You Can See It When It's Dark

by Chitra

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veritator Magical and wondrous. Really strong song writing coupled with great vocal delivery. She's also excellent live; caught the album launch at the Northcote Social Club. Favorite track: Motormouth.

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1.	Big Shot 02:48	lyrics	buy track
I don’t wanna go back to that day When you told me that you didn’t like the way, i behaved Walking ‘round here like you hold the reigns Feeling so small that you can, hold a parade Ego inflamed Now you’re speaking to me like I got a gun And you’re talking me off of a ledge, that i'm on And it's just for fun And i’m holding my breath as you don’t hold your tongue Just a damsel distressed and an unwanted opinion Are you done? If i’m wasting your time, maybe you're wasting mine Always crossing the line, do you get comfort from being a big shot honey I know that it’s hard, when you’re living in the past You’re not tied to the times Do you get comfort from being a big shot honey? I don’t wanna go back to that place, stressing over something that I thought but didn’t say Now i’m wide awake Pressing all my buttons ‘till i lose control Testing where my temper is and waiting for my fall And who’s it for? If i’m wasting your time, maybe you're wasting mine Always crossing the line, do you get comfort from being a big shot honey I know that it’s hard, when you’re living in the past Always tied to the times Do you get comfort from being a big shot honey? X5
2.	In My Opinion 02:28	lyrics	buy track
In my opinion It is not needed no I’m sick of missing the mark whenever I talk You turned all the lights off As soon as you turn to the stage Performed as clean cut But you know that I’ve been backstage I don’t wanna do it no more I can’t hold this end of the rope Hurting at the thought of the fall But I don’t wanna do it no more I’m reading novels Maybe it’ll have what to say Wish I was joking But I’m not above the help I don’t wanna do it no more I can’t hold this end of the hope Hurting at the thought of the fall But I don’t feel myself anymore And when you turn to the pages of difference Think of all of the things that I’ve seen And it breaks me in two just to see it And I don’t know what to do with that But I can’t really do it again I can’t really be here to see So my opinion stays with me
3.	Sold 02:50	lyrics	buy track
Don’t feel inspired, so I settle down It keeps me quiet without all the sound But all the people here are moving their own ways And I can’t seem to find my footing in this place Won’t be sold forever Keep it undercover What I want will differ Won’t be sold forever Don’t feel inspired, so I turn it down I’ve never known it to hold so much power And all these motives seem to riddle all I do The weight can ride you into question what you knew Won’t be sold forever Keep it undercover What I want won’t differ Won’t be sold forever Half of my days getting stuck in a cycle Wanna do better but ending up stifled But this is the string that wraps round my everything Won’t be sold forever Keep it undercover What I want will differ Won’t be sold forever Won’t be gone forever Come out of the covers What I want won’t differ I’m just sold on the idea
4.	No Blame To Take 03:33	lyrics	buy track
Call it what you need to You know it hurt me too You are not the only Person that is here Maybe I am selfish My sister always taught me To do what is best for Yourself first And maybe you just can’t afford to take the blame today maybe your whole world revolves around other people's thinking But I know what I want and I want it to be for me And I know what I want and I want it to be for me And I’m just getting tired Of our friends talking sides It is all just chatter When you’re looking from outside I just don’t believe in Any right or wrong Just how people treat you And how you treat ‘em back And maybe i just can’t afford to take the blame today Maybe my whole world revolves around other people's thinking Do you know what you want do you want it to be for you x 2 And you see I have just been waiting For a silence to break Give me something I can work with Instead of pushing this away But I don’t know what I want - do I want this to get better and you don’t know what you want you would’ve said something clearer No you don’t know what you want, you would’ve said anything at all
5.	Autumn 02:40	lyrics	buy track
Baby’s back from New York City Blowin up and down the street Crying like the running gutters Crumbles like the autumn leaves Dancing by the lazy susan Down for anything And everything is boring x2 Fickle were the daylight hours Forgetting all the neighbors names Gathering the morning papers Give in to the old mundane A hobby’s just a dying habit (lower) Hours stringing into days And everything is boring x2 In the end we don't have to be innocent We both know that it’s infinite And you don’t have to be different Eat your porridge with cinnamon It’s just a fish bowl we’re living in And everything is boring x2
6.	Close Proximity 03:26	lyrics	buy track
Out front of a uni lodge My stomach dropped a mile You’re called by a lover then And you had not replied Engrossed by books and poetry You had near your bed Felt dumb and so naive I should’ve questioned it I wonder if you know that she could do so much better I sat in the past with you for just a little bit longer You said I was just as nice - as you remember And then I went home to pine for a little bit Small rooms with ceilings low Feeling I can’t breathe Maybe it also was the close proximity Of a love I used to need I wonder if your mum does still ask about me I always admired how she’d love you endlessly I’m caught between loving you and tryna feel better But you always changed as fast as Melbourne changed weather Nothing can save this now x4 Nothing can save me anyhow x 4 Nothing can save this now x4
7.	Go Easy 03:31	lyrics	buy track
Never caught on too easily Like a child playing hide and seek I don’t wanna find what I know that I can’t hold But i never seem to miss an opportunity Wanna be held but not too tightly Wanna be loved but only when we see it fit Trying to read your face but words get in the way Speaking only what you think you should say Go easy, I don’t wanna try Won’t hurt if you never wonder why Stay still when you know it won’t be right So why don’t we just leave it A call to change is never answered quick But I’d never ask you to be anyway but this If I’m being honest, can you say the same That you’d never try to change me from today Go easy, I don’t wanna try Won’t hurt if you never wonder why Stay still when you know it won’t be right So why don’t we just leave it I must be out of my mind Never thought I was the kind Walking through days like they’re just gonna happen I guess I’ll sit back and watch your reaction Go easy, I don’t wanna try It won’t hurt if you never wonder why Stay still when you know it won’t be right So why don’t we just leave it Go easy, I don’t wanna try It won’t hurt if you never wonder why Stay still when you know it won’t be right So why don’t we just leave it
8.	Counting featuring Grand Pine 03:01	lyrics	buy track
I’m sitting here while you speak Another day passes by I’m wide awake while you sleep And we’re doing it all again I’ve been counting Tiles on the floor Don’t know what for And you can’t bear to be alone You say you don’t know how to keep yourself together I only seem to want it more What are you doing - to better it all You’ve been counting People come and go You’re not alone All this time we’re wasting I can’t pretend your still mine Still anticipating, we’ll be fine And all that I am now Is not all I need Chasing our tails and stepping on feet And everything’s changing All of the time I’m not around you to be mine We’re both counting reasons Why would we stay?
9.	You Can See It When It's Dark 03:15	lyrics	buy track
So when the light fades I will stand next to you Just to feel How I used to I'm living in it like I’m 17 Caught on every single move I see Oh it's getting old now Oh it's getting old now Then when you ask me I’ll say I’m doing great Making it easy For you to say Your living better than when you were with me Getting bolder making history Oh it makes me warm now Oh it makes me warm now Holding all your hopes out It's the way you say my name now like the word won’t fit in your mouth It's the way I pull some meaning Out of things I know you don’t mean It's the way you say my name now like the word won’t fit in your mouth It's the way I pull some meaning Out of things I know you don’t mean So when the lights on I will walk out of that room Making it easy For me to feel how I should I let my mind walk me into grief Caught on every single fantasy Oh it's getting old now Oh it's getting old now Oh I want it all now But only when it's dark out
10.	Motormouth 03:42	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been looking at these walls too long I just dwell in it And everything I got it’s just all stitched up I come undone with it, I I’ve been running out of words to say I just sit in it And everything I got it's just not enough I wander out and in it, I And I cannot believe the sight of me It’s true And I believe the world is faster too Is it something, changing Always round Coming down Walking into rooms with a heightened sense Everyone around me is oblivious Past the motor mouth with the chewed up lip Looking for the door that will bring me back to Opening the curtains, morning light Caught myself in it Moving through the day like there’s endless time I just revel in it, I Walking into rooms with a heightened sense Everyone around me is oblivious Past the motor mouth with the chewed up lip Looking for the door that will bring me back to Walking into rooms with a heightened sense Walking into rooms x3

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released August 1, 2025

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Chitra Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Chitra Ridwan creates intimate indie-rock that captures the emotional complexity of growing up, growing apart, and learning to stay close to yourself. Raised on the Wadawurrung/Bellarine Peninsula, she first emerged with her acclaimed self-titled EP in 2020, quickly establishing herself as a compelling new voice with her clear-eyed, expressive songwriting. ... more