“To consider the possibility that something might go wrong with our brains, or our minds, which in a sense are really, both, springing out of this organ called the brain, is very frightening to people. Because the mind represents ourselves, our fundamental core. And the thought that something could go wrong with that means were no longer who we are”
[Verse 1: Crowded Places]
Another broken day I look in the mirror
Ashamed of what I see, I see my fear
I see it overcoming me, surrounding me
How I used to think, I no longer see
What a prison is this love of d**h
While I'm wishing I'm above the depths
On no look at what I am
Stuck with the soul of a normal man
Honorary member of the club of the lost
Things I used to love is now a hopeless cause
I write my songs as an ode this sick state of mind
And it's all mine
I'm alive when I see the kind who display kindness
But everyone around me is infected with blindness
I'll stick my neck out for someone I love
I'll be an open ear when times get rough
But we all need this compa**ion
So return the favor, that's all I'm asking
What's more the people want it now
But don't have the strength I'm calling out
I wanna be the voice that they desire
I wanna be the voice that makes a fire
I wanna be something more
Tip-toeing away from the allure
[Hook: Crowded Places]
They say you're too young
To be talking like you lived more
They say it too much
But I can only hear a certain chord
I only plan to live once
But I ain't living if I live for myself
I'm only here to one leg guilt
And if it stares there standing Ima stop them stilts like
I, I wanna know
How you lie on your soul
I hit it right on the nose
So I know I never grow, let em go
No time for new problems, you're so cold
Inside it's so lawful that's why it's broke
In time Ima solve them, let em know
In time Ima solve them and let em go
[Verse 2: Crowded Places]
Let it all come back to me, and hit me rapidly
I wanna feel inspired again, like when, I was a little kid
I use to see the most vivid scenes in the midst of the trees
The smallest things would inspire me
Now I feel like to get the fuel I'm burning in my heat
My own source of energy
Days go to fast, I get nothing out of them
Everyday I crash, and my mistakes blend
I need a friend who can understand
I feel unfulfilled because I have so many dreams lost in the seams
I want to finish what needs done
I have so much in me
But it seems
That from it I run like a bullet from a gun
I peel off I feel off
Where am who am I
What do I define, how can I remind
What can remind me to get my head aligned
I hear the sounds of the music I create
I gear my pounds like I'm gaining weight
And sheer towns like I'm on a rampage
I'm afraid to accept my age
If only, the fire rose like it used to
I want it back, I can't lose you
[Hook: Crowded Places]
I am your master now
I am your master now
[Verse 3: Crowded Places]
You're the only thing that kept me sane
Now I feel like things will never be the same
I ignored my wife for a mistress and she took my home
She came in with a smile, and the next day this fiend was gone
Howling in my head is the fun we had
Growling at my neck is evil, it's really sad
I'm feeling bad, but I know where you live
You're still in my heart I just gotta dig
I gotta surround myself with impression
I have to surround myself with a message
That no matter what, nothing will stop me from feeling good
I don't care what it is, but I know I should
I'm going forward I can't stand this state of mind
So now I'm only looking through this hindsight
So I can learn never to think like this again
So I write it all with a pen
And confess it like the pads my friend
Record it on a beat, never to be repeated again
So if my state of mine ever trips up on me
I'll play this song to remind me
Whenever, I may think that
Oh no look at what I am
Stuck with the soul of a normal man