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Black Hole
06:12
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BLACK HOLE
lyrics by Mark Steiner
Where does your universe start and end?
Where does your past meet the present, and will it ever end?
Was it a tragedy when they tried to steal your soul
Was it mind over matter when they seized control
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone
A strange calamity when they took you in
They pointed with their fingers like you committed a sin
Your gave your trust, they took away your freedom
Locked you up, left you to rot in that dark prison
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone
Lost in a nebula, they left you for blind
Somehow you found the key and made it back outside
Like a comet you made your way back around
Your head up in the clouds, your feet down on the ground
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Now you’ve won
©2022, 2024 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music
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INSOMNIA
Words & music by Mark Steiner
Well I'm sleeping, I'm dreaming
Still waking up to you
The clock just keeps on ticking
I don't know what to do
Lights off now, in the darkness
I smell your cheap perfume
Lights on now, I'm blinded
Can't see this empty room
Insomnia (I can't sleep)
Your sorrow, my blanket
Covers up all the pain
The silence in this bedroom
No longer feels the same
I open the curtains
A glowing light pours in
The moonlight like a spotlight
Revealing everything
Insomnia - I can't sleep now
Insomnia - I can't dream now
Your pillow is dried up
Now that my tears are gone
However, I still wonder
Where did we go so wrong
Insomnia - I can't sleep now
Insomnia - in too deep now
I try sleeping, I'm still dreaming
Waking up to the thought of you
The clock just keeps on ticking
©2018, 2024
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Feels Like Home
03:45
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FEELS LIKE HOME
lyrics by Mark Steiner
You found me in the gutter
Face down in the street
Been beaten up and beaten down
The future seemed so bleak
You took me to some shelter
Brought me under your wing
But I kept getting restless
‘Cause I can never win
Feels like home
Feels like home
I’ve been stabbed in the back now
One too many times
Ignited by the intrigue
You said that you were mine
Then began the sickness
Or was it something in my drink
I kept seeing fallen angels
As I began to sink
Feels like home
Feels like home
You left me at the altar
Bleeding at the knees
Feeling drunk and feeling sick
The ultimate disease
I went looking for your shelter
‘Cause I jut needed some
Healing and compassion
But all was said and done
Feels like home
Feels like home
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LOVE HATE LOVE
lyrics by Mark Steiner
Well it was Monday - the day that we met
Or was it Tuesday? Well now I just forget
And then came Wednesday, but you were long gone
Now it's Sunday, and it just feels all kinds of wrong
It was Thursday, the day that you came right back
And it was Friday when we woke up in the sack
Saturday was the day you drank up all my beer
Along came Sunday - again you disappeared
Do you hate me because I was born?
Do you love me because you were just bored
Do you love me because I had self-respect
Do you hate me now that I'm just a defect reject
©2019, 2024 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music
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THE FUCK-UP
lyrics by Mark Steiner
Each time you invite me for a drink
Somehow my money disappears
And every time you give me a little wink
Somehow my eyes well up with tears
Every time you invite me to your bed
Somehow I end up on the floor
And each time you leave and go to work
I wake up feeling like I am such a whore
At the end of the day, I'm just a fuck-up
And you wonder why I'm such a fuck-up
Sometimes you treat me like a man
And I feel like I can be on top
But most times you treat me like a dog
And I know that this will never stop
At the end of the day, I'm just a fuck-up
And you wonder why I'm such a fuck-up
©2019 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music
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Monster
03:10
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MONSTER
lyrics by Mark Steiner
My eyes are closing
Dead weight upon my chest
Draws me deep into this darkness
I just want to get some rest
See the horizon, lights in the sky
City’s on fire, end of the night
Everything is over
Everywhere is nowhere
Burning from the inside
Hungry for a feast
A silent scream into the void
Won’t scare away the beast
Careful what you wish for
What you find is yours to keep
Try to swim, just don’t drink of me
If you should taste me in your sleep
See the horizon, lights in the sky
City’s on fire, end of the night
Everything is over
Everywhere is nowhere
As we fall, are we dreaming?
Are we trapped in this feeling?
As we fall, are we screaming?
Are we trapped on the ceiling?
And I’m waiting for you
And I hunger for you
It’s just the monster (Do you think I’m a monster?)
The monster waiting for you
Make it go away
Make me go away
Try to make me disappear
I’m just a monster
Make it (me) go away
©2023, 2024 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music
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Float
04:27
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FLOAT
lyrics by Mark Steiner
A broken fountain in the park
Driving lessons in the rain
Drinking instant coffee
We try to kill the pain
The dogs like children are running, running free
Wilted flowers stashed in the pantry
Yet somehow we’re both still breathing
Keeping ourselves sane
We were drifting
From a shipwreck lost at sea
But you said something
Which kept us laughing
And almost set us free
Skipping stones on water
As we danced into the morning light
Thought that I was drowning
When the day turned into night
The bridge of glass was shattered
The elevator plummeted down
A cloister void of spirits
As the blue lights scream and howl
We were floating
Above the waves lost at sea
But you said something
Which got me weeping
You tried to set me free
We’re still drifting
On some raft lost somewhere out at sea
So I said something
To keep you laughing
To try to set you free
Now we’re floating
Beneath the waves somewhere out at sea
But you said something
Which kept me laughing
And finally set us free
©2022 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music
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HANG ON! (Twin Flames)
Lyrics by Mark Steiner
Did you see my fire as we were going down
Felt like we were flying ‘til we hit the ground
I could see your fire, recognized your flame
And I could feel your heat - you could feel my shame
‘Cause I’ve been waiting for reasons
For too long, for so long
And you’ve been waiting for reasons
Of your own, for too long, so long, so long
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Hang on tight now - Let’s hit the stars
Stepped into my car so I let you drive
With you behind the wheel we both felt so alive
We drove into the dark dancing soul to soul
Destination unknown until we lost control
Well you’ve been waiting for reasons
For too long, for so long
And I’ve been waiting for reasons
Of my own, for too long
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Hang on tight now - We’re both on fire
We both survived the crash and we made our amends
Let’s leave that wreck behind and hit the road again
Keep your fire burning - we can drive your car
Hang on tight now - let’s hit the stars
We’ve been waiting for reasons
For too long, for so long, for too long
We’ve waited for no reasons or our own for too long, for so long
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Hang on tight now - We’re both on fire
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Stay the night now - Let’s hit the stars
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BLACK HOLE
(lyrics by Mark Steiner)
Where does your universe start and end?
Where does your past meet the present, and will it ever end?
Was it a tragedy when they tried to steal your soul
Was it mind over matter when they seized control
There’s a black hole tearing at up the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at up the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at up the sun
Make it all undone
A strange calamity when they took you in
They pointed with their fingers like you committed a sin
Your gave your trust, they took away your freedom
Locked you up, left you to rot in that dark prison
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Make it all undone
Lost in the nebula, they left you for blind
Somehow you found the key and made it back outside
Like a comet you made your way back around
Your head up in the clouds, your feet down on the ground
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
There’s a black hole tearing at the sun
Now you’ve won
©2022, 2023 Mark Steiner / Stagger Home Music
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HANG ON! (Twin Flames)
Lyrics by Mark Steiner
Did you see my fire as we were going down
Felt like we were flying ‘til we hit the ground
I could see your fire, recognized your flame
And I could feel your heat - you could feel my shame
‘Cause I’ve been waiting for reasons
For too long, for so long
And you’ve been waiting for reasons
Of your own, for too long, so long, so long
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Hang on tight now - Let’s hit the stars
Stepped into my car so I let you drive
With you behind the wheel we both felt so alive
We drove into the dark dancing soul to soul
Destination unknown until we lost control
Well you’ve been waiting for reasons
For too long, for so long
And I’ve been waiting for reasons
Of my own, for too long
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Hang on tight now - We’re both on fire
We both survived the crash and we made our amends
Let’s leave that wreck behind and hit the road again
Keep your fire burning - we can drive your car
Hang on tight now - let’s hit the stars
We’ve been waiting for reasons
For too long, for so long, for too long
We’ve waited for no reasons or our own for too long, for so long
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Hang on tight now - We’re both on fire
Hang on tight now, hold on tight now to me
Stay the night now - Let’s hit the stars
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Syn
06:32
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SYN
words & music by Mark Steiner
Jeg vil så veldig gjerne se deg
For den du virkelig er
Kan du la ditt indre vise seg nå frem
Om jeg plutselig står deg nær
Din stemme kan jeg evig høre
Den resonerer i mitt sjel
Dine drømmer kan vi dele
Der du finner på litt sprell
Et syn for veldig slitne øyne
Ja, jeg vet nå hva jeg vil
Du er så skjønn det gir meg smerte
Hvordan skal jeg nå slå til?
Og jeg vil veldig gjerne vite
Om alt som først må ellers til
Deg vil jeg aldri kunne bite
Med mindre det er det du vil
Det finnes mye rart i verden
Ikke alt kan man forstå
Jeg vil bare kunne ta deg
Slipp meg inn der du blir rå
Du er et syn for slitne øyne
Du er så skjønn at jeg blir blind
Som en drøm som går på jorden
Men hvordan gjør deg nå til min
Tror du ikke at jeg ser deg
Fordi jeg mangler riktig ord
Deg vil jeg aldri mere svikte
Tro meg nå har du min tro
Jeg vil så veldig gjerne ha deg
Flink pike som du er
Kan du la ditt indre vise meg nå frem
Når du vet at du er klar
Et syn for veldig slitne øyne
Ja, jeg vet nå hva jeg vil
Du er så skjønn det gir meg smerte
Hvordan skal jeg nå slå til?
Et syn for veldig slitne øyne
Ja, jeg vet nå hva jeg vil
Vi lever alle med litt smerte
Og jeg vil gjerne være din
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Mark Steiner & His Problems Oslo, Norway
Mark Steiner is a well-known figure in Oslo’s music underworld, and he’s been around in Norway for so long that many assume that he is Norwegian. He is not. This ex-New Yorker is a wandering scoundrel who one might find hanging out in the shadowy corners of a pub at closing time. A international musical vagrant who might walk the streets with Stuart Staples, Nick Cave, and Rowland S. Howard... ... more
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