A Strange Loop
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โฑ๏ธ 3:20 duration
๐ ID: 13991158
๐ Lyrics
I am the story's writer
I'm barely scraping by
I wake up every morning
I tell myself to try
I say no compromises
I claim to have a plan
But feel like nothing more than
An angsty, gay, black man
Who looks into the mirror
Despite the grief it brings
Who hears these sloppy S's
Betray him as he sings
Sometimes I feel so ugly
Sometimes I feel so smart
Some people stand together
Meanwhile I stand apart
Should I give up on hoping?
My point of view will shift
And let this agony
Just be my greatest gift
But if that is the secret
That makes, like, zero sense
I'll never change forever
If I stay in the fence
With doubts I let define me
And lust I can't express
And pain I keep avoiding
And rage that I repress
I should stop overthinking
And do the thing that's tough
Unleash my hungry lion
'Cause, Lord, he's had enough
Of toxic Tyler Perry
And white, gay, male tyranny
And my secret inner white girl
Though she is dear to me
But would that be sufficient?
Or would that be a sham?
'Cause even with those actions
I'm stuck with who I am
Someone whose self-perception
Is based upon a lie
Someone whose only problem
Is with the pronoun 'I'
Maybe I don't need changing
Maybe I should regroup
'Cause change is just an illusion
(Just an illusion, just an illusion)
And 'I' is just an illusion
(Just an illusion, just an illusion)
If thoughts are just an illusion
(Just an illusion, just an illusion)
Then what a strange- (strange, strange)
Strange loop
I'm barely scraping by
I wake up every morning
I tell myself to try
I say no compromises
I claim to have a plan
But feel like nothing more than
An angsty, gay, black man
Who looks into the mirror
Despite the grief it brings
Who hears these sloppy S's
Betray him as he sings
Sometimes I feel so ugly
Sometimes I feel so smart
Some people stand together
Meanwhile I stand apart
Should I give up on hoping?
My point of view will shift
And let this agony
Just be my greatest gift
But if that is the secret
That makes, like, zero sense
I'll never change forever
If I stay in the fence
With doubts I let define me
And lust I can't express
And pain I keep avoiding
And rage that I repress
I should stop overthinking
And do the thing that's tough
Unleash my hungry lion
'Cause, Lord, he's had enough
Of toxic Tyler Perry
And white, gay, male tyranny
And my secret inner white girl
Though she is dear to me
But would that be sufficient?
Or would that be a sham?
'Cause even with those actions
I'm stuck with who I am
Someone whose self-perception
Is based upon a lie
Someone whose only problem
Is with the pronoun 'I'
Maybe I don't need changing
Maybe I should regroup
'Cause change is just an illusion
(Just an illusion, just an illusion)
And 'I' is just an illusion
(Just an illusion, just an illusion)
If thoughts are just an illusion
(Just an illusion, just an illusion)
Then what a strange- (strange, strange)
Strange loop
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:06.69] I am the story's writer
[00:10.20] I'm barely scraping by
[00:13.61] I wake up every morning
[00:17.02] I tell myself to try
[00:20.42] I say no compromises
[00:23.70] I claim to have a plan
[00:27.29] But feel like nothing more than
[00:30.66] An angsty, gay, black man
[00:33.96] Who looks into the mirror
[00:37.44] Despite the grief it brings
[00:41.11] Who hears these sloppy S's
[00:44.47] Betray him as he sings
[00:47.71] Sometimes I feel so ugly
[00:51.42] Sometimes I feel so smart
[00:54.74] Some people stand together
[00:58.04] Meanwhile I stand apart
[01:01.51] Should I give up on hoping?
[01:05.05] My point of view will shift
[01:08.58] And let this agony
[01:11.73] Just be my greatest gift
[01:15.26] But if that is the secret
[01:18.45] That makes, like, zero sense
[01:22.19] I'll never change forever
[01:25.42] If I stay in the fence
[01:28.96] With doubts I let define me
[01:32.37] And lust I can't express
[01:35.95] And pain I keep avoiding
[01:39.16] And rage that I repress
[01:42.80] I should stop overthinking
[01:46.17] And do the thing that's tough
[01:49.53] Unleash my hungry lion
[01:52.90] 'Cause, Lord, he's had enough
[01:56.47] Of toxic Tyler Perry
[02:00.05] And white, gay, male tyranny
[02:03.12] And my secret inner white girl
[02:06.80] Though she is dear to me
[02:10.15] But would that be sufficient?
[02:13.61] Or would that be a sham?
[02:16.87] 'Cause even with those actions
[02:19.91] I'm stuck with who I am
[02:23.76] Someone whose self-perception
[02:27.18] Is based upon a lie
[02:30.79] Someone whose only problem
[02:33.97] Is with the pronoun 'I'
[02:37.41] Maybe I don't need changing
[02:41.13] Maybe I should regroup
[02:44.31] 'Cause change is just an illusion
[02:45.81] (Just an illusion, just an illusion)
[02:48.08] And 'I' is just an illusion
[02:49.70] (Just an illusion, just an illusion)
[02:51.45] If thoughts are just an illusion
[02:53.25] (Just an illusion, just an illusion)
[02:58.15] Then what a strange- (strange, strange)
[03:06.65] Strange loop
[03:18.08]
[00:10.20] I'm barely scraping by
[00:13.61] I wake up every morning
[00:17.02] I tell myself to try
[00:20.42] I say no compromises
[00:23.70] I claim to have a plan
[00:27.29] But feel like nothing more than
[00:30.66] An angsty, gay, black man
[00:33.96] Who looks into the mirror
[00:37.44] Despite the grief it brings
[00:41.11] Who hears these sloppy S's
[00:44.47] Betray him as he sings
[00:47.71] Sometimes I feel so ugly
[00:51.42] Sometimes I feel so smart
[00:54.74] Some people stand together
[00:58.04] Meanwhile I stand apart
[01:01.51] Should I give up on hoping?
[01:05.05] My point of view will shift
[01:08.58] And let this agony
[01:11.73] Just be my greatest gift
[01:15.26] But if that is the secret
[01:18.45] That makes, like, zero sense
[01:22.19] I'll never change forever
[01:25.42] If I stay in the fence
[01:28.96] With doubts I let define me
[01:32.37] And lust I can't express
[01:35.95] And pain I keep avoiding
[01:39.16] And rage that I repress
[01:42.80] I should stop overthinking
[01:46.17] And do the thing that's tough
[01:49.53] Unleash my hungry lion
[01:52.90] 'Cause, Lord, he's had enough
[01:56.47] Of toxic Tyler Perry
[02:00.05] And white, gay, male tyranny
[02:03.12] And my secret inner white girl
[02:06.80] Though she is dear to me
[02:10.15] But would that be sufficient?
[02:13.61] Or would that be a sham?
[02:16.87] 'Cause even with those actions
[02:19.91] I'm stuck with who I am
[02:23.76] Someone whose self-perception
[02:27.18] Is based upon a lie
[02:30.79] Someone whose only problem
[02:33.97] Is with the pronoun 'I'
[02:37.41] Maybe I don't need changing
[02:41.13] Maybe I should regroup
[02:44.31] 'Cause change is just an illusion
[02:45.81] (Just an illusion, just an illusion)
[02:48.08] And 'I' is just an illusion
[02:49.70] (Just an illusion, just an illusion)
[02:51.45] If thoughts are just an illusion
[02:53.25] (Just an illusion, just an illusion)
[02:58.15] Then what a strange- (strange, strange)
[03:06.65] Strange loop
[03:18.08]