Francis Bacon Slashed The Canvas

I was in amsterdam with my ex-girlfriend

She was passed out, it was amde late

I was mad lost, she was naked

I was starin at her tattoos and i couldn't take it (because)

Somethin dark had taken its toll

I'd been rollin with the devil, i'd been sellin my soul

Like a rock cliche, i felt so alone

I cried myself to sleep and dreamt i was home

Not about, to go get tangled

On a bitty, i've finagled

Many hearts, and ladies it's been clear

Since hip-hop brought my here

I felt, like francis bacon

Hope that, i'm not mistaken

Mouth open with the eyes scratched out

That's how i felt when she told me god was dead

God's not dead he's been hiding

At the amsterdam airport, we said goodbye

All this i'd been seeing we'd been living a lie

And i never felt freer than i had in my life

When i left her that day we flew home on different flights

I stopped in spain for a week

I found myself in gaudi's architecture, barcelona was a treat

Francis bacon, at el museo del prado

Up in madrid feel like i won the lotto

The post-war painter spoke to me

With a pain in his brush strokes vocally

And the cris of fait that he showed to me

Not a joke to me, well hopefully - because

I'd been living with a buddhist nihilist

Suicide girl artist love tatted on her lip

And on her hips; i had everything hip-hop had brought me

I thought back to the day in february when she lost me

(i said god loves you!) she shook her head

That's when it all became clear

Slash, slash - i'ma get that canvas

Slash, slash - better understand this

Slash, slash - like francis bacon

Slash, slash - this is all i'm sayin

Slash, slash - take your dark-ass world

Slash, slash - move back home girl

Slash, slash - cause i don't have time

To watch you try to breed your demons with mine

Slash, slash

Hold up, i speak in the quiet

While you're sleeping underneath your eyelids

I'm alive in the silence

Where it seems i've been hiding but there's no denying

That it's painfully lonely

And you're waiting for a sign like "show me"

Though you may not know yet at first glance

You can see my thumbprint on your circumstance

And i'll give you everything you need

Grace and mercy and the air you breathe

The clarity to see, the ears to hear

But there's so much noise that seems to interfere

Without pain you'd never know love

There's not a trial you can't overcome

And when you feel exhausted, ready to give up

Remember that i'm here like i always was