songs you feel in your bones

These ideas are nightmares to white parents
Whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings
Like whatever they say has no bearing
It's so scary in a house that allows no swearing
To see him walking around with his headphones blaring
Alone in his own zone, cold and he don't care
He's a problem child, what bothers him all comes out
When he talks about his fuckin' dad walkin' out
Cause he hates him so bad that he blocks him out
If he ever saw him again, he'd probably knock him out
His thoughts are whacked, he's mad so he's talkin' back
Talkin' black, brainwashed from rock and rap
He sags his pants, do rags and a stocking cap
His stepfather hit him so he socked him back
And broke his nose, this house is a broken home
There's no control, he just let's his emotions go
, sing for the years
(Sing it) Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (come on)
Sing it with me, just for today,
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
Entertainment is changing, intertwining' with gangsters
In the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctum
Holy or unholy, only have one homie
Only this gun, lonely, 'cause don't anyone know me
But everybody just feels like they can relate
I guess words are a motherfucker, they can be great
Or they can degrade, or even worse, they can teach hate
It's like these kids hang on every single statement we make
Like they worship us, plus all the stores ship us platinum
Now how the fuck did this metamorphosis happen?
From standin' on corners and porches just rappin'
To havin' a fortune, no more kissin' ass
But then these critics crucify you, journalists try to burn you
Fans turn on you, attorneys all want a turn at you
To get their hands on every dime you have
They want you to lose your mind every time you mad
So they can try to make you out to look like a loose canon
Any dispute, won't hesitate to produce handguns
That's why these prosecutors wanna convict me
Strictly just to get me off of these streets quickly
But all their kids been listenin' to me religiously
So I'm signing CD's while police fingerprint me
They're for the judges daughter, but his grudge is against me
If I'm such a fuckin' menace, this shit doesn't make sense b
It's all political, if my music is literal then I'm a criminal
How the fuck can I raise a little girl?
I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to
You're full of shit too, Guerrera, that was a fist that hit you
, sing for the years
(Sing it) Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (come on)
Sing it with me, just for today,
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
They say music can alter moods and talk to you
Well can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?
Well if it can, then the next time you assault a dude
Just tell the judge it was my fault, and I'll get sued
See what these kids do, is hear about us totin' pistols
And they want to get one, 'cus they think the shit's cool
Not knowin' we're really just protectin' ourselves
We entertainers, of course the shit's affecting ourselves
You ignoramus but music is reflection of self
We just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mail
It's fucked up ain't it, how we can come from practically nothin'
To bein' able to have any fuckin' thing that we wanted
That's why we sing for these kids that don't have a thing
Except for a dream and a fuckin' rap magazine
Who post pinup pictures on their walls all day long
Idolize they favorite rappers and know all they songs
Or for anyone who's ever been through shit in they lives
'Til they sit and they cry at night, wishing they die
'Til they throw on a rap record, and they sit and they vibe
We're nothing to you, but we're the fuckin' shit in their eyes
That's why we seize the moment, and try to freeze it and own it
Squeeze it and hold it, 'cause we consider these minutes golden
And maybe they'll admit it when we're gone
Just let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs
And we can
, sing for the years
(Sing it) Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (come on)
Sing it with me, just for today,
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
, sing for the years
(Sing it) Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears (come on)
Sing it with me, just for today,
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
 
All the Pretty Lights cuz I can't choose just one. When I was at risk of losing touch or losing myself to a battle with mental illness, PL music served as a constant reminder that I am real and what I feel is valid. My connection to what is real. Because you can't deny it when it hits you like that, and everything aligns in perfect synchronicity, there's just no room left for fear or doubt because the music speaks directly to you and even your soul is like "yess. now you're speaking my language."
 


You know what to do
You know what I did
Since you know everything, just clue me in
I am such a wreck
I am such a mess
I know what I know
Why don't you fill in the rest?
I will bring it down
I will make it bad
While you're feeling proud
Why don't you help me?
Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now
Your revelations
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations, revelations
You know what to say
You know what I said
You know what I dream sleeping in my bed
You hold all the keys
You know all the rules
Why don't you guide me in if I'm such a lost soul?
I'm spinning around
I will make you ill
Since I'm so broken down, why don't you fix me?
Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now
Your revelations
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations
I am haunted when I am sleeping
Try to give without receiving
It's in the apple bite
It's in the days and nights
In the afterlife we'll reap
Such a shame that I wouldn't know by now
Your revelations
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations
Such a shame, such a shame
That I wouldn't know by now
Cut me in
I don't want to live without
Your revelations, revelations
 


You give me a heart attack, You look like the summertime
You call me an artifact, But I'll save that for another time

I could be rich or poor, I don't need anymore

Keep your love inside the kitchen, You can feed me anything
Leave the feathers on the chicken, Peel the leather from your skin

I can be young or old. Sweet or sad, hot or cold

Man or animal, I don't care at all
Find the antidote underneath the dose
Man or animal, obedient
Out of control

I will love you more than money, I will breathe you in the smoke
I will drink you in my honey. Sweet and golden down my throat

When you're right, when you're wrong. Head is near, eyes are gone

You can drown my appetite, I will sip your tears at night
You can tie me to a chair. Skin and bones, I don't care

I could be rich or poor, I don't need anymore

Man or animal, I don't care at all
Find the antidote underneath the dose
Man or animal, obedient
Out of control yeah

Man or animal, I don't care at all
Find the antidote underneath the dose
Man or animal, obedient
Out of control
Out of control

You give me a heart attack
You give me a heart attack

I will give you more than that
I will give you more than that

You give me a heart attack
You give me a heart attack

I will give you more than that
I will give you more than that
 
And I can tell you why. People go insane
I can show you how. You could do the same
I can tell you why. The end will never come
I can tell you I'm... The shadow on the sun

i change this lyric.. misheard, or what i want to hear.. up to you



Once upon a time. I was of the mind
To lay your burden down

Leave you where you stood. You believed I could
You'd seen it done before

I could read your thoughts. And tell you what you saw
And never say a word

But now all that is gone. Over with and done
Never to return

And I can tell you why. People die alone
I can tell you I'm... The shadow on the sun

Staring at the loss. Looking for the cause
And never really sure

Nothing but a hole. To live without a soul
And nothing to be learned

And I can tell you why. People go insane
I can show you how. You could do the same
I can tell you why. It will never come
I can tell you I'm... The shadow on the sun

Shapes of every size. Move behind the eyes
Doors inside my head
Bolted from within
Every drop of flame
Lights a candle in
Memory of the one
Who lived inside my skin

I can tell you why. People go insane
I can show how. You could do the same
I can tell you why. It will never come
I can tell you I'm... The shadow of the sun

Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!
Shadow of the sun!

Sun!
Sun!
 
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