The world decays beneath fluorescent lies,
Gods are scrolling, men just plead,
Words weigh less than the dust of their cries,
And the light bleeds out from the screen’s cold greed.

Thrones made of plastic, prophets on sale,
Truth in beta, no dark mode for the soul.
Yet deep beneath the data veil,
A stubborn ember still keeps its role.

Kali laughs — queen of cycles and ends,
She dances on towers, on the code that bends.
Every glitch, every fall, every scream,
Isn’t death — it’s the shape of a dream.

To see clear in the dark is to shun the torch,
To dive unlit into the core of the real,
To know that chaos builds the forge
For what order could never feel.

So I walk, bare, without code or creed,
Through the ruins of this video age,
Eyes open wide, in the perfect black —
Where all collapses… and all is remade.


Seeing clear in the dark (variation #1)

You Called the Flame


[Intro – whispered over bassline]
(barely a breath)
You don’t get to call me crazy…
You called the flame.


---

Verse 1

The glass still hums where your name was spoke,
Ash in the air, and the silence broke.
You wanted warmth — I stayed contained,
Now you flinch from the glow you named.


---

Pre-Chorus 1

You said, “Stay sweet,” — I stayed still.
But sugar melts when it’s forced to chill.
Now the room remembers your shape in smoke —
Soft, slow, cruel, and close.


---

Chorus

You don’t get to call me crazy — you called the flame.
You touched a spark and whispered my name.
Now every heartbeat sounds the same —
Low… slow… blame.
You don’t get to call me crazy —
You called the flame.


---

Verse 2

Your ghost moves through my half-lit glass,
Reflections bend where the edges pass.
I breathe your echo, taste your sin,
And smile — I burn from within.


---

Pre-Chorus 2

Don’t call it love, don’t call it pain,
They shimmer the same when they stain.
You wanted quiet — you got prayer,
And I’m still there.


---

Chorus 2

You don’t get to call me crazy — you called the flame.
You made the spark, then turned away.
Now the dark repeats your name —
Soft… slow… shame.
You don’t get to call me crazy —
You called the flame.


---

Bridge (whispered confession)

I never screamed — I just stayed lit.
You mistook control for quit.
There’s a mercy in the burn you feel —
It’s how the truth reveals.


---

Final Chorus (bare, close-mic’d)

You don’t get to call me crazy — you called the flame.
You built this warmth, you fed this frame.
Now every breath’s the same refrain —
You. Me. Flame.


---

Outro

(heartbeat bass, fading Rhodes)
You called it.
Now live with it.
(a click of a lighter, then silence)



You Called the Flame

Matt returned to Berry to perform Monday, live in one take. You can the new video for 'Monday' here: https://youtu.be/pPnA-Vs5ATU

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Tash Sultana is a young, dynamic Melbourne artist. At just twenty-one years of age, Tash is creating waves and generating massive street buzz by playing sold out shows all over the World. Tash has made a name for herself busking on the streets of Melbourne and having homemade videos go viral getting millions of views online.
 
Since having her hands wrapped around a guitar at the age of three, the self taught artist quickly developed her own unique style that has people lining up to see her perform. Her vocal shines with a magical quality, she has a natural gift for melody and her virtuosic guitar playing is from another planet.
  
The young, one-woman powerhouse has literally sold out every headline show booked across multiple countries and played dozens of high profile festivals including Laneway 2017. Both singles ‘Jungle’ and ‘Notion’ were quick to receive high rotation on Australian broadcaster triple j with ‘Jungle’ been added as mega hit of the week on Netherlands 3FM radio and is picking up rotation on stations across North America. Accolades include a #8 ARIA album chart, topping the iTunes chart with her “Notion EP”, ‘Jungle’ coming in at #3 on triple j’s hottest 100, an APRA Award nomination, winning a J award for “Unearthed Artist of the Year 2016” and over 25 million streams Worldwide.

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