Pull The Strings

By James Lightner

On Dawn

Released on April 1, 2016

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[Verse 1: J Lite]

I'm a, only child, so attention was never mild

No wonder why I chose a career where I get wild

With a focus on me

Don't wanna be lonely

Only livin' my vision imprisoned to be my own me

Unknown to me, what my future is gonna turn out to be

Turns out I need to look past my past and look in front of me

I'm gonna see who I was, but not who I was gonna be

I'm aiming for the top, but I'm focused on what's under me

Gotta give myself options, I'm abundantly watchin'

Out for what's ahead, always treading with caution

But often I find I sometimes overlook the present

It's one of the only times where I can enjoy something pleasant

Without having a single worry about anything

I'm stuck thinking about what change a penny brings

We imagine a life with wonderful confetti dreams

But it won't be a good movie without some editing


[Hook: J Lite]

I can't stop thinking about anything and everything

Like if I'll make it or somehow live out every dream

They come and go, there've been plenty kings and many queens

But what future holds is mine 'cause I pull the strings

I pull the strings

Oh man, I'm excited for everything twenty brings

Right before my 21st I'm gonna meet Theo or spring

And that means I'm starting back over

Except I'm pushing the stroller

Reliving everything i was given as they get older

Working at the ice cream parlor, trying to get farther while I'm becoming a father

I wish they made a life guide for starters

I know life's gonna be harder, but when your partner's a real martyr

You know no foe will get past your armor

Speaking of my queen, I never thought at fifteen I'd meet the one and only girl of my dreams

My world, man, it seems, like it never followed the scheme

And I mean I'm loving my team, just saying the change was extreme

I imagined being motivated, getting green

Now I can't get the machine going without a cup of caffeine

Dreamt of flat screens, 6 pack lean, some fancy drink in my canteen

But I'm dancing and advancing, with the woman I'm romancing


[Hook]