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CAPT Blastoff

Ten tracks written, performed, and self-produced by Tricky Myx. This is CAPT Blastoff at full power.

Music

Battleship has set sail.

Pitch-shifting 808 kick drums collide with metal, reggae, and funk riffs, layered synthesizers, and syncopated, rapid-fire melodies and rhymes—all built into unexpected, thoughtful combinations.

Battleship album artwork by CAPT Blastoff

New album

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The new album

Ten tracks. One solo voyage.

Battleship charts a new course through ten tracks of dense arrangements, unexpected turns, and tightly syncopated lyrics.

Battleship album artwork by CAPT Blastoff

Track list

Battleship

  1. Fish In A Barrel
    Read lyrics

    The light at the end of the tunnel hit a funnel
    That opened up wider at the other side
    And I what I found out there was just more struggle
    It’s gonna take some muscle just to stay alive
    The sign on the post was a glowing spinning arrow
    That pointed me to look inside
    The shine on the coast
    Where the open light narrows
    Is cloaked in the night
    Now the stars arrive

    Purple leaves
    Neon green outlines
    Light up the fire
    It’s about time
    Polka dot caps
    Jolly Roger
    At topmast
    Pirate ship passin by
    Conscious stream
    Leak
    Streamlined
    Irrigation terrace
    Down the hillside
    Water wheels in the wishing well
    Scooping knee high
    Sweet golden honey out the beehive

    Shootin fish in a barrel
    Shootin fish in a barrel
    Shootin fish in a barrel
    ( Shootin fish in a barrel)
    Shootin fish in a barrel
    (Shootin fish in a barrel)

    Walkin through the hot sand
    Hidden in a lost land
    Singing chants
    Holding up a lava lamp
    I’m rockin all off brand
    Serving with my top hand
    Potted plants
    Ground up at the java stand
    My genre is a lost strand
    Frosted with a crossbreed
    Covered up in sauce
    Hint of guava jam
    I’m talkin like a bossman
    Delivery off-speed
    Speakin tongue
    Seeing trails and color bands

    Lazer beam-like
    Lightning strikes
    Blinded by the lights
    In the night sky
    Crystal clean
    Slice
    Cuttin through time
    At the chopping board
    With a hot butter knife
    Skipping sleep
    Eyes open up wide
    Catch a rolling tide
    Nowhere else to hide
    Linking letters to lock
    Reaching mach 5
    Now drop it in the pot
    Let the water rise

    Shootin fish in a barrel
    Shootin fish in a barrel
    Shootin fish in a barrel
    Shootin fish in a barrel)
    Shootin fish in a barrel

  2. Brain-Dead
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    Take flight
    Take flight
    Take flight
    Take flight

    Take flight
    All of my might
    My back to the wall
    And if I happen to fall
    Attacking
    Back in the brawl
    No slackin
    Tackle the cause
    I’m gassin
    Passing flock
    Alas
    I battle the boss
    Hello I’m Captain Blastoff
    I’m grabbin my tackle box
    And hatchet
    Saddlin up
    And as I straddle the rocks
    And drop a line in the pond
    I’m making magic
    In static
    Pull off the table cloth
    I spark a fire
    The pot
    In dark attire
    It’s on

    It’s kinda funny how they all got a say
    When you can do it your own way
    Try to place me in a lane
    In the open plains I’m stalkin my prey
    And they could never lock me away
    It’s funny
    It’s kinda cunning I don’t follow the trend
    Cuz I know all that shit is just a dead end
    It’s funny how they spread dread and how they try to get in your head
    And drain your brain til your brain is brain-dead

    Take flight
    Take flight
    Take flight
    Take flight

    All this racket I cause
    Will put your ass at a pause
    Look up
    I shatter the clock
    The speakers
    Rattle and knock
    Puffin the dragon
    I cough
    I start to fathom the plot
    So don’t you hassle the Hoff
    Hello I’m Captain Blastoff
    Untying my stomach knots
    Unraveling antimatter
    Uphill l run to the top
    Climb up the rungs of a ladder
    And set my antenna up
    Put on my foil hat and flannel
    Generate a signal set to
    Spoil the brainwashing channel

    It’s kinda funny how they all got a say
    When you can do it your own way
    Try to place me in a lane
    In the open plains stalkin my prey
    And they could never lock me away
    It’s funny
    It’s kinda cunning I don’t follow the trend
    Cuz I know all that shit is just a dead end
    It’s funny how they spread dread and how they try to get in your head
    And drain your brain til your brain is brain-dead

  3. Everything Is OK
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    Alligators in the mote
    While I’m hangin on your drawbridge
    Talladega nights
    Chasing after you like an ostridge
    Catch a bird of paradise
    Watch your pawprints
    Need a cleanse I
    Sterilized in the water pit

    Had to drop back
    Hop into the cockpit
    Change my flight path up
    Aeronautics
    Going through the motions
    So robotic
    Waking up to a phone
    It’s all optics
    In the silence find calmness
    Circling around the piranhas swim
    Need to go out and get some oxygen
    Know the perfect place honestly if you wanna dip

    Everything is OK
    When I’m right here with you
    Staring at the ocean
    We take in the view
    Living in the moment
    We’re open to the new
    Everything is OK
    When I’m right here with you

    On the interstate
    Problems start to dissipate
    Cruising across the bridge over the bay
    Through the redwoods in the scattered shade
    Beat the traffic on a Saturday
    Beach awaits
    OAK to KOA
    Sweet escape
    Ocean Spray with the open road
    We can relocate
    Catch the sun going down
    Earth rotates
    Don’t you know
    Everything is OK

    Everything is OK
    When I’m right here with you
    Staring at the ocean
    We take in the view
    Living in the moment
    We’re open to the new
    Everything is OK
    When I’m right here with you

    No more chaotic times
    We’ll leave em behind
    Facing forward to the grind
    The water purifies
    No more chaotic times
    We’ll leave em behind
    Facing forward to the grind
    The water purifies

    Fog rolls in
    Along with the cold wind
    Let’s build this bonfire high
    What keeps us going is we stay in the moment
    It comes and goes with the tide

    Everything is OK
    When I’m right here with you
    Staring at the ocean
    We take in the view
    Living in the moment
    We’re open to the new
    Everything is OK
    When I’m right here with you

    No more chaotic times
    We’ll leave em behind
    Facing forward to the grind
    The water purifies
    No more chaotic times
    We’ll leave em behind
    Facing forward to the grind
    The water purifies

  4. Battleship
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    Unstoppable force of waves
    Choppin the sea today
    On top of the mast I sway
    Renegade castaway
    Conquering all the land
    I put my toes in the sand
    I’m on the go traveling
    Occupy the space I create

    Wakes shake your boat hope you paddle quick
    You won’t go sinking my battleship
    On my own quest I’m a maverick
    You won’t go sinking my battleship
    Fill my treasure chest with my own gold
    Captain at the wheel the vessel’s indestructable
    Sun is rising up and I’m attacking with
    Tackling the days on my battleship

    Impossible wall to break
    Is nothing at all to me
    I jump in and splash
    Incoming canon ball
    It’s easy to navigate
    With the right path in place
    I’m charting my course
    Steering out of the storm and I answer the call

    Wakes shake your boat better paddle quick
    You won’t go sinking my battleship
    On my own quest I’m a maverick
    You won’t go sinking my battleship
    Fill my treasure chest with my own gold
    Captain at the wheel the vessel’s indestructable
    Sun is rising up and I’m attacking with
    Tackling the days on my battleship

    Battleship
    Battleship

    Wakes shake your boat better paddle quick
    You won’t go sinking my battleship
    On my own quest I’m a maverick
    You won’t go sinking my battleship
    Fill my treasure chest with my own gold
    Captain at the wheel the vessel’s indestructable
    Sun is rising up and I’m attacking with
    Tackling the days on my battleship

    Battleship
    Battleship

  5. Unstuck
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    The walls are closing in
    I don’t know where to begin
    It’s like I’m stuck in a maze
    I’m out of focus
    Searching no door is open
    I feel my will start to decay
    Feel myself hurried in quicksand
    When I take off the kickstand
    Can’t release the E brake
    Even in Utopia
    There’s claustrophobia
    It’s just the nature of my brain

    Gotta get unstuck
    This whole situation is a clusterfuck
    Rewire my patience so I don’t self destruct
    Throw me under a bus
    I’m crawlin out unstuck

    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    Unstuck
    Unstuck
    You’re fucked

    Don’t try to drag me to you level
    Cuz that level’s low (low)
    I dug myself out with a shovel
    Cut your head off let it roll
    Shit is weaker
    And that’s not even a metaphor for
    Pour some poison on your problems
    While I practice self control
    Get the fuck out of my way
    While I’m achieving all my goals
    That boy is fucked up in the head
    No he’s just reaching from his soul
    Pins in your voodoo doll
    But I’ll be that talking skull

    Gotta get unstuck
    This whole situation is a clusterfuck
    Rewire my patience so I don’t self destruct
    Throw me under a bus
    I’m crawlin out unstuck

    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    I’m crawlin out unstuck
    Unstuck
    Unstuck
    You’re fucked

    I’m breaking free
    I’m taking control
    Let me do me
    As I crawl out of a whole
    I came in peace
    But I’ll let your head roll
    Oh

  6. Bananas
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    He’s pounding his chest
    From smoking strong
    Rolling up the grape ape
    Swayin with the palms
    His status is upgrading
    Like a Pokémon
    He’s passing all the stages
    He’s Donkey Kong

    B A N A N A S
    B A N A N A S
    B A N A N A S
    B A N A N A S

    One banana two coconuts
    Make way the flood gates open up
    I was takin a break and now I’m going nuts
    Only choice that I make when I’m waking up is
    Sativa or indica?
    On a vine swinging in from the brush
    I come to crush
    That sums it up
    And my life is so wondrous
    I bang the drum
    And it’s thunderous
    The lightning flash
    Is creeping up
    I tuck and roll
    Like fuck it all
    On a high speed chase
    On the run
    The paper chasers they
    Crumple up
    In the freezing cold
    All bundled up
    Live for the hunt
    With more to come
    No shortage of
    This porridge cup

    He’s pounding his chest
    From smoking strong
    Rolling up the grape ape
    Swayin with the palms
    His status is upgrading
    Like a Pokémon
    He’s passing all the stages
    He’s Donkey Kong

    B A N A N A S
    B A N A N A S
    B A N A N A S
    B A N A N A S

    Hot potato
    Tossed up in a tornado
    They know
    Bazooka unloads
    Ape shit
    Cue the drumroll
    For the shellshocker
    Cowabunga mode
    Hunker down in a beach bungalow
    Get to the chopper in a jungle zone
    Stay cool as a cucumber
    Cali boy
    To the roots like sourdough
    Sweeter than pineapple
    Maui Gold
    Lawn chair next to the lava flow
    Feather in my hat with the skull and bones
    Alone with a cone I spark
    Headbanging like a hammerhead shark
    Lookin sharp as a porcupine
    Sunglasses polarized
    Neck tie no T shirt
    Solarized
    In a Tommy Bahama short a size

  7. What The Future Holds
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    One small step forwards
    No one knows
    What the future holds
    It could be anything
    Walk alone in the great unknown
    Circle to the center ring
    Deep dream
    It could mean many things
    Late night praying to the sleep queen
    Take me to the least busy place
    Catchin’ Z’s while I’m on the way
    Daylight rising in the East hemisphere
    Of my left brain activity
    It could be anything

    It could be anything
    Abstract to the facts
    And that’s that
    It could mean many things
    It’s how you look at it and how you react
    It could be anything
    Abstract to the facts
    And that’s that
    It could mean many things
    It’s how you look at it
    And how you react

    A miracle inside and around you
    A gift it is the air that you breathe
    The future holds it all in a crystal ball
    New memories are behind the scenes

    One small step forwards
    No one knows
    What the future holds
    It could be anything
    Walk alone in the great unknown
    Circle to the center ring
    Deep dream it could mean many things
    Late night praying to the sleep queen
    Take me to the least busy place
    Catchin’ Z’s while I’m on the way
    Daylight rising in the East hemisphere
    Of my left brain activity
    It could be

    Abstract to the facts
    And that’s that
    It’s how you look at it and how you react
    Abstract to the facts
    And that’s that
    It’s how you look at it
    And how you react

    A miracle inside and around you
    A gift it is the air that you breathe
    The future holds it all in a crystal ball
    New memories are behind the scenes

    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    At this point it could be anything

    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    What the future holds
    At this point it could be anything

  8. See What Sticks
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    Pissin’ into the wind
    With a shit eatin grin
    And a vision to win
    I’m all in
    Took a hit on the chin
    With a kick and in nads
    And a gash on my fist
    I’m brawlin
    Had my head up my ass
    Searching without a map
    Got my tread on the track
    Now fall in
    Off the unbeaten path
    I’m back on the attack
    The calling

    Butt crack of dawn
    Awaken the mastodon
    Pass the chron
    Away on a path I’m on
    I mash em all
    Bouncin like a basketball
    An astronaut
    I’m racing against the clock
    To grasp it all
    Stacking up the building blocks
    And to break the mold
    Take it to the ceiling top
    Inescapable
    Animated feeling pops
    Undebatable
    Thickening scheme and plot
    For the beat to drop

    All muscle and grit
    Put up a castle wall
    And built a house of bricks
    I’m all in
    For the struggle of it
    Until the puzzle is done
    And all the pieces fit
    All hustle and wit
    Outlasting the clock
    And putting the work in
    I built a house of bricks
    I’m throwing shit at the wall
    Just to see what sticks

    I’m so sorry that it’s come to this
    Down the rabbit hole through another twist
    Let this path unfold and follow it
    Just to see what sticks

    As I’m lyin awake
    Targeting my escape
    Carpet flying away
    To dreamland
    Poppin open the cage
    And I’m scaling the gate
    Sketchin over the page in
    Freehand
    Outer body location
    Louder modifications
    Counterbalancing weights
    In quicksand
    On the conveyer belt
    I smelt it and dealt it
    With jazz hands

    Hot pasta’s on
    Step into the octagon
    A Tonka truck
    Dumpin chicken parmasean
    Rastaman
    Papers with the hash inside
    Mozza ball nuggets in a
    Classic grind
    All my octopus tentacles are on control
    I doctor up the vessel
    Push it off the shore
    Helicopter blades
    Circulatin water wakes
    Over promenades
    Waving
    Saying Geronimo
    And it’s bombs away

    All muscle and grit
    Put up a castle wall
    And built a house of bricks
    I’m all in
    For the struggle of it
    Until the puzzle is done
    And all the pieces fit
    All hustle and wit
    Outlasting the clock
    And putting the work in
    I built a house of bricks
    I’m throwing shit at the wall
    Just to see what sticks

    I’m so sorry that it’s come to this
    Down the rabbit hole through another twist
    Let this path unfold and follow it
    Just to see what sticks

  9. Open Heart Surgery
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    Catch a break in the wave
    Waiting for the right one to come along
    It could take a decade
    Don’t you know you gotta swim strong
    In the water
    Undertow tumbled in slaughter
    You can undergo a lot of hurt

    Oh You’re so close
    Yet so far
    And still it’s no cigar baby
    Don’t croak
    Or false start
    It’s so cold
    Performing open heart surgery
    Oh You’re so close
    Yet so far
    And still it’s no cigar baby
    Don’t croak
    Or false start
    It’s so cold
    Performing open heart surgery

    Get up time to rise and shine again
    Open up your eyes again
    Make believe a new place and pretend
    Lots of climbing time to spend
    To the mountain top
    Sawdust in the workshop around the clock
    When your heart stops it needs a countershock

    You’re so close
    Yet so far
    And still it’s no cigar baby
    Don’t croak
    Or false start
    It’s so cold
    Performing open heart surgery
    Oh You’re so close
    Yet so far
    And still it’s no cigar baby
    Don’t croak
    Or false start
    It’s so cold
    Performing open heart surgery

  10. Not Trying At All
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    It’s time for rearranging some furniture around
    A chair right through the window
    A dish onto the ground
    Looking for a reason
    It’s nowhere to be found
    Depression’s in season
    And the mayors in town
    I blew some plans off all the way
    My brain’s on fuckin holiday
    Feel lazy but my body aches
    Strong case for lobotomy
    Catching up on my sleep walking
    Daydreams of tomorrow
    The moment ain’t worth seizin
    Falling into the dark hole

    Alarm clock and the bomb drops
    I’m swinging a tomahawk
    And chopping the timecode
    By nightfall the sky falls
    I can’t shut my eyes at all
    The eye of the cyclone

    It’s like I’m not even trying lately
    It’s like I’m not even trying at all
    It’s like I’m not even trying lately
    It’s like I’m not even trying at all

    Times are changing though
    I’m rolling with the tide
    Tracking back to the basics
    Making up for lost time
    There’s a new layer
    Digging deep down inside
    Showing up every day
    Is better than being buried alive
    One foot in the grave
    One a banana peel
    No plan but
    Better than standing still
    Didn’t factor in
    The intangibles
    I adapted back like an animal
    Victorious
    Just showing up

    Lighting up the brightest bunch of flowers
    I’m power punching for hours
    Still chippin away
    Midas touch the time crunch
    Don’t matter to my watch
    The clock is zippin today

    It’s like I’m not even trying lately
    It’s like I’m not even trying at all
    It’s like I’m not even trying lately (trying lately)
    It’s like I’m not even trying at all
    It’s like I’m not even trying lately
    It’s like I’m not even trying at all
    It’s like I’m not even trying lately (trying lately)
    It’s like I’m not even trying at all

Earlier releases

Stethoscope

The first three CAPT Blastoff releases, collected together: Hibernation, Drop It, and Stethoscope.

Stethoscope cover artwork

Track list

Stethoscope

  1. Hibernation
  2. Drop It
  3. Stethoscope
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    See my breath in the cold
    Head knoddin to the metronome
    Music is my second home
    I can block it out in my zone
    I can pave my own golden road
    And with each story told
    It seems another chapter in me unfolds
    All this time and these miles, they’ve taken their toll
    And living in suspense is turning my pulse into a drum roll
    Flashing in and out like a strobe
    Transmitting signals all around the globe
    Are we all alone (all alone)
    Medieval times 2 we stone people from our smart phones (phones)
    Are we all clones (All clones)
    Losing touch from reality
    Our memories are memory foam
    Many questions do I pose (Hmm..)

    The metal to my chest is cold (cold)
    Heart beat pumping through a stethoscope
    Living off a breath of hope
    Song carry me along by my headphones
    The metal to my chest is cold (cold)
    Heart beat pumping through a stethoscope
    Living off a breath of hope
    Song carry me along by my headphones

    My Stethoscope
    One Breath of hope o-o-oh
    My Stethoscope
    One Breath of hope o-o-oh

    Skeleton Man Hollow Insides
    Need an organ transplant from the keyboard vibes
    Before I die be will I find peace at mind
    Redefine myself it all starts out with this beat of mine
    The key to my design is to open wide
    And fill these notes into these black lines
    I flatlined on the gurney (gurney)
    I woke up in a hurry (hurry)
    The shock of defibulators popped me up back onto my journey
    (Oohs)
    I feel the questions burning me
    Stitching up my own wounds with the melody so time to get to surgery
    A million things concerning me
    Check my core temperature and I crack the glass spilling all the mercury
    A real sense of urgency
    Can’t relax until I’m tackling my tasks
    So I can sing a verse in peace
    I found out that it works for me

    The metal to my chest is cold
    Heart beat pumping through a stethoscope
    Living off a breath of hope
    Song carry me along by my headphones
    The metal to my chest is cold
    Heart beat pumping through a stethoscope
    Living off a breath of hope
    Song carry me along by my headphones

    My Stethoscope
    One Breath of hope o-o-oh
    My Stethoscope
    One Breath of hope o-o-oh

    I’m living off my very last breath of hope
    Headphones plugged in that’s my stethoscope

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