Drown in sadness and reverb – this vaporwave R&B cloud rap fusion serves up the allegory of Okabe and Kurisu’s love. For those who’ve watched the hit anime Steins;Gate, you’ll understand how the personal and the referential meet in this somber quantum level relationship confession.
Verse 1:
(I remember a) girl - she was sweet, speaks the right amount of
Heat to keep silly old me on my toes, she wore her
Knowledge for clothes, ballpoint pen in her jeans, I had a
Dream of mine, she had in mind several dreams, I
Remember that girl, when she stepped on the scene, swore I
Remembered that girl like she was someone I've seen, there’s no
Forgetting that girl, no one could threaten that girl, even in
Bed with a sedative, no one slept on that girl, I said she
Wasn't straight up opposite
She was way more of a rival and I'll admit
Furthered through lots of it
Beauty in confidence, truly could not predict
Using my consonants to be awe in this
You’d be, she's moody, she's cutey, works wonders on
Loose-leaf, puts feet down with her lil' booty like
Rocking Timbs, locked in sense, fought for this and you know
Time was racing, lines adjacent, guide my
Patience, life feels wasted, David's pacing, ugh
...inaccurate, got my clumsiness
...immaculate, with her loveliness
Always knew of the better me in you
...you don't owe me that
Finding lines where I could really be with you
...I don't mean only rap
Chorus:
On my own, I said I'm sad
On my own, I said I’m sad without you
On my own, I said I’m sad without you
I don't know what to do
On my own, I said I’m sad
On my own, I said I'm sad without you
Losing everything I had without you
I don't know what to do
// Yeah... I'm going through the timelines without you
I’m going through the timelines without you
I don't know what I'd do without you (but I guess I'll learn)
Going through the timelines //
Verse 2:
Ugh, looking in her eyes, I saw
Time, time that led to us, time I
Wouldn't rush, time that I had wasted, time with
Her went racing, girl remembered from another time
Ran out of time, I let go of that time, in my
Mind, can't forget to remember those times (all I)
Wanted was time, control over time, in my
Way, only time, what would say? Only time
I wanted to learn her every atom, down to
Every gear, enter her every stratum, know our
Lines were near, that's whole anatomy and what's between
Her ears, the things only she'd fathom, to be
Complete... only a line separates, not a
Thin one, in case, still a line that berates our
Time and say's you'll never cross... time
Line where we never lost... I'm on the
Line where we didn't... I mean the
Line when we didn't happen
Forgiveness, you died, I died, don't know, I can't
Define, poor souls, believe me, I really tried
Always knew of the better me in you
...you don't owe me that
Finding lines where I could really be with you
...I don't mean only rap
Chorus:
On my own, I said I'm sad
On my own, I said I'm sad without you
On my own, I said I'm sad without you
I don't know what to do
On my own, I said I'm sad
On my own, I said I'm sad without you
Losing everything I had without you
I don't know what to do
// Yeah... I'm going through the timelines without you
I'm going through the timelines without you
I don't know what I'd do without you (but I guess I'll learn)
Going through the timelines //
Time;lines was written by DJ DAX.
Time;lines was produced by Sage & Retro City.
DJ DAX released Time;lines on Mon Feb 25 2019.
The sample comes from Shiloh Dynasty’s “Imagine” (often found on the internet as “Come Thru”), which itself is a cover/remix/reimagining of Gene Wilder’s “Pure Imagination” of the 1971 “Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory” film’s soundtrack. Two great tracks in their own right. I’m fond of both of t...
Kurisu’s obviously who’s this song’s about, and honestly the most well aligned with what I seek in a woman, but there’s someone that comes so close with a different approach – Suzuha Amane.