Lullaby
[Tori Kelly:]All the time I have layed in your loveWhen your love kept me safe through the nightAll the time I was sure you were mineAnd before time demands our goodbyeCan you sing me a last lullaby?
[Professor Green:]It's been a while since I last dreamtBarely remember what it's like to dreamFinding it hard to get to sleep, too stressedAnd there ain't anyone to sing a lullaby to mePretend shit doesn't get to meAnd I suffer in silence when I'm hurtingA man's problems are his ownAnd it's my burdenTossing and turning, trying to get to sleepBut I find it hard to switch off when my mind's workingI ponder on things I shouldn't ponder onOff the rails, my train of thought's wanderingSick of pretending to be so happyAll the while my anxiety's away at meMy skin crawling, I look up to the skyAnd it falls, the walls close in and it'sAs if all the good in my life disappearsIn an instant, that thing is just so distantSo seeing the ones who I love, the ones who love meBut I don't wanna tell em how I feel in case they judge meIt's just me, wish I could let somebody inBut I ain't ever been too trusting
[Tori Kelly:]All the time I have layed in your loveWhen your love kept me safe through the nightAll the time I was sure you were mineAnd before time demands our goodbyeCan you sing me a last lullaby?
[Professor Green:]I've barely had any sleep when I get upSick of all these nightmares and these night terrorsLike it's only when I'm in heaven that I sleep betterMight sleep better when I get up, I'm weakIt just makes my day harder, I wonder ifIt would've been any different if I had a father that I knewCould it have helped shape the way that I grew?But the point of things I never have went fromBeing a reason for the things that I doTo just being an excuse that I'd useI've gotta take responsibility for the things I doFind something other than negativity for my fuelBut I feed off it, even when I don't seem botheredI hide everything that's going on insideGuess it's been a while since I've been honest, I need helpBut I deny it and even lie to myself like I'm fine
[Tori Kelly:]All the time I have layed in your loveWhen your love kept me safe through the nightAll the time I was sure you were mineAnd before time demands our goodbyeCan you sing me a last lullaby?
[Professor Green:]I just wish someone would tell me it would be OKBut pessimism leads me to believe that it won'tTo see even a glimmer of hope in the darknessIs hard and depression is a slippery slopeI don't wanna do what my dad did with a rope, thoughSo I carry on even though it's hard toThe only thing that's definite is death and things always changeAs long as you give em a chance to
[Tori Kelly:]All the time I have layed in your loveWhen your love kept me safe through the nightAll the time I was sure you were mineAnd before time demands our goodbyeCan you sing me a last lullaby?
(Can you sing me a last lullaby?)
[Tori Kelly:]All the time I have layed in your loveWhen your love kept me safe through the nightAll the time I was sure you were mineAnd before time demands our goodbyeCan you sing me a last lullaby?