Lyrics:

if you let me in
if you let me in
we can redefine destiny
we can defy gravity
if you let me in
if you let me in
we can redefine destiny
we'll defy gravity
But first you shed
then we can
begin
again 

Shed.
that's what he said
He said, Begin again, It's time to molt now. 
This ain't no longer your skin
something underneath makes moves within

if you let me in
if you let me in
we can redefine destiny
we'll defy gravity
But first you shed
then we can
begin
again 

There's the promise of a waltz danced with grace
A lattice flung with taste out into the stars to claim my art
it's a new skin
and I'm just getting started
But first we shed
then we begin again

if you let me in
if you let me in
we can redefine destiny
we'll defy gravity
But first you shed
then we can
begin
again 

it was in the stars
the  dust 
the moons
the way that I came to know you
It was in the cards
whispered on the winds
and the clouds they parted too
in the dreams I had of you

so now that you've shed your skin 

I promise I'll ease in
I promise I'll ease in
to turning you inside out
so we can redefine 
destiny
We can fuck around and find out
I'm ascending
To the throne of you
I'm ascending
to untangle the unknowns for you
let's shed.
and begin.
again.

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SHED.

Lyrics:

It's time for a story
about morpheus and me
we had problems
for years and years you see
I didn't know him 
and he didn't pay no mind to me
and this is where we ended up
all tangled up in this weave

I wanted a dream
that could shake me 
shake me 
make me
wake up from the bad things
I endured
thinking I was still asleep
And I had a need
that could shake me
shake me
make me
wake up 
And confront my needs
there were many
but only two ever made me bleed

There's what I dream
And then there's you
I don't remember one of the two
and there's one I wish I could forget
There's these things I dream
I always forget
and then there's you
who persists 
in spite of the vent 
and the vacuum
I always forget everything but you

If there was a god of this thing we call dreams
I think I'd be pretty pissed 
that he ain't paid no mind to me
I been stuck here on repeat 
with a fever and bruises
waiting on you to become someone new
so I'm gonna sneak in to that God's throne room
and as soon as I lay eyes on him he's doomed
because I'll shoot 
Bang Bang

Because there's what I dream
And then there's you
I don't remember one of the two
and there's one I wish I could forget
forget you
There's these things I dream
I don't want to forget
and then there's you
who persists 
in spite of the vent 
and the vacuum
I always forget everything but you

What story would be complete
without a revelation 
that hits at speed 
that breaks
my stride right into a fall
And now that I'm awake
There ain't no God to blame you on at all
it's all so clear that you
weren't put here by fate
You were a side-effect of choices made
When I was dreaming while I was awake

So if Morpheus is the god of dreams
He likes to conjure you in me it seems
A reminder of the worst
before I became 
all the thirst for more
more than the paltry pain you gave
more than the petty life you tried to take
more than the puny soul you called a fake
more than the me that you took in rage
Morpheus gave me a gift, 
Crushing your dreams like he did

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Morpheus' Gift

This is TMI but if I don’t send now
I’ll probably forget I wrote this out
All the millions of feelings
it takes to actually
say somethin’ out loud.

I fell in love with the wings.
I’m lookin' out for the truest feeling.
Would you wanna know if
something’s comin' round the corner for you?

Already woke up
Soul’s in the clouds
In tune, ahh!
If you wanna leave me
you are free to go.

I’ll take my corn nuts
and my sweet sweet baby
You’re hangin’ 4 inches over 
to the left my guy, I have plan
For all the whites too dumb to understand.

You think a nuclear submarine
could ever replace your deceased darling?
You are killing everything just 
so you can fake happiness.

It’s takes to know one
I’ve only ever fuckin' sucked at math
but math is life and
I am done with faking happiness.

I don’t think I’m going to
Be leavin’ with you
If you wanna come soon
Well I’ll invite you.

Already woke up
Soul’s in the clouds
In tune, ahh!
If you wanna leave me
you are free to go.


Cloud Panther

Lyrics:

I think
in time
We'll drink
to reverie
in time 
I think 
we'll step
in line
within the sea of possibility

and will emerge
someone new
someone we
someone you
can't ignore
when they think
they don't speak just before
We'll emerge
someone new
someone we
someone you can't ignore
when we think
we don't speak before

I speak
in weaves 
where my words are my seeds
surfing the currents of the seas
of possibilities
in search of truth
we find
a move
we can make
a side-step into infinity

and will emerge
someone new
someone we
someone you
can't ignore
when they think
they don't speak just before
We'll emerge
someone new
someone we
someone you can't ignore
when we think
we don't speak before

always been the type
to run out in front of my defenses
when my eyes perceive
a reflection
of my alienimity
of my chance to abandon
my own anonymity

and will emerge
someone new
someone we
someone you
can't ignore
when they think
they don't speak just before
We'll emerge
someone new
someone we
someone you can't ignore
when we think
we don't speak before

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in weaves

Lyrics: 
what can you justify
silence for an eye
acquiescence for a lie
that writhes and thrives 
on the inside
and you can't remember buyin in
to the wages of original sin
or the apple that came with the knowledge 
you were supposed to defy
when you sold the world 
your first lie

the truth doesn't last
once it stretches from the past
into the present of the now 
where are our scars are
it gets muddied by the dirt
it gets worried by our hurt
and by the time it arrives in our minds
it's been colored 
by the bruises 
on our self-worth
and nobody can tell the difference 
between the truth and the scar
this is why we are the way we are
we can't see the truth for our scars

Life can be ugly
I know
I made it to the mirror today
here's what the liar foretold:
every little thing is gonna be ok
every little thing
every little thing
is gonna be okay
And if you buy that you're saved
because you're sorry
because you're brave enough to defy
the knowledge of the lie in your gut that writhes
it writhes in your lies

the truth doesn't last very long
once it stretches from the past
into the present of the now 
where are our scars are
it gets muddied by the dirt
by our hurt
and by the time it arrives in our minds
it's been colored 
by the bruises 
on our self-worth
and nobody can tell the difference 
between the truth and the scar
this is why we are the way we are
we can't see the truth for our scars

some of us bought our first lie
before we knew that lying was wrong
some of us had it baked in 
like the seed of a wild fruit fresh off the vine
some of us bought our first lie
the moment we knew the song
the one they sang over the babes
when they called down a heaven 
they understood wrong

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my first lie

Body turned to butter. Sat on a hot chair. Accepted fate.

Melt Zone

Lyrics:

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

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

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

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

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Many Moments

Lyrics:

I don't want to
if I don't need to
promise not to speed through
my own darkness again
my threads
they're taut
and their seams are close to exploding on
my head
it is fraught 
with all the possibilities
of what could go wrong
so what could go wrong in the length
of a song 
all about this?

my head 
is close to exploding
my dread 
it's overloading
my senses again
so I spend
all day
in bed
quiet room
loud in my head
is close to exploding
my dread it's overloading
my senses are spent
so I spend all day in bed
quiet room, loud in my head

I pay a man to sit in a room
and talk with me 
about everything and nothing 
about my problems
getting better and worse all at once
it's absurd
I heard
this is a path to rearrange
So, what could go wrong?
What could go wrong in the length of a song 
all about this?

my head 
is close to exploding
my dread 
it's overloading
my senses again
so I spend
all day
in bed
quiet room
loud in my head
is close to exploding
my dread it's overloading
my senses are spent
so I spend all day in bed
quiet room, loud in my head

they make 
medicine for that
you're in luck
they make 
medicine that
gets you moving
when you feel stuck
and there's always a newer pill
another thrill at hope
for a dose of chill
a heaping helping of cope
another pill
for a dose of chill
another heaping helping of cope
in another pill 

my head 
is close to exploding
my dread 
it's overloading
my senses again
so I spend
all day
in bed
quiet room
loud in my head
is close to exploding
my dread it's overloading
my senses are spent
so I spend all day in bed
quiet room, loud in my head

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quiet room

Lyrics:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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BANG BANG

Lyrics:

In my mind there is a tower
In a state i can't make up
Unless you count all the drinking
I know you're keeping tabs on all my drugs
Well It takes a lot of that
To get a little bit of this
But you say 
It takes 
just a little too much
bad habits and such

I must have been
A selfish child 
I'm only spitting facts
You're splitting hairs
You're unaware
That I'm already in there
Turning down the kettle
Letting your dream water turn tepid
Cold
Bad habits 
die old
and you say 
I play too much

It ain't lonely
It ain't charmed 
It ain't safe 
But there ain't no physical harm
So get out my way
Cuz It's a play in a game
Where we pray
And then they change the rules
You gotta let the bad habits stray
You gotta let the bad habits stray
Let them out to play

In my mind there is a powder keg 
I've hidden In some clouds
Unless you count the coiled fuse 
Track down the loudNess
Necessary roughness of the mind
It's not sublime 
But it ain't bad
If you don't know bad
From better
From worse
From anything at all
And you're unaware
That I'm in there
Turning your dreams into nightmares

And It ain't lonely
It ain't charmed 
It ain't safe 
But there ain't no physical harm
So get out my way
Cuz It's a play in a game
Where we pray
And then they change the rules
You gotta let the bad habits stray
Gotta let the bad habits stray
Let them out to play, yeah

I'd weep
If I touched down
And left the high up here
I'd keep
My head down
As I shed no tears
I'd wail it's true
But like the hollow
So often do
I'd put on a show
In your dreams
In your room
Where the bad habits
die hard or get worse

Because for you
It ain't lonely
It ain't charmed 
It ain't safe 
But  there ain't no physical harm
So get out of your way
And play the game
Where we pray
And then they change the rules
But hey
But hey
Don't change
let the bad habits stray

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BAD HABITS STRAY

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

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