Rowland S. Howard

Autoluminescent

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I am blinding
Autoluminescent
I am white heat
I am heaven sent
I was a nightmare
But I'm not gonna go there
Again

Into the black hole
The house of no contest
Make mine a meteor
Rise me above the rest
I'm soaring through outer space
There is no better place
To be

I'm bigger than Jesus Christ
I'm greater than God in light
I am dangerous
I cut like the sharpest knife
I'm going nova
And I hope I can hold her
In

Into the darkness
I gave away myself
Slipped on the spiral stairs
Tumbling down the well
I fell on a soft spot
I'm white heat, I'm white hot
Again

Again...

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mutinyinheaven_x On Nov 23, 2008

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2008-11-23 19:59:19

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by rivelle

10y ago

The singer imagines himself as a comet as he recounts the trials, tribulations and loves of his life. The comet or shooting star also serves as an image of his current sense of self-affirmation after the darkness - "nightmare" - that he has returned from.

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by fredricksbrook

2y ago

My favorite song about what the back and forth of addiction and substance dependency is like.

Notice how every other verse describes either a state of brightness or darkness. In the luminescent phrases he feels as though he's more powerful than God and can take on anything. In the dark phrases, he falls through a tortured endless spiral.
Important terms - No Contest: a plea by which a defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction but does not plead or admit guilt. Nova: a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness and then slowly returning to its original state.
"I fell on a soft spot. I'm white heat, I'm white hot again." In this state the only way to pick yourself up after pain and misery is to return to the cycle. Hence he ends the song by repeating the word, "Again" over and over.

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