Byron Henderson - THE COST OF FEAR. lyrics

Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
God on my line
All I'm getting is the dial tone

I am so lost, you haven't found me
So I atone, trying to get close to you
Swallow my pride, am I warmer?
I'm not that strong
Too afraid to buckle up and ride

Only one woman with a presence that
Constantly feels better than my solitude
I'm sitting
Staring through the looking glass
Knowing she ain't gon' like what I'm
About to do to this beat
Cause I don't cease fire
Six feet under where we fry needed guidance
Cause I never concede if I don't succeed
Know even the Devil is gon' have to
Dig deep when I proceed violence
Cause I ain't here to do it your way
Law & disorder choose your fate
Died once, swore it on my own
Grave that the next time
I won't follow time
It'll follow me at my own pace
Shoot for the moon even if you miss
You'll be among the stars
With your own space

Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
God on my line
All I'm getting is the dial tone

I am so lost, you haven't found me
So I atone, trying to get close to you
Swallow my pride, am I warmer?
I'm not that strong
Too afraid to buckle up and ride

Still trying to right a few wrongs
That you haven't made peace with?
How do you expect respect or my trust when
I've yet to be given any reason
I'll leave it at you believe in
What most think is equality
Even though the odds aren't even
Take a dive into my pool of thoughts
But please, Don't mind the sharks swimming
In the deep end i'm reaping what I sow
Yet mom's are grieving and I know
Life ain't to be compared to the lottery
But to just win and stay
Alive is rare like resuscitation
In the midst of retrieving the
Shrapnel out of me
Just in, news of another unjust end
No peace or trust
So tell me what you've got left
Only time I ain't the
Realest rapper breathing
Is when I hold my breath

Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
God on my line
All I'm getting is the dial tone

I am so lost, you haven't found me
So I atone, trying to get close to you
Swallow my pride, am I warmer?
I'm not that strong
Too afraid to buckle up and ride

Dream chasing like Meek and them
Envision degrees and a house
Of balloons Graduation weekend, Yeah
Searching for inner peace with a little
Decency and a kind heart
I'm trying to see you win, I
Was never the competition type, Dawg
Too many of us let our dreams die
So we're walking round with the lights off
And speaking of rounds
Clap it up for the people in gowns
Cap it off if you learn a trade
Keep your screws tight
Cause they're speaking in rounds
Of applause now
And succeeding ain't what they gon
Talk about on the news
Economic apartheid for the poor
Still you should know I'm proud of you

Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
Closet full of bones
Watch your skin become your downfall
God on my line
All I'm getting is the dial tone
I am so lost, you haven't found me
So I atone, trying to get close to you
Swallow my pride, am I warmer?
I'm not that strong
Too afraid to buckle up and ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride
Ride ride