1. |
Ravenclaw (Intro)
06:45
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Eric Dutton
RAVENCLAW
Prod. by Serenade & Eric Dutton
Are you beautiful?
Are you?
Money's tight so I'm diggin' for loose change
This wage is like a stool and it's lettin' the noose hang
It isn't black and white like a newspaper
But I'm waiting for my paycheck that's hitting on Tuesday
So I can breathe a sigh of relief
This American dream a life that I'm just dying to see
But I am asleep at the wheel, nah
Real talk, it's tough, but we'll call it, tranquil where Neil walked
My life is like a story that's untold
It's cut throat, it's like corn fields to dust bowls
Like locusts to crops, tryna focus but all-
I ever get is a blank stare while I'ma hope that a god
Up there maybe hears it and shines the light
Upon the world like a stage, we are ride or die
I might decide to maybe even find the time
To write a line, sight the sights up and light the sky, like
A meteor right on time, it crash landed
The snow erupts, then it sizzles like antacid
Take a hit and start floatin' like Mindfreak
Magic in my pen and I'm just hopin' I might be
Totally fine with the feeling of comin' down
By the time that happens, I'm hittin' another round
I'm spittin' so hunker down, bunker down hurry
Cause the bombs are coming quick and every line is a flurry
But I'm worried, cause everybody'll scurry
And the world's finna burn and I dunno if we deserve it
We've come this far in such little time
Are we done with our recognition of inner rhymes
Let me hit you with an AB AB
Like maybe maybe we can stay free, take me, up
To the heavens where I aim my sights
And if I pray tonight, I may be right, so take my Light, if you need
Cause I got light to spare
And I'm right here, I ain't going anywhere
I got light to spare
I'm right here
I ain't going anywhere, c'mon
I got light to spare
I got light to spare
My love is in the air
And my light is everywhere
Can you feel it? Can you feel it
Cause I got light to spare
My love is in the air
And my light is everywhere
Can you feel it? Can you feel it
Cause I got light to spare
And when your day turns night
And you need some light, I gotchu
I gotchu
I gotchu
Cause I'ma keep being me
That wasn't even a hook
That was just me doing something, look
I'm not shook
I'm not steady
I'm not ready
I'm hot headed
I got nothing in my mind
I'm just going line at a time
Till I switch gears, this here's the madness
Turn that volume up until your ears can't handle it
A moshpit in my head, I can't stand it
A meteor right on time, it crash landed
Wait a minute, this some deja vu
Might take a nap just to reset, and wait y'all through
Cause y'all a red light, head's like, pen, mic blam
Ink stains, think tank, inside, man
I'd give it all just to breathe again
And when you need an end, betchu I'ma see the end
There I go spittin' that heat again
I literally can't stop it, I wish that my evil twin
Had some time on his hands cause I'm just going insane
I was showed the ropes once, please show me again
Don't hope for refrain, I can't go through it again
This is my one shot for my musical-ness
I'm true when I spit, I'm used to just missing
I spew what I think and no my ink isn't you
So much distance to do, to travel and such
I'm sorry Fate, I'm a lot, try balancing us
I'm damaged for once, I feel fixable, trust
I feel like time is on my side when I'm hittin' a blunt
Try giving a -ugh-, it feels nice dude
Don't let your heart freeze over, ice cube
I told you that wasn't a hook
Serenade on the beat, so I'ma let it play
Cause I got light to spare
And I'm right here, I ain't going anywhere
I got light to spare
I'm right here
I ain't going anywhere, c'mon
I got light to spare
I got light to spare
My love is in the air
And my light is everywhere
Can you feel it? Can you feel it
Cause I got light to spare
My love is in the air
And my light is everywhere
Can you feel it? Can you feel it
Cause I got light to spare
And when your day turns night
And you need some light, I gotchu
I gotchu
I gotchu
Cause I'ma keep being me
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2. |
Echo Gentle
04:16
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Eric Dutton
ECHO GENTLE
Prod. by Serenade & Eric Dutton
Hidden meanings in the dead of night
Draw a bullseye around 'em, maybe shed some light
Sativa for breakfast, my head is high
I missed the part where that's my problem, let 'em by
Nevermind the fact, that I've down and back
I've been around the fact, I keep my sound intact
It's like the essence of my soul
Leaving me a blessing every where I ever go
And heaven knows that every star is burning bright tonight so
You wanna turn me off, sure and I'm the psycho
Canvas an orchestra, I am the maestro
I'm so glad that I'm able to write home
Idealistic when I'm twisting a lightbulb
My only shot and I'm swishing like Michael
No typo, I said I was Michael
Gambling my future on the heat of an ice cube
But zoom it back, ooh, freeze is unlike you
Bleeding insightful, and I peace when I pipe, dude
Full of love, you got Venus inside you
A delicate balance like my feet on a tightrope, so
Give me back all the strength
That I had managed to take
When I was challenged to break
Every habit I made that would lead me to ruin
You don't believe me, I knew it
I was seeing me through it
At every chance I would cave
Now I'm spelunking in the rubble, the memories fade
But underneath it, I can hear a faint melody play
And it's tellin' me that everything is gon' be okay
Like a wildflower blooming, I'm finding a way
I hear that echo fading gently into the night sky
It makes me wanna cry
My tear drops fall they turn to ice
That light so cold
It's taking me home
Ah, ah...
Got tunes in my mind and the moon to my right
I'ma use it tonight to bring the music alive
I'm harkening back to the Harvest days
Where feeling good and recording this was all the same
Serenade on the beat until it's lullaby
I'ma hush you, I think you're sleeping on me when you go and shut your eyes
Unless you're counting the goat in your headphones
Best know, don't get smoked, you thinkin' of another guy
When I get up and write, feeling like I'm something nice
This is my anthem, reminding you for the hundredth time
So why do we keep on debating
I'm a star, sure thing, like a constellation
Y'all can stay so non-ovation
An alchemist turning gold, I got alteration
Maxed out, if you excuse the Mad man
Got the fuel in my soul poured into a gas can
And over the past cause it's too heavy to carry
The bonds we had, but now I'm ready to bury
Every skeleton dangling in my closet for years, you
Gaslit me, now I'm seeing eons in my rearview
Hold up, put that thing in neutral
Do you really love her? Is she worth your future
I don't know, yes and no, best to go
Irreparable damage and heaven knows, I would sever woes
If I could, cast it out in the night
Leave my scars untouched when I'm down, but it's fine
It's the soft snow under us
Don't look now, but here it comes, that'll get you thunderstruck
I would've engaged my number one
But at warp speed, you torpedoed any luck with us
You rose while I sank below
Now I'm the whole damn bouquet, thank you though
I hear that echo fading gently into the night sky
It makes me wanna cry
My tear drops fall they turn to ice
That light so cold
It's taking me home
Ah, ah...
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3. |
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Eric Dutton
CRIMSON ICE (ft. MAT DEMAZ)
Prod. by Mat Demaz
I'm activated, just the way it'll be
On my blackest days, I'ma say that I'll see
When the matters weigh on my mind
I haven't changed in the slightest
And I collaborate with out of body decapitation
Cause the day that I meet my maker I'ma lose my head
I choose life, death can calibrate again
Fabricate the pen, fake encapsulates the wish
Till I pass away, the passion fades
I ascertain the wind
I saturate this laceration, cut and wash away the skin
Injection, cancer patient, the answers waiting at the end
Living in the margins like some annotation ink
Smooth it over like lamination, I can't be swayed again
Atlas shoulders when I lift the world, my back is placed against
The train of thought keeps chugging and my track's been raging since
Yeah and that's the way it is
You'll gather that I missed
My moonshot, it's too hot, a matchbook when it's lit
When I see through your disguise
It's always in that crimson ice
Too many years I spent in my lies
I see right through me and my mind
When I see through your disguise
It's always in that crimson ice
Too many years I spent in my lies
I see right through me and my mind
Going back to basics, I saw Europa tonight
Binoculars lifted to my eyes... show me the light
This that 2012 vibe, bottled lightning
So much hope of what tomorrow might bring
Thirteen reasons, Apollo frightening
Blow the side off this awful timing
I'm ready to gather my strength
Steady and habits to break
Giving myself proper chances to take
My life back, getting my talents to make me
Happy here
Ah fiddlesticks, but I can't be feared
I'ma wipe these tears, dab the blood and stand up
Rock this mic, put your hands up
Put the joint in your mouth and your lighters up
Your flames are fire and I'm fightin' tough
Dad, I'm top three when I come forth
That core of the sun in your son's core
That nuclear, that uproar
The truth is here and I'm done for
So nice try to the demons yo
My inner strength unbelievable
My pen is great and it leads me through
These obstacles I need to do
Keep my light when I'm stamped down
That Void above so blacked out
Save me, that man's a no show
Dear Lord, that man's a no show
But Dad, I won't go...
I'll turn gold, Cagliostro
When I see through your disguise
It's always in that crimson ice
Too many years I spent in my lies
I see right through me and my mind
When I see through your disguise
It's always in that crimson ice
Too many years I spent in my lies
I see right through me and my mind
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4. |
Gaia
02:28
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Eric Dutton
GAIA
Prod. by Eric Dutton
See ya track, ya back at it again
I like my padded friend
Whispers where, where the galaxy spins
We wanted all the land
Planted down in my ring of life
Taken apart by night so bright
In the end we spun near this quasar
But you cant see the light
Tip me over, pour me out
I wanna be on the ground
And then listen to the trees
As the leaves all around us
Heaven has found us
Heaven has found us
We hope that we make you proud
Came from the dirt, angels are hurt
Maybe we're sure but lately the world is lost
Pick apart every iteration
Misinterpretation won't happen on my watch
Anxious, my bare wrists, I'm failing
I'm barely holding on, but I'll soldier on
I'll grow the tallest
Give POV when your hope is lost
Stay strapped in like overalls
Ceiling bust when I hit my head
Seeing stars I don't recall
Blue sky, faint moon, huge grin, light soul
Who's this, take two, my whole angle
Is peace and precision
He's the reason I'm living
We shiftin' the frame of reference
Aim direction and make assessments
Pave the way for the timeline prime
Cause I'm one with myself, let my light shine
Tip me over, pour me out
I wanna be on the ground
And then listen to the trees
As the leaves all around us
Heaven has found us
Heaven has found us
We hope that we make you proud
Came from the dirt, angels are hurt
Maybe we're sure but lately the world is lost
We don't know
We're so far away
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Eric Dutton
GLASS LAKE
Prod. by Eric Dutton
Glass lake and it's frozen in the wintertime
Have faith that I'm hopin' it'll bring the light
And when the night-time falls
And I'm trying to see it all
Trying to see the stars
Can't take that from me, leave empty handed
I'm under the understanding we took command of our ships
In the night destined for different waters
My shore just has all the quicksand
I trudge going inland
Heavy winds, they whip fast
Sudden changes, it's whiplash
Get back, under strain and I pen grab
Grab hold the reigns and we stabilize
Blue ocean angel eyes
Don't drown in the whites of the space and time
I can't decide, I yearn to fly
Even through a blizzard I can burn the sky, I
When the night-time falls
And I'm trying to see it all
Trying to see the stars
I'm never too far, never too far
Glass lake and it's frozen in the wintertime
Have faith that I'm hopin' it'll bring the light
And when the night-time falls
And I'm trying to see it all
Trying to see the stars
I've been stuck frozen in the wooden jailhouse
So what do I do now?
Ice shinks hang above the door
And I've counted the cracks in the floors
It's blistering cold
Wishing for parole
Waiting for sunrise
Oh, a beautiful surprise with a change in the skies
Man, it would be nice
To take a long trip
Coffee with a strong kick
I look out the window and see a strong mist
Man, I'm so tired of this shhhhh
You hear that
Maybe it's the wind
It's been a while, I just wanna see you smile again
Another ten thousand miles so far from where I've been
I know there's light up there
I've seen it before the storm
Oh, before the storm
I feel like I've found it
I feel like I've found it
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6. |
Any One
03:04
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Eric Dutton
ANY ONE
Prod. by Intergalactic Rockstar
And he won, and he won
Any one, any one star
And he won, and he won
Any one, any one star
I wish I could
Pick it from the sky for you
Make it last a lifetime for you
I wish
We have come far, any one star
Pick it, rocket up and take it farther onwards yeah
Gettin' right into it, gun to my head and my thinkin' is quick
Decision to rap is rash so I guess you could that I'm itchin' to spit
Lemme fold space, in my own way
I'ma go straight towards the whole thing
You're like no wait, I'm like no weight
Cause I'm already halfway to Sol, eight
Planets in orbit, their gravity helps
With my hands on the helm I can manage myself
But can't hold a candle to the beauty
That remarkable bastion
That space wall beaming, it's art on a canvas
I'm searching for that painter's name
Somewhere in the space away
From any other view, glowing brightly as the moon
I know it's time we have to use our brains to say
Enough is enough, I'm standing up to bounce back
I was down bad, my bad, down to sound tracks
Cause the pen is my hand and my story is open
Whatever glory I'm hopin' for has me sorting the situations
And stacking up importance and redirecting my power to 'em
That energy I have I have and it was found in music
Pummeled down to the level with dirt when
Rock bottom snuck up and the devil's a sure thing
Went toe to toe with him, Mano a Mano
No pointing fingers but the blame is that you're probably hollow
But I get it, the mothership beaconing me
Whatever thing is crushed to bits, but I believe in the dream
And my fingers are so nimble just to pick up the pieces
And arrange it back better, what an interesting thesis
I'm just processing grief, this whole world is a stage
But this a portal to immortal, none of my words finna fade
Basically etched in stone with no erosion
I'm so frozen, time doesn't mean a thing when I'm broken
I guess I want a star of my own
And he won, and he won
Any one, any one star
And he won, and he won
Any one, any one star
I wish I could
Pick it from the sky for you
Make it last a lifetime for you
I wish
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7. |
Heart & Soul
02:50
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Eric Dutton
HEART AND SOUL
Prod. by Intergalactic Rockstar
Somber with the attitude
Fallen in a habit too deep
Got it after you
Creeped, thought I had to do it
Bought a pad and used it
Sought a faster future
With the chance in music
Scribble every little line
Penning every inner rhyme
Sending out to space a voice that echoes back and it shines
It's telling me I can fly
It's letting me know the way
I'm feeling so out of bounds
I'm giving it all that it takes
You're telling me that I'm bright
I thought it was just the fade
Telling you my secrets
The confidence went away, I need to get smart
The cone of silence draped around our heads, I see the end all
Be all of our high-rated mistakes
You tried placing the blame
Tonight, making the change
I'm breaking outta this cage
I'm healing from all the pain
I'm feeling what got away
However long that it takes, I'm owning to my mistakes
I'm hoping to wipe the slate
The smoke is a fire away
How dire the straights
The tire inflates
The gun's loaded and it's simultaneous bang
That snowfall quiet in the cold of night
Covering my tracks that I hope to find
Maybe spinnin' in your system, my disc is tossin
With the thoughts and sounds of my mental moshpit
Better get the coffin and it's best to hop in
Cause I'm attackin' this beat like my heart is throbbing
Wait, no, my heart is stopping
It's written in the cards and the stars, it's all just
So harsh, the knowledge, of my natural death
The question is, will I pass the test
The answer's yes...
The rain makes me contemplative
Like why the hell can't I go all the way
It's not the shame, it's not the pain
I've fought before and won the games
But lately Ls, I'm a stone at the bottom
Falling so much that I might go in the autumn
Overloading the process, the grief is slicing me up
My belief is drying me up
Me alive is like sandpaper
Panic stricken my hand's shaking
My chest hurts and I stand pacing
Around my room I just can't take it
---- this, I'm gonna go
Hey dad, I'm coming home
No friends to let this out to
Down bad and drag me under
How I wish I could clap this thunder
But I'm choked by my own hand
Just a nomad with no plan
I really wanna --
Lay down and ----
Cause I'm really not a fan of this
Existence, I really can't handle it, I'm out
But what if I'm back
What if this fate ----
That's just how it goes
You see me orbiting this north pole
Aurora borealis in my very soul, c'mon
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8. |
The Dream 2023
04:42
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Eric Dutton
THE DREAM 2023
Prod. by Mat Demaz
I guess folding was the wrong move
Depression in spades, and it isn't my strong suit
My heart is like a diamond getting clubbed to death
It's such a mess, all you see till there's nothing left
Is the blood spatter the floors, the tears just as quick
A thick slice to the vein, make way for indecision
A decade in the making, the dream is so persistent
That even when I wake it's like it's making me wish that
I had taken my writtens and traveled the globe
Oh wait, I did that, and still my pad didn't blow
My mom and dad finna know they ain't raise a quitter
From starshot to moonshot, I aim the dipper
My face is lit up from the light of the sun
My soul is like a rocket and I fire it up
I'm dying to bust through and out into space
And take a deep long breath, put a grin on my face, I be
I'm dreaming still
After all this time
It's making me feel like the waves on the shore
I'm leaving here
After all this time
I swear there's no quit in me
Pick a star, doesn't matter, I'ma reach that thing
Going under like Atlantis with them Richat rings
Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, what a bar
Bang like I was Curry, got my under armor
Thunder harder, run the score up, I beat the snare
Dance to my own drums and meet you there
But please beware that I can leave in a second
Believe in the separate ways, that this journey could take us
Hurry, but wait up, am I worthy of this love
Down in the dirt, see these words that I pick up
They're just as downtrodden as me
How awful to see how loud y'all can just be
This was a moment of silence and that disrespect
Can take you anywhere you want but I'ma hop into bed
While you stay sleep, don't wake me, I'm dreaming the life
I could do this in my zzz's, shh, deep in the night, I be
I'm dreaming still
After all this time
It's making me feel like the waves on the shore
I'm leaving here
After all this time
I swear there's no quit in me...
Wish I could choose to be happy
It's so elusive and can't he just maybe loosen the sadness
And use it as strength, it's time to pick up the pen
Round fifty-one with my demons, I'ma enter again
Close the ring off, it's cage-match, death toll
I'm about to pop off, making these heads roll
Best know, I'll give it my best go
Till I said whoa, it's Eric Dutton, I guess so
I'm letting it go because I can't hold on
To that same feeling within me when I made that song
I was, full of hurt, pride, hope, and light
I told you I thought that I was destined for greatness
18 years old, and never could wait
But never will make it, but the dream remains
Inside burning like a flame eternal
Now I'm levitating over all these crazy hurdles
I'm just makin' sure that I can save the world
Or should I keep dreaming
I'm dreaming still
After all this time
It's making me feel like the waves on the shore
I'm leaving here
After all this time
I swear there's no quit in me
I'm dreaming still
And I hope it never fades
No, I hope it never fades
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9. |
Exit Strategy
02:57
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Eric Dutton
EXIT STRATEGY
Prod. by Mat Demaz
Disappointed, but my pen explodes
With the ink and glow when I sit and throw this
Ish at a wall, thinking it can grow into all of my dreams
But then I wish for more
And I figure that my time is expired
No more rhymes lift me higher
The fire inside extinguished, this the ride of my life
Every page given meaning when I try to be kind
To others and to myself, I fail on the latter
Going off the edge like the rails didn't matter
Every step I take, every breath I make
Every mistake I end up not forgiving myself for
Another wedge lodged in between my loved ones and I
Lightning in the clouds brings the thunder alive
A little child inside, because I run and I hide
But this my Anthem, listen for the hundredth time, like
That thunderstorm is in my soul
Same schemes, same brain, same weed, same pain
Pray trees make faith take me freight train
Wait, see, same breeze, shake leaves, hang me
From the top of the totem, the podium sittin' angry
Cause I'm cold with the polls, frozen and waiting to vote
Like the Republican majority will dangle the rope
And the Democrats'll smile, we remain in the scope
Forever this two party, it's a dangerous road
But I diverge from it, and now my words plummet
Cause now I spurn summits, cause then I'd sure tunnel
My vision to the bottom of the every rocky descent
I mean I ain't pulling my punches, I got Rocky intent
Frozen flows so cold it's like the Rockies ascent
But I ain't buying what they sellin', I'ma cop to my sins
I hope it wipes my slate clean
I need that to gleam
Is this the way
Is this the way
Is this the way to get this weight off my shoulders
Is this the way
I've been lost inside my mind
I've been giving it all this time
Still can't see where my light shine
I guess my faith is that it's hitting at the right time
I don't think I wanna fade out
Heart stolen, a bandit how we made out
In the middle snuff the flame out
I was sinking then but now I'm feeling weighed down
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10. |
Peace Pipe RIP
02:24
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Eric Dutton
PEACE PIPE RIP
Prod. by Eric Dutton
Peace pipe rip
You were good to me
Peace pipe rip
You were good to me
Peace pipe rip
You were good to me
Peace pipe rip
You, you, you
Back from the dead
Like glass in the head
You and I both shattered
When we thought immortal
Lost and found in the pouring rain
That automotive turnaround
Giving us a second chance
I would've chalked it up to happenstance
Discord coming in like a battering ram
Knocking down your doors
I hope you're letting me in
Never letting you in again
Never letting you in again
Never letting you in again, no
I was lost in the maze of my mind
Unable to find my way now I'm payin' the price
No angel divine, no lady in white
Just the haze of the shade when I bake in the light
Of the same sun, it's dangerous
It made us, and we aim for the sky
I'm anxious, and I pray that it's fine
But I ain't gonna lie, please save us
Knocking down your doors
I hope you're letting me in
Never letting you in again
Never letting you in again
Never letting you in again, no
I never meant to make you cry
I never meant to hurt you darling
You made me say goodbye
And now my heart is shattered
Around us
In tiny broken pieces on the floor
.... what is it all for
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11. |
Firepit (Interlude)
00:43
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12. |
Snowstorm
04:02
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Eric Dutton
SNOWSTORM
Prod. by Mat Demaz
I see you everywhere I go
I know that things are never going to be the same
You can't run from the snowfall
It's like trying to escape the skyfall
And you're never going to see me fade
Ah
Never gonna see me fade away.... again
Cause it took all my strength to live
And I'd do it all again
Take me for a spin
Take me right around again
I don't know where I'ma go as long as you're here I know I'm gone
I'm so gone
I'm so gone
Yeah, I'm so gone
You'll never find me here
Road diverged and I took a path
It was crooked, black, scary, I was shook, in fact
Shaking with adrenaline, I need to close the book at last
Find my life's narrator, betcha I'ma whoop his ass
... Mind high when I'm spitting these schemes
Smoking this weed is like fighting the Hulk
If I'm hoping to beat him, I'm hittin' the green
I don't wanna split at the seams
But I guess everyone has something that they get to believe
So when I listen to leaves fallin' every autumn
Callin' out to the breeze
I'm feeling sick with all the waves
I kinda wish I would heave
Strap an anchor to my ankle, hoppin' into the sea, like
I landed on my back
This water takes me back
To when I would look up and see the stars
Life has got it all
Take me for a spin
Take me right around again
I don't know where I'ma go as long as you're here I know I'm gone
I'm so gone
I'm so gone
Yeah, I'm so gone
You'll never find me here
The sharp chill stabbed me
As the gusts swept through my layers and into my bones
I hurried as much as I could against the torrent of icy winds
I just wanted to go home
I was so cold
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13. |
Beam Of Light
04:11
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Eric Dutton
BEAM OF LIGHT
Prod. by Serenade
I've been in a spiral
My DNA in a skyfall
Lifeline may be final
Checking my vitals, it's cold and I'm dying
Let's go to the sky and rest with the vibrance
I just - cannot believe that I haven't flatlined
I'm down by a hundred points it's only halftime
Is there a comeback brewing
Better run that through 'em
Get a touch pass to 'em
Threading the needle I craft rhymes
So sick with my radioactive temp, I have a half life
Of 50, I keep it a hundred
Raising the bar, I am reaching above it
Gazing at stars, I keep to the summit
Evil has done it and made me a risk
Might go and plummet, it's dangerous cliff
So ask me again, after it ends
We'll see just what we're made of, cmon now
When the rain clouds roll in
Do you run or do you dance
Screw it, never even got the chance
Chillin' on a beam of light
Never got to see the time
Gettin' all these dreams of mine
Stay woke if it means you're right
Chillin' on a beam of light
You bet I'll be chewin' the scene
Never got to see the time
You bet this is ruining me
I'm trapped far below the surface
I can't even gasp for air
I can't even make a sound
You can't tell that I'm even there
Chillin' on a beam of light
You bet I'll be chewin' the scene
Never got to see the time
You bet this is ruining me
I'm trapped far below the surface
I can't even gasp for air
I can't even make a sound
You can't tell that I'm even there
Let's see how far up I can go
The sky is a curtain with rifle holes
No mind to the trifled soul
You need help like a tricycle
Icicles straight to the brain
Ace in the hole, making its way
Taking its toll, taking the blame
Taking my soul, they so alone
So its the final blow
To regrets in the past
I'm trying to fix me so listen to that
I'm dying to get all the lift off my pad
I need to be better than last
I need to be better than who I am now
Cause it's only a matter of time that I
Shatter divine, my atoms'll scatter from life
And go back to their light
Ugh, like where is the hope gone
Tired of singing this soul song
Tired of clinging to hope that just goes
And just nopes on right outta my palms
Why the heck are you in my face
Like I don't drain my pen, replace it
Continue on, man, this ink is sacred
Anti-intermittent basis
The poorly painted portrait this creates
Reiterates that this is fate, in this picture frame
Or brings together kindred spirits
Who sing forever in their lyrics
Smash to pieces every mirror
That reminds them of their greatest failure, I'll tell ya
Chillin' on a beam of light
You bet I'll be chewin' the scene
Never got to see the time
You bet this is ruining me
I'm trapped far below the surface
I can't even gasp for air
I can't even make a sound
You can't tell that I'm even there
Chillin' on a beam of light
You bet I'll be chewin' the scene
Never got to see the time
You bet this is ruining me
I'm trapped far below the surface
I can't even gasp for air
I can't even make a sound
You can't tell that I'm even there
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14. |
Frostbite
05:54
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Eric Dutton
FROSTBITE
Prod. by Mat Demaz
I've been outta my mind
I've been outta my mind for the longest time
I forgot all my lines
I step out the door and all is white
Blistering cold in the winter-est morning
Enter the storm and relinquish to forces
Outside of my control, got no hands on the wheel
Chilly but here's a devil and he fancies a deal
Can he be real? Or am I just hallucinating
Not used to making sense, but the chances are nil
Words are just a weapon that I brandish to kill
The cold within myself and it demands that I'm skilled
I need a Yoda or a master instilled
Just know when I see it rise, grab it I will
I'm talking gravity thrills, sky-diving
And faceplanting on the dirt, get up, like nice try
Then the blizzard slams my walls again
The cold inferno of ice shards within
I'm balling fists, 'bout to haymaker this snowstorm
Take shelter, cause when I hit the punch,
You might say that I'm fiending for may weather
Why do I pay this insane debt, I raise hell upon my
Cranium by my dang self
Autumn ends, and winter begins
Hibernate in my cave, well into the spring
I rest my case
My face frostbit from staying out too late
I never wanted this to happen, no, no, no
I've been falling on my face
And the dirt it don't taste great
But I'll dig my way out
Dig my way out
This grave been digging on my own
Comparison is the thief of joy
But we destroy, so why do we even need a voice
When we see the choice is distraught
Realize your life is overdrawn
Soul float like helium
Through my ceiling, um
Not mycelium
But my cell ain't talkin' to me
Snowstorms fall asleep
Maybe I can venture out
Maybe I can rid this doubt
Maybe I can swing for the fences but defenseless
I'm anxious so just get down
My fist is out, frostbitten, you chop it down
You'd prefer if I'm not around
I return when my heart is pounding
Until then I'ma call this off
They say all snowflakes are different
but they all melt at the same temp
So don't even step forward to me if you're gonna say same diff
That's misdirection
I'm imperfected
If i think ahead then how can i bust
I'm picturesque if
I wish to image it
End of anything, so how can i trust
Cause the second I step out, it's blizzard again
I wish that I could vanish like a wizard or witch
And get the finish to quit
Cause even if I freeze there's still this fire inside
So many ride or they die
Tryna find where the
Autumn ends, and winter begins
Hibernate in my cave, well into the spring
I rest my case
My face frostbit from staying out too late
I never wanted this to happen, no, no, no
I've been falling on my face
And the dirt it don't taste great
It's so cold inside your eyes
It's so cold
Frostbit from looking at your eyes
Frostbit from gazing at your soul
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15. |
Eight Minutes Away
05:34
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Eric Dutton
EIGHT MINUTES AWAY
Prod. by Mat Demaz
Living on borrowed time,
Need to get all of mine
Reallocated, to fix up this sorry life
I feel like I've been given way too many chances
Like what are the chances these chances are chances
For me to finally get it, reach the limit of distress
I'll meet you at the finish, just gimme the address
I'ma speed through the city, got my foot on the gas
Baby you're my Oakland and we could if you asked
Take my hand we will walk till 3005
But now you're history, disc 2, you're outta my life
I'm down for the shine, let me get around to the fire
Swimming in your eyes had me drowned to desire
Whatever feelings that I harbored sunk straight to the floor
It's fourth quarter, I'm clutch, and it's a dangerous score
And now I have the ball, I got you on your toes
Maybe hit you with a fake and dribble drive yeah I'm on a roll
You ain't gotta tell me nothing
Cause I'm already looking up
And we got those stars above us
Please tell me the sun won't come
Cause it's gonna light the world and drown us out
All of the pain that's all around
Eight minutes away
Eight minutes away
D gonna collapse but my target in sight
Hit you right in the pocket, this the shot of my life
I got the heart of a fighter and my soul is abundant
With blessings and love and every moment that comes from
The bottom of my wellspring, cup your hands
Take a drink of this elixir and you'll understand
Where I'm comin' from
Zap you with a thunderstruck, I can't get enough of 'em
Dopamine levels, yeah, I'ma run it up
If you were my bud, I'd smoke every ounce of pain outta you
That attitude might change the world, but how we do it
Is just as important as why we do it
Sinking my teeth and my time into it
And thinking I lean on the rhymes I'm doing
Spittin' this heat cause I like to do it, ah
The cold of winter, so it's chilly to my core, so
I know I'm bitter, though I figure that I'm more so
Just a morsel, a ghost in Morse code
Cause my heart keeps dashing right outta my torso
So, let me tell ya
You ain't gotta tell me nothing
Cause I'm already looking up
And we got those stars above us
Please tell me the sun won't come
Cause it's gonna light the world and drown us out
All of the pain that's all around
Eight minutes away
Eight minutes away
It feels like writing kinda keeps me together
Like it's the glue that has me stuck, now I will be here forever
Reigning supreme over every demon that tried shit
I saw what my depression did, I see him this lifeless
Husk of a man willing to sacrifice it all
Just to feel something instead of feeling nothing at all
Now it's no wonder why he's fuzzy, that's one helluva fall
Debt or vendetta to settle, betcha whenever I call
It's simple, it's a task at hand
Show me your true face with no mask attached
What's your master plan
You're too fake, splittin' half a gram
It's shoe-laced, trippin' up on your ass in Amsterdam, damn
You can't find me, it's so unlikely
It's like fighting with BigFoot because he blinded you with high beams
I don't think he likes me
It might be, over for our friendship
Like top shelf cocaine, that's high-key, uüaeh
You ain't gotta tell me nothing
Cause I'm already looking up
And we got those stars above us
Please tell me the sun won't come
Cause it's gonna light the world and drown us out
All of the pain that's all around
Eight minutes away
Eight minutes away
Ninety-three million miles
Lighting up a billion smiles
I would walk forty thousand three hundred and eighty-seven trillion miles
Just to get to you
Just to get to you
Just to get to you
Yeah, shoot for the moon
Just to get to you
Hallelujah
Just to get to you
You ain't gotta tell me nothing
Cause I'm already looking up
And we got those stars above us
Please tell me the sun won't come
Cause it's gonna light the world and drown us out
All of the pain that's all around
Eight minutes away
Eight minutes away
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16. |
Cold Snap
03:08
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Eric Dutton
COLD SNAP
Prod. by Mat Demaz
Cold weather can't put out the fire inside
The same way I'm alive after trying to die
It'll happen when it happens, I guess
I was quizzical, now I be passing the test
I'm invincible, how do I answer this best
Oh yeah, I'm down to just cancel the debt
Cancel the stress, demanding respect
Uh huh, stay classy, got your hand in your vest
Got your pinky out when you spillin' tea
There's no secrets here, there is no mystery
The past, our history's too heavy to take
Guess I'll work it out, now I've developed a taste
For eating beats, blood stained, remember this face
Ice cold, that's December in fate
Double negative when you pretend to be fake
And that's real, low like minimum wage
Getting stiffer with age, hate when I bend and I break
When the rain comes pouring down
And the flood is all around us
We tried to make it out alive
And now we see the light
At the edge of the night
Maybe we just ran outta time
And the shimmer that's in your eyes
Sends shivers down my spine
Black hoodie, black sweats,
Hood up, head down, pocketed hands, yep
I apologize like rocketing man up
To set foot on the moon but caught with his damn
Pants down, that's how we can't sweat it fa'sho
And wow - look at that, I'm finally lettin' it go
And my face, I know, man, it never would show
That when push comes to shove it's so pathetic I froze
Heaven can go shove it, hell can get up too
I'm livin' a nightmare here on earth but when the reaper wants you
He makes hell come to you and makes heaven retreat
"You're welcome" he taunts, you say you're never gettin' me
And now my back is to the wall again, do or die time
No suicide lines, just a sprint to the finish
Cause I be itching to win it
And when this winter is ended
I'ma get rid of this penance
And let this truer light shine
When the rain comes pouring down
And the flood is all around us
We tried to make it out alive
And now we see the light
At the edge of the night
Maybe we just ran outta time
And the shimmer that's in your eyes
Sends shivers down my spine
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17. |
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Eric Dutton
THE ZERONI METHOD CYPHER (ft. Mat Demaz & Haze)
Prod. by Mat Demaz
In the choreography of the Cosmos
I'm misstepping constantly
This nonsense, it bothers me
This hell, is all for me
But my Light finna break through and make you see
Straight line to the top when I A-im to B-e
Dying ain't for me
Besides, how the heck you snuff out a source this bright
It's like my soul gives Light
It's like I own this pride
It's like it's time for me to stand up and hold it high
This my only life, this is overtime
This is me so clutch, call it Kobe vibes
Cause I stuck it out, like his jaw and fist
It's hard to think if I did not exist
It would be a little tough to slay a beat
So what I'm tryna say is dying ain't for me
Straight line to the top when I A-im to B-e
Feel like I've had a breakthrough made for me
Don't worry about that from the glass shatter
Opposite, all cap like the mad hatter
Not bad for a man with a plan to drift
The waves are big, nose dive to a bad descent
No anchorage, so your boat capsizes quick
All the time you spent, holding your breath for a miracle
All the rhymes you penned, and belted 'em so hard
Because that's why you spit, and now you got no breath
When the water comes in, like, ah ah ah
Ice cold and I'm frigid with the pen
Never finna be giving in and I'm
Itching to spit it just let me in
The ink is tip-top hip-hop
And I'm here with my friends and I'll be back at the end
So here we are back again
Make a stand, grab a friend
Killing beats everytime I drop
Findings words to blend
Taking names and kicking butt
I ain't frickin' done
Pumping beats out every dang day
I ain't done yet
Church is in senssion
Sit, receive this blessing
God complex got me hype bet
Getting in strife, yep
Making them wanna bite me pet
Every dog has a day
I ain't gonna stop yet
I'm going high speed
Doing Tai Chi
You can find me inside g
Don't fight me, you won't like me
Through a wife beater
You can see my white glee
Going crazy
Maybe we insane g
You can thank me
Why you gazing
You got me really feeling hazy
I'm brazy
Got you feeling like Jay Z with reasonable doubt
I'm running laps around your feebling mouths
Mary jane got me walking swazy
So what now
I ain't enver gonna come down
Unleashed and I'm unbound
Iller than a man on 10 rounds of whiskey sour falling down
I trip the power rapping with the lights out
Every hour
You think you're a 10, well I think youre a 2.1
On the Richter Scale, lemme drink some ale
Call an Uber and go home, turning in early
Like an honor student
You guys are honestly prudent
You ain't want none of this godly movement
So what you gotta say, nothing I guess thats all I need to hear
You know I can't be beat so stop and stare and hope and fear
Making hits
Banking chips gotta know when to hold 'em
I told em
I'd roll em
Eventualy
Don't mention me
I'm all in
You're gonna get wrecked in a jiffy
I'ma mind freak like criss angel
Everytime I speak, y'all stare at different angles
Y'all shook, confused, switching tables
Feel the weight on my shoulders, I’m uphill
Battling, savage I had to be, looking at the top
From the spot that I’m planted in, man
I should grab a stick, break it in half and begin
This trek to the pinnacle of lyrical victory
Grew up cynical, misery wasn’t new to me
Mentally I’m just sitting here picturing
Treating liquor like listorine
Sip a little I feel it dribble I’m ready to swish it, please
Can I, speak, can I say, what I think, let it breathe
Then start climbing when sparks flying
My hearts part lion and barbed wire,
It’s off limits to part timers,
That’s why with my dawgs by me,
I can’t lose, see it’s hard wired
And our time’s coming up on the horizon,
It’s dawn rising, I’m not lying
The car tires spun into oblivion,
Hopped out, we’ll run until we finishing
Five miles, and once I’m at the pinnacle
Climb down and run it up again, until
I’m literally sick of it
In the blistering summer I’m thinking winter is coming
I gotta, I gotta seek some shelter from this breeze
I felt it at the peak
I never wanna leave
I, guess I gotta be whatever’s in my genes
My destiny achieved, and everything I dreamed
The levels I could reach, I’m special, I’m a beast
I’ma, I’m the man, I’m immortal, it was foretold
God spoke it in Morse code, poor souls
Picking fights with me lord knows
You could be sick, I’m just more so
Selling floor shows, spilling flows from my torso
And it’s that way till I’m dead and the corpse cold
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18. |
Moonshot, Pt. 2
05:48
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Eric Dutton
MOONSHOT, PT. 2
Prod. by Mat Demaz
Additional vocals by Roxie BG
The trees make for an ocean of green
A brief reprieve into red and gold as far as the eye can see
They shake off the chill and wait for the spring
I too spend my winters waiting, looking up
My breath fogging the sky
But the light from the stars above
Just as alive as we are
Just as alive as I am
And just as the trees flourish as the days get longer
I too will do the same
Only this time, my sights are set a little bit further
Indecisive, the wind is wild, in the thick of silence
I miss the times where my grin was wider than the valley
I was living life in
I feel enticed to feel like a child again
With the snow falling down slow
And the night was calm and quiet on us
And now look at where the time has brought us
My heart just might be stopping
But in either case let's fight the process
Like swinging at Hinkie, think he's
Going to trade for diddley squat
Consider cash in the pot
I'm alien like Ridley Scott
But the earth is tantalizing
Green and blue and I can't survive it
Take my hand if you dance with time and
Swing it around and pass it by with a smile
Haven't changed in a while
Haven't made it a mile in my own shoes
That's my fault for choosing a cold route
From 1994 that's old news
I'll have none of that, bone bruise
Triple trap that I go through
If you didn't ask, well I told you, this my moonshot
Take it back to the basics
Look all the space on the page when
I look up
In the chilly winter air
Ah, my moonshot
I can feel it really near
Ah, my moonshot
Funny thing is I never said which moon I'm shooting for
Europa, Ganymede? Charon? No Lucifer
No Hades, no orbit too scary
Just holding it steady
And now my aim is so forward, I'm ready
Hoping to levy myself from the bottom rocky with it
Run your mouth, I'ma sock 'em in it
You want the smoke but you will not come get it
Praying for my downfall, looking autumn with it
I need a shot of vision, a lot of ink and a thousand pages
Just to see if I've found the space enough to graffiti the space wall
Nebula spray paint
And my logo's displayed tall
Blink and you'll miss it
Recreation of life in the same way that I bless y'all
Make way for the harmony already inside
In the chilly winter air
Ah, my moonshot
I can feel it really near
Ah, my moonshot
There was once a time where I could look into your eyes and see the world
Never once did we question the adventure
Never once did we doubt the blood pumping through our veins
There was a moment where, for the life of us, we couldn't explain it
We both knew we felt the same thing at the same time
The maze suddenly opened up and there was but one path
And to follow it meant certain death
But I was with you, and it was worth it
This is where I leave you
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19. |
Love For Me (Outro)
05:25
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Eric Dutton
LOVE FOR ME
Prod. by Serenade
The blood moon hangs in the balance
As it pumps itself across the sky
And the Universe is telling me something
Like my soul is a lightning strike
Don't phase me out
Y'all need a rocket just to take me down
Need a ladder to climb to the constellation
That I reside in, but the hours waning
May fall displacing every notion you had of me
You could never break a bone in my anatomy
Cause you are not my bro, I'm a top five goat
Cause in the end, the Universe has love for me
I'm discovering what's underneath my feet
It's the dirt that we came from
And you remember what I said about the same sun
The same sun
Outpaced in the fast lane
Now take all my energy, about face
Cause I can't chase whatever last place finish I've been eyeing
I ain't lying, I'm trying to be better
Manifest it and see weather so bright and warm like I am home
And time awards me with solid state
Driving hard till I fall in place
With arms around me that snug
Heart is pounding I trust
What an understatement,
Hair growing like Rapunzel waiting
To climb down from the top of this manic high
Felt half alive, how I'm bound to die
Now I'm bound to fly
Talking my sh- and without a lie
I can't deny
I'll rap till I'm satisfied in this life
And even then prolly never stop
Got a heaven spot
Inspired but never force it
Take time if I'm looking forward
Take this is as a warning...
... I'm feeling like I'm heaven sent
Even with my blemishes
You're wrapping me up like my meat around my skeleton
I'ma revel in, such divinity, I manifested
I can't expression
It's passion letting loose
Dancing on the roof
Tracing back the beat
Making sure it tracks
Train of thoughts run deep
In my blood, waiting for the wrath
Brain is still intact, waging battles fast
Disparate means to an end just means we witness the attack
And these demons drop
Beneath the swamp
Release my arm
Between the fog
I believe in god
To redeem my faults
Cause holy water might besiege my heart
Receive that aura
It's like smoke surrounding me, Cheech and Chong
But the weed ain't all I got to me now
The sun is shining now, Ravenclaw colors
Nature's all wonder, thanking our mother
Made us fall up and the sky would pull us in
With incidental sin, get us spinning and thinking
Just when it ends it begins again
And really it's just whistles in the wind
When the breeze begins to blow and the leaves begin to sing
It's interesting to note that the
Yo, this is Ravenclaw
Serenade on the beat
Eric Dutton on the track
The blood moon hangs in the balance
As it pumps itself across the sky
And the Universe is telling me something
Like my soul is a lightning strike
Don't phase me out
Y'all need a rocket just to take me down
Need a ladder to climb to the constellation
That I reside in, but the hours waning
May fall displacing every notion you had of me
You could never break a bone in my anatomy
Cause you are not my bro, I'm a top five goat
Cause in the end, the Universe has love for me
I'm discovering what's underneath my feet
It's the dirt that we came from
And you remember what I said about the same sun
The same sun
[Instrumental]
Meow
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20. |
Eric Dutton
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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