[Intro]

I wonder if I woke up somedays, I cannot be sure

'Cause I lived for these dreams way back when words were all they were

Scribbled down in pages, I was reckless in my youth

Never took my time to aim, my fingers itched to shoot

[Bridge]

Didn't mean to shoot you down, your wings were over water

I didn't mean to let you drown, history will know the author

There was nothin' I could save, no, there was nothin' I could save

But I let the ink flow, let the ink flow, let the ink flow anyway

[Verse 1]

Wounded animal level, the way I used to attack

There was blood in the water, I had a knife in my back

Used my lyrics to heal it, you feel my pain 'til you fear it

I air it out on the track but was too reckless for steerin'

You put a line in the sand between me and my friends

If you were chillin' where they're hangin', no one's lettin' me in

In those teenage years, you just wanna fit in

Swear a lotta lonely nights came from lettin' you in

'Cause I was

[Chorus]

Feeling outside, inside you didn't know

Feelings inside, outside I didn't show

These fires burn through the sleet, hail, snow

Kept me warm through the days so cold

Feeling outside, inside you didn't know

Feelings inside, outside I didn't show

These fires burn through the sleet, hail, snow

Kept me warm through the days so cold

[Verse 2]

They say the pen is the mightiest sword

Weight that I swing a hit you can't afford

Drop to your knees 'fore I do it by force

Be ready for war

I forge my weapons myself, yeah

Mic made of steel, but spit fire 'til it start to melt

Smith it like battle-ax blades

Sharp as my mind, I got more on the way

Words turned to bullets

Trigger too temptin' for me not to pull it

Best stay out my way 'fore you turn to a target

Know my ex can tell you, became quite a marksman

No, I never miss

You do me wrong, I won't raise a fist

But I'll write a song, 'til you wish I did

Nothing hurts like the truth do

But I don't do it like I used to

[Verse 3]

Blinded by myself, eyes wrapped in my ways

Anger wrapped in my words, spite strapped to my waist

Guns go blazin' when I stepped on the track

Shoulda known how long that the recoil last

Sticks and stones hurt, but those chords could kill

Was an angry young man tryna vent, but still

Years since the spark and I still feel wrong

But it's strange, those same wrongs helped me write the songs

'Cause I was—

[Chorus]

Feeling outside, inside you didn't know

Feelings inside, outside I didn't show

These fires burn through the sleet, hail, snow

Kept me warm through the days so cold

Feeling outside, inside you didn't know

Feelings inside, outside I didn't show

These fires burn through the sleet, hail, snow

Kept me warm through the days so cold

[Outro]

And I don't do it like I used to (Out my control)

Outside, inside you didn't know

Inside, outside we don't show (Out my control)

Small, to out my control