Ultimate High - Intellectual

In this world

Expectations are rarely met

Especially, if you dare to dream to set 'em high

Way above the standard

The so-called protocol

But isn't that what we're supposed to do

In this lifetime of ours, last hours or not?

When the temperature rises

And the plate gets hot

You start to see the true colors

In folks you once felt close

Those you care about the most

And one by one turn their backs on you

Put their own priorities ahead of you

When you know for a fact

You know for a fact

You would put your life on the line for them

Even in the craziest of situations

Without hesitation like in a blink of a fly's eye

Thats right, ain't no two ways about it

Ay yo, I really do mean this

At the end of the day

Its like yeah, here we go again

How does it feel to be alone at night

You gotta keep at it

When nobody's watching in the audience

If only I had an angel like a guardian

To guide me to the path, so lost

Like a stray dog without a place to call home

Roaming the streets for a scene long gone

No familiar faces or friendly tones

But then, but then, but then, but then, but then

I put my headphones on and play my song

And then, and then, and then, and then...

I can come run to you

And tell you the kind of things

That most would never know

Cause they won't even show

An interest to hear

This here is like a prayer

Except I don't wait for a reply

The timing is already perfect

When I'm down and out

On the ground licking wounds

Some old, some new

You come through and be a real mate

With care unlimited, unconditional

Nuff of the trade-offs and calculated talks

Just take a walk, face lit by the full moon

And sit by the oak tree, put my head at ease

Then I release

All the pent up energy

Let the eyes secrete

And to know for the first time

That everything is free like it ought to be

Clear the mist of miscellaneous data

On my mental desktop

Foreground music, blast melodramatic

The feedback is automatic

Rocks the body electric

It makes you wanna say

Fuck sex, it's the ultimate high

Original organic till the day that I die

Ecstasy, poetry in motion

Brain drug factory churning out the potions

Catalyst for a runaway chain reaction

Designed to give that pure satisfaction

Trigger a moment

Much bigger than life, defined by the media alike

What I like and I dont like?

Disconnect, reconnect to the channels I want

To receive the feed of rush delivery

To the vessel, fly ride like a fleet enterprise

Once the damage is done

Say whatever you want, hon

Nah, you're not sorry

Why worry now that I'm so over it

Would I ever lose faith in this world

So I won't set myself up for yet another fall?

Nah cause I've seen many grown-ups

All bitter, words full of pessimism and cynicism

Whatever the reason beneath the surface

A dark force took a toll on a young mind

It might have been a case of a shattered heart

Courtesy of somebody he or she trusted deeply

Or it might have been a picture of modern-day slavery

Painted for 'em ever since nursery

And today if it ain't the artificial state of fear

Might as well be the sound of Babylon

Collapsing on its own weight

Oh wait, and as a bonus, the weather getting eerie

Minds growing weary, you got a con theory?

Wouldn't doubt it, but seriously

Your whole outlook is clouded

Like a windshield in the winter

And get stuck like a splinter

On a ring finger, wood-shedding in the back

I begin to piece together these clues

How you might end up with an ego on bruise

And out in the cuts, like a recluse

But then, but then, but then, but then, but then

I put my headphones on and play my tunes

And then, and then, and then, and then...

Right when you figure that you've seen it all

And you've heard it all

That everything great is cemented in the past

Freeze framed for eternity

Never to be topped or tampered with

Think again my friend, what if we opened ourselves

To see the bright talent around us

It can be so damn refreshing

To know that a fellow human being

Can manifest miracles despite

Equally stricken with the laws of gravity

Always had to be self-appointed, thus anointed

And you heard this yet

Difficult to apply like a job out of league

The truth hard to deal with

Take a dose to conceal with

A quick fix but why would you

When you also know it could be too good to be true?

Yeah you gotta be the one

To search for ethereal high

We gotta be the ones

To be that stereo in the system

Bring balance back to an equilibrium

Its that one note you hit

However short it may be, a flash on a retina

On a whim, catch a glimpse into the next realm

Hues brilliant to overwhelm