Shadow - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Lyrics Born]

At first, I was flattered by the attention, but now I feel

Flattened by the attention. I never should have let it

Happen to begin with, but she did an excellent job

Of masking her intentions. We began such a passionate adventure

Now I feel strangled, like I'm strapped to her engine

Headed over an embankment, into the chasm I'm spinning

Body free-falling, blindfolded, flapping in the wind

Downwardly spiraling, violently crashing into the river

I feel so paranoid, terrorized, there's a pair of eyes

On me, everywhere I hide, I'm barely alive

And every time I try to tear away, she magically arrives

Teary-eyed, and instills a fear of God in me, paralyzed

I'm being followed by a triceratops

And it's scary how we're always side by side, parallel lines

Leaving's just an exercise in futility

Cause here I lie back at square one, girl you're killing me

Ooh, you are my shadow. A silhouette just drawn on me

You are, you are with me, until I'm through all my tears

I never should have let her indulge me. That little voice

Told me, "Homie, you don't need to get involved." Instead, I

Let her envelop me wholly. Her bedroom voice

Told me, "LB, you're the only one I want," and now she

Owns me totally. Look at how she answered my

Whole beat, slowly. Concealing her intentions and

Motive. She saw the holes in my ego and she filled every

Opening. So easy. Now I'm in her throes and I feel her

Jaws closing. Foaming, groaning, lonely

Hungry and exhausted but I'm gnawing at the

Rope that she's holding. Jonesing for her coaxing and

Condoning, her consoling, like a dope fiend needs codine

Even when it's totally quiet I hear her calling

Even when there's nobody by me I see her nodding

Prodding, motioning for me to come forward

I resist but it's hopeless, and I oblige always