From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core, I`m forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture`s there
The memory won`t escape me
[Verse: 1]
We`re stuck in a place so dark, you can hardly see
A manner of matter that splits, with the words I breathe
An` as the rain drips, acidic questions around me
I block out the sight of the powers that be
An` duck away into the darkness, times up
I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut
So tight that it blurrs into the world of pretend
An` the eyes ease open and it`s dark again
[Bridge]
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core, I`m forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture`s there
The memory won`t escape me
Then why should I care
[Chorus]
In the memory you`ll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tight within
Until the sun rises up
[Verse: 2]
Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs
An` nauseated by the polluted rott, that`s all around
Watchin` the wheels of cars that pass I look past
To the last of the light and the long shadows it casts
A window grows and captures the eye
An` cries out, a yellow light as it passes me by
And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box
Inside, a building of rock with antennas on top
Now, nothing can stop in this land of the pain
The sane lose, not knowing they were part of the game
An` while the insides changed, the box stays the same
And the figure inside could bare anybody`s name
The memories I keep, are from a time like then
I put `em on paper so I could come back to them
Someday I`m hopin` to close my eyes and pretend
That this crumpled up paper, can be perfect again
Yo
[Bridge: Repeat]
I`m here at this podium talking, the ceremonial offerings
Dedicated to urban disfunctional offsprings (What`s happenin`?)
City governments are eternally nappin`
An` trapped in greedy covenants, causin` urban collapsin`
An` bullets that scar souls, with dark holes, get more than your car stole
Some hearts be blacker than charcoal (For real)
This society`s deprivation depends
Not on our differences, but the separation within
No reparation is made, limited aide an` minimum wage
Livin` in a tenement cage where innocense pays
Tragedy within a parade
The darkness overspreads like permanent plague
An` I`m forgotten
[Chorus: Repeat]
