The Dream - Phora

Yeah, lately I feel like the Devil’s watching, he taunts me

I been having these thoughts in my head: they haunt me

I been trying to keep my focus, but I keep having this dream

That I lost my life when I got shot in 2015

And, I walk around my city and no one sees me

I used to think: «If I died, it would be so easy»

Well, here I am, feel like everyone left me

Now I’m back at home and everything feels so empty

Upstairs, I see the girl I love crying alone

I see the cuts on her wrists, she’s scared of dying alone

I said her name softly, I swear that she looked right at me

That’s when I tried to walk up to her, but she walked past me, damn

At my funeral, they dressed in all black

Everybody mourning my death while I stand in the back

And I look at they faces, in they eyes the pain is so clear

But the people that I called my friends, they ain’t even here

Crazy how quickly they forget

Instead of mourning my death

They’re fighting over who gets the house and who gets the checks, damn

I gave my heart to these people throughout these songs

And it’s sad to know that none of it matters, now that I’m gone, damn

When the moonlight fades, I still heard every day thay thing

Wash me out to sea

What is gonna bring me to my knees?

Yeah, yeah

All my albums are on the charts, and all the radios wanna play me

I guess it took me to die for them to appreciate me

I see 'em posting and saying how much they miss me

But back when I was alive and depressed, they ain’t never hit me

Before I died, they all used to hate me, but now it’s funny

They post pictures, they all tryin' to claim me, but never loved me

Spit on my name when I was alive, I’ll never forget

It’s sad that they wait till you die to show they respect, but

Finally, all the people who I looked up to

Say how they respect me, saying they woulda loved to

Meet me in the past, but it’s too late for that, now

The way these people used to treat me, they can’t take it back, now

People tell stories about how we were close and how they would ride for me

I know I’m gone, but that energy, they can’t hide from me

Award shows and these red carpets the same

They make these tributes to my name, but back then, they never invited me

Look, I’m at the Grammys, I wish I could tell my mom I made it

It only took a hole in my head to be nominated

I look for love from these people, but all along

What they said was true, they don’t love you until you gone, fuck

But the truth is this life never goes the way you plan it

I guess the point of this song is: don’t take your life for granted

And appreciate people while they still here

And before you judge someone take a look in the mirror

Because at any moment, anything can happen

Nothing is ever promised, but you can just imagine

How it would be, so I give the type of love I want for me

'Cause one day, it’ll be my last, and it won’t just be a dream

I mean

Wash me out to sea

What is gonna bring me to my knees?