These Days - Intellectual

[Part I]

[Intro]

And, when I first met you (Doo, doo, doo, doo)

You were still young at heart

Oh! (Doo, doo, doo, doo)

Oh, oh!

(Bliss on the beat, baby)

[Chorus]

These days, nothin' matters when I look into your face

Nothin' in my past is a mistake

If it led me to this motherfuckin' place

Yeah, these, these days

These days I been feelin' free

Drowned all of my demons in my sea

Rowboat never hits the shore

But I don't think I want to anymore (Yeah)

[Post-Chorus]

('More, 'more, 'more, 'more, 'more, 'more, 'more, 'more)

('More, 'more, 'more, 'more, 'more)

[Verse]

I'm feeling freer now, they said it gets better, I see it now

She took my demons out, they talk about love, I believe it now

I was feelin' lost so long, with so many days gone, too many to even count

They never told me how easy it was to feel beaten when off of the beaten route

I thought that life was alone with ice to my bones, and nothin' I could try

I started rockin' designer, but found out that it was not somethin' I could buy

Too many hours I spent dwellin' on the good times

While the clocks' hands waving back at me like "Goodbye"

Treat this like a eulogy, I ain't makin' rap songs

Yeah, I cum fast, but this music gonna last long

I been too concerned with what they writin' on my new post (For real)

Gotta start to think 'bout what they writin' on my tombstone (For real)

I feel like the emperor, I went and copped some new clothes (Yeah)

But they seein' through me every second like a Hublot (Facts)

Put that shit aside, I cannot live just for a replay (Nah)

Ever since you came into my life, you helped me see straight

[Chorus]

These days, nothin' matters when I look into your face

Nothin' in my past is a mistake

If it led me to this motherfucking place

Yeah, these, these days

These days, I've been feelin' free

Drowned all of the demons in my sea

Rowboat never hits the shore

But I don't think I want to anymore

[Part II]

[Bridge]

I used to make love songs

When I was alone

Just to pretend to feel how I do now

Thank God I'm with you now

Oh-oh

I just wanna make you proud

[Chorus]

These days, I may regret what I say, but never how I feel

I almost cried when I realized that everything was real

When the brain can't articulate feelings in words, they just come out in tears

No matter what happens, I hope that you know I'll forever be here

[Verse 1]

I was wrong about my song

"The Man On My Left Shoulder"

'Cause he's been gone ever since you called

So I'll admit, it was not true

You're the reason I got through

I knew it was love when I knew I'd feel lost

If I ever lost you

[Verse 2]

That's why, when you believe in me, I can't describe what that means to me

You help me see what I can't see in me

Easily, I need to be between your arms, let's make this our secret song

But I can't keep a secret when I feel I need to scream it all

Can't even fall, I can't leave it all in the dust

Because, no matter what, I fear that it's never gon' be enough

To repay for all of the trust, and the days I crawled in the rough

Guess it made for a better story, was makin' all of it up

And then it came true, you help me hope when I'm faithless (Oh)

Add a scope when I'm aimless

Help me smile when I'm faceless, help me feel when I'm numb

Help me hide when there's nowhere left to run

Nowhere left to—

[Chorus]

These days, I may regret what I say, but never how I feel

I almost cried when I realized that everything was real

When the brain can't articulate feelings in words, they just come out in tears

No matter what happens, I hope that you know I'll forever be here

[Outro]

I'll forever be here