The Other Black Dog
(专辑: Smiling With No Teeth - 2021)
A
tale of black dogs with golden leashes Broken stories told facetious Who's the
pet and who's the
teacher? Hey, hey, hey, hey All my friends are hurting, but we dance it off, laugh it off Scars inside our shoes but we just tap it off, clap it off Watch me coat in rainbow as I
fade into the
black And see, I
switched myself to plastic, don't know how to change it back I'm being eaten on the
inside, at least I
look like a
snack I
haven't come out of my shell but don't know how long 'til I
crack, ooh Do your dance right, pop a
Xan right Fake romance right, live the
trance right Smoke a
plant right, miss a
chance right Pray your hands right, dodge the
glance right Doing whatever you do To make sure that you don't get stuck in the
truth The
green will not change what you're living from, blue And when you come down that's a
terrible view Kill the
thought that everyone you know Could care about you slipping from control Embrace the
blackness clouding on your soul And make it pretty deep inside your hole I
want to be your number one You'll hold me to the
sky I
want to be your golden thorn You'll love me 'til you die I
want to be your shield and sword You'll never be the
same I
want to be your flesh and bone You'll take me to the
grave My chest empty, my brain on fire (Fire, fire, fire, fire) I
fight myself to pass the
time (Time, time, time, time) He looks at me with crimson eyes (Eye, eye, eye, eye) Then hugs me with the
greyest tide I
see the
darkness creeping through the
peephole Felt the
grip it had on all my people Heard the
screams from park to slum to steeple Shining sugars dressed outside the
evil Watch yourself, watch your way Life ain't shit but a
theatre play Learn your lines or get cut today Smile, don't show no cavity Won't you save my soul, save my soul? Let my body grow Putting together two blades of a
feather, then pulling apart just to put on a
show (Ah) That's how the
story will go (Ah) The
dog with the
blackest of bones (Ah) It rides on the
back of my clothes (Ah) And flocks with a
murder like crows (Ah) I
want to be your number one You'll hold me to the
sky I
want to be your golden thorn You'll love me 'til you die I
want to be your shield and sword You'll never be the
same I
want to be your flesh and bone You'll take me to the
grave (Side by side by side by side by side) (Side by side by side by side by side) (Side by side by side by side by side) (Side by side by side by side by side) (Side by side by side by side by side) (Side by side by side by side by-) I
want to be your number one You'll hold me to the
sky I
want to be your golden thorn You'll love me 'til you die I
want to be your shield and sword You'll never be the
same I
want to be your flesh and bone You'll take me to the
grave Young nigga shit, nigga, we don't age Young nigga shit, nigga, we don't age Oh, what, you don't know what you're feeling? (Say it to me) You tryna cope but you ain't dealing (Say it to me) You see the
cracks up in the
ceiling (Say it to me) You wanna see when you start healing (Say it to me) Oh, what, you don't know what you're feeling? (Say it to me) You tryna cope but you ain't dealing (Say it to me) You see the
cracks up in the
ceiling (Say it to me) You wanna see when you start healing (Say it to me) Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ha Ah, shit, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, ha, that's good