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1. |
Aphotic Currents 3
05:52
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Instrumental.
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2. |
For Miles Down
04:14
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I’m the eyes on a satellite
I identified the pieces that were left behind,
But how can I see with a blindfold?
-Take it off and suffer
Now I’m acting kinda’ strange
Nobody’s home inside
I did it to myself ‘cause I went left-field
I’d have to take the time to find out
No one’s home, but the light still shines
Listen,
I’m no star, but I was forged in the night
-The remnants of a universe built on lies
And yet… and yet my story still rides
Creeping at the corners
-Growing up the sides
A figment of the figment that I kept in spite of
Tryna’ figure out all the mess inside
While I’m wrapped up in changing,
All the rest subsides
I’ll ride out ‘til the end
-Just to test my might
I’m fine!
I’m not affected!
Someone let me slide
Someone watching above kept me all tied up...
So I did my best to find my way
Through all the dark—struggle less
-Blessed
If this plaque on my soul doesn’t let me fly,
I’ll proceed to a fall
No surprise, I’ll survive
Maybe the will of the gods keeps me alive
‘Cause some vengeful holds don’t let me die
It’s like a slap to the face…
Rolling down all hope, so I can’t fight the waning
Justifying won’t stop this mass-pretending
My low reality has been broken!
Even with all pieces, I’m just too far down
Listen here…
To a man confiding all his secrets at the bottom
I can’t quite remember who I was before,
And who that was is gone
It’s like I rearranged everything
Then crawled away, deep from the center
Spiraled out ‘til the catch hooked back and relapsed
But nothing is ever set in stone
I pulled out from the sap—my surprise attack
I snapped!
And that’s a me that I can’t get back
I’m at a new low where I can’t distract myself
Stuck til’ I learn to accept all my demons
-Tap into this brand new me
Does no one else in the world know how I am feeling?
In the solid pitch-black,
I step through the marsh of the mind,
And its chord is dissonant
I’m another conflicted soul that has nowhere to go
Ripped and stolen from my home
My treasure brought back to its trove
Flames were spent and turned to coals
My wings were clipped and skin exposed
Take a step back and review
All the masks that decorate that hole
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3. |
Reflaugh
05:17
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Part of me dead
I only wonder what will happen to the other half
I think there’s almost comfort in the slavish life
A voice is knocking to me
It’s always talking to me
-I think it’s telling me the technique to break free
But I need a moment, so hush!
I’m tired of rushing
You think you’ve caught on?
Watch me deny you—don’t touch me!
-Not strong enough to fit through the casket
I dwell behind the mask that tamed the lion
I’m a shell inside a fitted tux
All my luck’s turned to rust
When it stops, I’m down in the ground
-Double-three ft. drop
Are you shocked?
You would need a hospital before you bled out!
But me?
I’ve other options
Keep on marching ‘til I’m so sure I can’t-
I can’t feel my feet
I don’t need them
I don’t need them!
The fingers of the sea would keep me in their palm
The echo of my soul was evident and getting to me
Backed to the edge of my world
And prayed to whatever gods I had left
But no one answered me
There was no one comforting
The friction ignited
-Smothered anything I kept inside
Fear of the dark!
My shadow, now such a size
That if I fought, I’d surely be swallowed up
No more resisting
Some rewrote the shore
Under this mask,
See the face of the whore who shoved me into this crate,
Held the gate,
Should’ve waited for my fate
-No room, couldn’t do it—didn’t choose to escape!
Don’t call me crazy!
If I was you, I’d peace out!
But me?
I’ve other options
Keep on marching ‘til I’m so sure I can’t-
I can’t feel my feet
I don’t need them
I don’t need them!
The fingers of the sea would keep me in their palm
Suh mi force it dung
Dem doughts spun ‘run inna fi mi head
Mi nuh longa want to see wid de eye
Or feel wat de mon can feel
Jah, gimmi de wud fah dat faking
Jah, gimmi de wud fah dat lie
Aal de bones inna mi been de aching
To step fram de board to de light
Jah keep mi unda dat ceiling
Jah keep mi unda dat lie
Fi mi choices tap mi fram lef
An mi cannot guh ‘til it’s rite
Peace of de mind—peace of de mind
Quiet, quiet!
Just let mi die!
Ef mi get bak to yuh, history packing up
Lef fah de new world, lef aal de rest behine
I don’t think I’m coming home tonight
I don’t feel well anymore
Something tells me I’ve gone a little bit crazy
And now you know!
So what’s left to say?
I’ve made mistakes,
But you don’t see me wishing on the stars
No, you won’t catch me dreaming anymore
For the wishing ends when I reach new shore
My captor woke, and my visage tore
All walls collapsed
I could never right the vicious death-trap that is my life
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4. |
Thief
06:35
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All the fear that I felt dismantled
Everybody’s looking—all eyes are me,
But we’re unsure if I was different than before
I felt different, but I just couldn’t place my finger on it
-Couldn’t look to the mirror
Naw, man—didn’t like what it showed
Covered up—so to run from the criticism
I covered up til’ my way out closed
Now I shine with a glint of madness
So dark I will not be denied
And so the beatings began
Don’t look to me
Don’t act surprised!
Deception had been unraveled
Took the time to tell myself the lie
I wouldn’t trust me… not one bit
‘Cause I shine with a glint of madness
So dark I will not be denied
And your sight’s been lost for too long
A dangerous fool, or was it superstition?
A thief was caught tonight,
And I’m just here to make that noticed
How’d half blood stain my hands?
Would I see it wash away?
Nothing’s forever,
But I guess I was just looking for remorse
Errors have shown me
That the more I hide, the more you seek
I wasn’t one to hesitate...
Maybe I just felt empty
Maybe I couldn’t feel at all!
I don’t think any words of kindness
Could repent all the crimes I’d committed
No, my sight’s been lost for too long
A dangerous fool, or was it superstition?
A thief was caught tonight,
And I’m just here to make that noticed
How’d half blood stain my hands?
Would I see it wash away?
Nothing’s forever,
But I guess I was just looking for remorse
Bless you all with godspeed
May this be an eventful evening full of smiles
I can’t help it,
I just think it’s funny
No one is synchronized
Maybe I believe that the heavens never had our backs
We’re done—no, it’s over
Three gods entered inside the realm
Deep within my head,
I could have found peace
I could have found all things I’d ever longed for
It’s uncanny, yea…
But that’s how I present myself
No stealth, I just straight-up lie
‘Cause I ain’t looking for no means to escape
No, the noose on my neck holds tight—my fault
Time was sick, and I’m quick
Inside the pit, the pendulum flipped
I couldn’t find me the will to lift me
Look, Ma, I’m under the spotlight!
And Mrs. Humble, I know you see me shine
It’s not the way that you wanted me to
-The way could make things brighter
But Mrs. Humble, I know you see me shine!
It’s not the way that you wanted me to,
But with a glint of madness that peeks out from these eyes
A dangerous fool, or was it superstition?
A thief was caught tonight,
And I’m just here to make that noticed
How’d half blood stain my hands?
Would I see it wash away?
Nothing’s forever,
But I guess I was just looking for remorse
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5. |
The First God
08:01
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The first god brought me to my knees
I lost sight—that’s why I’m where I am
I want death—that’s my intention here
‘Cause I’m not a hundred percent
-No one will miss me
Don’t even fake those tears
Take all of my courage and blessings
Don’t hate me
There’s no other way…
In time, the father figure falls apart
Watching’s the hardest thing, he knows…
The hollow, crude-stitched sweater of his heart unraveled
-Bridged what laid below him
Él no va a cruzarlo—ya no receptivo
Él es pesado, un mentiroso, él es dolor
Now he was ready to take that great journey!
But then his first god stepped into the ring…
My head was then filled with drumfire and thunder
All this for nothing!
I held strong and upright,
But a bludgeon cracked me down!
No reasoning entered—unconscious
Curious, I heard roars of triumph
But who hears things when they’ve reached their end?
O’ no creature serves his maker…
And no maker dies by his creature’s hands!
With how many times the heavens denied,
I’m wondering why I’m still alive
I should have died...
They can’t kill me!
And then a crescendo of the soul bloomed out
And who was I—ignorant, dastard, and vain
To receive such splendor at the height of being vanquished?
Could you believe that I was filled with malice?
Could you believe that I was filled with rage?
Because just when I thought it was over,
Here comes valor,
Running out of the desert
Like a slobbering dog with a bone
-Just as wild-eyed and crazed
As the mountain of a man that stood before me
A new height was reached that day!
And you best believe that I remembered
That a hero holds no judgment over his people
It’s either let go, or you’ll be let down
And I’ve always thought of myself more as a villain anyway…
‘Cause who else could make a god bow his filthy-fucking-head!?!
That of stone turned flesh
There was a mumble from a cold inside
An old, weathered body
-It rumbled and sprung to life
An unhindered soul with awareness of a covered face
He’d been forgotten by the nature of my disgrace
But he did what he could do to stay alive
What more could he want?
I felt a motion inside
Then up in the clouds is where he would fly
Because I conquered the mountain
Now I was the mountain!
Now, it was at this time that I wondered
If I was doing this for you or if for me
‘Cause I could not hide from the hands of
A blurry crowd blowing kisses at my feet
Though I tried to deny and tried not to receive,
Ya’ll perched me even higher up
-So high, I couldn’t see
I wasn’t looking anyway—no
Who needs to see when you’re cycling on repeat?
Stuck in a loop—not a human, but machine
I had it memorized—disappear and vacate
I’d claw my way out before it devoured me
Now I’m starting a new age—subjectively insane
O’ god!
I watched my limits turn to dust before my feet!
So what’s the point of looking back?
Here’s to never looking back!
Bet I’m never looking back
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6. |
Speared
08:31
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Assuming that I’m on a path that brings me somewhere,
Assimilate my mind into your great beyond
Still, something was bothering…
I’d lost a part of me
All of my thoughts are exploding outward
I’m so confident!
And I’m valiant
And I’ve found my stride
So no ocean, nor buzzing could stop me now
But what is this spear?
When I try to look outside myself,
I can find nothing that I value
Do I lift my head up to the sky
To ask why I’ve been speared?
But no—this was not about me
Hold on, more thoughts exploding outward
And I used to honestly believe
That no one could bother me
You don’t tell me what I’m after!
I just want a drop, not a cushioned fall…
I’m so arrogant!
So I was seething when you left my side
I couldn’t blame you, for I was preachy
I’m rather full of it now
But hey, that has not stopped me...
When I try to look outside myself,
I can find nothing that I value
Do I lift my head up to the sky
To ask why I’ve been speared?
But no—this was not about me
I thought myself deranged
The things that I had named forsaken in the past
Had surely been remastered
And now that I could dream,
A precipice between the idealistic me
And all you without a mirror
Thrive much deeper, then you’ll see
You’ll believe
I’ve been blessed…
So that’s why they can’t kill me
Yo, why it feel the life in the earth got cut up
And shut up
-Still didn’t die
‘Cause when I start to sink,
All reflections crack at the sight of what’s been done
Yo, I’ve tried to flee,
But you can’t outrun your fate if it’s written in stone
No, you gotta break that rock!
Consequence—suspense
Then we dance!
‘Cause no one could ever, ever tell me
That I got no chance to leave
Your words muffled out by all my inner screams
-That’s victory
I could show you all my dream!
I could hold myself above ya’ll and shine out
‘Til there is nothing else to see!
I could shine with a glint of madness
So dark I would not be denied
So I was sanguine
And I was daring
And I shined so bright
I got caught up in glowing, so I missed the height
And the bottom was empty—as was said dream
Still, I went on uncaring ‘cause I was free of shame
When I try to look outside myself,
I can find nothing that I value
Do I lift my head up to the sky
To ask why I’ve been speared!?
-Deliverance
Didn’t see the tangle latched to me
Leash pulled back
I was restrained!
But watch me walk that beam with confidence
I need not balance, nor a choice
Just watch me trespass into that ring!
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7. |
Second Best
05:33
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Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve had enough secrets
I been open-handed, and I got nothing to lose
But what’s left to gain?
-Is it worth all that shame?
My dreams became intangible
-Not tethered to reality
Brushing the mirror that had taken my place before now
It was glinting so clear, every star I saw was full
How churlish of me not to ask permission
Been preoccupied with wishing
Someone would take existence from me
You couldn’t let me walk away
You watched from a distance
For you didn’t trust that I could change
Shall I show you again?
More times than I realized,
I was left unfinished—diminished
I still didn’t get it yet
And I gave my everything,
But it seems even you didn’t have my back
I was left in the corner, pushing harder—a martyr!
-The promised fracture
No, I couldn’t step forward
I done lost all of my nerve
Before my innocence splintered
And then blew away,
I was dreaming better days
But no, that’s something I cannot relate to
No pain—couldn’t feel anyway
My turn to escape was a rat in a small, dark maze
With an exit braced,
This time... there was nowhere for me to go
You couldn’t let me walk away
You watched from a distance
For you didn’t trust that I could change
Shall I show you again?
Well, here I go...
The catastrophe’s set on the front of the stage
Where will you sit?
Now, I planned the way this would shoot
Flirt with a lie, man—that’s what I do
If I don’t see it, then I won’t fear it
And if I owned it, I could just tear it down
Instead of staring me down,
Why don’t you help me by clearing this out?
If I can’t see, then I won’t fear it
I never thought she would be here with me
It was nice to finally hear a friendly voice just like my own
I shouldn’t be ashamed…
Her loss is just the price of power
And if my gods fall one by one,
Maybe I won’t remember the truth
I want to forget
I want to forget
I want to forget
I want to forget
It’s ending—pretending that we are not the same
Don’t try to justify—there is no better lie
And we're all frightened of fighting—of dying
You couldn’t let me walk away
You watched from a distance
For you didn’t trust that I could change
Shall I show you again?
Well, here I go...
The catastrophe’s set on the front of the stage
Where will you sit?
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8. |
Finally Fearless
06:05
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Two dropped, and that’s my fault
It’s got me feeling awful
I’m all for gold, but take a picture
‘Cause it won’t be long for you too
I thought something was odd
Did I look god-proof?
I’d be for that installment,
But there’s something wrong when it’s true
So calling out the best you got!
Don’t even need my blessing!
Stand right in the piss
See if I end up like the rest of ‘em
Got the whole world on my shoulder
Another disloyal soldier
Make the cut—enough’s enough!
The fights were fought with something up my sleeve
Listen...
Blaring through the flames,
It was the secret kept from me
I’d color myself insane,
But we already know that’s how it be
My balance started fading
‘Cause nothing was left to save me
Now it is known
My wretched soul ruined the natural flow of the show
Here I am, so ungrateful!
Could not stand on my own!
No efficacy sheltered within my hands
I was less than a swine!
It won’t stop—that’s not my fault
It’s part of the impossible!
T’was all for good
Yo, at this point,
It seems the laws were broken
I thought something was odd...
I should have met my end
I was all for that installment,
Now I’m taking my redemption
Wear that courage ‘round my neck for fun
Don’t even need protection
Standing face to face—the final god,
My mind was off
Mama’ didn’t raise no soldier
I had a chip on my shoulder
Threw the punch—enough’s enough
He called my bluff, and now I’m fucked
Piled, smoldering ashes—what that crowd would demand
So I let them all spark up my ignorance
So I let them inside!
Mi sure nuh fear fah yuh,
Fah noting was de siem
Mi stood de edge tideh
De string was gaan
Mi jump into de fray
I’m the salt in the eye of an almighty thief
In the trough like a pig—down on my knees
Galling the ground to remember my name
Battered and framed, iron and chains
Somehow I’d walk to that end of that beam!
I’d make weaklings bow to me
Was my life on his conscience?
Not today!
May vengeance be served—finally fearless!
Ascended in fragments of the old me
Albatross judgment would be sewn
But I could not care
‘Cause when I tried to look outside myself,
I still found nothing that I valued
Then he knocked me high into the sky
And he showed me why I was speared
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9. |
Three Gods & Me
04:57
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O’ I gasped and breached the sky!
-Was being sent to the heavens,
Surely to suffer by the hammer of my final god
But honor kept me anchored here
Arms up, pulled the chain
I plummeted back into his hands
With no net and no failsafe
O’ I invited the fall, for I knew...
You’d witness my strength and behold my glory!
Borderline—on the cusp of sanity
I was wild-eyed—no need for reason
And my slump was turned to an asteroid grazing across it all
-The expense of understanding me
Then I invented his fall
For I knew…
You’d witness my strength and behold my glory!
Caught in the triumph,
I saw myself bigger than ever before
And the chaos and wonder inside my head?
O’ I couldn’t care anymore!
I flourished, the fever I had was gone
-A plashet of oil and blood
The outside now echoed my victory,
For I conquered all!
Three gods came to me,
And they sat me down
And they spoke of candor
What did I desire from them all?
But they knew…
To witness my strength and behold my glory!
Now witness my strength!
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10. |
Blueprint
05:25
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Lean right in with new eyes
But watch your step!
For the ground takes hold
Wishing brings in a fog,
So shake my hand like a humbled fool
Life’s a pattern of lines
And all’s been stitched
-It’s long-closed wound
There’s no reason nor rhyme,
So all we need’s to let go!
You always say it like you mean it,
But we both know ‘twas only for show
Here’s to starting over!
Bring the inside out
Go full circle with a hole in the edge
From the things we design
-The ideas we can never take back
O’ how we love to count the priceless pieces!
And I’ve been here before!
It’s where I lost your support
There was enough to leave you so speechless—speechless!
But not enough to keep control
So just remind me, why did I try?
Here’s to starting over!
Bring the inside out
Go full circle with a hole in the edge
From the things we design
-The ideas we can never take back
There’s so much that I had
-So much I couldn’t see
Easier said than done,
But don’t seat me at the table of gods
To watch ‘em drop
Shot—not a bullet,
But got to blast through it, y’all!
I wrote the path—every single print
I made the lines with my blood
I can draw anything
And I’ll make this real!
‘Cause that’s who I am!
I laugh in the face of disgrace
With a pen raised high
When everyone else here denies who they are,
I stand in the light
And I scream, "You’re a star!”
No, I’ve come way too far!
I’ll not be shut down by these spears
I’ll repent after all!
Go full circle with a hole in the edge
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11. |
Cowardice
11:11
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Every time I disgraced,
I felt like I was on top of the world
A flash in the pan had laid me
Right where I wanted to be
Suffering’s never enough
‘Cause surely my soul was as sharp as my teeth
I’m in between right and wrong—a blurry line
A change happened to me...
I’ve grown crooked up the fence,
‘Cause I couldn’t pick a side
I didn’t follow the outset
The waves forebode a storm was coming for me
But I had plans of my own
-A couple of cards stashed deep in my sleeve
I’ve grown crooked up the fence
‘Cause I couldn’t pick a side
Don’t I feel strange…
‘Twas coming along
-My great design
It had come…
And who was I not to believe?
Yah dahdahdah dah-
Daah dahdah dahdah
Yah dahdahdah dum
I’d been blessed
No more that weak, pathetic twig on the fence
How would it feel to prove you wrong?
Let’s wait and see…
Look how my conscience was cleared!
There’s no more bothering
No chirping nonsense on my shoulder
All whispers melted to sighs
And you fell silent,
Speaking nothing of my insurrection
I was glad to finally be rid of
All you piquing beggars
You had bound me safely to the tightrope
I was kept from making the dive
My dear, at the bottom I found solace
Seeking what I once thought the end
Caught in the triumph,
I saw myself brighter than ever before
And the chaos and wonder inside my head?
O’ I couldn’t hear anymore!
I flourished, the fever I had was gone
-A plashet of oil and tar
The outside now echoed my victory
I shined like a star!
Then I made to look inside myself,
And I found nothing I could value
So I took my head down from the clouds
And I pulled out that spear
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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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