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

Digital romance.
Algorithm kiss.
I can feel your heartbeat.
But I can't feel mine.
Artificial forgiveness.
Deceit is the virus. 
Addicted to your software.

Let go of everything.
Like you made me do.
Electrocuted I am.
I look back at everything.
Why didn't we ever think.
You know you let me sink.
Systems need reset.

Control, alt, delete. 
You are the code my love.
Your shape and style.
Save me baby.
Place me in your files.
Butterflies in your eyes.
Cinnamon nano bytes. 

You are the newest technology.
The next big thing.
Look out here she comes.
Introducing the pain.
Did you even remember my name.
I taste you in the rain.
Break me down, a hard reset.
Take my crown, put me in check.

Electrocuted I am.
Back from the brink.

I can feel your heartbeat.
But I can't feel mine.

Digital romance.
Algorithm kiss.
Never say goodbye.

User error.
Did you lose my contact info.
Left me sieged like stone castles. 
Captivated on caps lock.
Love is the craziest thing.

Let go of everything.
Like you made me do.
Electrocuted I am.
Why didn't we ever think.
You know you let me sink.
Systems need reset.

Digital romance.
Algorithm kiss.
I can feel your heartbeat.
But I can't feel mine.
Artificial forgiveness.
Deceit is the virus. 

Addicted to your software.

Digital romance.
Algorithm kiss.
Never say goodbye.
 

DigiTaL RomAnCe.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins.

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

Does it even matter anymore.
Pull back the curtain let us all see.
We are all monsters you say.
Show us your true colors then.
Is there a friend under the skin.

Your move now my neon angel.
You were more than just the chase.
Gave me more than just a taste.
Displaced.
Took me to a new town.
A whole new place.
I can barely recognize your face.
Get me the hell out of this maze.

You play by your own rules.
Made them up as you go.
You can't kill what's already been killed.
You always loved a challenge.
You win again.
Damn it, you win again.
Take my love then, throw it to the wind.
Every time I close my eyes.
I see the monsters again.
But the monsters say they are my friend.

I run through this make believe.
This was never a real crown.
Never a real love.
Never a real you.
You put me in this damn town.
You turned the lie into the truth.

Your move now my neon angel.
You were more than just the chase.
Gave me more than just a taste.

Dead hearts in the river.
Missing moon in the sky.
Smoldering lips on you baby.
The bonfire in your eyes.
Wanting to deceive me.
I drink from your cup.
I can't fight back now my love.
I give up.
Damn you, I give up.

Does it even matter anymore.
Pull back the curtain let us all see.
We are all monsters you say.
Show us your true colors then.
Is there a friend under the skin.

Take my love then, throw it to the wind.
Every time I close my eyes.
I see the monsters again.
But the monsters say they are my friend.

I run through this make believe.
This was never a real crown.
Never a real love.
Never a real you.
Take my love then, throw it to the wind.
Every time I close my eyes.
I see the monsters again.
But the monsters say they are my friend.

I decay under the last star that dares to watch.
A man in dismay, he disintegrates.
See my particles as they drift away in the wind you caused. 
The monster, the friend.

Dead hearts in the river.
Missing moon in the sky.
Smoldering lips on you baby.
The bonfire in your eyes.
Wanting to deceive me.
I drink from your cup.
I can't fight back now my love.
I give up.
Damn you, I give up.

MonSteR. Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

Lyrics written by, and all music created by Joe Kirk. Copyright 2025.
Dedicated to my friend and brother, MH.

It is easy to point out the family man.
Something in the look in his eye.
It is hidden in the answers that he gives.
It is the life that he lives.
The things he never says.

His daughters are his everything.
I am sure he is their all.
In a world that gets more vicious.
In between them he is the wall.
In the mornings I see him as he comes in.
Heavy on the mind.
Heavy in his eyes.
A calm potential.
A potential storm if you step wrong.

Right when I needed a friend.
From a new direction.
A new wind.
Wise words often.
Does he even know what he is giving.
If he only knew.
Somehow, I think he does.

He loves his wife so.
I know that they are best friends.
He never had to tell me that.
I can see that her love keeps him warm.
Sometimes I can see them together even though we never met.
Like high school sweethearts.
Hiding from the thunder.
He is what she is under.

It is easy to point out the family man.
Something in the look in his eye.
It is hidden in the answers that he gives.
It is the life that he lives.
The things he never says.

He cares.
A cold metallic concern.
A truth that often burns.
Cling to the logic he says.
I say burn it all down.
He says Joseph just wait your turn.
I want to give what my friend gives to me.
Hear him on the phone.
I just stare out my office window though.
I am too broken.
So all I have left is to tell jokes.

It is easy to point out the family man.
Something in the look in his eye.
It is hidden in the answers that he gives.
It is the life that he lives.
The things he never says.

He is hard on himself.
But if he only knew.
His greatest sale was when there was no sale.
He proved what could be done.
And yes he should have won.
on the call, on every single one.
How do you encourage the one who holds you up.
How can you be the one.
The family man, eyes of stone.
Thank you friend, hope you know what you have done.

It is easy to point out the family man.
Something in the look in his eye.
It is hidden in the answers that he gives.
It is the life that he lives.
The things he never says.

His daughters are his everything.
I am sure he is their all.

He loves his wife so.
I know that they are best friends.
He never had to tell me that.
I can see that her love keeps him warm.

It is easy to point out the family man.
Something in the look in his eye.
It is hidden in the answers that he gives.
It is the life that he lives.
The things he never says.

KnuCkLe heAd.  Pale/Chrome Dolphins

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

I went through friends like old worn shirts.
Wonder if I even have any left.
Do I ever cross their minds.
I could care less.
I don't give a damn about nothing else.
Dead hearts put on the shelf.

Grains of sand pour slowly.
Landing on my minds very edge.
Time is bleeding out.
Mouths move.
Can't hear what was said.
Hurled through fears window.
Glass don't cut the skin.
I have been through this already.
Here we go again.

Locked and loaded.
Meeting a girl like you caused this commotion.
Unleashed all that was left in me.
I gave it all to you. 
Couldn't you see that was all I had.
You even tried to give me back.
Give me back to myself.
I just wanted to be yours.
I wanted to be someone's. 

Do I ever cross their minds.
I could care less.
I don't give a damn about nothing else.
Dead hearts put on the shelf.

Lessons learned way too late.
Yesterday's already set ablaze.
Due to the games that you play.
Another good man is taken away.
Survivors we both were.
I even thought from the same wars.
Wrong again, it all starts to blend.
I am lying to myself again.

I went through friends like old worn shirts.
Wonder if I even have any left.
Do I ever cross their minds.
I could care less.
I don't give a damn about nothing else.
Dead hearts put on the shelf.

 I just wanted to be yours.
I wanted to be someone's. 

Couldn't you see that was all I had.
You even tried to give me back.
Give me back to myself.
I just wanted to be yours.
I wanted to be someone's. 

I walk away even less than what I was before.
At least I walk away.
I will wonder about our love.
I will wonder where you are.
And as I look and scream at the stars.
I will still love you from afar.

Couldn't you see that was all I had.
You even tried to give me back.
Give me back to myself.
I just wanted to be yours.
I wanted to be someone's. 

waNteD tO bE yoUrS.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

Here comes the bad news.
A well-deserved reckoning.
This is what we all get.

You can't turn this page.
Today seeps into our tomorrows.
No mention of a yesterday.
We spent all the tokens.
Nothing left to borrow.

Angels catch fire trying to touch the sun.
At least they tried.
Am I the only one.
Still on the bridge as it burns.
Want to stay right where I am.
I can handle the smoke.
I just can't handle you.

Heart that is the weak link.
Don't ever blink.
You could miss it all.
Short breath.
Long conversations with her.
I want to hold her hand.
I want her to hold my soul.

You said to me.
You never mentioned though.
Told me I forgot.
Mad that I remembered though.
Let's forget this together then.
End to this beautiful war with you. 
You said to me.

Here comes the bad news.
A well-deserved reckoning.
This is what we all get.

Angels catch fire trying to touch the sun.
At least they tried.

I run with the wolves now.
Hungry like the wolf.
You take bites out of the moon as we howl.
Please bite me my lover.
You live.
Please show me how.

No news is good news.
Some news brings blues.
To be with you.
Do what I would have to.
Make my own news.
Front page.
Headline.
Goes like this.
Damn girl you are fine.

Angels catch fire trying to touch the sun.
At least they tried.
Am I the only one.
Still on the bridge as it burns.
Want to stay right where I am.
I can handle the smoke.
I just can't handle you.

You can't turn this page.
Today seeps into our tomorrows.
No mention of a yesterday.
We spent all the tokens.
Nothing left to borrow.

Angels catch fire trying to touch the sun.
At least they tried.

I run with the wolves now.
Hungry like the wolf.
You take bites out of the moon as we howl.
Please bite me my lover.
You live.
Please show me how.

Heart that is the weak link.
Don't ever blink.
You could miss it all.
Short breath.
Long conversations with her.
I want to hold her hand.
I want her to hold my soul.

hoLd mY souL.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

You are the lightning. 
Striking before the storm you go.
My sirens activated.
Warning going out to all that is my heart.
Soul doesn't want to move.
Stays behind crying in the rain.

Injured.
Fleeing the scene of a slow-motion war.
The war with you.
Friends have become foes.
The shield of love broken in two.
This is how another love story goes.
Hear the rain slap against the window.
I was never taught how to let go.

How do you expect.
What I never expected.
Errors never corrected.
Reaction to all the hurt.
Victim to what you selected.
I grab at the steering wheel.
I take it away from you baby.
We are not going over those cliffs.
We will survive to fight another day.

You are the lightning. 
Striking before the storm you go.
My sirens activated.
Warning going out to all that is my heart.
Soul doesn't want to move.
Stays behind crying in the rain.

Boulders fall on me forever.
Debris that is eternal.
Fire goes out sometimes.
Smoke lingers and mixes with her whispers.
Look into the eyes of the man.
I even wonder if you can.
You ice cold volcano.
Iceberg made of lava.
look into the eyes of this man.

Fleeing the scene of a slow-motion war.
The war with you.

I grab at the steering wheel.
I take it away from you baby.
We are not going over those cliffs.
We will survive to fight another day.

Soul doesn't want to move.
Stays behind crying in the rain.

Last verses to the sad songs always hurt the most.
No more heart left to kill.
Your mission seems to be over my darling.
Hope that I at least provided a thrill.
Skeletons and ash.

I die to the hi-fi moment.
Seconds become forever catching fire to the last tree.
Remaining residue of me and you.
We didn't crack the surface.
We thought we had a shot didn't we.
At least we tried my love.

I grab at the steering wheel.
I take it away from you baby.
We are not going over those cliffs.
We will survive to fight another day.

Soul doesn't want to move.
Stays behind crying in the rain.

Boulders fall on me forever.
Debris that is eternal.
Fire goes out sometimes.
Smoke lingers and mixes with her whispers.
Look into the eyes of the man.
I even wonder if you can.
You ice cold volcano.
Iceberg made of lava.
look into the eyes of this man.

Soul doesn't want to move.
Stays behind crying in the rain.

oVeR thOsE cLIffS. 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.

The moonshine wraps around you.
Silver silhouette.
Killer instinct.
The kiss. 
Making time the opponent. 

I collide with a new reality.
Leaving behind the rumor.
Something I swore to never let go.
Something that never let go of me.

Momentum shifts.
Perfume in the wind.
Let her win they say.
Come back to fight another day.
Proving everything.
Nothing in the words she says.

I go all in.
Thinking I just might win.
Her magic hidden in the grin.
Tell the bartender the same thing again. 
I lied to us all.
I deceived myself again.

I see you for the first time.
Skin made out of lies.
How could you try to fool me.
Thought I ran out of tries.
I told you that I was built for this.
I guess you had to test me.
Now we are both damaged here.
No place left for us to go.

We'll freeze in your cold.
Die for your needs.
Suffer for your cause.
Is that the future that you hope for my lover.
I thought you would want much more.

Take us all down.
All as you intended.
I'll be within your thoughts blended.
Running the final mile winded.
Love letters sent.
Bent.
Emotion omitted. 

The moonshine wraps around you.
Silver silhouette.
Killer instinct.
The kiss. 
Making time the opponent. 

I go all in.
Thinking I just might win.
Her magic hidden in the grin.
Tell the bartender the same thing again. 
I lied to us all.
I deceived myself again.

What are you about.
Got me confused again.
How could I ever know.
You will never let me in.
Air is turning thin.

Killer instinct.
The kiss. 
I go all in.
Thinking I just might win.

Love letters sent.
Bent.

Momentum shifts.
Perfume in the wind.
Let her win they say.

I collide with a new reality.
Leaving behind the rumor.
Something I swore to never let go.
Something that never let go of me

moonShiNe.  Pale1/Chrome Dolphins

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

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

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

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

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

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