Ebb and Flow

(Verse 1: Collective)
I'm upside down, swinging back and forth
This ebb and flow is such a nasty force
I wonder what the hell that I'm rapping for
Maybe to "Open Your Eyes" like I'm Macklemore
I treat it all now like a task and chore
You deserve my all, like you're asking for
Stressed, so I vent with a massive roar
It's why I'm buying these things that I can't afford
I feel like I'm muzzled with nothing to say
I'm stuck in the mud, with the sun and the rain
No one says nothing, I'm fucking amazed
How there's so many others that suffer this pain
I'm drinking, and I'm writing
And it's no mystery while I'm begging for silence
I'm thinking, and I'm finding
That it's probably the best if I'm faking compliance
But I'm still grinnin'
Feeling inside, I can handle this business
Even if the world stops spinnin'
I won't stop or drop 'til I'm finished
Heart's in the light, but my mind in the dark
I'm holding the fuel, but finding the spark
Is a challenge and all, but I'm trying to start
A passion for me to start climbing the charts
I don't even know, how far it will go
If I'm pushed to my limits I probably will blow
My patience is gone, and my tolerance low
I'm poppin' right out, like a fox in the snow
"Just follow the road" I already know
Your advice is reiterated, I will not choke
On the words that are froze in the back of my throat
I am no pussy, so I will not fold

(Chorus: UberGuitarDude)
Just look inside yourself
No, you will never
End this way
As the waves crash down, and the tide goes out
No, you will never
Fade away

(Verse 2: Collective)
Growing up I wasn't told that I have to pray
Heaven only knows that I laugh at fate
Celebrate my life when I pass away
In case I don't live on, I'll elaborate:
My plans for my name, my strategy
Is a dedicated study to the mastery
Of my mind, my soul, my anatomy
I'm making my eulogy a rhapsody
When I write and flow in the night, what's enclosed
Is emotions I hold for the life that I chose
In the darkest night there's a light with a glow
If you fight for your own, that light will explode
Then your changing surroundings will have no more boundaries
Expanding in ten folds, and now it's astounding
You're liking the way that it is now sounding
Your pride may thrive in your heart that is pounding
Now I'm right back wishing
Myself to a time when I handled emissions
Of rage in song, now I'm having these visions
Of myself as a man who is mad and is withered
Please take a step back
I'm perched on the brink and afraid I will snap
What fucking point do I make in these tracks?
When I rap I'm feeling so jaded and trapped
My shoulders are slumped from the weight on my back
This ebb and flow is a pain in the ass
Half of my soul is remaining intact
While the other half is breaking down fast
When I look in a mirror, there's way more to see
Than appears what I fear is enormity
With those shedding a tear for their normalcy
I will be leading my life informally

(Chorus: UberGuitarDude)
Just look inside yourself
No, you will never
End this way
As the waves crash down, and the tide goes out
No, you will never
Fade away