"Dead and Gone" is a song by American rapper T.I., featuring singer Justin Timberlake. It was released as the fourth official (seventh overall) and final single of T.I.'s sixth album, Paper Trail. The single charted on Billboard Hot 100 even before its official release. They performed this song at the 51st Grammy Awards. This is the second collaboration between T.I. and Justin Timberlake, the first being "My Love", off Justin Timberlake's second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds. The song was nominated twice at the 52nd Grammy Awards, for 'Best Rap/Sung Collaboration' and 'Best Rap Song'.
Rob Knox (not to be confused with the murdered actor), one of the producers, expresses his feelings into creating the song.
The song is about T.I.'s close friend, Philant Johnson, who was killed on May 3, 2006, when T.I.'s crew was caught up in a shooting after a show in Cincinnati that left three injured and Johnson killed. The lyrics include lines such as: "Who ever thought I'd never see Philant no more," and "Big Phil this is for you." Johnson's tombstone is shown in the video.
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, actor, and businessman. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer and youngest member of the boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman.
In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold more than seven million copies worldwide. The album was a commercial success, spawning the hits "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body". Timberlake continued his success with his second solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and produced the US number-one hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around".
Timberlake has won six Grammy Awards and four Emmy Awards. His first two albums made him one of the most commercially successful singers in the world, each selling in excess of 7 million copies. He also has an acting career, having starred in films such as The Social Network, Bad Teacher and Friends with Benefits. His other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, and the restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality.
Mildred Rinker Bailey (February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a popular and influential American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady" and "Mrs. Swing". Her number one hits were "Please Be Kind", "Darn That Dream", "Rockin' Chair" and "Says My Heart".
Born Mildred Rinker in Tekoa,Washington, her mother, Josephine, was an enrolled member of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and a devout Roman Catholic. Her father, Charles, played fiddle and called square dances. Her mother played piano every evening after supper and taught Mildred to play and sing. Her brothers were the vocalist and composer Al Rinker, and the lyricist Charles Rinker.
At the age of seventeen, Bailey moved to Seattle and worked as a sheet music demonstrator at Woolworth's. She married and divorced Ted Bailey, keeping his last name because she thought it sounded more American than Rinker. With the help of her second husband, Benny Stafford, she became an established blues and jazz singer on the West Coast. According to Gary Giddins' book Bing Crosby – A Pocketful of Dreams – The Early Years 1903-1940, in 1925 she secured work for her brother, Al Rinker, and his partner Bing Crosby. Giddins further states that Crosby first heard of Louis Armstrong and other Chicago black jazz records from Bailey's own record collection. Crosby helped Bailey in turn by introducing her to Paul Whiteman. She sang with Paul Whiteman's band from 1929 to 1933 (Whiteman had a popular radio program and when Bailey debuted with her version of "Moaning Low" in 1929, public reaction was immediate, although she did not start recording with Whiteman until late 1931).
Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Grand Hustle Records.
T.I. has released seven studio albums (I'm Serious, Trap Muzik, Urban Legend, King, T.I. vs. T.I.P., Paper Trail, and No Mercy) with the most recent five being highly successful on the commercial market. He has released such successful singles as "Bring Em Out", "What You Know", "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)", "Swagga Like Us" (featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne), "Whatever You Like", "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna), "Dead and Gone" (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Got Your Back" (featuring Keri Hilson) and "That's All She Wrote" (featuring Eminem). He has served two stints in county jail, twice for probation violations and a federal prison bid for a U.S. federal weapons charge. While serving 11 months in prison he released his seventh studio album, No Mercy. T.I. has also had successful acting career, starring in the films Takers and ATL.
Woke up insane today
Dreamed I was blown away
Ten thousand called my name
Asleep at the wheel again
Turn me down, turn me down
Take my head and turn it around
Turn me on, turn me on
Everything I do is wrong
Woke up in hell today
Spoke to the devil, he turned away
All of my friends were there
They didn't have no time to spare
Turn me down, turn me down
Step back and I hit the ground
Turn me on, turn me on
Everything I do is wrong
Out of the night comes a song that I know
Twisted and ruined and black
I can remember the people they were
Nobody knows if they ever come back
Lost in the ashes of time they still sing
Echoes of romance gone bad
I can remember them better than you
I shared the darkness they had
Dead and gone, dead and gone
Woke up in my grave today
I dreamed I heard you say
All of eternity was pain
I laid my head back down again
Turn me down, turn me down
Your lips move but you make no sound
Turn me on, turn me on
Everything I do is wrong
Out of the night comes a song that I know
Twisted and ruined and black
I can remember the people they were
Nobody knows if they ever come back
Lost in the ashes of time they still sing
Echoes of romance gone bad
I can remember them better than you
I shared the nightmares they had
Dead and gone, dead and gone, dead and gone
So long, so long, so long
Ay, lemme kick it to you right quick man
Not on some gangsta shit man on some real shit
Anybody who been through the same thing
I'm sure you feel the same way
Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone, dead and
Ever had one of them days wish you would have stayed home
Run into a group of niggas who gettin' their hate on
You walk by, they get wrong, you reply then shit get blown
Way out of proportion way past discussion
Just you against them, pick one then rush them
Figure you get jumped here that's next
They don't wanna stop there now they bustin'
Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus you hit four times but it hit yo spine
Paralyzed waist down and ya wheelchair bound
Never mind that now you lucky to be alive
Just thinkin' it all started fussin' wit three guys
Nigga pride in the way but your pride is the way you can fuck
Around get shot down any day
Niggas die everyday, all little bullshit
Dope money, dice games, ordinary hood shit
Could this be cuz of hip-hop music
Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?
Usually niggas don't know what to do when they back against the wall
So they just start shootin'
For red or for blue or for blow I guess
From Bankhead at the old projects
No more stress, now I'm straight
Now I get it, now I take time to think
Before I make mistakes just for my family stake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away
Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone, dead and
I ain't neva been scared, I live through tragic
Situations could been dead lookin' back at it
Most of that shit didn't even have to happen
But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'
In the apartments hangin', smokin' and rappin'
Niggas start shit next thing we know we cappin'
Get locked up then didn't even get mad
Now I think about that what a life I had
Most of that shit look back just laugh
Some shit still look back get sad
Thinkin' my home boy still be around
Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time
I won that fight I lost that war
I could still see my nigga walkin' out that door
Who would of thought I'd never see Philant no more
Got enough dead homies I don't want no more
Cuz a nigga his jump cost me more
I'd a took that ass whoopin' out for sure
Now think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripes
A nigga put his hands on me alright
Otherwise stand there talk shit all night
Cuz I hit you and you sue me
I shoot you get locked up poor me
No more stress now I'm straight
Now I get it now I take time to think
Before I make mistake just for my family stake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say the old me dead and gone away
Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
I turn my head to the east, I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright
I turn my head to the east, I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright, 'cause
Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Dead and gone
And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long
Just tryin' to find my way back home
But the old me's dead and gone
Hey good lookin' what you, got cookin,
Put the needle in the spoon,
Hey sweet baby don't you say maybe,
I know you'll need a fix real soon,
Your eyes are lookin' glassy,
You think you're real sassy,
But you know your headed for your doom,
You look a little older but you sure ain't no wiser,
You're running for a stone-cold tomb.
Chorus:
You've got to find out for yourself,
You've got to learn it all on your own,
All this messing around,
Gonna put you in the ground,
The needle leave you dead and gone,
The needle leave you dead and gone.
Start to feel the power,
Hundred miles per hour,
You're on the wrong side of the road,
Your eyes are getting lighter,
Your face is getting whiter,
You're going to start feeling the load,
Your hands a-start a-shaking,
You'll feel your mind a-breaking,
You'll wonder why it's getting so cold,
Your body's feeling icy,
That box will hold you nicely,
You'd better say goodbye to your soul.
Chorus:
You've got to find out for yourself,
You've got to learn it all on your own,
All this messing around,
Gonna put you in the ground,
The needle leave you dead and gone,
The needle leave you dead and gone.
Hey good lookin' what you, got cookin,
Put the needle in the spoon,
Hey sweet baby don't you say maybe,
I know you'll need a fix real soon,
Your eyes are lookin' glassy,
You think you're real sassy,
But you know your headed for your doom,
You look a little older but you sure ain't no wiser,
You're running for a stone-cold tomb.
Chorus:
You've got to find out for yourself,
You've got to learn it all on your own,
All this messing around,
Gonna put you in the ground,
The needle leave you dead and gone,
you were a violent drunk but now your dead and gone
you were ruining my life the damage had been caused
on the day of your funeral my life was reborn
the first time i saw you i could sense bad luck
it was eleven a.m. as you were drinking on my couch
and then you moved in like a terrential rain storm
you had nowhere to go but i knew where you were goin'
you smiled when i was home but you abused when i was gone
you hit my younger brothers and then you'd taunt me
and when i would confront you you'd say it was a lie
well i was at your funeral happy that you died
dead and gone
that night in the kitchen i trashed my house
there was a fist fight and i threw you out
and you were loaded with no place to go
so you passed out and blacked out in the snow
we got a phone call saying that you were dead
all the shit you put me through raced through my head
you died on a dirty motel floor
now you can't make me suffer anymore
do you see what i see
you were a violent drunk
you were ruining my life
the damage you have caused
on the day of your funeral
ruining mylife
and now your dead and gone
you were a violent drunk
and now your dead and gone
the damage has been caused
and now your dead and gone
on that day at your funeral my life was reborn
the first time i saw you well i could sense bad luck
eleven a.m. and your drinking on my couch
and then you moved in like a terrential rain storm
you had nowhere to go but i knew where you were goin'
ruining my life
and now your dead and gone
you were a violent drunk
and now your dead and gone
the damage has been caused
and now your dead and gone
on that day at your funeral my life was reborn
you smiled when i was home abused when i was gone
you'd hit my younger brothers and then you'd taunt my mom
and when i would confront you you'd say it was a lie
well i was at your funeral happy you had died
ruining my life
and now your dead and gone
you were a violent drunk
and now your dead and gone
the damage has been caused
and now your dead and gone
on that day at your funeral my life was reborn
dead and gone dead and gone dead and gone
dead and gone dead and gone dead and gone
dead and gone dead and gone
night in the kitchen i trashed my house
there was a fist fight and we threw you out
and you were loaded with no place to go
so you blacked out and passed out in the snow
got a phone call saying that you were dead
and all the shit you put me through raced through my head
you died on a dirty motel floor
now you can't make me suffer anymore
do you see what i see
you were a violent drunk
do you see what i see
you were ruining my life
do you see what i see
the damage has been caused
on the day of your funeral my life was reborn
The dream inside of me
Is a death inside of you
You're redemption was being diffrent
We last way too late
That your laugh was always fake
It bends until it breaks
And mends you dream forsaken
A vision still remains
Of a world that lost and can't be saved
It's a chance we have to take
Our only chances are the ones we create
Waiting for this day to come
Thought I'd be left for dead
But the light still shines ahead
The whole world has come undone
Though we will carry on
Until your ways are dead and gone
The answers can't be seen
And hatred's all you've had
Living lie for the tangling
See through all the lies
Destroy your last disguise
Defend to survive
Refuse to compromise
Way to replace the pain
And make a stake we're all the same
Escape comprehend leave behind
And follow it till the echo dies
Waiting for this day to come
Thought I'd be left for dead
But the light still shines ahead
The whole world has come undone
Though we will carry on
Until your ways are dead and gone
The dream inside of me
Is a death inside of you
You're redemption was being diffrent
We last way too late
That your laugh was always fake
It bends until it breaks
And mends you dream forsaken
A vision still remains
Of a world that lost and can't be saved
Escape comprehend leave behind
And follow it till the echo dies
Waiting for this day to come
Thought I'd be left for dead
But the light still shines ahead
The whole world has come undone
Though we will carry on
and ohh Ive been traveling on this road to long just trying to find my way back home the old me's dead and gone dead and gone
My heart is sad oh I´m so lonely, thinking of the one I love
Never in my life I´ll meet her, unless in Heaven high above
She told me that she dearly loved me, ne´er she´d been untrue to me
Until the day I saw her walking, another man - another life, said she
I spied them standing near the river, he kissed her in the broad day-light
I shot the lady and her lover, and laid their corpses side by side
The coppers brought me up to prison, the judge said: "Young man, you did wrong!"
The hangman led me to the gallows, he pulled the rope and I got hung
Bury me in young green meadow, lay the sod o´er me
Under the shade of a wheeping willow-tree
You rambling boys of pleasure, always on the run
It was getting cold and I felt like I was drifting away.
So I pulled the wool over my eyes, it was heavy and warm
And when you acted like this was how it was supposed to be,
I really let it cover me.
But soon as you're dead and gone I'll see,
What wasn't always clear to me.
I will be free to bury you.
I woke up early and I looked into the sunny expanse of the sky,
Then I took one look at you and I knew that it was time for something to die.
I'm giving back the sugar that you offered up.
It covers up the ache and the cavity, but it's not enough.
Soon as you're dead and gone i'll see,
What wasn't always clear to me.
I will be free to bury you forever.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Ohhhhhh! Ohhhhh!
Now that you're dead and gone I'll take back
All that I always thought I knew.
I'll tell you what we're gonna do
We're gonna paint the deserts red white and fucking blue
See through the cable news veneer
While a country insane with fear
Goosesteps down the Appian Way
We're all gonna rue the day
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
I got a feeling something's wrong
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
The world's seeing stars and stripes
And smart bombs
I'll tell you how it's gonna be
We'll die like drowning rats just swallowed by the sea
Freedom's on the ides of marching
Onward Christian soldiers of fortunes
Reversing tides of red herrings
Hollow, how long can we go?
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
I got a feeling something's wrong
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
The world's seeing stars and stripes
And smart bombs
See through the cable news veneer
While a country insane with fear
Goosesteps down the Appian Way
We're all gonna rue the day
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
We're singing everyone's swan song
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
I got a feeling something's wrong
It won't be long
'Til we're all dead and gone
The world's seeing stars and stripes
[Spoken - T.I.]
Ay
Let me kick it to you right quick, man
That on some gangsta shit man, on some real shit
Anybody done been through the same thing, I'm sure you feel the same way
Big Phil
This for you pimpin'
[Chorus (Justin Timberlake (T.I.)):]
Oh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And oh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead and gone
[Verse 1 - T.I.]
Ever had one of them days wish would've stayed home
Run into a group of niggas who gettin' they hate on
You walk by
They get wrong
You reply then shit get blown
Way outta proportion
Way past discussion
Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em
Figure you'll get jumped, hell that's nothing
They don't wanna stop there now they bussin'
Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit 4 times
Plus it hit ya spine
Paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound
Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive
Just think it all started you fussin' with 3 guys
Now ya pride in the way, but ya pride is the way
You could fuck around, get shot, die anyday
Niggas die everyday
All over bull shit, dope money, dice game, ordinary hood shit
Could this be 'cos of hip hop music?
Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?
Usually niggas don't know what to do when their back against the wall so they just start shootin'
For red or for blue or for blo I guess
From Bankhead or from your projects
No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away
[Chorus (Justin Timberlake (T.I.))]
[Verse 2 - T.I.]
I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy
Situation could've been dead lookin' back at it
Most of that shit didn't even have to happen
But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'
In apartments, hangin', smokin', and rappin'
Niggas start shit, next thing ya know we cappin'
Get locked up then didn't even get mad
Now think about damn what a life I had
Most of that shit, look back, just laugh
Some shit still look back get sad
Maybe my homboy still be around
Had I not hit the nigga in the mouth that time
I won that fight
I lost that war
I can still see my nigga walkin' out that door
Who'da thought I'd never see Philant no more?
Got enough dead homies I don't want no more
Cost a nigga his job
Cost me more
I'd took that ass-whooping now for sure
Now think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripe
A nigga put his hands on me alright
Otherwise stand there talk shit all night
'Cos I hit you, you sue me,
I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
No more stress, now I'm straight, now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away
[Chorus (Justin Timberlake (T.I.))]
[Hook - Justin Timberlake]
I turn my head to the East
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the West
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the North
Swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright
I turn my head to the East
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the West
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the North
Swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright
[Chorus (Justin Timberlake (T.I.))]
Under the spell
Of a greenish moon
My heart has sailed the seven seas
Going mad with rage
Please tell me why
Something strange
Makes me drown in my own tears
A voice within me said it was love
What new trick is this?
Her kiss for me is death
For your sake
For your sake
You've taken lights out of my eyes
Stealing my heart
Burning my love
Ripping my soul
A black mark that means
Dead and gone
Mercy on me
Cruelty is tearing dreams
I'm falling headlong in disgrace
Painful to behold
I can but weep
A hole in my soul
Drives me to despair
A tragic end swallows my hopes
I'm forever lost
Her kiss for me is death
By the moon's dying light
Wait for me
I'm so far away
Like the faint light
Of a cold star
My love has fallen asleep
As dried leaf settled
On icy marble
Like the cold breathe
All Things Lost Nothing Gained
Every passing day intensifies my pain
I look towards tomorrow But cling to yesterday
Hoping sometime to find my way
Each day a reminder of my mistakes
Each day a reminder of what it takes
Nothing to look forward to from what I can see
Dead And Gone lyrics
I have to see if you’re ok
I have to know it everyday
I hang my head in sorrow
So i could know it not tomorrow
Even if i know you today
I have to know it everyday
So i can feel alright
Everyday’s all the same
I don’t care about the days
So i need you to stay with me
I can’t wait until tomorrow
Tomorrow i will kill you
I don’t care about the sorrow
Tomorrow you’re dead and gone
I have to see if you’re ok
I have to know it everyday
I hang my head in sorrow
So i could know it not tomorrow
Even if i know you today
I have to know it everyday
So i can feel alright
Everyday’s all the same
I don’t care about the days
So i need you to stay with me
I can’t wait until tomorrow
Tomorrow i will kill you
I don’t care about the sorrow
Tomorrow you’re dead and gone
Even if i know you today
I have to know it everyday
So i can feel alright
Everyday’s all the same
I don’t care about the days
So i need you to stay with me
I can’t wait until tomorrow
Tomorrow i will kill you
I don’t care about the sorrow
Tomorrow you’re dead and gone
Yeah, tomorrow you´re dead and gone
I've been travellin' on this road too long
Just tryna find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oh oh
Ever had one of them days wish would've stayed home
Run into a group of suckers trying to get they hate on
You walk by
They get wrong
You reply then shit get blown
Way outta proportion
Way past discussion
Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em
Figure you'll get jumped, hell that's nothing
They don't wanna stop there now they bussin'
Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Hit 4 times plus it hit your spine
Paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound
Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive
Just think it all started you fussin' with 3 guys
Now ya pride in the way, but ya pride is the way
You could mess around, get shot, die any day
People die everyday all over bull shit,
Dope money, dice game, ordinary hood shit
Could this be 'cos of hip hop music?
Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?
Usually people don't know what to do
When their back against the wall so they just start shootin'
For red or for blue or for blo I guess
From Bankhead or from your projects
No more stress, now I'm straight,
Now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away
I've been travellin' on this road too long
Just tryna find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oh oh
I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy
Situation could've been dead lookin' back at it
Most of that shit didn't even have to happen
But you don't think about it when you out there trappin'
In apartments, hangin', smokin', and rappin'
Suckers start shit, next thing ya know we cappin'
Get locked up then didn't even get mad
Now think about damn what a life I had
Most of that shit, look back, just laugh
Some shit still look back get sad
Maybe my homeboy still be around
Had I not hit the sucker in the mouth that time
I won that fight, I lost that war
I can still see my homie walkin' out that door
Who'da thought I'd never see Philant no more?
Got enough dead homies I don't want no more
Cost a sucker his job cost me more
I'd took that ass-whooping now for sure
Now I think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripe
A sucker put his hands on me alright
Otherwise stand there talk shit all night
'Cos I hit you, you sue me,
I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
No more stress, now I'm straight,
Now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away
I've been travellin' on this road too long
Just tryna find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
Oh oh
I turn my head to the East
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the West
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the North
Swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright
I turn my head to the East
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the West
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the North
Swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright
I've been travellin' on this road too long
Just tryna find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone (But that new me will be alright)
Oh oh
I've been travellin' on this road too long (But that new me will be alright)
Just tryna find my way back home (But that new me will be alright)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone (But that new me will be alright)
At the bottom of a swimming pool
I think I found a clue
I know
That I'm getting closer
I'm looking for fingerprints
Some sort of documents
To find the only one who made it all the way from the sun
She's gone away
She's gone away
I need to hear her say
The world doesn't mean as much as you do
I can learn the truth
You see him everyday
You wish that he was me
You try to find a way to bring yourself to it
She's gone away
She's gone away
I need to hear her say
The world doesn't mean as much as you do
No one means as much as you do
Hey[x11]
She's dead and gone away
Hey[x11]
She's dead and gone away
She's gone away
She's gone away
I need to hear her say
The world doesn't mean as much as you do
No one means as much as you do
Hey[x3]
She's dead and gone away
Hey[x3]
She's dead and gone away
At the bottom of a swimming pool
I think I found a clue
I know (I know) I know (I know)
That I'm getting closer
And you see him everyday
You wish that he was me
When syllables go soundless
The sensation kills you
To the brink of burning
From the fill of your filth
Through the lacking of skill
While walking through these walls
I've come to find no unconditional
I am now breeding fear
Deep into your soul
You may live on as nothing
I am now dead and gone
Reaching further into the void
Past the gates of slumber, forever night
To a non-believer, from a distance
It seems much clearer
The total loss of mind
From suspended faith
To where it must die
I am now breeding fear
Deep into your soul
You may live on as nothing
I am now dead and gone
I am now breeding fear
Deep into your soul
You may live on as nothing
I am now dead and gone
It would be senseless to drag this out
Anymore then time could wither
Clock hands corrode
Live on as nothing
You'll live on as nothing
While walking through these walls
I've come to find no unconditional
I am now breeding fear
Deep into your soul
You may live on as nothing
I am now dead and gone
I am now breeding fear
Deep into your soul
You may live on as nothing
I am now dead and gone
Breeding this fear deep in your soul
Dead and Gone
Racing down the road to no where blinded by an evil spell, The devil he's riding shotgun a shotgun on a highway to hell, With a speed of light we drove out of sight and vanished into the dead of the night.
Drunken with hell bent with anger the devil looked at me and smiled, He said have another drink my friend he was knowing all the while, Well I lose control and takes my soul brings me across this fiery coals.
Choirs
Dead and gone Do and Die drinking driving suicide, Heading down the last road of your life, Dead and Gone Do and Die the road to hell is before your bloodshot eyes
The last thing I can remember we were driving down dead man's curve
The devil he was laughing with me a little as the car began to swerve well I hit the breaks but was just to late tripping into the hands of fate
Choirs
Dead and gone Do and Die drinking driving suicide, Heading down the last road of your life, Dead and Gone Do and Die the road to hell is before your bloodshot eyes
Choirs
Dead and gone Do and Die drinking driving suicide, Heading down the last road of your life, Dead and Gone Do and Die the road to hell is before your bloodshot eyes
Take me home
The world is slightly colder now
Both of us are past our better days
Take my hand
And I will give myself to you
Pushing everything out of our way
There’s so much time but not enough for you and me to
know
We’ll always find each other in the end
So for tonight, let’s sing about the ones we left
behind
And I’ll run with you until we’re dead and gone
Hold me close
The bed is folded gently now
I’m leaving it to time to do the rest
One last word
Before I leave your memories
Don’t be sad cos I know I won’t be
There’s so much time but not enough for you and me to
know
We’ll always find each other in the end
So for tonight, let’s sing about the ones we left
behind
And I’ll run with you until we’re dead and gone
There’s so much time but not enough for you and me to
know
We’ll always find each other in the end
So for tonight, let’s sing about the ones we left
behind
{Masson):
Ooooooo
I've been travelin` on this road too long
Just tryin` to find My way back home
The old me is dead and gone
Dead and gone.
And ooooooo
I've been travelin on this road too long
Just tryin` to find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone
Dead and gone.
(Trace):
Ever had one of dem days you wish woulda stayd home.
Run into a group of niggas getting they hate on.
You walk by.
They get wrong
You reply
Then get blown.
Way outta proportion way past discussion.
Just you against them, pick one then rush em.
Figure you get your hair? That next.
They dont wanna stop.
there now they bussin.
No more strass, now im straight, now I get it now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my familys sake
That part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong today
No regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.
{Masson):
Ooooooo
I've been travelin` on this road too long
Just tryin` to find My way back home
The old me is dead and gone
Dead and gone.
And ooooooo
I've been travelin on this road too long
Just tryin` to find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone
Dead and gone.
(Trace):
I ain`t never been scared, I lived through tragedy.
Situation coulda been dead, lookin` back at it.
Most of that stuff, didn`t even have to happen.
But U dont think about it, when U out there trappin', in apartments hangin`.
Smokin` and rappin`.
Kids start up, then know we cappin`.
Get locked up, then didnt even get mad.
Now think about damn, what a life I had.
No more strass, now im straight, now I get it now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes just for my familys sake
That part of me left yesterday the heart of me is strong today
No regrets im blessed to say the old me dead and gone away.
{Masson):
Ooooooo
I've been travelin` on this road too long
Just tryin` to find My way back home
The old me is dead and gone
Dead and gone.
And ooooooo
I've been travelin on this road too long
Just tryin` to find my way back home
The old me is dead and gone
Dead and gone.
I try so hard to give this all I have
But something's in the way
I want to know that this times for real
Not the lies you say
If I can think back hard to when we once were
I can't seem to see
You said I made your life a living hell
But it's beyond me.
If I remember the words you say
Its my life, it's my time
But yet you still want a part of me
I can only front for so long
Its your life, it's not mine
Why can't you be dead and gone!
I remember the fights that we used to have
About what I couldn't see
This anger still prevails from my heart
Deep inside of me
If I close my eyes and think about our past
I can't seem to see
You said I made your life a living hell
But it's beyond me.
Dead and gone!
There is no shelter just the body god gave us*
And all we can do is to hope that that's enough
Well I know the rules, always did, they are written indside of my eyelids
It's an imperfect world we live in, but it's the only world we have
The less we get the more we want in this throwaway society
Fading to the point of no return, we're at a crossroad
Just follow the compass of your heart
Until we all get torched
Get torched by the undying sun
[Chorus:]
When we're dead and gone when our mistakes been done
A celestial corpse will carry on
And it will illustrate how we undermined our own existence
When we're dead and gone and our mistakes been done
Let's all just face the facts
No matter how we bend or break it
We make the ultimate sacrifice
Out of all our human-crafted artifacts
The longest lasting will be our redesigned atmosphere
Now how does that make you fee that we're beyond repair?
We sealed our fate in this slow-motion suicide
The less we get the more we want
In this throwaway society
Fading to the point of no return
We're at a crossroads
Just follow the compass of your heart
Until we all get torched
Get torched by the undying sun
[Chorus:]
When we're dead and gone when our mistakes been done
A celestial corpse will carry on
And it will illustrate how we undermined our own existence
When we're dead and gone and our mistakes been done
Let's all just face the facts
No matter how we bend or break it
We make the ultimate sacrifice
What we set in motion must play itself out
So we can hand the earth over in better shape than we accepted it
[Chorus:]
When we're dead and gone when our mistakes been done
A celestial corpse will carry on
And it will illustrate how we undermined our own existence
When we're dead and gone and our mistakes been done
Let's all just face the facts
No matter how we bend or break it
We make the ultimate sacrifice
When we're dead and gone when our mistakes been done
A celestial corpse will carry on
And it will illustrate how we undermined our own existence
I could mend those who crawl away
But my aggression is far too great
Far too great
So you question my lack of faith
Maybe one day you'll see it my way
See it my way
When you sold me out
Stripped me of
All my youth
You've ripped my heart out
The innocence is dead and gone
I'm abusive
I'm offensive
I'm exactly what you meant for me
I'm a user
I'm a bastard
Your not safe with me
Your not safe with me
I should crumble and fall away
But my obsession is overweight
It's overweight
Your intention was all a fake
Believe when I say
You'll get yours one day
Maybe today
When you sold me out
Stripped me of
All my youth
You've ripped my heart out
The innocence is dead and gone
I'm abusive
I'm offensive
I'm exactly what you meant for me
I'm a user
I'm a bastard
Your not safe with me
Your not safe with me
I cannot forgive you
I cannot forget the suffering
And all your sins
I'm abusive
I'm offensive
I'm exactly what was meant for me
I'm abusive
I'm offensive
I'm exactly what was meant for me
I'm a user
I'm a bastard
Your not safe with me
Your not safe with me
I cannot forgive you
I cannot forget the suffering (the suffering)
DEVIL CAME IN SAT RIGHT DOWN WATCHED ME WADE IN THE WATER THEN HE WATCHED ME DROWN THE THINGS HE HAD TO SAY HE'S RIGHT AND I WILL PAY (I FEAR) THIS OL' WORLD WON'T HOLD ME ANOTHER DAY
SOON I'LL BE GONE IF THATS WHAT HE WANTS IT WON'T BE LONG
WHEN THE MORNING COMES I'LL BE DEAD AND GONE WHEN THE MORNING COMES I'LL BE DEAD AND GONE WHEN THE MORNING COMES I'LL BE DEAD AND GONE
No more No more KKK!
No more No more RACISM!
No more No more KKK!
No more No more RACISM!
Fuck the klan and their sheets!
Under them are a bunch of hicks!
Fuck the south, dead and gone!
The rebel flag is a sign of stupidity!
No more No more KKK!
No more No more RACISM!
No more No more KKK!
No more No more RACISM!
You think you’re better than the rest!
Your "religion" tells you to kill!
When the fuck it has been alright?
To hate someone and hate their life!!!
You think you’re better than the rest!
Your religion tells you to kill!
When the fuck it has been alright?
To hate someone and hate their life!!!
No more No more KKK!
No more No more RACISM!
No more No more KKK!
I walk among dead
Reality unfolds in red
Souls fall like rain
Now face the darkest of days
Final genocide way
The price all must pay
Daylight dies
Beginning of the end
Your dream crashes down
The hatework of your dying world
Face the last of dawns
We treat the earth with scorn
Now reap what you've sawn
When all is dead and gone
I am the one shooting at your world
I'm your work... you're betrayed
Face the last of dawns
We treat the earth with scorn
Now reap what you've sawn
All is dead and gone
I am the one!
All is dead and gone