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acid smiley

The Rise — Success · 4:13 · Hip-hop

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WITHIN THE ALBUM

What if arriving raised new questions?

Success is the second perspective in the diptych The Rise. Suburban Mirage, Invisible, and Crystal Driveways change the setting without settling the questions of the first chapter. In this fiction, moving into a different position is not enough to know what you want to preserve.

Brother from Another, Bonfire Nights, and Constellation Chronicles open up images of connection and memory. The title Success does not announce the band’s commercial success: it names a theme in the story. Each listener can look for their own definition of arrival.

Begin with Suburban Mirage, then bring this chapter together with Struggle to let the two journeys speak to one another.

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Original lyrics

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They painted smiles on my face when my world was melting down
Acid smiley mentality, turned my frown around
Colors bleeding through my vision, reality got bent
But they showed me how to smile through the chaos that was sent

Skater kid named Neon, grinding rails with neon hair
Said "Bro, life's a trip, but you gotta learn to care
About the beauty in the madness, acid smiley on your lips
Even when the world is burning, smile through all the trips"

Art teacher Miss Rodriguez with her paint-stained fingers wild
Said "Create through the confusion, channel chaos like a child
Every drip becomes a masterpiece when you embrace the flow
Acid smiley energy, let your true colors show"

Acid smiley, paint the world in neon dreams
Nothing's ever what it looks like, nothing's what it seems
Smile through the distortion, dance between the lines
Acid smiley frequency, everything's divine

Melting clocks of Salvador were hanging in my mind
Time became elastic when I left my fear behind
Psychedelic barber Marcus cutting patterns in my thoughts
Said "Kid, your mind's a canvas, paint the lessons that you've fought"

DJ Luna spinning records that would warp my sense of space
Taught me how to find my rhythm in this interdimensional race
"Music is the medicine that heals your fractured soul
Acid smiley frequencies help make your spirit whole"

Grandmother's tie-dye wisdom floating through my consciousness
Said "Baby, life's kaleidoscopic, beauty in the mess
Every pattern tells a story, every color has its place
Wear your acid smiley proudly, let it light up your face"

Acid smiley, paint the world in neon dreams
Nothing's ever what it looks like, nothing's what it seems
Smile through the distortion, dance between the lines
Acid smiley frequency, everything's divine

Geometric patterns dancing in my peripheral view
Technicolor conversations with the me I never knew
Fractals of affection spiraling through my heart
Acid smiley revolution, this is where we start

Morphing, shifting, changing
Reality rearranging
But the smile remains constant
Love is still abundant

Now I see in ultraviolet, hear in frequencies unknown
Acid smiley pioneers helped me find my zone
Where creativity meets chaos, where the magic happens most
Coach Thompson at the skate park, that's my spiritual host

Said "Kid, when you're falling, fall with style and grace
Keep that acid smiley shining all across your face
Every bruise becomes a lesson, every scar becomes art
You're painting your existence with your wild and beating heart"

From the vintage record store owner with kaleidoscope eyes
To the street artist spraying truth beneath the starlit skies
Every person who embraced their inner psychedelic child
Showed me how to smile through storms, however fierce and wild

Now my music is a portal to dimensions unexplored
Acid smiley frequencies that cannot be ignored
To anyone who's feeling lost in reality's design
Remember that your weirdness is perfectly divine

Acid smiley, paint the world in neon dreams
Nothing's ever what it looks like, nothing's what it seems
Smile through the distortion, dance between the lines
Acid smiley frequency, everything's divine

Smile... through the acid rain
Dance... through the cosmic pain
Colors... bleeding through the night
Acid smiley... pure delight
Melting... into liquid gold
Stories... that will never get old
Frequency... of pure love
Acid smiley... sent from above
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