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1. |
Aphotic Currents 4
07:12
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Instrumental.
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2. |
Pit Rat
06:21
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When I had climbed those steps, I slaughtered all resistance
A hole in my chest, so it seems you can’t miss
I was bathed in flames from the head to the toe
-Conquered the gods
And look, everybody noticed
Not a mortal man—no pain, no shame
-A cutthroat bitch with no cross to bear
Who would have thought, huh?
I don’t know, I don’t think about that
I’m too busy cleaning up the nonsense,
Nonsense, nonsense!
Feral instinct soon devoured logical thinking
Who’s to blame?
It’s always someone else’s fault
That’s enough said
I’ve spent too much time complying
That’s not purpose,
And hoping does not make a wish come true
O’ I’d broke my back trying to carry gravity
Its whip, it cracked and hissed,
So my conscience went on screaming,
“We all share the same blood
We are one
Lift us up”
Calm, calm, calm was the beast inside that suit,
But the fangs still sank deep
-Ensuring irreversible
A taste of the grim, growing state that I live to create
I generated a new coyote fate
Was scraped on a floor of greed until I bled straight hate
Yo, I mastered being fake
You irritate me with that taunting, taunting, taunting!
Hush your mouth
One day you’ll feel how I felt;
Nothing—void of pain
It’s almost like a talent
I’d been worthless
I’d been thinking it was time for change
Gave me purpose
Gave it up ‘cause hoping never has its way
I broke my back trying to carry gravity
Its whip, it cracked and hissed,
So my conscience went on screaming,
“We all share the same blood
We are one
Lift us up”
Sometimes I scream for nothing
Forgive me for that sin
I couldn’t cry that day
I can’t help it
Gods don’t have a weakness
Here’s my place—right atop the great stone
Now I don’t look people in the eyes,
For deep down,
I know all I’ll see is me—is me
O’ I’d put my faith into a crown,
And I blamed you for that wanting
We don’t leave things well enough alone
We don’t seem to see things clearly
And I told myself that it was okay to run and hide from evil,
But who was I to judge the hearts of men?
I’m just as bad as them!
This is shame,
And that’s no clever trick
‘Cause everybody wants to dance with a champion
-The first of all rats to claim that pit!
I’d brought the gods down!
And in their craters, I grew grand
I became pure
Mi foolin mi—nuh!
An mi chuck drough de jest
A murdera? Nuh!
Mi just pro of mi de bess
Mi see yuh back to de corna—back down de corridor
Mi kill just one, just one—no more
Bwoy! Not a tief, an mi pity fi yuh soul
Wat can mi feel?
O’ mi nuh gat eni emotion!
Mi nuh see dat shine
Just see de dark, murky depds of de ocean
Mi nuh share nuh blood wid yuh—mi nuh share
Mi nuh care bout de dark, murky depds of de ocean
Mi nuh share nuh blood wid yuh—mi nuh share
O’ mi broke fi mi bak try to carry—carry gravity
Fi yuh whip, it crack an de hiss,
So fi mi conscience went pon de screamin
“Wi all share de siem blood
Lift wi up
Lift wi up”
Mi nuh care bout de dark, murky depds of de ocean
Lift wi up
Lift wi up
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3. |
Fate Won't Pull Me Under
05:35
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All my life I’d been the underdog—a solid second best
Here’s to my decay, and here’s to moving onward!
You’d placed the stakes so high
-A gambling connoisseur
The crowd, it cut like daggers soaked in poison
Blathered fame into my ears
But their words can’t ever undo change,
And people hate with all their hearts
What they can’t seem to control,
So I’d rather face the depths of that old spear
Than let them ever know me
No way I’m dying
Fate won’t pull me underwater,
And I can’t help but wonder,
Am I just done?
The story marches on
I don’t think I wrote my best
Fate won’t pull me underwater
Those bellowing voices all were deafening
I couldn’t help, my hands were tied
Something’s boiling—raging
-Something’s multiplied
How do you take the vital step
When you’re shoulder-deep in failure?
I don’t want to believe,
But I can’t help it
I already read between the lines!
And now I know
Every passing second paints a masterpiece
I’m splattered on the canvas in gold,
And I bet from far away
All the mistakes just give it more emotion
So I feel I’m done resisting
I’m not scared of what’s below
I could show you everything I’ve grown to loathe
No way I’m dying
Fate won’t pull me underwater,
I can’t help but wonder,
Am I just done?
The story marches on
I don’t think I wrote my best
Fate won’t pull me underwater
You expressed a burden
Suddenly you’re holding onto naught
But every minute I succeed,
Two points from death!
The regret don’t keep me,
‘Cause no purpose halts for flesh and bones
And all of that nonsense
Only once in my life did I ever think I could be so misread
But it came, and then it went so fast
-Another smudge to the back of my head
If I ever went back in time,
I wouldn’t even try to fix these mistakes
-If I even want to call them mistakes
But if I ever went back,
I’d sit and watch myself evolve into the person standing there
He’s become the opposite of what you wanted
-Though indebted
He owe’ too many people too many favors
-Too many things to worry about,
But he ain’t worried about that—nah
He don’t remember
Would things change if he could?
Would they change if he planned out ahead?
Would things change if he kept his cool?
I’ll keep on thinking all the reasons that I’m breathing,
That I’m believing,
Is ‘cause out there someone else is still in need of me
Look at me deciding,
Providing that there is more to life than getting riches,
Acceptance, and peace of mind
Despite tears,
I infect you, and there is no counteractant
You’re defective
There’s a message that I think is worth protecting
No way I’m dying
Fate won’t pull me under
There’s too much to wonder,
And I know we’ve only just begun
So I guess I should try my best to write something more
No way I’m dying
Fate won’t pull me under
There’s too much to wonder,
And I know we’ve only just begun
So I guess I should try my best to write something more true
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4. |
A Map To The Heavens
05:41
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O’ did I run!
Did I have much to say!
But I saved it for the fireside
Where we drank til’ we were drunk
‘Til our minds were in a haze
That’s my favorite time to tell a secret…
Get it off your chest
It’ll help you feel okay!
I won’t even recall what you said anyway!
Another drink for my friend
For his secret’s been told!
-A map to a mountain of silver and gold
I wise man once told me all I have is my time,
So I took his bet,
Said the world would be mine
Then the planets aligned,
And we met here today
Turns out my luck’s not as dry as I thought!
In the old days, good fortune just fell in my lap,
But who needs windfall
When a knife to the back
Can make a man blather every inch of his soul?
Most folks just aren’t that much fun in a normal conversation
When you get a map to the heavens,
You should probably keep it in a safe
Where people like me can’t come along
And pluck it from your fingertips
What was yours is better mine
What’s to say?
I’m a snake
I’d been hiding up in the snow from my shame
Baby, I’m never going home
The sun in my eyes forces tears,
But I don’t feel anything
When I watch people die,
They’re just props on a stage,
And I’m a callous monologue
If I get into Heaven,
Best believe all the angels’ll run away
Because a person like me comes along
And plucks the halo from their heads
What was yours is better mine
What’s to say?
I’m a snake
O’ did I run!
Did I have much to say!
But my safety-pin attention has me cling to better things
I’m thinking passion’s just a pocketful of change,
So go cash in your obsessions,
And let’s have a feast!
I stole the map to paradise
And wasn’t giving back
I’m the fox that killed the chicken,
And I’ve got it by the neck!
The priests all preach humility
-A coward’s claim to fame
We’re going to the Promised Land
And coming back as kings!
Looking at myself from the heavens,
I can say no one could ever take my place
It’s not every day someone like me comes along
And shows you how to be yourself
Everyone else?
Well, they can jump off a bridge
I don’t believe in fairy-tales
I don’t believe in dreams
I don’t believe in anything that’s not in front of me
I can’t foresee the outcome
I don’t even have a plan!
But I’m certain I could fly if I only had the chance!
Nobody wants to look at me until I’m in their face
Sons of bitches like to talk,
But they don’t have a lot to say
We might be baking enemies,
We might be baking friends,
Might be cooking up a fortune,
Might be setting up the table again
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5. |
Dusk Bug
06:10
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The dusk brings poison—breathe it in
A distant sunder is dooming
It’s a bloodstained bundle of flesh and bone
Here and now, preach anything
Flurry down like snow
My head’s been quiet too long
Thoughts pool and shimmer
That’s why I have come
That’s why I sit on the stone
I’m a brainless quitter with a hand in woe
Though I sleep sound,
Nothing here is changing anymore
It’s a cry for disaster
Nothing here is changing anymore
At the brink of sundown,
At the edge of the world,
I argued faithlessness to a man with no voice
But his gestures told me enough
To some, I’m a winner
To him? A bug
Though I sleep sound,
Nothing here is changing anymore
It’s a cry for disaster
Nothing here is changing anymore
Know truth knocks with the impact of a comet
Then everything is strange
Then you become afraid of you
Fight or flight, I'm a quitter
My hospitality’s wasted
Behold the caitiff
From the tip of the stone, I am no bug!
-Ignorance bestowed as involvement is lost
Memory fogs as equilibrium grows
All the other kids think it’s funny,
But they don’t know what I know…
They see pain
They see death
That twist of information could cost your life…
Now I’ve all the full-color designs
‘Cause I sat on the stone
If I am an insect,
Then all of my people take the night
-Light up the forest with all our numbers
And you’ll all sleep sound
‘Cause nothing is changing
It’s a cry for disaster
Nothing is changing anymore
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6. |
Hydra
06:00
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Fed us doubt just to see us cower
Trouble comes in pairs
I could’ve heed this warning,
But I was busy removing the head of a hydra
-Dead to rights was it
Was there anything you could’ve said
To provoke a good response?
‘Cause now I’m in dismay
And I know we’re all in danger,
And I know we’re all afraid,
But the Promised Lands' worth it in the end
I hack further into my feelings
I slice closer to the source
Problems sprout like little seedlings
-Take one out, then birth two more
I couldn’t make this up
I was after anything thing to show I’m brave
I am stuck in a jungle of avarice
-Kept me hungry
-Kept me a slave
I only did more action ‘cause my words never found their home
I tried to tell myself there was hope and no more misery
Ah—that was the end of me…
Ever since that day I’ve self-destructed
I’m the enemy
I’ve made my peace with that,
And it’s okay
We don’t survive and get to walk away without a scratch
No, trouble comes in pairs!
And it comes in starving,
Comes in violent,
Comes in snarling,
Comes in angry and greedy
No one can make it stop
I fear we’ve neared the end of the rope
I couldn’t make this up!
I was after anything to give me strength,
And I interpret that as virtue
I interpret that as justice and good deeds,
But you know that I know it’s over
Don’t you know I know!
That’s why you jab at me with prejudice,
And I keep being more and more discreet
Convinced that I can change the outcome
I flounder as I’m cutting
And cutting and cutting and cutting the heads
-Wild and rampant!
We can’t stop it!
No, trouble’s always coming
And coming and coming and coming in pairs,
But it took that doubt to make me cower
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7. |
The Waypoint
07:08
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Everyone pointed at me,
Agreed I was to blame,
And for the sake of time, I’ll say that’s true
I’d gotten rather carried away
I’d fought until the cows came home
And for the sake of time,
I’ll say that wasn’t the brightest thing I could do
The careless leader fell,
And all the pawns gave in
Now all I hear is talk of treason and untruth
-That’s what I’ve gathered
My people, you’re spineless and weak,
And not a single one of you matters
The veil, the mask, the crown,
The cape, the costume will consume
In came the tribe and out went the sun
-Never alone
When everyone—everyone is just like you
Said no to life and said yes to fear
-Never alone
They’re a part of you
So does it mean I’m a seraph
In a different sense of the word?
Does evil still want to kiss the ring?
Sorry I let you down
Now go and tell the crowd that I’m a piece of shit,
And I’m a waste of a human
But when you go to bed,
I know you’ll still believe
You’ll put a finger to your lips and relive the scene
I couldn’t do no wrong
I couldn’t do it
You’ve got nothing else
In came the tribe and out went the sun
-Never alone
When everyone—everyone is just like you
Said no to life and said yes to fear
-Never alone
They’re a part of you
So you were acrid,
And you were fuming
‘Cause I let you down
Your loyalty and your allegiance
Had been sucked right out
But I was passive,
And I was tolerant,
And I bit my tongue
I could’ve killed you
I could’ve raped you,
But I do no wrong
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Red Thumb
04:10
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I’d been found out,
So you thought I’d choke,
But I’m full of lots of little tricks
Don’t underestimate the things I do and say
I’ve seen the tract
If anyone can best the fence, it’s me
Blood shed by my hand before dawn
-A red thumb tonight
Doubt says the sky will be falling down someday
Doubt says my heart is still full of hate
Doubt says that somehow I’ll always be one step behind
Maybe today’s the day doubt discriminates
And lays waste
What’s wrong with me?
My brain is a brimstone castle cracked at the seams
My filter’s all backed up—slips out
I can’t feel grief
My touch has gone rust
Now I’m a thriving disease
And I can’t be snuffed out
-Just keep growing and growing and growing
Blood shed by my hand before dawn
-A red thumb tonight
You dig and dig and dig and dig
You dig until you find
Whatever it is that you seek more than moral height
The garden’s full of flesh—a mess
The flowers are all sore
There is no hole that goes deeper than greed’s allure
Blood shed by my hand before dawn
-A red thumb tonight
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9. |
Mudoo Ra
08:30
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One shovel from insane
When I realized the bar was set to high,
But avarice had surely caught me by the toe,
Dragged me through the mud,
Stuck me in the center,
Then the feast began!
O’ I’d lost my hand!
Shouldn’t have been much a surprise to me,
And I confess, there was a godsend
It seems good fortune still appears to those
Who walk the path of carelessness and greed
And with flesh comes sentience
Fate decrees from a part of your world
I’m forever between something I’m not supposed to know
And all the thoughts that float around it
-Influence the way that I contain myself,
And I don’t even want to
Yeah well, maybe I’m just done with being told
I’m not good enough
-Good enough
-Good enough
And with madness comes negligence
You should look beyond your bleakness
Pray your sadness to the beast,
Don’t be comrades with the weak,
And you’ll be glad the symbiosis was bestowed
And surely half the bad I’ve done’ll be washed away
Because all beauty comes clean
And I could feel myself anew
The scars of my decay had been erased
Your feet remember all the places you’ve been,
But things intertwine and override when they’re complete
Placed around the table,
Where only dreadfulness secretes,
All my horrors brought to light
What an unsanitary world
And I’m a part of it
Placed ‘round the table,
All of my terrors brought to light,
And I’m unfamiliar with this type of process
I’m already elbow-deep in travesty
And hellbent on staying gold
‘Cause sin’s been such a tragedy,
And I’m done with favors
But what do you say
To the hecklers all in the black of the room?
Do you settle the score?
‘Cause the moment you turn your back,
They will come
I’m good enough to recognize I’ve gotcha’ when I see it
The better it tastes,
The more you’re likely to try it again
And the better it tastes, you’ll try harder
We’re all just victims
No one can help it
No one can help it
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10. |
Reclipse
05:44
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[DISCLAIMER: The chorus of this song is not meant to be taken literally. If somebody shoots up a school or something because of it, do not blame me].
You hid before they saw you
There’s no way to deny they could hear you grieving
-Grieving over my plight
What to do with people who won’t face the truth?
What to do with people who play pretend just to feel good?
I’d the perfect weapon,
But I just didn’t know how to aim
What do bullets mean
When no one wants to pull the trigger?
We’re not fit to make decisions
We’re not fit to wear any crowns
Point the barrel straight,
And see if it lets ‘em walk away
I’ve no concentration when I don the mask
-Hard to hide
My lips take rise like a quarter moon
-A sickly, tilted smile—limitations choked
Ends begin to fray and the snap provokes no control
Could be a funeral today…
I’d the perfect weapon,
But I just didn’t know how to aim
What do bullets mean
When no one wants to pull the trigger?
We’re not fit to make decisions
We’re not fit to wear any crowns
Point the barrel straight
And see if it lets ‘em walk away
Here’s to standing on water!
Here’s to being kings!
We can right all wrongs ‘cause we just believed!
Know when I fall from the stone,
You’ll think of what’s been done
-Just hold onto what is left
-Just keep your faith secure
Don’t matter happened then,
You don’t need your wings to fly
Don’t matter what happens once you’ve reached the other side
And when all the tops spin out of order,
And when you’re standing here
So far from grace, so close to judgment,
You’ll never want to look much further,
But impulsion’ll call you to!
You’ll stare until your pupils run dry
Just watch me fall from the stone
No strings to hold me up
The sacrifices I’ve made,
I hope will be enough
Don’t matter what happens next
I don’t need no wings to fly
Don’t matter how fast I sink
It don’t matter
It don’t matter
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11. |
My Reward
10:24
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Pardon me,
I could hang from the canopy
Do what I got to—I’m not a fan of making ghosts,
But it’s not up for debate—hand’s free
When it saw what laid in front of me,
It thought I should procure more than the rest of you
-Leaked out black for so long,
And now I’m face to face with the option
Still, you praise me, acting like I’m a hero
Nah, keep that to yourself…
‘Cause I don’t show my slinking side
Unless there’s no one else around
Like I said, I hate making ghosts,
But we’ve been shown a gracious prize,
So now we seemed to point in that direction
I could hear my heart dribbling thunder
There goes my secret
As my greed shows itself,
You’re all tumbling under six feet of dirt
That’s a real reward
Now it's so easy to be the bad guy on this mission
See we’s about to bust a couple skulls
And make a run for the home-plate
Vicious, I know…
But all those hardships that I had endured
Persuaded me to think that I might have earned my fortune
Today’s the day that you see me fly
You called me wicked ‘cause you’re so grounded
What makes the difference is that I have what it takes to be me
I survived while you quivered in the corner and cried
What are your last words?
We’ll let you have them
I could hear my heart dribbling thunder
There goes my secret
As my greed shows itself,
You’re all tumbling under six feet of dirt
That’s a real reward
Are you feeling it?
That’s called agony
And it only gets worse for you—wait and see
No more time or space
In this holy place,
There exists only one true god,
And it’s me.
Again and again, I will blacken the sun
Dump barrels blood in the sea
‘Cause that’s all that’ll be left
Laugh as your spirit’s removed from the skeleton,
Smashed into bits with the back of my shovel
-Bullets seal your fate
Etch this in your brain;
Did you bury the treasure or dig your own grave?
Side by side, you all knelt down
You know, I guess life’s finite after all…
-A perfect line from A to Z
When it’s time to meet your maker,
Don’t be a coward
Take it like a man, and face me!
Here’s to the journey!
It’s been a wild ride
I understand if you hate me,
But just say thank you for the moments
And thank you for the dreams
Thanks for the adventure,
Thanks for the time spent
You don’t bounce back after this
No, this is the pinnacle
Don’t be so cynical
We all can’t be winners
O’ I don’t wanna’ hear you plea!
Just say thank you for the freedom!
I’ll take the pain away for good
Don’t you go thinking that there’s a better place
Nobody bounces back from this
No, there is no afterlife
-Just nothing forever
So don’t you lie, and don’t pretend
Wipe your tears so you can see the end
I’m not scared of karma
If such a thing exists,
Then I should have been silenced the day I left your shore
Life’s just chain reactions
Line up your troubles and blast them aside
No one will find them
No one could watch them die
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Hungry Lights
Hungry Lights is my solo music project. The plan is to release five concept albums all surrounding a character named, "Prill," who is a plesiosaur hunter on a quest to better his life, but everything he does just adds to his own delusion and lack of self-worth. The music is the musical interpretation of a book series I have been writing called, "From Windfall To Hell." ... more
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