homo deus (demo)

he took it easy for a few years

thinking he was sure to be a genius when he grew a beard

then little baby prodigy

swallowed up all his pennies and learned a bit of philosophy

 

he thought if he knew all there was to know

every problem he was ever involved in could be resolved

armed with logic and those skeptic eyes

he could hide just how scared he is, I swear he's petrified

(petrified)

 

let's decide how to proceed

when you never hit the ground with your feet

and you're proud of your weakness;

confused if youre a clown or a leech,

shit, nothing like the sound of the crowd when they're speechless

 

he's been in a loop

'tryna get his head straight

fell without a chute out the window in the tenth grade

kids gon' be a deadweight; listen how he speaks

like he's got a bone to pick with every grifter on the street

 

now he's just a godless little bundle of joy

always worked the hardest when he wasn't employed

yes he parties with the puppets he's got dozens of toys

his whole existence been a multiple choice test

 

what does a boy get? left in the dust

he put himself up on a pedestal and severed his tongue

so he would never let slip how many times he‘s been defeated

it goes live and let live and when you die you just repeat it

 

he’s been drinking with his demons

smoking with his shadow

tryna find some meaning now he‘s old enough to plateau

a savage little rascal; barely yet of age

and yet he thinks that playing scrabble made him something of a saint

 

but he ain‘t nothing but a plague doc selling a placebo

saving up for mittens now that hell is gonna freeze over

every damn day it feels like he grows a week older

tryna stand straight in this fight to try to keep sober

(lean in closer)

 

Life has been a ride I try to stay standing

read between the lines and never shake hands

I BEEN DOING FINE WITHOUT A GAME PLAN

SINCE I WAS A CHILD I BEEN A GREAT MAN

(great man)

 

I've been filled with pride but I'm a wastelander

keeping all my lies tucked in my waistband

I BEEN DOING FINE WITHOUT A GAME PLAN

SINCE I WAS A CHILD I BEEN A GREAT MAN

(great man)

 

I BEEN DOING FINE WITHOUT A GAME PLAN

SINCE I WAS A CHILD I BEEN A GREAT MAN

(great man)

I BEEN DOING FINE WITHOUT A GAME PLAN

SINCE I WAS A CHILD I BEEN A GREAT MAN

(great man)