Echos - Langston Francis

I'm sorry, but you story isn't adding up Think your religion is a lie to keep my mouth shut So I won't testify to crime you're keeping score of Why don't you throw me to the wolves I thought you were one? You were standing there like an angry god Counting out my sins just to cross them off Saying that my tongue was too loud to trust And that my blood couldn't keep you My dear, you're not so innocent You're fooling Heaven's gates So you won't have to change You're no saint, you're no saint, yeah Your revelations don't look nothing like the pictures You read between the lines and don't stick to the scriptures You only follow rules if other follow with you That doesn't sound too holy, only playing victim You were standing there like an angry god Counting out my sins just to cross them off Saying that my tongue was too loud to trust And that my blood couldn't keep you My dear, you're not so innocent You're fooling Heaven's gates So you won't have to change You're no saint, you're no saint, yeah So keep your judgment for someone else, I've had enough And keep your judgment for someone else, I've had enough So keep your judgment for someone else, I've had enough And keep your judgment for someone else, I've had enough My dear, you're not so innocent You're fooling Heaven's gates So you won't have to change You're no saint, you're no saint, yeah

If I saw you I would suffocate My words would just evaporate And I would run into a dark room So very far away from you I know that I would feel defeated If I looked into your eyes You're just a character I've painted Into a script I over analyze You take what you want And you take what you want I hate the hue of the dark sun Reminds me that tomorrow will come And that I'm nothing but an outline Searching for fragments of your outline When you left me on the outside Thinking i could deal Your silence held me under It was impossible to heal You take what you want And you take what you want You take what you want And you take what you want You take what you want And you take what you want

After we're gone Who will breathe the earth we lost We leave nothing but our thoughts And memories beneath the dust So when this body fails to mend And all my demons they come crashing in Will I start to begin Or will I fade away with them And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife So when this body fails to mend And all the demons they come crashing in Will we start to begin Or will we fade away with them And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine In the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine And in the afterlife, tell me we'll be fine And in the afterlife

Aye! I don't think you in yo right mind She just wanna be to herself she dont think that its the right time (Aye!) Why you never ask me for help know with trust theres a thin line Why you always lie to yourself always telling me you'll be fine Always telling me you'll be fine Aye Still remember things you said i wont forget Still replaying in my head it never ends When you feel depressed yeah you always feel like its rainin' Its like i got a hand full hand of cards but never play it And everything i touch it breaks Cuz I'm dangerous Still trynna figure out all the ways i can change it Told you never take me for granted i tried to save it Told her if you make that bed you gotta lay in it I done lost it all I'm still looking to invest Heart on my sleeve its no longer in my chest Doing a lil better i aint living with regrets Know the devil working hard but he wont get me upset I'm a different nigga i aint worried bout the sex I can do without only worried bout a check Told you not to call only hit me via text Please don't interfere with what im working on next And i don't ever waste my time With a bitch who aint trynna be my partner in crime But she get me everytime with that tat' on her spine And she only five-five so you know that she fine as fine wine Take her on a trip cuz she fine as fine china Anywhere that she wanna go I'm right behind her Know i fucked up last time but nevermind that Said she love the way that I'm talking her through her climax I know all her friends keep asking her where you find that How you find a nigga that fuck you and teach you finance You can have anything you want wit cho' fine ass Baby You can have anything you want I don't think you in yo right mind She just wanna be to herself She dont think that its the right time (Aye!) Why you never ask me for help know with trust theres a thin line Why you always lie to yourself always telling me you'll be fine Always telling me you'll be fine I don't think you in yo right mind Mmm She just wanna be to herself She dont think that its the right time Mmm Why you never ask me for help know with trust theres a thin line Why you always lie to yourself always telling me you'll be fine Always telling me you'll be fine Mmmm Aye Mmmm Aye Mmmm Aye Mmmm Mhm Aye Mmmm

How could you Tell me you love me but dealing with him at the same time How could I Ever just sit in your face & believe that you ain't lying Why were you Playing with somebody's heart and then try to come take mine If I were you I wouldn't risk taking risk with me Won't let it get to me, no Why am I trippin' & calling your phone There's nothing to talk about Everyone knows that I'm on the road & you never held it down If you for the streets & I'm from the streets Tell me where do we go now Yeah, you in control now, yeah I want it all babe Tell me am I wrong for that Got me swerving on the road Blowing up ya phone I'm just trynna see where you at Over & over it's toxic baby Maybe we should stop it baby Should've listened to our friends Now we in the wind, let's not pretend Just wanna know where your mind is at Tell me the truth & I'm fine with that You gave your heart to somebody new I could be petty & do it to Gave the wrong person your heart Something I'll never do I gotta see it through I hope you see it too, yeah How could you Tell me you love me but dealing with him at the same time How could I Ever just sit in your face & believe that you ain't lying Why were you Playing with somebody's heart and then try to come take mine If I were you I wouldn't risk taking risk with me Won't let it get to me, no