Lyrics:

I met a little boy, down on the South Side
He was looking at his shoes, shadows brewing in his eyes
A few coins in a hat, tattered clothes on his back
Didn’t carry a bag, nothing to unpack

He used to dream bright colors like the posters in the sky
Men in suits, superheroes, when’d he realize they were lies? 
He dreams of crowded streets and of city smoke
And when he opens his eyes 
Nothing changes

This world can get a little tough
But boy you know there’s diamonds in the rough
So while I can’t sing a lullaby to you tonight
When you wake up I’ll hold your hand

I met a little girl down on the West Side
Been working since 13 just to stay alive
Vowed to not be like her parents tattered clothes on one-rack
Made a mistake at 16 she couldn’t take it back

Now she’s 26 but still working the 18
Falls asleep after her shifts dreaming she were queen
But I have to ask when you go to sleep
“Do you dream of him?”

This world can get a little tough
But girl you know there’s diamonds in the rough
So while I can’t sing a lullaby to you tonight
When you wake up I’ll hold your hand

I met a little boy down on the South Side
I met a woman to the West, they had the same brown eyes
And maybe
just maybe
They’ll both hear this song

Cause facing this world can get a little tough 
But boy you know there’s diamonds in the rough
While I can’t sing a lullaby to you tonight
When you wake up I’ll put your hand in hers

Hold Your Hand

Lyrics:

Welcome to the forest
There’s so much to see
The leaves are getting reckless
And boy you hold the key
Because baby it’s you
It’s after you

The rain is falling upwards
This is all so new
The sun is travelling backwards
Do you feel it too?
Because baby it’s you
It’s after you

My heart is racing now
Can you hear it too?
Close your eyes, take my hand
Come on let’s chase the wolves
They’re waiting here for you

So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you
So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you
With you

Will you share a little secret
Show me where you keep it
Nobody needs to know
So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you

Dionysus going sober
Flowers fading blue
The party here is over 
All I see is you
Because baby it’s you
It’s after you

My heart is racing now
Can you hear it too?
Close your eyes, take my hand
Come on let’s chase the wolves
They’re waiting here for you

So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you
So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you
With you

Will you share a little secret
Show me where you keep it
Nobody needs to know
So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you

We’re gonna run through run through
We’re gonna run through run through
We’re gonna run through run through
We’re gonna run through run through

My heart is racing now
Can you hear it too?
Close your eyes take my hand
Come on let’s chase the wolves
They’re waiting here for you

So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you
So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you

Will you share a little secret
Show me where you keep it
Nobody needs to know
So let’s run run run through
As long as I’m with you 
With you

We’re gonna run through run through
We’re gonna run through run through
We’re gonna run through run through
We’re gonna run through run through

Run Through

Lyrics:

It’s a rainy day again
Losing you in my mind 
The perfect refrain
For the feelings I cannot find

Use the rain as an excuse
Are you indoors too?
Don’t know how to say goodbye
Delaying all this time, so

My eyes they go
Outside of my window
Droplets form a drum beat
Got my mind thinking

It’s like the weather, weather, whether you’ll go, 
These tears for weather, weather, whether you’ll know that
I’m tired of getting sick and wet, to weather the pain
I’m staying indoors and just observing the rain.

Memories keep flooding by
Baby, where should I look
I’m sorry that it’s hard to love 
But oh so easy to hurt, so

My eyes they go
Outside of my window
Droplets form a drum beat
Got my mind thinking

It’s like the weather, weather, whether you’ll go
These tears for weather, weather, whether you’ll know that 
I’m tired of getting sick and wet, to weather the pain
I’m staying indoors and just observing the rain.

Weather, weather, whether you’ll go, 
Weather, weather, whether you’ll know that 
I’m tired of getting sick and wet, to weather the pain
I’m staying indoors and just observing the rain.

My eyes they go
Outside of my window
Droplets form a drum beat
Got my mind thinking

It’s like the weather, weather, whether you’ll go
Weather, weather, whether you’ll know
I’m tired of getting sick and wet, to weather the pain
I’m staying indoors and just going insane

Weather, weather, whether you’ll go
Weather, weather, whether you’ll know
I’m tired of getting sick and wet, to weather the pain
I’m staying indoors and just observing the rain

Weather

Lyrics:

Can we go back
Back to December
Where the leaves weren’t here
Do you remember?

5th and 25th
Standing in the cold
Told you I’d text later
A story left untold

Come a little closer now
Come on lean in now
Bring your lips on closer now
Secret’s all out

Touch
I miss your touch
Touch
Your warm touch

Stuck in this castle ya, haven’t seen a soul
I’m forgetting how to socialize, I’m losing control
Thinking of a time, with your hand held tight in mine
No distance, no cover ups, until the sunrise

When it’s all over, 
We’ll take tentative steps outside 
You can meet me at that park
on 5th Av and 25.

At a distance that feels 
Slightly less personal
Every word, every hug
A little more purposeful

Come a little closer now
Come on lean in now
Bring your lips on closer now
Secret’s all out

Touch
I miss your touch
Touch
Your warm touch

Can we go back
Back to December
Where the leaves weren’t here
Do you remember?

5th and 25th
Standing in the cold
Told you I’d text later
A story left untold

Come a little closer now
Come on lean in now
Bring your lips on closer now
Secret’s all out

Touch
I miss your touch
Touch
Your warm touch

Touch

LYRICS:

Day of graduation, but what does that really mean?
As we leave to new cities to prove humanities
Kissing strangers, kissing credits, the lights begin to dim
Don’t mind us. We play extras in this black and white film.
Did we really grow up, above, and between
the sheets, the lines, and everything, just to compete
for fidelity, anxiety, in this fake society?
Keep up! Somebody just bought away integrity

Pay dues? Pay rent? Pay undue respect?
9-5 to 9-6 then to 24/7
Left from money, love, anything ever sent from above
Maybe I’m lazy, maybe lost, maybe I’m the only cause
They say I’m wrong you see, out of touch you see
Wake up to the real world land of “opportunity”
But what’s the point, what’s the use?
Produce what they want produced?  
They say shoot for the stars, but blind us with the truth

Tell me now
Tell me love
Tell me it'll be ok
Tell me now
Tell me love
Tell me it'll be ok

Anxiety? Depression? Take your pick
Take your time, got a lifetime to trick
Through posts and pictures and double taps online
Finest lies, finest truths, our finest designs
So why should I try? Why should I care?
To become someone, to say something, to go somewhere?
When even the ones who’ve, quote, "made it" all seem to say
“This pain it doesn’t ever ever ever go away"
 
So check please, check there, check for this sushi dish
Take the same old route like all these other schools of fish
But the river they swim seems so fucking narrow
But the ocean is it really any much better?
Is my freestyle just a desperate disguise for me drowning?
Who knew that more space can be more restricting
How do you tread with deep desires that feel so intrinsic?
While the whole world looks at you like you’re the one that’s sick
 
Tell me now
Tell me love
Tell me it'll be ok
Tell me now
Tell me love
Tell me it'll be ok

“Stay forever young, grad, it’s a state of mind”
Society steals our minds, grad, you’ll run out of time
Maybe that’s why we work so hard on overdrive
Not to make a living, but to forget that we’re alive
But what if I’d rather die falling off the ladder
Than to stay on the ground as yesterday’s fodder
Now I know the only way for me to survive
Is by facing death, we bring back forever tonight

Graduation

See how I wrote my first 3 songs on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr3Cbw1Y5G4

KJ Bae