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Papillon feat. JON​?​DOE

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Getaway driver trapped in a perpetual motion machine.

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(Kofa)
Leadfoot, brick mitts, heavy on accelerators
Going for the gold, an alchemist propelled to greatness
Propellers raging, gravity my adversary
Between their vertebrae, you’re soon to find a hatchet buried
Acoustic grind powder mixed with all the louder riffs
This is for the prisoners who weren’t allowed to live
The sound that lifts beyond the bonds of constant bills to pay
Why wait for more tomorrows when we can kill today?
I forge resentment in the fires just to build the blade
To form the weapons that will spill the blood and bilge remains
A furnace made of every time that I was targeted
Looking at the younger me, I wish that I was far from him
But the bargain bin of what remains is made of me
Garrote string puppets jerk along the make believe
Thick lashes clumped with Maybelline frame the painted scene
Staggered fiends gliding sideways, eyes a crazy gleam

(JON?DOE)
I gotta get away, they never understand it
Planning my escape from this damned prison planet
Barely conscious, indentured into servitude
Driven by our daily dose of media to stir the mood
Predators slay the sheep and they've conned the 10 beyond me
Into a getaway as sweet as Akon and Gwen Stefani
For this exercise we discnnect the lies
The mob mentality, banality in experts guise
Feigning my resistance in the sacrilege of action
The bane of my existence: this happiness I'm trapped in
The immaculate distraction that's been nigh revolutionary
Trapped in the designs of the High Evolutionary
Yall fight the power, I sleep thru the awakening
The threat of life devoured while we speak truth into greater things
Dont bother wasting effort to deceive me w some hope to cling
Just lock me in the dream machine and feed me through the opening

We gotta get away.
Drownin in this fantasy, no plan to see a better day
We gotta get away.
Hard to find a corps d'esprit when your release has been delayed

(Tali)
Laid back…Reminiscing of days past…
Running on the train tracks…runaways on the same path…
She raced toward the action…I looked for an escape hatch
Her ambition and my caution made for a great match….
Wasn’t surprised by her rise in the ranks…
I was there the whole time… the heists she’d try were insane
Fire in her eyes combined with the ice in my veins…
Meant we’d ride till we thrived or died ignited by flames…
Drive baby drive…Catch us on a plane fly baby fly…
Para glide over Cyprus…reunite in Dubai…
If the tide gets too high find a submarine to slide in
Move subtlety…Till the muck is clean…
No such thing as sleep for the likes of these…
Playing a perpetual motion rendition of hide and seek…
Piece of advice I received from my wife…Never try to bleed…
And never trust a person on your team you see not trying to flee…
Just leave…

Gotta get away…
Gotta get away…
Gotta get away…
Conquer or retreat, but heaven’s sake, don’t ever get detained…

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from 11​:​59, released October 6, 2023

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