Don't Look Down

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The Boston prophet’s first work for Mello Music Group directly addresses the difficulties of keeping your head up amidst duress. You hear and feel the intensity of the fight, the sense of falling into despair, the helplessness of drowning, and the power of being able to save yourself.

Over a 10-song cycle, Lif delivers poetic testament. These are agnostic sermons written to conceal and nurture him during a bleak period—cathartic confessionals that offered a conduit to bliss. The structure of “Don’t Look Down” mirrors this personal descent and rebirth.

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lyrics

Verse One

I used to look up at night and see the sky
Now I am the sky
Now the planets I
Used to use a telescope to see
are a part of me
I've got Saturn in my arteries

Without the air, you know it's hard to breathe
I'm saying peace to earth
It's hard to leave

You may not understand it now
but you will real soon
When I launch another saga of doom

But for now I just browse through circumstances
Calculating certain chances
Amongst technological advances

I enhance this
with megabit
My mind's eye synthesize the mega chip

The new self aware interface that has a face
It's commonplace
When I spawn a race

At the dawn of grace
You catch me pacing
Rearranging life's arrangements
On the page when...

I'm just trying to make a little sense of it all
before I fall
from walk to crawl
To maybe even nothing at all

I leave behind these traces
Bread crumbs for numb

Can you hear me out there someone?

Every day I try to do what cannot be done

If it leaves me undone will you race to my rescue?
Not everybody
Just you

Chorus

If you're feeling so lost that you can't be found...

Don't look down

Where we walk, there is no ground...

Don't look down

And now It's plain to see
Amongst everything that came to be
I see this world is draining me

Don't look down

Verse Two

You could catch me hopping in and out of town

Bunkered down

Not around

Where does this path lead me?
Where does this leave me and you?

All too often unglued

Undue tension

We can't mention

Our souls wandering through this vast dimension

This glimpse of each other
As lost lovers...

We wanted much more
So the thoughts hover...

How can two so closely intertwined
and divine
not find
true bliss in this lifetime?

I've got so many theories near me
I'm so sick of nearly
I'm scared that I've grown weary

And the vibe is so eerie
I'm used to seeing things so clearly
But the puzzle pieces won't heed this
Needless to say...
I'm still thankful to be here today

Despite my shortcomings
My stumbles
My successes
My calm and my stresses
blessed with
These precious
moments to share thoughts with you
Without this,
Not sure what I would do...

I'll bring this to a closing now

I see the sun is going down

I'll keep aiming at this throne and crown

Thank God, I found my home in sound

Chorus

If you're feeling so lost that you can't be found...

Don't look down

Where we walk, there is no ground...

Don't look down

And now It's plain to see
Amongst everything that came to be
I see this world is draining me

Don't look down

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from Don't Look Down, released April 15, 2016
Don't Look Down - Produced by Synesthetic Nation Music (BMI) / written by J. Haynes for Virtua Stab Publishing (SESAC) / Mixed & Mastered By: Mike Cip @ Split2nd Entertainment

photo by Kelly Rashka & Sergio Lopez

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