Watchin' a stretch of road
Miles of light explode
Driftin' off a thing
I'd never done before
Watchin' the crowd roll in
Out go the lights, it begins
A feelin' in my bones
I never felt before
People always told me
That bars are dark and lonely
And talk is often cheap
And filled with air
Sure sometimes they thrill me
But nothin' could ever chill me
Like the way they make
The time just disappear
Feelin' you here again
Hot on my skin again
Feelin' good, a thing
I'd never known before
What does it mean to feel
Millions of dreams come real?
A feelin' in my soul
I'd never felt before
And you, you always told me
No matter how long it holds me
If it falls apart
Or makes us millionaires
You'll be right here forever
We'll go through this thing together
And on Heaven's golden shore
This could be the song everyone relates to
Another melody something we go through
This could be the words to use in good fortune
To keep in the bag of my foiled backup plan
It’s the beat that keeps you marching on
So take your chance I got armour on
Reasons will reveal itself into time
So for luck will you cross your fingers?
You and I girl, we’ve got something golden
Did you now they say it never lasts
And oh-oh-oh, we’ve got something golden
We can’t, can’t break, everyone, everyone’s wrong
Everyone, everyone’s wrong
This could be the verse always reminding you
Of your battle scars all your could have been’s
Only I know what I’ve been through
But for luck I’d still cross my fingers
I could have used this long ago
You took my good advice
I could have used this long ago
Girl, what you give me is pure gold (x2)
Girl, what you give me
Makes me feel like I'm four years old
It's out of control (x2)
What you give me
Oh, it's pure gold
(Like freedom in spring)
She's alone tonight with a bitter cup and
She's undone tonight, she's all used up,
She's been staring down the demons
Who've been screaming
She's just another so and so,
Another so and so
You are golden,
You are golden, Child
You are golden,
(Don't let go)
(Don't let go tonight)
There's a fear that burns like trash inside
And your shame of the curse that burns your eyes
You've been hiding in your bedroom,
Hoping this isn't how the story has to go
It's not the way it goes,
It's your book now,
You are golden,
You are golden, Child
You are golden,
(Don't let go)
(Don't let go tonight)
You're a lonely soul in a land of broken hearts
You're far from home, it's a perfect place to start
(Yeah!)
(Burn)
(Burn, Burn!)
So this final verse is a contradiction
And the more we learn the less we know
We've been talkin' about a feeling,
We both know inside but couldn't find the words
I couldn't write this verse,
I've seldom been so sure,
About anything before
Golden,
You are Golden, Child
You are Golden,
(Don't let go)
(Don't let go tonight)
This world is a dead man down (Golden, you are)
Every breath is a fading crown we wear (Golden, Child, you are)
Like some debilitated king (Golden, don't let go)
Don't let go tonight
The Earth spins and the moon goes round (Golden, you are)
The green comes from the frozen ground (Golden, Child, you are)
And everything will be made new again (Golden)
(Like freedom in spring) (Golden, Golden)
Hey, like freedom in spring, (Golden, you are, hey)
Like freedom in spring (Golden, Child, you are)
Golden
Wake up, Wake up
Don't wanna wake you
Oh sun be true bright
So I can wake you
oh sun fallow through
follow through follow through
Sit up confused
so I have made you
oh rain fall too hard
so I can keep you
oh rain don't fallow through
fallow through don't fallow through
Your golden
your gold unto you
your golden
your golden unto you
to me theres gold in you
to me theres gold in you
sleep in
sleep in
don't wanna wake you
heart beat don't beat too loud
am I just waitin
oh fallow you
fallow you fallow you
Your golden
your gold unto you
your golden
your golden unto you
to me theres gold in you
to me theres gold in you
ooooooooooh yeah theres gold in you
you got some gold in you
you got some gold in you
your golden your golden
your golden
your golden yeah
your golden
your gold onto you
your golden
your gold unto you
to me theres gold in you
Hey oh hey yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I'm taking my freedom
Pulling it off the shelf
Putting it on my chain
Wearing it 'round my neck
I'm taking my freedom
Putting it in my car
Wherever I choose to go
It will take me far
I'm living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden, golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden, golden
I'm taking my own freedom
Putting it in my song
Singing loud and strong
Grooving all day long
I'm taking my freedom
Putting it in my stroll
I be high-stepping y'all
Letting the joy unfold
I'm living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden, golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden, golden
I'm holding on to my freedom
Can't take it from me
I was born into it and it comes naturally
I'm strumming my own freedom
Playing the God in me
Representing His glory
Hope He's proud of me, yeah
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
(Hope he's proud of me)
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden, golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden
Living my life like it's golden, golden
Living my life, like it's golden
Golden, golden, golden, golden, golden
Living my life, like it's golden
Golden, golden, golden, golden, golden
Living my life, like it's golden
Golden, golden, golden, golden, golden
Watchin' a stretch of road, miles of light explode
Driftin' off a thing I'd never done before
Watchin' a crowd roll in, out go the lights it begins
A feelin' in my bones I never felt before
People always told me that bars are dark and lonely
And talk is often cheap and filled with air
Sure sometimes they thrill me but nothin' could ever chill me
Like the way they make the time just disappear
Feelin' you are here again, hot on my skin again
Feelin good, a thing I'd never known before
What does it mean to feel? Millions of dreams come real
A feelin' in my soul I'd never felt before
And you always told me no matter how long it holds me
If it falls apart or makes us millonaires
You'll be right here forever, we'll go through this thing together
How Cruel Is The Golden Rule?
When The Lives We Lived Are Only Golden-Plated?
I Knew That The Lights Of The City
Were Too Heavy For Me.
And Though I Carry Carots For Everyone To See
And I Saw God Cry In The Relfection Of My Enemies
And All The Lovers With No Time For Me
And All Of The Mothers Raised Their Babies
To Stay Away From Me
Tongues On The Sockets Of Electric Dreams
Where The Sewage Youth Drown The Spark Of My Teens
I Knew That The Lights Of The City
Were Too Heavy For Me.
And Though I Carry Carots For Everyone To See
And I Saw God Cry In The Relfection Of My Enemies
And All The Lovers With No Time For Me
And All Of The Mothers Raised Their Babies
Sister woke me up as he fell out of the sky
There's a golden place
Where the angels crash and die
You can jab and poke
But what did you ever give?
I don't hear your voice
Resonate like his
Hear it resonate like his
You were endless fuel
Burning fast and burning free
Not a wide eyed fool
That fell into the sea
That vanished in the sea
You're alive and good St. John
As the AM waves the horn [unverified]
You belong as much to me
As a shipped steered to the sea
As a ship steered to the sea
You're the corner stone
Filled my room with sun
When the polished vinyl spun
I will see your face
Crashing down against the wind
And it's a sadder place
When that crackling vinyl spins
When the crackling vinyl spins
You still living good St. John
High up in the yellow sun
We can find your vacant grin
In every thread store bin
You're a dime-a-dozen man
You're a dime-a-dozen man
And you're far beyond me
But your dreams touch so soon
And you're life was big and for
Like your words so beautiful
Dum de dum de dum
Sister woke me up
As he fell out of the sky
There's a golden place
Where the angels crash and die
You can jab and poke
But what did you ever give?
I don't hear your voice
Resonate like his
Hear it resonate like his
You were endless fuel
Burning fast and burning free
Not a wide eyed fool
That fell into the sea
That vanished in the sea
You're alive and good St.John
As the AM waves the horn (???)
You belong as much to me
As a shipped steered to the sea
As a ship steered to the sea
You're the corner stone
Filled my room with sun
When the polished vinyl spun
I will see your face
Crashing down against the wind
And it's a sadder place
When that crackling vinyl spins
When the crackling vinyl spins
You still living good St.John
High up in the yellow sun
We can find your vacant grin
In every thread store bin
You're a dime-a-dozen man
You're a dime-a-dozen man
And you're far beyond me
But your dreams touch so soon
And you're life was big and for
Like your words so beautiful
Dum de dum de dum :)
Always echo across the world
that hot shit...
ah we got that got shit..
woah we got that hot shit..
oh we got that hot shit..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
lets take it back to the basics..
cos face it..
nowadays its all about the beats..
lyrics are wasted..
simple minds get nothing at all..
im saying what do'ya think the rewind button is for...
if i was your A&R; every verse be the kind..
you're a grown man, why you kicking nursery rhymes..
fooling the public with the rubbish you create..
hoping they wont notice it beneath the AO8s..
its a shame that your tactics are affected..
it seems like listeners are not as selected..
djz, drop this and let it blast..
bet you anything the first question they gon ask...
is that a neptune track, uh uh, uh uh..
is that a timbaland track, uh uh, uh uh..
im saying who did that..
im saying who did that..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
i can rhyme on fast beats so ones that tell us slow..
better yet no beat check the acapella flow..
you got beats for the streets, beats for the clubs
beats for the ladies, beats for the thugs..
top 40 beats get it across the nation..
underground beats dont make it pass college stations..
some beats are worldwide, other beats are local..
most beats arent even hot until i lay my vocals..
i got love for this self, they holding it down the day..
but dont these crunk beats all sorta sound the same..
dont care where its from, long as the shits hot..
i need a beat, the 5th element of hip hop..
is that a neptune track, uh uh, uh uh..
is that a timbaland track, uh uh, uh uh..
im saying who did that..
im saying who did that..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
dre got the shit sonicly mastered...
thats why his 1st album the cronics was a classic..
hip hop is pre most drum kicks..
resalace 36 chambers with karate flicks..
swizz is known bang on the MP..
but the beat prolly get your ass banned from tv..
havocs like give up the goods or he gon take it..
alcumus came through on some we gon make it..
i bet bow wow didnt even know..
when the role beat drops everybody wanna flow..
kanye got some classics under his belt,
but since he started rhyming he keep his shit to himself..
wish i had the budget to get up with just blaze..
prolly cause a couple grand just to use the phrase..
sometimes you just wanna to hear street knock..
a little bit of night wonder maybe some beat rock..
get a many fresh bit if i ever start blinging..
or mario winans if i ever start singing..
psyke... but biggup to all your producers..
mark my work, golden child is the future..
is that a neptune track, uh uh, uh uh..
is that a timbaland track, uh uh, uh uh..
im saying who did that..
im saying who did that..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
its the G.O.L.D.E.N
and the emcee back at it again..
oh damn girl your ass look nice, my rims look big, and your ass look nice..
damn girl your ass look nice, my rims so big yeah i had to say it twice..
Number one, we had fun, but it wasn't really serious cuz we were much too young. number two felt more true with each line. number three. chemistry. but
inevitably wrong for me. number four. he was too old for me. and i never loved so hard. never hurt so bad. never been such a fool for love. and i never
want so bad. just to do it all again. find one whos golden. never let go when its love. or you'll find yourself waiting alone. and youll dream back the
way that it was. and wonder which was love. which was love. number five. hello goodbye. he was sort of famous so it was a story for a while. number six.
why should color matter. number seven. should be revving. but he wanted to get deep too fast. number eight. vulnerable me. and i never loved so hard.
never hurt so bad. never been such a fool for love. and i never want so bad. just to do it all again. find one who's golden. never let go when it's love.
which was love. and i never loved so hard. never hurt so bad. never been such a fool for love. and i never want so bad. just to do it all again. find one
who's golden. never let go when it's love. or you'll just find yourself waiting alone. and you'll dream back the way that it was. and wonder which was
Some you win, some you lose
Another broken promise, another excuse
Where lies the trust in those you know
When the wheel starts to spin
The competition grows
You climb high, you fall hard
Be aware
One man's loss is another man's fortune
grab it while you can, opportunity's golden
Rivalry comes, jealousy shows
Family remains that I know
I spit in the hand. roll the dice
Take me back in the day when loving was pure
Love ain't going away, love is always secure
Life's not always perfect but love's always forever
Lets let true love connect lets try lasting together
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my all
I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman can possibly be
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
Be the man of my dreams and get down on one knee, love
Say you'll be all I need and then ask me to marry you, my love
Lets take two golden bands and lets walk down the isle, love
I'll say I do and you'll say I do, make a golden commitment, oh
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be, yes I will
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
Let's last forever (let's last forever)
No typical american shady love
Let's stay together (let's stay together)
Pray God smile upon ours
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be, yes I will
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
I'm so ready to love, I'm so ready to promise my whole all
and I'm so ready to give til' the day that my life is no more
I'll be everything that this woman could possibly be
Cause I'm ready to be like the olden days when commitment was golden
Golden
Golden
oh oh my
Golden
Golden love
Cause commitment is golden
Don't live in black and white do we?
It's just another fight to me
If we don't take it on we won't get far
It seems so far away but so close
It's there for us to take when most
Would waste it don't waste it
And we try, and we fail
And we live another day
And we rise like a phoenix
From the flames
And it burns but turns out golden
We loved to dream aloud
With both feet on the ground
But where's the sense in that?
We'd never get it back
We'd be wasted we'd be wasted
And we try, and we fail
And we live another day
And we rise like a phoenix
From the flames
And it burns but it turns out golden
And we went for the sky
And fell down low
And flew too high
But survived cos you and I
We turned out golden
They tore it to pieces
We'll build it again
Ah ah ah
Ah ah ah
And we try, and we fail
And we live another day
And we rise like a phoenix
From the flames
And it burns but it turns golden
And went for the sky
And fell down low
And flew too high
But we still survived cos you and I
Wait for me.
You were right.
You're absence, it burns too bright.
And so it goes
Since I'm alone now
I'd like to think that we can work this out.
Take some time and think it through.
You know what I'd like to do.
We could take what's good to golden.
Make it golden, yeah.
Reappear in my life.
This distance never felt quite right.
I started out so close to empty.
I'm brimming over. I've no room left in me.
Take some time and think it through.
You know what I'd like to do.
We could take what's good to golden.
Make it golden, yeah.
Take some time and think it through.
You know what I'd like to do.
We could take what's good to golden.
You were my desire
And I was your boy then
I never knew what love was for
You would never tire
And I was so selfish, so sure
And yet so insecure
And we were young
And just like truth
It always swallows its own tongue
And if it's golden
Then you should hold it
Never let it fall into the dirt
And if it's golden
Then you should own it
Never let a love like that get hurt oh baby
So pure, so rich
There was no seven year itch
And yet it was no masterpiece
You can take all my books
You can read all my thoughts
You can have it all it's understood
And we were dumb
And just like truth
It always seems to run out...
And if it's golden
Then you should hold it
Never let a love like that get hurt
And if it's golden
Then try to uphold it
Never let it fall into the dirt...
Someone tell me if there‘s anything left to say
Nobody‘s listening, ‘cause both of us are gone
Tears were wasted, finally they have gone away
A silence fills this empty house, proving that we‘re done
The curtain falls, the lights go out
Leaving just a deep black hole behind
I‘ll keep on digging, cause I‘m sure
That making room was long overdue
I‘ll never be the same again
Since you‘ve let in the rain
To wash the trust away
I cannot forget this day
Sometimes I felt weak
But it seems I was far too strong for you
Some moments were golden
Why couldn‘t you be it too?
We were haunted by a shadow in the night
And it grew bigger, because you‘ve let it to
You were heading for the nearest exit sign
I‘m so numb but this feeling isn‘t new
You‘ve been lying, hiding things
Telling me that trust is all you seek
Now I‘m free from all your games
What goes around comes around
CHORUS 2x
No, no, no
Oh, why couldn‘t you be it too?
No, no, no
I was uncertain about everything.
And there in the sky was an opening.
That could take me away from this place, and all of this.
Would they even notice, would there be a change if I was gone, for hundreds of days?
And this is the reason why, there's some people I won't miss.
Cause I'm so tired of feeling alone, we could have been golden.
We could have been something, we could have been eerything that we wanted.
But we were too fragile, we could be broken. And we could be bought.
The suns still going down on me, I'm waiting for you.
I'm up to my knees, and I can't make a move without there being something I could lose.
And could there be something better than this? could I find a meaning to happiness?
Could a smile be an expression I could use.
Cause I'm still tired of feeling alone, we could have been golden.
We could have been something. We could have been everything that we wanted.
But we were too fragile, we could be broken. And we could be bought.
If this is the last time I'm going to say this, I loved you more than anything and I still do.
And I still do. I still think of you when I close my ees, with your face stuck in my mind.
Up in the sky
I’ll leave a paper trail so you can find me
if my jet just happens to go down
The clouds will catch my falling body
if heaven wasn’t a fairytale then
I would be there now
And while I’m stuck in yesterday (while I’m stuck in yesterday)
you’re in the garden state
but we’re both wide awake tonight
And California will be great (five days, all expenses paid)
Sweaty palms, descending
this high was never ending
AND AS I STEP OUT ONTO SOLID GROUND
I LOOK UP AND WANT TO SURF THOSE JET-STREAM TIDES
AS I EMERGE FROM THOSE NEWARK GATES I SEE YOU
AND EVERYTHING JUST FLEAS MY MIND
I figured it out on the ground
The closer I came to get down
You need to remember to see
Nothing do to with the price I'm after
Golden
Look all around you
Golden
I'll be nothing without you in the morning
Look all around you
Golden
Golden
I should've allowed you to breathe
I'm breaking the mold to believe
Not a single reply to my letter
Nothing to do with you killing me slowly
Golden
Look all around you
Golden
I'll be nothing without you in the morning
Look all around you
Golden
Golden
This is meaning without you
This is black in the snow
This is love in an alley
This is slamming the door
Golden
Look all around you
Golden
I'll be nothing without you in the morning
Golden
Golden
Mainstream to DIY
DIY to get organized
Organized kids
Invincible youth
Liberate
Extract the truth
Monolithic corporations
This situation we gotta fold
AK-40
Settle the score
Knocking fools out
Like Rocky Four
I got gold in my sight
I got gold in my sight
Wanna hold you in my arms
You're devastating like a bomb
We got gold in my sight
There is no antidote
No cure
Tune in and drop out
All the products
All the lies
Got your brains homogenized
When all your news comes through one source
I'm Missing In Action like Chuck Norris
I got gold in my sight
I got gold in my sight
Wanna hold you in my arms
You're devastating like a bomb
We got gold in my sight
There is no antidote
No cure
Tune in and drop out
Gold in my sight
Gold in my sight
Gold in my sight
Gold in my sight
Mainstream to DIY
DIY to get organized
Organized kids
Invincible youth
Liberate
Extract the truth
Monolithic corporations
This situation we gotta fold
AK-40
Settle the score
Knocking fools out
Like Rocky Four
I got gold in my sight
I got gold in my sight
Wanna hold you in my arms
You're devastating like a bomb
We got gold in my sight
There is no antidote
No cure
Last night I dreamed
While I was walking that I died looking up
At fancy buildings and skyscrapers
Are real heart breakers
When your time has come and gone
It could've been all yours for a song
Of all the things I ever wanted
It was you and love and freedom
But I was a girl haunted, in the blue, undaunted
Just swimming for the shore, wondering what the hurt is for
But tonight I know why I'm here
I don't need to lose you to know
That it's already golden
Tonight I know in my heart
I don't need to die just to see
That it's already golden
It's already golden
So take the purple and take the black
And take all of the colors of heartache back
And throw them in the sea, and say you love me
Keep the silver, keep the gold
Stay and watch the world get old
'Cause tonight I know why I'm here
I don't need to lose you to know
That it's already golden
Tonight I know in my heart
I don't need to die just to see
That it's already golden
It's already golden, it's already golden
It's already golden, it's already golden
Thinking about my golden years and how I've wasted.
I've grown up strong but then again I feel so weakened.
I've gotten sucked into the lies and now I tell them.
I live and sleep and dream about the pain and suffering.
(Chorus:)
But I will hang in there and yes I have forgave you.
I will move on.
Another winter has hit and now I feel a little threatened.
When this time of your comes around then hits the deep depression.
I'll hang out with only those that will comfort me.
Emptiness became my house
Black cracked sight my line of life
I dream of angels and lightning flash
And cool, cool rain to wash my mind
Innocence seemed so far from home
I'd wish to rest in a bed of flowers
But hot black sands are where I'd lay
Bathed in the black of night
Eyes awash in a sea of starlight
The cold quick winds of God
Blow through my soul
The fable of time no longer blinds
Without body jugded only by mind
I long for the life a child might know
Then Golden touch my heart becomes whole
Bathed in the black of night
Eyes awash in a sea of starlight
The cold quick winds of God
Blow through my soul
I long for the life a child might know
The golden touch, my heart becomes whole
Now Golden light shows me angels
Golden warmth comforts my flesh
Golden words ease my mind
I'm complete with Golden time
My heart hungers for life
Flesh blood and fire
Soul contact soul thunderstorm choir
Golden soul bright
Charged with the light
Set my soul afire
With a new strengh
To forge a new road
A road so much higher
Soul contact soul thunderstorm choir
Golden soul bright
Charged with the light
My heart hungers for life
Flesh, blood and fire
(Chorus)
Now I touch Golden
The black worlds blooms
Brilliant colors drown my body
And life becomes real when
Every drop of rain known
Never let it end
I stand naked without walls
Never let it end
My soul touched by another
Never let it end
And when ants so feast upon my flesh
And the world's turned me inside out
I need a place to lay my head
Peace seems so far away
I dream of Golden times
And reach for Golden, Golden fire
Bathed in the black of night
Eyes awash in a sea of starlight
The cold quick winds of God
Blowing through my soul
The fable of time no longer blinds
Without body, judged only by mind
I'd wish to rest in a bed of flowers
But hot black sands are where I'd lay
With black cracked sight my line to life
I dreamt of angels and lightning flash
And cool, cool rain to wash my mind
Innocence seemed so far from home
I long for the life a child might know
Then Golden touch, my heart becomes whole
My heart becomes whole
