RAGHRIFF

[Verse 1]
A hero's making his way across
The dark depths of tonight,
With nothing but his thoughts in head,
Heading out of sight
Cause before when the storms approached,
Men ran out of eyes,
But not true for this brave hero,
Who came eyeing this fight

[Chorus]
Said goodbye to his kin,
Embracing' his trip,
A blaze that's within,
Making him truly him,
Seeing' a world with fire
Bringing' fear to mind,
Blinding' his inner light,
Now obscuring its shine

[Verse 2]
Voices of the woods telling him,
That he won't make it out,
That he'll drown in the drought,
Or be a martyr throughout,
Apparition gone,
Specter's been outblown,
Friends back at home,
Preaching that he'll dethrone,
This barbarian soul,
That'll make others fold,
Now it's his time to show,
That he can curve this plateau

[Chorus]
Said goodbye to his kin,
Embracing' his trip,
A blaze that's within,
Making him truly him,
Seeing' a world with fire
Bringing' fear to mind,
Blinding' his inner light,
Now obscuring its shine

[Verse 3]
As he fights this beast,
With the blade that's replete,
He finds the beast is discreet,
Deceased Caesar of he
Still scared to know,
How this journey unfolds,
Unbeknownst to his whole,
The beast is under control,

[Outro]
Our hero comes to home,
Outgrown his old mold,
A facade of revolt,
Parading newly extolled,
Same story foretold,
Since time was a-jolted,
Since the time of the trojans,
Heroes of our own

[Verse 1]
I ask myself
What is my shadow seein',
Think of life as boolean',
Lookin' at strife, no reason,
Breeze with no actual feeling',
Days' with no sniff of a season,
Cause my shadow ain't breathing,
Stripe our decorum with pieces,
Actin' like Brutus to Cepheus

[Chorus]
Got accolades,
Cannot' believe this,
Been' on a wave,
From off the bleachers,
Playing a game,
Nothin' but winning,
Penalty came,
Then I outrid' it
Shots never missing',
Stand with the giants,
Now I outdid em'
That's what I'm sayin',
Shadow's expanding
Off of the ceiling'
They call me king,
Watch how we're reigning

[Verse 2]
My shadow, is seeing' a doubt,
Issues that come, with all the clout,
Thinkin' bout fame, still in the drought
Music's acclaimed, went off the route
Been on a craze, landed in ground
Shadow's on pace like a merry-go-round
Movin' it quick, turned it around
Leveling down, that's what they want

[Bridge]
I ask myself
What is my shadow seeing,
Clear like it's an acrylic
Deep down it ain't a killer, (boo)
Id is my fantasy critic,
Ego keeps it kinetic,
Balance for doing' our biddings
Shadow is still getting paid,
Still in the game
Minimum wage was attained,
So many days being chained,
Like hounds to a cage,
Striving to get a full name,
One day the lane began changing,
Monday to Friday the savings,
Added to win it appraisal,
Now we're buying its paintings,
Shadow's ordained,
Ego and fame,
It's on a cynical blaze out of lane,
That needs to be saved,
Needs to be tamed
Put penicillin into this case,
Filled of biotics,
Filled of the pain,
Machiavellian ideas on place,
Till light's obtained
Charged up brigade,
Chargin' to save it out of its phase,

[Chorus]
What is my shadow seein',
Think of life as boolean',
Lookin' at strife, no reason,
Breeze with no actual feeling',
Days' with no sniff of a season,
Cause my shadow ain't breathing,
Stripe our decorum with pieces,
Actin' like Brutus to Cepheus,
Got accolades,
Cannot' believe this,
Been' on a wave,
From off the bleachers,
Playing a game,
Nothin' but winning,
Penalty came,
Then I outrid' it
Shots never missing',
Stand with the giants,
Now I outdid em'
That's what I'm sayin',
Shadow's expanding
Off of the ceiling'
They call me king,
Watch how we're reigning

[Verse 1]
Persona is shining,
It's over the mountain,
Sometimes outdoing the sun,
Just begun,
We're steering so quick,
Brake lining's unhinged,
Inclined to abridge,
Lit by much (lit by much),

[Verse 2]
Too hard to remember,
The days that I tinkered,
And the bell that dictated fun,
Fence overrun,
Times have changed so fast,
A hero dreams bout' past,
Aged at last, face surpassed,
Home's still intact

[Chorus]
Journey's still on track,
Even when you say "relaxed",
Still gives me flashbacks,
Mast's is finely unabashed,
Metaphorically grass,
Most importantly stashed,
Treasure's intact,
In my thoughts, attached

[Verse 3]
Mentors echo in my mind,
Sayin' often "you'll be fine",
Sayin' "pause it", "take your time",
Precaution for the "thicker lines"
When I'm off my rocker,
Put's me out of rhymes,
So I pull em' out of pocket,
Out of head when light-bulb shines

[Bridge]
All those memories have long gone,
Except those thoughts that call on,
Like a cauldron in drought,
Watered once in for all,
Barely distant to ponder,
Yonder lies waterfalls,
So far falling in ponds,
Making ponds fonder

[Outro]
Through this life goes on,
Wondering how drops form when clouds are gone,
So I ask myself the question in antiphon,
My eyes say at the end there's a rainbow,
And it's drawn at dawn

[Verse 1]
Palindromes, they my very own,
To atone to, like monotone,
Never odd or even, pen has told,
Stories that oppose, status and the quo,
Battin' to be known, never baritone,
Bearing all this snow, better now than old,
Box is to denote, feelings manifold,
Meaning visceral, pushing to be grown,
Blowin' at the throne,

[Verse 2]
Words are coming full circle,
I cannot postulate Virgil,
Round the clock spinning these verbals,
Talk about serving his purpose,
Like Orcus when he hits the surface,
Then facing our habeas corpus,
Back down to living as a torpid,
Dichotomies inside each person,

[Verse 3]
And it's tantalizing,
Prize is enticing,
Price paralyzing
All the cell chitin,
Got me fantasizing,
Over pen writing,
Gotta still tighten
Further rhyme sightings,
But it's hard finding,
Prime to spellbinding,
A reverse siphon,
In return biting,
Now I'm burnt out,
Need some fine dining,
Turned' me around,
Saw my silver linings (woah),

[Verse 4]
Talk of the town,
Pocketed frowns,
Provocative hounds,
Chasing me down, (so I)
Stared them in the eye,
Hounds been out of sight,
Freedom rang to sky,
Known as 4th' July,
Pondered bout' their flight,
Dream is so close, why?
Once upon a time,
They've lived my same life,

[Bridge]
Dream is still alive,
Thriving through the night,
And it's scary to requite,
Almost distant by design,
Yet in spite,
Of the overarching fright (fright),
Closure of this light,
It's still plausible to write,
Scripts no one can deny,

[Outro]
Looking above me,
Saw all my pride,
Looking below me,
Seen me deprived,
Looking around me,
Seen me aside,
Looking behind me,
Saw those same lines

[Hook]
Red herrings, never my end,
No, I can't pretend, to this pretense,
Hence I sleep on my pen, just pretending,
Like I finished my sentence, boom, apprehended

[Verse 1]
I'm impatient when it comes to my prominence,
Call it impossible,
I guess we're on opposites,
Is it plausible to get upon obelisks,
So high,
Got to reach for these heights,
My drive is the fight,
Side mirror is blind,
Empty of the slightest of light,
And at times,
It feels like they're right,
Deprived of my senses,
Still hearing the gripe, is
Ink, my tool to excite,
Yet it's dry,
And I'm proud of my rhymes,
Bound to the confines of my eyes
Put my lines aside,
And who am I to write?,
Take a deep sigh,
For it to feel nice,
Call it white mixed with red stripes,
No one's even here at my bed-side,
Who even said I ain't been fine?,
Why not realign to get back in line,
Cause this the red herring's mind,
Wayfarer's still in his prime,

[Verse 2]
Don't get the truth intertwined with the lies,
I'm at the booth,
Record me, still inclined to smile,
I'm 14, and importantly,
Still forcibly pushing normalcy,
Uncharted waters it seems,
Young explorers' dream,
Dilapidated seas,
Fervently extreme,
Truly off beat for the beat in me,
Heart is beating rapidly,
Somewhat at max capacity,
Decapitating fallacies,
Forging my rhetoric,
Wow, dang, grand larceny,
Mediocrity is suing me.
Subpoena for my deeds,
It's hypocrisy,
Pocketing verbosity,
Never gon' be obsolete,
In the red herring's mind at least,
Cause this cease and desist order seems like it's better off not near me,
White peonies,
My transiency's disappearing,

[Chorus]
I'm writing on my own,
As the sun closes,
As the fun's dozing',
I'm writing on my own,
As the fund rolls in,
As the wind poses,
I'm writing on my own,
As the hunt's folding,
As the words' showing,
(I'm)
Writing on my own,
Writing on my own,
Writing on my own
End's approached
Nah I joked (uh oh)

[Outro]
(Writing on my own I suppose)
Writing on my own I suppose,
Eternal in my search for the words,
To write a great poem in the cold,
That's sold out, now hit my honor roll,
Wayfarer's still booming, on the road,
Rides under load,
And he loathes when he doesn't find gold,
But when he does, he's sold his home,
Story's been foretold,
There's a time when the pride erodes (pride erodes)
All that's left are yellow pieces that glow,
Sorrow honed again,
Now he drinks from the water hole,
Nothing left but commode,
Wandering to his soul,
What if he stuck to goals,
That he set long ago,
Well what if doesn't work,
He's gon do it, if loathed,
Cause he's brave for sure,
To face the groan past the front door
Hero's journey,
And it never gets old (never gets old)