“The Way I Am” is dedicated to Astronautalis’s wife, who fell in love with and stuck by him despite all of his flaws. In an interview with Consequence of Sound, Astronautalis explained:
I was kind of a mess of a man when I met the woman who would later become my wife… Thankfully, she saw through al...
Up there in the stage lights baby
Workin' on a cell phone tan
Runnin' 'till my legs were shaking
Who could love me the way I am?
I'm drunk on whiskey maybe?
Passed out in the back of the van
You seen it all now, ain't I crazy?
Can you still love me the way I am?
Can you still love me the way I am?
Can you still love me the way I am?
Can you still love me the way I am?
Goddamn
Pretty little empire I made
Full of castles
But it always goes the same way
Rome collapses
I was fiddling away, babe
While it burnt down fast though
But you came and saved me
Out the ashes
Up there in the stage lights baby (Woo!)
Workin' on a cell phone tan
Runnin' 'till my legs were shaking
Who could love me the way I am? (Goddamn!)
I'm drunk on whiskey maybe? (Woo!)
Passed out in the back of the van
You seen it all now, ain't I crazy?
Can you still love me the way I am? (Goddamn!)
Can you still love me the way I am? (Goddamn!)
Can you still love me the way I am?
Can you still love me the way I am?
"Sunday morning sidewalk", baby
Yeah I memorized that sound
Kristofferson was right on baby
About coming down, yeah
You cleaned my damn clock out baby
Then you polished up my crown
Never thought it'd end this way
But look at me now!
Up there in the stage lights baby (Woo!)
Workin' on a cell phone tan
Runnin' 'till my legs were shaking
Who could love me the way I am?
I'm drunk on whiskey maybe?
Southern with my goddamned vowels
You seen it all now, ain't you baby?
Yeah, you still love me the way I am (Goddamn!)
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
Yeah, you still love me the way I am
The Way I Am was written by Astronautalis.
The Way I Am was produced by Subp Yao.
Astronautalis released The Way I Am on Fri Jun 05 2020.
The music video for “The Way I Am” features a deepfake created by Adam J. Dunn of the Netflix series Tiger King, using Astronautalis’s face with Joe Exotic’s body. Discussing the music video in an interview with Consequence of Sound, Astronautalis said:
Adam [J. Dunn] said if we had a month more to...