Southside we held down that fire

If I said we didn't I'd be lying

Oh at the same time I was crying

Paint on my canvas again

There was a sound like chimes

Coming from the bedroom in the morning

Tangled up in twin beds like a warning

Not to get too close to anything

Aching for safekeeping

Summer never ends when you're working freelance

And living in the city

Answering to nobody

But the face on the screen

All that money that you spent last night

And the reason that your wallet's empty

Looking for some innocent company

Out on Mission and 16th

Aching for safekeeping

Early riser needing a pick me up

Beating fatigue in some fisticuffs

Traded everything I know for a bit of luck riding the wave that was in my gut

No more back in the day now I’m packed in this train Thinking bout how to advance in this game so rapidly paced

Move too slow fall flat on your face

It's like we move with this impetus since removed from the womb when we're innocent

Pray to this muse feeling dazed and confused stay your lane and obey all the rules

Wide eyes to the world but some say that it's cruel and your oyster I guess it just depends on the school of thought

I'm caught in the middle

Stumped by this riddle big picture I'm stuck with some scribbles

Life is something so brittle ego was big but it shrunk just a little

Kicking up the dust I would settle in call it resurgence or genesis, some a kind of betterment

I digress Embarcadero jet on this divine quest

On this flight west it's the gold rush feeling so rushed trying to strike next

Fast paced living, feel like some soul is the last thang missing

Move along you can't stay wishing this train is leaving we're passing Mission

Now everyday just feels like same seasons work from morn 'til the late evening

Play the game seeking some safekeeping

Aching

Southside we held down that fire

If I said we didn't I'd be lying

Oh at the same time I was crying

Paint on my canvas again

There was a sound like chimes

Coming from my bedroom in the morning

Tangled up in twin beds like a warning

Not to get too close to anything

Aching for safekeeping