Dead inside Dark outside

By Bladee

Released on December 13, 2016

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[Intro]

Wake up, F1LTHY


[Chorus: Bladee]

Dead inside, but I still smile

I got nine lives in the X-Files

Dark outside, let the moth fly

Audi pass by, bloody red eyes

Drained the night, blood moon cried twice

Silver shine bright, No Life Gang rides

Stained the Nikes, stepped on blind mice

Stepped on white ice, then I changed price


[Verse: Ecco2k]

Headless, razor-wire necklace (Razor-wire necklace)

You look so helpless, let me be your weapon

I got no love, but it's whatever (No love, but it's whatever)

I don't remember any happy endings

Play dead, I'm escaping (Dead, I'm escaping)

I'm a famous ghost, no location

I told them go talk to my agent (Go talk to my agent)

Faded in the suburbs getting braided

Aching, when will I ever be painless? (Painless)

Medication, memories erasing

Drain Angel stay under surveillance

Still waiting, I've been gone for ages (I've been gone for ages)

Went to LA, got a facelift (Got a facelift)

I just want someone to play with (Someone to play with)

And lately I've been feeling jaded

Stay away from mirrors 'cause I still don't talk to strangers


[Chorus: Bladee]

Dead inside, but I still smile

I got nine lives in the X-Files

Dark outside, let the moth fly

Audi pass by, bloody red eyes

Drained the night, blood moon cried twice

Silver shine bright, No Life Gang rides

Stained the Nikes, stepped on blind mice

Stepped on white ice, then I changed price


[Outro: Bladee]

Dead inside, but I still smile

I got nine lives in the X-Files

Dark outside, let the moth fly

Audi pass by, bloody red eyes

Drained the night, blood moon cried twice

Silver shine bright, No Life Gang rides

Stained the Nikes, stepped on blind mice

Stepped on white ice, then I changed price

“I’m a famous ghost, no location”
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Ecco2k refers to himself as a famous ghost with no pinpoint location hinting that the reason he may be so popular is because he roams around often. Ghosts are known to haunt specific locations typically because of attachment to said area. but Ecco2K is different, Him saying that he has no location possibly means that he has nowhere he can truly call home.

“Stay away from mirrors ’cause I still don’t talk to strangers”
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Ecco could be talking about depersonalization in this line, when he looks in the mirror he doesn’t know who he is, and he avoids the mirrors to avoid seeing himself.

“Wake up, F1LTHY”
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This is the producer tag of F1LTHY. It’s unknown who voices the line, but you can distinctly hear a female voice. The chirp sound heard in the first part of the tag is sampled from the Nextel Motorola. The tag itself first made an appearance on Karmah & Phlegm’s July 2014 track “Racks Up Part II”, featuring Avi Twat.

It’s also worth noting that there is an alternate version to the tag, as used on Goth Money’s October 2015 track “Young Taliban”. The alternate tag line goes:

Wake up F1LTHY, you little fuck boy

“Drain Angel stay under surveillance”
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Reference to Ecco2k’s verse on guardianAngels((natu))

“Guardian angels watch over me like satellites
Satellites watch over me like guardian angels”

“I told them go talk to my agent (Go talk to my agent)”
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u cant talk 2 ecco unless its 4 show

“Silver shine bright, No Life Gang rides”
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probably a reference to the song No Life Left off D&G

“Stained the Nikes, stepped on blind mice”
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stained the nikes*

“Faded in the suburbs getting braided”
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Cool double meaning – Ecco’s either getting braided, as in cross-faded, or getting his hair in braids

“Dead inside, but I still smile”
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Bladee says he is dead inside which means he doesn’t feel emotions but by saying he still smiles means that he still tries showing emotion, and in this instance that emotion is happiness.

“I got nine lives in the X-Files”
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The X-Files was a sci-fi drama based around two FBI agents investigating unsolved cases of paranormal phenomena. It is commonly associated with conspiracy and superstition, as is Bladee’s reference to having nine lives; there is a folklore myth that cats have nine lives.

“Went to LA, got a facelift (Got a facelift)”
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Bladee got plastic surgery on his nose a week before this song released.

“Bloody red eyes”
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Bladee often refers to bloody tears falling from this eyes as a sign of immense pain and tragedy, here he also mentions his eyes are red, implying he’s high inorder to cope with the sadness

“No Life Gang rides”
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no life cap