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rain goes perfect with a nosdam mixtape
the last streetlights stay on well after dawn
kings fall to pawns he dropped the needle let the song say it
the kind of morgue with a gong to tell you when
but the room's rules will bend and the staff will make you laugh
my dad wore this face in old photographs
calico cats out stare me from behind a junkyard fence
high on khat i let my stare go soft but pretend it's not
when i'm eyed i tounge my bottom teeth
and look at the sidewalk in front of me
and my tennis shoes go in and out of the frame
another sleuth footed empty Y
walking on goose eggs in the mission
swap meet brown 31 fishnet hat cocked to the right
i only played chess once in my life and i lost
looks like a sky for shoeing horses under
looks like a good sky to die under
the last streetlights stay on well after dawn
kings fall to pawns he dropped the needle let the song say it
the kind of morgue with a gong to tell you when
but the room's rules will bend and the staff will make you laugh
my dad wore this face in old photographs
calico cats out stare me from behind a junkyard fence
high on khat i let my stare go soft but pretend it's not
when i'm eyed i tounge my bottom teeth
and look at the sidewalk in front of me
and my tennis shoes go in and out of the frame
another sleuth footed empty Y
walking on goose eggs in the mission
swap meet brown 31 fishnet hat cocked to the right
i only played chess once in my life and i lost
looks like a sky for shoeing horses under
looks like a good sky to die under
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The instrumentation and the initial line set up a mood of forlorn reminiscence which, in conjunction with the heavy use of antiquated Yoni-isms (the combined imagery of photographs, film, and idiosynchratic fashion, for instance) belie a thoroughly disappointed historical reverie.
I think the final line of the verse is the most telling; "I only played chess once in my life and I lost" is clearly referring to his sole solo artist outing, and likening Oaklandazulasylum to chess is remarkably adept. The implicit elements of this song are a validation of what he was before and a disappointment with what he has become, starting with Oaklandazulasylum.
This song exhibits Yoni's subconscious disgust with the direction he has taken since the disbursment of cLOUDDEAD
Some possible corrections:
"Kings fall to pawns, he dropped the needle let the song say it" (goes with the chess line later on)
"But the room's rules bend and the staff will make you laugh"
"When I'm eyed I tongue my bottom teeth" (when someone is staring at him)
"Swap meet brown 31 fishnet hat cocked to the right" (he got the hat at a swap meet)
Here's a great video of this song, maybe even better than the album version:
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'i don't try to let my scare ghosts off but pretend it's not'
I think he says
'i don't got to let my stare go soft but pretend it's not'
but I'm not sure.
I definitely hear a 'soft' and 'got' though.
i think the last line doesn't have to do with his failure, but his success..