August Clown - Gregory Alan Isakov

Salt air, and the rust on your door I never needed anything more Whispers of "Are you sure?" "Never have I ever before" But I can see us lost in the memory August slipped away into a moment in time 'Cause it was never mine And I can see us twisted in bedsheets August sipped away like a bottle of wine 'Cause you were never mine Your back beneath the sun Wishin' I could write my name on it Will you call when you're back at school? I remember thinkin' I had you But I can see us lost in the memory August slipped away into a moment in time 'Cause it was never mine And I can see us twisted in bedsheets August sipped away like a bottle of wine 'Cause you were never mine Back when we were still changin' for the better Wanting was enough For me, it was enough To live for the hope of it all Cancel plans just in case you'd call And say, "Meet me behind the mall" So much for summer love and saying "us" 'Cause you weren't mine to lose You weren't mine to lose, no But I can see us lost in the memory August slipped away into a moment in time 'Cause it was never mine And I can see us twisted in bedsheets August sipped away like a bottle of wine 'Cause you were never mine 'Cause you were never mine, never mine But do you remember? Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get in the car" And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call? Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all "Meet me behind the mall" (Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get in the car") (And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call?) (Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all, for the hope of it all) ("Meet me behind the mall") Remember when I pulled up and said, "Get in the car" And then canceled my plans just in case you'd call? Back when I was livin' for the hope of it all (for the hope of it all) For the hope of it all For the hope of it all (For the hope of it all) (For the hope of it all)

Like a foreign tongue I can't speak I fell down for you For you, I've played the clown Stayed around Did what I had to For too, for too long Without my spine, I can't sleep Or stand with you For you, I sold this home For dust and stone I did what I had to For you, for you, for you, for you For you, for you, for you, for you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you No license to play, you'll act the fool These tricks are getting old We take this road by being cruel This scene remains unsolved I'm lost so far from home We are adrift at sea, more like to see A perfect scene, a bottle green A broken chance seam to seam So lay me down with you So lay me down with you So lay me down with you, with you, with you, with you So lay me down with you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you I've played the clown for you So lay me down with you

This hollow feeling The knowledge that you exist Amidst your insecurities Cover up only to coward out And never shutting up Only to never speak aloud Have you dried up entirely? The walls of a church don't make it holy It's what's authentic that completes the sum of its parts Don't excuse yourself from life today On the pretense of your past You're hurt, you're broken, that's alright This might be what it takes to wake you up This might be what it takes to wake you up Are you at your wits end yet? Are you at your wits end, wits end yet, yet? Are you at your wits end Are you at your wits end yet? The walls of a church don't make it holy Security isn't glitzy or glamorous Concrete or cohesive Therein lies the truth Lift your head up high It's what we know we aren't That makes us who we are It's what we know we aren't That makes us who we are You're hurt, you're broken, that's alright That makes us who we are (who we are) You're hurt, you're broken, that's alright That makes us who we are

Word got around that a nigga got shot Heard a nigga drew down' and he bucked so his ass got popped We was on my block trying to move these rocks Trying to stack this cash on the low, gotta duck these cops We was right off third and polock chilling in the back of the tracks Niggas got packs, trying to get them racks X-5 I was riding in the back with the brother's' round kicking in the gat in my lap 17 had no dreams, drinking four loco's, Sprite and codeine First class I was on lean, said fuck high-school, so I left Reed. No one told me life would be this way! I swear nobody told me Guess this is the game we chose to play Crazy how it's always been the same! People dying every day, that ain't nothing new When you from downtown, downtown! Out here tryna make a way I won't let these niggas take me down-down, down! (So I ride) Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em (So I ride) Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Phone just RANG heard a nigga got got He was over in the East last thing that he heard six shots He ain't gettin' no love from the cops, nobody got caught Real talk when I heard who it was, heart damn near stopped Somebody done killed my brother, now I gotta get back Let 'em know 'cause a nigga gotta feel that! Sitting shotgun with the shot gun When you hear the shots come, nigga don't run! Already bad, it can only get worse Hand full of steel 'cause the shit still hurts Cut so deep when they put him in the hearse Never saw 25, had to put him in the dirt. No one told me life would be this way! I swear nobody told me Guess this is the game we chose to play Crazy how it's always been the same! People dying every day, that ain't nothing new When you from downtown, downtown! Out here tryna make a way I won't let these niggas take me down-down, down! (So I ride) Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em (So I ride) Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Once upon a time down town in the nine (9th ward) Where they don't mind dying Sworn to a life of crime, was a youngin' that only stood 5'5 Big money on his mind, clothes ain't wrinkled while his hands on his iron. Shot six times right in front of my mom Kind of 32, man, I'm lucky to survive On a pac, juice real niggas don't die! Bitch, I'm from Mazant slang crack on the same set Blood stains at from a homie with his head cracked O'Gs like A' wacks they've been doing this shit way back since A track. And we yell where the gang at You can get fame there from the way you're going to bang that Shoot for the head watch how you aim that Price on your head and we gon' take that It's about to go down, you ain't about this then you better go now Sun going down, keep it door down! Everybody lay down. Ski mask down! All you gonna see is my eyes and my frown Last thing you hear is my gun going pow It happens every day round my way This ain't nothing new you grew up downtown. People dying every day, that ain't nothing new When you from downtown, downtown! I'm just trying to make a way, I won't let these niggas take me down-down, down! (So I ride) Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em (So I ride) Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em Riding on these niggas, I be riding, I be riding on 'em

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

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way