Kanye West - Bittersweet Poetry

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LYRICS

i always feel like a Frankenstein
you let me run away most of the time
from all the things we're too mad to discuss

we lost our dignity to former friends
who think calamity's a modern trend
and treat us like things that shatter when they're touched

cuz i don't wanna deadline
tellin me if you will be my lifeline
i'm callin u and gettin only dead lines
but you tell me that i'm doin fine
i don't wanna look back
and never know if we were on the right track
or just one more inconsequential car crash
drawing stares from those driving by

we cling to history so we don't fall
take turns avoiding one another's calls
remember all the ways we were taught not to trust

but i don't wanna talk about our bullshit complications
love's not an equation, it's not fadin so we're spinnin out
neither of us sure what happens now

cuz i don't wanna deadline
tellin me if you will be my lifeline
i'm callin you and gettin only dead lines
but you tell me that i'm doin fine
and i don't wanna look back
and never know if we were on the right track
or just one more inconsequential car crash
drawing stares from those driving by
(x2)

deadline_v4.wav

if u think the dead space at the end is a bouncing error u don't understand the style 🥱

LYRICS

unstable, no one knows
whether the heart is stronger than the soul
we'll grow old, decompose
so don't you wonder where the rain goes?

i'm a fraud, i'm a fool
i don't do anything i'm s'posed to
the deep end of the pool
they let me drown or they don't have a clue

cut these old scars right off me
so perfect people want me
i'll keep carving til i get it right
watch the new sun start risin
over my old horizon
i'm a child with a kitchen knife

doo doo doo doo etc. (bass solo)

is it fate? i suppose.
it doesn't matter when the curtains close
feed your hate!  buy new clothes
pretend that no one else is vulnerable

i'm a mess, i'm ashamed
don't love the picture trapped within the frame
i'm not stressed, just in pain
so i find someone to take the blame

cut these old scars right off me
til perfect people want me
i'll keep carvin til i get it right
watch the new sun start risin
over my old horizon
i'm a child with a kitchen knife
(x2 with some yelling this time around)

WhereTheRainGoes_v3.wav

LyRiCs

final sunset, waste of time
can't be too upset: you were never mine
final evening, change of clothes
catch my meaning, or let it goooooo

it was a better state of mind :)
and it was simple at the time :D
we were broken unprepared :l
now we pretend we never cared :'(

i get the feeling we can talk it out
wonder what we gotta talk about
you worry plenty for us both, dear, i'm fine
search for showers in a summer breeze
start the car and throw away the keys
you really think you know your way 'round my mind

StickToTheCryinAndYellinAndTakinAndShyinAwayFromTheFactThatYouLikeMeeeeeeeee
you don't have to fight me, no
Is it too late, can we adjust?
SickOfTheBuyingAndSellingAndFakinAndLyingAndBreakinYourPromises, BITEmE
try to believe what i know isn't likely!
i've never had to learn to trust

it was a better state of mind :)
and it was simple at the time :D
we were broken unprepared :l
now we pretend we never cared :'(      x2 :O

State of Mind

LYRiCS

it's unoriginal
it's so predictable
that doesn't make it alright
it's irredeemable
it's an inevitable
that ima see you tonight

baby i know something's not right
not afraid to compromise
all my words stick to my tongue every time you meet my eyes
maybe you're the something that's wrong
promise it's a one and done
hope i lied

face first
concrete
you fall
i bleed
try to change me
i'm not the same again
same event
different night
know you're upset but you say you're fine
you think i can't see thru your lies

baby i know something's not right
not afraid to compromise
all my words stick to my tongue every time you meet my eyes
maybe you're the something that's wrong
promise it's a one and done
hope i lied

Compromise

Dylan Fox

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