The Struggle - Scroobius Pip

I spend my life on the move, my life on the road

Town to town, city to city, time zone to time zone

Success keeps you busy so I can’t complain how life is

But in a life like this you tend to develop some vices

My wife is my life and I’d never cheat on her

But there are one or two things that I do keep from her

I have my addictions, or rather my addictions have me

Sometimes the shadow of my shadow is all I can be

I find myself alone in different hotel rooms

Just me and my thoughts and that milk-stained moon

I’m drawn to walk the streets as my heart rate rises

A heavy coat, a scarf, a hat, all become my disguises.

I’ve made it known that I suffer from nosebleeds and migraines

To explain the occasional mood swings and blood stains

There’s over a thousand people murdered in this world each day

So as I drift from town to town nobody looks my way

It’s an addiction, and I ain’t proud of it

But the power that you feel there’s no clouding it.

The fear before the fact, as they know something’s wrong

The vain attempts to scream their muffled swan song

The struggle, the shock in their eyes,

My grip around their throat as all their hope dies

That sudden loss of breath, there is no thrill equal,

My name is Johnny Depp and I kill people.

The Fear

The Scream

The Struggle

The Shock

You fuckers never saw it coming, who’da thunk it or thought it?

You’d be ignored like the ramblings of a drunk if you’d report it

My performances are greeted with plaudits and laughter

If you caught me red handed you’d probably think it’s stigmata

Success sucks less than standard existence

But when you exceed that standard dreams, what becomes of ambitions?

The average man can dream dreams of a path he’s never walked

But when that path’s your day to day, your dreams become warped

The Fear

The Scream

The Struggle

The Shock

People underestimate the value of dreaming

That which you aspire to provides a roof, a ceiling

In particular the dreams that there’s no way of achieving

Like I wanna be Brad Pitt or something equally fleeting

I can’t aspire to such things so deeper I must delve

And then the only guide I have to life becomes myself

This was always going to happen, in fact I’d be surprised if I’m the first

This kind of success and power is bound to bring out the worst

With success comes power and great success has been given me

And with great power… comes great fuck-a-bility

I’m a good husband though, I’ve never cheated on my wife

Despite opportunities I live a monogamous life

My addictions manifest in a darker form

If the heart is a house, I have a blood stained lawn

My public portraits immaculate but there’s blood on the easel

My name is Johnny Depp and I kill people

The Fear

The Scream

The Struggle

The Shock