Twenty-Three (2011 Remix)

[Weerd Science]

I know these kids

And they love to get high

Probably to try escape the same things that I

Have battled with

And now steamed into our psyche

At one point or another we're all convinced that we might be

Just a tad bit broken

And only hear the bad even when good things are spoken

We find solace and find patterns in bottles

And a lot of us become the demons that we can't abolish

So we apply the polish

Put up a front that say's we're okay

But in reality we're demolished

See there's a lot of different ways to kill yourself

While some of them are blatant others are hidden well

And when your family can't tell

And it's you against the world

But your whole world's a living hell

And if you're anything like me then you've gotta known that you're not alone

And we've all been twenty-three

[Chorus]

And I wish that you hadn't done it

Could have won it and moved on from it

Now we'll never grow old together

But you're in my memories…

[MC Lars]

Remix!

I wrote this song four years ago

A lot of healing has taken place since then

A girl in London told me that her boyfriend took his life

He was twenty-three

I said it hurts but it's alright

I told her not to worry

He'd be up in Heaven waiting

I don't have the answers

But listen this is all I'm sayin'

I've seen the demons too

They wanna take me down

I felt the darkness closing in like no one is around

I've battled with this feeling even though I keep it quiet

I miss my homie Pat

And I can't deny it

I've wrestled with the guilt like maybe it was all my fault

And so I write these songs

Because it's all I've got

It's such an honor rocking mics with Science every night

Making music, touring Europe

Keeping his memory alive

We raised a grand for the AFSP

Pat, I see you homie and I hope you're proud of me

You said that rap was magic every time I did my vocal takes

It's funny how the heart can heal, even when you've felt it break

[Chorus]

And I wish that you hadn't done it

Could have won it and moved on from it

Now we'll never grow old together

But you're in my memory

As twenty-three

[MC Lars/Pat]

"Ladies and gentleman, I want you to meet a good friend of mine, this is Patrick Wood"

"What's up, Lars?"

"What's up Pat?"

"How're you doin', man?"

"Good. What do you think about my recording equipment

taking up three-quarters of our small room in the Kimble dorm?"

"It's no problem man, I love you."

"I love you too, Pat."

"Thanks, Lars."

"Pat Wood, hey, that's you!"

[Chorus]

And I wish that you hadn't done it

Could have won it and moved on from it

Now we'll never grow old together

But you're in my memories

And I wish that you hadn't done it

Could have won it and moved on from it

Now we'll never grow old together

But you're in my memory

As twenty-three