In "STROBE CITY," Elliphant rides a manic rollercoaster between yesterday's wreckage and today's gold, chasing dopamine through strobe-lit chaos. The bonfire inside keeps burning while the world offers coffee, bagels, and concrete nightblooms as small glimmers in the grim. Even the search for Jesus ends in self-recognition, stinking and raw, yet still kicking. The song lands on stubborn survival: blinded, buzzing, and still asking for a place to breathe.
STROBE CITY Lyrics by Elliphant
I’m living in a strobe up the rollercoaster road
Welcome, take a seat at my trumblin’ table
Yesterday was bad, but yesterday’s old
Old like a rock, but today’s all gold
Run with the lit, slip a grip
Look in the bonfire
Sing in the damn shower
Make it to the top of me dirty dish tower
Sim sim sala bim, a glimmer in the grim
Go dancing with the gin
I’m blinded by the strobe
A rollercoaster like me, go up and down
Roundabout rabbits here in the middle of
Cacophony, me in my head, I
I think the strobe is burning
Can see the fire in me, it’s burning, na
Come try to cool me now, baby, put it out
Cacophony in my head, I
I think the strobe is burning
I’m your satellite!
Waking up to a new day as the sun’s coming down
Beating all night looking for the heart of the town
Rumbling the block, I’m kicking up, falling down
Picking nightbloom popping off the concrete ground
Pass the storefront window, shining bright in the jungle
Walking in, get a coffee, pack of Ziggys and a bagel
Now I can see the spark, I make the gray glitter
It’s a walk in the park, kick the socks, watch the splitter
Hit the strobe
I need the dopamine, where’s my fucking limousine
Every time I wake up I’m just in another dream
No amphetamine, doctor, I can’t stand the steam, doctor
All I really need is a place where I can…
Hmmmm
Back in Strobe City out here, looking for Jesus
Found him in myself, stink of old piss and feces
Life sucked out by your bloodsucking leeches
Ectopically growing like an under-wolf, feces
Coming at you from another universe
Coming at you from another uterus
