I wrote the basic framework of the song, late at night, by candlelight, months before I started work on the EP.
It shows, as it is in my mind the most traditionally, rap like.
Using a standard 16 bar verse, and an emphasis on rhyming.
Hope you enjoy.
lyrics
I try again to fly and send my lies
and then pen my disguise
but die from den inside
my head so my cries
are sent into the skies
So friend please realize
I'm like a french fry
that forgotten will lie
till the end of days
I mend then descend
i fix and fall
Icarus is my model
ridiculous to be tall
lightning hits then splits
your little sick shoddy
sullen Stick of a body
your a wick flickering
out tick tock
shouts the fixed clock
cause you've no more time
to be bought your caught
red handed aflame
draining the pain
leaving you plain
But through all this
We still gotta wish
for something unlikely
like the loch ness
appearing all fresh
Suit and tie all dressed
Ready to take in those with less
So light these candles in the dark
I'm just playing my part
Like the moth to the flame
My life just drains away
"The higher you are the farther your fall"
Every quote means something different when spoke
These aren’t scientific facts
but warnings whispering ways
to withstand highs happiness
holding anything close
That probably the most
depressing thing I wrote
So wash my mouth with soap
Because what were hearing
is supposed to be endearing
Your supposed to leave the fear an
the burning searing
yearning behind your learning
displaying is a danger
a poachers and a ranger
A coach door stranger
To bare your dirt and mud
for others to judge
cause all they see is sludge
not the diamonds in the rough
your not inherently evil
Your like a parent regal
That caught you dating
Someone they be hating
So You're caught between two obligations
stating patience
and logic Should be your object
of desire
Yet the decision is dire
can you afford to wait for the fire
To die down
before you touch down on the ground
So light these candles in the dark
I'm just playing my part
Like a moth to the flame
My life just drains away
"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"
To hold something close
is to put something on roast
accepting the fire
that'll burn your desire
Of course This isn't true
But the sky isn't blue
We just perceive it that way
on a bright sunny day
Illusions pursuing
Perusing the ruins
of my mind using
time on their side
knowing if they ride
beside my eyes
long enough I'll find
them as truth
That I was better in my youth
So don’t tell me I’m distant,
don’t tell me I’m cold
Don't yell your wishing
I’m the me of old
I want it too
instead of seeing woven
The views of the life that I’ve chosen
And the loose cobwebs stolen
Into the fabric of my labrat being
Seeing every end lend itself well to a semi-colon
these rolling words unfurled now swirl so look
in the end I am a unfinished book
So light these candles in the dark
I'm just playing my part
Like a moth to the flame
My life just drains away
Through the gutter
My evils splutter
Out of my mind
To make way for something kind
Illusion pursuing and perusing
the cost per using your head
To loosen, move an delusion
Costly situations you read
Two brothers tell their true coming-of-age story together through hip-hop bangers that draw from a wide array of pop influences. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 20, 2017