2nd single from Dead Center, Looking Around

Credits below lyrics.

(Verse 1)

I'd rather look stupid and be human, than to never look stupid and forget to be human while I do it.

I'd rather show fear, than be afraid to show fear, cause that's creates more fear.
Now let's get into the music.

I'd rather just speak, not overthink or waste my thoughts on what I'll speak, if I let my mouth run and I do it.

But I'd rather never speak another word than to blurt and cause hurt, because there's nothing in the world more useless.

I'd rather swallow all my pride than go and breathe it like it's fire, getting into dragon fights with the foolish.

I'd rather be giving rather than taking, living for my relation-ships insteada taking ships, and sailing off like Colombus did

(Bridge)

I just wanna have fun with it
We don't need no more Columbus's
Fuck Colombus and all his ships

(Verse 2)

I'd rather be me than be you, but if what Buddha said is true, than "me" and "you" is just one thing mixed

I'd rather be living off the land than going crazy in the city, but the cities got all of the gigs

I'd rather never post on social media but that could be inferior, my brand might cease to exist

I'd rather not be boxed into a list, I'd rather list what makes me tick and hope the words I sing bring you all bliss

I'd rather bite on my tongue than throw a fit, but I got anger in my pit and sometimes I can't control when it hits

I'd rather be a hit, but if that means only making hits for the radio to spin, I think I'd rather be a miss

I'd rather miss you than miss experiences, walking around delirious my heart pretzeled into a twist

I'd rather have a pattern to my risks than go out flailing when I swim, I needa backstroke into the abyss

(Hook)

Buncha rather bees
All these wants and needs
How can we distinguish
It’s not that easy

And I fall away (repeated)

Float, float and then I float (repeated)

Do you want it?
Do you need it?
Gotta have it
You can see it

(Verse 3)

I want a couple things
(Things things things things things)
Don’t need em
Necessarily
I need a couple things
(things things things things things)
Do I want em?
The contrary
See that’s a line that’s blurred
Check my final words
Needs are just a few
Wants are out this world
Can the wisdom in my fate
Differentiate?
Every fence I hopped
Every fence I hate
Do I climb for life?
Or do I climb to make, everything alright?
Pondered that today
I just needed all the things I want
Irony up in the way I thought
And now I want to be in touch with needs
Funny shifting in the way I think
Basically you gotta bob and weave
And figure out what resonates and feeds
If you want your needs is that really a need or would you more than want it if you need it?
See my philosophy is that want and needs are different planes but we misperceived it
You oughta think it thru you oughta think it deep, is wants or needs that you believe in?
Do you worship wants or do you honor needs, the devils in the detail of the reason

(Outro)

If you can't tell from your wants from needs, then who's gonna save your soul?
If you can't reshape all that greed, then who's gonna do it for you?
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Production by Nat Reeves: https://soundcloud.com/natty-reeves
Mixed and Mastered: Dave Chapman at Ugly Duck Studios in Brighton, MA

Rather Bee (Prod. Natty Reeves)

住めば都 -  Wherever you live, you come to love it.

Im just a hippie who's a big fan of music... curator & cultural producer ..follow me on twitter @peculiarhippie & on IG: @peculiar_hippie  peace & blessings <3

Rather Bee (Prod. Natty Reeves)

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