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Dark Skies

by Eric Dutton

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1.
Everything so artificial Everything so fucking fake Why can't we just give a little I guess it must be, must be fate Something breaks in my mind and I can't relate Time just takes itself and aggrandizes each second We better leave now, we shan't be safe Ain't too shabby the way you patched yourself up No help up, just days coming, you get up You picture life in a sunray Get there in time is a tough take, ugh Thank god for the friends in my life Till the end of the times Just a dude with a rhyme book That's coming to life And coming to some headphones near you Turn that shit up and I can't hear you, ugh Back at it, rap addict, craft magic with the pad maddened I'm heated, spittin' fire like a demon Jesus, it's too easy, backpackin' Let me up the amplitude, fuck the hands of time Something something I can't decide If I wanna eat it, rip it, beat it, tear it, chew it, true, it's all a choice for me Cause at this fucking point it seems my talents are my voice and ink In the booth with my boys with me Poison seepin' from the tip of the this point five Millimeters get hog tied My schemes have just gone wild Flashin' the world, man, I'm on fire GOAT of this shit and I'm not trying Can you imagine the sheer power Like here's hours I spent trying to put an end to the shit That just trips me up Looking for a way I can lift me up This is what I need to achieve the impossible An audible called, I'm feeling so fuckin' baller That I'll sprint to my zone and get ready to get thrown To the motherfucking stars that I know are up there I just can't see 'em, artificial cares And I don't have to be scared any longer Why the fuck did I move the city The stars are my only way out of my own mind, what a pity Every little thing within me gonna nag at me I can't even see my favorite constellation and I'm mad at it Raleigh got me feeling dim yeah Torn down and used up like a gym bag This shit can - man I can't even drive to a place Where the stars emerge for me, what a life that I made
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Taking off like a bandit, it's magic Fate lacking the stamina, tragic They back in the corner thinking savage Like piranhas festering in the blackness Taking off like a bandit, it's magic Fate lacking the stamina, tragic They back in the corner thinking savage Like piranhas festering in the blackness Deserving of someone who wants me I'd rather be solo than ghosted or haunted It's like I'm walking in a cavern to the bottom of the trenches I was honest when I meant it when I said that all I do is bend till I break Spiritual minimum wage Until this indica strain Gets me into this couch, I'm dripping into my brain Collecting into a pool that you just get up to drain It's like you're drowning in the shallow end, how you been? Round of applause, golf claps, snap out of it Death by a thousand cuts, sounds like us How'd we just get to the point of this precipice of forever Ahead we go, but we're not meant to together My featherweighted soul heavy as ever I'm feeling better than never so let me sail to the heavens Like I'm fated to, unable to, grip the cliff I dangle from Indecisions taking us, say it's through, this the shit that's dangerous Taking off like a bandit, it's magic Fate lacking the stamina, tragic They back in the corner thinking savage Like piranhas festering in the blackness Taking off like a bandit, it's magic Fate lacking the stamina, tragic They back in the corner thinking savage Like piranhas festering in the blackness When I look up now all I see is the city lights No more stars for me to long for It's all for naught I think I belong to the Milky Way I see my fate in the arms above Don't wanna be long forgot Bruising my brain like a mental abrasion This monumental occasion Has got you thinkin' I'm wasted My thinking just may be crooked But I promise I'm straight Feeling honest cause this cider's in my body, I'm sorry I'm sitting awfully wobbly but my thoughts are on top of me Holding me down, yeah, this is proof The Zeroni Method works let me tell you the truth It's like a Sisyphus offering, rock is difficult, bothersome Listen, just walk with me, I'ma hop in the booth Foolproof method when the weather is dark grey I'm betting on myself, the top post in our space I just can't wait for the day that I say I made it I'm aiming into the skies with the shine that'll blind the makers I'm talkin' to myself, just saying that I'm tryna save ya Like bitch I don't need a savior, just a pen and a piece of a paper Some bud and some rollin' papers My hope is strength and my strength is dope I'm taking hold Taking off like a bandit, it's magic Fate lacking the stamina, tragic They back in the corner thinking savage Like piranhas festering in the blackness Taking off like a bandit, it's magic Fate lacking the stamina, tragic They back in the corner thinking savage Like piranhas festering in the blackness When I look up now all I see is the city lights No more stars for me to long for It's all for naught I think I belong to the Milky Way I see my fate in the arms above Don't wanna be long forgot
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Getting closer but we're not quite there yet What are you scared of? The thumps in your basement? You fucking insane, bitch Just look at the way you're talking to yourself It's fucking aimless Is that why you're vacant? Too many boxes in your head you never unpacked from last move That's true, so take sips, you weak link You're fenced in and your paint drips At your defeated feet, you fucked up Now you're in a corner, get unstuck Like, this a warning, some tough love Fate's in your hands like a nunchuck, it's such, ugh I'm a product of my own division No father figure to unload his wisdom It's like the ocean winds are blowing this ship off its course I am an X-Wing and to lift me will take a lot of force I am the journey, the destination, the pot of gold My thoughts are cold so I'm frigid if you gotta know, on a roll Waiting for the stars warm me up Where'd they go, w-where'd they go? Is this life just make believe? Or am I on my own? Oh no Living in the shadow of a doubt Don't know how to get out And now I'm down for the count Underneath of this ground So much shit on my plate Will not cooperate All it takes, call it fate, whatever it takes to ball I may just get the Short straw I Jrue, now I'm leaving like a holiday Serial cheaters already on their way out like Grande, eh? I need to fucking heal, any bets on how long it takes? I'm ick-say with this Pig latin, put your fucking hogs away I'm closer to the light than before, yeah A little worried 'bout the torch that I hold, yeah I hope it burns till we're home, yeah But this tunnel feels like it's tightening, oh shit We 'bout to fix something that's been plaguing our minds The stars are other suns, let us aim for the sky Bare in mind that not all souls are lost It's just a road less travelled when they're cold with awe, I'm just Waiting for the stars warm me up Where'd they go, w-where'd they go? Is this life just make believe? Or am I on my own? Oh no
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Look, Ma, no hands Look at the way I be going around this ball of fire Like oh my god Low in the orbit of home Touching the ground not a moment too soon So forward we go Cause backwards will only take us where nobody knows And my phone don't get no signal there So we can't talk just to clear the air My mental smoggy, I'm breathing it in Believe in the sin of the wear and tear That this life wreaks on my body and brain Slid outta the uterus like "sorry I came" What's a life without stars to gaze at What's a love without arms to hold me Don't gimme that spiel Cause I know what I'm feeling And this is as real as it gets, healing Every day that I live Every day that I breathe Every day that I wake Every night that I leave This earthly plane when I'm lighting this weed Meet my maker and return to my feet Whatever comes, it is worth it to me I've set up the marks now Fate needs to knock 'em down Look at me, man, I'm on the ground I need to get up, am I having a picnic? If the answer is no then I'm thicker than Witsit This dick he can gets it Why are you making this so hard on me, darling? Want us all to live like a yellow boat, shit Displacing the water, whatever floats it All of this time, guess we'll never know, shit Going further than any man has ever gone, shit Life is about slowing down and smelling roses You say "well it's hopeless" then it's swell I 'spose Flow so cold it is Hell I froze Want us all to live like a yellow boat, shit Displacing the water, whatever floats it All of this time, guess we'll never know, shit Going further than any man has ever gone, shit Life is about slowing down and smelling roses You say "well it's hopeless" then it's swell I 'spose Flow so cold it is Hell I froze I made your clouds dissipate, yeah I ended your reign And if the world needs cleansing... God'll send me again Sit in my garage and I listen to pain The silence and darkness are echoes of shame Despite that, remember my name Anticipation, I'ma let explode No inclination for my head to blow Let it go, let it go, let it go Like that one Disney movie about the snow C'mon man, I got shit to do I got beats to slay, I got ink to rule So don't hit me up, I don't think of you Only thing on my brain are these words and my Carhartt Worn it a decade and still it's an onslaught Read between the lines like your car parked I'm outta the ballpark, I press on your soft spot, baby shit Kiss my ass if you give me lip At the crack of dawn with you chicken shits Ugh, spitting so yes I know You must be Shia LeBeouf with a shovel And fuck it cause God, you're under my thumb Method Zeroni, cause you keep digging yourself a hole The whole point is to smell the roses Use the time to set explosives Real shit like we sever toes It's dead city, I'm a deadly ghost Ready to haunt without rules, yeah, whatever goes Want us all to live like a yellow boat, shit Displacing the water, whatever floats it All of this time, guess we'll never know, shit Going further than any man has ever gone, shit Life is about slowing down and smelling roses You say "well it's hopeless" then it's swell I 'spose Flow so cold it is Hell I froze Want us all to live like a yellow boat, shit Displacing the water, whatever floats it All of this time, guess we'll never know, shit Going further than any man has ever gone, shit Life is about slowing down and smelling roses You say "well it's hopeless" then it's swell I 'spose Flow so cold it is Hell I froze
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You didn't stop to mention I'm outta your comprehension Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here talking to a god damn wall Like I'm beyond your vision I heal in four dimensions Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here waiting for my god damn fall It's not my fault, it's not your fault, but I will take that blame I'm more equipped to handle this, I can't escape that pain I look to the moon in the morning sky It's crescent smile is all too sly But I get what it means, albeit wry Who cares if I fail if I don't try Gotta give the glory to mother earth her story Is full of so much more, I'm feeling it's so important To lay the groundwork, like fuckin' the shit outta 811 And I'm digging that so hard, they may just come Boring my way to the center of the earth, now Like wow, this is really gonna hurt, now Burnt down to the bone and chained below And above is the reason that I hate to show What I'm feeling in my danger zone It made me go to bed sick and I wake up cold Know that this is the tactic This is the reason my demons are active This is the reason my genius is back in a flash Tucked deep in a backpack pad of paper Two sheets that I had to save Just in case if I pass away The metaphor will carry me I'm just Eric D Let me float to the river and across the sea It's RIP It's hard to see This world is smoky and the fog won't leave It's not okay, but as long as we got the hope Then this shit will forever be salvaged in our dreams Shit, someone got a light? If the world gonna end, I'm gonna be fucking high for this You didn't stop to mention I'm outta your comprehension Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here talking to a god damn wall Like I'm beyond your vision I heal in four dimensions Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here waiting for my god damn fall It's not my fault, it's not your fault, but I will take that blame I'm more equipped to handle this, I can't escape that pain I look to the moon in the morning sky It's crescent smile is all too sly But I get what it means, albeit wry Who cares if I fail if I don't try I can see a few Burn brighter than I even knew I can see 'em when I'm seeking to Do they see us when we're green and blue Or is this exact moment in space and time isolated No air in my lungs for me when I try to say it I keep wasting my precious ticks, my prescientness I better sit in its own world where my head exists Reverence heaven-sent never been leveled in Let me in to a secret that I bet against, hellish sins Keep eatin' me, keep gnawing away at my flesh Till all that's left is skin and bone on the side of the road And even if my eyes were just closed I could tell it's your body by the scent of the mess What a horrible stressor, so let it be known My words in the chamber when I get in my zone The earth needs a savior, don't level our home Surely a danger, so help me get this devil de-throned Sooner or later, the oceans'll empty whatever you thought Your head'll be empty You head in direction of energy plenty It's like we're alone and together we frenzy The earth is an anthill and we are the colony Alien boots don't stomp on me Have we tried this harmony shit? Peace and love, no arguments then I'm just saying If we're about to get jackhammered by some aliens bro You bet I'm taking a stomach full of edibles I get sick riding in a car but I could totally handle a UFO
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All the things I did in jest led me on this vision quest Got me in this mess Feeling stressed like a heavy chest The same one that put my dad to rest Miss him every day but I continue on Because he's still involved with me yeah I feel it dawg It's like that tip of the tongue sensation, that tingling down your spine That spur of the moment instinct, figuring out what's right And the moment I saw it standing there, the moment that I was just about to Think about he met me there and intercepted Like that quarter back on the ball court It clued me in, it was all your Doing and do it again You shouted at me from the stands and I heard it The cheerleaders booming The stomping of feet and the seconds remaining Like a tub full of water, I drained it You and Mom, hell you raised it Laser focused and major hopes So it's crazy roads, I'm not aimless Won't change the course, I'm made with force I'm Plagued with thoughts, can't change it I'm that patient So amazing like the night sky reflected in the water And it's never been so still Crystal clear straight to the bottom Straight to infinity, whatever you call it I wish I could rocket I'll settle for mornings with hands in my pockets Letting the oranges and greys of autumn Merge with the hues of the sunrise bonnet Till I'm birthed anew and I'm falling asleep August mornings they blind me I can't see myself through the fog It's no surprise that the Moon above me And Jupiter finally call Outside smoking, toking for my mental health My heart is brimming over with love, so I'm full of wealth And yet my pockets are empty, I struggle deep with depression This shit can honestly tempt me, it fucking wreaks of aggression But I can handle it, writing schemes and banishing These mighty demons agitating me, my light can be so captivating, I know So why go, outta your way to extinguish it? Docked at the harbor, return to you sinking it, why? I thought we could handle our business I thought that we weren't gonna try Thought we could manage the shipment Breaking out the wings cause we sure gonna fly I must admit I'm fuckin' pissed that I'm afraid It's gonna hurt when I die Come to think of it, it's nothing if I don't even have the urge to be trying Under this moment that's anxiety thundering Hit the indica and wish that I could yearn to be higher They all just turn to the side Wave bye like I learned from Poseidon We all trying to have a better life So don't let me get in the way I just hope that when the smoke clears We love all the same Cause we're all here chilling on this beautiful globe I feel dread for what the future will hold But as long as I got my feet planted, eyes gazing up Then I got a little bit of hope left in my blood, shit August mornings they blind me I can't see myself through the fog It's no surprise that the Moon above me And Jupiter finally call
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Waking up is a chore sometimes, honestly How easy it'd be for me to fall asleep Ignore all the phone calls, ignore all the texts Just ignore the whole world and not get outta bed That's my depression talking, sorry, he's invasive as shit He's like a little tiny voice that you cannot get rid of No matter how hard I try, he seems to hit back stronger But at the same time I make the fight last longer I can do this all day, man, shouts to the Cap Put your hands up and put the ounce in the bag If you know what's good for you You'd diet, and exercise, and get good sleep And put the ounce in the fucking bag Ight, thanks bro, here's the cash, hit you up next time man That's my healthcare system, it's helping me be Cause being me feels like there's not a moment of peace Haven't had a second to myself in a long time Trying to figure out how to be at peace in a salt mine When it's all said and done you can't tell me I've not tried I'm on a hard drive, sitting in a wrong file Never to be found Never to be found I'm falling into you Your gravity it pulls me in I don't know what to do You took my life and you trade it for gold Now I'll never grow old I just want time Just give me time I'll look into the sky I will find who I am And it'll be the last time I Cut it close when I'm close to the edge, like All it takes is a rope and a ledge, I'm Losing hope I won't choke on my best lines Y'all go to sleep on me like it's bed time I hope you're fuckin' tucked in cause this is some shit Cuts quick to your core, dunnit Aaron Eckhart penetrating me Hilary Swank gets away with it This amazing gift Jason Bateman with a crazy scissor kick What the fuck is wrong with me, I feel dangerously sick It's like the faucet is on and the words they keep spillin' It's like I'm talking to god but the earth it keeps chillin' Jake Gyllenhaal with the flow, I'm crawling up in the night I'm holding this beat prisoner, darkness is what I fight Must be going well cause I'm ear to ear smiling Not even gonna finish this bar, I'm wilding Haven't had a second to myself in a long time Trying to figure out how to be at peace in a salt mine When it's all said and done you can't tell me I've not tried I'm on a hard drive, sitting in a wrong file Never to be found Never to be found I'm falling into you Your gravity it pulls me in I don't know what to do You took my life and you trade it for gold Now I'll never grow old
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The stars are out The stars are out The stars are out again The stars are out The stars are out The stars are out again I feel so alive With the light entering my eyes Thank god for the fact that I'm alive There's more to me than meets the eye Don't take my soul away Or else I'll get revenge Make it a trek Make it my own little personal quest Thanks for the fire that's deep in my chest Thanks for the boost in my battery pack I'll figure the controls out on the fly Igniting the sky when I'm down in the night Down for the count Wanting to get back up but I just don't have the strength to do so It made me too low Aim the Moon, yo Wild dreams might chase the truth Blow past in a ploom of dust Okay, sure, I'm moving up If I don't reply, I'm just doing stuff Don't take my soul away Don't take my soul away The stars are out again And what I mean by that is Not that they're gone It's that I can see them And I hope they see me too And I know they'll see me through Can't even tell you what it was like Nothing but darkness, nothing but light I grew up in Alaska, suppose I was spoiled Going outside for a toke and it opened the whole world The entire Cosmos unraveled at my feet One step in the snow could take me far into my dreams If I wasn't so fragile I could've tackled my demons It's a miracle I somehow seemed to manage defeat I am the whole package, yet nobody handling me Me and the photons agree, get on the wavelength Yo, and balance your chi I am just setting me up Not for a failure But for something that's way more incredible yuh What can I tell ya I'll be eating these beats till my belly is full Setting that sail soon It's meta as hell but the weather will tell Don't sweat it, you're just in my reticule Don't take my soul away Don't take my soul away The stars are out again And what I mean by that is Not that they're gone It's that I can see them And I hope they see me too And I know they'll see me through
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Windshield like my bud, uh, frosted over Come and sit and toke and talk I got lots to show ya All I know is falling's over, time to lift and call it forward I forget just how it goes, all this AI has got me crossing over Sorry, folks, it's halftime so get your beers Take your piss and listen here There's wisdom in the silence There's a sorta vibrance in the sorrow Trying to put all of this behind us There's a sorta trial by the fire Lord pick me up to get me out of this Too many snakes when I'm down in pits The sound of this hissing is loosening every weak part of me I just wanna seek harmony, please God can we Settle this like gentlemen Communication is everything So why don't you talk back Maybe you do in ways I just don't understand, damn You know that feeling you get when you know why Why this feeling inside you doesn't burn You know that feeling That feeling winter's coming What's it take this time What's it gon' take from you What's it gon' take from you Everything, it's gonna take it all Winter opens up my favorite constellation got his bow aimed Yeah Orion so dope, Aldebaran so lame No bull, though, no space between us can be so vast Wasting time that we don't have You're out there somewhere, I don't wanna alter the plot But what should I do? Should I go even farther or not? Don't want tomorrow to be lost I'm just a ship that shot to moon, call me Apollo astronaut But I'ma soar the sky and heavens above This one life is never enough but I'ma be willing to settle cause love Is biking through the warm summer breeze puffing weed smoke Hanging with your friends and working on your ego Cause you thought it had died, but nope, it's back to life I'm thinking seven grams of shroomies oughtta do me just right This life a serenade like who produces the tracks Call him hypothalamus, the music relaxes
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released March 6, 2024

Executive Produced by Serenade
Written, Mixed, & Mastered by Eric Dutton

Artwork by Luc Langleh

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Eric Dutton || Nebula-Hop artist, producer, and writer || On a path to a better world. Come with me. || Midnight Sun Music artist ||

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