“In the Dark” came together in 2020 after urging from close friends and producer Billy Mannino (Bigger Better Sun, Oso Oso). Singer/multi-instrumentalist Nikki Esposito built this solo project from the ground up, performing all instruments alongside Ethan Kreidemaker’s studio percussion. It’s a lightning bolt of intensity and harrowing growth set to honor and expand upon her primary influences, a flash of self-understanding while re-entering a lightless era. Star Funeral’s debut is a potent discovery of new ways to shoulder old wounds, such as the murmurs of body dysmorphia trailing behind double-jaw surgery (“Mouth Bleeder”), the lack of closure in lost friendships (“Outgrow”), and the anxiety of letting others in after these hurdles (“Breather”).
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lyrics
Took a fall back from a trip
Didn’t think it could be much better.
I took a fall back from a thrill
Didn't think it could be much better.
But I don't really like that
I don't really like what this is.
I don't really like that
I don't really like what this is.
Oh my god I lost myself
(The mirror shows the image
of my body and how it will not/just will not heal)
Didn't think I’d be real.
Didn’t think I’d be real.
All the years we’ve lost
Whose to blame
It’s the same
What’s the cost?
And all the baggage that you wear
Has it worn you down till you were bare?
Do you see the storm behind your eyes?
All your insecurities and your pretty little lies.
Is there any resemblance of a man
that you once knew,
Cause now I don’t know me too.
Oh my god I lost myself
(The mirror shows the image
of my body and how it will not/just will not heal)
Didn't think I’d be real.
Didn’t think I’d be real.
I took a bullet from a thrill
Didn't think it could be much better.
I took a fall back from a pill
Didn't think it could be much better.
But I don't really like that
I don't really like who this is.
I don't really like that,
I don't really like it here.
Oh my god I lost myself
(The mirror shows the image
of my body and how it will not/just will not heal)
Didn't think I’d be real.
Didn’t think I’d be real.
The mirrors shows the image of my body how it’s falling apart
(Didn’t think I’d be real)
The mirrors shows the image of my body how it’s falling apart
(Didn’t think I’d be real)
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