[Kid Cudi]
I swear to tell the truth
The whole truth and nothing but.
Yes
Hey
I am the maniac
I am the ghoul
I’m in the shadows in the corner of my room
This my new hideaway
This my tomb
This is my coffin this is my place for unruliness, no worries
I love the darkness yeah
I like to marry it
It is my cloak it is my shield it is my cape
I love the dark maybe we can make it darker
Give me a marker

I love my
I love my
I love my

[Cage]
I am the maniac, I am the fool
I found a monster in me when I lost my cool
It lives inside of me eating whats in its web
Put black spray paint on my windows during the day
Wanna spend time with it, I think I’m losing it
Or I found it and I’m using it
I wear my shades at night so I can look in the abyss
I see something in nothingness if you could picture this
Put black holes in my jaw lid
I climb the wall, I’m too high now I’d die form the fall
Before the waters to our knees
We can’t climb on the tree’s wash away
And you and I are the disease

I am the mani-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maniac
I think I’m losing it
I am the mani-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-maniac
I think I’m lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-lo-sing it


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Maniac (feat. Cage & St. Vincent) song meanings
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    he never says "I love my" and no one is saying "I think I'm losing it" when you have it in there...

    And in case you couldn't make it out the singing in the background says "paint the black hole blacker" it's from the song "strangers" by st. vincent.

    HAHBASSISTon October 31, 2010   Link

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