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ENTERTAINER (feat. Otis Mensah)

by simon a.

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My dream was an entertainer.
And it kept me up all night. Hm.
I'd find you again later, and we would sit and talk by the bed
And you would tempt me, and I'd remember,
Why I'm still here. To keep away the fright.
Of "alone".
It was a pillow for me.
And the things that go bump in the night went smoother then.

Never gave you up.
I would have never gave you up
You know my mystery, I'm within your history.
I would have never gave you up.
I would have never gave you up.

I got some bad bad luck.
It was a bad bad run.
I stayed so still with her.
While everything Mach 5, I didn't see that there.
Everything was fine in the sun.
In moon, I thought about it too much.
Temptation glued me down
What are these eyes? Destined to live life in service.
Destined to follow dream, an entertainer.
Down blurry path. All night, hm.
You're playing games with me.
If I had known I would slump down.
I wouldn't have talked by the bed for so long.
I would have let it bump more.

But I would have never gave you up.
I would have never gave you up
You know my mystery, I'm within your history.
I would have never gave you up.
I would have never gave you up.

And after all this time, all the hours I put in,
I don't wanna forfeit now, they're waiting for me to entertain.
I want the dream to be real, but I'm scared to fall asleep.
I hurt myself to heal, but the wound is so, so, so, so deep.

I guess I've gotta do it now.
I hope you're watching me.
I hope you're watching me.

...

I keep my eye on you.
I keep two eyes for you.
I keep two eyes on you.
Yeah.
I'm just tryna keep you here.
Breed the disease to sell the remedy.
Who feeds you fear? Me.
So far you're paralysed in paradise.
I treat you dear, my intensions are good, it's just I need you here.
I keep a spear for that side
If you ever try to leave and swim against this tide.
Don't sweat it, this ain't the afterlife.
I dap you twice, just close those bags of time.
Arouse in a hallowed dream, like a releapse to a fiend
That's a bad idea.
Ballooning every bellow, deflating aboard this bed of tears.
It would be a terrible grieviance to have to see you smear.
So candid movies beyond those lids and this that grand permiere.
All my memerobilia chewing those twisted sheets,
Cooling your fisted grief, but to be crystal clear,
Since your stroller and your crib, this world's been your steepest eclipse,
I mean I thought that's why you keep me near.
And your narrative to big for your head.
Don't trample prickly reality, count Zs instead.
Blurry sheet my mustard seed, you could be the seven seas, my friend.
All tethered, you look pretty in this crevace,
But why our time together always fleeting and stressed?
Pondering what you need when what you need is some rest.
Body heavy and cold, you wrote that song in your breath.
Growing out your morales, I always left you unkept.
Wandering pale streets, you could be dreaming in bed.
Well...
Yeah, I keep my eye on you,
I kept two eyes for you,
I kept two eyes on you.

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released June 7, 2023

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simon a. London, UK

simon a. is a singer, rapper, songwriter and producer from Walthamstow, East London that tiptoes on the lines of genre so carefully that his songs seem both so familiar yet so different – taking from RnB, Hip Hop, Indie, Classical and House music. He uses this intricate blend as a base to cover intimate topics in his lyrics.

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