Mike Russo Cut Your Hair

Lyrics by MC Lars and John Reuben Music by Sam Waldo, MC Lars, Tina Root, Joe Oliger and Mike Sapone Slash, slash Slash, slash MC Lars: I was in Amsterdam with my ex-girlfriend She was passed out, it was mad late I was mad lost, she was naked I was staring at her tattoos and I couldn’t take it (because) Something dark taken its toll I’d been rolling with the devil I’d been selling my soul Like a rock cliche I felt so alone I cried myself to sleep and dreamt I was home Not about to go get tangled on a bitty I’ve finagled Many hearts and ladies it’s been clear Since hip-hop brought me here I felt like Francis Bacon, hope that I’m not mistaken Mouth open with the eyes scratched out That’s how I felt when she told me God was dead [Chorus] God’s not dead, he’s been hiding God’s not dead, he’s been hiding God’s not dead, he’s been hiding God’s not dead, he’s been hiding At the Amsterdam airport we said goodbye All this time I’d been seeing we’d been living a lie And I never felt freer than I had in my life When I left her that day we flew home on different flights I stopped in Spain for a week I found myself in Gaudi’s architecture – Barcelona was a treat Frances Bacon at El Museo del Prado Up in Madrid, felt like I won the lotto The post-war painter spoke to me With a pain in his brush strokes vocally And a crisis in faith that he showed to me Not a joke to me, well hopefully Because I’d been living with a Buddhist nihilist Suicide Girl artist love tatted on her lip And on her on hips I had everything, hip-hop had brought me I thought back to that day in February when she lost me I said “God loves you,” she shook her head That’s when it all became clear (SLASH SLASH) I’m a get that canvas (SLASH SLASH) Better understand this (SLASH SLASH) Like Francis Bacon (SLASH SLASH) This is all I’m saying (SLASH SLASH) Take your dark-ass world (SLASH SLASH) Move back home girl (SLASH SLASH) ‘Cause I don’t have time To watch you try to breed your demons with mine [REPEAT Chorus] And he’s like… John Reuben: Hold up, I speak in the quiet While you’re sleeping underneath your eyelids I’m alive in the silence, where it seems I’ve been hiding But there’s no denying, that it’s painfully lonely And you’re waiting for like, “Show me!” Though you may not know yet at first glance You can see my thumbprint on your circumstance And I’ll give you everything you need Grace and mercy and the air you breathe The clarity to see, the ears to hear But there’s so much noise that seems to interfere Without pain you’d never know love There’s not a trial you can’t overcome When you feel exhausted ready to give up Remember that I’m here like I always was