Cradles
Sub Urban
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Cradles by Sub Urban
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In “Cradles,” Sub Urban takes us into his fantasy world in which adults are free to act and speak as they like. He compares this to the ways of innocent children who haven’t learned to mask their true identities. Reflecting on the reality of adulthood, he notes that we carry an unspoken obligation t...
Cradles Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I live inside my own world of make-believe
Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities
I see the world through eyes covered in ink and bleach
Cross out the ones who heard my cries and watched me weep
[Chorus]
I love everything
Fire's spreading all around my room
My world’s so bright
It's hard to breathe but that's alright
Hush
Shh
[Verse 2]
Tape my eyes open to force reality (Oh no, no)
Why can’t you just let me eat my weight in glee?
I live inside my own world of make-believe
Kids screaming in their cradles, profanities
Some days I feel skinnier than all the other days
Sometimes I can't tell if my body belongs to me
[Chorus]
I love everything
Fire's spreading all around my room
My world's so bright
It's hard to breathe but that's alright
Hush
Shh
[Verse 3]
I wanna taste your content
Hold your breath and feel the tension
Devils hide behind redemption
Honesty is a one-way gate to hell
I wanna taste consumption
Breathe faster to waste oxygen
Hear the children sing aloud
It's music 'til the wick burns out
Hush
[Outro]
Just wanna be care free lately, yeah
Just kicking up daisies
Got one too many quarters in my pockets
Count ’em like the four-leaf clovers in my locket
Untied laces, yeah
Just tripping on daydreams
Got dirty little lullabies playing on repeat
Might as well just rot around the nursery and count sheep
Cradles Q&A
Who wrote Cradles's ?
Cradles was written by Sub Urban.
Who produced Cradles's ?
Cradles was produced by Sub Urban.
How did this song come about?
In my fucking living room. I started off on the piano. I was writing this jazz idea for a low-fi hip-hop thing and I just randomly hit the chords and I just realized like, “Shit, that’s a hit.” I just heard it. I was like, “That’s kind of fucking sexy.” So I just went up to my room, started writing...
What inspired the song?
Honestly, it was just kind of like my take on comparing childhood to adulthood. I feel like nobody ever really grows out of the whiny sort of tantrum-throwing person that they were as a kid. And you see it a lot on the internet these days. It’s just without a filter, everyone’s just an asshole. And...
How did you get into music production?
I actually practiced nine years piano classically and I quit when I dropped out of high school, actually. I discovered producing through a demo of Ableton, I was like, “Yo, this is fun.” I never felt that much power in my fingertips, and I didn’t realize until later that I actually sucked at what I...