39 Lightyears from Heaven

by Brainwasher

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MDonaldson → "We make this music because we like it, and we're lucky because we found a way to survive making art somehow. That allows us then to have a project like this where we can just say, 'Well, this is just what we want to do.' And if people like it, cool. If nobody likes it, at least we can hold the record and say, 'Hey, look, we made this.'"

Check out our interview with Brainwasher on The Tonearm ✨ → www.thetonearm.com/wild-at-heart-brainwashers-okie-psychedelia/ Favorite track: At Least It Beats an Actor.

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1.	39 Lightyears from Heaven 02:44	lyrics	buy track
Your father was a forgotten soldier Waiting on the world to get a little bit older I can see your brain through your forehead I can hear the heartbeat coming for the dead What we gonna do with these old folks Even if they never gave a fuck about us? You can hear them walking on the ceiling Even when you’re all alone in your apartment I can hear the heartbeat in my ear… –
2.	Home 03:34	lyrics	buy track
You snuck into the stadium to play in the sprinklers I was getting high underneath the bleachers Since you were a kid, you've been on your own It’s four in the morning and we’re walking home Home, it's your home, but you’ve got to go It's your home… go go go We’ve got a lot of supplies if you can call them that Plenty of Red Bull and cigarettes Every city looks shitty from the seat of a train Riding through Savannah in the pouring rain Home, it's your home, but you’ve got to go It's your home… go go go –
3.	A1A 03:51	lyrics	buy track
Hey hey A1A Hey hey A1A The Sun sets out across the ocean Sets out across the ocean You better find a place to hide Cause you, you've ran out of room to run Ran out of room to run Ain’t no one coming for you anymore Hey hey A1A Hey hey A1A And you, you're running from your past I’m running from my mind, and you And you’ve never taken advantage of Never taken advantage of My mind And you’ve never taken advantage of Never taken advantage of My mind And you’ve never taken advantage of Never taken advantage of My mind –
4.	At Least It Beats an Actor 03:52	lyrics	buy track
I try to pick myself up off the ground But the ego is a real son of a bitch When you see yourself as an actor You’ve never known nothing like it I thought I knew what it was like To never be told “no” That was before That was before Trying to understand what could have been It only makes sense in the past We were fighters, we were stubborn then I knew it could never last And you’re waiting for the future now Who knows when that will come, if it ever does But I’ll keep waiting for you anyway It's a sad existence in Oklahoma But we’ve got love love love It's all we got Yeah, we’ve got love love love It's all we got –
5.	Maybe We Are Free Again? 03:22	lyrics	buy track
I go out for a bike ride Not sure where I’m going And you look on the brightside Not sure if you’re knowing That I’ve spent the last few nights alone And it's getting lonely And I’ve spent the last few days at home It may be the end of me I heard your girlfriend is pregnant again Not sure if she's showing Heard you broke it off again Not sure if you’re going That I’ve spent the last few nights alone And it's getting lonely And I’ve spent the last few days at home It may be the end of me Maybe we are free again? Maybe we are free? –
6.	Burning Cars 03:56	lyrics	buy track
There’s a line that comes from you Everything you think is true In the end we must renew Everything we think is true And it goes higher And it goes high And it goes higher And it goes high It's getting better They say it's getting better It's getting better They say it's getting better It's getting better You know it's getting better Than why the fuck are we still burning cars? There’s a line that comes from you Everything you think is true In the end we must renew Everything we think is true And it goes higher And it goes high And it goes higher And it goes high It's getting better They say it's getting better It's getting better They say it's getting better It's getting better You know it's getting better Than why the fuck are we still burning cars? –
7.	Candles 03:23	lyrics	buy track
I can sit you down, tell you anything you want to hear In the future, there’s a million things you’re gonna fear I just wanted you to know, I never wanted you to go I can sit you down, tell you anything you want to hear In the future, there’s a million things you’re gonna fear I just wanted you to know, I never wanted you to go I need you here I never thought of life without you near And I’m full of fear I don’t know how i’ll make it through the year I can sit you down, tell you anything you want to hear In the future, there’s a million things you’re gonna fear I just wanted you to know, I never wanted you to go I can sit you down, tell you anything you want to hear In the future, there’s a million things you’re gonna fear I just wanted you to know, I never wanted you to go I need you here I never thought of life without you near And I’m full of fear I don’t know how i’ll make it through the year –
8.	Silver and White 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Now, you know why I can’t see But you know that it, it must be She remains a mystery I hope you know that it isn't up to me My vision turned silver and white My vision turned silver and white My vision turned silver and white My vision turned silver and white My mind is rattled from the sight My ears are ringing, I’m running out of time Now that she's gone and I can see Maybe it will finally become clear to me My vision turned silver and white My vision turned silver and white My vision turned silver and white My vision turned silver and white –
9.	Control 03:46	lyrics	buy track
You have taken control You have taken control You have taken control You have taken control There was a time I could hear your voice Inside my head I had no choice It’s like my mind It fades away I’ll always feel it anyway You have taken control You have taken control You have taken control You have taken control We try so hard We lose our minds We try so hard We lose our minds We try so hard We lose our minds We try so hard We lose our minds –
10.	Try 03:44	lyrics	buy track
It's been fifteen days since my father died I couldn't change my name in time But I think I could get next to you In time In time It’s all I can do not to die But I gotta try Try It's been thirteen years since my brother tried He didn’t feel the love in time But I bet he would know it was true In time In time It’s all I can do not to die But I gotta try I gotta try –

credits

released October 24, 2025

Brainwasher is Matthew Duckworth Kirksey and Tommy McKenzie

Matthew Kirksey Duckworth – Vocals, drums, keyboards, and sampler
Tommy McKenzie – Guitar, bass, keyboards, and sampler

1, 2, 4, 6, 8, & 10 Produced by Brainwasher and Taylor Johnson
3 & 9 Produced by Brainwasher, Taylor Johnson, and Nicolas Ley
5 & 7 Produced by Brainwasher and Dennis Coyne

Matt Strong played bass on 8
Nicholas Ley played drums on 2
Spaceface sang on 6 (Jake and Eric)

Recorded in our homes, on the road, and in the following studios:
Lunar Manor - Oklahoma City, OK
Pink Floor 24 Hour Recording Studio - Oklahoma City, OK
The 612 Cottage - Savannah, GA
Bell Labs - Norman, OK

Mixed by Brainwasher and Taylor Johnson
Mastered by Dave and Mike Fridmann

Art and design by Zack Gray, Blake Studdard, Wayne Coyne, and Brainwasher

Thank you to Nico, Lou, Willie, and Mr. Bojangles.

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© 2025. Brainwasher. All rights reserved.
℗ 2025. Brainwasher, under exclusive license to Mothland.

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Brainwasher Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Brainwasher is the brainchild of Matthew Duckworth Kirksey and Tommy McKenzie, known for their involvement in celebrated acts such as The Flaming Lips, Miley Cyrus, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Brothers Griiin. They offer a meddled strain of trip-hop, touching on industrial, new wave, and shoegaze, in encapsulating stripped-down, psyched-out songs that connect directly with the lizard brain. ... more

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