Seattle's hardest working hard rock band, SPIRIT FLUX, reclaims a 1989 Tears for Fears classic anthem, blending soul and haunting imagery to spotlight the release of the female spirit
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LYRICS:
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You better love loving
You better behave

You better love loving
You better behave

Woman in chains
Woman in chains

Calls her man 
The great white hope
Says she’s fine
She’ll always cope
(she’ll always cope)
Ohh, woman in chains
Woman in chains

I feel lying and waiting 
Is a poor man’s deal
(a poor man’s deal)

And I feel weighed down 
By your eyes of steel
(your eyes of steel)

It’s a world gone crazy
Keeps woman in chains

Oh, 
Woman in chains
(chains)
Woman in chains
(chains)

Trades her soul 
As skin and bones
Sells the only 
Thing she owns
(the only thing)
Woman in chains

Men of stone…
Men of stone…

I feel...
Deep in your heart 
There are wounds time 
Can’t heal

And I feel...
Somebody somewhere 
Is trying to breathe
(let me breathe!)

It’s a world gone crazy
Keeps woman in chains

It’s under my skin 
But out of my hands
I’ll tear it apart 
But I won’t understand
I will not accept 
The greatness of man

It’s a world gone crazy
Keeps a woman in chains

So free her
(so free her)
So free her
(so free her)

CHAINS.

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SPIRIT FLUX | WOMAN IN CHAINS

a mellow imperfect piano cover of Holly Humberstone's "Deep End," a song about perseverance with mental health challenges
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LYRICS:
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Throw me in the deep end
I'm ready now to swim
The air in my lungs
May not last very long but I'm in

I see you on the weekend
Dancing like a star
You've practiced your lines
To convince us you're fine
But I know that's not where you are

Once in a blue moon
You may come undone
We're made up 
Of the same blood

I'll be your medicine if you let me
Give you reason to get out of bed
Sister I'm trying to hold off the lightning
And help you escape from your head

Come and waste the day
Watch a super 8 video tape
We were kids in the car
Having lighthearted arguments
We don't know what's there 'til it's gone

Just hear me out
You might understand
We're made up 
Of the same blood

I'll be your medicine if you let me
Give you reason to get out of bed
Sister I'm trying to hold off the lightning
And help you escape from your head

Throw me in the deep end
I'm ready now to swim

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The Deep End

Written as satire in 1933, KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL mirrored the ideals of its day. A century later, we could ask: Are We Any Better Than 1933? ...or are we stuck somewhere between here and there?
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LYRICS:
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Athletics, cosmetics
A workout routine
Are part of the everyday 
Beauty machine—
For what?

And oceans of lotions 
And potions you try
To keep that old sparkle 
Alive in your eye—
Why not?

Even after you grow old, 
Baby.
You don’t have to lose your glow, 
Baby.

Keep young and beautiful,
It’s your duty to be beautiful.
Keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.

Don’t slack, 
Just do your stuff,
With a little powder,
And a touch of puff.
Keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.

If you’re smart, 
Exercise all the weight off,
Trim it down, 
Over here, 
Over there.
When you’re seen anywhere 
With your hat off,
Make sure there’s some 
Style in your hair.

Take care of all those charms,
And you’ll always be in someone’s arms.

Keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.

A slim little waist is a pleasure,
And a trim little leg is divine.
A sly little eye is a treasure,
It’ll get him tipsier than wine.

You’ll drive him half insane,
In a swimsuit darin' and plain.

Keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.

Each wrinkle on your skin,
Smooth it out 
And put a dimple in.
Keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.

When choosing and using your lipstick,
Pick a shade that won’t leave any mark.
Pick the kind that will make 
Both his lips stick
When he kisses you 
In the dark.

Get him to hold you tight,
Let him breathe you in 
All through the night.

And keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.
Oh, death, 
Where is thy sting?
I don’t care, 
I've seen everything.

Keep young and beautiful,
If you wanna be loved.

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Are We Better Than 1933?

"sometimes relationships don't end, they just slowly melt away"

LYRICS:
We were once
Quite the pair

Your laughter covered me
Everywhere we went

I never saw
This coming from you

Blindsided break up
Caught me unaware
So unaware
So sad

Was it something I said
Or did to you
Last night
That made you so afraid
You may never talk-
To me again

The candle was hot
But I felt your cold
This love story
Feels so
Very old

It happens more
Than I'd like to admit

The truth be told
Gonna feel like shit
When I melt away
Melt away
From you

When I melt away
Melt away
From the truth...

That I'm more
Than you had
Bargained for

I'm not the same person
That you once adored

I'm not around
When you're 
Needing me most
I can never remember-
How you take your toast

We were
Quite the pair
Your laughter covered me
Everywhere we went

The candle was hot
But I felt your cold
This love story
Feels so
Very old

It happens more
Than I'd like to admit
The truth be told
Gonna feel like shit!

When I melt away
Melt away...

From you

I am melting away
From you

I've done it again
Screwed up again
-With you.

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Melt Away From You

"things sometimes don't go your way... and the memory still lingers... and the pain still stings"

LYRICS:
I wonder if that place
We used to live in Denver

Is still standing there
Where it used to be on Fremont

The corner had that little taco joint
We both knew-
Remember it burned down
The last day spent together

I sensed that something was changing
Your face had lost its glow

Disposition had changed its nature
You were just someone 
That I used to know

Go back
To that tiny house on Fremont

Get back
To those lazy afternoons

Now I'm sitting by a woman prima donna
And I'm wonderin' if she'll ever be like you
Turn back time
To bake that chocolate cake for holiday
Don't you miss those simple times
Lickin' ice cream at the zoo

Where we'd maybe get up
Off the couch once per day
To keep our fitness-
So we could eat more Twinkies

Why'd you ever leave
For that guy in Iceland
I always made your lunch
Put pickles on the side

Does this whole new life
In your fairy world of Iceland
Ever make you wonder
What you left back here in Denver?

Ten years have passed
Not gettin' over this
Is lesson that-
Good things never last

I must tell you
But no one hears me
I now hate you
But it does not matter

Never go back
To that tiny house on Fremont

Never get back
To those lazy afternoons

You'll never see me
Hold pictures of our daughter
'Cause you took away
The memories
Of the gift that never was.

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Tiny House on Fremont

learning to live with, and love, the psycho parts within yourself and others
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LYRICS:
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Don’t you think you like what you see?  
If you do, then you should know —  
there’s another side of me.  

When you lean in close, physically,  
and admire my happy show,  
you may start to think you’d like to stay.  

But I’m subconsciously confused,  
a sudden color,  
the saddest, 
quiet hues.  

Will you love the psycho parts of me?  
Will you hold the broken things I keep?  
If your nights are dark the way mine bleed,  
then maybe we can learn to breathe.  

Strap onto my fading star,  
climb aboard and buckle tight.  
It’s a magically distorted ride —  

A black-carpet flight into the night.  
I’m still subconsciously confused,  
a strange eruption,  
the saddest, quiet hues.  

Will you love the psycho parts of me?  
Will you hold the broken things I keep?  
If your nights are dark the way mine bleed,  
then maybe we can learn to breathe.  

If I press my palms to your thunder,  
will your lightning make me whole?  
We can stitch our fractures under  
a silver map of borrowed souls.  

Will you love the psycho parts of me?  
Will you hold the broken things I keep?  
If your nights are dark the way mine bleed,  
then maybe we can learn to breathe.  

Will you love 
The psycho parts of me?  
The psycho parts of me.

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PSYCHO PARTS

"TORCH OF ASHES"
AN ELECTRO-POP OPERA 
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LYRICS:
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A candle flickers in the empty hall
Shadows stretch, climbing up the walls
Your breath a hymn in a cathedral of flame
Every heartbeat calling out your name

Rain on the rooftops, a silver parade
Footsteps echo through the choices we made
A masked ball of strangers, eyes like knives
Dancing through the corridors of our lives

Hands reach for heaven, fingers for fire
Every longing feeds a secret desire

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

Velvet curtains tear 
As the chandeliers fall
A ship of lost dreams 
Crashing against the wall
Silver serpents slither 
Through the golden light
We chase illusions 
Deep into the night

Chains break
The walls dissolve
A kingdom of ash
A mystery to solve

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

In the mirror, your reflection is a stranger
Every step forward brings a hint of danger
Candles drip, forming rivers of desire
We climb the stairway of our own pyre

Dragons of doubt perched on the balcony high
Crimson wings stretching across the twilight sky
A banquet of memories, twisted and grand
We hold the world’s fire gently in our hand

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

Horns scream, drums thunder, strings soar
A battlefield of love opening every door
Falling stars and shattered glass rain down
Our kingdom of passion wears a jagged crown

Hold me close in the smoke of the night
Every shadow bends toward the light
We rise, we fall, a story untold
Our hearts are the embers, our hands the gold

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

Raise the banners, let the heavens bleed
Ashes dance softly where our hearts lead
The night dissolves, a velvet sky
This is the love that will never say goodbye


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TORCH OF ASHES

SPIRIT FLUX, Seattle's hardest working band, presents "FINGERS FOR FIRE" - an original cinematic rock opera that takes listeners on a medieval journey through fire, desire, and transformation
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LYRICS:
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A candle flickers 
In the empty hall
Shadows stretch
Climbing up the walls

Your breath a hymn 
In a cathedral of flame
Every heartbeat 
Calling out your name

Rain on the rooftops
A silver parade
Footsteps echo 
Through the choices we made
A masqued ball of strangers
Eyes like knives
Dancing through 
The corridors of our lives

Hands reach for heaven
Fingers for fire
Every longing 
Feeds a secret desire

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

Velvet curtains fance
As the chandeliers fall
A ship of lost dreams 
Crash against the wall
Silver serpents slither 
Through the golden light
We chase illusions 
Deep into the night

Chains break
The walls dissolve
A kingdom of ash
A mystery to solve

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

In the mirror
Your reflection is a stranger
Every step forward 
Brings a hint of danger

Candles drip
Forming rivers of desire
We climb the stairway 
Of our own empire

Dragons of doubt 
Perched on the devil's thigh
Crimson wings 
Stretching across the twilight sky
All of these memories
So twisted and grand
We hold the world’s fire 
Gently in our hand

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

Horns scream
Drums thunder
Strings soar
A battlefield of love 
Opening every door

Falling stars 
And shattered glass rain down
Our kingdom of passion 
Wears a jagged crown

Hold me close in the smoke of the night
Every shadow bends toward the light
We rise, we fall, a story untold
Our hearts are the embers
Our hands are the gold

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

The fire lit the flame 
Ignited the blaze 
In your heart
The flame ignited the torch 
That touched your soul
Then turned it all to black

Raise the banners
Let the heavens bleed
Ashes dance softly
What our hearts need

The night dissolves
A velvet sky
This is the love 
That will never say goodbye

Never say goodbye 
We'll never say goodbye 
We'll never say goodbye 
Fill the oceans as I cry-

Love is always worth the try.

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masqued (French/Italian):
masked, nightmarish 

fance (Old English)
provocative dancing,
sexual movement 
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FINGERS FOR FIRE

DREAMLOG 9.7.25: they have finally come. only 30 hours left. i will never finish watching FRIENDS-damn it! do Ross & Rachel get together? THE MATH: 236 total episodes, when I die in 30 hours, I'll still have 56 episodes left-
...Why Me? WHY?
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LYRICS:
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A shrieking tremor 
Rips the complex sky
Engines groan 
With an alien cry

Static rips through 
My fragile ears
Thirty hours left 
The end appears

Neighbors scatter
Their voices break
Packing bags 
They will never take

But my mind locks on
One regret
The storyline I’ll never get

Final episode
No time
No hope
I’m tangled in 
The rerun’s rope

Thirty hours
My fate’s exposed
The end of the world-
But not the show

Two hundred thirty-six tales of love
Half remain like stars above
I’ve counted hours, done the math
But fifty-six I’ll never have

The clock ticks louder
The air grows thin
What matters most
And where to begin?  
Not survival
Not the fire in the street
But the laugh track echo 
I'll never complete

Final episode, no time, no hope,  
I’m tangled in the rerun’s rope.  

Thirty hours, my fate’s exposed,  
The end of the world, but not the show.  

Microwave dinners
The freezer’s defrosted
My neighbors are screaming
The Wi-Fi’s exhausted!  
Why should I care
About fire in the sky
When all I can think is-
Did they say goodbye?

The planets are falling
The melodrama’s calling
The credits are rolling
My sanity’s stalling!  
Forget salvation
Forget control
I just want the punchline 
I just want the role!  

Final episode
No time
No hope
I’m tangled in 
The rerun’s rope

Thirty hours
My fate’s exposed
The end of the world
But not the show...

[waking up - unaware of what is real]

Thirty hours

And no conclusion

The galaxy fades

But the show goes on-
Without me.

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30 Hours (The Final Episode)

LYRICS:
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Glow
Drift
Aroma

Churro
Cinnamon

Vanilla
Sugar
Snap
Cinnamon

Stick
Pop
Roll
Cinnamon

Bun
Crunch
Latte
Churro

Drift
Fros'ting
Ember
Cinnamon
Churro
Sprinkle
Cinnamon

Glow
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Cinnamon

Cinnamon
Warmth
Aroma
Pulse
Churro
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Vanilla
Sugar
Churro
Cinnamon

Cinnamon
Haze
Glow
Cinnamon

Drift
Fros'ting

Snap
Cinnamon
Latte
Ember
Stick

Cinnamon
Churro
Roll

Roll
Churro
Cinnamon
Pulse

Cinnamon

Pop
Drift
Aroma
Churro

Cinnamon
Cinnamon 

Vanilla 
Sugar 
Cinnamon 
Cinnamon 
Haze
Glow

Cinnamon 
Drift
Frosting
Snap
Cinnamon
Latte
Ember
Stick

Cinnamon
Churro
Roll
Churro
Cinnamon
Pulse

Cinnamon
Pop
Drift
Glow
Cinnamon
Sugar
Aroma
Crunch
Churro

Cinnamon
Frosting
Latte
Cinnamon
Ember 
Cinnamon
Sprinkle
Vanilla 
Pulse

Churro

Cinnamon 
Cinnamon 
Cinnamon 
Cinnamon

Glow 
Drift
Aroma

Churro
Cinnamon 

Cinnamon 
Vanilla 
Sugar 
Cinnamon 
Cinnamon

Cinnamon.

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CINNAMON

SINCERE IMPOSTER writes, performs and/or produces a curious mixture of New Wave, Dance, EDM, Folk Rock, Metal, Art Pop, Electro, Dreamwave & Experimental World Pop. Collectively, it's a genre known as QUIRKPOP --- Music that makes you say, "What the hell is this?"

The band currently consists of two members, both living within the same body, sharing a similar existence. They identify as Danielle & Dave. They are both psychologically and musically confused. However, both are extremely and unapologetically sincere. 

Influences include Weird Al, Nathan Fielder, David Lynch, Rosalia, Monatik, Atarashii Gakko!, Rammstein, T-Pain and T-Swift. Their favorite inventions are the vacuum and the peach pitter. Their father is simply known as Vessel... who may be an entity or a god.



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