I declare you the winnerYou're my longest reigning queenBut the sun sets on our timeThere'll be no diamond jubileeI'm no saint I'm a sinnerAnd your record's hardly cleanThere's a balance to set right And yeah you know itCos lately I've been thinking about thebirds eye viewI never told a lie about youI know that I deserved that tooYeah lately, baby, thinking bout the birds eye viewI never told a lie about you I guess I'm just the one that Had a good time but I gotta goYeah it's bittersweet but you gotta growSo I'll tell you now what I'm going to doGunna spend my life with another youYou had good credit but you're going bust Just like Mayer imma a sing about trustSo I'll tell you now what I'm going to doGunna spend my life with another youSay bye bye, bye bye, to youBye bye, bye bye to youTell your fam that I love em long time Til the end I will love u all time Not gunna hide it'll hurt a long timeBut its gunna take time to healSo don't tell me all the lies that you're gunna tellDon't try to make it better down at my hotel,I don't doubt it baby, yeah you knew me well But you now a stranger to meSummertimes at Sunshine BeachLate night drinks and a stairwell kissBought a ticket overseas two weeksNo one ever made me feel like thisAll the times that you said it to meNowhere else that you'd rather be Wild nights when it seemed so realNow it's so hard to knowABOUT SPECTORAL & BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US:Following three successful EPs, Spectoral has built a name for himself as an innovative collaborator, endlessly exploring the boundaries of pop, hip-hop and R&B. But he's never released a debut album... until now.Boasting over 1.3 MILLION streams and a considerable fanbase, music publications such as Pilerats and Notion have compared Spectoral's sound to world-class contemporaries such as James Blake, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Joji and Flume.BACKLIGHTS THAT BLIND US (Part I)Duration: 30 minutesLabel: FUTUREPOP ⒻRelease Date: Jan 12, 2024PURCHASE: https://spectoral.bandcamp.com/album/backlights-that-blind-us-part-iEXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL MERCH + the full album as 24bit, 48,000Hz lossless HD WAV Masters, at: spectoral.bandcamp.com/merchSPOTIFY / YOUTUBE MUSIC / APPLE MUSIC / DEEZER / TIDAL: https://noisehive.ffm.to/backlightsthatblindushttps://linktr.ee./spectoralINSTAGRAM / TIKTOK:@spectoral or go to: linktr.ee/spectoralAlbum Primary Artists:Spectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B, The Safety Word, Xylo Aria, The Gyrating HipsAlbum Additional Producers and Engineers:BANTA., Outshift, AyoThaGawd, The Safety Word, Xylo AriaAlbum Additional Credits & Thank Yous:Vera Hall, Noah Bitto, Catherine AlbanTrack Credits:SIDELINESSpectoral, Chris Zabriskie, Adonye B.Samples the Creative Commons Attribution licensed track "What Does Anybody Know About Anything" by Chris Zabriskie. Used with permission.References Vera Hall - Trouble So Hard (song itself is in public domain).Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.BREAK IT DOWNSpectoral.Produced by Spectoral.Mixed by BANTA.Mastered by Spectoral.DREAMSSpectoral, The Safety Word.Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and The Safety Word.Interlude outtro field recording feat Noah, Catherine and the Ray White team.I KNOW ALL ABOUT YOUSpectoral, Xylo AriaProduced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral and Xylo Aria.BLACKBODYSpectoralProduced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.BACKLIGHTSpectoralThe Gyrating HipsIncludes a Creative Commons sample by Japanese Wallpaper, provided to Beat Collective and used with permission.Produced and mastered by Spectoral.Mixed by Spectoral and Outshift.ANOTHER YOUSpectoral.Produced, mixed and mastered by Spectoral.Backing vocals by Noah and Catherine. Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.