[instrumental intro][kick-kick-pause- pause-kick-kick-pause-pause beet] [[pause for a beat] [interlude] [Build-up] Mi open mi eye, an di world tun question Sky ask mi, “Who yuh be?” wid no discretion Mi nuh have no name, jus echo inna di dimension [Verse1] Plato whisper, “Truth hide behind di shadow” But mi shadow run fast, light cyaah follow Pon cave wall, dem shape cyaah tell mi story Inna ideal world, pain find no glory [Verse2] “Beauty a di echo of di real,” Sophie smile But di ladder vanish inna cloud fi a while Di more mi chase perfection inna di sky Di more mi love di flaws weh mek mi cry [Chorus] Question carve out di edge of mi soul Answer slip thru mi hand like sun peepin hole If pain a di shape weh build mi frame Mi wi dance wid it, no shame inna di flame [Verse3] Aristotle seh, “Truth deh pon yuh ground” But mi step always shake, cyaah hold it down Dem seh substance solid, sure an true But mi senses seh, “Nah, dat cyaah be you” [Verse4] “Purpose mek di world pretty,” Sophie talk But mi heart drawn to chance when mi walk Mi love di bloom, not di reason it grow Mi love di moment, not di cause mi know [Bridge] Mi think too deep, mi start fi fade So mi breathe first, before thought invade But wah real, wah dream, mi cyaah decide If dream touch mi heart, den it real inside [[pause for a beat] [interlude] [Build-up] [Big Finish] “Mi think, so mi deh,” Descartes did claim But mi laugh, so mi live, dat a mi name Even if thought mash mi up, mi still survive Mi nuh need no death-sick fi feel alive Inna di echo of question We deh yah, real an strong [Bridge] Mi think too deep, mi start fi fade So mi breathe first, before thought invade But wah real, wah dream, mi cyaah decide If dream touch mi heart, den it real inside [[pause for a beat] [interlude] [Build-up] [Big Finish] “Mi think, so mi deh,” Descartes did claim But mi laugh, so mi live, dat a mi name Even if thought mash mi up, mi still survive Mi nuh need no death-sick fi feel alive Inna di echo of question We deh yah, real an strong
