Solid Ground - Intellectual

[Chorus]

Why can’t I start my life on solid ground?

[Verse 1]

Wanna start my life on solid ground

Try to stand up but I’m falling down

Everywhere is madness all around

Living in this forgotten town

Street signs tell me where to cross

Even though I’m feeling lost

Beat up, falling deep into the concrete like quicksand in spots

I ran across the sand and lost a shoe while crossing through the rubble

Trying to maintain my sense of balance, all I do is stumble

Now I’m in trouble, moving slow mo like a bad dream

And can’t seem to be grasping what’s going on in this sad scene

‘cause the last thing I remember made a commitment to change

No attachments or addictions, I would start on a brand new page

To let go of my troubled past and finally gain control

Then I thought about all the things in life that held me back from reaching my goals

And now I’m frozen in my tracks

Can’t make progress, can’t turn back

Stagnant with this question—why am I here? I can’t answer that

Matter fact I’ll probably be here ’til the answer’s found

Building a foundation, tryna start my life on solid ground

[Chorus]

Why can’t I start my life on solid ground?

[Verse 2]

So close but so far to the end of the road

To the end that will go just to find what I need

Whatever and answer the chances for me to succeed

I will exceed all the recommended dosages to the hopelessness

And swallow the pain with a solitary pill

Momentarily filled with happiness ’til it turns back to stress

No longer can I grow stronger or prolong any of this mess

I must find that path embedded deep within the sediment

Riveted by purpose and meaning within the third eye

And I have tried so many times yet still been unsuccessful

To find when the only time I feel relief’s when I hold this pencil…

In my hand with a plan to expand to the masses

Abandon the land where I stand to surpass this

Where I’ve been stuck in with nothing to gain

Drugs and consumption to numb all the pain

Wait for the day when I’m finally free

Releasing the tension inside of me

I’ve been so pent up with anxiety

Become a new person I’ve tried to be

It’s a side of me that nobody knows

Letting my true self be exposed

Simply fulfilling my need to compose ’til the time runs out and the curtains close

[Chorus]

Why can’t I start my life on solid ground?