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The Comeback Song
02:08
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And everyday's another chapter, one page closer to the finish line,
and then... wait. Come on. Yo, where'd the beat go?
[Chorus/Hook]
Yo! This is my comeback song
Make a play for me, but just don't run that wrong
'Cause I got ways from every angle to kill your career
And I got techniques to straight up fulfill all your fears (x2)
[Verse]
You should call me 'Manson' the way I body these poets
And every line I write, you know I gotta' be focused
I'm underground as hell, still got a lot to be noticed
And people always kick me down, down and drop me to hopeless
So fuck it, now I'm just steady concentrating
Pushed away all the fakes who just left contemplating
But you gotta' respect the way I spit and kick a line
From the way I came up; soon enough I'll fit in fine
The first words I ever spoke rhymed together perfectly
Knew when I grew up I'd murder beats to the third degree
Even though I'm fucked up and could've used some brain surgery
I stayed ill on the mic and kept that shit most certainly
So you can spread those rumours and tell me that I'm fake as fuck
But prepare it to bounce back 'cause I can take enough
To hold my own through all the bullshit that's happened
Nothing's gonna' stop me from giving my fullest at rapping
It's like...
[Chorus/Hook]
Yo! This is my comeback song
Make a play for me, but just don't run that wrong
'Cause I got ways from every angle to kill your career
And I got techniques to straight up fulfill all your fears (x2)
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2. |
Hurt
03:54
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[Verse 1]
Right now there’s someone with a needle in their vein
Tryna’ escape reality and the people and the shame
Flashing back to moments of the evilness and flames
Opening new doors, which just leads to more pain
Curiosity temptation, temptation to addiction
Addiction to loneliness and loneliness to prison
These four walls drive you from insanity to death
No one would even know ‘cause your family all left
And they think it’s your fault, a stranger in the first
Think you made decisions to hurt them in the worst ways
Little did they know that you had good intentions
Then it became nonsense to have these interventions
They gave up like everyone else, it always happens
Run away to a different world where no one passes
TIll your last breath you wonder who’s dropping your casket
A few randoms who get paid to leave you in the blackness
[Chorus/Hook]: Sampled from Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
[Verse 2]
Right now there’s someone with a gun in their right hand
A rope in their left, ready to cease all of life’s plans
Nothing to stay for, every reason to die
Mentality of when you plan on leaving this life
The lavished to the norm, the norm to depression
Depression to aggression, then why live is the question
Can’t break through sadness ‘cause it’s greater
With their blood they start to write a letter on some paper
But then fall back, bled out, unconscious
Must’ve hit an artery, bound to happen in the process
Most of your skin is just gashes and scars
Drowning in the liquor, killing your liver and heart
Your last thoughts will be of the people that you’ve damaged
And what you could’ve done to make your life average
When friends tried to help, but screamed “no one can stop me”
Now it’s unlikely someone will ever discover your body
It's real...
[Chorus/Hook]: Sampled from Johnny Cash's "Hurt"
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything
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[Chorus/Hook]: Sampled from Jackie Greene's "I Don't Live In a Dream"
I don't live in a dream
I don't live in a dream
I don't live inside a land forgotten
I don't live in a dream
[Verse 1]: Eyeconic
Eyeconic!
Fuck it, I never listened to mama/
I take a sip of my drink and I mix it with karma/
The problem is I burned the bridge to Nirvana/
So I run through the wilderness and swim with piranhas/
Life's a bitch but this ain't no kiss and tell/
When I see change I throw it in the wishing well/
People tell me I'll make it but they're not wishing well/
They hide behind pretty faces and a list from hell/
But look at me, look at what the world did to me/
I'm on a constant junkie search for some nicotine/
But I never self harmed man my wrist is clean/
I just chill, rap and search for a chick to please/
See, at this point, yeah, I guess that I'm quite scared/
Fuck the rules because life never fights fair/
I can see my dream, it's standing right there/
But you get to live it while I'm stuck in a nightmare/
[Chorus/Hook]: Sampled from Jackie Greene's "I Don't Live In a Dream"
I don't live in a dream
I don't live in a dream
I don't live inside a land forgotten
I don't live in a dream
[Verse 2]: Alex-Ander
They say life's a symphony, I'm just humming the notes
Living on the edge without coming to close
Life's a marathon, I'm the one running the show
Life's a battle, yo, don't make fun of the flow
And I've been busting my ass off, everyday
Wondering why I rap when you don't care anyway
Steering this shit, but stuck at a stop sign
It's life, but I wanna scream "fuck it, it's not mine"
I'm too embarrassed to say what I've experienced
Not 'cause I'm not serious, 'cause I hate it, period
So tell me when people will stop being judgemental
I'll be waiting forever with a pen and a pencil
Jotting down questions about why the hell I'm here
Hopefully some time I can tell it's near
Didn't chose life, it was given to me
But let me tell you one thing, I'm not living a dream
[Chorus/Hook]: Sampled from Jackie Greene's "I Don't Live In a Dream"
I don't live in a dream
I don't live in a dream
I don't live inside a land forgotten
I don't live in a dream (x2)
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4. |
Questions (feat. Basick)
04:15
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[Hook from "Take Me Away" off of 'Bipolar']
Take me away, just take me away
Go and find someone to replace me today
I'm waiting for me to be gone and faded away
Take me away, just take me away (x2)
Life, life, let it spin, let it spin
Have a bad day, wake up and do it again
[Verse 1 - Alex-Ander]
I wanna do drugs, I wanna get away
I wanna tell myself that everything will be okay
I want some sleeping pills, some psychotropics
I don’t wanna live knowing life is hopeless
What’s hopeless is the hope that I’m hoping for
Burn a couple bridges, and then lead me to another broken door
So I’m trapped, no way to escape
Fuck it, I lost, I played to betray
And now, here I lay, I’m just drowning in the brink of death
Feel the brain cells dying so I’m thinking less
All I can concentrate on is all the percocet
Down a dozen more, I can’t feel them working yet
It’s crazy what thoughts of suicide will do
I can’t live my life when life is something that I’m dying through
The strongest medication can't get me to rest
But this bullet can with a few knives in my chest
[Hook - Alex-Ander]
What happens when you can’t breathe anymore fresh air?
Do you deal with the toxins and act like you don’t care?
Who learns? Who wins?
‘cause I’ve been wondering the same damn thing (x2)
[Verse 2 - Basick Musick]
I'm drowning under the water, why bother with tryna breathe again?
‘Cause nothing but demons seem to be seeping in
Inside of my heart, I’m fallin’ apart, ’n its hard to keep in check
Fatherin’ a daughter that I’m afraid to see again
‘Cause I never had the proper father figure to base it on
All of my life, I was raised by the greatest mom
’n I appreciate the hand I was given to fail
Insistent to bail, but I’m livin’ still hitting’ the rails
I’m trying’ hard to get over my fears, and i feel like the devil is near;
‘Cause hell is here
And he’s plotting and planning, to take away all my sanity
He’s blocking out the sun, while depression’s hittin’ me manically
I’m practically within the noose of my life, ’n I seem to be losing the fight
It’s like I’m choking, ’n hoping nobody cuts the rope
Just let me go, to this better home, ‘n I’ll let you know
You know?
[Hook - Alex-Ander & Basick Musick]:
What happens when you can’t breathe anymore fresh air?
Do you deal with the toxins and act like you don’t care?
Who learns? Who wins?
‘cause I’ve been wondering the same damn thing (x2)
[Verse 3 - Alex-Ander]:
I wanna live, I don’t wanna die
If there’s a promise that everything will be alright
You live a short period, then it’s gone fast
Painting the picture, adding just a touch of contrast
So what's the point of dealing with shit so often
When everybody forgets once you hit the coffin?
Slow down, take a while
Love life, fake a smile
But only when I frown, I’m close to loving life
Fuck life, too keen on tragedy, man I don’t know what’s right
Like damn, am I serving yet?
Or is everybody gonna keep spitting me onto their serviette?
You can’t say I’m crazy when you don’t know half of it
Lyrics on a track can’t begin to tell what’s happening
I’m tryna let it go, though I may never know
If it gets better later, or if it’s forever, so
[Hook - Alex-Ander & Basick Musick]
What happens when you can’t breathe anymore fresh air?
Do you deal with the toxins and act like you don’t care?
Who learns? Who wins?
‘cause I’ve been wondering the same damn thing
What happens when you can’t breathe anymore fresh air?
Who learns? Who wins?
Do you deal with the toxins and act like you don’t care?
‘cause I’ve been wondering the same damn thing
What happens when you can’t breathe anymore fresh air?
Do you deal with the toxins and act like you don’t care?
Who learns? Who wins?
‘cause I’ve been wondering the same damn thing
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