Below the Bassline - Ernest Ranglin

All of my stories are below Beneath the surface you cannot grow Curled and naked I defer To shaky thoughts, all in a blur Every single fear I'm hiding Every little childhood memory I bury Every single fear I'm hiding Every little childhood memory (Bury) And I will lie, lie Keep it all together Lie, lie, lie Sitting on top of the facade Built this tower to surpass I can't remember why I'm here Only why I need to disappear Every single fear I'm hiding Every little childhood memory I bury Every single fear I'm hiding Every little childhood memory (Bury) I will lie, lie Keep it all together Lie, lie Will it last forever? Lie, lie Keep it all together Lie, lie, lie Lie, lie Keep it all together Lie, lie Will it last forever? Lie, lie They keep it all together Lie, lie, lie

You didn't know me when you were a kid In trouble at school, alone at lunch again I didn't know you when I broke my knee Spent the summer on crutches and everybody teased Except for this one friend I almost forgot You didn't know me but he knew me best The weight of my brain, the fear of my cold head You never saw me interred in the ice My friend tried to melt, but couldn't thaw me out right So I got ditched freezing alone with my thoughts And though I once said I was better off as being dead Better off as being dead, without my old friend True I once said I was better off as being dead But I didn't know you yet You didn't know me but you got cold too And your mind was heavy and you thought you might lose it Well everything fucked up we both felt before I'm glad for it all if it got us where we are With you in the boat there, I almost forgot How I once said I was better off as being dead Better off as being dead, I didn't know you yet And you might've said you were better off just being dead But I'm looking out for you, my friend, I'm looking I didn't know you when you were a kid But swimming with you, it sure feels like I did

So it's into the void Now me girls and me boys From mother's hands we go We'll be sailing to the sun 'Til the voyage is done Then we'll be sleeping in the cold below Sisters! Below, below We're going where the winds don't blow Yes, we're all bound down To the deep and we'll all be Sleeping in the cold below, below Sleeping in the cold below Our sailing ship's For the hard and the quick We roll our load and go There's a living to be madе Or there's hell to pay Whеn you're sleeping in the cold below Sisters! Below, below We're going where the winds don't blow Yes, we're all bound down To the deep and we'll all be Sleeping in the cold below, below Sleeping in the cold below There's a man on high With the devil in his eye And a golden hand, I'm told It can hurt you, it can hold you He can kick you or console you When you're sleeping in the cold below Sisters! Below, below We're going where the winds don't blow Yes, we're all bound down To the deep and we'll all be Sleeping in the cold below, below Sleeping in the cold below (Oh, hey!) Oh, sisters you so wise and true When it's my time to go Won't you lay me down Under Granum Crowns And I'll be sleeping in the cold below, below? Sleeping in the cold below Sisters! Below, below We're going where the winds don't blow Yes, we're all bound down To the deep and we'll all be Sleeping in the cold Sisters! Below, below We're going where the winds don't blow Yes, we're all bound down To the deep and we'll all be Sleeping in the cold below, below Sleeping in the cold below, below Sleeping in the cold below Today we sail on the Solar Rail For there's much we just don't know So farewell with a kiss Then it's fast for the mist 'Til we're all sleeping in the cold below

In a quaint caravan There's a lady they call the Gypsy She can look in the future And drive away all your fears Everything will come right If you only believe the Gypsy She could tell at a glance That my heart was so full of tears She looked at my hand and told me My lover was always true And yet in my heart I knew, dear Somebody else was kissing you But I'll go there again 'Cause I want to believe the Gypsy That my lover is true And will come back to me someday You see, she looked at my hand and Told me that my baby would always be true And yet, in my heart I knew, dear That somebody else was kissing you But I'll go there again 'Cause I want to believe the Gypsy That my lover is true And will come back to me someday

You did many things That I liked, that I liked And you like diamond rings I can provide I can provide for you You made me feel so good Before I left On the road And you deserve your name On a crown, on a throne You did many things That I liked, that I liked And you like diamond rings I can provide, I can provide for you You made me feel so good Before I left On the road And you deserve your name On a crown, on a throne I haven't been around my town in a long while I apologize, but I I've been trying to get this money like I got a couple kids who rely... On me But I remember on the bathroom floor Before I went on tour Like you said we couldn't do it again... 'Cause you had a thing with some other man You said it was love And you said you were lost Then you wished me good luck To find somebody to love But, oooh Now I've heard that you're single And uh huh, I'll give you something to live for Yes, I will Honey please You never thought you'd ever see my face again But your love just swayed the lies When he stared into your eyes He just might be too good for you You're almost dead to him You're sleeping with a frozen heart Well baby girl it's over now And you can always count on me Your unshackled boy, unrestrained to touch So immune to love And it feels so priceless to me That you're always free That you'll take me in Now I'm everything, your everything I bet you'll take me in I know you'll take me in now The same place I left you in (we) I bet you'll take me in I know you'll take me in I know you'll take me in The same place I left you in We Who? Oooh... Oooooooh... No ho... Let her know... You did many things That I liked, that I liked And you like diamond rings I can provide I can provide for you You made me feel so good Before I left On the road And you deserve your name On a crown, on a throne

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع