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Dark Like You
03:52
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i was born under no complications
abnormality, anomaly, or ailments
with increased melanin, virilization
and no will toward my god or my nation
am i truly on a side?
or an inadvertent state of mind?
i'm just an actor
and you're just an actor too
caught in an outline
i'm in the dark like you
need only damage my prefrontal cortex (to change)
my personality, memory, and focus (or)
suffer stroke, limit blood, choking brain cells (to)
destroy my language, block reliable signals
am i just a failing mind?
or circumstance of how events combine?
i'm just an actor
and you're just an actor too
caught in an outline
i'm in the dark like
i could have been anything
but foolishly pride what i've become
and all that defines me will not survive me when i'm gone
cause i'm just an actor
and you're just an actor too
caught in an outline
well i'm in the dark like you
i play a part still
and you've been a party to
a play with no writer
well i'm in the dark like you
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2. |
Restless
05:18
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take it slow
i can't relax
time will soon
slip through the cracks
and i'm restless
wandering out of bounds
and i don't fit
lost in among a crowd
i'm taking shots but i'm not in a fight
it's why my thoughts keep me up through the night
i'm seeing patterns i got it all wrong
it's not a thing you can hold in a song
i'm trying to write all this down
before i sell it for parts
i think i found my beginning
if i just knew where to start
i'm trying to lose things to hide
i want to show what i've found
i'm trying ditch my delusions
but they keep hanging around
tie my thoughts
ending to end
time is all
starting to blend
and i'm senseless
scattered among the stars
but i'm right here
matter and moving parts
i'm like a stranger outside of my door
this kind of change couldn't wait anymore
just like a memory was there all along
it's not a thing you can hold in a song
and if all of time is just an act
pull me in the past
show me every loss
love and humble act
dark or in the day
everything will fade to black
and if all of light cannot be seen
show me in a dream
tell me how it starts
dust until the spark
spark until the grave
everything remains in change
i'm trying to write all this down
before i sell it for parts
i think i found my beginning
if i just knew where to start
i'm trying to lose things to hide
i want to show what i've found
i'm trying to ditch my delusions
but they keep hanging around
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