Too Many Times

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Too many times I've cried piercing droplets stabbing Hobbits Lurking in the murky depths of conscious without a clue I continue to spew chunks of emcee lunch on the crowds of paper that gather at the base of my pen Grabbed the forbidden fruit and taste it again Hugged the Tree of Life twice so in a sense, am I embracing sin? Wading in the waters of a wasted emotion, encased in a token I place on a pedestal Receiving standing ovation from mezzanine to the vestibule, in the balcony next to you Heckling life for a price Beckoning grace to chase down shadows to be boxed and shipped to consumers Rest my head on pillows to fumigate the spread of rumors Of iris of the highest form, infect the social mainframe Life and death are parallel states of exist but lack the same name Do I have to meta-morph my identity to change things? But those that stay sane are inferior Ironic like descension only elevators With verbs and nouns and sounds, I'm an interior decorator of mind-scape While you people are just fish that can't swim, drowning in rhyme's lake, y'all can't swim Drowning in rhyme's lake [Hook] Too many times I cloaked my ideals Too many times I let down my shield Too many times I fell from this tree, not knowing what was under me and just crushed an emcee Too many times I went towards the light Too many times I destroyed the mic Too many times my life has been open But I couldn't receive until the stained glass was broken [Verse 2] Too many times I've wilded in the absence of direction Stuck at the crossroad intersection, competing with my reflection For sanity, up to my nose in frozen vanity Chipping away at stone vultures Melting ice sculptures down to puddles in which I Splish splash icons 'til they're dripping with verbiage Subtle anarchy results in the capsize of the eye Floating atop the liquidated plot of life's screenplay Searched the stack of needles for one strand of hay 'cause it's my person last week, just to expand today You're too lewd to be dragging, flying my altitude so look to land today The forest of forgetfulness has ample space for thought-scape Beautiful arrangements of scenery encompassing the mind-frame Trapped in a picture game, leaving rhyme crumbs to find things Smacked sand with five fingers 'til time stings Come in the zone of my thoughts thrown to find King I comb the zone of my thoughts thrown to find a king [Hook] Too many times I cloaked my ideals Too many times I let down my shield Too many times I fell from this tree, not knowing what was under me and just crushed an emcee Too many times I went towards the light Too many times I destroyed the mic Too many times my life has been open But I couldn't receive until the stained glass was broken [Verse 3] Too many times I've walked this continuous staircase alone Wandering the topless abyss to find something Winds blow attempting to topple the skyscraper I built upon this foundation of beads of sweat Killing myself to live, with microphone purpose Talking to a hologram image within a half empty pandora's box Afraid to open and let loose the angelic demon it encompasses Onto with the need to discover the brilliance Held by the iron fist I rule with And [?] centrific force draws my perspective closer to knowledge While the agnostic pilgrimage to my mind's mecca enlightens me Further and further and further along I walk As the bare feet are cut by these thorns infecting the ground of this path Further and further along I hope Direction will find home in my city of ideas Further and further and further along I listen For my name to be yelled with the blare of the trumpet Calling me to end these too many times I wait for that Trumpet to call me to end these too many times, these too many times [Hook] Too many times I cloaked my ideals Too many times I let down my shield Too many times I fell from this tree, not knowing what was under me and just crushed an emcee Too many times I went towards the light Too many times I destroyed the mic Too many times my life has been open But I couldn't receive until the stained glass was broken