note: you play the videos in my posts right? cause they’re half the post usually and you’ll be missing half the point without them. in any case, they’ll give you some insight into how my words should be read.
also, it’s not the first time i’ve written rap/hip-hop, but sometimes it’s just the best medium.

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so you wanna talk about this & that
& then and there and where
a square
a box
trace it all over with chalks

you’re not gonna like what you find
besides it’s all behind
write it out for entertainment
not so you can finda place & blame it

and i guess i would be sorry but
those days are long gone
best you can do is cope
find a way to deal & move on

the future is unwritten
but one thing is for sure
couldn’t be farther from the possibility
and, oh! …there’s no cure

so follow me down
if you think you can
don’t drown
follow me down
if you think you can
don’t drown
cause i’m not saving you
this time

yeah things are very different
but it’s just me
i’m still the same
same name
same game
adjust to frame

it’s not that i don’t appreciate the support
it’s just that i can no longer cavort
with the type that you’d want
lost all their rapport

what did ya hope to tell me
that i don’t already know before
hippies & skipping & deadbeat
and love like forever more

i tell you what
let’s just call it done
we can go out if you want
but let’s just go out for fun

cause see this is where i belong
it’s not what you believe
when your vision’s all wrong
it’s just i wrote this for you
so you can call this your song

or if you want
you can think of me as dead
but when the radio plays
it plays these lines in your head

so follow me down
if you think you can
don’t drown
follow me down
if you think you can
don’t drown
cause i’m not saving you
this time
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“send me back to the bottom…”

by JTW
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