Son Silva - Midnight Oil

Bear the lows, miss the highs
Midnight oil, burning right
It’s a vibe
Flick a show to pass the time
20-odd has been always odd
Soul bulletproof like Sade, cop a lil’ summin'
Dip through after-after parties
Drunken cherubs with no goals
Past the point of missing home
Bear the lows, miss the highs
Midnight oil, burning right
Neon eyes
See, this world is as we are
Don’t mind us, we’re just passing by
This ain’t real shit, just reality
Coming from the sum of sons of the slums
Pardon my posts, just sick of the sun
Feeling guilty having fun when the rent due
And every breath from the lung feels uneventful
Roaming
Thursday night wishing for a limelight
Rhyme right, so bread be on table like Oliver
Twist my ligaments, bend my tendons
I got tennis elbow from serving drinks, getting sick of it
If man made money, then has money bought the man
Question coming from back before a dive would be in hand
And filters would align the palm like trees align with sand
Until the sea don’t kiss the land, the winter breeze will guide my plans
Just know JJ been jaded since Shadrack
Yelling “mayday”, I think we might crash land into new planets
To live on this axis, we
Bear the lows, miss the highs
Midnight oil, burning right
Neon eyes
See this world is as we are
Don’t mind us, we’re just passing by
Spin the barrel, how we revolve round the fast life
And sip tequila even if our rents might kill us
Salt on the table rival any and all pillars
Baby, you be the rifle, aim it, air it
We’re all villains
Choose any placement, raise or lay aimless
Let’s set flame to the rain, let it bang and live dangerous in
No Man's Land, where no man lands
If you can't get your shit popping, then no man can
Can we have an hour or a moment
For a future bright as sequins that shade, sequence, align your persona
And then reflect strobe lights to our darkest corners
Uh, chosen
Chosen
Don’t mind us, we’re just passing by
Dancing with the devil, I outclass her with the one two step
Watch me toe the line between confidence and arrogance
I might audition for the Cirque how I dodged the trap with ease, then maybe
Puff on squares to get around the simple fact that the stench of regret be in the air again
I feel like Atlas on both knees, my heart heavy
Falling back with no cause, I’m past ready
Windows tinted, my eyes can see visions of times that I might live life with no limits
Decide or cry timid, defy the life sentence
Of 9 to 5 living so I might die winning
Make minds free fall, nigga, I deny physics
Bill Nye wouldn't know why my lines are crippling
When I was young, I dreamt of having a room like Arnold
I'm so hungry that my thoughts becoming carnal
In the streets I still see division
I got four fucking eyes and I still see the vision
Three if you take away the shades, I'm cognisant
Take away the shades, go blind from my future
So bright, it could blind the Eye of Providence
Power, sex, money but what's true opulence?
I'll push every button, ain't nobody stopping this
Coming from the rubble, never had no prerogative
Pour my drink, this my remedy
Inhale the essence of the evergreen
Hopefully, that haze will hide our hubris now
With our indifference as a weapon, keep it personal

Written by:
Jeffrey Silva Pereira

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