I had a mile long stare It went right through you Smothering you in humid air But you don't see it, do you? You shook me like an oak But I stayed inward Sky filled with acid smoke A damn lonely pillar I don't trust myself anymore, when it's grey out 'Cause it's too late for the leash when it comes out Pale skin, I strangle my bed I wrestle with my sheets Try to untangle myself From the creature that I keep If I could break this loop I'd leave her behind I'd leave her shackled to this room Hidden and confined 'Cause I've been seeing how it's feeding And it's sicker than I thought Devolution She's got a bite only born in confusion I don't trust myself anymore, when it's grey out 'Cause it's too late for the leash when it comes out Pale skin, I strangle my bed I wrestle with my sheets Try to untangle myself From the creature that I keep I don't trust myself 'Cause it's too late 'Cause it's too late I don't trust myself anymore 'Cause it's too late It's too late I don't trust myself anymore, when it's grey out 'Cause it's too late for the leash when it comes out Pale skin, I strangle my bed I wrestle with my sheets Try to untangle myself From the creature that I keep I don't trust myself anymore, when it's grey out 'Cause it's too late for the leash when it comes out Pale skin, I strangle my bed I wrestle with my sheets Try to untangle myself From the creature that I keep

If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If that's the only way for you to be with me We'd be there together Just like we used to be Underneath the swirling skies for all to see And I'm dreaming of a place Where I could see your face And I think my brush would take me there But only If I were a painter And could paint a memory I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you And I'm dreaming of a place Where I could see your face And I think my brush would take me there Would only If I were a painter And could paint a memory I'd climb inside the swirling skies to be with you I'd climb inside the skies to be with you

Now it's time for our wrap up Let's give it everything we've got Ready? Begin Artificial amateurs, aren't at all amazing Analytically, I assault, animate things Broken barriers bounded by the bomb beat Buildings are broken, basically I'm bombarding Casually create catastrophes, casualties Cancelling cats got their canopies collapsing Detonate a dime of dank daily doin' dough Demonstrations, Don Dada on the down low Eatin' other editors with each and every energetic Epileptic episode, elevated etiquette Furious fat fabulous fantastic Flurries of funk felt, feeding the fanatics Gift got great global goods gone glorious Gettin' godly in his game with the goriest Hit 'em high, hella height, historical Hey holocaust hints, hear 'em holler at your homeboy Imitators idolize, I intimidate In a instant, I'll rise in a irate state Juiced on my jams like Jheri curls jockin' joints Justly, it's just me, writin my journals Kindly, I'm kindling all kinds of ink on Karate kick type Brits in my kingdom Let me live a long life, lyrically lessons is Learned lame louses just lose to my livery My mind makes marvelous moves, masses Marvel and move, many mock what I've mastered Niggas nap knowin' I'm nice naturally Knack, never lack, make noise nationally Operation, opposition, off, not optional Out of sight, out of mind, wide beaming opticals Perfected poem, powerful punchlines Pummeling petty powder puffs in my prime Quite quaint quotes keep quiet it's Quannum Quarrelers ain't got a quarter of what we got uh Really raw raps, risin' up rapidly Riding the rushing radioactivity Super scientifical sound search sought Silencing stupefied saps that are soft Tales ten times talented, too tough Take that, challengers, get a tune up Universal, unique untouched Unadulterated, the raw uncut Verb vice lord victorious valid Violate vibes that are vain, make 'em vanished Wow, well, well, what a wise wordsmith just Weaving up words weeded up on my work shift Xerox, my X-ray-diation holes extra large X-height letters, and xylophone tones Yellow back, yak mouth, young ones yaws Yesterday's lawn yard sale, I yawn Zigzag zombies, zoomin' to the zenith Zero in zen thoughts, overzealous rhyme zealots! Good, can you say it faster?

Hold me down with an army of lights Lullabies that I sing at midnight Always trying hard to make you stay, But you couldn't ever find a reason Trying to part with my secret creatures Dance around all my silent sleepers Don't wanna wake you, But I'm locked up tight just fighting off all my demons Flying high too close to the sun, You're gonna catch fire, you're gonna catch fire Spread your wings and melt in my arms, you're gonna catch fire FIREBIRD, don't burn so bright, I can't be helped if I wantcha Entourage of golden lights, blinds the heart of me FIREBIRD, don't burn so bright, bringing me back to bad habits I'd forget you if I could, won't you set me free?! Showing off all that gold you're finding When all I want is a silver lining Trying to getcha but I'm always hitting everything but the target Breathe me in just to fill the spaces Hits me hard in all the wrong places Leave behind all of your changing faces, Take me back where we started Flying high too close to the sun, You're gonna catch fire, you're gonna catch fire Spread your wings and melt in my arms, you're gonna catch fire FIREBIRD, don't burn so bright, I can't be helped if I wantcha Entourage of golden lights, blinds the heart of me FIREBIRD, don't burn so bright, bringing me back to bad habits I'd forget you if I could, won't you set me free?! In a glass cage you're on stage, but I can't keep you up there From the outside you look bright, but I know now you'll burn out In a glass cage you're on stage, but I can't keep you up there From the outside you look bright, you look bright FIREBIRD, don't burn so bright, I can't be helped if I wantcha Entourage of golden lights, blinds the heart of me FIREBIRD, don't burn so bright, bringing me back to bad habits I'd forget you if I could, won't you set me free?! FIREBIRD FIREBIRD Won't you set me free?!

Can you not see the lines in my face Can you not hear the weary in my voice Like dying horns of the marching band Like the rivers that cut deep though the cliffs in the west Do you remember the day the mud stained your dress And we watched the sun chase all the stars away My hands were still and your face was cold We both rue the words we said that day Like dogs we'll run through fields green and gold Oh and down to the river just to see what Peter holds By god I couldn't wish for a better price to pay Then to see you once again in your mud stained dress Paul couldn't save my memories tonight My last thought of you and your blood shot eyes

Grab another round Keep me on the ground Pour it down till im nothing Alligator run, cover up the sun So you cant even see it coming Follow the sound of your heart Sleep walkin back to the start Its a dark and stormy night Searchin for the light Staying up till we're buzzing I'm ready for the pour I've seen this face before I've seen this face before And now, I'm ready for the pour I've seen this face before I've seen this face before And now, I'm ready for the pour (Ooooh oooh) Coming down hard, soak through every part Sink in it till it's empty Staying on the hunt Lookin for the one I'll get there when im ready Follow the sound of your heart Sleep walkin back to the start Its a dark and stormy night Searchin for the light Staying up till we're steady I'm ready for the pour I've seen this face before, I've seen this face before And now, I'm ready for the pour I've seen this face before, I've seen this face before And now, I'm ready for the pour (Ooooh oooh) You're nobody till you know somebody You're nobody till you know, somebody You're nobody till you know somebody, somebody, somebody Till you know somebody, you're nobody I've seen this face before, I've seen this face before And now, I'm ready for the pour I've seen this face before, I've seen this face before And now, I'm ready for the pour You're nobody till you know somebody