Bopping cat | HI THERE REN, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, DID YOU MISS ME? YOU THOUGHT YOU'D BURIED ME, DIDN'T YOU? RISKY 'CAUSE I ALWAYS COME BACK, DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW THAT DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW I'M ALWAYS IN THE PERIPHERY REN, AREN'T YOU PLEASED TO SEE ME? IT'S BEEN WEEKS SINCE WE SPOKE BRO, I KNOW YOU NEED ME YOU'RE THE SHEEP, I'M THE SHEPHERD, NOT YOUR PLACE TO LEAD ME NOT YOUR PLACE TO BE BITING OFF THE HAND THAT FEEDS ME HI REN, I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO BE DISTANT I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO BE STILL I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO BE BY MYSELF SINCE MY THERAPIST TOLD ME I'M ILL AND I'VE BEEN MAKING SOME PROGRESS LATELY AND I'VE LEARNT SOME NEW COPING SKILLS SO I HAVEN'T REALLY NEEDED YOU MUCH, MAN I THINK WE NEED TO JUST STEP BACK AND CHILL REN, YOU SOUND MORE INSANE THAN I DO YOU THINK THAT THOSE DOCTORS ARE REALLY THERE TO GUIDE YOU? YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A MILLION TIMES YOUR CIVILIAN MIND IS SO PERFECT AT ALWAYS BEING LIED TO OKAY, TAKE ANOTHER PILL BOY DROWN YOURSELF IN THE SOUND OF WHITE NOISE FOLLOW THIS TEN-STEP PROGRAM, REJOICE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS WILL BE GONE! FUCKIN' DUMB BOY NAH, MATE, THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT, MAN, TRUST ME I FEEL LIKE THINGS MIGHT BE FALLING IN PLACE AND MY MUSIC'S BEEN KINDA DOING BITS TOO LIKE I ACTUALLY MIGHT DO SOMETHING GREAT AND WHEN I'M GONE, MAYBE I'LL BE REMEMBERED FOR DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH MYSELF THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD TALK, MAN 'CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WITH ME, IT NEVER SEEMS TO HELP YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN AMPUTATE ME? I AM YOU, YOU ARE ME, YOU ARE I, I AM WE WE ARE ONE, SPLIT IN TWO THAT MAKES ONE, SO YOU SEE YOU GOT TO KILL YOU IF YOU WANNA KILL ME I'M NOT LEFT OVER DINNER, I'M NOT SCRAPS ON THE SIDE OH, YOUR MUSIC IS THRIVING? DELUSIONAL GUY WHERE'S YOUR TOP TEN HIT? WHERE'S YOUR INTERVIEW WITH OPRAH? WHERE ARE YOUR GRAMMIES, REN? NOWHERE! YEAH BUT, MY MUSIC'S NOT COMMERCIAL LIKE THAT I NEVER CHASED NUMBERS, STATISTICS OR STATS I NEVER WRITE HOOKS FOR THE RADIO, THEY NEVER EVEN PLAY ME SO WHY WOULD I CONCERN MYSELF WITH THAT? BUT MY MUSIC IS REALLY CONNECTING AND THE PEOPLE WHO FIND IT, RESPECT IT AND FOR ME, THAT'S ENOUGH 'CAUSE THIS LIFE'S BEEN TOUGH SO IT GIVES ME A PURPOSE I CAN REST IN MAN, YOU SOUND SO PRETENTIOUS REN, YOUR MUSIC IS SO SELF-CENTRED NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ANOTHER SONG ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU HATE YOURSELF, TRUST ME YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY, HAVING ME INSIDE YOU TO GUIDE YOU REMIND YOU TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS PROVIDE YOU PERSPECTIVE, THAT THING YOU NEGLECTED, I GET IT YOU WANNA BE A BIG DEAL, NEXT JIMI HENDRIX? FORGET IT MAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT MAN IT'S JUST LIKE THAT, I'M INSIDE YOU, YOU TWAT NO, IT'S NOT MAN, YOU'RE WRONG, WHEN I WRITE, I BELONG LET ME BREAK THE FOURTH WALL BY ACKNOWLEDGING THIS SONG REN SITS DOWN, HAS A STROKE OF GENIUS HE WANTS TO WRITE A SONG THAT WAS NOT DONE PREVIOUS A BATTLE WITH HIS SUBCONSCIOUS, EMINEM DID IT PLAYED ON GUITAR, PLAN B DID IT MAN, YOU'RE NOT ORIGINAL, YOU CRIMINAL, RIP-OFF ARTIST THE PINNACLE OF YOUR SUCCESS IS STEALING OTHER PEOPLE'S MATERIAL REN, MATE, WE'VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE UH, "SHE SELLS SEASHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE" FUCK YOU, I DON'T NEED YOU, I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THIS 'CAUSE I'M FINE BY MYSELF, I'MA GENIUS AND I WILL BE GREAT, AND I WILL MAKE WAVES AND I'LL SHAKE UP THE WHOLE WORLD BENEATH US THAT'S RIGHT, SPEAK YOUR TRUTH, YOUR FUCKIN' GOD COMPLEX LEAKS OUT OF YOU IT'S REFRESHING TO ACTUALLY HEAR YOU SAY IT INSTEAD OF DOWNPLAY IT "UGH, MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND IF PEOPLE CAN FIND SOMETHING TO RELATE TO WITHIN THAT, THEN THAT'S JUST A BONUS" FUCK YOU, I'MA FUCKIN' KILL YOU, REN WELL FUCKIN' KILL ME THEN, LET'S FUCKIN' HAVE YOU REN I'M A DO IT, WATCH ME PROVE IT, WHO ARE YOU TO DOUBT MY MUSIC? 'CAUSE I CALL THE SHOTS. I CHOOSE IF YOU DIE YEAH, I CALL THE SHOTS, AND SO I WHO CHOOSE WHO SURVIVES I'LL TIE YOU UP IN KNOTS WHEN I'LL LOCK YOU INSIDE NEWS FLASH I WAS CREATED AT THE DAWN OF CREATION I AM TEMPTATION, I AM THE SNAKE IN EDEN I AM THE REASON FOR TREASON, BEHEADING ALL KINGS I AM SIN WITH NO RHYME OR REASON SUN OF THE MORNING, LUCIFER, ANTICHRIST FATHER OF LIES, MESTOPHILIES TRUTH IN A BLENDER, DECEITFUL PRETENDER THE BANISHED AVENGER, THE RIGHTEOUS SURRENDER WHEN STANDING IN-FRONT OF MY SOLAR ECLIPSE MY NAME IT IS STITCHED TO YOUR LIPS, SO, YOU SEE I WON'T BOW TO THE WILL OF A MORTAL, FEEBLE AND NORMAL YOU WANNA KILL ME? I'M ENTERAL, IMMORTAL I LIVE IN EVERY DECISION THAT CATALYSED CHAOS THAT CAUSES DIVISION I LIVE INSIDE DEATH, THE BEGINNING OF ENDS I AM YOU, YOU ARE ME, I AM YOU, REN HI REN, I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO BE DISTANT I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO BE STILL I'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TIME TO BE BY MYSELF AND I'VE SPENT HALF MY LIFE ILL BUT JUST AS SURE AS THE TIDE STARTS TURNING JUST AS SURE AS THE NIGHT HAS DAWN JUST AS SURE AS RAINFALL SOON RUNS DRY WHEN YOU STAND IN AN EYE OF THE STORM I WAS MADE TO BE TESTED AND TWISTED I WAS MADE TO BE BROKEN AND BEAT I WAS MADE BY HIS HAND, IT'S ALL PART OF HIS PLAN THAT I STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET AND YOU KNOW ME, MY WILL IS ETERNAL AND YOU KNOW ME, YOU'VE MET ME BEFORE FACE TO WITH A BEAST, I WILL RISE FROM THE EAST AND I'LL SETTLE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR AND I GO BY MANY NAMES ALSO SOME PEOPLE KNOW ME AS "HOPE" SOME PEOPLE KNOW ME AS THE VOICE THAT YOU HEAR WHEN YOU LOOSEN THE NOOSE ON THE ROPE AND YOU KNOW HOW I KNOW HOW I KNOW THAT I'LL PROSPER? 'CAUSE I STAND HERE BESIDE YOU TODAY I HAVE STOOD IN THE FLAMES THAT CREMATED MY BRAIN AND I DIDN'T ONCE FLINCH OR SHAKE SO COWER AT THE MAN I'VE BECOME, WHEN I SING FROM THE TOP OF MY LUNGS THAT I WON'T RETIRE, I'LL STAND IN YOUR FIRE, INSPIRE THE WEAK TO BE STRONG AND WHEN I AM GONE, I WILL RISE, IN THE MUSIC THAT I LEFT BEHIND FEROCIOUS PERSISTENT, IMMORTAL LIKE YOU, WE'RE A COIN WITH TWO DIFFERENT SIDES WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD, I SHOUTED OUT INTO AN EMPTY ROOM INTO A BLANK CANVAS, THAT I WOULD DEFEAT THE FORCES OF EVIL AND FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE, I SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES WITH AUTOIMMUNITY, ILLNESS, AND PSYCHOSIS AS I GOT OLDER, I REALISED THAT THERE WERE NO REAL WINNERS AND THERE WERE NO REAL LOSERS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL WARFARE BUT THERE WERE VICTIMS AND THERE WERE STUDENTS IT WASN'T DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH, IT WAS A PENDULUM ETERNALLY SWAYIN' FROM THE DARK TO THE LIGHT AND THE MORE INTENSELY THAT THE LIGHT SHONE, THE DARKER THE SHADOW IT CAST IT WAS NEVER REALLY A BATTLE FOR ME TO WIN, IT WAS AN ETERNAL DANCE AND LIKE A DANCE, THE MORE RIGID I BECAME, THE HARDER IT GOT THE MORE I CURSED MY CLUMSY FOOTSTEPS, THE MORE I STRUGGLED SO I GOT OLDER AND I LEARNED TO RELAX AND I LEARNED TO SOFTEN AND THAT DANCE GOT EASIER IT IS THIS ETERNAL DANCE THAT SEPARATES HUMAN BEINGS FROM ANGELS, FROM DEMONS, FROM GODS AND I MUST NOT FORGET, WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS | image tagged in gifs | made w/ Imgflip video-to-gif maker