Thanatos (Stories Through Music)

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse One: Speed on the Beat] What a wild wondrous journey it's been... Delving through the mind of the Modern Man First came death, then birth...then ascension, so... The last portion of the puzzle is regarding death, again I started from the bottom, but I flew past these ducks... Even if it's takes five years for the world to catch up Cat's up, no spoon, no cradle, no moon I've jumped a broom, but your shark's circling again soon Impending doom for the few who tried to build an early tomb! I told you back when I was J dot, that I was leaving when I soon Realized all the real eyes'd revitalized, sunrise... And the spirits of the forefathers could sleep, without surprise You surmised, Pre-Reprise, that I'd achieved everything I had my family back and a cohesive CD Your assumptions lacked substance, surface scratching with things... Had to become my own happiness to truly spread my wings [Hook x2] I...reclaim what's rightfully mine To become happy among men, part of you must die But part must remain, to tell the scripture to prove it That's why we did this, to paint our stories through music [Interlude One:] Why are you here? [Verse Two: Speed on the Beat] As Instrumentality has arrived, I've ascended above all beings That once shackled me down with iron bars and shoe strings Jesus, Yahweh, Muhammad and Jehovah I thought that on Soul Revival, my homie True told you? That if this world's run by man-made religion Then we need peace on EARTH to achieve a world worth living! Stop following blindly behind every man of the cloth and see Thanksgiving dinner disguised as a feast These rap gods disguised by the all-seeing eye And no, that doesn't just mean Illuminati Used to sympathize with the Shinji Ikaris Of the world because my life never had a daddy My mom was always coping with pain by drinking It's a wonder ALL those traits didn't get passed to me Used to run up on cats, had to flash the heat Up in UMD parties, footlong shank ready on me, but now...I'm ready [Hook x2] [Interlude Two:] "But you...you have something that you can do--that only you can do. No one is forcing you! Think for yourself and make that decision by yourself. Think about what you have to do now. Think about no longer having any regrets." "LET ME PILOT IT! Please..." "Direct hit on the third foundation..." "Damn it, it's open...it's completely open!" "...WHY are you here?" [Verse Three: Speed on the Beat] Didn't trust the world, and it didn't trust me No wonder why I left Raquel, when she said she loved me Foreign figure, they sent out antibodies And HE tried to body Speed, but I rose above these simple things Though thorns did spout, and flames I did breathe I became my own daemon, and they became me I guess to achieve that echelon, that so-call Freudian death drive Had to kick in high gear, or my self would not survive Life through death, and rebirth through demise These are the true meanings of redemption's reprise So if there's anything left for me to say, this is it Goodbye! Au Revoir! Close Scene! Fin... Guess I might as well utilize part of me, I've kept inside (LET ME PILOT IT!) In other words, death is a state of mind So as Speed on the Beat offers himself to transcend to the skies... [Hook x2] [Outro]