Dj Shadow 3집 - The Outsider (2006) by Dj Shadow (보컬) on maniadb.com

In the twilight of a time
There emerges a need for man to comprehend his own bitter fate
Finally resigned to the inevitable beyond, he searches the ages
Desperate for stories of assurance, redemption and hope
Such tales fill page upon page with enough ink
To flood a thousand valleys, and drown the tallest tree
But there is one tale that as yet been told
The story of... The Outsider

Desolate and baron, humanities at a crossroads
The people have retreated shuttering their once carefree lives
From unseen enemies which seem to plague not only
The physical form but the innermost thought
Driven by panic, compelled by dread
The masses begin to devolve
Once dear neighbours turn wary foes
Brother against brother, sister against sister
Achievement and ambition are dismissed
As heretical, or worse, treasonous
Even nature itself is scorned
Choked with suspicion and fear, voices do not dare to sing
Nor fingers to play, imminent defeat is all but assured

But in the darkest hour
Whispers begin to tell of a figure emerging from the darkness
A being without a name, faceless and obscure
Part presence, part idea they say
As if the very force they describe has existed for eons
A dormant seed awaiting nourishment word of radical acts...
Disobedience, non-compliance spread among the people
At first fearful, then defiant, as the legend grows
Whispers turned to cries and the cries into screams
And tend to cower no more the fury of the people
Whose talent behold as they exact revenge on their captors
Spare neither the repentant nor the bold
Now the fire is lit, smouldering in the belly of humanity
It cannot be extinguished, for the stories The Outsider endure
Even as evidence of its presence is debated with the passing years
Messages, dictations, warnings, stories, such as these...

In the beginning, well, I didn?t know
As time passed on still didn?t know
I didn?t know

But this time, this time
I?m gonna try it my way
I?m gonna live life my way

This time, this time
I?m gonna try it my way
I?m gonna live life my way

Well, I didn?t know, just couldn?t see
The memories of past failures
Like a shadow haunting me

But this time, this time
I?m gonna try it my way
I?m gonna try it my way

Yeah this time, this time
I?m gonna try it my way
I?m gonna live life my way

There was a dream
I wanted to come true
But dreams
You know they need to be followed through

That?s why this time, this time
I?m gonna try it my way
I?m gonna try it my way

Yeah this time, Oh, this time
I?m gonna try it my way
I?m gonna live life my way

I hear voices whisper tell me, "Banner kill yo'self"
Man I call on the Lord, pain doesn't easy from wealth
These cars, these clothes, these hoes
Never meant nothing, having nightmares screaming and busting
At my enemy, I put a bullet in that nigga and I see it's me
Is it my soul?, killing self hate
Or does that nigga in me have to die before I reach them pearly gates
Either way I got something to say
Jam Master Jay used to yell walk this way
But it's hard to walk like a man the industry's ..
And these the same motherfuckers that's controlling my cash'
And the same ones, the government, controlling your ass
Why George bush ain't in jail for stealing them votes?
Why the CIA ain't closed man, for pushing that dope?
Get it cracking America, the CIA, aka the KKK
It's judgement day!

Seein', seein' thangs, I can swear that I'm seein' thangs
Seein', seein' thangs, I can swear that I'm seein' thangs
Seein', seein' thangs, I can swear that I'm seein' thangs
They coming for your soul, they already got the chains…

In a Chevy, I'm wondering if the Feds broke the levy
Are they in with the devil to control the weather?
Hurricanes and typhoons every other week
While po' folks are drowning in the middle of the street
We too scared to speak, or too busy on the internet
I heard they about to put lo-jacks in our kids necks
Marshall law, tell Bush now we ain't ready to flip
The hood is like a modern slave ship
We packed like sardines and shackled to the streets
And crack is cotton that grows up from the concrete
Shit, but I guess I'm seein' thangs
We'd rather not learn, we'd rather fucking gang bang

Seein', seein' thangs, I can swear that I'm seein' thangs
Seein', seein' thangs, I can swear that I'm seein' thangs
Seein', seein' thangs, I can swear that I'm seein' thangs
They coming for your soul, they already got the chains…

She told me I was taking her places she had never been before, but reall
She was taking me places I promised myself I'd never go to
damn...
Let me start at the beginning...

Alright man I want all of you brothers to get rid of...
And show .... sweet honey for your mouth
Yeah yeah yeah one two

Some say she was from Cali
Some say the Carolinas
Mom was a belly dancer
Pop was a neverminder
No drugs or alcohol
No weed or marijuana
You'd think that backstage was the last place you'd find her
First time I saw her kinda
reminded me of them chicks you see at Caribana
Friendly and talkative and looking so marvellous...
Dead nicotine filling like ..... in the city of godesses
But I'm digressin', please pardon if
I start trailing off
Or fading out of my consciousness
It's just that when I think... oh girl my whole world collapses
I'm so enraptured in all overflow this
She approached me with a smirk to say We can do work no matter what time or day of the week it is
So thorough that backstage girl she'll fall to her knees just to prey on my weaknesses

I mean I told her straight up,
you know I got a significant other...
she ain't care
She said for tonight I just wanna be your insignificant other
.... what? God damn...

we left the club at around two
Just enough time to meet my niggas for round two
At another spot, DJ playing the sounds to
Hopefully divert me from being a scoundrel
In the spot making my rounds through
The crowd trying to throw her off
but she's on me like a bloodhound, you
Wouldn't believe how hard I tried to fight it
Passions and desires were closing in
And that's what it amounts to
I looked her in the eyes
And said, "I don't even know your name
It feels wrong even though I don't show it."
She said, "I wish I could tell you the same
But I won't tell you my name cause I want you to
Fuck me like you don't know it."
I responded with a smirk to let her know
We could work no matter what time or day of the week it is
So thorough that backstage girl fell down to her knees just to prey on my weaknesses
But man can you fight it? Go ahead

You'd think that backstage
Would be the last place you'd find her
You'd think the backstage
Would be the last place you'd find her

Been riding all around the world, seen so many faces
But I'm always looking for love in all the wrong places
Been all around the world, seen so many faces
But I'm always looking for love in all the wrong places

I woke up the next morning all tangled up in her hair
and that's when I realized she had me right where she wanted me
She told me I'd taken her places that she'd never been before
But really she took me to a place I promised myself I'd never return to
And I was fucked up
And the thing was I didn't feel bad about what I'd done
I just felt stupid for trying to fight it for so long
I mean really, who I was fooling
I knew what time it was soon as I saw her
Soon as she smiled at a nigger I could tell what her favorite position was
And I damn sure gave it to her
I thought I had changed
But niggas never change
But it took that one night
That one passionate night for me to realize what I needed to do
I gotta stop fucking with these hos off of MySpace dog

Some say she was from Cali, some say the Carolinas
Mom was a belly dancer, pop' was a neverminder
No drugs or alcohol no weed no marijuana
You'd think that backstage was the last place you'd find her

You'd think the backstage
Would be the last place you'd find her
Been all around the world
Seen so many faces
Was always looking for love in all the wrong places
Been all around the world
Seen so many faces
Was always looking for love in all the wrong places
Been all around the world
Seen so many faces
Well well well
Was always looking for love in all the wrong places
Oh yeah
Been all around the world
Seen so many faces
Backstage girl
Was always looking for love in all the wrong places

She was buried for a long time, disappeared into the night
She had a voodoo smile and a devil inside
So she's been down to the fog spitting words out like grenades
They got devils inside that explode in your face

You gotta be so careful, don't talk in your sleep
You gotta be so careful, the souls see

He was quiet for a long time, he never would sleep at night
He knew every little shortcut, he did everything right

Trying to be so careful, so he wouldn't speak
Trying to be so careful to hide his disease

(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
Erase you (Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
Erase you (Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
Erase you (Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
Erase you (Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
A million serpants entering, ahh
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
They've broken free 'cause it's feeding time
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
(Under the blood red sky, under the blood red)
And they're sharpening their teeth

I can't hear the noise when it gets too much
When it gets too much you can't hear the noise
I can't hear the noise when it gets too much
When it gets too much you can't hear the noise
(Erase you) I can't hear the noise when it gets too much
When it gets too much you can't hear the noise
(Erase you) I can't hear the noise when it gets too much
When it gets too much you can't hear the noise
(Erase you) I can't hear the noise when it gets too much
When it gets too much you can't hear the noise
(Erase you) I can't hear the noise when it gets too much
When it gets too much you can't hear the noise

(feat. Christina Carter)

I speak from the heart
I fear beginning
I must go
Broken and soaked
To the wider world returning
I'll never be sullen again
Something is wrong
I can't stop my thoughts
I tell myself to stop them

Stop, stop what you're doing
I guess I'd better face it

The thoughts are sabotaging me
Even though they are mine
It feels as if it is physical
Like being in a different world
Weirder
As if somehow things just are

Let's go ahead and get it over with

Don't be afraid
Can't you trust me
We all have thoughts
And we are together
We are together
I am your healing spirit
I am your healing spirit
I am your healing spirit

Healing spirit

There is a boy
Standing in a meadow
Looking out into the sky
And hundreds (and hundreds)
And hundreds (and hundreds)
And hundreds of butterflies
Lift off from around him
(Lift off from around him)
That's all I can remember
(Lift off from around him...)

Your mind
Due (?) bright morning
Dance with light
Send stars to the night

I am awake
I have a dream
I am living proof
I am living proof

What I have done
What I have done
What I have done

First steps
Through open fields

( feat. Chris James - Guitar sample by Michael Collins )

Stay close
The water is rising
Silent cries
The shadows surround us

So we crawl out from under
The water
Out of darkness

We're almost home, no sleep, don't girl

Look around
Don't stare into the light too long
There's nothing here to see, nothing here to see, nothing here to see
Frozen hands on the window
Crying out in your sleep
Look away now
Look away now

I never said that you were falling to pieces
I know the thought that we would never get out of this

Now the time that falls into the cracks
There's nothing here to see, nothing here to see, they never will be

So we crawl out from under
The water

I never said that you were falling to pieces
I know the thought that we would never get out of this...

And we crawl out from under
The water
Out of darkness