(Feat. Tiombe Lockhart)



Its hard to get a glimpse of hope
When you against the ropes
Try to penny pinch but after bills and rent ya broke

Life it always throws a wrench like Emp at Interscope
You in the aftermath succumb to numb it with a drink or smoke
To Ease the pain I sleep all day

Relieves the hangover from the E and J
Lookin for a tunnels end a light to lead the way
But the shame has been ingrained into my DNA

Cuz pop's was a failure
Mom was on lithium
Always settled for less than the best

No one to pity em
No one to drop a pretty gem
At seven tied a plastic bag over my head

Like, "What's the point but getting older and dead?"
So innocent, searching for missing links
Surrounded by the carcasses of instruments

Of dreams departed hardened by the sentiments
Out of tune and sharpened by the artists who neglected it
I'm scarred by my resemblance


Hook [performed by Tiombe Lockhart]:
Silly things

That I do to feel life
I realize
I drink and I smoke

Scrambling for a hint of hope
My tight rope


You know the one where a rabbi, imam and pastor walk in
To a bar to discuss what happens if the caskets dropping
The one inside committed suicide

Family spastic sobbin
The answers come in more flavors than Baskin-Robbins
Will god forgive em for the sin

and will they ever make amends
Or was it the last option off of the path they walked in?
Depending on if they believed in hell or heaven

Or if there was a chemical imbalance in their cerebellum
Or if the pain was overwhelming full of self loathing
Feeling plagued by failure like the first males chosen

Or what if hell's frozen, and life was only this purgatory?
Full of greed, and murder, war
See I know you heard the story

What if they wait and have faith to reincarnate?
With luck they won't be stuck again between a rock and hard place
Running in a hamster wheel

We wondering what answer's real
And star gaze pray someone above to keep our heart safe.


HOOK

I heard the barrels cry wishing they could spare ya lives

Was feeling paralyzed but no I wasn't scared to die
Feared not livin to the fullest so i pulled it
All or nothing

Now somebody wanna call my bluff when
I tried to flinch
Told them that the suicide attempt was cause I'd rather die

Than live and ride the bench
For every victory there's like 50 times the set backs
For every revolution there's a death trap

And everytime I see police attackin with a tazer gun
A protester that's down already on the ground my face is stunned
I see people that's unaffected like "that's just for safety hun"

Turn around and tell myself: "You're not the crazy one"
To all the unfazed and numb, hope that you hear
What I've spoken is clear

So you stop repressing choking the tears
We all walk the line between insanity and sanity
And hope and despair

Hope and despair

Outro [performed by Tiombe Lockhart]:
I realize
I'm as big as the sun in the sky

Wild dreams and mild denies
Slow raw and numb outside
I dream in the snow
I drink and smoke
Hint of hope

Walking on the tight rope?