Upside Down

I can see you in my site
As I light the dynamite
I can see your face on fire
As I call you liar
I can hold your hand
As I cook some spam
But why would I care
When I'm living in this sham
*"Chorus"
Tell me why I'm here
Tell my why I'm here
Tell me if theres a reason
Why I'm here
Show me something
That will turn this frown
Upside down

I can see your face
As it fades into the floor
Everything the same as it was before
Stop makin these assumption
And just go, before I gain my gumption
And lose all control
I can't get away anymore
So I'm gonna do my best to ignore
All the things that you say
You never seem to fade away
Chorus"
Tell me why I'm here
Tell my why I'm here
Tell me if theres a reason
Why I'm here
Show me something
That will turn this frown
Upside down
Upside down
" bridge"
Give me a reason
To right what I did
Give me a reason
To forgive
Why should I
Give in
Why should I
Give in
No one ever gave me
Anything but hate
With a grin.

What am I suppose to do
Give you your weight in gold
I aint going down this road
See you later you old gator
I ain't living like I'm vader
Chorus"
Tell me why I'm here
Tell my why I'm here
Tell me if theres a reason
Why I'm here
Show me something
That will turn this frown
Upside down
Upside down
Turn my frown
Upside down
Let's see if you got it
In you somehow

This is right out of my brain too today must be a lyrical kind of day. well any way this song is a rap and my first rap at that it's sort of a linkin park type of rap at least that was my infulence. The lyrical infulence is from all over, other songs friends of mine along with
MY own experiences. Hope u like it.

@John31: So this was a "train of thought" set of lyrics. There's a reason why it's called that--the train takes you somewhere. The first long verse doesn't have the same meaningful impact as the next two sets, which flow much more "real."

Sometimes when we begin "train of thought" (I think some at ATL call it "automatic writing") we haven't always let go of our egos yet, so there is more of "self" in the beginning . . . then as you go on, the creative part of the brain takes over and gives you a gift. (Well, that's my way of explaining it--it's happened with me a number of times.) So . . . the beginning verses might need some work to get them at the cohesive, creative level of the next sets.

Does this make sense?

Also, unless as an artist you feel strongly about it . . . I think your "here" line should be repeated for impact/emphasis:

Tell me why I'm here
Tell my why I'm here
Tell me if theres a reason
Why I'm here

Using "here" emphasizes the position you're in--not that you're all over the place--but at a specific place . . . and you're confused and need a way out or a rescue. (Something like that. )

Hope this helps a little bit. I write poetry more than lyrics, so I'm not the Great Kahuna of the lyrics world. :S :l

That makes a lot of sense I have the whole "train of thought" thing going all the time and pretty much every song I write is like that but then I wait like a few days or so and come back to it and rework it since by then my brain is on a different track and allows for me to focus more on the song. Good idea about the here i felt there was something missing from that chorus wasn't really that happy with it. In the first verse I really only liked the dynamite part just because it symbolizes a fight or a problem that ony has so much time before it explodes. Thank you so much for offering help Im always looking to improve my writing and make it the best that it can be.

I bitter-sweetly have nothing to say about this piece except for I thought it was great. Well done John

I wholeheartedly agree with smoothtung.Well done,Again.