Truce - Illy

Yeah, and it goes like this

Love at first sight, brought you on the greenest

You’re music to their ears, symphony completed

You see it, and you believe

From top of your New Era, to the souls on your Adidas

You couldn’t put a foot wrong even if you wanted

There’s magic in your moves, they all tell you that you got it

But that vibe got a shelf life and the clocks ticking

You can tell when it felt right, then it didn’t, and

They say it’s gone to your head

Dammit, it was all love when you wasn’t a threat

And scare yourself to death, expectations ain’t met

Second guess every move

That paranoia don’t mean it ain’t true, it’s on you

No one hear you calling for help

Battle lines in your mind, in a war with yourself

And you drown in the shots, ringing out all around yelling

«Man down, man down, man down»

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know the breaks

And I know, I know, I know, I know, it’s all to lose

But I know, I know, I know, you are not your mistakes

So I call, I call, I call, I call, I call a truce

Yeah, preempting my own fate

Feel me fading away at the going rate

Convinced and inevitable, fall from grace

Fear mixed, we’re hating myself for shit that I can’t change

For my opinion over anyone else

You think there’s anything they’re saying

I ain’t thought of myself?

Fuck it I’m nothing, less that that

A fraud man, better if I wasn’t here

Wrestle those thoughts to the floor

Like a fuck if I defeat myself, before my turn

I prefer to assume the worst, then to get hurt

When success is self worth, lines blur

Perfect storm of outside force, and self-saboteur

'Cause the world scratch the surface, barely sinks teeth in

But personal demons, could tear me to pieces

I know they say to know, 'you're not alone'

But no one else inside this fucking war zone

Like

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know the breaks

And I know, I know, I know, I know, it’s all to lose

But I know, I know, I know, you are not your mistakes

So I call, I call, I call, I call, I call a truce

Yeah, so this it how it ends

Better getting by with a little help from you’re friends

Going without, accepting what up within

Self-respect and self-forgiveness

That’s a hell of a thing

And if it’s out of my hands and control

Then I don’t really talk about that anymore

Won’t always be the good days, for sure it’ll storm

But you can’t feel the black cloud above 'til it’s gone

Yeah but live and let live, Coup de grâce

I gets heavy but just know, this too shall pass

Man, solace is a promise land

Two hands, either end of an olive branch

And it cannot change without reason

My inner peace, still a long shot, but I’m reaching

I know what, when I say it’s all good and I actually believe it

Believe it, believe it

Yeah

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know the breaks

(I know the breaks)

And I know, I know, I know, I know, it’s all to lose (yeah)

But I know, I know, I know, you are not your mistakes

(You are not your mistakes)

So I call, I call, I call, I call, I call a truce

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know the breaks

And I know, I know, I know, I know, it’s all to lose

But I know, I know, I know, you are not your mistakes

So I call, I call, I call, I call, I call a truce

And sometimes I’m like, «Fuck it, why even try?»

Then a message from a fan, will say I saved their life

So just know, inspiration has a two-way street

I drive myself crazy, then you save me

So let’s see where the new day leads

Let the motor run, I know it can be hard trynna open up

But at the heart of the matter, man it’s only love

And if you don’t know your own story, no one does