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Standby

From The Way We Used to Love.Track 132:20
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"Standby" is a track by eli., from the album The Way We Used to Love.. The track is 2:20 long. Full lyrics are available below.

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eli.

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Lyrics

Standby

Yeah
Yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh
Walking inside of my head
I never get some rest
I always wish I were dead
I will regret what I said
Paranoia till the end
Yuh, woo
Paranoia digging in
Second guessing all my sins
It's ok, I'm just a kid
All the feelings settle in
All the demons settle in
Me mugging with a straight face
For the Instagram, for my fan base
But that's half me and that's half fake
Only sad me is what's showcased
But I'm happy, I feel great
And now rap me is in third place
I'm complex like my book case
And I'm artsy like pastel paints
Life is but a simulation
Built to give a sense of stimulation to the patient
Playing God with no patience
For the sake of mental masturbation
I'm exasperated
I've been castrated
I've been so faded
We were created
Women dictated to be calculated
We've been dictated by the dissipated
It's a joke
I'm not into life
I'm not into life
I've been standing by, standing on the side
I'm not living life
I don't wanna fight
I've been standing by
I'm on standby, standing on the side
I'm not living life
It's a joke
I'm not into life
I'm not into life
I've been standing by, standing on the side
I'm not living life
I don't wanna fight
I've been standing by
I'm on standby, standing on the side
I'm not living life
Please come like my pictures
My ego hung on the fixtures
I'll [?] while smoking Swishers
My parents give me the strictures
I'll spit on your holy scriptures
Too old not to be a trickster
My family gives me these stitches
Satanic shit with some bitches
Say "do you like it," I love it
I'm [?] to like another
Maybe I'll go join the coven for clout
Maybe like a dozen
I'm pissing off the Republicans
Burning flag right in front of them
Such a dumb thing to care about
I think they need to toughen it up
It's a joke
I'm not into life
I'm not into life
I've been standing by, standing on the side
I'm not living life
I don't wanna fight
I've been standing by
I'm on standby, standing on the side
I'm not living life
It's a joke
I'm not into life
I'm not into life
I've been standing by, standing on the side
I'm not living life
I don't wanna fight
I've been standing by
I'm on standby, standing on the side
I'm not living life

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Track details

From The Way We Used to Love.

2:20
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The Way We Used to Love.
The Way We Used to Love.
eli.
22nd February 2019
Track number
13
  1. 1Attached
    3:40
  2. 2Call It Love
    4:15
  3. 4Forget
    4:35
  4. 5Release
    3:12
  5. 6Routine
    3:35
  6. 7The One for Me
    3:38
  7. 8That Girl
    2:52
  8. 923
    3:18
  9. 10Careless Lover
    3:26
  10. 11Over You
    3:21
  11. 12Disappear
    3:46
  12. 13Standby
    2:20
  13. 14Fake Ass Bitches
    2:46
  14. 15Distant
    3:30
  15. 16When I'm Lonely
    3:26
  16. 17Mental Heatlh
    2:01
  17. —attached
    3:40
  18. —distant
    3:30

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