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Lightning vs Sunshine

by Horizon of Darkness

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1.
Paradise 03:03
IN MY LIFE I SEE A SPIDER OF A THOUSAND LEGS MENACING PEOPLE FROM TAIL TO FIN ON MY DYNASTY OF UNEVEN RAPS WILL CAUSE THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT FROM MY STOMACH THAT WILL CRAWL INTO MY BRAIN AND EAT MY INSIDES OUT THAT WILL BE FEATHERED TO A TAIL, THAT WILL WHISPER IN THE WIND, THAT WILL CRAWL FROM THE BEACONS OF OWNERSHIP IN MY LIFE IN MY LIFE I WILL FORGIVE FORGIVE EVERYONE FOR NOT HEARING ME, BUT AS I WANT TO SPEND TIME WITH HIM HE NEEDS TO LEARN TO HEAR ME FROM THE DISTANCE THAT I WILL CRAWL INTO YOUR SOUL IN THE SPIRIT WORLD I AGREE PEOPLE ARE WITHIN ME FROM THE BLACK CROWS FLIGHT AS IT WHISPERS IN THE WIND AS I SPEAK TO IT AND THEN I BECAME A CROW, A FORSAKENER FROM OUR DUSK TO A DAWN WE WILL HABITATE TO SQUIRL FORMATIONS IN THE LIVER OF OUR SOULS WE WILL SQUIRM IN THE PATTERNS OF OUR POOLS ABOVE SEDIMENT WILL RISE FROM A THOUSAND TO A HUNDRED OUR SCARS I FEEL I FEEL I FEEL EVERYDAY I FALL A BUNCH WHEN WE CAN DESIGN MY FUTURE PLAN OF AN OLDER GENERATION FROM MY PAST TO THE WICKED ENDING WE WILL CLIMB UP THE SHADOWS OF DEATH AND WE WILL CLIMB TO THE HEAVENS PARADISE
2.
ROM THE CRIMINALS AND PARTNERS OF JAIL WE RISE TO BECOME ACTIVE IN OUR FIELDS WITH MY KNEEL AND MY COACH WE RISE TO STEP INSTEP IN THE MUD OF OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS THAT CRY FOR HELP WE RUN, WE RUN FROM OUR DOGS WE RUN FROM OUR PLANETS OF FIRE WE SEE A GILDED INNER RHYME FROM THE SECRET SERVICE OF ANESTHESIA TIME, WHERE EVENING IS BETTER THAN MY INNER OTHER A VIRUS TERROR COMES TRUE I RUN MY THOUGHTS ON A CYCLE
3.
FROM MY SINNER'S DEATH WE WILL CALL US BLIND BUT WE WILL CALL US IGNORANT POETIC GENIUSES IN THE MIND OF TIME IN THE DAYS OF THE CORPSE LIVING ROUND AND ROUND IN A POETIC JUSTICE TO COME FROM PRIDE FROM PLAYING A GAME THAT WE LOVE WITH A BALL THAT WE CAN DESIGN WE CALL US FROM THE DOOM, FROM THE DAYS WE RIDE FROM OUR WOUNDS FROM MY CONSTANT STRUGGLE AND MY PAIN FROM MY CONSTANT SILENCE OF THE WHISPER ACHE FROM WHERE WE COME FROM WE WILL LIE IN OUR DECADES OF EMOTION BUT WE CAN TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION WE ARE KINGS THAT FOLLOW OUR COUNTRY TO THE END THEN LIE BACK WHEN WE FALL TO PIECES WE RUN THROUGH ALLEYS, WE RUN THROUGH FORESTS WE LIE IN THE SUFFERING WIND AND RAIN WHEN POETIC JUSTICE WILL BE A CRIME, A CRIME OF PASSION LIKE WHEN I DOMINATE IN THE GAME
4.
IN AN ANESTHESIA TIME WHERE EVENING IS A BEARER OF ANOTHER VIRUS TERROR COME TRUE I RUN MY THOUGHTS ON A CYCLE ON MY PRIVATE THING THAT IS RESTLESS AND ACTIVE LIKE A SWAMP IN MY LETTER FROM THE BANK OF ANGELS LIMITED BY A MONSTER IN DOOM THAT WILL BE UNTOUCHED ON MY WAY HOME I DISCOVER MY NEW PLACE CALLED A CASCADE OF ANGELS
5.
ON MY GRAVEL PATH IN MY EYES OF RECOVERY I FIGHT MY NEGATIVITY I AM ROARING LIKE THE BEST OF ALL LIONS I AM ROARING LIKE THE BEST OF ALL LIONS MY SATAN MIND FIGHTS TO CATCH A GOLDEN NIGHT ON THE TRACKS OF ANGELS
6.
Grip 02:35
FROM THE LIGHTENING STRIKE INSIDE THE FUTURE I WILL CRY TO ANOTHER DAY MY PUZZLING THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE BEND WE CANNOT STOP THE LIES FROM ENDING SOULS WE WILL FORMAT A PINK VIOLENT ROBE FROM THE GEARS THAT WILL END IT COULD END IN A MONTH IT COULD BE IN A YEAR I DON'T KNOW BUT IT’S SPITFULL WITHOUT A GAME FROM THE SEA THAT PASSES WITH ROCKS AND STONES I WILL GO ACROSS THE END OF A LAKE TO A CROWDED PATH WITHOUT WIND WITHOUT SPIRIT WITHOUT WING IT CAN FLY AWAY AGAIN IN MY MIND IT WILL RISE UP TO BREAK THE INNER SPIRIT
7.
WE CRY TO OUR HUMAN’S NIGHTMARE WHEN WE SEE UNSELFISH ACTS IN THE MEMORIES OF LAST MONDAY IN THE GEARS OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ON THE TRAIN THEY CRY FOR HELP BUT WE CRY FOR NEED IN THE MEMORIES OF OUR KINGDOM THAT WILL LIE FOR HELP THAT WILL CRUMBLE DOWN DRAMATICALLY WE CLIMB FROM MEMORIES UP THE MOUNTAINLIKE PLASTIC DOLLS ON AN OVERLAND EXPERIENCE FROM THE CODESHEETS OF MANY PIONEERS IN THE WIND, IN THE WIND WE CRY, WE CRY FROM TEARS WE REMEMBER OUR PEOPLE THAT WILL BE FALLEN FROM GREAT WRESTLERS THAT RUN OUR BUSINESS
8.
I AM RUNNING ON A BRIDGE OF FORSAKEN DARKNESS WHEN I DO IN MY MIND I WILL ESCAPE FROM WITHIN MY HEART I CAN’T DEPEND ON LYRICS, BUT I CAN DEPEND ON YOU I WILL RUN AWAY WITH MY GRIEVING THIEVES IN THE NIGHTTIME IT WILL RELAX MY DAWN OF TIME IT WILL KISS THE GROUND I STAND ON I WILL DIE ON MY HEAVENLY-FORSAKEN KITCHEN ON MY GROUND IT WILL DEPEND ON ME FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME I CAN’T SAY WHY, BUT I CAN’T SAY WHY ENOUGH WHEN IT IS
9.
Cage Free 03:07
A CASE TOWARDS DARKNESS AND A WICKED DEMON OF MY SOUL I FEEL SO FAR AWAY FROM YOU AND I START A BLAZE OF SMOKE THAT WILL CAUSE PAIN TO DEMOCRACY THROUGH MY WORSHIP OF MY CRAZY MUSE OF THINGS THAT I GIVE TO YOU THROUGH MY DECISION IN MY MIND I CRY FOR LOVE-NESS ON ON PAR WITH FANATICS OF PANIC, OF PANIC, OF PANIC THAT GIVE ME TO THE FATE, TO THE FATE, TO THE FATE OF HELL FROM MY FRIDGE FROM MY GREAT MENTAL QUEST FOR HEALTH AND THE LIBERATORS CAN HEAR US FOR TIME PLAYS WITH THE RIVER
10.
I BROKE MY THOUGHTS ON AN EMPTY TABLE FROM ALL THE PAIN I GO THROUGH FROM ALL THE PAIN I GO THROUGH IN THE TREE UNDERNEATH MY BED I BROKE MY THOUGHTS ON AN EMPTY TABLE FROM ALL THE PAIN AND THE TREE UNDERNEATH MY BED TREE UNDERNEATH MY BED FROM MY NIGHTMARE COMES MY RIVER OF SANITATION FROM THE CREATURES IN THE SWAMP FROM MY NIGHTMARES OF MY RIVERS OF SITUATIONS FROM THE CREATURES IN THE SWAMP IN THE NIGHT OF TIME I RISE TO THE INNER MESS WITHIN MY ENERGY TO RETIRE MY TIME ON MY PATH TO AN EVIL DECADENT HOUSE IN A MAKESHIFT PALACE IN A DARK LANDSCAPE

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I am Matthew Beveridge Bean Rizzo. I am a Chicago-based poet and musician. Writing poetry came to me in the summer of 2014 after seeing the band Deafheaven at Pitchfork. After seeing them I felt like I could be creative and direct my problems toward something else like music. Poetry is an outlet where I can put my emotions on paper so I don't put them down on other things like people. I have over 900 poems. I write them on my phone and a few times a year I put them up on my blog: mattbeanrizzo@Blogspot.com.

I am 31 years old and I am the son of Janet Beveridge Bean and Rick Rizzo of the band eleventh dream day. I traveled with them when they went on tour since I was born. I am also the eighth person in the world to be diagnosed with a rare condition called Glut 1ds. I have certain struggles because of it, but it doesn't define me. I am a Special Olympics athlete. The sports I compete in are powerlifting, football, and sometimes track and field. I love watching wrestling. Some of my favorite wrestlers are Cody Rhodes, Seth Rawlins, and Becky Lynch. I love wrestling because of the characters and their storylines. I love dogs because of their personal outlook on life and I volunteer at a dog rescue organization. I also love my community of friends because they are the best ever.

Lightning vs Sunshine is my second record release. I want to thank Mark Greenberg for almost every single thing about this record and his belief in me, Spencer Tweedy for his generosity and his amazing drumming, Melissa Dunn for her ability to make my idea of Lightning vs Sunshine come to life on the album cover, Jeff Tweedy for letting me record at the best place ever, and my mom and dad for giving me a world of music all my life.

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released April 21, 2023

Matthew Bean Rizzo: Guitar Vocals
Mark Greenberg: Guitar, Synthesizer, Percussion, Drum Machine, Piano
Spencer Tweedy: Drums
Rick Rizzo: Acoustic Guitar
Janet Beveridge Bean: Percussion

Engineered and produced by Mark Greenberg at the Loft, Chicago, 2022

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Matthew Beveridge Bean Rizzo is a musician and poet living in Chicago.

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