[Intro]
After listening to this song in full, I may come across to you as vulnerable. But without vulnerability, where would some of the world's greatest music come from?
[Verse 1: khrys.]
The power that a yell has is amazing
It can turn wildness into complacence
Take a plethora of races in the hugest populations
And then sync them all at once with the damn same statements
And dependent on the words, the yell has the potential
To break a man and drag him to hell and back
Putting that into consideration, it's no wonder
Why I never liked the whole concept of getting yelled at
And confusion does nothing but make it worse
You don't know what the hell you're getting yelled at for
For as long as I can remember, I never knew what I hindered
To make everybody dislike me and spell that chord
Of discord; and because of confusion, yelling
With no intentions of rebellion, it made me stressed
And made me work to make everybody from every crowd and clique the happiest
Or face the consequences – what an unsavory mess
And that strat was a motto of mine
Since I was young, now I'm one plus one to the nine
A third-year in a conservatory steady on the grind
To make a living for himself while he's racing against time
And now the motto of mine turned itself into a curse
Time added factors to make it all such a turn for the worse
Now I don't know what to do – there's no function for my brain
This mental cyanide is driving me insane
[Hook: Ed Seymour]
There's a battle of two forces colliding in you, but you keep it in check
In me that battle does dwell, and I'm not feeling so well; I'm a horrible wreck
In this thing we call life, you must stay sharp as a knife when you make your moves
So please be aware of these thoughts that we share, ‘cause it might get you too
[Verse 2: khrys.]
Now the process is to make you feel happy
With the actions you do, but it ain't that easy
You still have people that watch every single move
And continue to judge you, and there ain't that breezy
Wind to blow the cares away, you've got a status to keep
Alright to you could be ratchet to me
So it feels like I'm obliged to keep ‘em happy at the time
Even though it's bad for me, I still keep it in my mind
My ‘rents told me “think before I speak”
And that “actions speak louder than words”
But when life goes on and you're at your peak
Those apply even more and it seems absurd
That's pressure of society
You can be the favorite or smothered with notoriety
And the crazy thing is no views are righteous
Everybody's different, plus they're all covered in bias!
I don't understand the deal of it all
It's like the things we think about triggers everyone to fall
What a flaw that us humans possess
And carry with us ‘til we're laying in a coffin with our hands on our chests
Lying to rest with the people that did it before us
Gathering more dust than a wood floor does
I'm going crazy and I don't know what to say
Someone put me in an asylum and lock me away
[Hook: Ed Seymour]
There's a battle of two forces colliding in you, but you keep it in check
In me that battle does dwell, and I'm not feeling so well; I'm a horrible wreck
In this thing we call life, you must stay sharp as a knife when you make your moves
So please be aware of these thoughts that we share, ‘cause it might get you too
[Bridge: Ed Seymour]
Time is ticking, what you gonna do?
It's too late to calm down, just face it; you're through
Boy, you ain't got the answers (You ain't got the answers)
You ain't got the answers (You ain't got the answers)
Harmful conscience is a wonderful thing
You just think yourself to d**h, what a joy life brings
‘Cause you ain't got the answers (You ain't got the answers)
You ain't got the answers (You ain't got it, you ain't got it)
[Hook: Ed Seymour]
There's a battle of two forces colliding in you, but you keep it in check
In me that battle does dwell, and I'm not feeling so well; I'm a horrible wreck
In this thing we call life, you must stay sharp as a knife when you make your moves
So please be aware of these thoughts that we share, ‘cause it might get you too