Song | Starting Over (feat. Ben Bridwell of Band of Horses) |
Artist | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
Album | The Heist |
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[00:09.52] | Those 3 plus years, I was so proud of |
[00:15.11] | And I threw ‘em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups |
[00:18.19] | The irony, everyone will think that he lied to me |
[00:21.40] | Made my sobriety so public, there’s no fuckin’ privacy |
[00:24.13] | If I don’t talk about it then I carry a date |
[00:26.49] | 08-10-08, but now it’s been changed in every.. |
[00:30.52] | When they put me in some box as a saint |
[00:32.42] | I never was, it’s the false prophet that never came |
[00:35.30] | And well they think that everything that I written has all been fake |
[00:38.47] | Oh well I’ll just take my slip to the grave |
[00:40.78] | Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say? |
[00:44.31] | The success story that got his life together and changed |
[00:47.17] | And you know what pain looks like |
[00:49.28] | When you tell your dad you relapsed then look him directly into his face |
[00:53.03] | The seat on your shoulder’s the seemingly heavy weight |
[00:55.88] | I’ve been seeing tears like this on my girl |
[00:58.15] | In a while the trust that I once built’s been betrayed |
[01:01.08] | But I’d rather live telling the truth than be judged for my mistakes |
[01:04.61] | The falsely held up, given props, loved and praised |
[01:07.83] | I guess I gotta get this on the page |
[01:09.64] | Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is |
[01:13.87] | I know what I gotta do and I can’t help it |
[01:16.35] | One day at a time is what they tell us |
[01:19.51] | Now I gotta find a way to tell them |
[01:21.78] | |
[01:26.19] | God help ‘em |
[01:27.33] | One day at a time is what they tell us |
[01:31.41] | Now I gotta find a way to tell them |
[01:33.69] | We fell so hard |
[01:37.86] | Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost.. |
[01:46.31] | I thought you’d go |
[01:49.64] | But you were with me all along.. along.. |
[01:57.07] | And every kid that came up to me |
[02:00.15] | And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean |
[02:03.37] | Now look at me, a couple days sober |
[02:05.64] | I’m fighting demons |
[02:06.74] | Back of that meeting on the east side |
[02:08.52] | Shaking tweakin', hope that they don’t see it |
[02:10.48] | Hope that no one is looking |
[02:11.91] | That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie |
[02:14.89] | Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken |
[02:17.95] | If they call on me I’m passing, if they talk to me I’m booking out that door |
[02:21.51] | But before I can make it somebody stops me and says are you Macklemore? |
[02:25.18] | Maybe this isn’t the place or time |
[02:27.15] | I just wanted to say that if it wasn’t for other side I wouldn’t have made it |
[02:31.59] | I just look down at the ground and say thank you |
[02:34.72] | She tells me she has 9 months and that she’s so grateful |
[02:37.47] | Tears in her eyes, looking like she’s gonna cry.. fuck! |
[02:40.32] | I barely got 48 hours, treated like I’m some wise monk |
[02:44.51] | I wanna tell her I relapsed but I can’t |
[02:46.93] | I just shake her hand and tell her congrats |
[02:49.20] | Get back to my car and I think I’m tripping yea |
[02:51.86] | Cause God wrote Otherside, that pen was in my hand |
[02:54.88] | I’m just a flawed man, man I fucked up up |
[02:57.84] | Like so many others I just never thought I would |
[03:00.57] | I never thought I would, didn’t pick up the book |
[03:03.65] | Doin’ it by myself, didn’t turn out that good |
[03:06.51] | If I can be an example of getting sober |
[03:09.75] | Then I can be an example of starting over |
[03:12.32] | If I can be an example of getting sober |
[03:15.41] | Then I can be an example of starting over |
[03:18.13] | We fell so hard |
[03:22.86] | Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost.. |
[03:30.15] | I thought you'd go |
[03:34.79] | But you were with me all along.. along.. |
[03:41.77] | |
[03:54.93] | We fell so hard |
[03:58.53] | Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost.. |
[04:04.33] |
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[00:09.52] | Those 3 plus years, I was so proud of |
[00:15.11] | And I threw ' em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups |
[00:18.19] | The irony, everyone will think that he lied to me |
[00:21.40] | Made my sobriety so public, there' s no fuckin' privacy |
[00:24.13] | If I don' t talk about it then I carry a date |
[00:26.49] | 081008, but now it' s been changed in every.. |
[00:30.52] | When they put me in some box as a saint |
[00:32.42] | I never was, it' s the false prophet that never came |
[00:35.30] | And well they think that everything that I written has all been fake |
[00:38.47] | Oh well I' ll just take my slip to the grave |
[00:40.78] | Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say? |
[00:44.31] | The success story that got his life together and changed |
[00:47.17] | And you know what pain looks like |
[00:49.28] | When you tell your dad you relapsed then look him directly into his face |
[00:53.03] | The seat on your shoulder' s the seemingly heavy weight |
[00:55.88] | I' ve been seeing tears like this on my girl |
[00:58.15] | In a while the trust that I once built' s been betrayed |
[01:01.08] | But I' d rather live telling the truth than be judged for my mistakes |
[01:04.61] | The falsely held up, given props, loved and praised |
[01:07.83] | I guess I gotta get this on the page |
[01:09.64] | Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is |
[01:13.87] | I know what I gotta do and I can' t help it |
[01:16.35] | One day at a time is what they tell us |
[01:19.51] | Now I gotta find a way to tell them |
[01:21.78] | |
[01:26.19] | God help ' em |
[01:27.33] | One day at a time is what they tell us |
[01:31.41] | Now I gotta find a way to tell them |
[01:33.69] | We fell so hard |
[01:37.86] | Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost.. |
[01:46.31] | I thought you' d go |
[01:49.64] | But you were with me all along.. along.. |
[01:57.07] | And every kid that came up to me |
[02:00.15] | And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean |
[02:03.37] | Now look at me, a couple days sober |
[02:05.64] | I' m fighting demons |
[02:06.74] | Back of that meeting on the east side |
[02:08.52] | Shaking tweakin', hope that they don' t see it |
[02:10.48] | Hope that no one is looking |
[02:11.91] | That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie |
[02:14.89] | Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken |
[02:17.95] | If they call on me I' m passing, if they talk to me I' m booking out that door |
[02:21.51] | But before I can make it somebody stops me and says are you Macklemore? |
[02:25.18] | Maybe this isn' t the place or time |
[02:27.15] | I just wanted to say that if it wasn' t for other side I wouldn' t have made it |
[02:31.59] | I just look down at the ground and say thank you |
[02:34.72] | She tells me she has 9 months and that she' s so grateful |
[02:37.47] | Tears in her eyes, looking like she' s gonna cry.. fuck! |
[02:40.32] | I barely got 48 hours, treated like I' m some wise monk |
[02:44.51] | I wanna tell her I relapsed but I can' t |
[02:46.93] | I just shake her hand and tell her congrats |
[02:49.20] | Get back to my car and I think I' m tripping yea |
[02:51.86] | Cause God wrote Otherside, that pen was in my hand |
[02:54.88] | I' m just a flawed man, man I fucked up up |
[02:57.84] | Like so many others I just never thought I would |
[03:00.57] | I never thought I would, didn' t pick up the book |
[03:03.65] | Doin' it by myself, didn' t turn out that good |
[03:06.51] | If I can be an example of getting sober |
[03:09.75] | Then I can be an example of starting over |
[03:12.32] | If I can be an example of getting sober |
[03:15.41] | Then I can be an example of starting over |
[03:18.13] | We fell so hard |
[03:22.86] | Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost.. |
[03:30.15] | I thought you' d go |
[03:34.79] | But you were with me all along.. along.. |
[03:41.77] | |
[03:54.93] | We fell so hard |
[03:58.53] | Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost.. |
[04:04.33] |