Tide Pools

By Windmills

On Stay Golden

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[Verse 1]

Too much of me is broken that I can’t fix

Shipwrecked on an island in a thick sweat;

Waking up every morning feeling upset

To end the argument with, 'shut it up and get dressed.'

Anywhere you go, there’s such a lack of respect;

That it reminds me of emcees I haven’t dissed yet

With people bugging me as if they were an insect;

As if they're only out to calculate my every misstep

A deep breath for how it’s losing all my interest

I need a backyard to build my son a swing set

Yet, at least I’ve gotten back to where I’m having fun

And you weren’t even built for things that I’ve already done

So doing nothing but hold me back, I’m still grateful;

It’s just you need to stay like that or get it

I’ve won a ton of battles too and they are nothing more

War’s been going on before I was ever born

CHORUS

Tide pools (x3)


[Verse 2]

You’ll learn a lot from mistakes having no regrets

When it’s over and done and you’re the only left

Yeah, I can play any game if I’m getting paid;

That explains why being Frame you need to stay away

I’m dreaming bigger than the dreams that I’ve already had

And I can handle if you’re thinking I can’t handle that

The more I walk through the world the more it’s gotten small

I’m not the only one whose lost their grip on right or wrong

When men talk, I hear a lot of 'are you a man or what?'

When woman talk I hear a lotta, 'I’m not man enough!'

My only route is showing love the most, from coast to coast

And whether you can rhyme or don’t, I give it!

It’s too easy to say I’m just a know it all

Nothing I’ve ever said compares to how I soldier on

Being from Vermont, knowing where I’ve been;

If I haven’t built your trust by now, well fuck it then I’m gone

CHORUS

Tide pools (x3)


[Verse 3]

When loneliness is more difficult than bringing joy;

That means the closer people get you hear a lot of noise

And I don’t even think I speak as lethal

As the way social media inflated some egos. Feeling

More grateful than I have ever been

Still trying to be perfect, but hey, nobody one is, right?

That’s why I’m cool with, if you are uptight and nervous

And willing to admit that you’re doing it on purpose

You cross the line with I don’t walk what I talk

Then I’m not looking back for your ass anymore, nah!

Already snapped when they tried to compare myself

To those living or we’re already here

I’m done tripping off of memory lane. Too many of you

Can’t see past somebody to blame. It’s clear

That you aren’t the greatest person that I haven’t met

No one‘s using you against me every chance they can get;

To spend my life making albums that won’t flop again

But nothing makes sense, I take it as compliment

Yet, it’s strange, my pain has become pleasure;

That others who have more say, 'I’m making them feel better.'

I just remember learning quickly as a little child;

How being young’s only going in and out of style

Was too young to understand what it’s like

When they told me I'm in for the fight of my life now!


[Outro]


[GG Allin:]

I believe that I am the king; I am the answer

When they listen to my lyrics and they listen to my songs, they're listening to the way that it really should be and you know that and I know that, 'cause your kids are my kids

[Jane Whitney:] You seriously mean what you're saying?

[GG Allin:] Absolutely!

[Jane Whitney:] This is not an act?

[GG Allin:] I've been doing this ever since I was a child. What you see is what you get. I am that guy!


[Sam Celestine:]

Tide pools/Wearing my rain boots

Standing in time loops, waterproof

[Jane Whitney:] Are you a happy person?

[GG Allin:] I'm beautiful


[Sam Celestine:]

Tide pools/Wearing my rain boots

Standing in time loops, waterproof