The Chase

(album: The Ryan Oakes Project - 2014)

[Catie Lee:]
Laying down staring up at the moonlight
Reminiscing on a new life yeah
And I'm not even sure what love feels like
But tonight it just feels right
The chase, I'm running, it won't ever let me catch a break
It's either run after my dreams or I get run down by my fate
I'll drink to that

[Ryan Oakes:]
Nowadays everything is feeling temporary
People put their money first and happiness is secondary
Binging on that lavish life and shit that's so unnecessary
Thinking they'll be happy when they're laying in the cemetery
Damn, well I'm here to lay that shit to rest
All that money all that living it could make you second guess
If you didn't dedicate your life to something you obsess with
But instead, you put it to the side to get rich and depressed
The money's great it really is if I could have it I would take it
But you're missing the important part, these dreams could reawaken
And it's not about how long you live nobody cares about your age
It's about how well you did, what you did, and what you gave
And honestly, I thought that hating was below me
Til I heard that my own friends were claiming that they didn't know me
But I ain't have no heart to break, I'm trying to live a dream away
So I just keep up with the pace cause all I have left is the chase

[Catie Lee:]
Laying down staring up at the moonlight
Reminiscing on a new life yeah
And I'm not even sure what love feels like
But tonight it just feels right
The chase, I'm running, it won't ever let me catch a break
It's either run after my dreams or I get run down by my fate
I'll drink to that

[Ryan Oakes:]
Fuckt it man, I'm out here losing my mind
I'm losing sleep on myself when I'm out here on the grind
It's hard to stay in the present with all this shit that's behind
It's hard to look to the future when it'll always be blind
I'll never know where I'll be, I could be dead in a day
I could be rich in a week, I could be married in may
I could be dead and deceased or living life with a babe
I could be running on e, praying to God to escape
I swear to God I'm terrified every day that I wake
That ima look into the mirror recognize a different face
Realizing that I lost myself out there during the race
Or mortified to see I ended up losing the race to fate
And all these people need to learn what they're capable of doing and to know what they are worth
What they all should be pursuing and to know what they deserve
Life ain't always easy cruising, it'll put you in reverse
When you're laying in that deathbed looking back
I can promise you the last thing on your mind is gon' be cash
For every one in a million, never forget that there's a one
You gotta learn to get it done, drop it all and start to run, for real

[Catie Lee:]
Laying down staring up at the moonlight
Reminiscing on a new life yeah
And I'm not even sure what love feels like
But tonight it just feels right
The chase, I'm running, it won't ever let me catch a break
It's either run after my dreams or I get run down by my fate
I'll drink to that