I Keep Calling - Sage Francis

Verse One:

Now I can’t even think back.

Self-induced amnesia has made its impact /

Mental health produced at leisure was frayed once it was intact /

I voluntarily refuse to remenisce /

If I could choose any wish… I'd lose my genesis /

And prove to my nemesis that I don’t need Memory Lane on my way home /

But I got lost and I needed a pay phone /

Because I was in an unsafe zone… inside of a place unknown /

Where unfamilliar faces roam (…and it’s so strange)… /

I’ve got no change… I could’ve sworn that I did when I left /

My breath gets heavy with every lie and theft /

I looked right and left… then I called people at my home collect /

To tell them, «Things changed.»

But they just won’t accept /

I’m out of range… with no respect.

Every time I asked for directions /

All I got was dead air, cut lines, and bad connections /

People who would help changed their number to unlisted /

411 info left me unassisted.

Wickedly twisted… /

Incidents.

Is it coincidence?

I choose to think so /

Deep in thought, my eyes blink slow.

Pictures appear like slide shows /

My mind knows each and every single detail /

Total recall is leaving me pale /

Sick to my stomach… nautious…forces of nature bring my homing instinct /

Its stink… is so distinct… now let me think… a minute /

Epiphany: This is the much traveled trail from my past /

Now an unbeaten path… unfunny memories are now making me laugh

Verse Two:

Haaaaaa!

The flashbacks of my past acts are numerous /

Since out the uterus… Earth encounters ain’t been that humerous /

Heheheheh… my laugh lines have been faked for the last time /

I’m past my prime.

Climaxing again is a task of mine /

I’m homeward bound.

Break out the map and atlas /

I ask gas station attendants… and they just act pissed /

I’m black listed… for not staying true to white lies /

I fight lies… in darkness… heartless…until the night dies /

Then I shed some light on what’s the matter /

Reflections in the looking glass self scatter when the hard stares make it

shatter /

7 years bad luck?

Time’s irrelevant /

I’m searching for signs of intelligent minds, but find the element /

Which blinds what the hell I think.

Now I’m thinking… /

«What time is it?»

I see the 12:00 blinking /

Check the position… of the sun… to see there is none /

I figure there’s an eclipse… so I look away to save my wisdom /

The solar system left me stranded in a universe /

Where I do reverse psychology.

Apologies are made through my verse /

Ain’t nothing to do but curse when I’m frustrated /

Making people disgusted.

Plus, I’m mistrusted and hated /

That’s an understatement, but who really cares about my failure years?

/

I’m on an expedition… following my trail of tears /

From when I cried, but… it dried up… and vaporized /

I played your game, so where’s my consalation prize?

I’m taking lies /

From faking guys… and gals… who want to be my pals… and peers /

At this here pace, it’ll take me a thousand years /

To fins my way back… encompassing what they lack /

It cost me most of my life, but still I’m thinking about a pay back /

Decapitated… I lost my head, and fear is activated /

I’m in a fog.

My blood, sweat and tears evaporated /

I back track to find my lost sense of direction /

Stop, look, and listen… before I cross the intersection /

There’s much construction.

I’m signaled with morse code /

To take a detour.

Somehow I end up on an off road /

I squint my eyes… trying to find some street signs /

I can only read strong thoughts.

These people have weak minds /

Trapped in a desert that to me looks like a sandbox /

With damn NARCS… hold up, son… I'm noticing some landmarks /

I rack my brain… knowing that I can’t attack in vane /

Upon return I promised myself not to act the same /

But every so often my selective screen memory… will be my enemy /

Metamorphasize and say, «Remember me?»

/

Getting me petro… wish I could kill the retro /

But heck no… to much of my past I just can’t let go /

I’m just a stone’s throw away from my home turf… which really is this whole

earth /

But claims like that have no worth /

Epiphany: And then it hits me… the reason why I’m dizzy /

Is because I’ve been traveling in circles keeping myself busy

(Where is he?)

Outro:

Deejay Perseus drumming