So loud are the words in my head
like a crowd yelling,
seems like no one heard what I said.
Seems like the further I get
I'm always so close to the first of my steps.
It's hurting now
Pain is muscled like it's been working out.
It's disturbing how
Life keeps laughing at me like a circus clown.
I worship sound,
'cause it's the only thing keeping me at the surface now.
I let my heart weep on a dead tree,
my bars bleed when I reveal what upsets me.
So hard to be an artist do you get me?
even harder to just be.
i'm working trying to better myself believe me,
stopped smoking now what's left of my health? I'm breathing.
I'm love sick,
never enough never satisfied
will she come quick?
I let my guts sing,
sometimes the taste of these days is disgusting.
joy is bluffing, am I really happy?
or just a toy of destruction?
what's point of all this,
is there even a point who's calling?
My sleeping Karma, reality's my enemy
the dreams my armor.
I've betrayed already
won't be death before dishonor.
Yeah I gotta be honest
sometimes my weakness just wants to feel stronger.
my mind looks beyond.
but time always reminds me where I belong.
I let my darkness shine,
to not go crazy when there are no signs.
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iI gotta count that many blessings,
the end can come any second.
Now is the hour to be very present.
Chorus:
The heart that beats is the art that speaks
And when I'm looking for a rhyme it's the stars I reach
Find me
where poetry meets soul,
where the deaf dumb and the blind be.
You won't miss me it's just a question of timing.
How far can my lines reach?
High on mars will I find the right speech.
Gotta dig deeper,
the alphabet is a feast
and I'm a big eater.
Yes I have been a cheater,
and yes one of my brothers has seen
the grim reaper.
I have lost only to gain experience,
after all this i'm still the same but different.
Life is mysterious, a strange significance
So I stay curious and paint these images.
to be free I keep my art open,
it's helps me breathe whenever my hearts broken.
I have a cat now,
she makes me happy,
never thought I could be that proud.
Simple things what more can I ask now?
My demons and angels have sat down.
We are all even, now I can rap loud.
nothing's keeping me from screaming,
I have always preferred a message and a meaning.
I turn passion to action
on a ship called imagination
I am the captain.
With a monotone flow.
Choose to bring light
to what others don't show.
Started alone,
I got a whole crew now,
when your growing
nothing can slow you down.
Peace to family,
may we live happily,
a never-ending story.
Like in my childhood books,
life ain't an add, we don't all smile with good looks.
So what's the next chapter,
what do you get after?
Tears and then laughter,
and then tears again.
Was it all meant to happen?
They say it's all written,
mine is the best passage.
Yes I love life,
and I have dreamt of passion.
Chorus
credits
from We Remain,
released June 26, 2019
Recording: Catacombes Prod
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