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A teaser track from the upcoming 2nd album by Lighthouse Operator
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Nikkita (n.)
(1) She is the perfect person. Pretty, funny, friendly, everything that's good.
(2) A quirky lovable female, usually with black or brown hair, a nice smile and attractive personality. She is the best girlfriend you could ask for and once you have her, you won't let her go easy.
I've never seen a girl so beautiful, she must be a nikkita.
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lyrics
You’ve become a stack of
Photos in a lock box
I keep buried in my head
Try to unfreeze the frozen frames
To put to rest your claims
You’d be no good for me
The wild tide
Was rising in the morning
The salt dried upon your skin
And you brought it in
And you brought it in
You brought it in
To melt the ice
That froze between us, I thought
It was holding us together
It just left us shivering
Don’t know why I felt like I was running out of time
As you fell in and out of my life
I was frozen somewhere, breathing crystalline air
Didn’t see your altered stare
Don’t know why I felt like I could never say goodbye
Standing ankle deep in receding tides
It came and went too fast, like a body
Becoming a shell after the crash
What once was alive and aflight in the mind
Has the lifeless stare of an angler’s eye
In the silence of the deepest seas
I can hear a gentle whisper escape through your teeth
Are you whispering for me? (Nikkita)
I wonder if it’s for me (Nikkita)
She holds a beating heart
She had it from the start
And it is only her’s
Behind two sets of drawn shades
Will she ever be found?
Is she underground, and
Running out of air now?
Running out of air now?
Shining black interior
Bottom of Lake Superior
The wild fire
Black and orange trees in moonlight
The flames were reaching canopies
When you set fire to the seas
When you set fire to the seas
Lung-scorching Summer breeze
Rising embers melting
Icy, glacial ceilings
Waters turn to steam
Enshadowing the queen
And she’s become my dream
And I’ve become the gleam (Nikkita) in her eye
In her eye (Nikkita)
In her eye (Nikkita)
In her eye (Nikkita)
Nikkita
Nikkita, Nikkita
You’re thinking over
Me going under
Crown made of flowers
Jest was a blunder
Those joined together
Never asunder
I saw the lightning
Where was the thunder?
Those joined together
Never asunder
Dodging the hatchet
To become the mother
Bury the axe
That put you asunder
You’re thinking over
Me going under
The wild tide
Was rising in the morning
The salt dried upon your skin
And you brought it in
And you brought it in
You brought it in
To melt the ice
That froze between us, I thought
It was holding us together
It just left us shivering
You reside in the desert of my heart
Always down the road, not too far
Hidden in plain sight
We’ll disappear into the moonless night
Not my first love, not the wild cat above
Not the voice behind the curtain drawn
No shady dream silhouette from a distant star
She’s near but yet so far
How near, how far?
How lost we are
How near, how far?
How lost we are
How near, how far?
How lost we are How near, how far?
credits
released January 28, 2019
Written, performed, recorded, and produced by Sascha Frost
Credit to the band, 'And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead' aka ... Trail of Dead, for the 2 repeated lyrical lines at the ending of the song (with slight modification)
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