only love I really know.

The remnants of what once was.
The memory of a man.
The future taken from a daydream.
Footprints washed away on the shore.

We gain from the scars.
Our tears nourish the moment.
I yearn to get away from the only way.
I need you God, more than I ever have before.

I look down at my hands.
They have burned from the touching of her love.

I animate the curse.
I bleed over and over.
The sun moves in.
Yet I swear it is getting colder.


I pray.
Again.
I reach out to you God.
Does my voice echo through the halls of heaven.
Or do you just let the phone ring.

Lord pull me close.
Imprison me.
Don't let me go.
I never knew and will never know.
Can we agree to end this show.
Could I ever let her go.


EchO in HeaVen.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics and music produced by Joe Kirk Copyright 2025.

LYRICS:

To the man barely holding on.
 The one no one holds on to.
Tears unseen land on the fire you have become.

You gave more chances than you ever will receive.
Defined the truth to a world that deceives. Loved a love that faded with the seasons. Gave all that you are and yet nobody saw your needs.

Strength is more than how long you hold on.
Patience and her walls all fall down someday.
A broken man walks away.
He just hopes they remember him someday.

Love is poison. Love can kill. Love is for them. Love is not real.
Love is missing. Love you don't feel.

Pieces of the life you tried to hold together.
Fall off of him like armor.
The sharp stabbing of her words.
The slow death a short life has become.
Staring into an empty night sky.
No longer a reflection in God's eye.

To the man barely holding on.
 The one no one holds on to.
Tears unseen land on the fire you have become.

Love is poison. Love can kill. Love is for them. Love is not real.
Love is missing. Love you don't feel.

A hollow heart can be filled with many things.
You try to hold on to the memories of her.
You tried to write new pages.
Thought she wanted a new book too.
Her laugh has become the dagger.
They still laugh at you too.
You were just a man trying to be a man.
Now a man just broken into. 

Love is poison. Love can kill. Love is for them. Love is not real.
Love is missing. Love you don't feel.

A broken man walks away.
He just hopes they remember him someday.

sLoW buRn.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

LYRICS:
The sky is just a black screen.
No more meaning in the screaming.
There once was reason for the feeling.
They need more believing in what you're seeing.

There are few things in life that are real.
Your eyes used to be the place.
Love burned a hole in me.
What did love do to you. 

I push away the time and effort.
You put on your new you.
I reveal the wound.
You say that it isn't there.
All of the tragedy inside of me.
All the empathy that isn't you. 
A tornado we are now.
Let's tear apart the clouds.

The sky is just a black screen.
No more meaning in the screaming.
There once was reason for the feeling.
They need more believing in what you're seeing.

There are few things in life that are real.
Your eyes used to be the place.
Love burned a hole in me.

The sickness I cannot heal from.
The song that you still hum.
I see with two eyes closed.
Feen for the drug you have become.

I will hold you forever.
Your bones and soul pressed to mine.
I told you what forever was.
Forever was making you mine.

The sky is just a black screen.
No more meaning in the screaming.
There once was reason for the feeling.
They need more believing in what you're seeing.

There are few things in life that are real.
Your eyes used to be the place.
Love burned a hole in me.
What did love do to you. 

bLacK ScrEenZ.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Do dead men walk again.
Talk again.
Breathe again.

Was there ever an ever.
forever was the final endeavor.

Resurrected.
The comeback they are all talking about.
A sequel.
You know I never stopped loving you.


Words hit like bullets do.
Point blank feel the spit on my cheek.
The heart hides some truth.
Some hearts never do.

If I could turn yesterday away, the fade, the dismay.
Every word, every stance that we take.
Choices and to the choiceless and to their mistakes.
A toast to you, and two shots for me.
Please aim at the heart.

If a tomorrow is rolling the dice.
Today is playing its hand.
Yesterday died in the alleyway.
Lethal and the words you play.

Ricochet, the bullet sparks as the games played.
A love like this they must admit.
They'll never stop.
Look out I'm hit.


Words hit like bullets do.
Point blank feel the spit on my cheek.
The heart hides some truth.
Some hearts never do.
 

Do dead men walk again.
Talk again.
Breathe again.

Was there ever an ever.
forever was the final endeavor.
 
If I could turn yesterday away, the fade, the dismay.
Every word, every stance that we take.
Choices and to the choiceless and to their mistakes.
A toast to you, and two shots for me.
Please aim at the heart.

Resurrected.
The comeback they are all talking about.
A sequel.
You know I never stopped loving you.

aiM foR tHe HearT.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Pushed over the ledge.
The look in your eyes says it all. 
Make it all my fault.
Line all around me.
You were holding the chalk.

Lies like sugar, the abuser, no fuses, and no one refuses.
It is useless.
You say to try is useless.
I guess you think that Love is useless too.


A splintered soul loses its way.
a long a way that's really not far away.
Lies to himself these days.
Says he will get here one day.
He will find himself there he says.
No one is ever there.


To get by, fools and their eyes, perfume and her tries.
Falling, as you were already the fallen one.
A heart that was burned to black.
A beginning that was already done.


Lies like sugar, the abuser, no fuses, and no one refuses.
It is useless.
You say to try is useless.
I guess you think that Love is useless too.


Some pain stays parked in your harbor.
The ship that could never sink.
The talk is cheap.
It buys more than you think.


Pushed over the ledge.
The look in your eyes says it all. 
Make it all my fault.
Line all around me.
You were holding the chalk.

You and me, the scene, giving a new dimension to the dream.
Mermaids sing.
The sky rains envy.
Love isn't what it seems.


Lies to himself these days.
Says he will get here one day.
He will find himself there he says.
No one is ever there.


To get by, fools and their eyes, perfume and her tries.
Falling, as you were already the fallen one.
A heart that was burned to black.
A beginning that was already done.


Pushed over the ledge.
The look in your eyes says it all. 
Make it all my fault.
Line all around me.
You were holding the chalk.

Lies like sugar, the abuser, no fuses, and no one refuses.
It is useless.
You say to try is useless.
I guess you think that Love is useless too.

UseLesS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

With what is left of me.
I forge into.
What is necessary for today.
Do it for you.
Staring at the ceiling.
Counting the many ways.
Blocking out the thoughts that can.
Remind me of the pain.

Broken soul bones.
No one knows this more than I.
Dare to compare.
A hundred-mile stare.
Lost with no flares.
Broken soul bones.
Broken words do you supply.


I scream at the dream, and it seems to be deemed black.
Relax and sit back.
Hears to the dreams that hit back.
I never knew all the answers that I pretend to know.
No remedy.
How should I know how to keep the soul's glow.


Crucified and celebrated.
The prize was me this time.
Heads on the wall mounted.
The hunter has now become the prey.
Cruel as your weapon, your aim is still off.
Shoot at the man as he is getting away.
Shoot at the one carrying his own cross.

With what is left of me.
I forge into.
What is necessary for today.
Do it for you.


Broken soul bones.
No one knows this more than I.
Dare to compare.
A hundred-mile stare.
Lost with no flares.
Broken soul bones.
Broken words do you supply.


A hundred thousand pictures in the form of memories.
Heart washed away by tears.
Warned of the breaking dam.
The rumor that was truer than she had been in years.
Scars on his face tell a story that needs no words.
The scars on the inside.
Don't forget about the scars on the inside.
Sometimes those are the scars that need the words.

With what is left of me.
I forge into.
What is necessary for today.
Do it for you.
Staring at the ceiling.
Counting the many ways.
Blocking out the thoughts that can.
Remind me of the pain.


Crucified and celebrated.
The prize was me this time.
Heads on the wall mounted.
The hunter has now become the prey.
Cruel as your weapon, your aim is still off.
Shoot at the man as he is getting away.
Shoot at the one carrying his own cross.

Broken soul bones.
No one knows this more than I.
Dare to compare.
A hundred-mile stare.
Lost with no flares.
Broken soul bones.
Broken words do you supply.


I scream at the dream, and it seems to be deemed black.
Relax and sit back.
Hears to the dreams that hit back.
I never knew all the answers that I pretend to know.
No remedy.
How should I know how to keep the soul's glow.

BroKeN soUl BoneS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.

Mix your tears with mine.
We chose the poison.
The point was pointless.
Time always took its time.

Don't keep looking over there my love.
What did you hope to see.
Broken pieces right in front of you.
Pick them up.
Just little pieces of me.
Forever was the liar.
Pain was the truth this time.


Does your chest ache.
No heart.
A cave left in it's place.
Smile even though it is all an act.
React to what is all starting to turn black.

Love left through the backdoor, the bartender said with his last breath. 
Heated up the place with your six-shooter.
Looking for your life or at least what was left.
Her allure and all that she was.
A moment lost to the dust, as the dust was running with the wind.

No one warned me, did they ever warn you.
Heart like mine, born with it broken in two.
The dark brown in your eyes has done it to me again.
I told another lie.
Of course I didn't win.


Don't keep looking over there my love.
What did you hope to see.
Broken pieces right in front of you.
Pick them up.
Just little pieces of me.
Forever was the liar.
Pain was the truth this time.


Mix your tears with mine.
We chose the poison.
The point was pointless.
Time always took its time.


Roses are red.
Some roses are dead.
Keep those lies from running circles on your head.
Every story has a hero.
Algorithms without a zero.
Sometimes to hold on it really means it's letting go.



No one warned me, did they ever warn you.
Heart like mine, born with it broken in two.
The dark brown in your eyes has done it to me again.
I told another lie.
Of course I didn't win.

Mix your tears with mine.
We chose the poison.
The point was pointless.
Time always took its time.

Don't keep looking over there my love.
What did you hope to see.
Broken pieces right in front of you.
Pick them up.
Just little pieces of me.
Forever was the liar.
Pain was the truth this time.

LiTTle PieCeS oF mE.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Forget how to breath.
Lose your way.
Put out the flame.
Once upon a time there was her name.
Puzzle pieces missing.
Thought that was the story.
Isn't that how it went.

Maybe I got it all wrong.
You know me.
I am naive you used to say.
I believed you.
I really believed you.

Sad song on the radio,
beautiful you on my mind.
A torn heart sings along within my own hollow bones.
A love clings to the you that is now gone.
Love lied.
We did try.
We gave it all we had right?
A last night for the last time.
A last smile.


I cannot let go.
How could you.
Don't look at me, but hey, look at you.
I am a shattered person.
You are looking brand new.
Love did all of this to me.
What in the hell did it do to you.


I dare myself to let it all go sometimes.
Just to see what it could be.
A different kind of fear.
The fear of losing me.
Leaving wasn't the answer.
You took more than just you.
Everything that I ever was is gone.
It went away with you. 


Sad song on the radio,
beautiful you on my mind.

Forget how to breath.
Lose your way.
Put out the flame.
Once upon a time there was her name.
Puzzle pieces missing.
Thought that was the story.
Isn't that how it went.


We did try.
We gave it all we had right?
A last night for the last time.
A last smile.


I cannot let go.
How could you.
Don't look at me, but hey, look at you.
I am a shattered person.
You are looking brand new.
Love did all of this to me.
What in the hell did it do to you.

Sad song on the radio,
beautiful you on my mind.
A torn heart sings along within my own hollow bones.
A love clings to the you that is now gone.
Love lied.
We did try.
We gave it all we had right?
A last night for the last time.
A last smile.

LasT sMiLE.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

I saw you.
You said you could see me too. 
Is it often.
That the lightning strikes the way that it did.
Frozen moments.
Encased in the ice of time.
I burn it all down.
I Have tried many times.

If we looked over there.
Would we still see.
You and me.
The colors of you and what you are.
What could I ever be to you.
What we were streaks across a lost sky.
A burning rainbow.

 Black and white.
No room for the gray.
Laugh it all away they say.
Everything that you said has wings now.
Fly away into a tomorrow that you will never share.

I touched forever.
You touched a moment.
Love burns the skin.
Did it all for what.
I would do it all again.

Thought we were more than this.
Burning rainbow.
Just a kiss.
Just a forever.
I will always miss.

Do you remember.
Or you already forgot.
You could make time stand still.
Beautiful magician.
Make the rainbow catch fire.
Do it again.

Turn it all black then.
I know that you can.
Look at all that you have done.
Don't tell me that you can't.
Burn away.
I turn away.
Rainbows shouldn't die this way.


If we looked over there.
Would we still see.
You and me.
The colors of you and what you are.
What could I ever be to you.
What we were streaks across a lost sky.
A burning rainbow.


Thought we were more than this.
Burning rainbow.
Just a kiss.
Just a forever.
I will always miss.

Do you remember.
Or you already forgot.
You could make time stand still.
Beautiful magician.
Make the rainbow catch fire.
Do it again.

The colors of you and what you are.
What could I ever be to you.
What we were streaks across a lost sky.
A burning rainbow.




BurNinG RainBows.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

I know what I have done.
The damage I am guilty of.
A savage at times.
Sometimes a savage is what it takes.
Grind your eyes into my eyes.
Two souls take root together.
You got more than you bargained for.
To die you have to know what you were living for.

No more of the same songs tonight.
I need more tequila please.
Left her tip on the pool table.
She looks good when she is walking away.
Of course she never thinks of me.
Why would she do a thing like that.
Wounded I am.
Easy to see.
She would never think of a fool like me. 

I gamble on more than I realize.
Stakes that go beyond what I can give up.
Throw the poker chips down anyway.
She holds her cards close to the chest.
I want her to hold me like that.


A life lost.
How she became the wind.
And at all costs.
Guilty of holding on too long again.
Get off the ride.
There is no winner's side.
When hearts collide.
Crumbling moons and shattered eyes.
 

I wanted to stop.
You never paid enough attention.
I was already two steps from the edge.
Did you really have to push so hard.
Falling felt like rising.
Heartbeat felt like nails being driven in.
I will never let go now.
I could never let go now.

Shoot with me my lovely.
Aim at the closest star you see.
We'll make him bleed you will see.
Stars will flee from you and me.
I dare to exist in the mist of this.
Under an envious moon I deliver the kiss.
A life such as this.
With you my love.
I would never miss this.


I know what I have done.
The damage I am guilty of.
A savage at times.
Sometimes a savage is what it takes.
Grind your eyes into my eyes.
Two souls take root together.
You got more than you bargained for.
To die you have to know what you were living for.

I gamble on more than I realize.
Stakes that go beyond what I can give up.
Throw the poker chips down anyway.
She holds her cards close to the chest.
I want her to hold me like that.


No more of the same songs tonight.
I need more tequila please.
Left her tip on the pool table.
She looks good when she is walking away.
Of course she never thinks of me.
Why would she do a thing like that.
Wounded I am.
Easy to see.
She would never think of a fool like me. 

A life lost.
How she became the wind.
And at all costs.
Guilty of holding on too long again.
Get off the ride.
There is no winner's side.
When hearts collide.
Crumbling moons and shattered eyes.

Shoot with me my lovely.
Aim at the closest star you see.
We'll make him bleed you will see.
Stars will flee from you and me.
I dare to exist in the mist of this.
Under an envious moon I deliver the kiss.
A life such as this.
With you my love.

I know what I have done.
The damage I am guilty of.
A savage at times.
Sometimes a savage is what it takes.
Grind your eyes into my eyes.
Two souls take root together.
You got more than you bargained for.
To die you have to know what you were living for.

a FoOl LikE mE.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

I could never really know.
To be cliche.
Feels like I am made of plastic sometimes.
Bar talk.
Riddles and lost loves.
Don't bow out quite yet my friend.

Pain is the color of his eyes.
Pain has conquered what color was.
In a war before most knew what war even was. 
We all lost, but who's really got nothing else to lose.
Who could never even the score.
The DJ spins as the legend leaves the court.

All I want to say.
Has been told to you before.
Hate to be a re-run.
Say the same things, the same song that's been heard before.
The same fear, the same lies, avoid the crash, we change lanes, we still try.
All I want to say to you my friend.
Don't let go of the ledge.
You are my friend, show us all how hard you fight.
All I wanted to say to you my friend.

How do you tell the sage.
Older brothers never needed anything.
As the world rages on.
Running out of people.
The ones that can be counted on.

There is a reason you dodged so many bullets.
There is a reason you beat the odds.
How many times have you almost died.
No lie, many more nights will you stay up.
Stay up and just cry.
Piercing the veil.
Simply forgotten.
No one remembers your name.
No stone etched.

You said that redemptions never to be caught.
As fucked up as we were.
It was worth it right?


I could never really know.
To be cliche.
Feels like I am made of plastic sometimes.
Bar talk.
Riddles and lost loves.
Don't bow out quite yet my friend.

Pain is the color of his eyes.
Pain has conquered what color was.
In a war before most knew what war even was. 
We all lost, but who's really got nothing else to lose.
Who could never even the score.
The DJ spins as the legend leaves the court.

There is a reason you dodged so many bullets.
There is a reason you beat the odds.
How many times have you almost died.
No lie, many more nights will you stay up.
Stay up and just cry.
Piercing the veil.
Simply forgotten.
No one remembers your name.
No stone etched.

You said that redemptions never to be caught.
As fucked up as we were.
It was worth it right?

To a FriEnD.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written, and music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.
Never use to losing.
Even after I lost you.
Heaven is getting crowded these days.
Soul on fire as I know heaven was making room for you. 
Wanted to hug on momma.
Daddys gone to though.
Looking for my brother.
Can't see him through the window.
How many times.
How can I.

The sunset isn't the same color as it used to be.
When you were sitting next to me.
Saw it on the news, they said the World might be at war again.
Wanted to tell my father, he was like my best friend.
Now just like the others.
They are all just dust in the wind.

They said that the good die young.
I must be doing something wrong.
I stare up to heaven.
Forgot the words to God's favorite song.
I look at my son and I can see a tomorrow I hope doesn't come.
I never meant for the world to be this way.
I didn't try enough to stop it son.

Trains made of memories.
Tracks are our lives.
When the trains run out of track.
Dark and memories collide. 
I can hear the engine.
Conductor needs to jump.
I feel I am running out of track.
Full steam into all of the black.

Life is so fast.
Yet thinking getting slow.
I try to stay low.
Don't want God to see where I go.
I am in the same place.
Cold stone and alone.
I like it when I am alone now.
Everyone just let me go now.
Just let me go now.

Tears of the clown.
A mayor with no town.
Screams from the ship.
I want to race it as it goes down. 
Who wants a love that can leave you behind.
The future disappears as you just stop for a moment to rewind.
Don't want to rewind.
You all left me behind.

Never use to losing.
Even after I lost you.
Heaven is getting crowded these days.
Soul on fire as I know heaven was making room for you. 

Wife tells me to hold her.
I give her all I got.
Shield her from the winter.
It will never again get hot.
I am broken, parts need replacing.
Will I ever be the same again.
Holding on to you feels like I am going to lose you too.

To all above who hear me.
Even all of the angels.
All of the earth's devils.
I use space, bass, and treble.
I send this song into the heart of God.
Please just listen.
At least just the first verse.
Please come and get me.
All I can taste is curse.


Wanted to hug on momma.
Daddys gone to though.
Looking for my brother.
Can't see him through the window.
How many times.
How can I.

Wife tells me to hold her.
I give her all I got.
Shield her from the winter.
It will never again get hot.
I am broken, parts need replacing.
Will I ever be the same again.
Holding on to you feels like I am going to lose you too.

JuSt leT mE Go.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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.

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 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

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

Take me from this place.
Can you make a wish come true.
I never thought of that.
Until I took a look at you.
Broken moment.
Momentarily. 
Don't let go of me.
Things are getting scary.

Cut from the same cloth.
Wanna share a daydream?
Together we could both win.
That's what your eyes were telling me.
Inside my mind I said no.
My heart was screaming let go.
You know I never listen though.
Be careful out here baby.
Never let your truth show.

Delicious decision.
Girl, you taste like cake.
Red velvet with icing made of mistakes.
I found you in the taste.
You found me in the waste.
I want to turn back.
But my soul is telling me to wait.

Sweet sweat and candy.
The taste of her lips.
Addicted and conflicted.
When she shoots, she doesn't miss.
Shots fired again though.
Glancing of my soul's bones.
Bullseye baby, I knew that you could shoot.
Disguised you are the bullet.
I was born to be the trigger.
Want to prove who's quicker.
I would let you win baby.



Cut from the same cloth.
Wanna share a daydream?
Together we could both win.
That's what your eyes were telling me.
Inside my mind I said no.
My heart was screaming let go.
You know I never listen though.
Be careful out here baby.
Never let your truth show.

Daddy told me boy to never.
Momma told me too.
To never be as clever.
If the endeavor isn't truth.
Writing on the wall.
This time I am the one who wrote the words.
Years collapse like burning bridges.
Happy ever after.
Reality is absurd.


Delicious decision.
Girl, you taste like cake.
Red velvet with icing made of mistakes.
I found you in the taste.
You found me in the waste.
I want to turn back.
But my soul is telling me to wait.

Be careful out here baby.
Never let your truth show.


Bullseye baby, I knew that you could shoot.
You were always the bullet.
I was the trigger.
You are the one that pulled it.

Take me from this place.
Can you make a wish come true.
I never thought of that.
Until I took a look at you.
Broken moment.
Momentarily. 
Don't let go of me.
Things are getting scary.

cAndY lipS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Some have more time than others. 
Others have already run out.
Clocks crumble in the back of our minds.
Pictures of their smiles.
Everything eventually fades into a black.
I don't want to let go my sweet love.
Hold on to me forever.

I remember the first time.
You became my favorite song.
My favorite everything.
Days short.
Nights long.
Poetry spilled from my lips.
I wanted to pour it all over you.
Time was already the enemy.
Seeds of deceit inside the dark side of friends.

If you let go now.
There will never be a forever.
You know how the rules are.
Take from the sky another star.
To a broken soul.
Give it another scar.
You always knew what you were.
I forgot what I was.

Clocks crumble in the back of our minds.
Pictures of their smiles.
Everything eventually fades into a black.
I don't want to let go my sweet love.
Hold on to me forever.

We crash like cars with no brakes.
So many burning bridges.
Did she even miss this.
How can I still taste her kiss.
How could she turn her back on this.
Time betrays another man.
He let's go for the last time.
Time is a friend to nobody son.

Poetry spilled from my lips.
I wanted to pour it all over you.

I remember the first time.
You became my favorite song.
My favorite everything.
Days short.
Nights long.

Some have more time than others. 
Others have already run out.
Clocks crumble in the back of our minds.
Pictures of their smiles.
Everything eventually fades into a black.
I don't want to let go my sweet love.
Hold on to me forever.

For every time there was no time.
Time and time again.
Begging to the God that put it all here.
I am a man with everything and nothing.
Love and fear.
Something then nothing.

I don't want to let go my sweet love.
Hold on to me forever.

SomeThinG tHeN noThiNg.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Put those blue jeans on baby.
You know what I like.
I got my hair slicked back.
You said you like the way.
At least that's what you say.
There are no take backs.
Chocolate brown eyes.
Nothing left.
In this aftermath that was you.

Throw in the towel.
White flags.
The loss was in your eyes.
The cost was so damn high.
Every time now.
Broken on the bow.
Sitting on a ledge.
Remember what you said.
Everything you said.


Oceans of the broken bones.
Throw my souls bones in.
I will never breathe the same again.
Flowers with their vicious smiles.
Borrowed sorrow.
Followed.
I die in this moment there is no hope for a tomorrow.

Put those blue jeans on baby.
You know what I like.
I got my hair slicked back.
You said you like the way.
At least that's what you say.

Oceans of the broken bones.
Throw my souls bones in.
I will never breathe the same again.

All I know is you.
Everyone else was invisible.
Stronger in the broken places.
Lipstick on the poker faces.
Who are you to do what you do you are cruel.
You do it good baby.
Yes, you do.
In fact, come and do it to me again my love.

Throw in the towel.
White flags.
The loss was in your eyes.
The cost was so damn high.
Every time now.
Broken on the bow.
Sitting on a ledge.
Remember what you said.
Everything you said.

Oceans of the broken bones.
Throw my souls bones in.
I will never breathe the same again.

Put those blue jeans on baby.
You know what I like.
I got my hair slicked back.
You said you like the way.
At least that's what you say.

Oceans of the broken bones.
Throw my souls bones in.
I will never breathe the same again.

There are no take backs.
Chocolate brown eyes.
Nothing left.
In this aftermath that was you.

The words cut.
Sharp and intended to be.
Everything you did to me.
Pretended.
Ascended then repented.
What it really meant to me.
To finally be able to be.
Nothing here now.
I am invisible do you see.

There are no take backs.
Chocolate brown eyes.
Nothing left.
In this aftermath that was you.

All I know is you.
Everyone else was invisible.

bLuE jEanS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Now that I can think again.
I can get back into the fight.
She packs a punch no doubt.
The last of the candles.
Exhale slow as they go out.

Pretty woman.
In dreams.
Only the lonely.
I borrow Roy's black shades.
Continue on with his black dreams.
Only love can break a heart.
Only the shattered know what I mean.

Reach for help.
Clinching on to something that is not you.
Stars have a razors edge.
I found out trying to hold you. 
Just an afterthought.
A ghost in a lost daydream. 
In between two dimensions.
Where no one can hear you scream.
Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.
Who is the liar, who tells the truth.
Burden of proof.
It falls on you.

Chained to the sadness.
I join the broken choir.
Can you make it all worthwhile.
Can I still make you smile.
Took more than I thought I had.
Left me on the floor.
Broken up in pieces.
Look at a sky that's torn.

Now that I can think again.
I can get back into the fight.
She packs a punch no doubt.
The last of the candles.
Exhale slow as they go out.

This is not a sad song.
Hate to make you wait.
I am still in the state of shock.
Heart just barely scraped.
Yes, it was a close call.
To save it.
You know I gave my all.

Chained to the sadness.
I join the broken choir.
Can you make it all worthwhile.
Can I still make you smile.

Clinching on to something that is not you.
Stars have a razors edge.
I found out trying to hold you. 

Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.
Who is the liar, who tells the truth.
Burden of proof.
It falls on you.


Pretty woman.
In dreams.
Only the lonely.
I borrow Roy's black shades.
Continue on with his black dreams.
Only love can break a heart.
Only the shattered know what I mean.

Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.

Frozen fire.
Soul is tired.

fOr Roy.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Your lies slay what I once was.
So that you could still look the part.
All my years.
So that you could still get fucked. 
I played the part too.
I played the fool for you.
To make sure they never saw the real you. 

Beyond what betrayal is.
Something more sinister.
A cold metallic lizard skin.
Venom glazed mouth.
The audacity.
You put them all in hell.
How could you do this.
You'll be going there too.

I loved you with a love that you will never see again.
If you dare to tell the truth.
Your turn in exile.
Enjoy your stay.
Taste of your own medicine.
Took my life away.
Keeping a fake version of yourself alive.

I can't not hate this thing you are.
I tried to love through this.
I lost every single one of them.
Friends turned into living ghosts. 
Wondering where he went.

I tried to give you God. 
I crucified myself on the hill that was your family.
Disgusted by the display.
I died over and over again.
You got to live so you could play another day. 

No one left to love.
No one even checked on me.
The one who defended everyone.
Betrayed by my own family.
I can look in the mirror.
I know that you can't.
The angels glare at you now.

I was what love is.
I proved it for all of our years.
I never hurt you.
I gave you all I was.

I have to go now.
Before I am nothing more.
No blood in my heart left to pump.
No soul left to hold up my bones.

Every time I close my eyes.
The picture show begins.
You were all actors on this stage.
How could you not know that God observes.

I was never loved.
You knew that.
Made them think I was detestable.
You were the cancer though.
You had the time to make this right.
As I was running out of life.

Look at what is left of me.
And look at what you always where.
I defended your evil deeds.
In hopes that you would one day see,
I only wanted you to meet your God.
And show your family the way to go.

I loved you with a love that you will never see again.
If you dare to tell the truth.
Your turn in exile.
Enjoy your stay.
Taste of your own medicine.
Took my life away.
Keeping a fake version of yourself alive.

I was what love is.
I proved it for all of our years.
I never hurt you.
I gave you all I was.

I tried to give you God. 
I crucified myself on the hill that was your family.
Disgusted by the display.
I died over and over again.
You got to live so you could play another day. 

WhAt lOve waS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Sometimes I want to run to a place I never heard of.
Wonder what it would be like.
Never have crossed paths with those.
Never knew what heartache was.
Never held a dying rose.

I was in love with being in love.
Coming from a home that never had any.
Mom and dad never knew a thing.
I observed as a child.
Feeling pain, never knowing joy.
Soul and heart.
Never had a chance.

I won every single time.
Did what you thought I couldn't.
There was a few that believed in me.
Prevailed when they thought I wouldn't.
Never met my match.
 I guess I used what I had inside.
I looked like I was alive.
I was just dead on the inside.

You can't change anything.
Put down the paintbrush.
Step away from what you created.
Let them all see.
Let them all try.
Walk away slow as they see the art from a man who died.

There are no more deep thoughts.
I hate going there now.
I stay in this place now.
Thinking that nobody can hurt me now.
You and them.
The same people from the same place.
A place I have never been before.

Sometimes I want to run to a place I never heard of.
Wonder what it would be like.
Never have crossed paths with those.
Never knew what heartache was.
Never held a dying rose.

I stay in this place now.
Thinking that nobody can hurt me now.
You and them

roSe peTaLs.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written by, and music created by Joe Kirk.

I see when you hurt.
My darling.
How could you not know.
Don't you know when I do.
My red rose.
Oh, don't you know.

Love is made up of it all.
Every brick and stone.
Every corner of every wall.
I want to be there when you fall.
Fall down to me.
Leave the stars behind.

Slow motion moments.
You are the statues in my mind.
The face that flowers envy.
Flesh and dreams entwined.
Never could there ever be.
Another love for me.

Look past what time wants to take.
I still see us.
We are made of stars.
By a God more far away than far.
Proof of life spelled out in the scars.
Wondering where we are.

If I did not know the words.
And neither did you.
I would know.
That you would know.
That I will love you forever girl.
No need for the words right now.

I lived in the fire that wins every time.
Immune to the blaze.
Broken and Heartless was the only way.
Dead man walking.
Listen to the words I say.
Blessed is the man who one day finds love.
Cursed is the one who held on.

What people do.
But really what they won't.
Love can make it all true.
Hate hoping that love won't.
Broken people hurting broken people.
Glass cutting glass.
Lessons learned in the nick of time.
Some lessons never learned.

Love is made up of it all.
Every brick and stone.
Every corner of every wall.
I want to be there when you fall.
Fall down to me.
Leave the stars behind.

If I did not know the words.
And neither did you.
I would know.
That you would know.
That I will love you forever girl.
No need for the words right now.

Strategic thinking.
Years in the making.
Prolific dreams of the one I love.
Cinnamon sprinkled butterflies.
Landing on her shoulders.
Making time stand still.
Only for a moment.

Slow motion moments.
You are the statues in my mind.
The face that flowers envy.
Flesh and dreams entwined.
Never could there ever be.
Another love for me.

I see when you hurt.
My darling.
How could you not know.
Don't you know when I do.
My red rose.
Oh, don't you know.

nO woRdS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

The war in your look.
Hungry eyes.
Surrender the taste of your kiss.
A thousand tries.
The broken wings of the angel.
Her final flight.

Not as invisible as you once were.
We can all see you now.
Is that the same dress from the other night.
The same smile, the same pick-up lines.
Glare at the new dawn that arrives.
As I burn down your castle.
Your mansion made out of lies.

Now we see eye to eye.
Here comes the vow.
A better tomorrow.
Just really want to stop the lies.
Cotton candy sorrows.
The sweetest of poisons.
The latest version of hollow.

Swords meet in the dark corners of disputes.
Men fall on metal for the chance to love.
Love is an even sharper blade.
Reveals what a man is made of.
The many dragons that hate is.
In the name of love.
It must die from.

The war in your look.
Hungry eyes.
Surrender the taste of your kiss.
A thousand tries.
The broken wings of the angel.
Her final flight.

Honor is the jewel.
Center of my crown.
To live for is to die for.
Don't let the moon go down.
I was enraptured at the moment.
The moment still remains.
Smitten still.
I remain captive.
Souls singing in the rain.

Secure the gate.
Invade her gaze.
Flowers perfume the wind as they try to block her ways.
I just want to capture you.
Say to you the things I have always wanted to.
You know that only love is true.
Thinking of what I want to do to you.
The things I want to do.

The war in your look.
Hungry eyes.
Surrender the taste of your kiss.
A thousand tries.
The broken wings of the angel.
Her final flight.

Now we see eye to eye.
Here comes the vow.
A better tomorrow.
Just really want to stop the lies.
Cotton candy sorrows.
The sweetest of poisons.
The latest version of hollow.

The war in your look.
Hungry eyes.
Surrender the taste of your kiss.
A thousand tries.

The broken wings of the angel

broKeN aNgeL winGZ.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Made more mistakes than the average man.
I can still look you in the eyes though.
Scars on my body.
The ones on my heart.
Just had a problem with letting go. 
She didn't though.

The fighter on the outside.
He said he never lost.
His heart lost every fight though.
He learned to feel the cost.
Melted away her frost.
It just took so many days.
Days he would welcome back.
If he could only change her ways.

A man will fight until he can't no more.
A woman like you.
Ringside.
Yes, he can hear you.
His soul he can bleed through.
Give him something he can feel too.

I knew a man who broke himself into many pieces.
It was hard to see.
No real friends it seemed.
Bet his life felt like a dream.
His eyes still had a fire.
I couldn't believe.

Love will come and love will go.
Yes in her eyes but she still says no.
Never wondering how.
A good soul knows.
Tying her up.
Using broken ropes.

Years fly by, you know how the song goes.
Hearts shut like old church doors.
Life in a dry town.
Where never a wind blows.
Flesh and bones.
Humming forgotten songs.
Only the broken know.

I turned my back to God today.
Another of the many.
Mistakes that a man will make.
Trying to be fake.
Thinking he will make it.
He won't make it to anywhere.

I told her more than once my love was true.
I must have used a language she never knew.
Ran past my soul.
Left it torn in two.
I am hurting, how about you?
Do you even know there is blood and soul everywhere. 

The fighter on the outside.
He said he never lost.
His heart lost every fight though.
He learned to feel the cost.
Melted away her frost.
It just took so many days.
Days he would welcome back.
If he could only change her ways.

I don't really know if I spent my life.
I just want to feel real.

I knew a man who broke himself into many pieces.
It was hard to see.
No real friends it seemed.
Bet his life felt like a dream.
His eyes still had a fire.
I couldn't believe.

I want to show the world I am alive.
Went missing for a while.
I am still here.
Check my vital signs.
Somebody please.
I don't really know if I spent my life.
I just want to feel real.

Made more mistakes than the average man.
I can still look you in the eyes though.
Scars on my body.
The ones on my heart.
Just had a problem with letting go. 
She didn't though.

I don't really know if I spent my life.
I just want to feel real.

Her brown eyes set down on me.
Conquering who I thought I might be.
I give up easily; show her I can bleed.
Can I give her all she needs.

Made more mistakes than the average man.
I can still look you in the eyes though.
Scars on my body.
The ones on my heart.
Just had a problem with letting go. 
She didn't though.

I don't really know if I spent my life.
I just want to feel real.


miStaKeS.  Pale1/ Chrome Dolphins

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

She picked out that dress.
You know the one.
The black one.
Turning her legs into the guns.
Shooting and polluting the air with her allure.
I am going down again.
Thought this was for fun.
This is no fair.

What you turn me into.
What was I before.
What she wore last night.
Still lying on the floor.
Mirrors still steamed up.
The shower has been left on.
I can handle you baby.
Who left the lights on?

Never had a man like me.
You said it with a grin.
There you go darling.
Weaving a web with me again.
I kiss you to stop.
Kiss you longer then you ever.
Never is a forever.
I am the one who told you.
Our love cannot be severed. 

Love is a weapon baby, come here and take this gun.
Shoot out all the streetlights.
I will punch the closest one.
We are outnumbered.
We knew this going in.
This is what makes us legendary.
You know we are going to win.

Good versus evil.
We know the good prevails.
Still people choose wrong.
Life going off the rails.
Love over hate.
You'd think it was the easy choice.
My friend I hate to say.
Hate is winning the war today.

When we touch.
There is no time.
I could care less about the world and her lines.
Complications and vacations.
Slave to the invisible hive minds. 
I want to run away too.
Isn't that what you are saying lover.
Don't play me for the fool.
I can use love as a tool too baby.

She said baby why are you bringing that.
I said because you never know.
We are outnumbered my lover.
This is how our story goes.
She raced to my mouth with hers already open.
Making timeline angry as time hits the brakes. 
She knows her moves.
There are no mistakes.

What you turn me into.
What was I before.
What she wore last night.
Still lying on the floor.
Mirrors still steamed up.
The shower has been left on.
I can handle you baby.
Who left the lights on?

She picked out that dress.
You know the one.
The black one.
Turning her legs into the guns.
Shooting and polluting the air with her allure.
I am going down again.
Thought this was for fun.
This is no fair.

I turn off the lights downstairs.
Find your skirt on the steps.
Heels in the hallway.
You in our bed.
Wings taken off.
Halo around your head.

I can't dream anymore since mine came true.
What am I supposed to do.
I stare at the black wanting to hold you. 
Roll over and then I do. 
I let go sometimes I know you feel. 
It's nothing personal.
I just can't feel. 
I just know we're real.

Never had a man like me.
You said it with a grin.
There you go darling.
Weaving a web with me again.
I kiss you to stop.
Kiss you longer then you ever.
Never is a forever.
I am the one who told you.
Our love cannot be severed. 


Love is a weapon baby, come here and take this gun.
Shoot out all the streetlights.
I will punch the closest one.
We are outnumbered.
We knew this going in.
This is what makes us legendary.
You know we are going to win.

Love is a weapon baby, come here and take this gun.
Shoot out all the streetlights.

She said baby why are you bringing that.
I said because you never know.

I said because you never know.


stReeT ligHtS.  Pale1/ Chrome Dolphins

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

I choke on the smoke that you are.
Faraway star.
I tried to touch what you are.
Hands left broken and charred. 
I never deserted us.
I invested far too much.
No turning back now my lover.
I am in till the end.

Not use to the love I offered.
I am a different kind of animal.
You were the scandal.
Sprayed graffiti on my heart like a vandal.
I said it didn't hurt.
Kept a straight face while lying to the world.

A man will love a woman even when she doesn't love back.
The riddle I will never know the answer to.
I don't think I even want to.
All I wanted was you. 

I told you that I dreamed about you.
I told them all the same.
I stood up when you walked in.
I remember the first time I whispered your name.
You were the finest woman I ever saw.
And I have seen many.
Nothing like you though.

I fought the good fight.
Can't win against dark hearts.
Friends who hated the light.
Couldn't beat me even with head starts.
Never measured up.
All they could do was aim for the back.
They're time is now used up.
Getting rid of all the memories.
Waiting for the day I can turn it all black.
They will regret the day they ever did this to me. 
Too late for them to take it all back. 

Anger in the soul.
No place for that there.
God, please help me.
I am lost looking for nowhere.
Somewhere would be fine too.
Anywhere but here.
Anytime but now.
I don't want to face the music.
God turn off the jukebox somehow.

A man will love a woman even when she doesn't love back.
The riddle I will never know the answer to.
I don't think I even want to.
All I wanted was you. 

I look at the faces of those.
Stone eyes.
Permanent frown.
Heads down.
Tears of the clown.
Bound to the tune of the saddest sound.

I escape this place that is without you.
Never letting go of what came through.
I am sorry y'all never fell in love before.
Sorry you never had a dream come true.
It is too bad you never got to hold her.
I am never letting go.
You will have to move on now.
Let me and my lover go.

 I told you that I dreamed about you.
I told them all the same.
I stood up when you walked in.
I remember the first time I whispered your name.
You were the finest woman I ever saw.
And I have seen so many.
Nothing like you though.

Listen my darling.
This one is for you.
Every word that is spoken.
All my love is to you.
Mistakes we will make.
It's all part of life.
Remember that love is a privilege.
And dark is the night.

A man will love a woman even when she doesn't love back.
The riddle I will never know the answer to.
I don't think I even want to.
All I wanted was you. 

All I wanted was you. 


ThE RiddLe.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Why do some do what they do.
And some do nothing.
How do I love you. 
And you love nothing.

I can look the other way.
Wonder where your eyes look. 
Jealousy can be such the crook. 
Pain is the novel.
Baby I can write the book.

Take my hand just like the old days baby.
I never led you wrong.
I listened to all your verses.
You know you were my favorite song. 
Turning back the clock could never stop.
Destiny is the law.

I will block the rain.
I promised this.
Let me die for this vow.
It is all I know how.
It is all I would do.
If it is only for you.

Put me in the clouds.
Your kiss can do that baby.
Too much sun I complained.
My lover you made it shady.
What's a man to do.
When he meets a woman like you.
Put me in the clouds.
You know what your kiss can do.

Freckles are my favorite.
I taste them on your skin.
Electrified brown eyes.
You intoxicate the wind.
My hands are where they shouldn't be.
I don't give a damn.
Girl, you do this to me.
I am just what I am.

Don't forget the lessons pain teaches.
Some places love never reaches.
At times you are too far.
God sends the angels to seek us.
I can't turn away from you.
Do you know that feeling too.

I know how a man can die.
In many different ways.
While staring up at the sky.
Thought he had the answers.
All he can ask is why.
She can move on though.
On to a new tomorrow.
Leave the one she once loved.
Did she really ever love though.

Why do some do what they do.
And some do nothing.
How do I love you. 
And you love nothing.

Love cuts like a jagged blade.
Hate cuts deeper than that.
Jealous magicians and their tricks.
There's no rabbits in their hats. 
No cards up the sleeve.
In the end it's just you and me.
Lights on, the shows over.
Let's get up now my lover.
It is time for us to leave. 

I will block the rain.
I promised this.
Let me die for this vow.
It is all I know how.
It is all I would do.
If it is only for you.

I will block the rain.

I promised this.

Don't forget the lessons pain teaches.
Some places love never reaches.
At times you are too far.
God sends the angels to seek us.
I can't turn away from you.
Do you know that feeling too.

I will block the rain.

bloCk tHe RaiN.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Turning away was the easy part.
How could you make it that way.
Silence is so loud. 
Echoes of despair.
Fall into the deaf ears of all the stars above.
I can hear everything though.

You left the scene as if it was one of a crime.
In a way it was.
The chalk outlines.
Your words the murder weapon.
Ending of lifelines.
Looking back one last time. 

Survivors never seem to be the same.
As they once was.
As we once were.
When we were lovers.
When all was well.
Invisible hell.
Time one day tells.

Kiss me again before you go darling.
Don't refuse me.
You hold my heart.
You said you needed me.
You can't take that back.
Put your mouth on mine.
Turn all of the blue to black.

Skies cry forever.
The inferno in her eyes.
The fire that she is.
Burn me down again baby.
Burn me away.

Her wind slams against the walls of my soul.
Nothing held back.
Drown in her intentional effort.
No escape from her blue and black.
No turning back.

Let's tell them all then.
Reveal your cards.
What's under the hood baby.
Are you really a hot rod.
Of course you are.
Run me over with your SuperSport sexy.

I won't resist like I once did.
Lessons can still be learned.
Old dogs, new tricks.
Never taking my eyes off of those lips.
Never letting them win again.

Survivors never seem to be the same.
As they once was.
As we once were.
When we were lovers.
When all was well.
Invisible hell.
Time one day tells.

Skies cry forever.
The inferno in her eyes.
The fire that she is.
Burn me down again baby.
Burn me away.

Fairy tales are told by liars.
Are there ever any endings.
Like the ones they claim. 
Or does heartbreak rule the kingdom.

Take my breath away.
Along with my heart.
Leave nothing of me for them to see.
Just the chalk lines.

Skies cry forever.
The inferno in her eyes.
The fire that she is.
Burn me down again baby.
Burn me away.

buRn mE aWaY.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

The broken things that we are.
What we were at the start.
Cracks in the galaxy's glass.
The moon's heart falls apart.

Catch my tears and give them back to me.
You keep yours to yourself.
Grab another poor soul from the shelf.
Give them just a little piece.
Nothing more nothing less please.

Her and her responses.
The empty shell of a heart.
The sun sad and broken down.
No tears left from the clown.

Who is in charge here.
Take me to your leader.
I want to get the most out of this ghost town.
She's wanting me to please her.
With looks like that.
Don't think I am ever going back.

Fine lady on my hip.
Sexy little six-shooter.
Burning down the town now.
Look at me like I'm the looter.
Sheriff put our poster up.
We don't give a damn.
Ride off to the next town.
Show her what I am.

Catch my tears and give them back to me.
You keep yours to yourself.
Grab another poor soul from the shelf.
Give them just a little piece.
Nothing more nothing less.

Moon beams on her skin.
Her hair brown as the mud.
She has the scent of danger
Makes the rattlesnake talk about her.
I am already addicted.
No doctor needed though.
I could go out like this.
As long as I can kiss her lips.

The broken things that we are.
What we were at the start.
The separation is the poisonous part.
Cracks in the galaxy's glass.
The moon's heart falls apart.

You said something that made me believe.
I threw all I had in.
In my heart you planted the seed.
The only catch was making me bleed.
The words get lost in translation.
Just as you intended.
Love on long vacations.
In the dark your heart blended right in.

Fine lady on my hip.
Sexy little six-shooter.
Burning down the town now.
Look at me like I'm the looter.
Sheriff put our poster up.
We don't give a damn.
Ride off to the next town.
Show her what I am.

The broken things that we are.
What we were at the start.
The separation is the poisonous part.
Cracks in the galaxy's glass.
The moon's heart falls apart.

Fine lady on my hip.
Sexy little six-shooter.
Burning down the town now.
Look at me like I'm the looter.
Sheriff put our poster up.
We don't give a damn.
Ride off to the next town.
Show her what I am.

Catch my tears and give them back to me.
You keep yours to yourself.

Sheriff put our poster up.
We don't give a damn.
Ride off to the next town.
Show her what I am.



6 shOOteR.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

You can't tell me anything.
Why even open your mouth.
I have had more pain in one day.
What are you even talking about.
I dare not compare.
But there is something in your stare.
Said you've had a few bad days.
Well, I guess that's good for you.

Ever lost everyone.
Have you lost somebody so close.
Ever had your heart broken.
Ever stabbed in the back by your closest.
Never had a day that was real.
How about you.
Said you are a happy man.
I wonder how that feels.

So much peace when there is peace.
So much war when there is not.
Hearts that have been shot.
The stars that have all dropped.
The moon looks concerned.
As it saw and it learned.
Stars fall on the people.
But their hearts never turned. 

They are all gone.
Forgetting my childhood, my heart tells.
One by one there faces fade.
Past times turn into old dimes.
Then thrown down into pitch black wells.
Sad songs play in the background.
Every slow-motion scene.
Hard to escape this.
Every direction I look.
Looks exactly like here.

I shouldn't be standing.
God has raised me from the dead.
Not once or twice.
Yet many times my friend.
Put me in these storms.
And I still don't know why.
But he's never left my side.
Still allowed me to feel.
This life doesn't seem real.

So much peace when there is peace.
So much war when there is not.
Hearts that have been shot.
The stars that have all dropped.
The moon looks concerned.
As it saw and it learned.
Stars fall on the people.
But their hearts never turned. 

Never had a day that was real.
How about you.
Said you are a happy man.
I wonder how that feels.

I lean on the angels.
They surround even now.
Heart in sharp pieces.
Make dangerous grounds.
Falling from my chest.
Without making a sound.
Be careful where you step.
You're either lost or your found.

The wind smells like danger.
This night is something else.
Ever had to fight for your life.
Put your dreams on the shelf.
Ever hear your daddy's last breath.
As well as your mommas.
Lose the best years with your son.
Almost die from the drama.

I hurt like it's supposed to be.
Hard to explain.
More of a man.
A man with no plan.
Blame it all on them.
What else am I to do.
I never hurt you.
I just believed truth.

Never had a day that was real.
How about you.
Said you are a happy man.
I wonder how that feels.

So much peace when there is peace.
So much war when there is not.
Hearts that have been shot.
The stars that have all dropped.
The moon looks concerned.
As it saw and it learned.
Stars fall on the people.
But their hearts never turned. 

tHe PoiNt oF pAin.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Roses turn to stone.
Hearts into sparrows.
Friends into foes.
Lies into arrows.

Years mean nothing to the ones.
Could never see past themselves.
I know where the bad one's dwell.
One would never tell.
I can play this game.
I was forced too anyway.

Look at me lover.
This is our time to shine.
This is what we were made for.
What you said you'd die for.
I said the same.
We kissed in slow-mo.
 In the rain.

You want something hot baby.
Well, here you go.
Let's go where we go.
We unwind and let show.
So hot that you glow.
Burns threw the soul.
Told you I would never.
Instead, I love you forever.

Touch what you shouldn't darling.
Breaking every rule.
This is what you do.
Tearing rose petals in two.
Pieces of the flowers shower down on the fire.
You define the desire.
I give up.
Take me higher.

Roses turn to stone.
Hearts into sparrows.
Friends into foes.
Lies into arrows.

Look at me lover.
This is our time to shine.
This is what we were made for.
What you said you'd die for.
I said the same.
We kissed in slow-mo.
 In the rain.

Stand behind me.
After you stood beside.
You define me.
It's do or die.
Don't ever show the fear baby.
You know they want to see.
Don't even shed any tears baby.
Leave this up to me.

Roses turn to stone.
Hearts into sparrows.
Friends into foes.
Lies into arrows.

Look at me lover.
This is our time to shine.
This is what we were made for.
What you said you'd die for.
I said the same.
We kissed in slow-mo.
 In the rain.

Touch what you shouldn't darling.
Breaking every rule.
This is what you do.
Tearing rose petals in two.
Pieces of the flowers shower down on the fire.
You define the desire.
I give up.
Take me higher.

We kissed in slow-mo.
 In the rain.

roSeS tuRn 2 StoNe.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Smoke fills the sky like a thousand crows.
Hearts like stone.
Withering away with the stories only she knows.
Stage names written on the tombstones.
No wind blowing in the lands of the unknown.

Strange wolves in town.
No church bells to ring these days.
Blood stains on her wedding gown.
Consumed by a new doom.
Both the sun and the moon go down.

Look at the hero now.
Dust from the last town on him still.
Hand hurting from the last shot.
Heartbroken from her last plot.

The horses in her heart.
Someone let them go.
Across the valley as if on fire too.
I will give chase.
Town to town I would go.
To find the one I want to love.
To find the one like you.

I made a deal today.
No contract in fact.
Just a handshake with the wrong one.
Gave me a tin star and a chrome gun.
I put out the word.
I was on the lookout.
For a love on the run.

Gaining on you darling.
I could pounce at any moment.
Slowing down baby.
I know you want it.
Even out here in the wild.
You bring envy to the beauty.
The howls that once went to the moon.
Now go to you.

Smoke fills the sky like a thousand crows.
Hearts like stone.
Withering away with the stories only she knows.
Stage names written on the tombstones.
No wind blowing in the lands of the unknown.

Look at the hero now.
Dust from the last town on him still.
Hand hurting from the last shot.
Heartbroken from her last plot.

Beside a fire that wasn't.
We were the sun that night.
Burned forever we are.
She is the twinkle in the stars.
I will ride into a thousand sunsets.
Ride into a thousand rises.
Whatever I got to do.
To finally catch up to you.

The horses in her heart.
Someone let them go.
Across the valley as if on fire too.
I will give chase.
Town to town I would go.
To find the one I want to love.
To find the one like you.


I made a deal today.
No contract in fact.
Just a handshake with the wrong one.
Gave me a tin star and a chrome gun.
I put out the word.
I was on the lookout.
For a love on the run.

Look at the hero now.
Dust from the last town on him still.
Hand hurting from the last shot.
Heartbroken from her last plot.

To find the one I want to love.
To find the one like you.

I was on the lookout.
For a love on the run.

The horses in her heart.
Someone let them go.
Across the valley as if on fire too.
I will give chase.
Town to town I would go.
To find the one I want to love.
To find the one like you.

God holds me when she doesn't.
God holds me the most.
I wish he wasn't sometimes.
I want to go sit alone in the cold.
I keep that look in my eye.
A love for my God, and to her.
A love that will never die.

To find the one I want to love.
To find the one like you.

I was on the lookout.
For a love on the run.





loVe oN tHe ruN.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Coffee bean brown stare.
Her eyes like laser beams.
I skip out on the cream.
Kiss the one from my dreams.
No wonder why I fell fast.
Are these the ones that do last.
I think I heard the devil laugh.

I take aim at those.
Can't defend what I can't see though.
Wondering through gravestones.
Stepping on old roses.
Stolen guitar.
No more wishes to the stars.

Baby how could you do that.
Took the blue from the sky and made the universe cry.
Why did you have to include me.
Why did my heart have to die.

Still the man standing.
They could never win.
It just had to be at the end.
For the truth to finally blend in.
I pretended to like the taste.
Kept my hands on her waist.
Let her lead the dance.
Love me forever boy.
On my heart she paints.

I keep my word.
I put it in your soul's hands.
Next to where my own heart went.
That's why I am half the man.
The world will never understand and that is fine.
They will never have a love like mine.

I could not let go of destiny's hand.
I held on with the last of my might.
Held on to that.
When it was supposed to be you.
Should have been holding you that night.

Self-inflicted.
Not what I depicted.
Kissed what I missed then.
Blended and pretended.
Giving in to the next wind.
Playing games, I cannot win.
Here she goes again.
There I go again.

I take aim at those.
Can't defend what I can't see though.
Wondering through gravestones.
Stepping on old roses.
Stolen guitar.
No more wishes to the stars.

Still the man standing.
They could never win.
It just had to be at the end.
For the truth to finally blend in.
I pretended to like the taste.
Kept my hands on her waist.
Let her lead the dance.
Love me forever boy.
On my heart she paints.

Coffee bean brown stare.
Her eyes like laser beams.
I skip out on the cream.
Kiss the one from my dreams.
No wonder why I fell fast.
Are these the ones that do last.
I think I heard the devil laugh.

Shoot through the walls.
Want to hit what approaches.
The blood from the hopeless.
I bled as I wrote this.
She is the real time.
Didn't begin until her.
Now until the last time.
I will give her what was once mine.

I keep my word.
I put it in your soul's hands.
Next to where my own heart went.
That's why I am half the man.
The world will never understand and that is fine.
They will never have a love like mine.

 Coffee bean brown stare.
Her eyes like laser beams.
I skip out on the cream.
Kiss the one from my dreams.
No wonder why I fell fast.
Are these the ones that do last.
I think I heard the devil laugh.

Still the man standing.
They could never win.
It just had to be at the end.
For the truth to finally blend in.
I pretended to like the taste.
Kept my hands on her waist.
Let her lead the dance.
Love me forever boy.
On my heart she paints.

I take aim at those.
Can't defend what I can't see though.
Wondering through gravestones.
Stepping on old roses.
Stolen guitar.
No more wishes to the stars.

stOLEn guitAr. Pale1/Chrome Dophins

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.

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