22 - Intellectual

[Chorus: Delaney]

Just wanted to make them proud

But you can't tell ups from downs

It's all alright

We can find company

In hearts that beat all in sync

We're all alright

[Bridge: Abstract]

We gon' be okay, we gon' be alright

[Verse 1: Abstract]

Musta been 2011 when the world ended

'Least it felt like it at the time

Teenage years make a heartbreak worse

Plus a lot was going on, couldn't stop it at the time

Dad tried to flip the house (yeah)

Funny that it all landed upside down

Known for being optimistic, started feeling different

Couldn't fix it, started writing lyrics all because nobody tried to hear it

'Round the same time, hooked to the nicotine

Music and a smoke were synonymous to me, it seemed

Paid prices through devices, both sides

Obsessed with a vision I know I could make mine

I knew it would take time, I knew they would doubt shine

Thought it was just music, didn't know that they would take sides

Freestyle at the party, they said, "Turn it down"

Sorry, was I talking over what you're gossiping about?

Small town with dreams that didn't involve skis

Lookin' at me like a weirdo, outside of the scene

Stuck to my friends, stop fucking with fair weather

But the maple showers brought out the May weather

Didn't know what I was doing, but I knew I couldn't stop

Wasn't slowing down even when my fourth tape dropped

'Round the time I was drunk most my freshman year

Was so focused on my craft that my grades got weird

[Chorus: Delaney]

Just wanted to make them proud

But you can't tell ups from downs

It's all alright

We can find company

In hearts that beat all in sync

We're all alright

[Verse 2: Abstract]

Thought I figured out I just wasn't made for degrees

Went home, then I went back early '14

All my friends had new friends and I lived off campus

In a dingy apartment on a twin bed mattress

Sucked, but I kept my grades up for a bit

I would kick it with some homies every now and again

But the Laramie cold was keeping me inside

And I was smokin' on the green when I needed to write

Wasn't able to sleep or even write without it

And being alone made my anxiety spike

If I was hanging with the group, I was drinkin' that night

Couldn't handle being out without a drink in my sight

Was a mess working on The Science of Feeling Tall

If it wasn't for that tape, I wouldn't get up at all

Recording on a mic that was USB

Thankfully, I had Craig making all of my beats

Still strugglin' tryna be heard

Still a joke back home, stuck in his work

Dropped science to dead silence, I was like "Word"

They don't get it yet, but I swear that it's gon' work

Went back home for the summer, met up with a girl that I used to love

But I was all messed up at the time because

I couldn't deal with thinking about another end to us

She brought me back to life, back in senior year

Couple months of that and then she disappeared

She explained to me, and it made sense to me

That I couldn't move forward with her heart and fear

So I got distant on some bitch shit

Can't lie, I was truly being a dipshit, like oh, my

Knew I would move to Seattle then

Home never let me stay too long, I guess

[Chorus: Delaney]

Just wanted to make them proud

But you can't tell ups from downs

It's all alright

We can find company

In hearts that beat all in sync

We're all alright

[Verse 3: Abstract]

Music wasn't makin' money, so I headed out to AI

Art school, so I thought, "Cool, I'ma be fine"

"Family wanted a degree, cool, I'ma get mine"

Not sure if I made the move for me at the time

I just had to get out, I was just tired of being home

Every ounce of my future was ridin' on a microphone

That's a lot of pressure even for a kid that's with no mentor to measure if my music was truly meant to deliver

Fell in love with the city, fell back in love with my art

I was truly in the present; I learned to follow my heart

Truly independent and finally makin' my mark

A Team Worldwide was steady lightin' a spark

100K, a couple million, then tens

Views gone crazy, I was over the fence

I was over the moon, and then "Neverland" dropped

That right there what I'm never gonna land off

AI wasn't really what I thought it would be

But I met a couple friends I've been happy to keep

Left that summer back home again

Then I started plottin' out how the team would win

We decided that it was time that we all should meet

Overseas with the team for a couple of weeks

Patrick, Craig, Glenn, Gustav, and me

Set up in a cabin south the Stockholm streets

Five musicians, four countries, one album

Took five years to make this our outcome

Used to ask "How come," now they ask "How?"

I just believed in it, way more than most how

I just remained me in payin' what I've seen

Painting you all the lows and highs in these dreams

All the pleasure and pain, the sun that came after rain

Now we on our way, life will never be the same

[Chorus: Delaney]

Just wanted to make them proud

But you can't tell ups from downs

It's all alright

We can find company (Twenty-two and I'm way more)

In hearts that beat all in sync (Twenty-two and I'm way more)

We're all alright (Twenty-two and I'm way more wise)

[Outro: Abstract]

Twenty-two and I'm way more wise to the fact

That the world makes plans that the mind can't hatch

No heart makes dreams work and time can't match

And I choose to be truth, nothing rhymes like that