[Intro: int eighty, Mikal kHill]
First album was… 2007? (Oh shit)
Somehow, it all still feels new

[int eighty]
On stage breaking waves, first tread upon it quietly
Never truly overcame the anxiety
15 years, stomach still unsettled
Pilgrimage the homeland, the mecca, the temple

[Mikal kHill]
God damn, leave you sentimental like slow jam
Swan dive into the abyss you know, the old plan
Never land, voices ring into infinity
Echo from the hills to the desert to the seven seas

[int eighty]
Eternal sands moving through the hour glass
Showering a burning man hoping that it counteracts
Time running circles, chasing us around the map
Unclaimed memories lost in all the browser tabs (how was that?)

[Mikal kHill]
Broken dreams, yeah we grew them into bigger things
Fires of hell that fed the sails, afloat even on broken wings
Phoenix screams, you can’t silence all the whiling
A dragon in the path of no concern to all the wildings.

[Chorus]
Can’t succumb to the static, illusionist tactics
Emotions erratic, numb but ecstatic
And I’m here in the spotlight.
The Spotlight.
Caught up in the spotlight. The Spotlight.
Can’t succumb to the static, illusionist tactics
Emotions erratic, numb but ecstatic
And I’m here in the spotlight
The Spotlight.
Caught up in the spotlight. The Spotlight.



[Mikal kHill]
Icewater dive as I step to the mic,
Quick glance at the crowd try to focus my sight
And my eyes locked with the back row
Fire in my lungs, Saltwater in my throat.

[int eighty]
So. Moments left to go, the rush before the show
Control, this is where the rubber meets the road
Fake it til we make it was the ever-modern tactic
Finally we made it, but still faking out of habit

[Mikal kHill]
Halfway through the track, the power’s coming back
Remember why you started almost stumble over that
See somebody vibing, and it kinda does distract
But you save it with the cadence and little bitty laugh

[int eighty]
Emeritus, dependent on adrenaline to carry us
Embarked upon the journey where beginning steps are perilous
Metabolized engagement building ego til nefarious
Relief, a vicious cycle that repeats until they bury us

[Chorus]
Can’t succumb to the static, illusionist tactics
Emotions erratic, numb but ecstatic
And I’m here in the spotlight.
The Spotlight.
Caught up in the spotlight. The Spotlight.
Can’t succumb to the static, illusionist tactics
Emotions erratic, numb but ecstatic
And I’m here in the spotlight
The Spotlight.
Caught up in the spotlight. The Spotlight.