Dead and Gone - Cute Is What We Aim For

Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh (When you're dead and gone) Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh (When you're dead and gone) One year ago with a flower in hand One year ago we wrote our names in the sand The wind would blow your summer hair (One year ago) Once easy love, now you're making it rough You know I try and say it's never enough You left with ease and didn't care (One year ago) What used to seem like heaven Feels like hell I wanna breathe with ease again I wanna get some fucking sleep again You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong I need to get upstate again I need to get my head on straight again You only get redemption when you're dead and gone When you're dead and gone Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh (When you're dead and gone) Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh Ten years from now we'll be tired and old Ten years from now we won't ever leave home Singing "I'll be there for you" (Ten years from now) Give me the one and only reason that could make me believe You were everything I want, But not the thing that I need It's hard to say, it's sad but true What used to seem like heaven Feels like hell I wanna breathe with ease again I wanna get some fucking sleep again You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong I need to get upstate again I need to get my head on straight again You only get redemption when you're dead and gone When you're dead and gone Nothing left here to say Nothing to celebrate Nothing left here to say Nothing to celebrate I wanna breathe with ease again I wanna get some fucking sleep again You only ask forgiveness after it's gone wrong I need to get upstate again I need to get my head on straight again You only get redemption when you're dead and gone You only get redemption when you're dead and gone Oh Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh (When you're dead and gone) Oh-Oh-Oh Oh-Oh-Oh When you're dead and gone

A circus of madmen running the show Where are we heading? Nobody knows Too much confusion with no end in sight A prison of promise polluting our minds Oh, no My heart's beating, buried alive Open my eyes, my soul won't survive Dead and gone My heart's beating, everyone cried Said their goodbyes, covered in lies Dead and gone The future is bankrupt, with no change to spare The city's on fire, a family affair You call it destruction, but you hold the knives The people's induction, the people's demise Oh, no My heart's beating, buried alive Open my eyes, my soul won't survive Dead and gone My heart's beating, everyone cried Said their goodbyes, covered in lies Dead and gone So gone Hungry as vultures, craving the thrown Posing for pictures, then eating your own Raising our voices, feed the machine They're coming to save us, but watching us bleed Oh, no My heart's beating, buried alive Open my eyes, my soul won't survive Dead and gone My heart's beating, everyone cried Said their goodbyes, covered in lies Dead and gone Dead and gone forever, baby Dead and gone forever Dead and gone Dead and gone forever, baby Dead and gone forever Dead and gone So gone

Nah nah, nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah Nah nah, nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah Wo oh oh Wo oh oh So long Why you waiting so long? After every single word is said I'm feeling dead and gone Alone Don't you drag me alone If you do, you know I'll follow you Until the truth is gone I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh All the way, all the way So long Why'd it take you so long Every time I hear the whistle blow I'm down below, you're gone Don't call me, I'll call you With what you say, I'll obey A cheer tonight, or eatin' right I need to say, gotta say I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh I'll go anywhere you go Oh oh oh

Ayy, let me kick it to you right quick, man Not on some gangsta shit man, on some real shit Anybody done been through the same thing I'm sure you feel the same way Big Phil, this for you pimpin' Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And, oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey Ever had one of them days you wish you would've stayed home? Run into a group of niggas who gettin' they hate on You walk by, they get wrong You reply then shit get blown Way outta proportion, way past discussion Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em Figure you get jumped, hell, that's nothin' (so?) They don't wanna stop there now they bustin' Now you gushin' ambulance rushin' You to the hospital with a bad concussion Plus you're hit four times, bullet hit your spine Paralyzed waist down now your wheelchair bound Never mind that now you lucky to be alive Just think it all started you fussin' with three guys Now your pride in the way, but your pride is the way You could fuck around, get shot, die any day Niggas die everyday All over bullshit, dope money, dice game, ordinary hood shit Could this be 'cause of hip hop music? Or did the ones with the good sense not use it? Usually niggas don't know what to do When their back against the wall so they just start shootin' For red or for blue or for blow I guess From Bankhead or from your projects No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake That part of me left yesterday The heart of me is strong today No regrets, I'm blessed to say The old me dead and gone away Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And, oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragic situations Could've been dead lookin' back at it Most of that shit didn't even have to happen But you don't think about it when you out there trappin' In apartments hangin' smokin' and rappin' Niggas start shit, next thing you know we cappin' Get locked up then didn't even get mad Now think about, "Damn, what a life I had" Most of that shit, look back, just laugh Some shit still look back get sad Maybe my homeboy still be around Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time I won that fight, I lost that war I can still see my nigga walkin' out that door Who would've thought I'd never see Philant no more? Got enough dead homies I don't want no more Cost a nigga his jaw, cost me more I done took that ass whippin' now for sure Now think before I risk my life Take them chances to get my stripe A nigga put his hands on me alright Otherwise stand there talk shit all night 'Cause I hit you and you sue me I shoot you, get locked up, who? Me No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake That part of me left yesterday The heart of me is strong today No regrets I'm blessed to say The old me dead and gone away Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And, oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone (ayy, ayy) I turn my head to the East I don't see nobody by my side I turn my head to the West Still nobody in sight So I turn my head to the North Swallow that pill that they call pride That old me is dead and gone But that new me will be alright I turn my head to the East I don't see nobody by my side I turn my head to the West Still nobody in sight So I turn my head to the North Swallow that pill that they call pride That old me is dead and gone But that new me will be alright 'cause Oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone And, oh (hey) I've been travelin' on this road too long (too long) Just tryin' to find my way back home (back home) The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, hey

I'm creeping your way And these sheets aren't stopping me Because I'm gonna meet you face to face And I'm gonna start from your waist Up through your navel And we're approaching such a place This is where we both get scared This is where emotion flares This is where we both prepare Navigate me through your body, navigate me Navigate me through your body, navigate I love the way you talk on top of me So navigate me through your body I'm creeping your way And these sheets aren't stopping me That's right, it's quite simply These sheets aren't stopping me 'Cause my mind's on a mission And a mind on a mission Is a mind that you just set free I'm creeping your way, I'm creeping your... This is where we both get scared And this is where emotion flares This is where we both prepare Navigate me through your body, navigate me Navigate me through your body, navigate I love the way you talk on top of me So navigate me 'Cause a mind on a mission With enough ammuntion And the right propositon Is a mind that you might set free 'Cause a mind on a mission With enough ammution And the proper position Is a mind that you just set free I love the way you talk on top of me So navigate me Navigate me through your body, navigate me Navigate me through your body, navigate I love the way you talk on top of me So navigate me Navigate me through your body, navigate me Navigate me through your body, navigate I love the way you talk on top of me So navigate me through your body I'm creeping your way, I'm creeping your way...

Swoon this is the same old blood rush with a new touch I am safe, quaint and eloquent But my bottom lip along with the top one too Is chapped and it's all thanks to you We all wet our lips to prepare for the kiss But it never came And we all wet our lips to prepare for the kiss It was but a game You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone (The bone, the bone) You trained these lips when they were champs And now they're itchin' for a comeback So come back It's a shame that your claim to fame Hangs on someone else's name So come back Such a task and this is such a blast And such a task And such a task and this is such a blast And all that jazz You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a dangerous face and illegal taste And that strap is fallen on that shoulder blade Be patient, behave You have a dangerous face and illegal taste And that strap is fallen on that shoulder blade Be patient, behave You have a dangerous face and illegal taste And that strap is fallen on that shoulder blade Be patient, behave You trained these lips when they were champs And now they're itchin' for a comeback You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone You have a moan all of your own And I can feel it down to the bone

So sweet I can hardly speak Due to such trauma in my teeth But your body language is telling me That you're worth the pain So weak I can hardly keep Shaky legs holding up my feet But your body language is telling me That I'm not to blame Practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done a few things I regret But practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense to me Wake up at first light, hearing you calling out For your criminal clothing that fled the scene Upon being ripped free Conversation ensued And I wanna do so many things to you Sip after sip, you insist you're a hit Sip after sip, yeah, I swear I can feel it Practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done a few things I regret I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done what a mother wouldn't want What a mother wouldn't want in a son Practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense Practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done a few things I regret I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done what a mother wouldn't want What a mother wouldn't want in a son Practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense Practice makes perfect Practice makes perfect sense to me

A old man gave me a tip he said "Don't waste your time with politics" he said "Just chase skirts instead Life is too short, and you're almost dead" he said "I met a woman once, I gave her my best shot But never did I talk If I had her back, I'd be as real as my age I so don't blame them, I wouldn't do the same But I can blame them, I'd sing her this" And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip And I think what I just wrote is going over my head I'm stealing lines from myself And what I said was never said It's just a lyrical lie Made up in my mind And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip You're moving but not aware You're drowsy without a care Except keeping your whites behind your lids And your lids are your best canvas I can only imagine what you're painting, what you're painting And your body on my mattress is proof And your makeup on my pillow is proof But do you think I am telling you the truth It's just a lyrical lie Made up in my mind And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip And you want to be dressed in poetry But imagery doesn't fit And you want resizing But darling dear get a grip

Everyone's a let down It just depends on how far down they can go In every circle of friends there's a whore The one who flirts And does a little more But who's to say? This is a social scene anyway And everybody wants to explore the new girl Caught up in her own hard liquor world But liquor doesn't exist in my world But liquor doesn't exist in my world And if you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie you don't deserve to have them If you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack The social scene where she gets her fix Has been broken since '86 Now just look at that social clique Do you really wanna be a part of it? Let's not let us forget Where she gets the habit She gets the pills from her skills She gets the skills from the pills And just look at that clique Do you really wanna be the star of it? You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack If you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie you don't deserve to have them If you lie you don't deserve to have friends If you lie (Everybody is a let down) (It just depends on how far down they can go) You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack You are a sell out But you couldn't even do that right So your price tag has been slashed And now you're chillin' on a half priced clearance rack

She's doesn't deserve to be in a place like this All alone She's underage and so very very brave A fake ID lent her credibility She sits at the bar The gents are gonna try so hard He said it was a one night stand But the alcohol didn't let her understand Yeah, he said it was a one night stand A one night stand So what made you think That he couldn't find a door in the morning? When he found that bed so easily In the dark So what made you think That he couldn't find a door in the morning? When he found that bed so easily In the dark So the bartender who tends to pretend that he's concerned Says, "Girlie girlie, you're at your best (you're at your best) when you're sober" And she slurs, "No no, just one more" And one turns into four The fourth drink instinct is taking over And the gentleman is leading her towards the door So what made you think That he couldn't find a door in the morning? When he found that bed so easily In the dark So what made you think That he couldn't find a door in the morning? When he found that bed so easily In the dark She thought that she could buy happiness by, by the bottle She thought that she could buy happiness by, by the bottle She thought that she could buy happiness by, by the bottle So what made you think That he couldn't find a door in the morning? When he found that bed so easily In the dark So what made you think That he couldn't find a door in the morning? When he found that bed so easily In the dark He said it was a one night stand But the alcohol didn't let her understand Yeah, he said it was a one night stand A one night stand