Shadows from Mars - Gangue Morcego

Take it back to when I got in this, nothing more than a snotty kid All I crave was a little bit of fame, start listening to tapes You can tell how much I wanted it Before I ever had a following Saw my older brother on a stage and I followed him In our teens, local scene, had some dominance I only caught a glimpse, but my vision locked onto her Cause we started out as novices But I could see my love for it was blossoming So, I went and became the embodiment Of this name that they gave and this moniker Eventually I'd travel round the continent Battling, it turned me to a warrior I saw some dollars and I started getting sponsorship Looking at the profit never thinking about the cost of it Till I felt lost in it, I was not even, couldn't see the positives Could hear the demons that were lurking my subconsciousness I hit the poison just to harm my own incompetence Man, I guess the change is obvious I was addicted to the feeling that I got from it Any good advice I got, I went and did the opposite Was fucking up repeatedly not thinking 'bout the consequence Told 'em all to put a sock in it They only gave a fuck about me when I wrote the prominence Feelings were ominous from all the broken promises When all I really wanted from em was acknowledgment I was out fishing for compliments But this shits the only thing that ever gave me confidence So, I can look back at my accomplishments And wonder how they treat me if I just remained anonymous Sometimes I wish I never gave into the opulence Wish I never bothered getting caught up in the politics Wish I never ever cared about this bollocks Where I needed validation instead of staying autonomous What a croc of shit Why can't I just be happy with what I got from this? Looking at what I didn't do instead of what I did That will have you feeling robbed when you got a win But maybe that's just my prerogative Maybe if I tone it down for radio and polished it I couldn't reel it in at all I had to be provocative Was screaming fuck the world till I'm burning my esophagus Reaching for the stars like astronomers In this three-ring circus that they want from us Pushed it to the back of my mind and built a tolerance For any time, I hear my music playing through the monitors All these shadows from shine, they damaged my mind Brought out that arrogant pride from when I carried a mic When I look back at my life in front of cameras and lights Would I be happy inside without this passion of mine? All these shadows from shine, they damaged my mind Brought out that arrogant pride from when I carried a mic When I look back at my life in front of cameras and lights Would I be happy inside without this passion of mine? Yeah, I've been around Was in the thick of it and thought I had it figured out Past the point of no return, it had me feeling down Thought I was at the end of it but it's only the beginning now Chasing fame had me wigging out But there's more to it than playing to the biggest crowds There's more to it than stacking up a big account More to it than sniffing mouse, party in a living lounge Cause I came from a little town And everywhere I went I did my city proud They knew I was a beast can you hear me growl Hanging from a high rise, King Kong in the south That's how the king was crowned And for the most I was too ignorant to think about it Just chasing the next high, get me a head of powder Fucking my priorities were focused on the drinks, I'm drowning But I'm from Hobart I grew up in the misty mountains Thought I reached the peak, but the image had my vision doubt her But I couldn't see the pinnacle cause that shit was clouded Lost my footing, hanging on for life while the wind was howling White flag at the ready like I've been surrounded Instead of moving up, I was just sitting down The fame tasted sweet but with every sip, it soured Only holding onto this rep because it gives me power But power fed my ego it was repetitive Not looking at the positives, I focused on the negatives Turn me from an optimist I went into a pessimist To fill my head with jealousy, it made me too competitive Getting argumentative and lost my sense of etiquette Insensitive to anything that didn't get me credited I thought it was imperative, I chose it over everything Was chasing mine and thought nobody else could stop me getting it The shadows to the shine it's all relative Was it my own choice, well that's a definite All the privileges I've got still have me feeling tentative When I'm projecting all the energy that represented it Staying silent in a room full of elephants It kept me up at night that's why I blur it out with sedatives Because we reap what we sow and then take the benefits Well, it ain't the fame's fault I became my own nemesis All these shadows from shine, they damaged my mind Brought out that arrogant pride from when I carried a mic When I look back at my life in front of cameras and lights Would I be happy inside without this passion of mine? All these shadows from shine, they damaged my mind Brought out that arrogant pride from when I carried a mic When I look back at my life in front of cameras and lights Would I be happy inside without this passion of mine? All these shadows from shine, they damaged my mind Brought out that arrogant pride from when I carried a mic When I look back at my life in front of cameras and lights Would I be happy inside without this passion of mine? After all this time, it's now I find Those shadows ain't from shine After all this time, it's now I find Those shadows ain't from shine After all this time, it's now I find Those shadows ain't from shine After all this time, it's now I find Those shadows ain't from shine

Some people will never change, running your mouths all the same You and your shadow just blasting my name I hear the words that you say, I see the games that you play You and your shadow just blasting my name Is it hard to take a breath with my name in your mouth? Is it hard to digest that I made it out? You hate me now, you betrayed me now And you blame me now 'cause you're breaking down Who would you impress if you take me out? There's nothing, no one left, it's a daydream now You're spacing out, no awaking now No erasing how you played me down Some people will never change, running your mouths all the same You and your shadow just blasting my name I hear the words that you say, I see the games that you play You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name I thought by now you would've learned to be discrete Sing my name like a bird every time you tweet I top your feed, but it's not for me Keep dropping me like my stock decreased You should probably be concerned that you dot your T's Everything's backwards like you stopped on green Like a clot you bleed, like a thought you see Like we fought the free, like you're stopping me Some people will never change, running your mouths all the same You and your shadow just blasting my name I hear the words that you say, I see the games that you play You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name You'll see your shadow You'll see your shadow You should've known you'd be there all alone You'll see your shadow You're on your own, where'd everybody go? Wait for tomorrow, you'll see your shadow You should've known you'd be there all alone Wait for tomorrow, you'll see your shadow Some people will never change, running your mouths all the same You and your shadow just blasting my name I hear the words that you say, I see the games that you play You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name You and your shadow just blasting my name Blasting my name

I just looked myself straight in the eyes and saw That I had to move to higher places So I took my courage in both hands and I I pushed off the ground with all my might Took off from the red place in the sky I fly I have lost my reason, and I've made my sense From up there, I will see where I'm from and where And where force of love will tell me now To go But why do you say that you are lost if You don't even try to find yourself? My words are a stair I put my feet on And I climb through starless night to my place

Hey you, come with me To a world of billionaires See me, I'm the bomb Drinking champagne down at Pierre's All the people that I'm meeting Are so friendly and perceiving When they smile Some are talking 'bout their feelings And the stocks that they are dealing So they cry, don't wanna say bye I am coming back from Mars Where they drive in fancy cars And the King, he is okay He is coming home today I am coming back from Mars Where there are no cheap cigars And Elvis has said That I could be just like they are Meet the stars, they're from Mars Baby, it's glamour Throwing bills up in the air Back off, I'm too hot Eat the oyster if you dare Saying hi to mister shoe shine Passes by a missus diva Stop and stare This is oh so just fantastic I will live my life in plastic Check the hair and see what I wear I am coming back from Mars Where they drive in fancy cars And the King, he is okay He is coming home today I am coming back from Mars Where there are no cheap cigars And Elvis has said That I could be just like they are Meet the stars, they're from Mars We are porno stars, sucking big cigars We are the pop stars, cannot play guitars I am coming back from Mars Where they drive in fancy cars And the King, he is okay He is coming home today I am coming back from Mars Where there are no cheap cigars And Elvis has said That I could be just like they are Meet the stars (we are porno stars, sucking big cigars) They're from Mars (we are the pop stars, cannot play guitars)