Stories (Alternate Version)

[Intro: Urthboy, Drapht]

You know when you were a kid and they said "don't tell stories"

Yo Mantra, yo Drapht, let's tell some stories

(Ya)

[Verse 1: Urthboy]

When I get to you, no I won't forget

What it took and takes, by the book and breaks

By the crate and limb, by the state I'm in

By the skin of my teeth took it on the chin

I was up for it, "yep" more than "no"

I was down for the cause and you ought to know

Spent all day on it at work and then brought it home

Something like an addiction, never fought it though

Got a debt to the stars, debt to the gutter

A debt to the bars, debt for the wisdom

That I will discard, you can bet I'll do it

In the future as I have in the past

All of it has scarred me but I'm still here

Through the imperfections that interfered

Feeling like a thief, stole a whole career

Wanna know? Let me lend your ear

[Chorus: Urthboy]

I had to go about it, ride it out and find it myself

And there's some stories I can tell you

I had to fail, had to fall just for what I did well

And there's some stories I can tell you

[Verse 2: Mantra]

Whether or not you went and got a better job, got fed up

Instead forget Mantra I'm better off being robbed

Went along with whatever the others want

I got a lot on my chest I gotta get it off

My heart was heavier than it ever had been

Barely ever slept kept seeing the bad dreams

Ordered three cigarettes and caffeine

You know I'm cheap but you are no antique

There's no need to thank me

Just thank your lucky stars that we never had beef

I never wanted to kill you though I tried

Although it wouldn't have been you but me that would have died

I decided what seems like a long time ago

That I could put my life into the microphone

Even if it meant I'd never buy a home

We'll die happy even if we gotta die alone!

[Chorus: Urthboy]

I had to go about it, ride it out and find it myself

And there's some stories I can tell you

I had to fail, had to fall just for what I did well

And there's some stories I can tell you

[Bridge: Urthboy]

You gotta go about it

You gonna to ride it out

You gonna know about it

You gonna let it out

You gotta go about it

You gonna to ride it out

You gonna know about it

You gonna let it out

[Verse 3: Drapht]

Ya

Had to strip it all back to discover me

Discover you see the love in each

Ugly gutter it was a part of me

Had a gargoyle on every artery

Guarding my heart a marksman

Locked on a target in darkness

But fuck it was hard to sleep

'Cos everything I feared became part of me

See we became a carcinogenic thought

Cause and effect that would mimic war

Walk through the valley of death with the dark

To grasp the importance of breath

Before we would war with the rest

You and me we were chalk and cheese

Always a lesson unless I had to let you be me

[Chorus: Urthboy]

I had to go about it, ride it out and find it myself

And there's some stories I can tell you

I had to fail, had to fall just for what I did well

And there's some stories I can tell you

I had to go about it, ride it out and find it myself

And there's some stories I can tell you

I had to fail, had to fall just for what I did well

And there's some stories I can tell you

[Outro: Urthboy]

You gotta go about it

You gonna to ride it out

You gonna know about it

You gonna let it out